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    Quote Originally Posted by clutch-monkey View Post
    what about the caparo..?
    What I thought too.

    I wouldn't want to own that car though. It can't go over a speed bump.

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    don't go near speedbumps then...?
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    Quote Originally Posted by jump15vc View Post
    I like the F50 from a mechanical and purpose point of view but the styling is too subdued and beautiful in an almost feminine way for a car like that. They should have seen what makes the F40 beautiful and built off that, the F40 is great because it's so raw and focused, it all has a purpose, the Enzo is similar in the way that form follows function but the F40 is better looking and it was the last car made before Enzo died so that means something as well.

    I love the way the Carrera GT looks, its absolutely the most beautiful german supercar ever, I respect the performance of the Veyron immensely but it doesn't do it for me in that it is the wrong way to make a supercar imo, they took a luxury car and gave it immense power and technology to make a statement and set records, but I would prefer a lightweight supercar thats focused on a purpose, the Zonda series does this for me, as does the MC12 and I love both of them but if it came down to one car it would be the F40, assuming I had an SUV or sedan for everyday practicality
    The F40 is a great car but the performance envelop of the F50 is much higher.

    On the German Supercars, I would take a Porsche 959 over the Carrera GT.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 60Valves View Post
    The F40 is a great car but the performance envelop of the F50 is much higher.

    On the German Supercars, I would take a Porsche 959 over the Carrera GT.
    Here is a head to head comparision between the two:

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    Quote Originally Posted by clutch-monkey View Post
    don't go near speedbumps then...?
    Well, for a road going car, if it can't go over a speedbump, that's pretty sad.

    I'm sure you can adjust the suspension so it can do that, but I can't be bothered.

    Then again, if I could afford it, I wouldn't be worrying about these things.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NSXType-R View Post
    Well, for a road going car, if it can't go over a speedbump, that's pretty sad.

    I'm sure you can adjust the suspension so it can do that, but I can't be bothered.

    Then again, if I could afford it, I wouldn't be worrying about these things.

    Both the f40 and F50 come with adjustable suspension to get over speedbumps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NSXType-R View Post
    Well, for a road going car, if it can't go over a speedbump, that's pretty sad.

    I'm sure you can adjust the suspension so it can do that, but I can't be bothered.

    Then again, if I could afford it, I wouldn't be worrying about these things.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wt888 View Post
    Both the f40 and F50 come with adjustable suspension to get over speedbumps.
    I was talking about the Caparo.

    Quote Originally Posted by clutch-monkey View Post
    quiggs can't afford it and he doesn't mind
    True. His silly Golf with Porsche wheels.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wt888 View Post
    Both the f40 and F50 come with adjustable suspension to get over speedbumps.
    Do they?

    I doubt the F40 does. They hadn't even invented speed bumps by then...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    Do they?

    I doubt the F40 does. They hadn't even invented speed bumps by then...
    It was an option starting with the 1990 F40s.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wt888 View Post
    It was an option starting with the 1990 F40s.
    i doubt. My tenant works at Ferrari, and last year (2007) they where thinking about this kind of solution for the next F149 without using the too much expensive Enzo system, which was their first time

    btw, ferrer, i found a pic with the two Mc12 tunned by Edo, the mc12xx and the mc12 corsa. there was also the mc12r, the first, which then received the gt1 style wing, but not in my pics...i don't know if the black xx is actually the same mc12r. btw, here we go:
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    Quote Originally Posted by LeonOfTheDead View Post
    i doubt. My tenant works at Ferrari, and last year (2007) they where thinking about this kind of solution for the next F149 without using the too much expensive Enzo system, which was their first time

    btw, ferrer, i found a pic with the two Mc12 tunned by Edo, the mc12xx and the mc12 corsa. there was also the mc12r, the first, which then received the gt1 style wing, but not in my pics...i don't know if the black xx is actually the same mc12r. btw, here we go:

    Sorry but that is not correct. Adjustable suspension was an option on the F40 and standard on the F50. Switch to raise or lower the suspension is on the dashboard to the left hand side of the steering wheel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LeonOfTheDead View Post
    btw, ferrer, i found a pic with the two Mc12 tunned by Edo, the mc12xx and the mc12 corsa. there was also the mc12r, the first, which then received the gt1 style wing, but not in my pics...i don't know if the black xx is actually the same mc12r. btw, here we go:
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