Ferrari Mailing List: Re: of Ferrari's and dresssing well....

[Tom Reynolds (kjtar]

Yes, perceptions are funny things.  When I had my '78 308gt4 ('Mario') and
was looking for work in Arizona, one of the jobs I was "interviewing" for
was a paper route delivery.  I was standing on the loading dock with a bunch
of other people, waiting for my "ride" to show up, and I joked "Gee, I'll
bet it would be a bad idea to show up here to deliver on those
(rocky/dusty/bumpy roads) in my Ferrari, huh?"  Well, you could just SEE the
tension in the air and the silence, just like that old commercial ..."and
E.F. Hutton says..." and then I said "yeah, like I've got a Ferrari..." and
then everything switched back to the way it was.  So, I found out with that
and other circustances, that people expect a certain something when they
meet a Ferrari owner.  It's the price you pay for driving something you
love, I guess.  Either you care to a certain degree or not, but people will
judge, nontheless.
Just enjoy,
Tom Reynolds
Tulsa, OK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gavin" <gavinnz [at] xtra.co.nz>
To: "Tom Reynolds" <kjtar [at] cox.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] of Ferrari's and dresssing well....


> > Gavin:
> > Which Rolls Royce model do you drive?
> I drive a 1970 2 tone series 1 Silver Shadow.... which is the era I
like...
> still chrome bumpers and simple as an axle compared to computer infested
> cars of later years... one of the same reasons I wanted the carbed 308
> also.. fuel injection to me means "to modern!". lol
>
> I also love the simple lines of the early GTB... I will take a slower
older
> less dianamically "good" car just because it looks so right to my eye.
>
> I know what you mean about the impressions people take... I mostly drive a
> horrible 25 year old japanese van that has not seen a carwash in years...
I
> need it for work every day... and I smile at people in BMW's or Jags that
> look down their nose at me in that...
>
> You can never tell what people are really like at a glance.
> One chap arould here looks like a total street bum with old clothes, crazy
> hair and an old beat up japanese car... he came to me for help one day
when
> he was shiffing into his house as he didn't know many people here and he
> could not lift some things, I gave hime a hand and a few weeks later was
> invited into his shed to see 2 Corvettes and 7 Rolls Royces (from Cloud to
> Corniche convertable).
>
> As for what car to arrive in... if I got to do a quote for work in the RR
or
> Ferrari people will automatically think it's going to be expensive!
> And it's best to trun up to look at buying something in the old van and
not
> the RR THATS for sure!
>
> lol
>
> People are funny animals really.
>
> Odd thing is I really enjoy driving my RR at night as then I can relax and
> just enjoy the car without other people even knowing what I am driving.
> Regards
> Gavin
>
>
>
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