Ferrari: Uhg...

http://www.esmotorsport.com/550LMBrochure.htm

....discuss.

(Just to save time: I think it's disgusting and despicable.)

"Harold Adrian Russell Philby" <co.ru> wrote in message
news:com... 


Wow.



That's a huge wing. It's look good on a track, but what's
up with the antenna being front row center? It makes the
thing look like an RC car. Additional vents, louvers, and
assorted body bits don't look bad. Again the wing...

Shields? Why do they insist on putting shields on everything
now?!


All in all, I guess if I saw it on the track I'd like it, but seeing
one in a street setting I'd feel more like looking away out of
embarrassment. Whatever happened to styling?



-Matt- "..."

matt borland wrote: 

Well - it is a racing car, has raced in several prominent series, etc.
It's also built pretty much to racing specs. That said, I'd not want
shields on a street 550 or 575.

M

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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 04:30:01 GMT, MC <net> wrote: 

Please look closer gentlemen.

That ..."thing", is not a decommissioned racing car.

Someone is selling Jen-YOU-Wine street 550s which have riced-up - yes,
I said RICED, and I meant it ...SEE, it has a WING - to only LOOK like
Prodrive actual bleedin' bloody racing 550s.

"OH!!! ...THE HUMANITY!!!"

'Gol dang it... Now I need to go and shoot something...

<<Shields? Why do they insist on putting shields on everything now?!>>

The Factory does it, so now everyone thinks it's OK.

<<That's a huge wing.>>

So are you against wings on street cars completely? The wing on that 550 looks
like it might actually be functional. Although nobody should be driving on the
street in any manner in which they would need a wing like that.

I don't like fake scoops and doodads on cars, including useless wings. Simple
spoilers that are clearly added only for looks don't bother me much and, in
fact, I think some car designs practically cry out for one, but phony wings
that sit a foot below the roofline are just a drag.

<<Whatever happened to styling?>>

So is that why you haven't said anything about our '05 car yet? You think it
sux and don't want to hurt my feelings? <sniffle>

C.

"TigerRace1" <com> wrote in message
 
looks 


Well, it's like this, ya see...

 


There you go. Said it for me. A huge wing in a track setting
looks like it belongs there. A huge wing on the freeway looks
like a tacky add-on.


 
it 


Chicks man, I swear... <g>

I really like the '05 styling. The lines could have easily been spoiled,
making a cartoonish caricature of a '67. Somehow they pulled it off.

As for _your_ '05, it's pretty bitchin'. I'd cruise it, no question.

Is it going to replace your '95 model? :-)



-Matt- "Somehow I doubt it."

TigerRace1 wrote: 

I like it. I really like the new Mustangs. And I LOVE that new
commercial with the guy building the racetrack in his cornfield so Steve
McQueen will come and drive his new Mustang. Awesome, I got goosebumps.

The new ones - stock - sound sweet. I'll bet yours really howls.

MC

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On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 04:58:25 GMT, MC <net> wrote: 

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