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

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Yeah

That would be painful but I lived with that before with the 348...  The 

maintenance costs are really about how much your willing to live with 

and what other stuff you could do with that money, and Ferrari's that 

old do not depreciate as quickly as other cars, so you could justify 

that to yourself as the depreciation cost.  I like having the motor 

behind me in my sports cars and to be sitting ahead of the rotational 

center a bit, when you are turning in, you really get thrown through the 

turn ahead of the car, its a bit more of a rush than having the weight 

in front of you... 

I'm fairly content with the Vette for the moment its definitely very 

pretty and very fast and very livable, I think my next car will be an 

older one or maybe a kit car (I still love the Ultima GTR) that I can 

spend time restoring/building when my son gets a bit older (once he hits 

10 to 12 Years).  Every barn in Southern Wisconsin has a decent 

candidate for a restoration it seems.  In the meantime probably I'll get 

a kid cart and a proper cart and go racing with him (if he wants to do 

that).

The 355 would be a perfect F car if it kept everything except its power 

steering (the 348 had much better steering feel/feedback) and went a bit 

stiffer on the suspension.  The 308 and 328 are beauties but not enough 

go for me, and the only V12 Ferrari road cars I really liked was the 

512bbi.  The TR's used to appeal to me but they just seem dated to me, 

and I maintain nothing good (car wise) ever came out of the 80's...

Mike

Rick Lindsay wrote:

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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Re: Cars we have owned, was: Just A Car Geek	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: Mike Fleischer (themightytoegmail.com)
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:38:59 -0800 (PST)