| Author | Message | ||
| L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Intermediate Member Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 1845 Registered: 8-2002 |
By the way, I just spoke to Matt. He is done for good. Now, can we send this thing to the "Threads of Fame and Shame" and be done with it? | ||
| jeff ryerson (Atheyg)
Member Username: Atheyg Post Number: 283 Registered: 8-2002 |
Frank, I wasn't trying to come off pretentiously, he asked me if he should still refer to his 308GT4 as a Dino I told him my opinion Gerald, If I came across that way my apologies | ||
| P. Thomas (Ferrari_fanatic)
Member Username: Ferrari_fanatic Post Number: 382 Registered: 4-2003 |
I never condone violence but here goes: There is only one way to settle this (well 4 really). 1) A card game: "War" 2) A game of "Quarters" to see who can drink the other person under the table. 3)A topped out race until the first person's car blows up. 4) A Full on no pads, Ultimate Fighting Challenge of "My Dad Is Stronger Than Your Dad". You guys are flippin halarious!! That was really funny. Cheers. | ||
| Frank Parker (Parkerfe)
Intermediate Member Username: Parkerfe Post Number: 2415 Registered: 9-2001 |
Jeff, it is a little pretentious of you to inform Gerald Roush of the Ferrari Market Letter on what is a Ferrari and what is a Dino. I suspect that Gerald knew Enzo or at least met him once upon a time. I know he has been to the factory on more than one occasion and has been in the Ferrari business back when you could buy a 250GTO for $6000 or less ! | ||
| jeff ryerson (Atheyg)
Member Username: Atheyg Post Number: 282 Registered: 8-2002 |
Frank, The original 246 Dino was 1/2 Fiat, hence Dino a different brand vs Ferrari, the 308GTS,B series on up, they are all Ferrari, this series has nothing to do with Fiat other than owning Ferrari Gerald, Ferrari rebadged the GT4 in 75 from Dino to Ferrari, you can call it a Dino all you want | ||
| Frank Parker (Parkerfe)
Intermediate Member Username: Parkerfe Post Number: 2414 Registered: 9-2001 |
Nika, don't tell me that I am the one that caused you to change your handle from Racerchick to Racernika ? And Gerald, as a long time Ferrari expert, tell us your thoughts on these two issues : 1) is it well documented that Enzo once commented that all Ferrari road cars should be front engined V12s; and 2) was the 308GT4 badged by the factory as a Dino and later changed at the dealer level to Ferrari as a result of an FNA request | ||
| Andreas Forrer (Tifosi12)
Intermediate Member Username: Tifosi12 Post Number: 1222 Registered: 10-2002 |
The days of the Ferrari King have returned! Alas! Thanks Don and Frank. Keep it going... FORZA PIZZA | ||
| Horsefly (Arlie)
Intermediate Member Username: Arlie Post Number: 1257 Registered: 5-2002 |
I deeply regret that this outrageous display of bulletin board behavior was allowed to proliferate without my presence! It took me 10 minutes to catch up with everything. By the way, doesn't everybody think that religious license plate frames are great??? And how about that overpriced gas??? | ||
| Gerald L. Roush (Ferrmktltr)
Junior Member Username: Ferrmktltr Post Number: 85 Registered: 5-2003 |
Jeff, can I still call a 308 GT4 a DINO? That's what Enzo called them. | ||
| Nika (Racernika)
Intermediate Member Username: Racernika Post Number: 1004 Registered: 12-2001 |
Don I for one have had my run in with Frank - but he really is a valuable contributor and I do respect him for it. I know he's a great family man and a true Ferrari guy. As for spelling - heck - I'm a journalist by trade and still make spelling mistakes. Please - the term "a$$clown" should be left in school yards and when talking about politicians | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Advanced Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 4526 Registered: 8-2002 |
Um... Where's Matt...? How come he was deleted from the system...? Rob...? | ||
| Frank Parker (Parkerfe)
Intermediate Member Username: Parkerfe Post Number: 2413 Registered: 9-2001 |
Jeff, I owned a 328GTS and did not consider it any lessor than other Italian cars including Ferraris. Why do you feel that if your car was badged as a Dino it would somehow be "lesser" than it is badged as a Ferrari ? The car is what it is regardless of the badging ! My daily driver is a BMW M5 and I don't consider it any lesser than my Boxer or than any other car for that matter. It is different, but not lesser . I have a friend that has an NSX that he has rebadged as a Honda. It does not perform any better or worse that it did when it was badged as an Acura. | ||
