Lovely car Anglis.....and a balanced veiw now...I love the 348 as well and yours in black really does the car justice..
Sure you last camment will provoke a few comments...
Thanks.
It was said in jest, so I'm sure no one took offence. Not like the Aston Martin owners on Pistonheads. But taht is another story altogether
Not normally a fan of the 348 but that does look a pretty nice car, Black does suit the 348 the best.
I did consider respraying it red a couple of years ago, but decided to do it in black again. looks great, but sooo hard to keep clean.
A very nice car and yes I would agree that in some cases a car needs to be understood before saying whether or not it is any good. The Maserati 4200 was slammed by Mr Clarkson in Top Gear and when I finally drove a 4200 I was expecting it to be an absolute dog but was surprised to find that I actually loved it. The 348 may not be the best Ferrari ever made but at the end of the day it is a Ferrari and I cannot believe that it all that bad. By the way Black looks awesome
Finally, it will never be the worse Ferrari..........I owned that Ferrari 308 GT4
There's a Top gear video of Clarkson in the 90's (when he had a lot of hair on his head) saying how great the 348 was etc. Since then, he's been slagging it off as has Autocar's Andrew Frankel. Everytime he writes a Ferrari review he never fails to mention how **** it was etc.
When we did the Ferrari Factory tour last year we couldn't see any reference to a 348 anywhere. It's like it was wiped away from history. Luca Montypython even slagged it off at the 458 launch where he said a 16v Gold GTi was faster.
I think the big problem with 348's and with many other models, is that they have not been maintained well over the years. The majority have never had their suspension refurbished so they are running around on knackered dampers and concrete suspension bushes.
Before I had mine worked on, it was at least 40bhp down on power because the cam timing wasn't done. You get a lot of this with 355's where they often have around 320bhp instead of 380bhp. The owners weren't too happy to find out they had the same bhp as a 348.
To be honest though, the only reason I like and have kept mine is because of all the modificatiosn I've done to it over the years. 360 carbon seats, challenge steering wheel etc and hopefully the 550+bhp race engine we are supposed to be putting in it next month. I still hate the high speed handling and the non-assisted steering when parking.
Come to think of it, I haven't driven it for months now. May have to take it out for a spin tomorrow.
As for the GT4, values are going up and it's a nice car.
Here's an interview with did with a GT4 owner last year:
[video=youtube;ciPKVDgIrFc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciPKVDgIrFc[/video]