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ThomasM
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Two hoons hooning...2013 Ferrari FF video

Ok, mostly tongue in cheek - two Purist friends, Billy Bob and Jimboy, aka Marcus and Tommy, goofing around...

Here's the PG version of the video 

 Below is the R rated version, please don't complain!  Just don't click if you are easily offended...

On a serious note, the Ferrari FF is a great work of engineering, one of the truly successful bi-polar jekyll and hyde cars:

quiet and civil around town and most city speeds, and with the hatchback, actually almost practical. The rear seats could almost be considered comfortable, even for a 6' + passenger...

 But open her up and WWWWWWHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRR....

tremendous grip, lots of electronic nannies at work but unobtrusively and in the background - please note, I still don't like them but at least they are not quite so intrusive in the FF - that can make most drivers seem like MUCH better drivers than they are...oh what a brilliant erotic noise this thing makes!

and the tranni...impressive, impressive, impressive! Even not recommended mid-corner high speed high lateral-G shifts, up or down, are handled so smartly and fast that dynamic balance is not impacted noticeably! Pretty incredible...

One small nit: when I drove it by itself one afternoon in August, probably on the same roads as fellow Purist Patrick_Y, the FF seemed perfect in ride and grip and handling during "spirited" driving - smooth, composed, and when pushed, solid and planted.

Back to back with the Corvette 427 CE and Porsche 991 Carrera S (and several other cars including the Bugatti) it seemed just a tad soft (but never wallowy!) when pushed, especially when compared to the Vette and Bugatti, and just a little tiny bit softer than the Carrera S. But MUCH tighter than the DB9 and SL63...

I lOVED the Ferrari Four (FF - Four wheel drive, four passengers) and if I could only have one car, this would definitely be in the top running...much more useable rear seating than the Carrera S, with much more useable trunk space, and pretty neck and neck (it would boil down to personal preference) ride and handling wise. The engine is in a class of its own, and knowing that it is the same base as that in the new F12, makes me that much more impressed. Engine and transmission, you had me at hello...