Ferrari Mailing List: Re: PROVA license plate: GOT IT !

[Rick Moseley (ramosel]

Right on!   Congrats 

I had to go back and look at pictures I had.  They all read "PROVA MO"?



> On Nov 3, 2018, at 11:11 AM, Michel Savard <mysavard [at] videotron.ca> wrote:
> 
> Remember a few weeks ago, I mentioned that I had tried to get PROVA as my new 
> license plate here in Quebec ?
> I was turned down because of  ‘road safety issues’ or something like that. 
> But they also said that you could argue your point if one was turned down. I 
> did.
> 
> PROVA means, among other things, TEST (hence road safety issues, I guess). 
> But in Googling it, I saw it also means PROOF. As in “…..this is the proof of 
> my innocence”. That was the example Google gave. So, I wrote them (government 
> SAAQ ) that "the word to me meant '…this is the proof of my success'. I 
> dreamed of owning a Ferrari since I was 17 years old when the 308 came out. 
> PROVA to me is the proof of my success”.
> 
> They bought it.
> 
> In their explanation to accept my request, they wrote that there was no 
> ‘copyright infringement’. Nothing about road safety.
> 
> Now for those who don’t remember what I wrote, here is the story behind 
> PROVA. When I was a teenager, I read a lot of car magazines. Obviously, I 
> loved reading about journalists testing Ferraris. I saw many many pictures 
> with a license plate that said PROVA hanging behind those Ferraris being 
> tested. I always thought back then that this would be the ultimate personal 
> license plate to own as a Ferrari owner.
> 
> It only took 43 years. Patience has its rewards.
> 
> Michael Savard :))))))))))))))
> 1981 308 GTSi
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