F1 360 or Manual?

Dj Dirk said:

ddemet said:

That is strange, Michelin usually gives good directions! :-?
Both ways are quite scenic anyway. 8) Some more lake views with the 360.

Good luck with the radar.

As for the ring, I ment the accident with the 360.

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ooh i love a dirty car, means that it's driven like it's supposed to

and i was going to drive over the ring on saterday, since i had to work on friday
tried calling yens the entire evening

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Ddemet,

I do admire people who drive their Ferraris... They were produced to be driven. But, I have a hard time imagining all that mud and crud in the wheel wells and under the car and inside the suspension... My wife says I am sick! I am saying this because for the forst time I drove my car in the rain after Tubi was fitted and I was so anxious to pick it up that I ended up driving it back in the rain. For the last 6 weeks or so I was so annoyed every time I looked at the wheel wells... I hope you don't feel the same. But yesterday I picked it up after a Concourso style detail job and the car looks brand new again. How about that? I am going to continue to drive it regularly and to try to avoid the rainy days... By the way, your 360 is a beautiful car, and I liked your reasoning for the front grills. Mine are the same way, mine also has the rear challenge grill which provides an extra heat dissipation here in California on sunny days. It works well.

By the way, I saw your plate on one of your earlier posts and was wondering if you send me a private message and let me know what it is or means.

Cheers,

>dirt on the car: As you can see on the pics it was a very sunny day here by the lake and I couldn't resit going for a ride 8) . The region being quite steep you can easily gain a few hundreds of meters of altitude within a couple of kms and unfortunately, after a short drive, the clean, dry, lake-side roads gave way to melting-snow-wet and salty roads . Took the picture on the way down. Washed it straight after !!! See attached picture in the afternoon at the same spot.
Yann was especially critical of the 'dirty car' photo :wink:
I hope everybody is reassured my car is clean again.

BTW those mountains in the background are right above the French town of Evian and, presumably, the inspiration for the picture on the bottles.


>grills: thanks for the comment! I am sure your car must be wonderfull too! Any pics??
As for the back grill, I thought heat dissipation must not be too much of a problem (especially in Switzerland!) otherwise they would have fitted it on all 360s. Furthermore I like the 'blue metal/red lights' look and a black grill would have spoilt it a little (could have had it painted of course...).


>licence plate: All Swiss licence plates have the two-lettre Canton (State) identifer followed by (up to) 6 digits. Lausanne is located in Canton of Vaud (VD) hence the plate. I just used the VD part of the pic to camouflage the numerical part. I've seen it done before. No special significance!



>'ring: it must have been very sad! Do you know how it happened?

Glad to see the beauty all cleaned up! Here's a picture of mine at the Laguna Seca open track day a couple of weeks ago! Mine is a Rosso Dino, and I regularly drive it but it is not my daily driver.

Rear Challenge grill: I have noticed that the Tubi is actually cooler than OEM muffler, but that may be because it occupies a lot less space too. The challenge grill's purpose is to vent off the hot air quickly, and you probably don’t need that in Switzerland. This is not scientific but I used have the car to cool down for at least 30 min., before I would have the grill washed otherwise the soap would discolor the grill and leave some kind of residue. And during this period one could not touch the grill. Because of the Tubi, within 10 minutes the grill cools down substantially and no longer is there the danger of burn while touching the grill (my observation).

Cheers,

By the way, a friend of mine installed rear challenge grill on his red 360Modena and had it painted the same color. The car looked weird from up close. Here's picture! It is a matter of taste, and in my opinion if you want to paint it the same color why change to challenge grill. He ended up painting it black again!