There are always easy distractions in life.
One only needs to sit down and attempt to bash out an essay on tort, struggling
to find the balance between diligently reading cases and refining how you shape
the argument, to YouTube. It’s very easy to be reading about negligence, and
find a thought tugging at the back of your head wondering if there anything
about WW2 army trucks.
Yes, there are quite a lot of them.
Moreover, did you know Dodge had returning serviceman ballot the company into producing
these for the civilian market? Before you know it, you’re 5 videos deep with
your hand bringing a slice of Christmas cake quivering to your mouth, Jay Leno
on the screen trundling around the roads of Las Angeles in a resto-mod 6x6
Dodge Power Wagon. After 15 minutes of delicious distraction, the nagging doubt
about your current activity returns to your forethought, and you reluctantly
drag the cursor across the screen and click close.
What you actually click is a hill climb of
trucks in various states of disrepair attempting to scramble to the top of a
short mound. And it’s enthralling for some utterly absurd reason. After a few
more videos, you close the browser and take stock. An empty plate discarded to
one side, a few texts books open forlornly with the best of intentions, and
another hour missing.
It’s not just like this for studying. When
your director runs out the door to a meeting on sprockets, the temptation to
open up the hidden browser you’ve queued up with tabs of excitement are bidding
for your attention as you sit there.
How must it be for Mr and Mrs Ferrari? You
have an order book full stretching ahead, with an army of loyal customers
queuing up to purchase anything you roll out of your factory. The temptation to
close your engineering document on rear axle steering, and peruse YouTube for
‘90’s rear steering Honda’s would be incredibly tempting.
Instead they are somewhat more disciplined
than your average student, consequently their portfolio of cars are stocked
full of absolute belters. Fancy a nimble sports car to pose in? Look no further
than the Ferrari California T. How about something to take you and 3 friends to
the alps for a weekend of skiing, and has a V12? Ferrari F12 is your answer.
The staples of the Ferrari diet are there,
488 GTB is your nimble V8 (now with turbo!) and the F12 with a powerful V12
installed between the front wheels ready for business. The entire range is
incredibly desirable, without a bad egg. Even the faults of the previous
California have been rectified; one only needs to spend a good hour on YouTube
running through the various reviews of the California to draw a few
conclusions: it’s better, faster, and all video reviews of Ferrari’s are
exactly the same. Usually someone cross eyed with awe, sitting inside a car
with pure hero worship on their mind.
Let’s return to our friend with the rear
steer document open, cursor blinking at him. He’s not skived off to YouTube.
He’s had the salad, and not filled up on pasta at lunch, not wanting to fall
asleep. Moreover why would he? He’s bettering the Ferrari F12; and boy has he
been having some fun. Tweaking the recipe to the already and admittedly
excellent base model, Ferrari have released the tweaked version: F12tdf.
You can read about all the boring technical
bits elsewhere, all you need to take away is that it’s faster, turns quicker,
and looks utterly menacing.
Recommended.
