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I like your reasoning Matt. Beats
Congress's.
That type of reasoning is called something. I
forget what now.
I have a black dog
my black dog barks
therefore all black dogs bark.
Maybe not the same but more fun to drive.
DOUG
heh heh
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 3:46
AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Buying a car if
your Mike...
Actually, the pattern suggests to me only that you're being
punished for purchasing the wrong cars, and that clearly you need to instead
get another Ferrari.
-Matt
'85 euro 308
On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Mike Fleischer <themightytoe [at] gmail.com>
wrote:
Ah
Its
amazing that it took me this long to see the pattern, but I think
the
last time I got a new car and the weather didn't try and ruin
the
experience for me was when the Ferrari was delivered back in 99...
Two
BMW's before that, nothing, Z28... Nope sunshine and nice
weather...
But after I left the 348 in that ghetto...
Corvette
Z06: Got it home just before the hail started falling.
Rained
for 4 days after that. Needed a new roof on the
house.
Miata: Drove down with a buddy to Austin and picked it
up. As we left
the dealer it started raining, didn't stop until the
next day...
Nothing like driving I35 with flash floods...
Porsche
Boxster: Literally picked it up from The Porsche Store and
drove it
to Texas World Speedway (Didn't track it, just had to
instruct), where
the track ended up getting flooded at 7 am the second
day, I had it up on
jack stands inside the paddock because if not my
brand new car would have
been a flood damage victim along with many less
fortunate folks who's
friend's did not have extra jack-stands. Ever try
putting a car on
jack-stands with rain being blown horizontally through
a roofed paddock
at 60 mph? Its not fun, I do not recommend trying it.
And fire ants
do float on the standing flood water, waiting to latch on
and make your
day that much more fun. Oh and it being a convertible, it
rained
for two weeks continuously like that before I could see if the
top
worked. The Miata came with a hardtop (for spec racing)...
2nd
BMW M3: It didn't rain, just hit record highs for the month
of
August. This was in Texas y'all. German cars don't like
being flogged
in 110 degree weather. Most things don't
actually.
VW GTI: rained the entire way home, turning into
sleet. Chicago in
April, oh the joy.
Corvette C6:
Perfect day, downtown on lake shore drive, beautiful
summer day,
until I handed the guy the check. Then it started raining,
until I
parked it in the garage. Then it stopped.
And yesterday was no
break in my record...
BMW M5 (2001): Light drizzle on the way
down (drove the GTI with a
buddy), but temps stayed at around 37
degrees... ice on bridges but
roads were good. Started
pouring on the way back. 200 mile drive each
way... And of
course at the half way point the cold front overtakes us,
and temps drop.
Everyone is slow and sliding :) But kudos to BMW for
making a
car that is a true owner of the road. Other than worrying
about
trucks being blown into my lane, it was unflappable. With no
flap.
And disquieting in its ability to go fast without feeling like
it
is going fast. And I have to say there are a very small number
of cars
that after driving it, I really really want to drive it more...
This
one is one of them :)
So yep new car in the stable...
I think I am going to make a rule that
I won't buy a car unless it
has at least 400 hp... Now I gotta convince
my wife that a Cayenne
Turbo S is a good replacement for her
4Runner...
BR,
Mike
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