Vintage Supercars: Testarossa v. Countach

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cstpeter Posts: 387
edited July 2007 in The Clubhouse
Which was the cooler car?

For me, no question the Ferrari.
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited July 2007
    Always been a Lambo fan. I'm going with the Countach.
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  • george daniel
    george daniel Posts: 12,096
    edited July 2007
    My favorite
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited July 2007
    Give me an LP 5000 S
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  • venomclan
    venomclan Posts: 2,467
    edited July 2007
    No question, the Countach.

    Just think about the 2 hot chicks in the Cannonball Run...
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 6,711
    edited July 2007
    Take me back further to the Ferrari 512 Berlinetta Boxer. That came before the Testarossa. We're talking late 70s when the Countach first came out. Those were some classics.
    Always been a Ferrari fan though. Never could get into the looks of the Countach. Too angular, not swoopy enough. I like my cars like my women, with curves, not hard edges!
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited July 2007
    I'm sorry but the Testarossa isn't vintage....................I would take a Countach or even my friend's Pantera over the Testarossa for vintage fun.
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  • cstpeter
    cstpeter Posts: 387
    edited July 2007
    Dennis Gardner wrote: »
    I'm sorry but the Testarossa isn't vintage....................I would take a Countach or even my friend's Pantera over the Testarossa for vintage fun.

    Out of production for over 10 years...in the world of supercars, I'd call that vintage.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited July 2007
    Vintage supercar, I'd take neither. My pick: Porsche 959. Honorable mention to Lamborghini Miura.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited July 2007
    the Testarossa of coarse.
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  • scottvamp
    scottvamp Posts: 3,277
    edited July 2007
    Easy, Countach, always love those since i was a kid. I have a vintage Alpine Audio glass frame picture of the Lambo, almost 4' wide.
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  • strider
    strider Posts: 2,568
    edited July 2007
    I bought my first issue of Car and Driver because they had a Countach on the front. I remember them comparing the $4k cost of the rear wing with the cost of a new Yugo. Man I wanted one of them when I was a kid......
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  • Mazeroth
    Mazeroth Posts: 1,585
    edited July 2007
    Countach. Still my favorite car of all-time.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited July 2007
    pictures. we need some pictures... ;)
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited July 2007
    Countach__Lady.gif
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited July 2007
    Niiiiiiiice! :D
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  • xsmi
    xsmi Posts: 1,798
    edited July 2007
    Countach. I touched the window of one of those when I was 17. The salesman asked me if I wanted a ride I was too chicken to accept.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited July 2007
    does she do the dishes?
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  • MSALLA
    MSALLA Posts: 1,602
    edited July 2007
    Tough call. I'm a Ferrari fan but the LP5000 was a hell of a car.
    My top vintage choice is the 288 GTO Ferrari.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,979
    edited July 2007
    I'm sorry, normally I LOVE scantily dressed hot women posing all "sexy" like...............but I'd have to tell that "lady" to get the f%#& off the car! WTF is she thinking?:eek: :mad: :eek:
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited July 2007
    xsmi wrote: »
    Countach. I touched the window of one of those when I was 17. The salesman asked me if I wanted a ride I was too chicken to accept.

    I"m sure he meant a ride in the car.. yeah, right! ;):p:p
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited July 2007
    that car looks to much like the car in Back to the Future.. which of course was a DeLorean i know.

    My friend had a Delorean for a few years.. nice car... but it sucked.. always breaking down. he lost about $4000 on the deal when he sold it. :eek:
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  • MrBuhl
    MrBuhl Posts: 2,419
    edited July 2007
    Gotta be a Countach 5000S. Hands down its the more exotic.
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited July 2007
    Got to drive a Countach once...it was one of the most exciting 30 minutes of my life.
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  • xsmi
    xsmi Posts: 1,798
    edited July 2007
    danger boy wrote: »
    I"m sure he meant a ride in the car.. yeah, right! ;):p:p
    He had better meant in the car.... He wasn't even cute!!:eek: :D
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  • mark090852
    mark090852 Posts: 996
    edited July 2007
    Sami wrote: »
    Vintage supercar, I'd take neither. My pick: Porsche 959. Honorable mention to Lamborghini Miura.

    Oh yeah, Porsche 959.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,806
    edited July 2007
    Lamborghini Countach (1974-1990) or Ferrari Testarossa (1984-1996)? I think I'd take the Ferrari because I'd want to drive the car and the Countach is widely known as a beastly handling car, difficult to drive and abusive in its ride. The Ferrari on the other hand is a much better driver comparably and I think I would go with the F512M version which is essentially a street car based on the F512S race car from 1974.

    However, if I honestly want to go with a car from that "era", I'd take the Vector W8:

    800px-VectorW8.jpg

    This car reached 242 MPH at least 4 years before the McLaren F1 reach 240.14 MPH and it's prototype was hitting 200+ MPH in test in 1980. The current Bugatti Veyron has only been 11 MPH faster than a car that was originally designed in 1979-1980. Yeah, Lamborghini looks with Ferrari performance, I'd take the Vector.
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  • dudeinaroom
    dudeinaroom Posts: 3,609
    edited July 2007
    Forgot a bout the vector. My 2nd choice after an lp5000s. I's still take a Vector with it's 6 liter dodge power plant.
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  • Maurice
    Maurice Posts: 517
    edited July 2007
    "Rossa" hands down baby.:cool:
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited July 2007
    Testarossa all the way. Althought the countach was incredible....
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  • Shannon W.
    Shannon W. Posts: 568
    edited July 2007
    Sir Mix-A-Lot "Testarossa"

    But today, I'd take the Bugatti Veyron just do to the Bugatti craftsmanship!
    Its like a Bugatti Royal but with todays Curves and Speed!
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