Hello all, roads are empty. Gas is cheap. I have no more work and am bored. Nothing to do on the cars as well. I'm learning a new CAD-system meanwhile, but sitting at home and in my home office slowly drives me nuts. On the other hand our limited curfews don't say it's not allowed to drive one's cars yet. Would it be impious driving around with the 308 during these days? Best from Germany Martin
Going for a solo drive sounds like a great idea to me. And while some might scoff or disapprove, many will smile at the sight of a vintage Ferrari roaring past - a nice reminder that life isn't all fear and woe, and that beauty will always survive.
Drive to a supermarket, buy essential food in it . Lockdowns don’t specify the age of the car or exclude classic .
I put on 200 miles today being 'less than responsible' in my driving technique. If I get pulled over, I will cough up some phlem in my bare hand, then use the same hand to give the officer my license and registration.
Specifically ruled out in the UK & actively discouraged. Largely I think because if you *did* have an accident then its going to tie up health service resources better utilised elsewhere.
I've driven my car more in the past few days than I have in the past month. But... Ya know, given how much I'm hemorrhaging invested cash and income, it's a small bit of enjoyment and relief from the madness.
Ran out of things to do on the 308 so I took on my small boat engines maintenance that I wanted to do years ago. Also cleaned out my aluminum boat was in 2 year storage. I hope I don't get another disease from all the mice poops. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login View attachment 4738548
I can't practice orthodontics right now for next couple of weeks so I decided to replace all hoses in my clinic that are 28 years old and stiff like a rock. Tomorrow I might want to replace all the stained ceiling tiles in my clinic. Luckily the hoses and new valves was ordered before the shut down. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Thanks guys for encouraging me. I will report back. I hope, nothing breaks, since my favourite parts supplier -Maranello Concessionaires/FerrariUK- is closed. Just to be clear. I don't plan to do anything, what's not permitted. Up till today it's not ruled out using your car on public roads here. Our curfew is not so strict like for example in nearby France. We are still allowed to go outside and meet one single person or go outside with family members. Of course Mike. Next on-ramp is 2.5mls. distant. Best from Germany Martin
From boredom I thought about playing with my dental 3D toys in replicating 308 parts for my 85 QV. First thing I want to replicate the side view mirror plastic cap that easily get knocked off while driving on rough roads. Unobtainium made them but I thought I'll give it a try on my expensive 3D toys. It turns out very good and I've been testing driving with it for the last 100 miles. I was able to fool the dental software in thinking it's teeth that I was scanning. I guess I'll have a lot of free time next to scan the other removable flat cap in the front of the mirror. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Disregard the roller picture. It's a broken roller from my therapy chair that I try to replicate some new ones from the 3D printer.
I am so "lucky"! I was in the midst of a timing belt service and total renovation of my suspension system when we went into stay-at-home mode. Lots to do. I also need to replace a half-shaft boot. Rather than go to the hardware store to get a stocky 8mm 1/2 inch drive Allen socket, I ordered it from Amazon to avoid going out. It will arrive Saturday. I bicycle as the aerobic part of my exercise. Well, yesterday my shifter cable snapped and the rear derailleur jumped into the highest gear. Not an easy 10 miles home. A new cable also arrives on Saturday. YouTube will teach me how to change the darn thing.
Guten Morgen Martin, There is nothing in the regulations here that would forbid me to take a car out: there are no specific exclusions for sports cars, or vintage cars, etc...but you must have a specific purpose to be out, for instance buying food. However, I chose not to. I took both cars out the week-end before quarantine for a 60 mile drive, and filled both up. Now we are waiting. I'm quarantined in the family house near the german border, have a big garden to clean and prepare for the spring. I'm teleworking, part-time, and hoping for the best. No symptoms of Covid-19 this far. Touching wood. "Hals und Beinbruch..." Rgds
Here is not forbidden to take out a Ferrari and move to a market to take some food, but nobody does it: it doesn't look correct, at present. Unfortunately it would be time to take out my cars, but I think they will survive also stayng there. This weeken I want to move the pistons a bit from their position with the starter motor, no more. Maybe I will start the engine too, but I think it's much better just turning the crankshaft for one or two rounds that firing up the engine for ten seconds. The future, whatever will happen, looks dark. ciao
O.k. It seems, that the public feeling over here is kind of different from that across the big pond. Though I didn't plan to drive around town but just on some lonely back roads and through the woods I will discard these plans. I just wonder what to do with the car. The last drive was shortly before christmas. Then I did the A/C-compressor repair and the tank is not even half full. I could warm up the engine at idle for half an hour. But given the outside temperatures, this would collect a lot of water inside the exhaust system. These are crappy times. Best from Germany and stay safe Martin
Personally, I think a difference between the US and most of the rest of the world is that we consider driving a right and not a privilege. In that vein, taking out a hot car on a beautiful day during the apocalypse is fitting and actually expected. Yesterday, while out picking up a prescription for my wife in my gated 360 Spider, I came across a nice Jag F type, a Maserati Granturismo and a couple of Vet's. A lot of people were out in the cool cars just taking in the freedom of empty streets. I even got a thumbs up from a bum on the corner with some sort of cryptic end of the world sign. Celebrate life! Drive your Ferrari today.
The 'guidance' here in San Antonio, Texas is that driving to get food/supplies/gasoline (also hardware stores/auto parts stores) in any kind of vehicle is OK. Driving just to go out for a drive is not. HOWEVER, the local government advises that law enforcement is not going to pull anyone over and ask them what they are doing. So from a practical side, you can drive anywhere you want. Of course there is the shaming aspect...There was a newspaper article locally about someone who took his vintage Cobra to the Hill Country last week - about 90 miles from here. When asked by a 'helpful' enquiring citizen what he was doing in Leakey, Texas, he advised he was driving up from San Antonio to "go to the store." Since Leakey (size - one square km; population around 450) has one corner grocery store and San Antonio has more than 120 HEB brand supermarkets alone, no idea how many others grocery stores, the story that he 'needed' to go to a store in Leakey got him some abuse in print...
Perhaps he wondered if their shelves were as plundered as yours? I have taken the Countach to HEB several times - and have considered taking it to HEB in Fredericksburg to see if they have TP
here better not doing a joke like that with the policemen: you can be prosecuted and they will force you to test for the Covid. If you will be positive, you will be sentenced from 1 to 4 years of prisony, as that is what happens to those who Leave their home being infected by the Covid. Policemen are threatening their own lifes these days, as they are all at work and cannot follow the Covid safety rules during their job. They are protecting us despite this virus warning. ciao