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Old 01-25-2006, 03:36 PM
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Well, a quickie write-up. One of my good friends celebrated his 21st Birthday today, and
he got the last ferrari f430 spyder to be delivered in the UK!!! lucky person, i know


Anyways, i went over to his place to check out the car, which he collected late last night from
the Ferrari dealership. OMG absolutely incredible car, nothing more i could say about it.

The car has the bucket racing seats, and carbon fibre interior trim. The seats are absolutely
phenomenal, they hug you like no other car.

As for the ride, its very hard, but not as bad as the last ferrari ive been in (f355). Together with
the steering its incredible how connected to the road you are. I now realize that driving an ///M
is really nothing compared to even being in this car.

As for the engine, wow it howls like nothing you could possibly imagine. Car being brand new, we
didnt rev it to more than 6000rpm but even at that speed your head is snapped to the seat. The
sequential gearbox is far more smooth than in my m3 smg, and it is really great to drive the car
in traffic... we drove it in 3rd gear at 30mph

Well thats pretty much it.. I was passenger for 99% of the time, only went for one lap with it , but was
really shit*ing myself id mess up the car...

video from inside the car attached, sorry the other videos are crap cause everytime he accelerated,
the phone went flying

////IMPORTANT !! VIDEO IS IN .3gp FORMAT BUT SINCE THE FORUM WOULD NOT LET ME UPLOAD,
I HAD TO RENAME IT TO .avi ... change the file extension to view it
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25_01_06_1100.avi (454.4 KB, 737 views)
Old 01-25-2006, 11:27 PM
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Nice! How do you change the files extension?
Old 01-26-2006, 05:25 AM
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It's too complicated.. I'm too lazy to bother There are programs to change file extensions but imo WinXP should have one as a standard, one that could be operated in Windows, not in Command Line.
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Whaaaaat?

Easily. Go to folder options/view and search for show file extensions. Tick it and then click on the file (single click just as u want to rename it) and change from avi to 3gp. It would still need a nokia or a program to view it.

Kinda dissapointing the clip...wanted some action...sound and stuff...
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Originally Posted by BetterMakeWay' post='230094' date='Jan 26 2006, 08:58 PM
Whaaaaat?

Easily. Go to folder options/view and search for show file extensions. Tick it and then click on the file (single click just as u want to rename it) and change from avi to 3gp. It would still need a nokia or a program to view it.

Kinda dissapointing the clip...wanted some action...sound and stuff...

WAS FAR too excited to hold the phone steady man!! even when the car was stationary , as you can see...

anyways im off to see the guy tomorrow night so i think we might arrange something
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Originally Posted by 700700' post='230285
Whaaaaat?

Easily. Go to folder options/view and search for show file extensions. Tick it and then click on the file (single click just as u want to rename it) and change from avi to 3gp. It would still need a nokia or a program to view it.

Kinda dissapointing the clip...wanted some action...sound and stuff...

WAS FAR too excited to hold the phone steady man!! even when the car was stationary , as you can see...

anyways im off to see the guy tomorrow night so i think we might arrange something
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Good luck! Make sure u shoot it with at least a digital camera or smth.
I wana hear the sound...it's astonishing.
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Originally Posted by BetterMakeWay' post='230394' date='Jan 27 2006, 10:01 AM
Good luck! Make sure u shoot it with at least a digital camera or smth.
I wana hear the sound...it's astonishing.

i dont have a camera, im a poor student remember....ill see what i can do :'(
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Originally Posted by 700700' post='230439
Good luck! Make sure u shoot it with at least a digital camera or smth.
I wana hear the sound...it's astonishing.

i dont have a camera, im a poor student remember....ill see what i can do :'(
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A poor student in an m3 cabrio smg?
I wana be that poor.
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What program do I need to watch a .3gp video?
Windows Media Player doesn't work...
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Originally Posted by jet190rs' post='230551' date='Jan 27 2006, 02:20 PM
What program do I need to watch a .3gp video?
Windows Media Player doesn't work...
Nokia PC Suite will do. But imo it doesn't worth the trouble. You didn't miss much.


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