Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Marque Lovers Still Exist

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

Charles:

Its a June 01 build with 30k miles.  I'm guessing it has had very
little if any maintenance done over the years.  Front comparment let
water in, hydraulics are rusted and on their last leg, electical
system is shot (rusted out cap/rotor, questionable plug wires).  I've
seen much better fit and finish on Fiero kit cars and to me, the early
Diablo is a kit car.

No one from the bling bling crowd would make a statement like that.  ;)

Audi changed the rules, but as a general rule, I'm not a huge fan.

Erik

On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Charles Perry
<charles [at] carolina-sound.com> wrote:
> I agree with Erik! While Clyde is correct that I couldn't recognize
> helmets, with that exception Erik and I share all the traits he lists
> below and are similarly aged. That's not to say there aren't plenty of
> poseurs our age out there, taking advantage of the dismal resale market
> that LdM has engineered to promote bling, but there are plenty of
> exceptions.
>
> Erik - what year Diablo are you working on? Are you saying the parts are
> trash or the cars are trash? Just curious since mine is a '99 and has
> needed absolutely nothing since I've owned it, as opposed to my '98 355
> spider which has been the kind of money pit people often think of when
> they think Ferrari maintenance. My experience is that the Diablo is
> considerably better engineered and built than a similar vintage Ferrari.
> Then again, by '99 it was at the end of its run and had had hundreds of
> improvements over the years.
>
> -- charles
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erik Nielsen [mailto:judge4re [at] gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 8:54 AM
> To: Charles Perry
> Cc: FerrariList
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] NFC: Here comes BO's 10 % US National Sales tax -
> Nowwith F content
>
> Come on Clyde, this is the Flist, there are no stereotypes, we're all
> just exceptions to the normal rules.
>
> I'm 35 (yes, a wee pup) and got into the hobby in '97.  Yes, I remember
> when you could get almost any car off the showroom floor.  I remember
> when the world tour car came through Atlanta (and even have the book).
> I know the chassis numbers of my cars from memory (18759, 39343, and
> 47071).  I have spent hours with 002C and 0846*.  I keep track of most
> of the cars pre s/n 999 and the F1 chassis numbers.  Per Gerald Roush
> and Dave Seibert's rules, I'm probably the youngest DINOsaur out there.
>
> I have parts everywhere in my garage trying to replace the clutch in my
> 308 at home, on my own lift, with my own tools.  There is a Diablo in my
> driveway that I am troubleshooting (and came up with a list of $4200
> worth of parts that it needs, and by god they are trash).
>
> The real fans are still out there, we shy away from the bling crowd, but
> we're still out there.
>
> Cheers,
> Erik
>
>