Sure and Ferrari manages to keep 'em lined up for the abuse anyway. Ford? Not so much. In the GT case (just looked up some old threads :) ), the dealers played chicken with the buyers and lost. They finally started relenting in late '05, selling some cars at MSRP but now you had the situation that people were…

I can recall when the Ford GT came out, a bunch of regulars at ferrarichat were *very* interested. Right up until they stepped into a Ford dealership and were confronted with insane markups and a "take it or leave it" attitude. The common response was "f you" and a walk out the door, never to return. A lot of cars…

Hah. My friend is a BMW service advisor. A lot of wealthy people bought SMG-equipped M5 & M6s because they were the "best version". He spent a lot of time driving them around. "How come it's so smooth when YOU drive it?" My personal favorite story is the guy who bought an SMG M6 'vert WITHOUT TEST DRIVING IT. He…

There is no love for the early Lambo e-gears and the early Ferrari F1 efforts were crap. I've driven 2 F1 360s, one with the "best of the best" Challenge Stradale Transmission Control Unit and was shocked at how bad they both were. Clutch sliiiiiiiipp, jarring shifts, big lag. They had it all. Best feature - in…

Simple Answer: MOAR CARS.

GT3s are nice but this one is still #1 for me:

Love these. My old Lotus mechanic (I've had a couple Esprits) said that they were quite well made. Only ~400 were imported to the US though. I'd be concerned about parts availability for anything Lotus-specific.

The stock exhaust is lame but properly set up, they sound awesome all the time.

Hell, my *996* GT3 was "better" in most respects than my 360 but the Ferrari is 100X more engaging. I've only driven a 997 GT3 briefly and found it a win some/lose some proposition compared to the 996. A little more comfortable but it was actually lower - I couldn't believe it was possible - and had a heavier…

Back when I was in college in Baltimore, MD and a little less upstanding, I constantly had a paper "lost tag" on my motorcycle. I was never hassled, not that I would have pulled over. Our theory was that if you weren't in the middle of committing a murder, the cops just didn't care.

This. I'm not sure why I get suckered into reading/replying to "this random ad I found is such a bargain and you should buy it!" posts but I do, so I suppose they'll keep coming. :) $39k is a full retail price for this particular car for reasons that would probably become very clear once you go see it in person.

A detail-free ebay ad with a few pictures and no maintenance info does not fill me with confidence that this is some kind of deal. I've examined cars in person that looked great in pics and turned out to have so much paint work that I lost track of what was original.

The MRAPs pictured below have got to be the shittiest "police cars" ever. They are crazy top-heavy, slow as balls, you can't see out of them (in close quarters, you need someone outside so you don't crush everything in the vicinity), and they aren't even particularly large inside. The doors are so heavy they need…

I'm shocked that you have a 70s motorhome with working ... anything. My buddy used to have a 70something 28ft Argosy and NOTHING worked anymore so it was more like a rolling storage unit with green shag than a rolling house.

Hah. I should have just kept scrolling to your post before writing (guessing, in my case) the same thing. Well stated.

Interesting thoughts - since you need the same power for any particular speed and the O2 sensor will make sure the mixture is correct (you're not getting a leaning effect), I always assumed you get reduced pumping losses because you need to hold the throttle plate open more to compensate. At the really low speeds…

LOL. As soon as I saw the username, I guessed it was you.

Sorry I missed this one last week but I can say that those "reasonable" looking prices do not reflect the reality of owning a Ferrari.

Real late reply but a lot of guys change ALL the fluids in a 360 every year. The 360 has a full belly pan and the engine compartment is an inferno. Transaxle oil gets *baked*. Coolant is changed because the transaxle heat exchanger is not the best design (see above) and regular fresh coolant seems to prolong its…

I was going to post this exact thing.