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Jerry Cotton posted:Rolls-Royce and Bentley both do that. ...and Ferrari won't even let you compare their cars to others on a race track. Like you can't even OWN a La Ferrari and let someone borrow it to review it head to head with a McLaren P1/Porsche 918. You don't actually 'own' the thing. When companies start doing things like that, people with brains go "whoa, hold on, that's bullshit" whereas audiophiles go "gently caress yeah, gimme 20!" 
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88h88 posted:...and Ferrari won't even let you compare their cars to others on a race track. Like you can't even OWN a La Ferrari and let someone borrow it to review it head to head with a McLaren P1/Porsche 918. You don't actually 'own' the thing. When companies start doing things like that, people with brains go "whoa, hold on, that's bullshit" whereas audiophiles go "gently caress yeah, gimme 20!" Yeah I'm going to need a source on that.
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I do believe the owners actually own their LaFerraris. However, for the special track-only FXX, 599XX etc. models, you're basically buying the right to use the car, and only at pre-approved tracks. Ferrari will store and deliver the car, let you drive it, and then they'll take it away again. KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 12:00 on Apr 10, 2015 |
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KozmoNaut posted:I do believe the owners actually own their LaFerraris. Are they even street legal?
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Jerry Cotton posted:Are they even street legal? Not even slightly.
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Jerry Cotton posted:Yeah I'm going to need a source on that. He's attributing more to the "official" response given to Top Gear (before they were cancelled) regarding a head to head test between the McLaren P1, Porsche 918, and LaFerrari; every manufacturer made up some extremely bullshit rule why they couldn't be directly compared, and Ferrari were the most reluctant, according to the hosts.
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Wasabi the J posted:He's attributing more to the "official" response given to Top Gear (before they were cancelled) regarding a head to head test between the McLaren P1, Porsche 918, and LaFerrari; every manufacturer made up some extremely bullshit rule why they couldn't be directly compared, and Ferrari were the most reluctant, according to the hosts. Wasn't Porsche all like "Sure, let's do this!"? McLaren insisted on completely unmodified as-delivered cars, and Ferrari basically wanted to be allowed to fiddle and tweak like mad and use crazy-sticky tires etc.
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Porsche said "gently caress yeah." McLaren said "Okay, but the cars have to be bone stock, and you can't do it on the Top Gear track, because that's our testing track and we want it on neutral territory." (read: We know how it performs on your track and don't like our chances.) Ferrari said "We have to be able to tune the car for the track and you can't look under the hood. Ignore the racing slicks. Also, if anyone tries to loan you an unmodified car, that person will be barred from buying a limited edition Ferrari ever again."
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Jerry Cotton posted:Yeah I'm going to need a source on that. First 42 seconds explain that the owner wasn't allowed to let them borrow it to get data... Porsche went "here's a car!" McLaren went "Here's a car and some people to set it up!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fnTZKvX5jg I'm not quite sure how you can own something and still not be allowed to do whatever you want with it.
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I though american top gear got cancelled years ago.
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KillHour posted:"Also, if anyone tries to loan you an unmodified car, that person will be barred from buying a limited edition Ferrari ever again." Sounds like TaxTheRich has a job to do and a track to rent, since it's not being used anymore...
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88h88 posted:I'm not quite sure how you can own something and still not be allowed to do whatever you want with it. As was said earlier, by telling the owner, "If you do that, you'll be off the super special person Ferrari buying list forever."
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:As was said earlier, by telling the owner, "If you do that, you'll be off the super special person Ferrari buying list forever." Or could void warranty or access to replacement parts.
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Spazzle posted:Or could void warranty or access to replacement parts. With an Italian car, that would be pretty heavy.
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A car and driver article about Ferrari F50 ownership. Apparently you had to lease it for two years first before you could make a final payment and own it. During that time if you let anyone road test it or anything you were in violation of your lease and they could take the car back. Apparently if you do things Ferrari finds distasteful after the fact they'll blackball you from buying their top end cars. Sure no matter what you do you can probably get your hands on the more common Ferraris, tho it's possible first party sales and high levels of service may be denied to you. But the sorts of people who can afford a LaFerrari don't care about that poo poo anyways. They want to be sure that the next million dollar Ferrari that pops up that they can get on the pre-order list, so they make sure they don't piss Ferrari off. Disclaimer, I am not rich and do not own a Ferrari or know anyone who does, but a lot of outlets have mentioned this sort of thing often enough that I think it's very likely true. http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/ferrari-f50-road-test
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evilskillit posted:it's possible first party sales and high levels of service may be denied to you. I wonder what EU law says about this.
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Jerry Cotton posted:I wonder what EU law says about this. What do you think would be illegal about it?
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BigFactory posted:What do you think would be illegal about it? I don't know that's why I'm wondering 
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Jerry Cotton posted:I don't know that's why I'm wondering Do you suspect something illegal or unethical is going on?
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Jerry Cotton posted:I wonder what EU law says about this. Just guessing, probably all kinds of poo poo. But what do you want to do? Rock the boat? Sue Ferrari? Don't 95% of these cars end up as garage queens anyways. I suspect most buyers just want to pay their million, put their Ferrari in their garage and then forget about it, so who cares. Mr Bean or Jay Leno might actually drive theirs but do they really want to start poo poo with Ferrari? Or just keep getting cars and take it easy. Anyways, not trying to derail the thread, we can just drop this if we want.