| TC (Houston) (Tec)
Junior Member Username: Tec Post Number: 91 Registered: 2-2002 |
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| jeff ryerson (Atheyg)
Member Username: Atheyg Post Number: 281 Registered: 8-2002 |
How about suspending anyone for 30 days who calls any 3xx series car a Dino and saying "only a proper 12 is a true Ferrari" for being a condescending snob to us "lesser owners" | ||
| Anthony_Ferrari (Anthony_ferrari)
Member Username: Anthony_ferrari Post Number: 295 Registered: 11-2002 |
I showed my wife this thread and we both loved it! Don, you are great. I have never seen anyone react so much to a trivial post. I didn't see Frank insult your family. He was insulting you by suggesting that you learn English 'for the sake of your family' I have sent links to this thread to my friends - it's great! | ||
| Jens Haller (Jh280774)
Member Username: Jh280774 Post Number: 798 Registered: 9-2001 |
Wayne, Or at least to "Off topic"! What has this to do with "General Ferrari Discussion"? Con saluti cordialissimi, Jens Haller | ||
| Erich Walz (Deleteall)
Member Username: Deleteall Post Number: 367 Registered: 12-2001 |
The Don: Think www.Ferrari-talk.com | ||
| L. Wayne Ausbrooks (Lwausbrooks)
Intermediate Member Username: Lwausbrooks Post Number: 1844 Registered: 8-2002 |
Rob, can we please send both of these threads to the TOSAF file now? | ||
| DJ (Godfather)
Junior Member Username: Godfather Post Number: 126 Registered: 11-2002 |
Because of threads like this is why I know a few fellow Ferrari owners that don't bother visiting this site. Between the egos, name calling, Lambo vs. Ferrari, and the popular I have to take pics of my title to prove I own such car threads it does get old pretty quick. Rob is correct, please stop discrediting FC. PS. Please excuse any grammar mistakes I may have made. | ||
| Erich Walz (Deleteall)
Member Username: Deleteall Post Number: 365 Registered: 12-2001 |
"On the evolution scale, Lawyers are far below used car salesmen." Yet, still above you-go figure  | ||
| Mark Moon (Enzomoon)
Junior Member Username: Enzomoon Post Number: 113 Registered: 4-2002 |
The Don: I read the attached thread already. It is irrelevant to this extremely disturbing post and you are only making yourself look foolish. Rob, please set some ground rules to filter out this type of rubbish. | ||
| kemal batu (Rogermelly)
New member Username: Rogermelly Post Number: 4 Registered: 6-2003 |
When I joined FC yesterday - I was praising the hilarity of some of the threads I have read... Not this one, or the one The Don linked to at the bottom of this one... This is Ugly. Full stop. If this is what you guys are like under the skin - god forbid if I piss you off somehow - I am glad I am in the UK. | ||
| Frank Parker (Parkerfe)
Intermediate Member Username: Parkerfe Post Number: 2412 Registered: 9-2001 |
I agree Rob. I recommend that you should establish a rule that if a FC poster uses profanity that their ability to post be suspended for 30 days for the first offense and then permanently excluded after the second offense. A chat room about automobiles such as FC is no place for such language. | ||
| Mitchel DeFrancis (4re308)
Member Username: 4re308 Post Number: 904 Registered: 6-2001 |
Hey Don, what has gotten into you? I know Frank personally and he is a VERY nice gentleman. If you knew him you would not be bad mouthing him like this. I see no point in this at all, I see no Ferrari related content in this post, and it should be deleted. | ||
| Lucas Taratus (Karmavore)
Junior Member Username: Karmavore Post Number: 222 Registered: 12-2002 |
Don't remove it until someone posts the 'Ass-Clown' picture. That one cracks me up! Luke. | ||
| Crawford White (Crawford)
Junior Member Username: Crawford Post Number: 77 Registered: 3-2003 |
PLEASE DO - this is embarrassing for everyone!!! | ||
| Vasilis K. (Goyal99)
New member Username: Goyal99 Post Number: 14 Registered: 3-2002 |
I second that!!! It should have been done long ago by the Admin. of this board... VK | ||
| Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator Username: Rob328gts Post Number: 5239 Registered: 12-2000 |
