F360?

[gumball]

The point I was making is that since the 355, the cars have lost the beauty from the design and in so doing have lost that timeless quality some designs offer. Noise aside they are not for me head turners in the way a 599 would catch my eye. I see plenty of the various models on the run into town during the summer. 355 & 599 stand out for different reasons.

The thing that 'ages' the 458 is the over-styling of the car ... tall lights, too many 'functional' gaps in the bodywork, 3 exhaust tips (Why on a V8???), Halfrauds alloys and then retro 355 mirrors mounted on the the doorskin like the NSX ... what was wrong with the elegant 360 / 430 mirrors?

I guess its good we are not all the same, but I do beleive ferrari should bring back beautiful design .... or at least classic and timeless so that they dont age immediately.

regards, Paul

They moved the mirrors down away from the airflow to the new higher intakes, moving the old fashioned side vents, this I feel simplifies flanks into some nice simple lines.
The wheels are functional light and elegant.. and round..
I don't see why people have a problem with an odd number of tail pipes, maybe superstition?

[Tokyo-Joe]

Hi Paul, do you have a 360?

[Paul G]

Hi Paul, do you have a 360?

Hi Joe,

Yes, sorry it doesn't look to clear in my post! I still the 360.

Cheers
PG

[Tokyo-Joe]

What has been your experience with the car? Has it lived up to your expectations? How does it compare to owning an NSX?

[Paul G]

What has been your experience with the car? Has it lived up to your expectations? How does it compare to owning an NSX?

My experience has just got better with time, as I said the first few months of ownership I did wonder if I had done the right thing, but with more time to drive, even look around and understand the car more, the whole experience became even more rewarding. Most responses from passer by and occasional fuel stops(!) are very positive, people like to stop and talk or show their children the engine etc, so on the whole all good, you will always get the other type of recognition, but I'm getting better at looking the other way and letting them have there say, worst one being white van man overtaking on back road to Goodwood and waving in a not so nice fashion, but hey, it made him feel better... God I must be getting old!

Into 3rd year of ownership and my fear is that I might not end up selling and it becomes a keeper (NSX is now well and truely in that bracket, I still have the for sale boards in the back of my car form JapFest from 3 years ago, but when I drive the NSX I still very much enjoy the whole experience) I don't hammer the cars everywhere, just tend to enjoy when the times right, they both are very rewarding in their own right, totally different, but gives me the best of both worlds... for the moment!

360 wouldn't be a daily car for me, the NSX has been, and it goes without saying it had no problems, in the early days I would do around 6000 (not high for some on here) miles a year pretty much without fault.

Am I glad I purchased the 360? 100% yes.

Cheers
PG

[Tokyo-Joe]

Thanks Paul, that is *exactly* what I wanted to hear!

[A.S. Motorsport]

360 is are pretty much the better of the old dino V8 cars,
308 and 328 where pretty good for Italian standards, 348 and 355 are horrendous, 360 a huge improvement.

Still like Paul pointed out it can't really be compared with the NSX.
Cam belt changes are painful for the wallet but that's a well documented occurrence, I do recommend the up-rated tensioners as those are far better than the originals.
Clutches aren't cheap ether certainly if you have a F1 car.

We have get them around a few times a month.