Ferrari replicas? WHY?

[Tiamat]

No I said I'd leave it blank. To me its just another bodykit.

It all depends if you trying to create an exact replica or just like a bodykit that gives the car a certain look.

I like the mustang kit, though I'd have a few less protrusions on it, sure I have seen one somewhere, so to me its just to give me car a certain look.

I see no difference between that a border, veilside or TRD kit.

[tonigmr2]

Ferrari is so yesterday.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Murcielago-bodyki ... 20b0b721a9

[Rob B]

cant beleive this thread is still lingering on

Wonder who takes the most offence the italians with the fake ferrari or the yanks for copying their beloved mustang with a rice burner of all things...

Bet some redneck hicks would string em up (and so they should )

I recon you should appreciate the mr2 for what it is and not use it for what is the car equivalent of a transexual

[alan7]

funny as this thread popped up id never actually seen 1 of the 355 reps in reality only pics

then on our way home tonight we came across 1 in the flesh and omg they are hideous

from the front it looked ok and it looked like it had been well built too full cream leather with the famous prancing horse embroided in the head rests what looked like very well fitting genuine looking 355 wheels and then a million badges and ferrari red paint

its the side veiw that really spoils them as they just look so wrong

the front could get away with it if you squinted and the rear looks fairly convincing apart from the funny line in the bumper

and then the middle aged guy driving it who was balding and had his t-bar out lol

[dazzz]

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and then the middle aged guy driving it who was balding and had his t-bar out lol [/quote]

That sounds like most of the people on here

[Chaps110]

Haha, well this is a thread thats good for a giggle!

I'll state now, the 355 replica is not at all to my taste, think it looks pretty shabby to be honest and i'd never own one...That said, i did used to drive a Mk6 Escort Finesse! Oh yea baby, 4 door 1.6 power house

I put wheels on it, induction kit, lowered it, whacked a dirty great exhaust on it (i was in my...formative driving years shall we say). I guess the reason i did it was because i wanted something that looked and sounded like a sporty car but i just couldn't afford all the costs. Probably why people go for the 355 kit. I know now i looked like a tit in that escort but loved it none the less. Whatever makes you happy i guess!

Anybody got a picture of this fabelled MR2 Mustang?! never seen one and could use another laugh!

[Jaspa]

Anybody got a picture of this fabelled MR2 Mustang?! never seen one and could use another laugh!

From page 5

http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2009/02/el ... based.html

[Chaps110]

HAHAHHAA, ok i'm fully against laughing at other peoples hard work and stuff...but i'm willing to be a complete hypcrite here, that looks ****ing awful!!!!!!! That must weigh about twice as much as a standard 2? Atleast the 355 is a mid engined sports car...how can you use a mid engined japanese sports car to replicate a front engined american muscle car?!?!?

So lets do the list

Does it look like a Mustang? No
Does it sound like a Mustang? No
Does it drive like a Mustang? No

Thats some good work...

[Bobby (aka Shaggar)]

I still find it hysterical that some people, who live in Great Britain, find it hard to fathom the basics of our economic society. Its called capitalism folks. Wake up, smell the coffee, then make a bucket load and tip it over your head!

If you want a car nicer or more exclusive or higher performing then you will have to pay more for it. You will haev to pay more to run it too and keep it on the road. How do you do that I hear you ask? Well, here's the strange thing.......you work harder, save harder, get a better job or do whatever you feel you need to financially and career-wise so that you are successful enough to be able to buy one.

Shocker hey!? Yep, thats the way it works folks. Its not, or at least shouldnt be, a case of, "I like that but i dont think I could ever afford one or afford to run it therefore I will make a cheap copy".

SHOCKING AND CHAV!

YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED.

[loudandproud205]

and what about those that have spent 25k plus on there cars to make them either different to every other one or perform better than something that costs 3 times that?

i have a friend thats built a complete one off show car over the last 9/10 years its evolved and owes around 50k yet its his own and there isnt another yet it will still only be worth 8/9k when sold if he ever did.

and another thats spent 25k + making his 5 times as powerful as before

100+k perfomance car for 25k
100+k styled car for 50k (i can also assure you the 50k car gets more looks than a lambo ive been out with it)

there still replica's be it not f the same style there replica's of what that 100+k car stands for thou

oh btw i still dislike ferrari reps

[Tiamat]

I still find it hysterical that some people, who live in Great Britain, find it hard to fathom the basics of our economic society. Its called capitalism folks. Wake up, smell the coffee, then make a bucket load and tip it over your head!

If you want a car nicer or more exclusive or higher performing then you will have to pay more for it. You will haev to pay more to run it too and keep it on the road. How do you do that I hear you ask? Well, here's the strange thing.......you work harder, save harder, get a better job or do whatever you feel you need to financially and career-wise so that you are successful enough to be able to buy one.

Shocker hey!? Yep, thats the way it works folks. Its not, or at least shouldnt be, a case of, "I like that but i dont think I could ever afford one or afford to run it therefore I will make a cheap copy".

SHOCKING AND CHAV!

YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED.

Thats a very simplistic view to take. What if in your chosen profession / job you will never allow you to earn enough to have the car? Why shouldn't you take a vehicle you own and make it look like another if it makes you happy? I agree about passing things off, but redesigning and having a different body shape is important.

Also depends on desirability, take that Mustang kit its "supposed" to look like a 1967 Shelby GT500. These are currently for sale in the UK at £155K minimum and then its trying to find one, if its your dream car why not have a copy if it makes you happy?

