[DeTomaso] What Do You Tell People??

[Roland Jaeckel]

My brother has a Ferrari 328. Whenever someone asks him, why he doesn't have 
a Pantera, he always says, he can't afford one !

Roland

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From: "Will Kooiman" <will.kooiman at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 12:11 AM
To: "Bill Lewis" <lotus0005 at hotmail.com>; "DeTomaso Mail List" 
<detomaso at poca.com>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] What Do You Tell People??

> When they say, "Is that a Ferrari?"  or "Is that a Lamborghini?"
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> I say, "No.  It isn't that slow."
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> And then I give them the usual responses about Ford, DeTomaso, etc.
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> --
> Will
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> On 3/14/13 5:57 PM, "Bill Lewis" <lotus0005 at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>Let me add here, I think that it is a mistake to treat the Pantera
>>Question as an "insider's joke."  To make a joke at their innocent
>>question is a put-down of the car.  No one likes to be found out the butt
>>of a joke, either at the moment, or at a time in the future.
>>Embarrassment is embarrassment.  My hat is off to you, Jeff.    ---Bill
>>
>>> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:17:24 -0700
>>> From: garth_rodericks at yahoo.com
>>> To: detomaso at poca.com; jeffcobb1 at me.com
>>> Subject: [DeTomaso] What Do You Tell People??
>>>
>>> Truer words were never spoken!
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>>>
>>> --- Original Message ---
>>> ________________________________
>>>
>>> We were at a gas station back in the crisp fall starting a fired up
>>>Sunday morning haul butt run through the
>>> country side. We tried to be nonchalant and relaxed about getting some
>>>gas in the Espada. I mix station extra
>>> with my home drum 110VP leaded. Well in this Cajun area we looked like
>>>an alien invasion and of course we did
>>> not have a bateau hooked up to the car.  So hard not to smile and be
>>>humble when all human kind come up in awe
>>> and ask some of the most unique and coo coo questions and they also
>>>feel so compelled to tell some of their
>>> wildest car stories, an instant bonding moment has occurred. I find
>>>myself in a place as a therapist and teacher
>>> with a captive audience. Such a cool place to be, pride and envy wind
>>>up not being the force but the creation of
>>> a automotive life form that glues all men and women together about
>>>their love of cool cars and fine
>>> memories/dreams are. Older black women tend to be the most outspoken
>>>and funny while the young white males are
>>> just to cool to be excited, dwebs.  Some ask you to open the hood, you
>>>do then they just stop talking and become
>>> overwhelmed and then just stare and dream. Then you fire it up and they
>>>just freeze and stare again, just the
>>> reason to take charge of the open road and give them a great 7,500 rpm
>>>Italian opera in the early morning. You
>>> know you gave them a buzz for a week or so, no telling what stories
>>>they told their buddies.
>>>
>>> I am just returning the favor of what I watched and heard in Italy back
>>>in 71 and 75 when these fine cars roamed
>>> the area and got me to go the path of automotive zen.
>>>
>>> I thank those that gave me these huge impressions.
>>>
>>> Jeff Cobb
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