| Author | Message | ||
| Paul Bianco (Paulie_b)
Member Username: Paulie_b Post Number: 747 Registered: 1-2003 |
Martin, I surprised myself too. It wasn't raining when I left the house. | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Senior Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 5962 Registered: 5-2001 |
Then BTW I was surprised to see you in Moroso in the rain in your car!  | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Senior Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 5961 Registered: 5-2001 |
That would be Paul Sloan. He was seen at the beginning of last year in a silver 308GTS but since then has been spotted in a Ferrari Isetta that he claims to have bought for a shady dealer in Miami. He was told its a "one-off-version made for the sultan of Brunai". | ||
| Paul Bianco (Paulie_b)
Member Username: Paulie_b Post Number: 618 Registered: 1-2003 |
Hey Debbie, clarify which Paul you are refering to. | ||
| Paul Sloan (Sloan83qv)
Member Username: Sloan83qv Post Number: 619 Registered: 3-2001 |
Hey look what they let the South Florida group drive at the track, when it's not being used to bring their members to dinner.  | ||
| Debbie Pyle (Dilly)
Junior Member Username: Dilly Post Number: 147 Registered: 9-2001 |
Hey Martin, rumor has it that Paul actually owns a Ferrari! Couldn't prove it by me. | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Senior Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 5649 Registered: 5-2001 |
Paul so funny!!! | ||
| Paul Sloan (Sloan83qv)
Member Username: Sloan83qv Post Number: 617 Registered: 3-2001 |
Debbie should know as she drives her BMW/Mini to Ferrari Diners! :-) | ||
| Debbie Pyle (Dilly)
Junior Member Username: Dilly Post Number: 146 Registered: 9-2001 |
Sorry Beccy, I should have given you the national web site. Try this one www.ferrariclubofamerica.org. Click on "the club" and then on the link for membership. The application asks about cars owned, but you do not have to own a car to be a member. The FCA has never required ownership to be a member. Hope this helps. | ||
| Paul Bianco (Paulie_b)
Member Username: Paulie_b Post Number: 613 Registered: 1-2003 |
Beccy, the FCA events usually offer a kids lap after lunch. | ||
| Beccy (Beccy)
New member Username: Beccy Post Number: 3 Registered: 8-2003 |
I clicked every link on that site and couldn't find a place where I could buy him a membership. Any suggestions? | ||
| Debbie Pyle (Dilly)
Junior Member Username: Dilly Post Number: 145 Registered: 9-2001 |
You can check the FCA Florida Region web site for event dates www.fcafloridaregion.com . You may want to buy him a membership - my husband became a member when he was 16 years old! We have an event coming up November 7-9. We will have a lot of different types of Fcars for him do the "goofy grin" over! | ||
| Beccy (Beccy)
New member Username: Beccy Post Number: 2 Registered: 8-2003 |
Thanks-for the confirmation AND spelling my name correctly! How often do you have your events? From other posts, I've found that many of them seem to be in South FL-do you ever gather in/around Orlando? While I *like* Ferrari's, my 14-year-old son *loves* them. He's extremely intelligent, but just as extremely unmotivated. I have tried to no avail to convince him that his grades will not impress ANY college-least of all, his dream school, MIT, where he plans to get a doctorate in mechanical engineering-and that if he truly aspires to own a life-size Ferrari, he's going to have to do much better than he's doing now. We've made quite a few visits to Central Florida Ferrari and, while they have been wonderful to Michael, he has never sat in or even touched one of their cars. (Although at another dealership, Michael was able sit in a Lamborghini-I had no idea someone could have a grin so large!) So I guess my question now is this: can he do more than spectate? Robin, you said "everyone seems to be pretty cool about offering rides." I've tried so many tactics to motivate him and nothing seems to work-I've gotten to the point where I am reaching out to people on the internet-so I don't know if a ride in a Ferrari would work either. A dealership offered him a ride in an F40 (which caused another one of those goofy grins) if he brought up his grades, but that was almost a year ago and his grades are still poor. I guess I'm hoping that a ride now would make it more *real* for him. I don't know...I'm rambling on and reaching out in the hopes that I can get through to him before it's too late (he started high school today and doesn't seem to get that these grades are forever). How do I find out about your events? Do I just keep an eye on these posts? How would I arrange for him to have a ride? | ||
| Paul Bianco (Paulie_b)
Member Username: Paulie_b Post Number: 607 Registered: 1-2003 |
Thats confirmed Beccy. You can come in and spectate. | ||
| Robin Overcash (Robin)
Junior Member Username: Robin Post Number: 203 Registered: 1-2003 |
Open to everyone! I'm not an owner (yet), but so far everyone seems to be pretty cool about offering rides and invites to events. That might change when they hear me screaming like a little girl while lapping Moroso, but ya never know -R | ||
| Beccy (Beccy)
New member Username: Beccy Post Number: 1 Registered: 8-2003 |
Hello all! Are your events open to everyone or only to those who own Ferrari's? |