Don't forget to order buy your June issue. 😎

[NoelWatson]

Well done Clive, unfortunately it still won't stop the price of the F355 going up yet when launched described as the worst car Ferrari had ever made. How people have such short memories.

Don't you mean 348? 355 was a cracker!

[NSX 2000]

It's funny how peoples opinions differ so vastly about cars. I can remember Clarkson praising the 355 and saying it was the best car in the world at the time. Maybe because he might have just bought one. I loved the look and sound of the 355 but I guess driving one might not live upto expectations and of course the upkeep is a constant. I don't think id buy one now if I had the money.

IIRC Clarkson addmited how bad it was, including never by the Targa version as he did, as after about 4 weeks the the roof will start to squeak like hell, and I think Ferraris solution was to tell owners to apply Vaseline!

[NSX100]

It's funny how peoples opinions differ so vastly about cars. I can remember Clarkson praising the 355 and saying it was the best car in the world at the time. Maybe because he might have just bought one. I loved the look and sound of the 355 but I guess driving one might not live upto expectations and of course the upkeep is a constant. I don't think id buy one now if I had the money.

Strange how it is about the only highly regarded Ferrari of its day that is still available for prices that are not silly. Comparable to the NSX in price today but I do agree completely that in every other respect the NSX far exceeds it.

[NSX 2000]

Don't you mean 348? 355 was a cracker!

No, the 355 was just an attempt to improve the even worse 348. Build quality was still awful, my uncle had one and Ferrari had to send his bonnet and enginge cover back to the factory as the paint had started to peel within 6 months, plus I remember he had to wait a couple of minutes for the gearbox oil temperture to warm up before it would go in gear.

[dcnsx]

Now you mention it I can remember Clarkson moaning about quality. But he was still raving about it, the same with his Ford GT up until the point he sold it!

[flyingsniffer]

But he was still raving about it, the same with his Ford GT up until the point he sold it!

Apart from his problem with the alarm. Which in part was caused by him not taking the tracker remote unit with him when he went out driving in it. But of course, it's much better to moan at Ford in the press.

[Pride]

It's funny how peoples opinions differ so vastly about cars. I can remember Clarkson praising the 355 and saying it was the best car in the world at the time. Maybe because he might have just bought one. I loved the look and sound of the 355 but I guess driving one might not live upto expectations and of course the upkeep is a constant. I don't think id buy one now if I had the money.

I have to confess Dave the F355 is one of my favourite all time Ferrari's for both looks, style and sound too but having driven one a few times over the years i have to admit it can be a little too hard core and wearing a ride for my taste, particularly over long journeys, unlike our NSX which is far more compliant and forgiving even after fitting BC coil-overs and Dalli front and rear anti-roll bars.

Something else I love about the F355 is the dash centre console, or should I say lack of it, as it gives the car a deceptively wide and vey spacious cockpit, although now having retrimmed my console in Alcantara my console feels more "cosy" for want of a better word.

The journalist who carried out a lengthy road test in each car did happen to comment how great my Pride exhaust sounded when bouncing the notes off of the walls and tunnels around the Olympic park, and the fact he liked the idea of always seeing an NSX each time he looked in the rear view mirror, in fact the Lotus Esprit guy is planning to also do this to his car in the rear sealed quarter lights.👍



I'm now looking forward to the attention it's sure to get when parked next to other exotica on the grid at this weekends Goodwood Supercar Sunday.😎 You never no it might start a trend yet.😂

[Pride]

A reminder for:

Goodwood Supercar Sunday 7th May 😎

https://youtu.be/5J2pRnhqrbA

https://www.goodwood.com/grrc/event-...-this-weekend/

Hope to see some of you there.

[sorepaws]

Enjoy Goodwood I will be at Brands watching the awesome Aston, whatever it's called, ummm Vulcan ?

[Pride]

Thanks.
You'll really enjoy that too Mike, by far the best so called "production" car sound and performance I've ever witnessed live, you can literally hear it go around the entire F1 circuit at Brands and when they open up the taps down the Hanger straight nothing can touch its acceleration, it made even the Le Ferrari look pedestrian.