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

[Doug and Terri Anderson (dnt]

Hey Tom - Terri and I picked up a phony Christmas tree a few years back (old 
age got to our noses I guess - love the smells - hate the allergy headaches) 
and we found a biggy on post holiday sale.  Guy loads the huge box on a 
dolly and says "hope you have a big van or something."  Well, we had the 
Dodge Mini - but I did tell the guy "yeah, we left the Ferrari and Porsche's 
at home."  He sez, "yeah, good one."  heh heh

As far as the Ferrari thing and perception - I kept it quite at work. 
Sheeeet man, we paid less for our 78 308 GTS than the guy dating our 
daughter did for his freaking Toyhondat pickup truck with light bar.

Still, we flew under the radar.  Perception tho - - - the people I worked 
with then were a bunch of jealous green eyed snobs - a killer work place.

DOUG



---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Reynolds" <kjtar [at] cox.net>
To: "DOUG" <dnt [at] dock.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 8:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] of Ferrari's and dresssing well....


> 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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