Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Doug DeMuro

[Rick Moseley (ramosel]

I'm the other end of the spectrum...  I'm 2000 feet up in the Sierras.  I live on 13 acres of rocky slant.  Without 4 wheel drive I wouldn't get anywhere.  Any yeah, any afternoon on the tractor excavating a flat spot and digging a foundation for a new garage is just as satisfying (if not more) as time with the Ferrari.   Funny, I recently used my Kubota to pull my neighbors 4WD Dodge (err, RAM) pickup out of the ditch after our last rain storm.

ps: new garage is for the tractor.  tired of it living in the lift bay of the main garage.

pps: just to keep the Ferrari content, the friend I got my tractor from is a fellow Ferrari Club member who lives in the valley and owns a Kubota dealership.

ppps: I kinda blew the whole "be American, buy American" thing by owning a Ferrari... but my Kubota was made in Gainesville, Georgia!

Rick

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From: Charles Perry <charles [at] carolina-sound.com>
To: Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 7:16 AM
Subject: RE: [Ferrari] Doug DeMuro

I’m sure! Our property (20 acres) came with an old Ford 1520 2WD. She’s a solid work horse, but in the wet Lowcountry, she just doesn’t have the grip to do a lot of the projects I need done. My 4WD Dodge diesel truck gets a regular workout dragging the tractor out of places I get it stuck…

 

 

From: Rick Moseley [mailto:ramosel [at] pacbell.net]
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 10:10 AM
To: Charles Perry
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Doug DeMuro

 

My Kubota ROCKS!!!

 

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From: Charles Perry <charles [at] carolina-sound.com>
To: Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2014 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Doug DeMuro

 

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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