Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Cars we have owned, was: Just A Car Geek

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Hey Mike,

I love the 355 berlinetta too and would consider one IF I thought I could 
afford the maintenance.  Engine-out belt changes are pretty pricey and NOT 
something I can do at home.


--- On Sat, 1/24/09, Mike Fleischer <themightytoe [at] gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Mike Fleischer <themightytoe [at] gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Cars we have owned, was: Just A Car Geek
> To: "Rick Lindsay" <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 11:27 PM
> Wow I need to show your lists to my wife, She's always
> thought I was out of control on the car purchasing front...
> 
> Mine:
> 
> 1976 Dodge Charger, sold it to a dude and had the police
> ask me about my "car" two years later when it was
> found somewhere in Detroit...
> 1983 Grand Prix (Survived many years of UP Snow, sold to
> another student)
> 1995 Z-28, two 1/2 years and it shook itself apart...  Or
> that might have been my driving...
> 1998 BMW 328is  I went Yuppie, traded it for the M3 after a
> year.
> 1999 M3 I went racing, miss this car most out of all the
> ones I have sold.  Seriously the best all-rounder money can
> buy
> 1999 Mazda Miata, wife's fun car
> 1991 Ferrari 348ts I really went nuts with the DE's in
> this thing, 9000 miles 85% on race tracks in 1 1/2 years,
> more real driving than most F car owners do (or are able to
> do) their entire ownership, M3 was the DD, was going to
> leave it in the ghetto per Clyde but someone bought it from
> me instead.  Miss this one's sounds and the fact it
> could scare you pretty good if you f'ed up.
> 2001 Corvette Z06 Got tired of being passed while racing,
> once I had the SM I traded this for a Porsche to force me to
> take the SM to the track....  Had an off at 110+ in this one
> once...  That left a mark.  Faster than everything in its
> day/Model Year.
> 1993 Mazda Miata.  My first real race car (Spec Miata)  400
> hp down to 110...  Teaches you how to really drive.
> 1999 Audi A6 (Wife's unstoppable car)
> 2002 Porsche Boxster...  Very Yellow, and I miss this one a
> bunch.
> 2005 Toyota 4Runner (wife's new car/tow vehicle)
> 2001 M3  Had a second kid, needed the back seats, Boxster
> had to go...  Sold last June after it started getting very
> leaky, miss the Eisenmann exhaust sounds...
> 2008 VW GTI 4-door (current DD), my first VW and first FWD
> car, so far its awesome
> 2005 Corvette Coupe (current track day/toy car) was going
> to be a Lotus or another F-car but it was a too good to pass
> up deal on a an essentially new Vette with a warranty to
> 2012... I'll probably keep this one its pretty solid,
> what happened with your C6 Jim?).
> 
> One of these days I'll spring for another F car, but
> its definitely low on the priority list, in all honesty they
> have not turned out cars that are super interesting to me
> lately (Really can you even get a manual in a new one
> anymore?), the only one I would really want is an F355
> coupe...  The new Mas GT and 8C are far far prettier than
> what Maranello churns out these days.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> Rick Lindsay wrote:
> > Yea Jim!  You're on par with me!  I go through
> cars like, well, like that story about the proverbial
> goose...
> > 
> > rick
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Sat, 1/24/09, Jim Conforti
> <lndshrk [at] xmission.com> wrote:
> > 
> >   
> >> From: Jim Conforti <lndshrk [at] xmission.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Cars we have owned, was:
> Just A Car Geek
> >> To: "rolindsay"
> <rolindsay [at] yahoo.com>
> >> Cc: "The FerrariList"
> <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> >> Date: Saturday, January 24, 2009, 4:51 PM
> >> At 08:11 AM 1/24/2009, you wrote:
> >>     
> >>> Larry wrote,
> >>> 
> >>>       
> >>>> I bet it would surprise all of us to see a
> list
> >>>>         
> >> of the cars owned by
> >>     
> >>>> list member at one time or another.
> >>>>         
> >> Let's see.
> >> 
> >> 1972 Chevy Impala - gramp's old car - ended up
> with a
> >> built motor
> >> 1978 Olds Cutlass - dad's old car - via gramps
> - it got
> >> me to work.
> >> 1974 BMW 2002 tii - my first BMW - the
> kugelfischer was
> >> replaced with webers (bad idea)
> >> 1971 Subaru Wagon - A junker - but it got me thru
> nasty
> >> winters.
> >> 1988 Pontiac Fiero - underpowered, but fun -
> traded in on
> >> the Mazda when I moved to Utah.
> >> 1992 Mazda Protege LX (with the fun twin cam
> engine)
> >> 1984 BMW 318i - traded in on the 325iS
> >> 1987 BMW 325iS - Arnold, aka Conan the Bavarian -
> traded in
> >> on the 95 M3
> >> 1992 BMW 325i - ex-wife's - traded in on the
> '94
> >> 1994 BMW 325i - last BMW my ex-wife owned at my
> expense
> >> (lol)
> >> 1995 BMW M3 - the original LNDSHRK - sold to a kid
> from
> >> California
> >> 1998 Lotus Esprit V8 - LNDSHRK "the
> sequel" -
> >> traded in on Lisa's 2001 M3
> >> 2000 BMW M Roadster - Yellow and black - a lease
> for Lisa,
> >> and how she realized
> >>                        exactly how big of a
> "car
> >> nut" I am.
> >> 
> >>                        Wrecked by an idiot with a
> full-size
> >> van within 6 moths. :(
> >> 2001 BMW M Roadster - SUNSHRK - BMW Individual 1
> of 1 in
> >> Sterling Grau
> >> 2001 BMW M3 - Lisa's car - it had problems
> from day 1
> >> and she hated it.
> >>                traded in on her Grand Cherokee -
> and was
> >> our last BMW until late 2006.
> >> 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee (Lisa's) sold to her
> Mom -
> >> they still have/love it.
> >> 2003 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon - my "Rubi" -
> >> 'from my cold dead hands'!
> >> 2002 Corvette Z06 - electric blue on black - sold
> to a
> >> friend
> >> 2003 Corvette Z06 - millenium yellow on black -
> sold to pay
> >> for house.
> >> 2005 Toyota Prius - Lisa's - traded in on the
> >> Highlander - more room for baby :)
> >> 2006 Corvette Z06 - made GM buy this flawed piece
> of shit
> >> back!
> >> 2007 BMW 335i - a lease for business R&D.
> >> 2000 BMW M Roadster - another one - bought it for
> Lisa as
> >> it exactly
> >>                        matched the one I got her
> when we
> >> were engaged.
> >> 2009 BMW M3 Sedan - LNDSHRK #3 - my car - Sparking
> Graphite
> >> on black
> >> 2009 Toyota Highlander Hybrid limited - due here a
> week
> >> from Monday.
> >> 
> >> Vehicle I love(d) the most?  My Jeep Wrangler - I
> was going
> >> to buy an F360 2 years
> >> ago - but I would have had to trade in my Jeep - I
> >> couldn't do it.
> >> 
> >> Jim 
> >>
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