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Mr. Funny Pants posted:As was said earlier, by telling the owner, "If you do that, you'll be off the super special person Ferrari buying list forever." If you have the coin for such vehicles you could get any fool to buy it for you. I refuse to believe that a 'list' would stop you getting what you wanted if you had money. That's kinda the point of having money isn't it? Olympic Mathlete fucked around with this message at 18:21 on Apr 10, 2015 |
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88h88 posted:If you have the coin for such vehicles you could get any fool to buy it for you. I refuse to believe that a 'list' would stop you getting what you wanted if you had money. That's kinda the point of having money isn't it? No because you have to have enough clout with Ferrari, i.e., having purchased a few of their more expensive vehicles before in order to be on the list.
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SuperDucky posted:No because you have to have enough clout with Ferrari, i.e., having purchased a few of their more expensive vehicles before in order to be on the list. And if you have enough money to buy a LaFerrari, you have access to the best lawyers in the world, and you understand the terms of your purchase agreement when you spend over a million dollars on a race car.
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88h88 posted:If you have the coin for such vehicles you could get any fool to buy it for you. I refuse to believe that a 'list' would stop you getting what you wanted if you had money. That's kinda the point of having money isn't it? "I'll just ask Eros Ramazotti to buy one and then sell it to me that'll show them" - 88h88
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BigFactory posted:Do you suspect something illegal or unethical is going on? Always.
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Do people here have a strong opinion in terms of tri flange or custom in ears? I'm looking for the best pair of iem's for sounds isolation.
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Knifegrab posted:Do people here have a strong opinion in terms of tri flange or custom in ears? I'm looking for the best pair of iem's for sounds isolation. Personally I find tri-flanges the most comfortable and very good at sound isolation, but that's not like rigorously tested. Customs would probably be best but then I'd need to shell out a pretty penny instead of getting them for very cheap when they eventually wear out.
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Knifegrab posted:Do people here have a strong opinion in terms of tri flange or custom in ears? I'm looking for the best pair of iem's for sounds isolation. You should check out the headphones thread.
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slomomofo posted:You should check out the headphones thread. Are they actually going to be used as IEMs or just headphones?
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Jerry Cotton posted:I wonder what EU law says about this. EU law says you can take it to any garage you want to get it repaired, and that third parties are free to make parts to fit it as long as they don't claim to be official, that fitting non-OE parts or taking it to a non-dealer garage doesn't invalidate the warranty, but that manufacturers can refuse to repair damage under warranty caused by those third party parts/garages. None of this is of help to the poor beleaguered billionaires that own the limited Ferraris because the only way to get trained in Ferrari maintenance, or to get parts to make copies, is through Ferrari. Not that it matters because at that point it's basically a cult - nobody on the list would ever do anything to risk being cast out into the howling wilderness of Lamborghini ownership. Funnily enough the one thing limited Ferraris aren't is garage queens - Enzo was so pissed off with people treating his cars as investments rather than as cars that one of the other conditions for getting on the list is that you actually drive the cars x miles a year. It's actually a sensible idea because let's face it, the main thing Ferrari are actually selling is the Ferrari brand, and an F50 or whatever is pretty much a rolling advertisement for that brand.
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Neurophonic posted:Are they actually going to be used as IEMs or just headphones? Headphones. I just need isolation and IEM seem to offer the best.
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Knifegrab posted:Headphones. I just need isolation and IEM seem to offer the best. I have full silicone CIEMs that I bought a couple years ago and they isolate well enough that I've used them as earplugs in industrial settings, so if your budget can stretch that far, they'd be a good option.
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This is goddamn hilarious: http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/04/this-bluetooth-disc-turns-any-mp3-into-a-vinyl-record-and-it-sounds-like-the-real-mccoy/ A bluetooth-enabled "record" that sends vibrations into the pickup, letting you listen to streamed music on your turntable 
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That is actually incredibly badass, just for cool factor. I would totally buy one to hook up my ~1970 turntable/amp/speakers to Spotify for the spectacle.
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First of allquote:In the record listening experience, how important is the still environment and kinetic spectacle? With modern tangible media supplanted by cross-platform, network-based storage and playback, is contemporary record and turntable ownership a novelty, or an effort towards meditative stability? What the gently caress? I think this guy fell asleep in the back of too many philosophy lectures. Second of all, the article misused the phrase "begging the question" so they get an automatic fail from me. KillHour fucked around with this message at 13:41 on Apr 14, 2015 |
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KillHour posted:First of all "Begging the question" is a mistranslation in the first place so no-one should ever use it. What's the question? There is no question lol!
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Jerry Cotton posted:"Begging the question" is a mistranslation in the first place so no-one should ever use it. What's the question? There is no question lol! Yes, but the phrase "making an assumption that has not been formally established" is too long to use in conversation.
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KillHour posted:Yes, but the phrase "making an assumption that has not been formally established" is too long to use in conversation. English really doesn't have another term for it? We call it kehäpäätelmä which roughly translates to loop conclusion.
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Jerry Cotton posted:English really doesn't have another term for it? We call it kehäpäätelmä which roughly translates to loop conclusion. Not that I'm aware of.
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