...is someone else's!
Brief road test report.
Friend rewarded himself for many years of hard work with a California T. Got some seat time in it over the weekend. Impressive, immensely capable, very very well finished compared to the antique Ferrari's I am more familiar with. Silly fast, great brakes and a surpassingly stiff ride with the Manettino switch in sport mode. Steering had little feel, bit disappointed there. All this, but the car is surprisingly docile, this could be a nice weather daily driver...felt like my Wife's M4.....except for the speed...did I mention the speed? This is a GT, not one of their real sports models. It actually had rear seats.
It is also a big car, for a GT. The engine is behind the front 'axle' line. Helps with handling, but I'd also guess that allowed Ferrari to have a very low nose and still meet the recent pedestrian protection regs that resulted in the bulbous noses that many vehicles have now.
Beautiful car and I will never turn down some seat time, but I thought I would be more excited. One problem is that if you are having any real fun with this off the track you are probably endangering others and should be jailed... The car is just not me though, well outside of my $$ comfort zone and I guess I prefer a simpler experience. For the same money I'd buy a 308GTSi or 930 and take my Wife somewhere nice
That said, the engine is beautiful, and for this crowd, Ferrari recommends Shell and the oil filter is accessible
Brief road test report.
Friend rewarded himself for many years of hard work with a California T. Got some seat time in it over the weekend. Impressive, immensely capable, very very well finished compared to the antique Ferrari's I am more familiar with. Silly fast, great brakes and a surpassingly stiff ride with the Manettino switch in sport mode. Steering had little feel, bit disappointed there. All this, but the car is surprisingly docile, this could be a nice weather daily driver...felt like my Wife's M4.....except for the speed...did I mention the speed? This is a GT, not one of their real sports models. It actually had rear seats.
It is also a big car, for a GT. The engine is behind the front 'axle' line. Helps with handling, but I'd also guess that allowed Ferrari to have a very low nose and still meet the recent pedestrian protection regs that resulted in the bulbous noses that many vehicles have now.
Beautiful car and I will never turn down some seat time, but I thought I would be more excited. One problem is that if you are having any real fun with this off the track you are probably endangering others and should be jailed... The car is just not me though, well outside of my $$ comfort zone and I guess I prefer a simpler experience. For the same money I'd buy a 308GTSi or 930 and take my Wife somewhere nice
That said, the engine is beautiful, and for this crowd, Ferrari recommends Shell and the oil filter is accessible
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