[DeTomaso] What Do You Tell People??

Brian mazdastuff at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 14 19:16:56 EDT 2013


That's the one I am going to use from now on.  It's the perfect response to the Ferrari, Lamborghini query.   At least I have never had someone come up and say...Wow!  a Bricklin.
Brian
Sent from the Great State of Texas

On Mar 14, 2013, at 6:11 PM, Will Kooiman <will.kooiman at gmail.com> wrote:

> When they say, "Is that a Ferrari?"  or "Is that a Lamborghini?"
> 
> I say, "No.  It isn't that slow."
> 
> 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:
> 
>> 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!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --- 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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