Melb to Canberra route

... and when he said he wished it didn't have so much power

 

Yeah... I think what he meant was it’s a beast you could never tame... Imagine what the F12 TDF is like FFS...

 

Gorgeous. We'll hear the scream from Qld when you get your first stone chip

 

Can't remember who said it but obviously a racer ...... "you know you have enough power when the wheels are still spinning from one turn to the next" ... or something along those lines

 

Mark Donohue -
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough horsepower."

 

Having more power than grip, all the time, is entertaining for the first 15 minutes, then becomes a serious challenge and requires lots of practice and concentration to manage. Learning to use downforce and tyre + suspension settings is part of the practice, during which you will spin the car many times. Expensive if you hit the wall on a track, but at least there are no trees and nothing coming the other way to kill you.

In a road car with no significant aero and treaded tyres, you are in the hands of intrusive electronic nannies. There's a reason a Nissan GTR has 4WD, it would be unmanageable without it, yet it's over a hundred hp short of an F12. (I bet the GTR is faster than any Ferrari in the real world)

Not once in 5 years did I have the 575 flat in anything below 5th gear, I can't imagine how you'd ever use more than 2/3rds of a F12 or 812 on public roads and you'd certainly never want to turn all the nannies off.

Having said all that, an F12 is a fabulous car and looks stunning in black.

 

I better not buy one then.

 

Speaking of f12s, I was seriously considering buying the one Dixons had for low $300k a year ago but thought I'd wait until the prices drop further. What a numbskull!

 

think of all the fun you'd have hot-rodding one. Changing the LED's to globes and converting from injection to carbies

 

My thoughts also. I was offered one for $300 and knocked it back. What an idiot I am.

 

We just have to be patient. We're old enough to have seen this all before.

I really want one. That or a vw beetle.

 

I was thinking of him in the Penske car when I typed it but wasn't shore, I knew ewed know

 

or if your in control your not driving fast enough .

 

You made the right choice, obviously.

 

100%...

 

That is absolutely stunning!!
Love the black on tan.
I'd have an F12 over a 458/88, and yes I'm under 65

 

Really?

You must have run all the way!

 

Lol, I'm actually under 50.......just
Must be the only one on here!!??

 

OLIO.

Probably.

 

If you're talking IQ, Rob beats you

 

Stop it.

 

Stop what?

 

Can we have him banned for that insulting remark? Please!!