Funniest/Stupidest comments you have received about your Ferrari

funny guy & well played

 

Haha, same thing happened to me once.

I was taking a few pictures of a pair of 430 spyders when an elderly couple walked by. They complimented the cars an asked if one was mine. I said no but, they just seemed to ignore me each time and thought it was my car! They asked if they could take a few pictures with it, which by then I just started to play along , and then thanking me before leaving.

I can't wait for the day when I can truly say, "Yes, it's mine."

 

That is awesome!

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Driving 360 spider: "Is that the new mustang?"
Obviously referring to the horsey.
Stallion, not a pony!

 

LMAO... That's good stuff!

 

this weekend, my 'new' girlfriend asks me,
do you work on your ferrari more than you drive it???
my response was "heck yeah"!!!!

 

today my mustang was mistaken for a Ferrari... I told them the Ferrari was at home.

I guess i have a thing for horses?

 

HAHAHAHAHA my dad told me about that and i couldn't stop laughing. They were probably just wishing their yota pick up was a red prancing horse and wanted to try and get you to believe aswell.

 

I recently got "nice Peugeot!" when I left a gas station...

I said yeah, the French make really cool cars...

I guess a Zombee Lion and Cavallino Rampante are pretty close to some people!

 

Eric,

I KNOW this might seem strange...but this is not as far fetched that it might seem...no offense intended, but, just for your information:

Peugeot is a long-time customer of Pininfarina, and there have been a lot of nice Peugeots drawn by Pininfarina over the years: the 404 coupé and cabriolets in the sixties; the 504 coupé and cabriolet in the seventies...too bad these cars did not receive an engine worth the name, because they have aged very well, particularly the 504 cabriolet, which is a timeless and weel respected design.
Believe it or not, but the Peugeot 406 coupé of the nineties and your Ferrari 456 have actually been drawn at Pininfarina by the same designer...family style, in a way.

Best

 

And for information, the name of this designer is Lorenzo Ramaciotti.

 

Didn't PF build some of the Peugeot convertibles?

 

LMAO rat's nest. LOL.

 

Living in the States I never saw a 504 cabriolet however a friend had 3 504s, what a great car. When I spent a summer in France I saw a beautiful car and was surprised to find it was the 504 cab. I'd love to have one and recently saw a project for sale somewhere near NY if I recall correctly. If I had money and space i'd likely have gone to look at it. And I do believe it had the pF badge on it.

 

Yes it has the P.F badge...should you really intend to purchase one, and should you have the choice, avoid the V6 version; it is engined by the infamous PRV V6, which, as the rumour has it, has not been designed as a V6 but as a V8; then the 1973 oil crisis cost it two cylinders, so it's a 90° V6, or rather a 3/4 V8...makes an awful sound, is not very happy to rev and is very thirsty. If you have the choice, go for the 4 cylinders version.

It's not due to nationalistic pride, but the 504 cabriolet is really one of the nicest, economic, "cloth top" convertible that you can find. And its tough; almost a daily driver, still today.

And it is pretty & classy indeed: when I have the luck to stop one of my 328 besides a 504 cabriolet, the P.F family tradition is plain to see.

That's what I had in mind when I told Erik in his precedent post that, if the person who called his 456 a Peugeot had indeed one of the PininFarina's Peugeots in mind, its not necessarly a confusion lacking taste...

Best,

 

Back when I was driving my 997 (now owned by Chas) to work, I'd park in the doctor's lot which was next to where the MRI truck would park.

I went to the car one afternoon to leave and the driver of the MRI truck (size of a full size semi), happened to be killing time sitting in his cab.

I got to my car and he lowered his window and asked :"Hey! Is that one of them new Kias?"

I looked around at him, he with a serious expression on his face, we looked at each other for a few seconds and then he burst out laughing.

Turns out great guy and he knows his cars.

 

Hilarious! Dude sounds awesome!

 

I never thanked you for your generosity . . . THANKS!

 

Damn your out already!!!

 

Anything is possible in a society that guilts people like Five to give up their hard earned material possessions . . .

 

At Gullwing Motor Cars...

http://www.gullwingmotorcars.com/detail-1971-peugeot-504-convertible-used-6939397.html

 

Living in the States, I never even knew what a 504 was. But it looks pretty cool. From the photos in the link above, it seems that the interior resembles a Ferrari of the same period pretty strongly. (You think they did that on purpose?)

 

Well, it is interesting to know that at least one was exported to the United States, but judging by the pictures, it is in a sorry condition...being a '71, it is an early model.
The 504 Cabriolet is a very nice soft-top convertible, and, being a Peugeot, rather strong and reliable, even if the one is the link above is not a living proof...but even if I would be delighted to discuss the subject further, I think that elaborating on it would bring us outside the topic of the thread...
So, just to sum up, it was, and still is, pretty, mainly because it is a Pinin Farina design.

 

On a reverse note, I was in my car when a 7 year old asked his dad 'what kind of car is that?' and the dad said it was a Ferrari.

Er, I was in my speed yellow Porsche 968 cab . . .

 

When I had a Saab, my (then-)boss kept referring to my "Volvo."

Now, my colleagues refer to my Mercedes as my "Audi," and my 308 is my "Maserati."

My colleagues are not car people. Hell, I could probably drive a Veyron to work and convince everyone that it's just a two-tone VW beetle. (That's if I could afford one!)