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.... and your neighboor comes home from work ..... in this !!!!!!!!!! Fortunately , my best friend was visiting me and had a good camera ... I think this has been up until now one of the largest drooling-sessions for me (the other one being the Paris-Gyrotourbillon II gtg with Nicolas). The day after i had an exam (microprocessors ) and i got 4/20 ... pretty good nah ??? Don't worry, i got my diploma (a year later) :-( ) enjoy ... Filip

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always a pleasure to entertain ...

Filip

Such a beautiful Ferrari!  Did you get a ride in it? 

-MW

... no ride for me in this one ... several years later my friend bought a 355 ... great car ... very fast ... the only Ferrari i got to drive ... as a passenger ... :-( ... luckily for me my friend is even crazier then i am .... Cheers Filip

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With such a car...

1 Hour, maybe?

Come on, Thomas Magnum, let the moustache grow, and come to see me!



Best,

Nicolas This message has been edited by amanico on 2009-03-16 20:57:42

I'm on my way !!!!

Shall i be wearing my flowershirt too ???

Filip

But where is the moustache?



Best,

Nicolas

For me, this was my dream car growing up, and I got to drive one finally! The real bonus also was the passenger who I got to drive around for a couple of hair-raising minutes...
Any guesses???
I have had the great priviledge and honour to drive a 1970 365 GTB for 10mins, wow! and a couple of 360 Modena's, one stick the other F1 paddles.

This 512 though, was the most exhilarating, the brute force under acceleration, with that "send a shiver down your spine" sound of the 12 cyls is something I'll never forget.

Great thread, memories of thrilling times, thanks...

Cheers,

Tim

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... was also my favorite growing up ... never had the chance to experience it. I remember the first day my best friend opened his little snackhouse a guy came by driving one. He ordered some stuff and pulled away at full speed ... Luckily, we had a camera.... . I envie you for your ride in the 512 .. and the 365 ... WOWOW !!! Filip

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Apparently, they are nowhere as fast as a Ferrari, since their drivers needed forty years to reach their destination ....

Best regards,
Marcus
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that last picture is amazing, did you shoot it Marcus ? It must have been a strange feeling for those people ... .
I remember a one week stay in East-Germany in 1992, it was still like we netered a completely different world ...

Thanks for these pics

Filip

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... for forty years. It happened in November 1989, when the Berlin wall came down, the government of the communist Eastern Germany folded, and the GDR citizens were free to see their neighbors in West Germany.

A few very good freinds of mine were among them - I remember receiving their first phone call from "the West", we all wept from joy ...

Regards,

Marcus

EDIT: Ooopps ... just realized that there is a slight difference between "exitus" and "exodus" ...

This message has been edited by Marcus Hanke on 2009-03-19 01:24:35

A good friend is from West Berlin. He has told me similar tales from November 89.

Are there many (any) Trabbies left?

thought I would share since its mostly about Ferrari...... OUCH

... just imagine: with successful mitosis, Ferrari prices might drop, so we all could afford them ...

Regards,
Marcus

I believe that photo is from Perth, Western Australia and was taken a couple of years back. The crash occurred outside the Windsor Hotel (a pub) and was witnessed by the Sunday drinking crowd.

The driver was drunk and trying to impress the crowd. I think he did... but not the way he wanted.

...and it gets even better. It did indeed happen outside the Windsor Hotel, riverside in South Perth. The story goes that the driver had been 'turning it on' for the crowd trying to have a quiet beer on a hot day. They gave him the thumbs-down. He thrashed the car in reply - but lost it! The crowd went wild - regrettably BDLJ's photo hasn't shown on screen - there was absolutely no sympathy whatsoever. The best bit? The popular understanding is that the driver did not own the Ferrari: the car was out on loan from the dealer!!!

 

Cheers,

pplater.

Here's another shot of that crashed Ferrari...Right in front of a pub...

 

 

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Thanks for showing this superlative car! I stunned me!
Ten years later I was starting to work at Lambo and I asked shyly if somebody could give me a ride in a Diablo .
No one had time so one of the testers threw me a key and said: Lasciame probare la tua TT!
(I had one of the first TTs and certainly the first one in Italy)
I was so thrilled to drive it, and a couple of months later I was driving in a Diablo from Sant' Agata bolognese to Le Mans for the 24 hours!

Hi Luc,

i knew i probably had to do the year over , so i didn't really care.

So, they wanted to drive your Audi TT, and you had a go in their Diablo ? Cool exchange I remember i got to drive a very early TT from D'Ieteren ..., but i really wasn't convinced ...

A question Luc, what do you think off the new VW Polo? Seeing the first pics it looks really great and my daughter needs a car in a couple of years ...

Cheers

Filip

it is like any VW built to be more solid and safe than its driver, no one will ever question: why a Polo?
It is timeless, and bigger than the first Golf. The two doors will arrive soon and looks sportier without losing functionality.
De Siva Design, Wob tech.
I believe the best car you can get now and the best resale value.
Your daughter will be safe and it will never be a faux pas to get somewhere in a Polo, I would do it
It is also a car that you are not ashamed to see it in your driveway.
I had the first 225 hp TT quattro (that still had lead in the rear bumper), no ESP and no spoiler and it was really fun at the limit, then came the ESP and the spoiler.
I had another two, the last one having 340Hp, but still had no new one, the S5 being a better TT (because it has a real quattro and 60%on the rear axle)
Cheers
Luc