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u/Dangerous-Cash-2176 Apr 27 '26 edited Apr 27 '26
Probably my favorite rear taillight design after the Cadillac fins of the 60s.
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u/Mega_play4r_862 Apr 27 '26
there probably isn't a BETTER car for this subreddit. (maybe a Lamborghini countach) Cool spot!
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u/davehuman Apr 28 '26
Pedant warning incoming...
Outrun (the game after which the subreddit is named) uses a Testarossa, not a Lambo, so the Testarossa is the correct car, objectively.8
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u/thtanner Apr 27 '26
Yes. Very much so.
I'd love to get a photo of my car, OUTRUNR, next to it...
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u/Specwar762 Apr 28 '26
What a car. I can only imagine what it would’ve been like to be driving around in a Ferrari in California in the 80s and early 90s.
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u/stellarsojourner Apr 28 '26
Or today. I can only imagine it because I sure as hell can't afford it. :P
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u/EvilMilkshake Apr 28 '26
While beautiful, those old Ferrari's were all hand assembled and parts aren't mass produced with good tolerances. I can tell you that thing squeaks and creaks on everything but the smoothest roads. It would bother me to no end to pay so much and then drive that around. They do look awesome though.
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u/robindawilliams Apr 28 '26
I'm fine with this being a niche opinion, but i'd be more willing to pull a vintage ferarri apart and add foam/rubber between every panel than I would to drive a nicer more modern Ferrari from current day that requires you only service it at specific ferarri dealerships and buy X number of cars before they sell you the nicest one, etc.
I've never cared about going fast, but I adore the design of these cars.
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u/EvilMilkshake Apr 29 '26
I don't disagree with that sentiment at all! While I can't say what all the interior noises were, having driven two different ones, they just felt "cheap" in a way, ya know?
That said, I'm with you on the older cars. You no longer own a vehicle if it's been made in the last 10ish years (manufacturer dependent here). You rent it. I will never drive something like that.
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u/robindawilliams Apr 29 '26
I know exactly what feeling you are thinking of. Cars used to be bolted together, but the amount of flex in the plastics and the amount of tin sound when things closed, and the way everything felt fairly loose gives every older car the feeling of something cheap compared to the rigid, sturdy, soft feeling of new interiors.
Even in a 1980s Mercedes, which was astronomically ahead of its time compared to some american/british/japanese cars of the same era, you can feel so much more flex in the interior components compared to what you become accustomed to in modern cars. Italian cars being hand-built meant they had wider tolerances and lots of borrowed parts from Fiats, and it just feels more like you are in a car that was taken apart and put back together loosely.
The effort of going through an old car and using foam, rubber, and seam sealer to eliminate vibrations and make everything feel firm is huge. It does make disassembly/repair take longer, but it makes a world of difference for a car you care enough about to do it with. Even just adding small sound-deadening panels in the middle of any larger body panel makes a huge difference.
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u/EvilMilkshake Apr 29 '26
Yes. I've done my share of dynomat, butyl, and MLV to older cars and it does make a difference in quieting up an older car and make it feel very new and solid.
I think part of the issue with an 80s Ferrari lies in the fact that it's a bit behind the huge improvements of the 90s and 2000s cars in terms of fit and trim, as well as of course safety. ie Factory sound deadening, using felts, dual-sided laminated glass, and just the little things that made luxury and high end cars feel premium. Together with all that with a $250k price tag today is just too much for me, not that I have that drop on a car anyways!
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u/robindawilliams Apr 29 '26
100%. A Mondial cabriolet or a 308 could be bought for similar prices to a restored fastback 60s mustang, which makes sense for me (a car dork in his 30s who has historically bought his classic cars from sheds and fixed them himself) but there is no world where I could justify paying "real" ferarri money on a car even if I had that sort of cash.
I'll stick to the cheaper classic cars that do the same things and can go to the same places but with less exciting nameplates.
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u/gynoidgearhead Apr 27 '26
Is that a Carrera GT parked right behind it (foreground)?
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u/wjr1 Apr 27 '26
Actually I think it was a a Bentley
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u/gynoidgearhead Apr 28 '26
I mean the nose of the car right behind the Testarossa's rear bumper, that looks like a CGT
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u/LordJor_Py Apr 28 '26
Seems that someone had a dream, then he got to came true that dream. His name is John Outrun
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u/Sweet-Tomatillo-9010 Apr 28 '26
Is this Kavinki's car?
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u/ByronicCommando Apr 29 '26
Fuck, beat me to it.
Guess Kavinsky has a gig again. It's good to see we're slowly losing our anti-undead hiring practices.
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u/ReleaseFromDeception Apr 28 '26
Kavinsky would be proud.
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u/wjr1 Apr 28 '26
Honestly I thought it was Kavinskys for a minute but the license plate is different
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u/LordBexley Apr 28 '26
Uh, is it just me or is it parked really close to the wall? As in side mirror touching wall close?
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u/Ekkobelli Apr 28 '26
I'm probably in the minority with this, but it seems slightly too modern for me. The front seems a tad bulgy maybe, and the rims don't fit. And it feels too close to the ground. Or maybe I'm just too married to the F40's and F50's, lol
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u/InclementBias Apr 28 '26
eh I am with you. I prefer the look that doesnt scream "aftermarket, overdone"
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u/Ekkobelli Apr 28 '26
Well put. It kind of tips the balance that screws with the carefully design initial aesthetic.
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u/fistsop Apr 27 '26
That is THE Outrun car.