Ann Arbor Cars & Coffee

The yellow Ferrari is the new SF90 Stradale which is a PHEV or a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle that has a twin turbo V-8 ICE producing about 769 HP and three electric motors producing the equivalent of 217 HP for a combined total of 986 HP. The starting price of the SF90 Stradale is $530,000. The Straddle does 0-60 in 2.0 seconds and the 1/4 mile in 9.5 secs at 148 mph.

right there with the Tesla Plaid.

Love this:

I swear, the Mini was the only car those Cosmics ever looked good on. Probably because they’re 10”. I never liked the 14”-15” ones on MGBs, TR-6s, etc.

“The Straddle does 0-60 in 2.0 seconds and the 1/4 mile in 9.5 secs at 148 mph.”

I NEED one of those.

Especially for my trips to the “Big Y” grocery store for the three bags of groceries I could cram in there….    🙄

Now that this one has been moved I'll be good and stop putting them under Anything Goes. I apologize for making extra work for Theron.

You don't see me complaining.  Sorting and editing is my job!
-=theron

@Michael McKelvey posted:

Now that this one has been moved I'll be good and stop putting them under Anything Goes. I apologize for making extra work for Theron.

@Gordon Nichols posted:

“The Straddle does 0-60 in 2.0 seconds and the 1/4 mile in 9.5 secs at 148 mph.”

I NEED one of those.

Especially for my trips to the “Big Y” grocery store for the three bags of groceries I could cram in there….    🙄

You should drive it when going to pick up "fast food".

“You should drive it when going to pick up "fast food".

Oh, sure!   The window person is gonna be way up there and I’m gonna be way down here…..   I went through that with Pearl and a Dunkies window.  If it wasn’t so hard to do with the door closed I should have stood up in the seat!  
Even more fun is the drive-through Dunkies window when I had one or more Jack Russells with me.  They just saw me as a convenient launching pad to get up to the person in the window with the treats!

I drive my Spyder through our bank's drive thru. If my car wasn't so awesomely loud in that confined space, they'd never see me. They could put a mouse trap in the drawer and I'd get nailed reaching in because I can't really see into it.

I've hauled a few bags of mulch in it once. I even delivered a Stihl 600 gas powered blower in it.

@Robert M posted:

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The yellow Ferrari is the new SF90 Stradale...that has a twin turbo V-8 ICE producing about 769 HP and three electric motors producing the equivalent of 217 HP for a combined total of 986 HP...

...The Straddle does 0-60 in 2.0 seconds and the 1/4 mile in 9.5 secs at 148 mph.

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I wonder how many seconds a set of tires lasts.

Was trying to figure out, of all the cars in these photos, which I would most like to drive. It wasn't the Ferrari.

Thinking maybe the little Alfa.

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@Sacto Mitch posted:

.Was trying to figure out, of all the cars in these photos, which I would most like to drive. It wasn't the Ferrari.

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I’d rather have a Corvette C8 and $250-$300K for gas and tires and service at my local Chevy dealer.

@Carlos G posted:

I drive my Spyder through our bank's drive thru. If my car wasn't so awesomely loud in that confined space, they'd never see me. They could put a mouse trap in the drawer and I'd get nailed reaching in because I can't really see into it.

I've hauled a few bags of mulch in it once. I even delivered a Stihl 600 gas powered blower in it.

I've gone through Wendy's in both the Spyder and the Cayman. The Spyder is honestly easier as you don't have to reach through the side window, you just need to reach UP.

I take the Spyder to the hardware store. I've even taken it to get the BBQ propane refilled(with a towel on the seat). Then I take the LONG way home.

Nice variety, thanks for posting the pictures, Michael.

When I had my air cooled Spyder I could get 2 six packs in the frunk. With my water cooled Spyder and big radiator in the front nothing fits other than a can of fix a flat. Looking forward to having a frunk in my type 4 speedster.

Ha! That reminds me. One year at Carlisle, Carey and I went on a beer run in my Spyder. We came back with three cases of beer.

Yup, all inside the cockpit. Me, Carey, and lots of brews.

I love those little cubbies on the outside of the frame rail in a Spyder.

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@550 Phil posted:

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When I had my air cooled Spyder I could get 2 six packs in the frunk. With my water cooled Spyder and big radiator in the front nothing fits other than a can of fix a flat...

And that stuff tastes awful.

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@Robert M posted:

The yellow Ferrari is the new SF90 Stradale which is a PHEV or a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle that has a twin turbo V-8 ICE producing about 769 HP and three electric motors producing the equivalent of 217 HP for a combined total of 986 HP. The starting price of the SF90 Stradale is $530,000. The Straddle does 0-60 in 2.0 seconds and the 1/4 mile in 9.5 secs at 148 mph.

If it really has that much HP and runs a 9.5, ET calculator says it must weigh about 4200 lbs.

@edsnova posted:

If it really has that much HP and runs a 9.5, ET calculator says it must weigh about 4200 lbs.

3,593# w/o fuel or driver.

I've been wondering what it costs.

Took the Spyder to Home Depot two weeks ago and walked out with a new toilet seat and three 20x25 inch furnace filters. The nice couple hovering near the car started talking to me about the "1955 MGTD" her mother had while I puzzled over where to put the filters.

Behind the seats? Nope, won't go there... "If it was a TD it was a '52 or '3," I advised.

Nope, definitely it was a '55, she insisted. Or maybe a '56.

Under the dash? No-go, it'll interfere with the pedals... "Well, a '55 would have been an MGA." I explained. "Did the car have a tall upright grill like a pre-war Rolls Royce, or was it—"

—Yeah, looked like Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! Couldda been '54 even

The jack's on this side so they won't fit here. Ah! I'll just slide them in next to the driver's seat and goose-step over them... "Yep, that's a TD all right. Or maybe a TF. Come to think of it, the TF was '55 and it looked more TD-ish than swoopy like this."

—well, that's a great car anyway.

"Yes," I agreed. "But I sometimes miss my little pickup truck."

@dlearl476 posted:

I love those little cubbies on the outside of the frame rail in a Spyder.

Me too. In front of the bulkhead and alongside the seat are great places for stuff. A small 6 pack cooler fits in front of the bulkhead. Or my wife's purse LOL.

Or are you talking under the clamshell? My son found my flashlight there after I  was looking for it for a couple months.