Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Ferrari vis Rolls Royce

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

You're not the only one that has come to that conclusion.  After the Turbo
R, the last car on the list for me is a 30's Bugatti.  Restoration projects
on all of them will then nickel and dime me sufficiently until I die...

On 11/3/07, Gavin <gavinnz [at] xtra.co.nz> wrote:
>
> > "Right now I'd like a  Bentley
> > Turbo R, or an Aston Martin V-12 (or perhaps a 1963 600 Pullman or an
> > SL600).
> > Dr. Steve"
>
> All great cars.   I have noticed a unexpected side effect of have had the
> 308 for 8 months.....
> Since then EVERY other car I look at and think I might like gets rulled
> out
> with the words.....
> "why would I want THAT, I have my ultimate FERRARI!"
>
> My dream as a teen was to have a Rolls Royce and a Ferrari and at the age
> of
> 38 I managed the combo.   I have my veteran cars to "play with" and a
> small
> fleet of Italian bikes... where I have also got my personal ultimate a
> 1974
> Disc brake MV Agusta 750 Sport.
>
> I used to be a real addicted collector.... always with to many cars and
> bikes, always stretching to buying the next one, never having time or
> money
> left to work on the ones I had... (came in handy when the Ferrari came
> up...
> I sold 3 cars and two bikes from the collection to raise the money)
>
> So since the Ferrari I have had a seachange in thinking.
> I now look at vehicles I might want.... then think of the vehicle already
> IN
> my collection that best fills that need and do some work or buy some parts
> for that machine.  I have fewer, better machines and I am happier.
>
> Sorry for the random venting... :)
>
> Gavin
> New Zealand
> 308
> Shadow
> '15 Fiat
> '15 American LaFrance
> 8 Italian bikes
>
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