Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Michael Schumacher

[Robert W. Garven Jr. (rgarven]

Actually I cant hate Mercedes any longer since they dumped Ron Dennis who is my 
anti-hero. I will have mixed feelings over Schumacher
however and think he would have been preferable to Alonzo under any 
circumstances.....


Robert W. Garven Jr.
rgarven [at] gmail.com


 "The Ferrari is a dream - people dream of owning this special vehicle and for 
most people it will remain a dream apart from for those lucky few". Enzo Ferrari






On Dec 30, 2009, at 7:22 PM, jimshadow [at] verizon.net wrote:

> I have a Ferrari AND a Mercedes.....what do I do??  LOL!!   What about Rick 
> Lindsay???
> 
> :)
> ------Original Message------
> From: Robert W. Garven Jr.
> To: Jim
> Cc: The FerrariList
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Michael Schumacher
> Sent: Dec 23, 2009 12:59 AM
> 
> All,
> 
> I guess I can safely say this since it is a Ferrari list. I would rather have 
> my shitbox Ferrari GT4 than any MB ever made. I think Ferrari should have 
> resigned MS instead of Alonso also maybe we will get to see him whine when 
> Felippe kicks his ass or holds him up in the pits!!!  HA
> 
> 
> Robert W. Garven Jr.
> rgarven [at] gmail.com
> 
> 
> "The Ferrari is a dream - people dream of owning this special vehicle and for 
> most people it will remain a dream apart from for those lucky few". Enzo 
> Ferrari
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 22, 2009, at 8:14 PM, Fellippe Galletta wrote:
> 
>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 8:46 AM, LS <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Roger that...before they became plastic toasters?
>>> 
>>> I'll take a 190E 2.3 16v and an AMG Hammer.
>>> 
>>> LS
>>> 
>> 
>> Oh man.
>> 
>> With some of you guys on here, it's like every civilian brand needs to
>> maintain a 250 GTO like aura around their cars....ugh.
>> 
>> Sure, MB of new isn't quite like MB of old but who seriously wants a 190E
>> over a new E, S, CL, CLK, SL or CLS? LOL.
>> 
>> A vintage Gullwing is a different story of course, and a genuine AMG Hammer
>> or Porsche built E500 is worthy of consideration, but not all garden
>> variety Benzes made between 1980-1999. You seriously want bulletproof, buy a
>> new Japanese car...done, end of story.
>> 
>> I'll play along and be a good sport and say the '90s S Class was the last of
>> the uber Mercedes Benz elite class. When comparing each respective
>> generation of S, this was easily the best, from the look, the armored car
>> like construction, those dual pane windows, and the first big HP V12 in the
>> 600...the quintessential Benz.
>> 
>> Still wouldn't get it over the newer S's. You're buying an
>> expensive prestige sedan for the cachet/style/keeping up with the
>> joneses/etc first, everything else comes second. Anyone who says otherwise
>> is clearly lying to himself or others!
>> 
>> The '90s S or Miami Vice era S's no longer fit the bill....so no point in
>> owning these maintenance nightmares unless it's for the novelty factor and
>> short term. For that LS, you did it right with those BMWs!
>> 
>> It's time to expose the (forty) 800 pound gorilla for what it is! I don't
>> hate those older Benzes...still respect them....but to act like they were
>> the only good cars from the factory is silly.
>> 
>> FG
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