In my case for wanting one (but with different Mustang kit) I retain the right hand drive element of the car which is important.

Also following your logic we would have to remove every fake TRD, XR2i, Focus RS, Fiest RS, Clio Sport etc etc from the roads.

[Bobby (aka Shaggar)]

[lemonyfresh]

oops

[lemonyfresh]

Also following your logic we would have to remove every fake TRD, XR2i, Focus RS, Fiest RS, Clio Sport etc etc from the roads.

i would

[Johnny G]

Bobby, we get that you don't like the replicas, but why are you behaving like a kid? A real kid that is, not a replica one.

[Bobby (aka Shaggar)]

Bobby, we get that you don't like the replicas, but why are you behaving like a kid? A real kid that is, not a replica one.

...because this modern day thieving, yes, THIEVING, mentality makes me sick. In so many avenues now, people are ripping off everything they can with the most stupid and ridicuous justifications. On the 'other' MR2 club I notice they even have a fake Rolex in the classifieds. The owner openly discusses "bringing a few back". People think that stealing music is fine because its all via big corporates. Anyone in business knows it will never be the directors and big boys who suffer. They'll just lay people off and those remaining will have to work harder or lose thier jobs to someone who will. These are normal people like you and me. I have seen this first hand as I have many friends in the music, movie and games industries. I also know lots of people in the fashion industry, also hit by fakes. In an age of celebrity wannabes, peer to peer file sharing and recession people, at levels never seen before, justify this crap.

I then see people getting applause and compliments......and for what? For making a cheap copy of someone elses work. They havent done anything to warrant applause. The italian designer, engineer, fabricator etc etc who have worked hard all thier lives to get where they are have indeed earned that applause.

You call me a child? Maybe, but I have bought EVERY single movie, game and CD, video cassette, vinyl record in my collection which I recently had to value for the insurance at well over £25k. Do I regret spending that much? NO! I have something tangible and genuine I can appreciate, something that in some cases may become more valuable in a collectors market. More importantly, I supported those industries, I have helped keep people in jobs and helped finance the development of those arts.

In the same way jobs are threatened when people stigmatise brands by making cheap copies. Everyone thinks Ferrari are rock solid but it wasnt that long ago that Fiat was considering selling and who knows how much the next owners would have wanted to trim the brand. The most important asset in a company like that is it's brand, full stop. Remember how many times Lamborghini changed hands?

Ironically, I know people who barely own anything original and yet will slag the economy knocking the quality of music and movies out there and scalding governments when car companies go down. They seem to be so blinkered that they can't see they were partly responsible.

Someone above mentioned that its ok because they wouldnt put the badges on. I mean really? Come on?

Its easy to take (steal?) when it doesnt affect you but how many of these people would think differently if it affected thier own livelihoods or the health of thier company.

I'm sure to many this still wont make sense, so in advance of the inevitable I'll now bang my head some more....

[loudandproud205]

to download music, steal as you call it costs any way

you lose the quality that you would find if done properly

i recently scoured everywhere for a proper version of micheal jackson's thriller album, yes i paid through the nose for it and no it wasnt worth it for a 20 year old album, but by god get it in a proper stereo setup and you can justify every penny.

the audio is pure perfection and sound staging is fantastic taking from my home denon unit to my car alpine and focal set up, sorry but your cheap steal copy isnt to the same quality either is your mp3/mma or what ever format you wish to copy it into.

but unfortunatley very few albums are to such high standards and well they dont sound anything special so its hard to justify costs

[JimmyTheKosh]

Good for you bob, your keeping the industries well and truly alive by the sounds of it. Im sure all your movie and music mates really appreciate that.
I swear you dont even know what your talking about sometimes, how does me owning a fake ferrari (Toyarri as i like to call it) affect Ferrari themselves? I have absolutely no intention of buying a real one, so its not like the fake market has stolen my custom, as i was never going to get a real one in the first place, so Ferrari havent lost a potential customer. The same with Rolex's, and pretty much everything else thats been ripped off, if you have no intention of buying the real thing, why is it so bad buying fake?
Some fake things involve a lot of work, engineering etc to produce, so whats so bad in supporting these?
Your childish bitching and moaning really does get boring after a while, but im sure you'll carry on.

Oh by the way, I take it you have always purchased genuine Toyota parts for your car right? as cheaper alternatives made by other companies are a definate no no arent they?

[Bobby (aka Shaggar)]

Whats wrong with fakes? Well at least I know the head bangin at the end of my last post wasnt wrongly placed.

It scares and disappoints me that people dont get it, it really does.

[Bobby (aka Shaggar)]

Good for you bob, your keeping the industries well and truly alive by the sounds of it. Im sure all your movie and music mates really appreciate that.
I swear you dont even know what your talking about sometimes, how does me owning a fake ferrari (Toyarri as i like to call it) affect Ferrari themselves? I have absolutely no intention of buying a real one, so its not like the fake market has stolen my custom, as i was never going to get a real one in the first place, so Ferrari havent lost a potential customer. The same with Rolex's, and pretty much everything else thats been ripped off, if you have no intention of buying the real thing, why is it so bad buying fake?
Some fake things involve a lot of work, engineering etc to produce, so whats so bad in supporting these?
Your childish bitching and moaning really does get boring after a while, but im sure you'll carry on.

Oh by the way, I take it you have always purchased genuine Toyota parts for your car right? as cheaper alternatives made by other companies are a definate no no arent they?

Actually yes I have or bought superior parts. Can YOU say the same?