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Old 17-04-2005, 04:06 PM   #31
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Sorry to say it, but anyone who drag races a ferrari is a %$cking tard! It's a precision car! It's not some shit **** v8 supercharged POS - it IS sheer driving pleasure!

I think my head is going to expload from the frustration. :
umm...its a ferrari....its more than likely better equipped to take a thrashing, than one of the "V8 Supercharged POS"....if i had a ferrari, i wouldnt be buying it for a cruiser ;)
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Old 17-04-2005, 04:10 PM   #32
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Ferraris aren't set up to drag race, they are for circut work.
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Old 17-04-2005, 04:47 PM   #33
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I have watched it 3 times and I just dont get it? WTF? No smoke in the burnout so why the hell is he there, and no attempt to miss the wall. This guy had it comming.
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Old 17-04-2005, 04:50 PM   #34
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Sorry to say it, but anyone who drag races a ferrari is a %$cking tard! It's a precision car! It's not some shit **** v8 supercharged POS - it IS sheer driving pleasure!

I think my head is going to expload from the frustration. :
I must have watched his brother, the clip i saw wasn't drag racing. It was a burnout comp.
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Old 17-04-2005, 04:54 PM   #35
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Ferraris aren't set up to drag race, they are for circut work.
my point was that the engine in that car is very capable of taking a bit of stick...thats what its made for.
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Old 17-04-2005, 04:59 PM   #36
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When you spend $3oo,ooo on car car they are normally built to be given a thrashing.
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Old 17-04-2005, 09:02 PM   #37
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its really sad!! poor bloke...
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Old 17-04-2005, 09:10 PM   #38
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I must have watched his brother, the clip i saw wasn't drag racing. It was a burnout comp.
Eh, close enough :P To quote Ford "No-one drives their car like that" haha! j/k
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Old 17-04-2005, 09:36 PM   #39
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meh its only a ferrari.. I'd have more sympathy if it was some poor ****s hotrod he spend decades building. this bloke can just buy another one.
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Old 17-04-2005, 09:40 PM   #40
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Im pretty sure that this was posted up less than a fortnight ago.
Yeah , I think you値l find the original thread here.

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=6654

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meh its only a ferrari.. I'd have more sympathy if it was some poor ****s hotrod he spend decades building. this bloke can just buy another one.
I personally have no sympathy for him. If you can afford to take a Ferrari to a race track (remember no insurance, although I think Shannons have a policy that covers track work) then you can afford to smash it.
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Old 17-04-2005, 09:49 PM   #42
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Eh, close enough :P To quote Ford "No-one drives their car like that" haha! j/k
Thats sad but true. It's even sader they can destroy driveline parts under fairly normal driving.
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Old 17-04-2005, 11:33 PM   #43
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Thats sad but true. It's even sader they can destroy driveline parts under fairly normal driving.
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