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"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7) 12/17/2016 at 23:21 • Filed to: None

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Friend taking advantage of free parking while my car is out for maintenance.

1994 348tb Challenge—apparently had racing history but was eventually converted to a street car, possibly including a full repaint (paintwork does not look original—too much orange peel for a 1980s car)

Manual steering, fairly heavy clutch. Overall in great shape.

S65 > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 12/17/2016 at 23:33

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But better than the 355? The million dollar question...

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > S65 12/17/2016 at 23:40

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Depends on your taste. The 348 is definitely more of a purist’s car. Apparently this car does have ABS, being a later build.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 12/18/2016 at 01:07

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Look at that well sorted garage!

Hateful Mate > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 12/18/2016 at 07:12

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So gorgeous. I hope one day, my income will increase quicker than price of one of these.

Orange peel means it’s probably original. That’s apparently how 80's and 90's ferraris where. There’s even a thread on ferrari chat called “show us your orange peel”

JGrabowMSt > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 12/18/2016 at 10:12

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Wet sand should take care of the orange peel without being expensive. Comparatively.

I dig the yellow. Yellow is a good color.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 12/18/2016 at 12:06

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Ugh, thanks for pointing that out. Dat parent lyfe

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Hateful Mate 12/18/2016 at 12:08

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Generally, post-millennium cars have worse orange peel due to environmental regulations. But I would have to examine the paint on some other 348s to be sure.

Hateful Mate > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 12/18/2016 at 13:57

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Indeed. Mercedes being one of the worst. I’ve not seen many 348's around, but I’ve seen quite a few 355's and they all had rather poor paint, so I imagine the 348 should be the same.

Stephenson Valve Gear > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 12/18/2016 at 14:55

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My friends never take advantage of my empty garage by parking a yellow Ferrari in it when my car is gone. Your friends are better than my friends... :-(

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Stephenson Valve Gear 12/19/2016 at 01:24

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A little more complicated than that—I’m paying him to do a bunch of fluid changes on my car, so my car is occupying his garage lift. On top of that, this 348 usually sits outside (covered) so he benefits from this.

So.......partial-barter friends?

Stephenson Valve Gear > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 12/19/2016 at 10:45

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Fair enough... although I will still point out none of my friends even have a yellow Ferrari which could then be a pawn in a fluid-changing/car-lifting/partial-bartering chess game. None of which affects the cool factor of having said car occupy your garage for a short time.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > JGrabowMSt 12/19/2016 at 13:41

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I just learned this recently, too. I had a bumper painted, and they left wet sanding marks on one side that my detailer discovered with his “light of truth.”

SPAMBot - Horse Doctor > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 12/19/2016 at 18:36

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Stunning!! I wonder if he would notice that it was red when he cam back... And 4 years older :p