How about I remove both threads? We want shinny happy users!  Giving outsiders more reasons to discredit FC. | ||
| Kuzi (Kzma)
Junior Member Username: Kzma Post Number: 206 Registered: 3-2003 |
I bet these two are really good friends and just messing around! | ||
| The Don (Don_matteo)
Senior Member Username: Don_matteo Post Number: 5214 Registered: 8-2002 |
Frank, You crossed the line when you brought my family into this. And I said •••• you not has a sexual favor. I guess this phrase is yet another one you cannot grasp | ||
| Tom RM (Tgitom)
Junior Member Username: Tgitom Post Number: 125 Registered: 8-2002 |
not in defense as i dont know frank parker but i would say after reading that thread the don is the looney one going way off the handle here... and whats perhaps more scary is his post count is almost as high as robs!! I think he lives here all day... and adds waisted posts like of this one........ | ||
| Frank Parker (Parkerfe)
Intermediate Member Username: Parkerfe Post Number: 2410 Registered: 9-2001 |
Hey guys, don't blame me. I did not post one word against this looney tunes guy until he started using profanity and calling me names. Then to top it off he offered me a sexual favor ! But, as I have learned over the years, when one lacks the intellect to use cordial language they have no other choice but to use profanity and insults to express themselves. Kinda like a dog barking at the wind. | ||
| Gerald L. Roush (Ferrmktltr)
Junior Member Username: Ferrmktltr Post Number: 83 Registered: 5-2003 |
At the risk of extending a thread that does not really belong here . . . Don, before you get too critical about another's use of the English language you should learn that in English plurals are made by adding the letter "s" and the possesive is made by adding an apostrophe and the letter "s". This misuse is a personal pet peeve of mine. So the correct plural of Ferrari is Ferraris, the correct plural of Dino is Dinos, and the correct plural of degree is degrees. Not as Don wrote: "Out of the 6 Ferraris/Dinos I have" 's Franky 's You can't spell degree's "The water temp stayed at around 100 degress or so. Is " | ||
| Sean F (Agracer)
Junior Member Username: Agracer Post Number: 183 Registered: 2-2003 |
Which is worse? Being an assclown, or a fool? http://www.ferrarichat.com/discus/messages/132929/255985.html | ||
| The Don (Don_matteo)
Senior Member Username: Don_matteo Post Number: 5213 Registered: 8-2002 |
Mark, When you know what you are talking about we can discuss it then. Read the thread linked at the bottom. | ||
| Rob Lay (Rob328gts)
Board Administrator Username: Rob328gts Post Number: 5236 Registered: 12-2000 |
Let's have the Hothead of the day award. However, I'll end up winning it half the time. | ||
| Mark Moon (Enzomoon)
Junior Member Username: Enzomoon Post Number: 112 Registered: 4-2002 |
The Don: To say that this is NOT a constructive thread is an understatement. Your personal insults regarding his education are WAY over the top and truly inappropriate. I don't know Frank but this is not the forum for such personal insults. | ||
| Tom RM (Tgitom)
Junior Member Username: Tgitom Post Number: 124 Registered: 8-2002 |
Actually you both sound pretty stupid in that thread!! Especially that huge rant the don gave... jeez...calm down people!! | ||
| Scott A. B. Collins (Scott)
Junior Member Username: Scott Post Number: 162 Registered: 6-2001 |
I am one of the last people to want to defend Frank Parker (as a proud 360 owner), but I'm not sure that it is productive (or particularly on topic) to bring this up again. DId you have some off board conversations that has led to this post Don? | ||
| The Don (Don_matteo)
Senior Member Username: Don_matteo Post Number: 5210 Registered: 8-2002 |
On the evolution scale, Lawyers are far below used car salesmen. | ||
| The Don (Don_matteo)
Senior Member Username: Don_matteo Post Number: 5209 Registered: 8-2002 |
How about going to trade school to be a lawyer from his profile. "BA, Valdosta State College; and JD , Mercer University College of Law" I am suprised he did not attend the Abraham Lincoln internet school of law. | ||
| Pat Pasqualini (Enzo)
Member Username: Enzo Post Number: 572 Registered: 2-2002 |
How about the  thing | ||
| The Don (Don_matteo)
Senior Member Username: Don_matteo Post Number: 5208 Registered: 8-2002 |
http://www.ferrarichat.com/discus/messages/21/266036.html?1055267456 |