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drooartz

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...well, sorta.

So I'm on my way to a rehearsal tonight at about 7 pm, heading from my house into Park City. When I turned onto US-40 I noticed a car in the slow lane, driving carefully. Red. A beautiful Ferrari 360 (or maybe a 430, hard to tell in the dark). So I blew right by it in my little Honda Fit.

Did I mention it was dark? And the road is steep? And it was cold? And snowing? :devilgrin:

So 116 hp, FWD, and snow tires beats 400 hp, RWD and wide tires at least once in a while. I didn't envy that Ferrari driver at all -- I don't think he was having all that much fun.
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<span style="font-size: 11pt">Cool! The bragging rights alone are worth a bunch!</span>
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Now why would someone drive a Ferrari in winter? Here in Calgary all the exotic cars disappear into garages for the winter, unless they are perhaps an all-wheel-drive set up that can deal with snow well...

Although recently I have seen a few of our local exotic species on winter roads, but on snow melt days when the temperature was above zero...
 
I consider pretty much anything up to a Ferrari 430/Porsche 911 Carrera to be "everyday wheels" capable, year round. I would make an exception for heavy snowfall, but a light dusting would not trouble me at all. Once you get into turbo Porsches and V-12 Fezzers they get a bit hard to use so much (although the 550 is supposed to be a very well mannered car). Why buy a modern car and not use it?

This attitude has been found to be unpopular on other forums that shall remain nameless.

-Wm.
 
All the SMART exotic owners live in Alberta. The dumb ones are left in Utah.
 
This particular driver didn't seem all that happy with his driving choice on that particular night. It wasn't snowing all that hard, though the road was a bit slick.

I'd still take my little car over the Ferrari, though I'd love to drive one once.

Just not in the snow. :smile:
 
William,

I'm sure that many of them are capable of winter driving - especially when fitted with winter tires, but I'm not sure I'd want to, winter driving in any climate causes massive wear and tear on a vehicle (ie. rust issues amongst other things)
 
Sherlock said:
William,

I'm sure that many of them are capable of winter driving - especially when fitted with winter tires, but I'm not sure I'd want to, winter driving in any climate causes massive wear and tear on a vehicle (ie. rust issues amongst other things)
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I live in Chicago-believe me I know what winter does to a car. Still doesn't really change my mind on this issue. Moderns are far more resistant to rust than old ones. Maybe if I bought a new car with the intent of keeping it in showroom new condition, or passing it along to my kids, I'd think otherwise. But if I was like that I simply wouldn't drive it at all, which to me is a waste too.

I guess I just don't understand the point of buying a car-any car-and just using it for Sunday fun runs.

-Wm.
 
I hear what you're saying

A car like a Ferrari or Lamborghini, etc... is not usually the only car you own, especially here in Calgary, or in any winter climate for that matter.

The person who owns one of these cars will have cheaper cars to bash around with in winter, to save the nice one for summer. The reality to my climate is that we only have half the year to drive the nice cars, so a person rarely owns just their exotic or collector car.

Hey! I did spot an old Datsun B210 downtown today, that's a real classic...
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DNK said:
All the SMART exotic owners live in Alberta. The dumb ones are left in Utah.
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I would be willing to wager this "dumb one" is from another state, My guess would be California :smile:
 
Come to think of it, I remember the tale of Peter Egan being asked to drive a Ferrari Dino 246 from California to Wisconsin in the dead of winter, as I recall it was quite the trip with the usual Peter Egan humour and great story telling... But then that is a rather unusual case that wouldn't normally happen...
 
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