Ferrari Testarossa?

[911boost]

I would look cool as hell driving around the wastelands of the apocalypse in a pink sport coat with the sleeves push up and white pants in one.....

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by javadog

None of the federalized Lamborghinis was ever worth buying. Some of them were hideous in appearance and they didn't run much better.

Call me a heathen, but I also can't stand the looks of the Diablo. I blame some committee at Chrysler for that.

Ferrari always did a better job of integrating the stupid federal bumpers, at least starting with the 328.

That said, I never liked the impact bumpers on a 911 or 930 and I owned a bunch of those...

As for the looks of a TR, they look quite different when viewed amongst other, regular cars, from a distance. What some perceive as "huge" turns out to be pretty small in reality.

And, if you're not worth 50 million, it's probably the only choice you'll have for putting a decent V12 behind you.

I always liked the Diablo. Maybe because that is when they started engineering them to be a drivers car again. Both my kids hate the Diablo. The only car older than the Murcielago they like is the Miura. Daughter like the Murcielago but the boy doesn't like anything before the Aventator/Gallardo cousins.

I agree on the Testarossa looking big in pics but when you see one in the flesh they are little. I would put it 4th in beauty for Ferrari. The 1957 TR and then the 365 GTS (NOT the GTB) then the 288 GTO. Maybe not always in that order. The F40 looks "purposeful" but it isn't the art the others are.

[javadog]

The first Countach was a driver's car. The cars after that were just a lot of horsepower and fat tires. No finesse.

Frankly, most Lamborghinis are bought just because their owners want the attention they bring. If you go back to the days of the Miura, most of Lamborghini's exotics have been bought by the rich and famous and stupid. It's a shame.

The only Lambo I really liked after the LP400 was the Murci.

[flipper35]

A guy a bit up the interstate has a rare one. An LM-002. He also has/had a Ford RS200.

[javadog]

There used to be a guy that owned an LM-002 a few miles from me. Maybe he still has it, who knows? That’s another one that had no real purpose. I would much rather have the RS200.

The RS200 brings to mind another car I should’ve bought many years ago, when I had the chance. An Audi Quattro sport. Preferably dark blue, or dark green.

[911boost]

I saw an LM-002 at a local Porsche shop last year.....

[slow&rusty]

Originally Posted by javadog

The first Countach was a driver's car. The cars after that were just a lot of horsepower and fat tires. No finesse.

Frankly, most Lamborghinis are bought just because their owners want the attention they bring. If you go back to the days of the Miura, most of Lamborghini's exotics have been bought by the rich and famous and stupid. It's a shame.

The only Lambo I really liked after the LP400 was the Murci.

There is a fair bit of truth in this statement especially the younger crowd now that enjoy revving their Gallardos and Huracans at Cars and Coffee (something I absolutely hate). But there are many owners that are just passionate about the marque, the history and the cars in general that could do without the attention, it is part of ownership.

Regarding the LM-002s there was so much much silly money around in the 1980s, if you could dream it up and pay for it, it could be built, which was the design basis for the LM. I mean people would buy a new 500SEC for $50,000 in 1985 and then pay an additional $75,000 to install a hot engine, metallic red leather and gull wing doors with a stereo powerful enough for a rock concert.

I still own this magazine that I bought brand new in 1983 (yes I'ave owned it for 33 years now):

[javadog]

Idiots have owned Lamborghinis since the 60's. It just seems worse now because of all the rappers and dot.com geeks that buy them now. Ferrari has had their share of idiot owners, the reason they have grown so much larger since the debut of the 360 is so the basketball and football players can fit in one. Lamborghini probably attracted more of the idiots and wannabes because they were always more exotic and they were offered in wild colors.

I sold my Ferraris because I didn't want to be "a Ferrari owner" when Ferrari started cranking them out in large numbers and the idiots started outnumbering the marque enthusiasts. I sold the Lambo because it got too valuable to drive, in a land of rednecks with jacked-up pickup trucks and idiot millennials texting on their cellphones.

If only we could go back to the days where you could drive around Europe for weeks, or months, or an entire year... just you, your car and a bag of clothes.

Idiots with their Lamborghinis, to illustrate my point:

https://www.google.com/search?q=famous+celebrities+with+their+lamborghini&client=firefox-b-1-ab&sxsrf=ALeKk03XPz8j5QEmJI-Q8vPT6mw3IrEj4A:1585144686198&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqz8CP5LXoAhVEKa0KHcXHB3kQ_AUoAXoECBAQA w&biw=1600&bih=777

[javadog]

wow, nice pair of tits. here's your Lambo...



Just a douchebag, nothing more...



I gather this idiot is a soccer player...



How many idiots can you spot in this photo?

[javadog]

Always my personal favorite... If you have a huge ass, painted-on eyebrows and no talent or brains, buy yourself a really expensive Lambo and paint the mother pink...

The park it everywhere you can and show off that big fat ass and make it famous...

[Baz]

I'd tap it!

[javadog]

I would not.

[flipper35]

I would still drive it if it were pink, as long as the blonde in the pic didn't ride along.

[KNS]

Originally Posted by javadog

Idiots have owned Lamborghinis since the 60's. It just seems worse now because of all the rappers and dot.com geeks that buy them now. Ferrari has had their share of idiot owners, the reason they have grown so much larger since the debut of the 360 is so the basketball and football players can fit in one. Lamborghini probably attracted more of the idiots and wannabes because they were always more exotic and they were offered in wild colors.

I sold my Ferraris because I didn't want to be "a Ferrari owner" when Ferrari started cranking them out in large numbers and the idiots started outnumbering the marque enthusiasts. I sold the Lambo because it got too valuable to drive, in a land of rednecks with jacked-up pickup trucks and idiot millennials texting on their cellphones.

If only we could go back to the days where you could drive around Europe for weeks, or months, or an entire year... just you, your car and a bag of clothes.

In the early days you couldn't purchase a new Ferrari without some sort of association or previous history with the Ferrari factory. In the very early days if Enzo didn't approve of the purchase (perhaps he didn't think you were the right fit for Ferrari ownership or worse, he personally disliked you), you didn't get a car.

[javadog]

Nowadays, the game is a little different, although the end result is the same. If you want the latest, greatest offering, you can't have it. You gotta buy a few used ones first, then work your way up to the lesser, new ones, then, someday, maybe they'll let you buy the good one.

Same sort of thing in the watch world. Last time I bought a new watch, I asked the dealer why it was so hard to get a new model. He said that if you didn't drop $250K a year on some useless bling, you weren't even in the game. Stay home. You ain't getting one.

Screw them all.

[GaltJ]

Used is ok

[Racerbvd]

This one belongs to a buddy.

[Sarc]

Give me this, an LP400, and a 512TR and I’ll be pretty content.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-lamborghini-islero/

[javadog]

Ha, an Islero. One of the few Lambos of that period that didn't have a ****ed-up dash layout.

I think they should have put a blood red interior in it. The tobacco doesn't work well with the grey, maybe because that tobacco color is a little too orange. My Lp400 had a tobacco interior and I don't remember it looking like that.

[Sarc]

I was thinking the same thing; tobacco is usually more saddle-like in color (almost like Nutria to use BMW parlance).