I wants! I wants!
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Ahh screw it V8s should be WAY bigger than that. :D :shakeass:
No. Actually I'll leave that as is and see what reactions I get.:evilgrin: :flip:
But seriously I really dont much care for a tiny V8 at 10 kajillion rpm, somehow it doesnt do ANYWHERE near the same thing a 572 at like 4000, full load does for me. Nice lookin tho.
270bhp out of a production 3.2L N/A V-8 in a car that wieghed barely 2800lbs ain't nothin' to sniff at. It took Ford another 1800cc to get 225.
Also consider the fact that Ferrari's are not made for the drag strip but roads. Braking, cornering and the transitions between the three are far more important than outright horsepower. You can have 600HP but if you can't put 2/3 of it to the road at the apex and add throttle to accelerate out controllably it's useless. That is where you find Ferrari's perfection.
MAYHEM- If you buy that car you might forget going out ever again to eat breakfast, lunch or dinner. lol HAHAHA!!!!! ;)
Buying is the easy part. Maintenance probably isn't cheap.
If we are talking bank robbing for a Ferrari of this style, give me a 288 GTO over a 328 GTS anyday. Down in displacement...way up in power and rarity (only 277 produced, ~400HP out of a 2.8 V8 twin turbo)
maintenance sucks.
i knew a guy that paid a couple grand, just for a tune-up on one.---Every year!---
i like it!
He ended up selling it on e-bay and than bought a fully loaded every option f-250
Also WAY up in price. For a 288GTO I'd near have to rob the treasury. The GTO is one of my favorites but not even idealisticly in my pricerange.
But I'd be willing to bet you can't find a better performing production car for $40,000.
No it isn't. Ferrari was using solid bronze bushings in their suspensions back then. (Racing technology) Great for handling and feedback, poor for comfort and servicability. (they need to be replaced around 10k mi. @$2500 for the job)
now that you said that the bushings maintenance sounds familiar. Its been a number of years. must have been part of my friends tune up. as he put it
A guy around town here has one of those. Its bright red though. Nice sounding car.
If i was gonna rob a bank it would still be a ford powered car. Its nice but i would not break any law to own that Ferrari when there are nicer cars like this one around.
My boss, in 1987, tried to sell me his low mileage red 308GTB. Cheap. Maintainance costs nixed it for me, and I bought my black '87 Sport. He sold it the week before Enzo died, and saw it for sale again at double the price a month later.
Pantera a better car then a Ferrari? Not even close. The Pantera was an overpriced, underpowered, unreliable dog. Even the Bricklin SV1 was a better choice then the Pantera.
The 328 is the best way to step into Ferrari's right now. Yes, the maintenance is harsh, but honestly not much more then any of the 80's exotics (Porsche 928 ring a maintenance bell?).
Unfortunately Corvette pricing has come WAY down since the C6 release. A 405HP C5 Z06 can be had for less then $30K everywhere, and high mileage examples are turning up for under $25K (there's a 75K mile 02 in Seattle for $22000 right now :( ). They will of course blow the 328 out of the water performance wise.
But when it comes time to cruise and get the ladies *ahem* attention, nothing does it like a Ferrari. ;)
Porsche 928s aren't that bad to maintain. They do have the 50k water pump and timing belt intervals, but that's about it besides the usual. My Dad owned an 88 S4 for a couple of years, and it didn't have any problems besides a relay that had to be replaced. It was causing the battery to go dead if it sat for a few days.
I sure do miss that car. :burnout: :D
(http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a38/cb400f75/Porsche928front.jpg)
Here is my Porsche 928 experience (in ~1989). My neighbor had it for a bit and took me on some fun rides. :burnout:
I've never liked the 328. It just seems to scream "I wish I were a Testarossa/512TR"
EDIT: Nevermind, I was thinking of the 348, not the 328. Carry on as usual.