Ferrari Mailing List: Re: SFC: Watches...

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

Have you eaten snake yet?

On 6/14/09, Mike Fleischer <themightytoe [at] gmail.com> wrote:
> OK
>
> I'll have to keep an eye out for the shirts next time I can go
> shopping...  If I see some I'll pick them up.  Probably won't find time
> until next Saturday in Shanghai...
>
> To answer some questions:
>
> They all drive on the right, just like Mericans...  Though honestly they
> are helter-skelter everywhere with a very passive aggressive lane
> changing style.  Lots of horn usage to let folks know you are there,
> signaling of lane changes is only after you are mid-way through the
> change.  I would not hesitate to try driving here, its pretty
> straightforward and there is a courtesy here in the driving also though
> its really a mutual "I will not hit you".    This place is nothing like
> India, much more modern and even seems a bit less crowded, though it
> probably is not, I have yet to see a single moped with a family of four
> or more on it.  Imagine an entire country of bad drivers, kinda like
> Texas, but with more consistency and discipline.  There was a Bentley at
> the hotel last night that was RHD and I have seen several RHD cars, all
> from Hong Kong I would guess, which I can see from the Window of my
> hotel room.  Half the cabs here are Volkswagen Santana's (No US
> equivalent I think, maybe Passat?) or a Chinese clone of the Audi 100.
> And I mean clone... Wow.  Lots of Kia's and Hyundais also.
>
> As for customs?  Would they really care?  I would think they'd be upset
> if I were selling them or something stateside.   Will have to keep an
> eye out for that I guess.  I think they get upset if you bring in more
> than $1000 of stuff...
>
> I got my son a little airsoft gun, that looks way too realistic...  With
> that one, I may have some difficulties going through the airport and
> shipping it FedEx might make more sense :)  No need to get body tackled
> by 20 Chinese security guys.
>
> Oh and one last thing!
>
> No one has made me take off my shoes for an airplane flight here.
>
> BR,
> Mike
>
>
> red5hilser [at] aol.com wrote:
>> Hey cLyDe: Say it ain't so, cLyDe. An owner of a Ferrari 512 TR actually
>> trying to hustle a cheap Chinese knock-off Ferrari Team shirt (size
>> large)? <g>
>>
>> I thought that only the Ferrari wanna-be's like me?who drive GT4s would
>> stoop so low. Wait til FOC hears about this.
>>
>> Have you no shame, sir?
>>
>> Next time that you're flying into NYC, you should hit Times Square. I've
>> got a business associate there named Guido, who has a suitcase full of
>> genuine?Rolex Daytona watches that you might want to re-sell to some of
>> your more gulliable passengers. just tell him, "Bubba sent me," and be
>> sure to wear your uniform. He'll know who you are.
>>
>> Just tell?the 'marks' in coach?that you bought them from Bernie Madoff
>> when he was trying to post bond. And cLyDe. you can forget the First
>> Class. They'll never believe you.
>>
>> Always trying to help a fellow Tifosi, yer pal Shitbox Bubba
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cLyDe:
>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] SFC: Watches...
>>
>>
>>
>> Get me one as well
>> Size large
>>
>> Clyde
>> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Dave Craig" <dave.craig [at] sbcglobal.net>
>>
>> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:15:29
>> To: clyde<clyderomero [at] worldnet.att.net>
>> Cc: 'The FerrariList'<ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] SFC:  Watches...
>>
>>
>> Mike,
>>
>> One thing that I got in a market in Taiwan (should be virtually the same
>> in
>> China) was a Ferrari Team shirt knock off.  Correct in almost every detail
>> except for very cheaply made.  It is an awesome shirt to wear to F1 races
>> or
>> even to club events and I only gave $8 for it.  I highly recommend getting
>> one.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Fleischer [mailto:themightytoe [at] gmail.com]
>> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 1:55 AM
>> To: Dave Craig
>> Cc: The FerrariList
>> Subject: [Ferrari] SFC: Watches...
>>
>> OK
>>
>>
>> I hate to do this to the Ferrari list again...  I never read the
>> threads, but on watches?  I sorted out what I alreeady bought...
>>
>> What is a good watch?  I am in China right now and it is astonishing how
>> many knock-off watches they have.  So I picked some up as fun gifts for
>> friends etc...  So far I have a Tag, a couple or Rolex's, a Breitling,
>> and a Gucci watch for my wife...   But there are a ton of other brands
>> that look really nice but I have no idea if they are decent brands or
>> not :).    Not certain if I will go back out and get more or not but
>> wow.  They even have the sapphire scratch proof covers on them.  Clearly
>> not Gold materials, nor the quality movements inside either, though the
>> Rorex's are perpetual movements.  China is kinda fun and makes a real
>> mockery of branding.
>>
>> Lots of Ferrari junk here too, some watches, (also Porsche design
>> watches galore), some lighters...  (man it is entertaining though to
>> talk them down to as low a price as they will go and then walk away, do
>> the same at 4 other vendors and then pick the best price, we need to
>> have haggling in the US for everything).  Also got an excellent tea set,
>> Tea in the US just sucks the hiney compared to the stuff over here.
>>
>> Wow.  Recorded the proper procedure for making tea in China as the tea
>> shop owner made us sit and have a tea drinking ceremony with him after I
>> bought the tea sets.  Good stuff.
>>
>> The same Lamborghini's and 599GTB have been in front of the hotel for
>> the past week or so, owners are friends with the hotel owner.  And the
>> 599GTB looks like your ugly date at the prom next to the LP640 and
>> Gallardo, I can't fathom how Ferrari can sell these to anyone if they
>> were viewed side by side, performance between them is probably ludicrous
>> in both cases.
>>
>> Construction here is everywhere, tons of people, nice cars, everything
>> is about 1/3rd the price of US version (cars are about 2.5X).  We may
>> have a major recession in the US, but you can't tell it over here.  Also
>> most popular American car manufacturer here?  Buick!...  WTF
>>
>> If you travel to Shenzhen, The Intercontinental is the Hotel...  At $140
>> a night, I have not stayed in a nicer place (actually for about 5x that
>> ammount I have not stayed at a nicer place), huge room, fantastic
>> service, infinity edge 6 foot by 5 foot bath tub with a view...
>> Restaurants, a hotel with man made beach.  Working conditions here are
>> not wonderful, US engineering facilities are a quantum leap better, but
>> the US facilities here are nice also, just the Chinese firms do it
>> differently.
>>
>> And no more massage girls following me home :)
>>
>> BR,
>> Mike
>>
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