Ferrari Mailing List: Posers

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

You are, of course, completely right about most drivers Mike - including us.  
In fact, I am 'le tres shitty pilot' so I don't even try to compete.  I tend to 
over analyze and by the time I have things figures out, the manovure is past!  
I am a scientist, after all.  So how do I handle this?

I don't.  My fascination with Ferrari (and cars in general) is the science and 
engineering.  I build engines and I restore cars.  I rarely drive them.  In 
fact, I find (older) Ferraris to be typical of many other low-production 
marques in that good ideas aren't refined into great ideas.  The makers just 
can't afford to do so.  However, my beloved BMW is worse when it comes to their 
older M-series cars.  Those cars are nightmares to keep at peak performance.  I 
tried to make an E30M3 a daily driver and it almost bankrupted me.

So I guess I would recommend that before you call me a 'poser' because I'm a 
non-competitive driver, try one of my engines. :-)

rick

PS: No black mold.  New house.  Nice and dry.