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Just drive the car as intended! Start in first gear, then shift up while driving...

It's just a white panel with some red and green tape that I found in my local store, cut into a shape resembling the "Ferrari 488 Pista Piloti Nero Daytona" edition. Do an image search for that string and you'll see what I mean. IIRC, it worked quite alright, but don't try going full throttle from standstill in 4th gear... But you wouldn't do that in an actual car either, right?!

For the 488 Pista with 2 buggy motors (or 4 L motors), you have to keep in mind they put tremendous force on the gearbox. Bruno's original design ensured that each shifter position was driven from 2 sides, to distribute the force, otherwise it's a race to Clicking Town. With the 2 buggy motors, I found this stereo drive wasn't enough yet. After several iterations, I managed to add the requisite bracing to hold it all together. It's not clear to me how more gears can be added while keeping motorization. Now I remember another thing... Inspired by the BuWizz creations, I once attempted to remove the gearbox and add 8 buggy motors. I think it's possible. But I was never gonna splurge on so many BuWizz bricks, so this remained confined to LDCad. That was the idea, yes. I just wanted to make that performance comparison video first. But then life happened and this got forgotten somehow... --- Whoever has the stock motorized CaDA model, plus enough Lego parts lying around (Red or Black exterior, both possible with TLG parts) to build another version with 2 buggy motors, and is interested in making a performance comparison... let me know...

Hmmm, I've been so inactive with Lego... I have a "black" edition standing on a shelf since forever, with tweaks to the bodywork using newer smaller panels, and... a drive-train with 2 buggy motors powered by 2 BuWizz (with the 4-speed transmission intact). I intended to build also CaDA's yellow version and then film the performance difference. But... I never got around to building the yellow version, it's still in the box. Ashamed... The fastest Lego 488 Pista around...

Yep, I implemented a gearbox and manual operations. There are 4 different HOG functions in the front: HOG steering HOG gear shifting HOG left door HOG right door Plus, the rear wing is extended & retracted via a hidden gear underneath the rear.

Sadly the photos don't display for me, links are broken. I wonder if it's just me... Would've loved to see this!

I've seen that happen in clothing webshops too. Something like "spend over 100 bucks to get 30% off". Then, adding a 10 bucks item to a 95 bucks cart will decrease the total.

@Zerobricks Thanks for the bump, I missed this last year... @Attika Awesome build! So will you attempt an even larger model now, with the new #7 connectors to make the wheels?

If it's instead the white 3L friction pin, then we're talking 24 years. Only 1 was included in 1 set back in 2001: https://rebrickable.com/parts/6558/technic-pin-long-with-friction-ridges-lengthwise-2-center-slots/15/ There's a fun article about the white pin here: https://brickset.com/article/42059/is-this-the-rarest-technic-piece-ever

Very impressive and fascinating project! I'll be eagerly following your write-ups.

I'm just impressed by the way Technic and System bricks have been combined. Normally I'm very wary of mixing them, as the result will easily look jagged and just wrong. But here it works. Very skillful!

What I really hate about this is that the text is likely partly AI generated, then likely used to train further AI models... Marketing is in an AI slop driven spiral of brain rot.

There are nice videos on YouTube of people trying various ways to get lift with Lego. They might give you some inspiration. My favorite:

Didn't have that on my 2025 bingo card!

@barbanera Nice detailing! I've been wondering if some lines could be sharpened using the newer, shorter panels that are now available in Lime...