Ferrari Mailing List: Re: New Ferrari Classic Car Division

[Brian E. Buxton (BrianBuxton]

That's not a bad idea, but I'm going to go one better.  A ROMERO 
certification.  No matter what the car is or what options it has or how 
low the mileage is, the certificate will say "You dumb*ss, you paid too 
much.  Take it to the ghetto.  Here is your complimentary coffee mug."

LOL.

B


LS wrote:

> Indeed, to an uneducated or impatient buyer, won't this "certification" be
> enough to make an impulsive purchase? 
>
> Who cares if it doesn't mean anything...the sticker will validate all
> impulses.
>
> At least, that's how today's entitled society thinks it works. Brian, you
> should offer a Buxton Motorsports certification.
>
> I'm going to offer one also. I will certify the fuel tank level and spare
> tire inflation pressure...then present it in a leather bound cover.
>
> LS
> --- "Brian E. Buxton" <BrianBuxton [at] BuxtonMotorsports.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
> > What I don't get is piece of mind as to what?  What is to keep someone 
> > from having their rare 308 "certified" and then going home and removing 
> > original bits and pieces before selling it?  You have the cert to show 
> > the "provenance" of the car, but it doesn't mean the car is in the same 
> > condition 1 week down the road  What if it is wrecked and repainted 
> > after the provenance?  Do you have to ge another cert for $3K?
> >
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
> > Doug and Terri Anderson wrote:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > LS has a good point (again) and sez "It will offer uneducated and
> > >      
> > impatient 
> >    
> >
> > > buyers piece of mind. It's a sign of changing times I guess...why do
> > >      
> > the 
> >    
> >
> > > work, when someone else will do it for you?"
> > >
> > > ORrrrrr - Classiche is just another product.
> > >
> > > Not too long ago, the little old car maker in Marenello sat down with a
> > >      
> > >
> > > bunch of folks and asked - how can we make more money?  The answer was
> > >      
> > - 
> >    
> >
> > > sell logo stickers and coffee cups and shirts and hats and jackets -
> > >      
> > and 
> >    
> >
> > > forbid everyone else.  Not to long after that, the income stream from
> > >      
> > that 
> >    
> >
> > > adventure outstripped the vehicle sales income.
> > >
> > > Actually, they took a lesson from the little old car firm in Stuttgart
> > >      
> > with 
> >    
> >
> > > the other prancing horse who came to the conclusion their logo could, 
> > > should, maybe, might, make some extra money.  Lo and behold - anything 
> > > aftermarket with the logo PORSCHE dried up UNLESS it had the factory 
> > > blessing and lo and behold they made/are making a bundle.  Did you know
> > >      
> > that 
> >    
> >
> > > Ferrari now forbids the dealership network to sell certain goodies
> > >      
> > UNLESS 
> >    
> >
> > > they have purchased the proper shelving?  Yeah, the steel stuff to put
> > >      
> > the 
> >    
> >
> > > goodies on.  My my.
> > >
> > > As I read about the Ferrari Classiche division - they can either
> > >      
> > rebuild 
> >    
> >
> > > your car to factory specs AND/or certify your car as it now is to what
> > >      
> > it 
> >    
> >
> > > really is.  Even some chatter that to compete in big name shows thou
> > >      
> > shalt 
> >    
> >
> > > have said (trumpets braying) official Certificate.  Oh goody - another 
> > > $3,000 just so I can show at Pebble.
> > >
> > > But is it because people are lazy and uneducated or do they really know
> > >      
> > the 
> >    
> >
> > > questions to ask?  Twenty years ago, "chicken coupe" Gull Wings, 212
> > >      
> > Inters 
> >    
> >
> > > and flogged race cars with pop riveted flares were resurrected but the 
> > > downside was showing up at a concours with two cars and the same serial
> > >      
> > >
> > > number.  heh heh
> > >
> > > So is it lazy and dumb or does society simply demand more - ?
> > >
> > > At one time Tiffany & Co would simply cert their diamonds as to caret
> > >      
> > weight 
> >    
> >
> > > and cut and clarity and color was defined as River, Double River or
> > >      
> > Triple 
> >    
> >
> > > River (what ever that means today) - - and of course their name on the 
> > > receipt.  That was enough.  Now they supply a GIA diamond grading
> > >      
> > report 
> >    
> >
> > > along with their personal cert in a nice leather binder.  Along with
> > >      
> > their 
> >    
> >
> > > nifty robins egg blue lunch bag.
> > >
> > > So again - is it laziness or are their just better counterfeiters out
> > >      
> > there 
> >    
> >
> > > and since no one is an expert in everything, the public is simply
> > >      
> > scared and 
> >    
> >
> > > more demanding.  That's education enough.  We are not as gullible.
> > >
> > > Just some thoughts - I could be wrong.
> > >
> > > DOUG
> > > (Excuse me please while I go hang my Van Gogh I got at a Princess
> > >      
> > Cruise 
> >    
> >
> > > auction for $9,000 - they said it as real and gave me their cert of 
> > > authentication - and who need provenance any way - heh heh)
> > >
> > >
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Brian E. Buxton

President, Buxton Motorsports, Inc .
www.BuxtonMotorsports.com
(812) 476-2281 x 209
Member ThaList.com

Managing Partner, Private Label Livery Services
www.PrivateLabelLimo.com 

President, Brian Buxton Enterprises, Inc.
Nationwide Enclosed Auto Transportation
www.BuxtonMotorsports.com/storage-transportation.php 

Founder & Past President
SO. IN Region PCA
www.pca.org/soi