Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Daily driver divorce

[ken rentiers (rentiers]

It's not a disease! Women and children come and go, but dogs and cars  
are loyal to the end. Ducatis too.

ken

On Oct 2, 2007, at 7:26 AM, Dan Warlick wrote:

> Thank the Lord!! It's a common disease.
>
> Dan Warlick
> 954-725-6331 Office
> 208-493-3529 Fax
> 954-793-3529 Mobile
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gavin" <gavinnz [at] xtra.co.nz>
> To: "Daniel" <edwf430 [at] bellsouth.net>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Daily driver divorce
>
>
> > I have to admit to finding it bloody hard to sell one of my bikes  
> > (a blue
> > and silver 1978 900SS Ducati on wire wheels).. I had to deliver it  
> > in my
> > van
> > 200 miles and I had to put a cover over it to stop it "looking at me"
> > lol...
> > The good news is I bought it back 4 years later and still have it:)
> >
> > Selling my Ferrari will be easy..... as I will be dead and buried  
> > when it
> > happens.
> > Gavin
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "A.J. Merrifield" <101pdt [at] gmail.com>
> > To: "Gavin" <gavinnz [at] xtra.co.nz>
> > Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2007 1:15 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Daily driver divorce
> >
> >
> > > Remember, Dan, the first step in getting better is admitting you  
> > > have a
> > > problem... Repeat after me: "My name is Dan, and I owned a  
> > > Porsche..."
> > > ;-)
> > >
> > > - A.J.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 10/2/07, Dan Warlick <edwf430 [at] bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > > > Hi folks! For about 4 years now I have been driving for a daily  
> > > > driver a
> > > > very clean 1990 Porsche 944 S2 Cabriolet. The taboo is that I  
> > > > fell in
> > > > love
> > > > with the car. Being in the business I NEVER am supposed to allow  
> > > > that to
> > > > happen. Well, since the birth of my son about 16 months ago new  
> > > > concerns
> > > > have propped themselves on the horizon. Things like rear seat room,
> > > > accident
> > > > safety, luggage space etc... Seems like the top down, wind in  
> > > > the hair,
> > > > buzzing exhaust note and shiny red paint have been relegated to  
> > > > only
> > > > weekends anymore. Melissa and I used to take drives on Sunday  
> > > > mornings
> > > > down
> > > > A1A/Ocean Drive but again since the new addition, this has  
> > > > ceased to be
> > > > a
> > > > reality. After long and hard thought and much gnashing of the  
> > > > teeth I
> > > > finally forced myself to trade her (the car not Melissa) in  
> > > > yesterday.
> > > > Yet,
> > > > I think I found the solution to rectify some of the reasons I  
> > > > loved the
> > > > Porsche so much. I decided to buy an MB CLK Cabriolet. Four (and  
> > > > I use
> > > > this
> > > > term loosely) "usable" seats, convertible top, larger V8 engine  
> > > > and much
> > > > nicer amenities. Strangely enough, when I looked out in the  
> > > > drive this
> > > > morning I didn't miss the Porsche so much after all. This is  
> > > > something I
> > > > never thought would happen since I keep my cars for long periods of
> > > > time.
> > > > Am
> > > > I just getting old? Does the buying process really bring this much
> > > > emotional
> > > > havoc for any of you guys too? I do this every day in business  
> > > > but for
> > > > crying out loud when it's on a personal level it just about  
> > > > drove me
> > > > crazy.
> > > > Sorry if this seems frivolous but I didn't sleep worth a darn  
> > > > for almost
> > > > a
> > > > week trying to build up the intestinal fortitude to let the  
> > > > Porsche go.
> > > >
> > > > Dan Warlick
> > > > 954-725-6331 Office
> > > > 208-493-3529 Fax
> > > > 954-793-3529 Mobile
> > > >
> > > >
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