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Mobius 1 · 5 Jul 2020 at 17:45

Beautiful nsx. Absolutely love those wheels. Bet it’s fantastic to drive !

grudas · 5 Jul 2020 at 21:01

Akagi · 5 Jul 2020 at 22:38

Mmmmm

Smokey26 · 6 Jul 2020 at 10:11

Acme said:
Do like that 335i, like it a lot.

Tuuuuned?

Thanks heh, yeah be rude not to. Yeah usual bolt on mods and a custom map, 455bhp/500lbs/ft. DCT box as well and rare M performance exhaust. It shifts heh.

Few other bits and bobs, like F30 front brakes, etc.

Chris1712 · 6 Jul 2020 at 12:00

NSX looks absolutely mega, stunning. Really excited for the 570S replacement, hybrid supercars are next level.

Akagi · 6 Jul 2020 at 16:45

Smokey26 said:
Thanks heh, yeah be rude not to. Yeah usual bolt on mods and a custom map, 455bhp/500lbs/ft. DCT box as well and rare M performance exhaust. It shifts heh. Few other bits and bobs, like F30 front brakes, etc.

Lovely. M3 eater.

Gibbo · 6 Jul 2020 at 21:55

Spotted out and about in the 458 by a social media photographer who tagged me on instagram, requested him email them to me which he kindly did:

Excuse how filthy car is as it has not been washed for a couple months! :eek:

Ryan-3 · 7 Jul 2020 at 09:52

Brightness over 9000!!!

I actually prefer the silver NSX with dark wheels, even though it goes against my norms.

Chris1712 · 7 Jul 2020 at 10:17

As beautiful as the 458 is, it suffers from the same affliction as lots of high end Italian cars for some reason. They don't even try with the indicators! Yeah just slap on this 50p orange blob from a 1960s Volvo. It blows my mind, not even tried to integrate or style it. Similarly I wish manual keyholes would be hidden a bit better, McLaren/TVR style.

Gibbo · 7 Jul 2020 at 10:32

Chris1712 said:
As beautiful as the 458 is, it suffers from the same affliction as lots of high end Italian cars for some reason. They don't even try with the indicators! Yeah just slap on this 50p orange blob from a 1960s Volvo. It blows my mind, not even tried to integrate or style it. Similarly I wish manual keyholes would be hidden a bit better, McLaren/TVR style.

Yes the side indicators I think are pulled directly out the Fiat parts bin and the key hole on drivers door when I first got the car I was like how odd yet now I never notice it, I think it is just because Ferrari got this car so right in the looks, driving and as an overall package you simply forgive them for slapping some parts from a Punto on the car, simply as its best car I have ever driven and it is incredibly well put together, the build quality is in a totally different league to a Mclaren or TVR, it is up there with Audi/Lamborghini but with a bit of old fashion Italian flare.

Chris1712 · 7 Jul 2020 at 10:36

Gibbo said:
Yes the side indicators I think are pulled directly out the Fiat parts bin and the key hole on drivers door when I first got the car I was like how odd yet now I never notice it, I think it is just because Ferrari got this car so right in the looks, driving and as an overall package you simply forgive them for slapping some parts from a Punto on the car, simply as its best car I have ever driven and it is incredibly well put together, the build quality is in a totally different league to a Mclaren or TVR, it is up there with Audi/Lamborghini but with a bit of old fashion Italian flare.

I'm with you, the haphazard nature is what gives them soul I think. The 4C is full of it aswell - 'No you can't have a gas strut on the bootlid, that would add 600 grams!' - 'Yeah let's have heated electric mirrors!'

wedrum · 7 Jul 2020 at 10:37

i kinda like the way ferrari are still doing things like that. . just like the older lamboos too.

Akagi · 8 Jul 2020 at 06:04

I expect the side repeaters are an afterthought because they are only fitted in markets where they are mandated.

[TW]Fox · 8 Jul 2020 at 10:03

Acme said:
I expect the side repeaters are an afterthought because they are only fitted in markets where they are mandated.

Which markets don't mandate them? The whole of Europe seems to have them including Ferraris home market.

Siliconslave · 8 Jul 2020 at 10:12

[TW]Fox said:
Which markets don't mandate them? The whole of Europe seems to have them including Ferraris home market.

doesn't really add up does it - but pretty sure the US doesn't - had some miata guys asking for measurements of the side repeater location so they could add them to their cars in the past :confused:

[TW]Fox · 8 Jul 2020 at 10:46

The us requirements are even more fussy with additional side reflectors too.

Dis86 · 8 Jul 2020 at 10:53

Actually an interesting one. Was watching an episode of Wheeler dealers a while back where they dealt with a Datsun 510 on which a side repeater had been removed for the American market and the original panels with the repeaters in were very rare. Luckily when they stripped the paint back it was a jdm panel but just with the hole filled.

Jonnycoupe · 8 Jul 2020 at 11:36

Acme said:
I expect the side repeaters are an afterthought because they are only fitted in markets where they are mandated.

Its cos the volumes doesn't really let them tool something bespoke and fitting for each car and offer value. Its not even like they have common mirror caps where a lot put the direction indicators. I guess just embracing that approach allows them to a little more flexible on the door mirror mount and housing to suit the character of each car which is what most normal people notice more.

nicRob · 8 Jul 2020 at 13:28

They're the same ones used on various Ferraris for years (360,430, probably others), got them on the Fiat too:

Conscript · 8 Jul 2020 at 13:56

Chris1712 said:
- 'No you can't have a gas strut on the bootlid, that would add 600 grams!' - 'Yeah let's have heated electric mirrors!'

MX5 NC engineers/marketing: "We've shaved the interior mirror to save 30 grams"
Also MX5 NC engineers/marketing: "dUal ExhUASt tIps!"

:/