| Re: RETIREMENT - was GT4 Reverse lights was PCB Fuse Blocks | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Robert W. Garven Jr. (rgarven gmail.com)
|
|
| Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 17:27:40 -0800 (PST) | |
| Friends, I will not be much of a retirement as we are booked all through 2017 at some pretty special events!   Robert W. Garven Jr. "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 Nov 19, 2016, at 2:01 PM, Grahame Reinthal <grahame [at] reinthal.com.au> wrote: Speaking of re-TIRE-ment, I just put on Pirelli Dragons onto my 308gt4 (245x40x18 all round). They are a great tyre (did a track day last week) and not too expensive so don’t dig into the retirement funds too much! J I have also just redone the shocks (up 20% on both impact and rebound) and the springs also up 20% in stiffness. The combo of the 18” rims, the tyres, the shocks and the springs has transformed the ride – so much better even on the less than perfect road surfaces we have around here. Cheers, Grahame P.S. Don’t think of stopping working day to day as “retirement” – that can have rather sad connotations of finality – think of it as just a new direction and never say never! P.P.S. I have struggled to maintain any enthusiasm to watch F1 this year – very sad – have not even bothered to watch many races. Maybe Ferrari will come out of the blocks next year running more competitively under the new rules next year. However, I guess I am still a tragic as I will be going to both the Melbourne and Shanghai rounds next year. From: Ferrari [mailto:ferrari-bounces+grahame=reinthal.com.au [at] ferrarilist.com] On Behalf Of Rick Moseley Sent: Sunday, 20 November 2016 4:45 AM To: Grahame <grahame [at] reinthal.com.au> Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] RETIREMENT - was GT4 Reverse lights was PCB Fuse Blocks Peter, I wholeheartedly recommend the early departure. I was forced to pull the plug early (50) but it has been a blessing in disguise! Too many projects on the mountain house... haven't touched the Ferrari in a long time but it's sitting there waiting for me. Just finished a $60k retaining wall but your post has got me thinking about the car again... Rick
This is what I'm looking forward to. I turned 40 earlier this year. Realistically, I'm planning to retire @ 60, but I'll try to "pull the pin" sooner than that. As much as I enjoy what I do, as the years pass, I find it gets in the way in what I really want to do - and that is to play with the Ferrari! Although I realize this whole career thing is what pays to keep that hobby going (and it's been a good, lucrative one)! I consider myself fortunate though to have gotten into this at an early age (bought the 308 @ age 24 when they were "worthless") and appreciate all the years of joy and sometimes frustration that it provides (even to this day!). Could be worse... Okay, back to Rob's electrical gremlins. Peter From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+dino308gt4=hotmail.com [at] ferrarilist.com> on behalf of pbennett [at] Paul-Bennett.com <pbennett [at] Paul-Bennett.com> Sent: November 17, 2016 10:21 PM To: PeterGT4 Cc: The FerrariList Subject: Re: [Ferrari] GT4 Reverse lights was PCB Fuse Blocks A Big thing in retirement is to take every silly little thing as a fun project. This is a fun part of life which requires using everything you have stuffed into your brain to date to resolve unimportant issues and to get satisfaction and enjoyment from the time spend doing so. Like your backup light, it’s really no big deal but it can be a fun exercise to make it work they way you want it to. AND that doesn’t have to be the way the factory or someone else wants it...you will make it work to satisfy your needs and desires. Carry that attitude throughout each day and ENJOY. From: Robert W. Garven Jr. Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2016 2:15 PM To: Paul Bennett Cc: Paul ; The FerrariList Subject: Re: [Ferrari] GT4 Reverse lights was PCB Fuse Blocks From what I was told all the original parts were used in the car refurbished or replaced with new old stock parts. the wiring harness was removed taken apart all the wires checked for continuity and then it was reassembled and reinstalled. there was an awful lot of work done on this car, but just all sorts of little bugs and details that I need to either run down and fix! It took me 25 years to get a car built in Italy to start working perfectly, so it makes sense it would be even harder to get a car that was completely disassembled and put back together again dialed in! I'm also having problems with the tachometer and speedometer jerking wildly and then when the car is running well and warmed up they settle down to be normal? Several people have told me that in a complete restoration it is a last 5% of issues that are the hardest to settle and the most expensive I think that's where I am at. I am retiring in a month so hypothetically but I'm not playing in the band or traveling I can spend most my time trying to fix stuff!! Ha Sent from my iPhone
_________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: http://lists.ferrarilist.com/mailman/options/ferrari/pbennett%40paul-bennett.com Sponsored by BooyahMedia.com and F1 Headlines http://www.F1Headlines.com/ _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: http://lists.ferrarilist.com/mailman/options/ferrari/ramosel%40pacbell.net Sponsored by BooyahMedia.com and F1 Headlines http://www.F1Headlines.com/ To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: http://lists.ferrarilist.com/mailman/options/ferrari/rgarven%40gmail.com Sponsored by BooyahMedia.com and F1 Headlines http://www.F1Headlines.com/ |
- Re: GT4 Reverse lights was PCB Fuse Blocks, (continued)
- Re: GT4 Reverse lights was PCB Fuse Blocks John Ashburne, November 18 2016
- Re: RETIREMENT - was GT4 Reverse lights was PCB Fuse Blocks Peter Rychel, November 19 2016
- Re: RETIREMENT - was GT4 Reverse lights was PCB Fuse Blocks Rick Moseley, November 19 2016
- Re: RETIREMENT - was GT4 Reverse lights was PCB Fuse Blocks Grahame Reinthal, November 19 2016
- Re: RETIREMENT - was GT4 Reverse lights was PCB Fuse Blocks Robert W. Garven Jr., November 19 2016
- Re: RETIREMENT - was GT4 Reverse lights was PCB Fuse Blocks Charles Perry, November 21 2016
- Re: RETIREMENT - was GT4 Reverse lights was PCB Fuse Blocks Luke Graves, November 19 2016
- Re: RETIREMENT - was GT4 Reverse lights was PCB Fuse Blocks Rick Moseley, November 19 2016
- Re: RETIREMENT - was GT4 Reverse lights was PCB Fuse Blocks clyderomerof4, November 20 2016
Results generated by Tiger Technologies Web hosting using MHonArc.