Geneva

[mal]

I am not liking the Lambo - design is way too fussy

 

[dbk]

Can't. Stop. Watching.

[video=youtube_share;tRBwf_L2_Ns]http://youtu.be/tRBwf_L2_Ns[/video]

 

[Fubar]

That thing is pretty f*cking epic!! It’s hard to believe they are really going to make that car. It is so much sexier than the 458, which I didn’t think was possible. Hat off to LaFerrari for making a LaFreaking-Monster. I don’t think you can compare the looks with the GT, retro vs spaceship, it’s not apples/apples. It’s like comparing a Monet and a Mozart, they just arn’t the same thing. This will definitely crawl into the very-dated category in a big way, but it may take 100 years for that to happen, in the meantime… wow!

To bad the new McLaren isn’t a center seater. I bet it is the best ‘drivers car’ but I was looking for F1 throwback. That rear wing is off-the-chart, I bet it makes enough downforce to dig a hole in the ground.

Thanks for the pix, laDave.

 

[Specracer]

Dude your screen name is a riot.

 

[Cobrar]

I am not liking the Lambo - design is way too fussy

Both Ferrari and Lambo designs are 'McDated' as they hit the Internet.

Perhaps Denis/Rich can help Ferrari with the La panel gaps...

 

[dbk]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed that. And people hassle Ford GT panel gaps? Yeesh.

 

[Empty Pockets]

Well.........................I guess Pockets is the proverbial pair of brown shoes in a tuxedo world...again. :facepalm:

The car does nothing for me. It's okay, I guess, but I much prefer the looks of the 458. :shrug

 

[GT1261]

LaDBK hahaha :biggrin:biggrin:biggrin:biggrin
I guess your are as sold as I am on the new F-car.

 

[Button]

Will they make a 500th one for the new Pope? LaPopemobile has a nice ring to it.

 

[Luke Warmwater]

It's not the overall cabin height. It's the relationship between an unbelted occupant of a certain height and where, when and with what force they would theoretically impact their head inside the cabin. See the round greenhouse on LaFerrari, and the extremely round greenhouse on the P1.

I will ask what the specific rule was but it's probably something in FMVSS 208 where the rules changed for cars built after September 1, 2006, which is why Ford finished production of the car by exclusively building cars for the Canadian market for the last month of production until they stopped on October 1.

Look up FMVSS 208 S5.1.2. My guess is that's it, but I have to see Camilo this afternoon and will ask him. Not that he'll remember the rule number, but he'll remember the test, as he has bitched about it before.

Reading FMVSS 208 S5.1.2 made my head hurt

 

[BlackICE]

Reading FMVSS 208 S5.1.2 made my head hurt

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/rules-regulations/administration/fmcsr/fmcsrruletext.aspx?reg=r49CFR571.208

You aren't kidding! :ack

You have to be both an attorney and engineer possibility understand this crap.

Ford must have more than 50 to 100+ people dedicated to regulation compliance.

 

[Cobrar]

Add a couple of zeros...... :frown

 

[Sinovac]

Well.........................I guess Pockets is the proverbial pair of brown shoes in a tuxedo world...again. :facepalm:

The car does nothing for me. It's okay, I guess, but I much prefer the looks of the 458. :shrug

I'm with you on this one. There is more than a passing resemblance to the Glickenhaus P4/5, just not enough to make it attractive.

 

[twobjshelbys]

The F40 and Enzo still stun me. This one is nice though. Love those active stability flaps under the car. Can't wait to see what an oil change costs though. The answer is "if you have to ask. ... "

 

[twobjshelbys]

Reading FMVSS 208 S5.1.2 made my head hurt

I got a lot more hurt from reading the rules for a GT, GT1 and GT3 class cars. They even give you the instruction book.

 

[Kingman]

Anybody care to make a wager as to the percentage of these cars that will sustain damage to the door mirrors within a 3 year period?

They stick out so far, with so little support, I think an attorney wouldn't have too much of a problem arguing 'Attractive Nuisance'. They have, 'Come Break Me Off' written all over them.

 

[BlackICE]

Anybody care to make a wager as to the percentage of these cars that will sustain damage to the door mirrors within a 3 year period?

They stick out so far, with so little support, I think an attorney wouldn't have too much of a problem arguing 'Attractive Nuisance'. They have, 'Come Break Me Off' written all over them.

Not too many. Most Fcar owners don't drive the cars any more then EP does.

 

[Empty Pockets]

T Can't wait to see what an oil change costs though.

+1. The $1,200 - $1,400 (or whatever it is) that's demanded for a 'change on an Enzo is just a wee bit much IMHO. Oil is oil ('special' blend, 'pixie dust' or not) and a filter is essentially a filter. (And, for you tech types grabbing for your keyboards - yeeees I know their are differences between 'filters "X" and "Y"...but, the point's the same. :wink)

The answer is "if you have to ask. ... "

Yeah, I love that! That adage has always irritated me to no end! How is one supposed to make out a check w/o knowing the amount??? Besides, being able to pay "X" amount for something doesn't necessarily mean one should automatically be willing to pay whatever might be demanded.


I'll shuddup now...

 

[dbk]

Ford must have more than 50 to 100+ people dedicated to regulation compliance.

Hundreds specifically dedicated to various levels of compliance, thousands of engineers that have to work under compliance guidelines each and every single day.

FVMSS is a very long and complicated set of rules, and unfortunately they are not common with some of the regulations in other countries.

 

[MTV8]

Suddenly the Porsche 918 looks kind of boring.