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Re: How to build a Ferrari stretch limo - 09-27-2007, 10:14 AM

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Just imagine this thing drifting and doind donuts...
It would break in half!

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Re: How to build a Ferrari stretch limo - 09-27-2007, 10:18 AM

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I have no problem with this Ferrarimo, or Ferraribus. Really. It seems to be properly made, by a serious guy. The rigidity surely suffered a bit, but if not too much it is a cool car. The concept is very interesting. The giant Gullwing doors are a real good idea.

Anf imagine: it could be the first rear-engined (it is not mid-engined any more now ) limo in the world!!!

The Ferrari with 8 seats, longer than a Cadillac, and with a Porsche 911-weight distribution...

Just imagine this thing drifting and doind donuts...
It sure must understeer a bit, mut surely can go fast and even drift a bit if you want...
Imagine you, confortably installed on your big independant seat with charming company, and with the noise of a Ferrari-V8!

This is the first tracklimo in the world. Ring-taxi? what an old-fashioned and little business. Here you are in a Ferrarimo, please, and 7 passengers paying their place... Ferraribus, here you are.
No serious, this is cool.
So I take it you would absolutely love a 12-meter long SLR limo?
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Re: How to build a Ferrari stretch limo - 09-27-2007, 10:27 AM

Looks pretty sleek so good job. I'd rather strip it and race it though. But people are different I guess.
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Re: How to build a Ferrari stretch limo - 09-27-2007, 11:11 AM

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So I take it you would absolutely love a 12-meter long SLR limo?
Oh yes YOUPI this would be a good idea!!!

I mean, this is not bad, everybody seems to hate it, I just had to say the contrary.

This is not the car I would buy, but I find it is a good realization, a cool-looking limo. And the limo with the best noise in the world. So I quite like it.
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Re: How to build a Ferrari stretch limo - 09-27-2007, 12:57 PM

Whereas I wouldn't do this to my own 360, I'm not necessarily saying it's a bad thing. Perhaps it's the business student in me, coupled with the fact that I'm in a business class right now, but imagine how quickly he'll be able to recoup the costs of that 360. And then how quickly it'll take him to make enough money to buy another one. Or an F430. He found a very open niche in the market, and exploited it. Now, he's the only person in that niche, and can charge a reasonably high premium to ride in his Ferrari limo as opposed to a more run-of-the-mill Town Car or H2. It's a great move from a business standpoint, as he probably has one of, if not the only, Ferrari limosine in the world, right? And to laypeople (non-car people), just to be able to say they sat in a Ferrari is a big deal. Because to them, Ferrari and Lamborghini are the top of the top, with Bentley and Rolls-Royce. You have to remember they don't know about the little brands like Bugatti and Spyker and Konnegcaricantspell. So when someone says, "Ferrari limo" they're like, "How much for that chance? That's so cool!"

I guess that's how I see it, I guess. Would I have rather he given me the 360? God yes. But from a business standpoint, it makes sense. I guess that's why I don't like the Bugatti very much. It doesn't make sense. It's a car that you're making a loss on. And while it's a halo car, and sometimes it's acceptable to take a loss on a halo car, there are no other cars in the showroom for a halo car to draw for. Does that make sense?
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Re: How to build a Ferrari stretch limo - 09-28-2007, 04:15 AM

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Mind answering me this one, ojis: How can such thing like custom built (buy a guy with a drill in his hands) Ferrari limo make more sense than a crossover?

Simple question, simple answer please.

With a cross-over coupe SUV you end up having either of them. But with this limo, which is meant to be flashy from the beginning, becomes more. I mean, what's more flashy than FERRARI limo?
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Re: How to build a Ferrari stretch limo - 09-28-2007, 04:19 AM

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With a cross-over coupe SUV you end up having either of them. But with this limo, which is meant to be flashy from the beginning, becomes more. I mean, what's more flashy than FERRARI limo?
Flashy or stupid? Stupid imo... This is a limo made of Ferrari, Ferrari! And that's utterly stupid if you ask me.

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Re: How to build a Ferrari stretch limo - 09-28-2007, 10:28 AM

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With a cross-over coupe SUV you end up having either of them. But with this limo, which is meant to be flashy from the beginning, becomes more. I mean, what's more flashy than FERRARI limo?
Well, what's the point of giving up everything that made it a Ferrari, a sports car at its finest? With the X6 you won't lose everything that made the X5 a great SUV(/SAV) and you also get the lower point of gravity and thus better driving dynamics. With the Ferrari limo all you get is a flashy exterior without any real practicality benefit over a regular limo. If it makes more sense than the X6 then why doesn't Ferrari offer it?
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Re: How to build a Ferrari stretch limo - 09-28-2007, 04:35 PM

Whatever. This conversation is going nowhere.
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Re: How to build a Ferrari stretch limo - 10-02-2007, 05:14 PM

I think it was a perfectly viable conversation. I wouldn't have taken the time to reply a thought out and long reply like I did, otherwise.
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