good day overall starting with signing in, a 9min breifing dvd showing the circuit and all the health and safety crap.
3 of us got a passenger ride around the circuit which was an old airfield that had been re tarmaced into a nice little circuit.
passenger car was a new shape 3 series diesel which alpina gear all over it. they took us round showing us the braking and turning points then we had too wait for our go in one of the ferraris.there were 2 being used, a red 355 and a silver 360 spider.
i fancyed ago in the 360 as it sounded the best out of the lot and was rhd but had wheel bearing problems and had to retire leaving the 355.
the guys i was with came and went having a blast round.
......i waited.......and waited watching people who had arrived after me have a go until after 1 and a half hours later i decided to ask when i was up. 'erm alex.....your next' (oviously forgot all about me)finally got a go and at first thought what a dog.
there was alot of rattling coming from on the engine bay and the throttle cable was sticking so you would put your foot on the accelerater then a couple of second later the power would bang in with a big clunk coming from the engine bay....got upto speed and did my first lap with the sticking throttle making smooth driving difficult.
had 2 more laps and on the 3rd lap i was really getting into it putting the power down early and getting some speed up on the straights.overall it was a good day and although the car obviously had a couple of issues and the fact that i couldnt rev the car past 6k i still enjoyed it and i can see why they rave about the cars handling.
the car turned in instantly and the power once in was very punchy and smooth making a nice noise behind my head.
just wish i could have a had a few more laps as i only felt i was getting into it at the end.
But after you said that the 360 was out and the 355 doesnt sound like its far behind i think i'd be really disapointed if that happened to me.
