Author Topic: Ferrari 348 TS - Sophia (Read 13644 times)

sameerrao · « **on:** 28-Dec-2007, 01:36:29 »

I am sure none of you have seen it before

Now 1 year old and 6100 miles later, I must say Sophia has been a sweet lady. Fires up on the key without hesitation and is keen to hit the road no matter what the weather. Has been quite reliable so far (touch wood).

Photos from her first road trip - bought the car in Salt Lake City and drove her to Houston - it was 1700 fun filled miles - managed to visit Arches National Park and Canyonlands National park - was the only sports car there

Some other shots:

Video of a christmas day ride .... 1991 Ferrari 348 ts

gucom · « **Reply #1 on:** 28-Dec-2007, 01:46:25 »

still a great car

the pics from your first trip are beautiful, especially the first and fourth ones!

I never read a report of your trackday, how was it?

sameerrao · « **Reply #2 on:** 28-Dec-2007, 01:59:28 »

Quote from: gucom on 28-Dec-2007, 01:46:25

still a great car the pics from your first trip are beautiful, especially the first and fourth ones!

I never read a report of your trackday, how was it?

It was awesome. The car has confidence inspiring brakes and is very neutral on most corners with a tendency to understeer. the non-assisted steering makes it very easy to place the car where you need with lots of steering feel. The long throttle pedal makes it easy to modulate the power on corner exit. not much body roll. The only problem is with the gearbox - it takes a lot of time to shift and is recalcitrant sometime. But the last time I went out, I got a better handle on the shifting. I am learning to drive the car better. The other thing I like is that given its huge oil reservoir - 11 litres of oil, it never overheated during the run.

gucom · « **Reply #3 on:** 28-Dec-2007, 02:02:57 »

good to hear

a classic italian thoroughbred that you can use for an entire trackday...

Indeed I can imagine shifting that pattern could take awhile to get used to, especially if you're driving quick like on a trackday...

MIHALS · « **Reply #4 on:** 28-Dec-2007, 02:34:26 »

oh, you have ferrari? never saw, never knew

very nice ride you have mate, looks like she's in the mint condition aswell

take a good care of her, she's a pure sexy beautie

everso · « **Reply #5 on:** 28-Dec-2007, 02:35:13 »

FANTASTIC photos, man. i love em!!!

enjoy your classic....it looks great!

sentra_dude · « **Reply #6 on:** 28-Dec-2007, 04:52:57 »

I'm glad to see this topic and our favorite 348 made it over to TAU!

Its awesome that you took it out on the track, where a Ferrari is meant to be! Also, I learned a new word today, recalcitrant, thanks professor sameerrao.

Btw, 11 L of oil is f'in massive, and I guess that means you have to buy 11 L of oil everytime you change the oil...?

Ronin005 · « **Reply #7 on:** 28-Dec-2007, 09:01:53 »

yeah, I cant say I have ever seen these familiar photos before!! haha

nice to see it is treating you good!!

TT · « **Reply #8 on:** 28-Dec-2007, 09:43:28 »

Always nice to see pics of your beautiful car!!

MartinR · « **Reply #9 on:** 28-Dec-2007, 12:25:11 »

That's a very cool Ferrari. I'm glad to hear its given you no troubles either, something you'd usually expect from a used Italian.

I've seen most of those pics before, but they still stun me. Amazing!

spanky · « **Reply #10 on:** 28-Dec-2007, 12:52:01 »

Great too see it again mate! I hope your enjoying driving the Italian Stallion!

brembo · « **Reply #11 on:** 28-Dec-2007, 14:56:34 »

Sophia is looking good as usual, nice to see here in the parking lot....

Also nice to hear you use her no matter if its raining or not, to many garage queens around allready....

sameerrao · « **Reply #12 on:** 29-Dec-2007, 02:26:00 »

Added a video to the first post.

spanky · « **Reply #13 on:** 29-Dec-2007, 11:06:54 »

Nice noise she makes mate!!!!

Thanks for the vid

MartinR · « **Reply #14 on:** 29-Dec-2007, 18:14:16 »

Thanks for the video. It's a nice noise indeed. I do prefer the 355 and the 430's sounds a bit more, but this makes a great noise nevertheless.

Doesn't sound too loud from the inside either judging by the video. Is that so?

sameerrao · « **Reply #15 on:** 29-Dec-2007, 20:02:17 »

Quote from: insane on 29-Dec-2007, 18:14:16

Thanks for the video. It's a nice noise indeed. I do prefer the 355 and the 430's sounds a bit more, but this makes a great noise nevertheless.

Doesn't sound too loud from the inside either judging by the video. Is that so?

It is quite loud with the minimal sound deadening. The video camer used didnt really capture the sound well.

MartinR · « **Reply #16 on:** 29-Dec-2007, 20:17:18 »

Quote from: sameerrao on 29-Dec-2007, 20:02:17

It is quite loud with the minimal sound deadening. The video camer used didnt really capture the sound well.

LOL...and I thought it was nice and civilized inside. Well, who cares about that anyway - it's a Ferrari - you'd want to hear the noise.

danidmas · « **Reply #17 on:** 31-Dec-2007, 01:47:29 »

Always nice to see pics and vids of your red lover Sophia!!

yeckmohr · « **Reply #18 on:** 31-Dec-2007, 12:38:54 »

nice pics and vids, you might be lucky having a Ferrari.

mrmojo77 · « **Reply #19 on:** 31-Dec-2007, 13:50:46 »

What can I say, it's a Ferrari and it's sweeet!