Ferrari Mailing List: Re: My experience with a kit car owner.......!

[LS (lashdeep]

N Thompson and I were waiting for a friend on a street corner in Montreal
during GP weekend a few years back. We saw a red BB pull up to the
intersection...in fantastic shape. Nice 5 spoke Campy wheels, excellent
paint, etc. There was something wrong, however. The occupants were very
concerned with:

1) who was within sight of their BB 
2) the sheen of their Tag Heuer F1s
3) the gain setting of their subwoofer
4) the trajectory of their frosted tips (haircut)

As we approached, we then noticed the targa top and the very high
transmission tunnel. It was a Fiero. But, boy, from about 30-40 ft away it
looked great. The wheels were excellent repros with correct offset, width,
etc. Also, the ride height and proportions were not bad either.

It was well done and it will fool almost all but the most discerning
enthusiast.

My dad owns a terrible kit car that I've somehow managed to convince him
to sell towards a real car. It's not a copy of anything...it was created
as it's own make and model with a fairly original shape. My opinion is
that, as long as the owner is not trying to pass it off as something
genuine, then it is okay. If you're an NSYNC reject rollin' St Catherine's
in Montreal looking for attention in your Pontiac 512BB, well, that's
another story.

LS

--- Fellippe Galletta <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com> wrote:

> Met this car dude through a friend the other day. Pretty cool guy who
> owns a
> mid '90s Z28.....only issue is was that he was proud he owned a Fiero
> based
> Diablo kit car....I didn't call him out on it or tease him, but I also
> didn't acknowledge it in a positive way.One of those situations were you
> hope the topic of conversation is changed so you won't have to unleash
> the
> beast or god forbid accidentally praise the individual!! Never thought
> I'd
> be confronted with a kit car owner......How would you guys have
> reacted?? I
> remember at Poconos '00, seeing a 308 GTS kit car in the parking lot,
> and
> dropping a business card full of disparaging comments through the
> window.........I think I went easy on him because he is 20 years old and
> was
> very complimentary of my car. Sometimes you just have to let these guys
> get
> away.....no? :-)  -- FG
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