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

[Rick Moseley (ramosel]

As I was reading your response.... the lyrics to DMV by Primus creeped into my head.   "I've been to hell, I spell it DMV"

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From: Peter Rychel <dino308gt4 [at] hotmail.com>
To: Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net>
Cc: ferrari <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2018 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] PROVA license plate: GOT IT !

Correct, MO was the designation for Modena.

 

I’m glad you convinced them that the term wasn’t anything vulgar or provocative. Sometimes that’s all it will take, a well-worded, polite letter. I’m sure it’s much the same with the American DMV and those agencies like the rest here in Canada, but I can assure you, the staff that work in these organizations have absolutely no clue about any history of anything automotive-related. No clue whatsoever. None. Zip. Zadda.

 

Peter

 

Sent from Mail for Windows 10

 

 

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From: Ferrari <ferrari-bounces+dino308gt4=hotmail.com [at] ferrarilist.com> on behalf of Michel Savard <mysavard [at] videotron.ca>
Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2018 2:15:58 PM
To: PeterGT4
Cc: ferrari
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] PROVA license plate: GOT IT !

 

PROVA MO ? My guess is MO for Modena.

Michael Savard
1981 308 GTSi

> On Nov 3, 2018, at 3:45 PM, Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net> wrote:
>
> 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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