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| Michael (Mtabije)
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Najib, thanks for sharing. But you know, I've always been into cars since geez, I don't know when. I think the moment happened when I was a little kid, and my mom gave me one of those bump and go cars (battery operated cars with working headlights and when it hits the edge of a table or hits a wall, it would turn around and go the other way) that was of an early Porsche RS 3.0. I thought cars were cool after that. Right now, I buy copies of Hemmings Motornews, Car and Driver, Road and Track, Automobile, Motor Trend, Evo, Sports car International, CAR, Forza, Bimmer, Excellence (Porsche mag), Autoweek and local-regional car trader newspapers. I just picked up a 1:18 360 Spyder die cast today and a Ferrari 156 1:64 die cast as well. It's completely nuts. Ferrari's though, man that has been the real deal lately and more so since joining this forum. Unlike other cars, in which I had a passing fad for (early 90's it was Corvettes, late 90's it was Vipers and Ricers...oh wait let's be P.C. about this, uh...Sport Compact Cars or how the Britsh like to call them, hot hatches!), Ferrari is a passion to stay. Thanks ALL of you for letting be part of that. | ||
| Najib Amanullah (Najib)
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Michael, that is not the beginning...it is the illness itself. I used to occassionally think about owning one but when this started happening almost every day, I found myself being drawn into it. I talked myself (and I must add my wife was extemely suppotive) into a deal. I always knew I wanted the 348 (relatively modern and affordable) and went for it. Considered the 328 briefly but even the dealers who had 328's in stock said the 348 was a major upgrade. You will find that as soon as you have some spare cash, you will be prowling the classifieds and dealers for the car (model) you have chosen/can afford at this time. Now that I have one parked in my drive, it is the fulfillment of a very long dream and most satisfying. Good luck. | ||
| magoo (Magoo)
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Look out Nika the dogs are in prowling. | ||
| Michael (Mtabije)
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The anticipation of that day when I get my first Ferrari. I think Ferrari almost every day. It distracts me...is this a beginning of a sickness? What will happen when the time actually comes? LOL | ||
| William H (Countachxx)
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Ive given up finding a woman who is beautiful, sexy, not psycho, kind, & very into cars. The chicks I have met that r into cars r all either Fat, psycho, ugly, or something else. But I havent met Nika yet so I think there is still hope  | ||
| Dave Wapinski (Davewapinski)
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I have not been involved with racing. It may sound stupid, but I think one of the major differences between a good race car driver and a great one is becomming one with the car. One who constantly changes cars cannot achieve that. I first started to think about this with Ansel Adams before he died. We were in the Sierra Nevada with breathtaking scenery. Ansel said to not grab my cameras, but to become one with the scene. Then to see the photo in my mind (the one with the greatest truth), then select the spot, the technical details, and then take the photo. Some magazine editors have said that I have the unconnaning ability to get the photos that had the greatest truth. It was Ansel's training. I found out that it was also true with a machine. Done that with a sports car. Also have been a pilot of a plane while taking photos. Most people ask how can you do that. One can sense what a plane is doing while looking through a camera viewfinder (of course do not try this while IFR). After awhile, I became one with the plane and with the scenics in front of me. With the Healey, I wanted to drive it for the pure fun of driving it. I could sense what it was doing and would do. I think any great race car drive would have that feeling. I am still trying to find a woman that I could combine my passion for her with the other passions in my life. So far, I have not been able to do it. I consider it the greatest failure in my life. But still trying. | ||
| Dave Wapinski (Davewapinski)
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The word Zen is so overused, I hate to use it. To me Watkins Glen is a waterfall and a canyon. I guess there must be a race track there. I am still trying to combine the passion of a woman to the other passions in my life. I have seen a few people who have done it, but it is very rare - like a Ferrari. The people I have known who have done it are the happiest people I have known, but they are also rare. I am still on the journey, still trying, but have not been able to reach it. Dave | ||
| William H (Countachxx)
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I used to think Ferraris were a good way to meet chicks, now that ive had my fill of whiney chicks I still dig the car Doing 170mph on the back straight at Pocono, or 145mph at Watkins Glen then stomping the brake & going through the chicane sideways at 110mph Its a Zen experience. I love my 512TR deeply, she is a lot more than a lump of metal to me. I guess you could say she is a passion that Enzo & I share with a lot of you also | ||
| Dave Wapinski (Davewapinski)
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I do not have time to read all the posts that I would like. However, from what I have read, I think a Ferrari means something different to me. I do not own yet own a Ferrari, but I have owned other cars and one sports cars. First, I have to finish the plane purchase and pay off my ex-wife. >To: [email protected] >Subject: P#2337 >Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 12:27:13 -0500 > > > >1/11/02 > >Dave, I do have the final paperwork I am needing >to double check everything to make sure everything >is complete on your aircraft. I should know by the >middle of next. > >Thank you very much, Barbara > > However, I think a Ferrari means different things to me, if I can comment. Of course, there is the beauty and the mistic. After the plane, then paying off my ex-wife, then the Unimog as a go anywhere motorhome, will be the Ferrari. Actually it will be very soon. Having owned many vehicles, but just one sports car (Austin Healey 3000 Mk III), I can tell you from experience what the Ferrari will mean to me. It is driving in the fall in Northern California with the top down with a beautiful woman (all women are beautiful) - with my hand occassionally slipping off the shift lever down to her legs in stockings. Stopping in at a wine tasting. Then making love in a seculated grove of trees, overlooking beautiful mountains, with the hot sun beating down. It is riding in a violent snow storm with the top down, all bundled up, heat on full. Then a crackling fire place, hot buttered rum, bearskin rug ...... It is almost becomming one with the car so one can feel what it is doing and is about to do. I first learned this from Ansel Adams. I have stalked lions in Mesa Mira, Kenya, Africe with just a few cameras and a Swiss Army knife. I felt one with them, could feel their emotions, and knew I was in no danager. It is the sounds, smell, and pounding of the car. There are also some negative emotions: ripping off an exhaust system from driving too spirited in West Virginia. Trying to drive through Georgia at 130. Getting about 15 miles from the border before getting pulled over. Then getting a ticket for only going 20 miles over the speedlimit, written as if I was a local so I could mail it in. Trying to get to a waterfall in New Mexico before the lighting changed, driving much too fast in a Mercedes sedan. That slight rise conceiled a hole behind. Became air born. Retained control. Waterfall was a disappointment. Later learned that I had landed a little hard - broke the airconditioning bracket, broke the exhaust system in three places, etc. I still have that Mercedes sedan. I cannot look at a Healey or a picture of a Healey without the memmories flooding back. While some are proud of never having driven a Ferrari in the rain (which is valid), I am trying to figure out how to maintain a 348 with six inches of snow in it. I want the Ferrari to create many more great memories, both good and bad. Am I the only one out there with such desires? Dave Wapinski |