Ferrari Mailing List: Re: BMW Mods/Forced Induction/Modern

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In a message dated 12/31/2006 9:27:46 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
ferrari-request [at] ferrarilist.com writes:

This car  is a paid dealer rental if you know what I mean


Clyde:
 
I guess I've never heard this term before. I could infer from the context  of 
your posting a potential meaning but its better just to ask, even if it makes 
 one appear ignorant.
 
I do get out some, but as the resident scientist/recluse probably not as  
much as an airline pilot, though I don't really miss the old job and the 150 
+/-  
days on the road. My dog actually knows me now when I come through the  door.
 
As for magazines, I guess I read as many as most, though not a significant  
number of automotive ones. I guess it may just be an ingrained prejudice 
against  Japanese cars, though Audrey does drive one. They just seem uninspired 
and 
have  a "cookie cutter" appearance, though I'm sure that contributes to their  
reliability. I just prefer the old gentleman's club approach of some of the  
European cars to the technocrat approach of the Japanese. Perhaps that is why 
I  became bored with MB's. No doubt the Japanese can produce high quality  
automobiles, as they have done with cameras and electronics, and if I were just 
 
driving long distances on a daily basis something such as a Q-45 sedan might 
be  a good deal for me, it is just that off of the ranch cars are either a 
business  transportation issue or they are a hobby for fun, this allowing me 
the  
opportunity to leave "pure rationality" behind. Business transportation 
requires  something like the Excursion, and neither the Japanese, nor the 
Europeans 
(nor  Ford I guess anymore) have a comparable vehicle in that class.
 
 
Dr. Steve  

1964 Rolls  Royce Silver Cloud III    1975 Pontiac GV Conv.
1980 MB  450SL                 1982 RR  Corniche
1988 Rolls Royce Silver  Spur         1994 F-350 Powerstroke  4x4          
1996  Bronco                                  2000 Lincoln Town Car
1995 Ferrari 348  Spyder                 2004 Excursion
+ Audrey's 3x MB's

Dr. Stephen B. Spies, CES,  CFI
Director, Forensic Sciences Laboratory
Explosives Engineering  Technologies

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