This isn't a Mary Ann or Ginger type of discussion because the obvious answer with that one is both. The same logic can't be applied to the cars because only one can be driven at a time unless you have retrofitted an AcMo Autopilot system. Even then we can't advise driving both simultaneously.
I still can't fathom how there is even a debate. Snob needs to accept the truth. The 288 GTO formed the basis for the F40, but the F40 is the king. The 288 was designed for a race class that was canceled before the car was completed. The F40, conversely, had a long and quite successful racing career in both LM and GTE specifications.
Some would claim that the 288 GTO is far more reliable than the F40. Snob is one of those people. We aren't talking about Toyota levels of reliability--I can't believe I just wrote that. This is a manufacturer known more for its cars spontaneously combusting than for their reliability. In fact, I don't even think there is an Italian word for reliable automobile. So maybe the 288 GTO breaks less frequently than an F40, but all that means is that you spend perhaps one less month every trimester with the car in the shop if you're lucky.
The last feeble crutch of Snob's deranged belief is based on appearance and styling. The sensuous hips of the GTO and its sporting front end highlighted by enormous driving lights separate it from the more pedestrian 3X8 series of Ferraris, but the family resemblance is still there. Sure, it has a great personality, but it doesn't have that level of beauty to steal your heart upon first glance. On the contrary, the F40 looks like a fighter jet with wheels, which is exactly what it was when it emerged from the Maranello factory's gates back in 1987. I can tell a lot about a person who doesn't like a fighter jet on wheels. None of it is good.
Snob's refusal to accept the truth was the cause of the original rift in our business relationship. His insistence on changing our name was also a problem, but not as much as his irrational love of the 288 GTO over the F40. He also doesn't know I was aware that he tried to funnel all of our profits into the purchase of a GTO for his personal use. I got the last laugh as I re-funneled the funds into an F40 purchase account, but was unable to complete the purchase because of his ill-timed destruction of the original AcMo. Snob needs to prove himself a man of strong character by admitting he has been wrong all of this time about the F40. Only then will I be able to conclude our business transaction to install him as a sacrificial figurehead. I'm looking forward to signing the papers and closing this deal. My plan depends on it.
*They are both wonderful cars. I just happen to like the F40 more, and it is hard for me to accept that anyone else lacks the sense and sound judgment to recognize that it is one of the most amazing Ferraris ever made, and obviously that much better than the 288 GTO.
Some would claim that the 288 GTO is far more reliable than the F40. Snob is one of those people. We aren't talking about Toyota levels of reliability--I can't believe I just wrote that. This is a manufacturer known more for its cars spontaneously combusting than for their reliability. In fact, I don't even think there is an Italian word for reliable automobile. So maybe the 288 GTO breaks less frequently than an F40, but all that means is that you spend perhaps one less month every trimester with the car in the shop if you're lucky.
The last feeble crutch of Snob's deranged belief is based on appearance and styling. The sensuous hips of the GTO and its sporting front end highlighted by enormous driving lights separate it from the more pedestrian 3X8 series of Ferraris, but the family resemblance is still there. Sure, it has a great personality, but it doesn't have that level of beauty to steal your heart upon first glance. On the contrary, the F40 looks like a fighter jet with wheels, which is exactly what it was when it emerged from the Maranello factory's gates back in 1987. I can tell a lot about a person who doesn't like a fighter jet on wheels. None of it is good.
Snob's refusal to accept the truth was the cause of the original rift in our business relationship. His insistence on changing our name was also a problem, but not as much as his irrational love of the 288 GTO over the F40. He also doesn't know I was aware that he tried to funnel all of our profits into the purchase of a GTO for his personal use. I got the last laugh as I re-funneled the funds into an F40 purchase account, but was unable to complete the purchase because of his ill-timed destruction of the original AcMo. Snob needs to prove himself a man of strong character by admitting he has been wrong all of this time about the F40. Only then will I be able to conclude our business transaction to install him as a sacrificial figurehead. I'm looking forward to signing the papers and closing this deal. My plan depends on it.
*They are both wonderful cars. I just happen to like the F40 more, and it is hard for me to accept that anyone else lacks the sense and sound judgment to recognize that it is one of the most amazing Ferraris ever made, and obviously that much better than the 288 GTO.
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