Drifting, rich man style

[Bill Howell]

Here is a video Damn True posted in another thread, but I thought some may have missed it.
Great show True, I really enjoyed it. Great to see a true car guy buy such a car and actually enjoy it. What a rush....



http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...0570394&q=MC12

[zbugger]

See, that's what it's all about. Well, not the running it into the wall part, but he's right. A car is made to be driven. Otherwise, it's pointless. At least that's how I see it.

[RobM]

seems pretty stupid to me

[GBodyGMachine]

No, that is awsome. Cars are ment to be driven, thank god there is someone out there that will do it. I will never have a trailer queen, no matter how much money is involved.

Jeff

[1970cuda]

atleast the guy doesn't have it in one of those bubble bags in the garage

[Damn True]

Nice to see something like that actually getting used.

There is no point at all in having something like that if it isn't driven.

[RobM]

driving is one thing but taking that car through a foot of snow and putting it into the wall? i dont know about that. whats next? i gues a 69 vette would be a nice mud bogger.... I drive the piss out of my vehicles but i dont drive them in a way they wernt ment to be driven

[BMF Machine]

That Old Buzzard is my hero! He owns a multi-million dollar development company. He also owns an Enzo, and one of Michael Shumakers F-1 Ferrari cars.


He wants to use the Maserrati; So be it, Give it heII!
If I hit the lotto, big time, my enzo would be in the garage, and I would be thrashing a 4wd Lambo in the snow?

Different strokes? That guy just had a genuine personalty and wanted to take his car out, that day, no matter what! Looked like a lot of fun to me.
I take days off work to play in the snow, when we get enough to make it interesting?
(2001 F-250 Powerstroke king cab 350 HP 950 Ftlbs 4wd)

Kevin

Fair roads are not half the fun as an icy road coarse would be! That car probably cost Half of what his Enzo did? Probably not much more than a fancy VW to him? Had he been in the Enzo, I would recomend him getting his head examined ! Or put him in the cell next to the Gizmundo geek for destroying precious works of art.

Maybe he is practicing 4 wheel drift for pikes peak? That would be good PR for Maserrati,lolol. But he better do a lot more practicing(No gaurd rails on Pikes Peak!)(They also really need to make one 4wd for the task, I bet that old Buzzard would get one!!)

[RobM]

oh well to each there own. To me a nice truck or even some all wheel drive vehicle would make alittle more sence. hell if i wanted to play in the snow and i was him i would build a 200 mph snow mobile or somthing

[chet]

to him that is a truck! thats like one of us buying a 20 grand beater to thrash on! Its all relative when your a millionaire.

[RobM]

well when you put it that way i gues my coments were alittle judging

[Bill Howell]

hell if i wanted to play in the snow and i was him i would build a 200 mph snow mobile or somthing

I think that is what he did, except he just bought one.
I am not sure I would have taken it on the track, but I think the trip there was cool as hell. Imagine seeing that in the parking lot of the next hotel you stay in. Funny watching them try to open the trunk to refill the washer fluid.

[shmoov69]

17' long and 7' wide!?!??! That is the size of a freakin' truck!

[DJW32]

Very cool!

[6'9"Witha69]

17' long and 7' wide!?!??! That is the size of a freakin' truck!

My Silverado is jealous!

I like seeing cars get used. My Camaro was a DD during college and saw all the rain that ever came So Cal's way. Rock on dude!

[formula]

Fair roads are not half the fun as an icy road coarse would be! That car probably cost Half of what his Enzo did? Probably not much more than a fancy VW to him? Had he been in the Enzo, I would recomend him getting his head examined ! Or put him in the cell next to the Gizmundo geek for destroying precious works of art.

Uhhhhhh....470,000 pounds sterling is about 950,000 dollars....just so you know.

Here's a comparison of the spec sheets between the two cars...the maser is no slouch, nor much of a bargain.

Maserati MC12

• Body Type: 2 door targa coupe
• Layout: mid-engine, RWD
• Engine (estimated): 630 hp, 481 lb-ft of torque, 6.0-L, 48-valve, DOHC V12
• Transmission: 6-spd sequential manual
• Seating Capacity: 2
• Length: 202.5 in
• Width: 82.5 in
• Height: 47.4 in
• Wheelbase: 110.2 in
• Dry Weight: 2,937 lbs
• Price: est $950,000

Ferrari Enzo

• Body Type: 2 door coupe
• Layout: mid-engine, RWD
• Engine: 660 hp, 472 lb-ft of torque, 6.0-L, 48-valve, DOHC v-12
• Transmission: 6-spd sequential manual
• Seating capacity: 2
• Length: 185.12 in
• Width: 80.12 in
• Height: 45.16 in
• Wheelbase: 104.3 in
• Dry weight: 3,003 lbs
• Price: $643,330

[camaro608]

i like the way he thinks.......... a car should be driven!

[steemin]

That is what one might call disposable income...
IMHO driving that car in those conditions is a little over the top.
But it is his money and he is truly a car guy..
Scott

[6'9"Witha69]

That other thread, the one that asks about being desensitized to money, applies here. If you can do it, do it. He has been bit by the same bug all of us have, he just has more funds!