Are FT86 owners future Ferrari / Lambo owners?

[torqdork]

Originally Posted by gramicci101

If I could find a Miura for a decent price I would jump all over it. Preferably a Miura SV. This car has been sexy since 1966.

Yes, it is sex. The downside is that it drives with all the verve (read:pickup truck) available in 1966.

I have one, in about 10 crates, that's been in storage for the past 25 years. If you're inclined to take on a major project, PM me for details but shipping will be obscenely priced since it's located in a (nice) barn in Nantucket.

Coincidentally, just today I felt like a run up Larch Mtn. (14 miles from sea level to 4,000' ft.) and what should appear in front of me but a 348 GTS. He was good, stayed between the lines as I did, but I wound up gaining on him through the twisty bits. The difference is that he was smoking heavily at the summit while I was adjusting the climate control going maybe 80%.

Anyway, the cars under serious consideration now are either a Cayman GTS or C7 Z51, but will have to drive both before deciding and my local dealers are sold out for now.

[Vides990]

Originally Posted by Jyn

I think they're actually selling it. Saw the ad on a forum

What do you mean, they've been making and selling them for 4-5 years I think....

[xRavenFRSx]

Originally Posted by Vides990

What do you mean, they've been making and selling them for 4-5 years I think....

http://www.urmotors.com/inventory.php
Yeah I didn't think there was an "it" to be sold. Theres a lot of them.

[CatDaddysBBQ]

Who knows what will be available and affordable when it is time to trade up.

I'd love to have a boxster or cayman, but would be interested if the new C7 Vette comes down in the used market to be affordable...

Now, if this new Supra ever comes out, that may be a great logical upgrade... We'll see.

[Takumi788]

No Ferraris or Lambos for me. If money didn't matter I would own:

The following S-chassis in white:
S13 Hatch_Convertible_Coupe
S14 zenki_kouki - one would have an LS
S15

A R32 Skyline _ AE86 Trueno _ A few choice subies and evos for rally _ FRS for the street _ a BRZ for the track _ 1972 Nissan Skyline _ AW20 MRS turbo _ Datsun 720 Pickup _ Acura NSX _ FC3S Turbo II

I'm sure I'm missing a few but you get the idea. I love Jap cars and I want a lot of them. Most of them are obtainable with my current salary. I grew up with nothing so most of these are the cars I envied as a kid.

[355rockit]

I am a current Ferrari owner and bought the FR-S as a commuter car (3rd car) to have fun on the back-roads along with the Ferrari. There is nothing that I have driven that compares to the sound and handling of the F355. The FR-S does a great job keep up and sometimes leading the car club drives. Both cars have their charms. After adding headers, TRD intake and OFT, the car is transformed and is much more fun to drive with the other higher spec sports cars.

[pantdino]

Originally Posted by torqdork

Yes, it is sex. The downside is that it drives with all the verve (read:pickup truck) available in 1966.
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Do you say that because you've driven one? I have never read that. Ferrari Daytona, yes-- drives like a truck below 80mph because it is front-engined and does not have power steering.

But the Miura should be like the Pantera-- there's no weight over the front tires so you don't need PS.

[Vides990]

Originally Posted by xRavenFRSx

http://www.urmotors.com/inventory.php
Yeah I didn't think there was an "it" to be sold. Theres a lot of them.

Exactly, maybe he means their personal shop car?

I can't wait until they do their first Huracan.

[torqdork]

Originally Posted by pantdino

Do you say that because you've driven one? I have never read that. Ferrari Daytona, yes-- drives like a truck below 80mph because it is front-engined and does not have power steering.

But the Miura should be like the Pantera-- there's no weight over the front tires so you don't need PS.

Yes. I've also driven a Daytona that is much more stable and enjoyable at any speed. The Miura frame is so whippy that it doesn't track well and the controls are very heavy.

[DarkSunrise]

Originally Posted by 355rockit

I am a current Ferrari owner and bought the FR-S as a commuter car (3rd car) to have fun on the back-roads along with the Ferrari. There is nothing that I have driven that compares to the sound and handling of the F355. The FR-S does a great job keep up and sometimes leading the car club drives. Both cars have their charms. After adding headers, TRD intake and OFT, the car is transformed and is much more fun to drive with the other higher spec sports cars.

Congrats! Love the 355, even moreso than the 360 and 430 that followed. Also agree on the sound... for me, nothing beats the sound that Ferrari's flat plane crank v8's make.

[Jyn]

Originally Posted by Vides990

What do you mean, they've been making and selling them for 4-5 years I think....

My bad, I meant the latest one that set the record from TX2K

[psybre]

Originally Posted by FRSDude

LOL!!! Has anyone ever seen a Muira? I have a lambo magazine that Bullstuff sent me when I ordered some parts and it had a few in Cali and Italy, but I have never seen one for real.

I saw one driving south from Monterey on the 1 while I has heading north. It was during the pebble beach car show, but still a good 50 miles out of Monterey. I gawped at it, tried convincing myself I hadn't seen it, but it was definitely a Miura. No time to take a picture as we passed each other, no way to flip a u-turn. That's the only one I've seen.

[pantdino]

Originally Posted by psybre

I saw one driving south from Monterey on the 1 while I has heading north. It was during the pebble beach car show, but still a good 50 miles out of Monterey. I gawped at it, tried convincing myself I hadn't seen it, but it was definitely a Miura. No time to take a picture as we passed each other, no way to flip a u-turn. That's the only one I've seen.

Go to Concorso Italiano near Monterey -- you'll see several each year. They're not that rare and now that their values are in the stratosphere more will be coming out of "barns" for restoration.

[pantdino]

Originally Posted by DarkSunrise

Congrats! Love the 355, even moreso than the 360 and 430 that followed. Also agree on the sound... for me, nothing beats the sound that Ferrari's flat plane crank v8's make.

The pre-flat crank cars sound good too-- (Actually I like it better.)


Here's a video from inside a Dino 246


[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5wNE0000ok"]Ferrari 246 Dino drive w French enthusiast - YouTube[/ame]


Actually I'm not super happy with the sound of the FR-S above 5K-- it sounds pretty thrashy. Do aftermarket exhausts make it sound better?