Ferrari Mailing List: Re: auction

[Fellippe Galletta (fellippe.galletta]

Hahaha, pretty funny.

Do you at least like the modern offerings? They all handle and brake
well too besides going fast.

FG

On 9/7/14, Clyde Romero <clyderomerof4 [at] bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I am 64 years old I remember working on these American shit boxes when I was
> a teenager
> They were shit back then when they were new!
> Poorly built
> Horrendous brakes and tires
> Forget about any comfort
> They were then  and still are the Harley Davidson's of the 4 wheel world
> Noisy and don't handle
> Thank god Americans don't all think like those idiots
> Or we would have never landed on the moon,came up with color tv and
> air-conditioning
> These guys are the Neanderthals of the car world
> And as far as old Ferrari's are concerned
> They at least had a racing heritage other than going fast for 1500' in a
> straight line!
> Gotta go watch the F1race
>
> In victory you deserve Champagne
> In defeat you need it!
>
>
>
> Scars are Tattoos with better stories !
>
> If you follow all the rules
> You miss all the fun!
>
> Clyde Romero
> Clyderomerof4 [at] bellsouth.net.
> 678  6419932
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>> On Sep 7, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Fellippe Galletta
>> <fellippe.galletta [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 9/7/14, clyde romero <clyderomerof4 [at] bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>> I am watching the auction of muscle cars
>>>
>>> Stupid money
>>>
>>> For stupid cars
>>
>> I sorta agree/disagree....
>>
>> Muscle cars are great, but I never could rationalize them being worth
>> megabucks. I guess we could dismiss them as one trick ponies, but then
>> maybe we could do the same for vintage 250 series Ferraris that
>> couldn't handle or brake much better.
>>
>> So we're putting on our red colored glasses and showing a bias for
>> exotics over muscle -- which I fully endorse. Just look at a 250 SWB
>> or 275 GTB....gorgeous and much classier looking interior.
>>
>> Now a Cuda, Chevelle, Pontiac GTO are nice looking too in that muscle
>> way but not the same.
>>
>> So I'm ok with "elite" muscle going for 100-200k perhaps, but this
>> $500k-$1M+ is insane. IIRC there may have been a $2 or $3M Cuda
>> sold....an extremely rare 1 of 5, convertible with manual, etc. Silly.
>> Like the 250 GTO version of muscle.
>>
>> The good news for muscle is that you can get more or less the same
>> cars for a whole lot less if you're not obsessed with #s matching
>> crap, original this and that. There's no real stigma to doing
>> modifications and what not to these cars so long as you don't take
>> them to the big auction houses.
>>
>> I believe one could get a "normal" muscle car for $50-60k these days
>> (less probably) and do what they want.  A far cry for a vintage
>> Ferrari.
>>
>> FG
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