muppet in a ferrari

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yesterday in trafic on the 406 north circular through ealing common ,there was a guy in a black, top downfezza 458 or similar, booting it to about 4 k in first gear then braking right behind queuing traffic, then waiting till a gap formed then doing the same again, over and over. extra loud acropovitch exhaust or similar, just annoying really. a short name spelling private plate also, so easily recognised or reported. now i have always thought that ferraris for all their beauty and exquisite engineering , you wouldnt quite buy one, (not that i could ever afford to buy one) but they seem to be the domainn of a certain type or group. either the affluent but sad mid life crisis loner who then gets the younger trophy girlfiend to go with it or even worse brings a ting tang wife back from holiday in the phillipines. or the young never have to work rich kids from made in chelsea , or the mega well off but rough as rats grafter scrapyard owner self made and dont give a s**t what anyone thinks anyway. or the worse of the lot the gormless celebs who get similar or a veyron and paint it pink.!!! they are not really made for normal people. this guy yesterday just confirmed to me that a lot of them are bought by small willy types :thumbsdown:
 
if the 458 is anything like the 360 was then that is exactly how I drove it (not particlarly high revs but wait for a gap in the traffic then move) - you only change ferrari parts once and then learn how not to repeat the experience. engage then drive - never ever crawl - then disengage!!
 
And also a not so pleasant description of people of the Philippines. Ho hum, it takes all sorts!
 
jampudding said:
if the 458 is anything like the 360 was then that is exactly how I drove it (not particlarly high revs but wait for a gap in the traffic then move) - you only change ferrari parts once and then learn how not to repeat the experience. engage then drive - never ever crawl - then disengage!!
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What do you mean exactly? that the clutch is really grabby, idle is a bit high and 1st gear is long? (so that when you start to drive in 1st gear it really goes&hops and that it's almost not possible to drive very slowly unless you slip the clutch (wearing the clutch out)

I'm guessing something like this is going on, so it may be a mechanical necessity to drive like that in slow traffic not to break his car.
 
Did someone get out the wrong side this morning.

I would happily have bought a 360 Spider, If I thought that I could afford to run one and yes I do have socks with Kermitt on them. :P
 
mad4slalom said:
yesterday in trafic on the 406 north circular through ealing common ,there was a guy in a black, top downfezza 458 or similar, booting it to about 4 k in first gear then braking right behind queuing traffic, then waiting till a gap formed then doing the same again, over and over. extra loud acropovitch exhaust or similar, just annoying really. a short name spelling private plate also, so easily recognised or reported. now i have always thought that ferraris for all their beauty and exquisite engineering , you wouldnt quite buy one, (not that i could ever afford to buy one) but they seem to be the domainn of a certain type or group. either the affluent but sad mid life crisis loner who then gets the younger trophy girlfiend to go with it or even worse brings a ting tang wife back from holiday in the phillipines. or the young never have to work rich kids from made in chelsea , or the mega well off but rough as rats grafter scrapyard owner self made and dont give a s**t what anyone thinks anyway. or the worse of the lot the gormless celebs who get similar or a veyron and paint it pink.!!! they are not really made for normal people. this guy yesterday just confirmed to me that a lot of them are bought by small willy types :thumbsdown:
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I'm locking this thread... there is a certain irony about your poorly thought out rant!
 
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