[DeTomaso] NPC, Countach->Ferrari

michael@michaelshortt.com michaelsavga at gmail.com
Tue Jan 31 18:08:37 EST 2012


Good Grief,

You folks need to get out and go for a really fast drive!

Everybody is here for fun and all of us would rather play with Ferrari
owners ( I was one - once upon a time )
Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Porsche and Viper drivers etc. than most other
people, ( OK, I probably wouldn't stop for a
Dodge Grand Caravan ).

In the whole of car ownership, all combined we represent less than 1% of
the cars registered.

Sure there is pride of marque ( as there should be ), but most of us would
stop and help
another "Car Person" in a heartbeat.

So take off your Depends and have a little fun,

The fact is, the F Car driver stereotype wouldn't be so painful, if it
weren't based in truth.

Lots of them are driven by folks that have no business behind the wheel of
ANY performance car.

I have NEVER heard a salesman say, Sir, Are you capable of driving this
car, I can't sell it to you unless you are"

The one exception is the Brumos Driving School offered to new Porsche
owners by the Jacksonville, FL based dealership
founded by Peter Gregg and run by the late Bob Snodgrass.

The web is jam packed full of photos/videos of idiots of all flavors and
colors who drove their XXX
into a wall, tree, lake, building, other cars, etc.

Relax,

If you're snowed in, buy an X-Box, GT4 is pretty darn nice game.

Michael

PS, socks are always an option with nice Italian loafers.



On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 5:49 PM, <wkooiman at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I hadn't heard the bit about the closed stored.
>
> I also didn't realize it was that long ago.
>
> Time flies like an arrow.
>
> Fruit flies like a banana.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Gray Gregory <rgg at gregorycook.com>
> >Sent: Jan 31, 2012 3:21 PM
> >To: "wkooiman at earthlink.net" <wkooiman at earthlink.net>, "JDeRyke at aol.com"
> <JDeRyke at aol.com>, "mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk" <mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk>,
> "detomaso at realbig.com" <detomaso at realbig.com>
> >Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC, Countach->Ferrari
> >
> >Actually that event was a couple years ago. In their defense the event
> was a Sunday morning breakfast at a restaurant in a shopping center. The
> designated parking area the restaurant owner reserved for them included
> some handicapped spaces for the not open stores in the center and as you
> say someone saw it, shot video and sent it to one of the local TV stations.
> Of course the news cast failed to mention that the stores were all
> closed... never let facts get in the way of a juicy story I guess.
> >
> >All of the Houston area car clubs I've ever been around have been great!
> >
> >Gray
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
> On Behalf Of wkooiman at earthlink.net
> >Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:36 PM
> >To: JDeRyke at aol.com; mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk; detomaso at realbig.com
> >Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC, Countach->Ferrari
> >
> >The Ferrari club in Houston is fantastic.
> >
> >So is the Lamborghini club.
> >
> >And... so is the Pantera club.
> >
> >Maybe that's just Houston, or maybe the stuck up owners stay away from
> the clubs.
> >
> >I don't know.
> >
> >Now, there was an event about 6 months ago where the Ferrari club was on
> the news.  Their event was at a restaurant, and many of the members parked
> in handicapped spots.  They said the restaurant owner said it was okay, but
> that's never really okay.  Someone saw what was going on, and called the
> news and police pronto.
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >>From: JDeRyke at aol.com
> >>Sent: Jan 31, 2012 2:16 PM
> >>To: mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk, detomaso at realbig.com
> >>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC, Countach->Ferrari
> >>
> >>In a message dated 1/31/12 11:25:35 AM, mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk writes:
> >>
> >>> IMHO some F-car owners I've met definitely falls in that category.
> >>> Other F-car owners are great guys that were led astray. Ferrari is
> >>> not a great driving machine, it's a great marketing machine :-) It's
> >>> minus 10C outside, forgive my mood...
> >>>
> >>
> >>Agreed, MIkael. I've met a number of what we call 'gold-chain',
> >>soft-hand owners. But I also met a really nice guy at Laguna Seca
> racetrack one year.
> >>Filthy jeans and tee-shirt, working on the only Ferrari I ever lusted
> after:
> >>the 275 LM. Unfortunately, $1.7 million is a tad outside my price range.
> >>Cheers- J Deryke
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