stangg172004

From this weekends episode... Link

srika

you rock, man. watching now.

stangg172004

^im surprised he didnt like it, and he dissed the carbon fiber! the schumacher bit was great...

Teh Jatt

thanx

srika

well... I'm kind of not surprised... just the way he was talking about how it feels heavy... actually at that point itself I thought to myself I would rather have an F430. It's pretty clear the 430 is more fun to drive.

Although, this car is a bargain w/ the Enzo engine (and steering wheel! ) and all the other technology, imo. And - the SOUND is sweet!!!

stangg172004

^ ya im pretty sure id crash looking at those lights going and pretending im schumacher at Monaco

CGTSX2004

iTrader: (1)

As a race car, I agree that the F430 is a lot better, but that's to be expected considering the mid-engined F430 has better weight distribution. But as a daily driver or just a nice upscale GT car, the 599 would be a lot of fun to own. I only wish that I had the money to buy one of each...

StypeCL

I'll take 1!

srika

I can't disagree w/ any of that.

Minch00

I'm starting to doubt the look of this car in videos. I really need to see one in person to be able to tell if it's as bulbous as it appears in videos. I like the look of the 575M more so than the 599F, but the overall package far surpasses. I'd kill for those left to right shift light indicators on the steering wheel.

srika

..I doubted the looks of the car from the first time I saw any picture of it. And I still do.

Cruz_msl

He even said that the Corvete ZO6 was more thrilling....

MarbleGT

watch the Top Gear review on the C6 ZO6. He HATED that thing.

Lokius

This guy isnt top gear, he is 5th gear and I hate him. Haha to be serious, besides teh fact that guy is terribly boring and he didnt like the 599, he did have a point about the z06

chungkopi

tiff is boring, but he knows what he is talkin about. and clarkson did praise z06, but he didn't like it as a roadcar.

anyway, this is the worst ferrari ever. it's boring.

MarbleGT

I know it isnt Top Gear, I was just implying that if this guy didnt like this Ferrari but liked the ZO6, compare it to Clarksons review on the ZO6. It makes the Ferrari look terrible.

MarbleGT

Agree to the Ferrari comment, I dont like it.........to much power but no looks.

F23A4

The 599 GTB has replaced the 512TR as my favorite Ferrari.

MarbleGT

512TR? I thought it replaced the 575M, am I wrong?

F23A4

Again:

MarbleGT

oh.....ha, sorry its the morning. But now that I have read it right, the 512 is a beautiful ferrari!

F23A4

<------ loved the 512TR the moment I saw that white Testarossa on Miami Vice (3rd season).

MarbleGT

I dont understand my opinions on Ferrari's. I can see an Enzo or an F50 (not that I have) and blow it off, but the second I see a F355 I go nuts.

What is it about that car?

Ill own one, it may be 20 years, but Ill own one.

F23A4

During the prime of my Testarossa loving days, I felt indifferent towards the F40, which I felt was uncivilized and lacked style.

srika

hate to be a stickler but - what year did 3rd season start? The 512TR did not come out until 1991. but I loved the Testarossa on Miami Vice. Totally defined that car.

A funny story regarding TV shows - there used to be a show called "Silk Stalkings".. that I umm.. watched once in a while. There was a Testarossa in the show's opening sequences. Just a funny factoid, for one of the shots, they show a brief overhead driveby ... it's an MR2 - the one that had the similar looking panel over the engine.

F23A4

1986. They are basically the same car, where Ferrari later changed the name to 512TR and upgraded powertrain, and in its final year culminated into the F512M.

srika

Ferrari opinions are quite varied and this proves it. I think the 80's Testarossa and the 512TR are separate beasts. Yes they are both Testarossas but I do not call the 512TR a "Testarossa". It's a 512TR and there was no 512TR on Miami Vice.

Factoid: The 512TR was one of the first cars, if not the first, to get 18" wheels stock.

srika
admitted Testarossa aficionado

SpeedyV6

I'm a big fan of the 512BB. The Testarossa & 512TR look a little too 80's for my tastes.

F23A4

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srika

yes - you're saying you loved the "512TR" the moment you saw the Testarossa on Miami Vice. The "512TR" did not exist when you saw the Testarossa on Miami Vice.

F23A4

....."reruns"! As went off to college in 1986, I did not watch the first runs of the 3rd season (nor did I watch much TV at all during the ensuing 4 years, save for the Mets WS and Giant playoffs/superbowl) and caught the "reruns" and some taped episodes (friends) in the early nineties. Thus....loved the Testarossa when I saw the "reruns" and love the 512TR that was being sold by Ferrari at the time I saw the "reruns". mkay??

srika

reruns .. oh yeah? prove it. j/k this was fun though.

F23A4

In all honesty, it was not until the early 90s that I got into being a car enthusiast. I would not have known a Testarossa from a 328GTS back in 1986.

Lokius

I'm extremelly partial to the original Miami Vice vehicle, the Daytona...

I might be biased however, since this is outside my house

srika

^^^ nothing can touch that. Old Ferraris are in a league of their own. Now, is that a real one?

Lokius

It's a Birdie Daytona, it has a genuine ferrari body, but all the internals came from a corvette 427 v8. A guy in socal made them in the 80's, they were in all the magazines, because Ferrari sued him when they found out he was stealing their geniune bodys. The guy who owned it previously wanted the exact car from Miami Vice, and wanted to drive it every day. He payed $80k, that included the donor vette, and since purchashing it, he invested another 60k in aftermarket parts before ditching it for a f430.

We are in the process of having the interior completely re-done so it actually looks like a genuine daytona on the inside, and the best part about this car is that it's faster than a stock v12 daytona.

F23A4

Just keep it away from the Lawnmower Man.