Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Doug DeMuro

[Charles Perry (charles]

Excellent points, and good reminders that the same used to apply to me. I bought my TR at 27 when I had lots of time to enjoy it and relatively few responsibilities. Now I’ve got a lot more responsibilities, more cars to store and/or neglect, less time to enjoy them and less patience for when they’re not running. As you say, more bills for fewer hours to enjoy. And at 27, I would’ve laughed at you if you’d told me that at 44 I’d be coveting 4WD farm tractors more than Corvettes, but it’s true. I’ve spoken off-line with a couple of other list members who’ve reached points in their lives where the urge to simplify is increasing.

 

Probably like your Tesla, my CTS-V wagon meets all my needs except towing beautifully at this point. Cheap to service, ridiculously fast, can take 3 friends plus luggage, and includes every creature comfort. Doesn’t make the beautiful sounds of the exotics, but arguably more fun to drive hard since I don’t care if I break something that can be easily/cheaply fixed. And a white station wagon is a lot more anonymous than a red Ferrari, although not nearly as invisible to law enforcement as I had hoped…

 

 

 

 

From: Matt Boyd [mailto:ferrari308driver [at] gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 9:05 AM
To: Charles Perry
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Doug DeMuro

 

Charles,

 

Thanks for sending the link. I have conflicted feelings on this article. I agree and disagree with his points. I think he just bought the car at the wrong stage of life. If I were to go out and buy my first Ferrari right now, after I have three kids and commute with the wife in a nice car she loves (Tesla -- meaning she'd have no interest in commuting in a silly Ferrari), I'd agree with more of his points.

 

Instead, I bought my first Ferrari when I was 26, commuted alone, and had no kids. I DID use it to do things (not just for the occasional no destination weekend drive. I used it for my daily commute (I have pics from my drive in the snow one day, admittedly I'll never do that again).

 

I do sometimes wonder why I'm keeping this depreciating asset. I drove it one day last week as my commuter to work (70 mile round trip) and it was very nice, but it reminded me that I need to do the window motor job (again) since it took about 20 miles to get the passenger window up! I have a list of things "hanging over me" to do on the car so it seems sometimes like a liability. But I also remember it was the car on the poster on my wall in middle school (my son had the exact poster I had on his wall up until this month when he gave it back to me -- I'll put it up in my home office again soon). And I know that in just a few more years the kids will be off to college and I'll be wondering what to do with my time, and if I haven't done the window motor job (and the rest of the list) by then, I'll have time to do it and enjoy the car more again. :-)

 

-Matt

'85 euro 308

etc

 

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 7:06 AM, Charles Perry <charles [at] carolina-sound.com> wrote:

Don’t know how many of you read his stuff on Jalopnik, but this is a fun read. Everything in this article is spot on, up to and including my reaction to people that ask about my CTS-V. His books are just collections of his articles, but fun reads and cheap on iBooks/Kindle:

 

http://jalopnik.com/owning-a-ferrari-for-a-year-was-a-disappointment-1668355120

 

 

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