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nandogh said:

Sure he will. Some of the salesperson that were in my training were also Ferrari dealers, and they said me that the car was even better than the 458 (I have driven the 458 only in town, not in circuit, so I can not tell).

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I would love to see how such a factory is laid out and how such an exclusive high performance car is being taken from raw material stage all the way to finished supercar.

Nandogh, it is quite interesting that apparently a Ferrari dealer can also represent McLaren. I would have thought that neither Ferrari nor McLaren would like such head to head competition products to be sold on the same premises. I'm looking forward to seeing the MP4-12C taking its place on the market.

I believe the new MP4-12C is the best thing that could happen to McLaren, to Ferrari and most of all to us as clients of such cars. To me there has not until now been a true contender to what Ferrari is producing today. McLaren has the pedigree, technology and F1 knowledge to achieve the same or higher desireability as that of a Ferrari. Lamborghini and Porsche don't cut it on desireability and refinement and Ferrari risk losing some of its desireability by making too many less fantastic cars like the California. This is going to keep Ferrari even higher on their tip toes and vice versa for McLaren. For us aficionados that is just marvellous. The next battle is likely due when it is time for the successors of the Enzo and the F1. Another dream battle for me would be Ferrari making a new small high performance Dino and McLaren making the equivalent contender. Competition is good!

Interesting times ahead, indeed!

Boxer said:

Do you think many Rolls-Royce owners would be interested in having their own forum?

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It's a little difficult for me to say since I haven't been the typical type to enroll in owners' clubs before. My only experiences of community belonging and activity apart from signing up to FL in Dec last year have been organized track days by Loris Kessel Racing and by Ferrari.

This spring however, I did sign up for membership at the Swiss RR and Crew-era Bentley club. I suspected their average age would be rather high and from photographs from their gatherings it does seem a bit like Jurassic Park. They sent me lots of information and flash newsletters and seem to be very organized and active. I haven't been to any of their get-togethers but they seem to have something cooking frequently and on a regular basis. I must say though that I'm really not the type to use my Rollers as a means of "getting new mates". I would probably go to see the Swiss vintage RR fleet exposed but never to the other social type of events. Nevertheless, I don't think it is harmful to have the contact established.

The Swiss RR club do have their Swiss web site as well but what I have seen from FL is how good it is to have an international web forum. I don't know if that already exists for RR in a form like how FL is working but I would be much more interested in such a web forum rather than what a socially oriented club has to offer. It is nice to have a global forum when you are looking for special parts, information on era correct umbrellas or gadgets for a specific model, etc. A very good advantage is that you can remain rather anonymous if you like. I think that would be attractive to many Roller owners. It would seem to me that there are two kinds of Roller owners: the ones who enjoy it from the inside of the car and the ones who enjoy it from the outside of the car. The first already have a social life and buy the car as a good daily transport. The latter need to build a social thing around it and take the car out only on special occasions. Since I belong to the first category I think that like me, others from the first category would never join the latter category but they might be interested in a global forum.

That's how I see it. I hope it is of some help for whoever considers starting a RR forum.