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And the reason is... that Balboni had a heavy hand
in the spec - a driver's car. When launched, Balboni was running test laps for prospective clients. A friend of mine, who is a dyed in the blood red Ferrari fan asked Balboni to scare him to death. And the old guy almost did. Even shaved one corner close enough to lose a wing mirror. Said friend of mine admitted he had been laughing and crying throughout the 'near death' experience..... and he ordered a 458!!! REALLY?
What can you do??
Looking forward to your review.
Cheers!
Andrew H
"Thomas, you're delusional." or more bluntly, "You're an idiot."
Several people have emailed me telling me I'm a complete idiot; "How can you love the Corvette 427 so much, but HATE the Mustang GT500, with over 100 more hp?" "How can I complain the DB9 is too soft and not really like the DBS - "meh" - yet like the Vira...
Looking forward to the 550-2 review!
I recently had a lot of fun in a pretty old Suzuki Swift with 70 hp on tap :-) ...... way more fun than your average BMW 320 .... :-)
And the reason is... that Balboni had a heavy hand
in the spec - a driver's car. When launched, Balboni was running test laps for prospective clients. A friend of mine, who is a dyed in the blood red Ferrari fan asked Balboni to scare him to death. And the old guy almost did. Even shaved one corner close ...
interesting story, Andrew. There's no accounting for taste...
Actually, the 550-2 was spec'd and released before the Balboni limited edition, and he chose his LE to be based on the 550-2... But yeah, it's cool VB is old skool purist... Very nice guy, BTW.