Ferrari Mailing List: Re: New Ferrari Classic Car Division

[clyde (clyderomero]

That was good dude !
Enjoy the holidays!

Clyde
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Brian E. Buxton" <BrianBuxton [at] BuxtonMotorsports.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:30:08 
To:clyde <clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
Cc:ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] New Ferrari Classic Car Division

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:
>>
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>>>LS has a good point (again) and sez "It will offer uneducated and
>>>      
>>>
>>impatient 
>>    
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>>>buyers piece of mind. It's a sign of changing times I guess...why do
>>>      
>>>
>>the 
>>    
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>>>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
>>>      
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>>>bunch of folks and asked - how can we make more money?  The answer was
>>>      
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>>- 
>>    
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>>>sell logo stickers and coffee cups and shirts and hats and jackets -
>>>      
>>>
>>and 
>>    
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>>>forbid everyone else.  Not to long after that, the income stream from
>>>      
>>>
>>that 
>>    
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>>>adventure outstripped the vehicle sales income.
>>>
>>>Actually, they took a lesson from the little old car firm in Stuttgart
>>>      
>>>
>>with 
>>    
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>>>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 
>>    
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>>>Ferrari now forbids the dealership network to sell certain goodies
>>>      
>>>
>>UNLESS 
>>    
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>>>they have purchased the proper shelving?  Yeah, the steel stuff to put
>>>      
>>>
>>the 
>>    
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>>>goodies on.  My my.
>>>
>>>As I read about the Ferrari Classiche division - they can either
>>>      
>>>
>>rebuild 
>>    
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>>>your car to factory specs AND/or certify your car as it now is to what
>>>      
>>>
>>it 
>>    
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>>>really is.  Even some chatter that to compete in big name shows thou
>>>      
>>>
>>shalt 
>>    
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>>>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 
>>    
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>>>questions to ask?  Twenty years ago, "chicken coupe" Gull Wings, 212
>>>      
>>>
>>Inters 
>>    
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>>>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 
>>    
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>>>and cut and clarity and color was defined as River, Double River or
>>>      
>>>
>>Triple 
>>    
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>>>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 
>>    
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>>>along with their personal cert in a nice leather binder.  Along with
>>>      
>>>
>>their 
>>    
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>>>nifty robins egg blue lunch bag.
>>>
>>>So again - is it laziness or are their just better counterfeiters out
>>>      
>>>
>>there 
>>    
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>>>and since no one is an expert in everything, the public is simply
>>>      
>>>
>>scared and 
>>    
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>>>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 
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>>>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
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>>Managing Partner, Private Label Livery Services
>>www.PrivateLabelLimo.com 
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>>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
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Brian E. Buxton

President, Buxton Motorsports, Inc .
www.BuxtonMotorsports.com
(812) 476-2281 x 209
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President, Brian Buxton Enterprises, Inc.
Nationwide Enclosed Auto Transportation
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Founder & Past President
SO. IN Region PCA
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