Funniest/Stupidest comments you have received about your Ferrari

That's hysterical. I probably would have had to pull over from laughing too hard.

 

Reminds of the time when my buddy and I would frequent clubs in Chicago in mid-90s. After Chicago Bulls games, Michael Jordan would hit the clubs and we'd often end up in the same VIP areas. My friend was a smart ass and would always see Jordan and say (in a most genuine tone) "Look! It's Scotty Pippen!" Despite his best efforts to play that off, Michael Jordan would get that same WTF look that your Camaro guy got. False stupidity is such a solid comic device.

 

Flash back to 1977, I was 24. I am in Milan buying a 365 Boxer and spent a few days hanging around the showroom where the car was sitting with day trips here and there. With a school nearby, young school boys were walking by with eyes on the Boxer. One day, speaking with a boy about half my age. At one point, I stated that the Boxer was my car. The boy replied, "Yes, and my father is Niki Lauda".

 

That's the best MR2 kit I've ever seen!

 

Worst are all car snobs - These cars (and other classics and sports cars) are meant to be enjoyed by others. I drove to Maine last summer and spent a week there. Each stop we made, we added another 20-30 minutes so people who liked my 430 Spider could not just take pictures, but could sit in the car. They were dumbfounded when I told the people walking around the car and snapping pictures to sit right in there and have their buddy take a picture of them. One guy at Burger King with a family of 4 said we made his trip and his kids were, "gonna talk about this for the entire ride home and all next week!" That kind of stuff reminds me of being a kid and going for a ride in a Corvette when I was 13 and when that was the coolest car you've ever seen. You hoped your car driving experience would be like that until you realized when you got your license that you were driving a '93 Volvo 850 GLT. The closest you could get to cool was to tint the windows. "Safe, not sexy" should be the Volvo slogan.

Strangest questions are "What do you do?" and "Is that a X, Y or Z?" (input car name, i.e. Mustang, Vette, etc.) I tell people "I write pop songs for artists like Beyonce and Bieber. I have a face for radio, so my talents are behind the scenes" - usually that gets a chuckle and breaks the ice. I don't think doing what one does is relevant to acheiving Fcar ownership. As many point out, having a 308 and paying less than that SUV is some of the fun.

Other weird questions are always the how much the car cost questions. I try to be honest and also discreet. My feeling is if someone wants to know, they can go search and see you paid $200k for a car. Why lie and tell them it was $125k. People aren't stupid. You make them feel worse after the fact when they google the car and see the price and realize you were too much of a d*ck to just respond honestly to an honest question.

Fun times are people seeing one of my cars and telling me their Dad, Uncle, Brother, etc. owned the same car. Especially with the older Enzo-era cars we have a collective moment of "Why the HECK did he sell it!"

 

To the "How much did it cost?" question, I always say, "Kind of a lot."

That can mean anywhere from about $500 to $1M, depending who you say it to.

For me, my 308 was kind of a lot!

For those who really care, they can find out for themselves. And, heck, even among the 308 series, there is a pretty wide range of prices. Prefer not to get into all that.

I let little kids and pretty ladies sit in my Ferrari. And I'm happy to answer any other question except what I do for a living. Even my friends in the FCA don't know that.

 

Someone posted this in another thread a while back and I have used it several times. They said a car (can't remember what kind) pulled up next to them at a light and the driver asked "Wanna Race", The f-car owner replied, "What for I already won"

I always thought this was the best reply ever.

 

On some levels, that's actually a completely accurate statement for the (beautiful!) 355

 

Woman with her kids: Don't touch the car.

Asked: What does it drive like in the snow?

Answer: I don't know. I did not own it when we had snow.

No response. LOL

the kids were adorable though.

 

There are actually more ferraris out 'n about on Western Massachusetts roads than one would think at first (but obviously virtually zero during winter).

About 15 years ago I was the know-it-all 10-year-old who made those comments on a regular basis. I do remember seeing a Mondial T at a gas station in the next lane over, circa 1999 (had to be because regular gas was around $1) while my dad was inside paying. The following words came out of my mouth: "Wow! It looks just like the Corvette that they used in Ferris Bueller!"

That wasn't even the best part. The owner, struggling to contain his laughter, smiled and said "how did you know that? You wouldn't imagine how big the repair bill was after the scene where it went through the window and crashed in the ravine!"

Next I would say: "But the car in the movie was a Ferrari Corvette! You're lying because that's a regular Corvette!"

The owner then erupted in laughter, but didn't want to hurt a 10 year-old's feelings and told me he was laughing because he was thinking of a funny scene from the movie. I must've made that man's day.

My dad was on his way out and heard the whole thing. I remember because he makes sure I never forget.

 

The other day I had someone pull up beside me in pick-up truck and yell at me "YEAH RIGHT!!"

I kept looking straight ahead, didn't acknowledge, and could not contain a smile that slowly broke out across my face.

I mean, really, no point in getting into an argument with people like that. The only ones I respond to are the ones genuinely interested in discussing the car and its history.

 

Another standard answer to standard question: Latest this morning from drive in bank teller:

Q.: What kind of gas mileage does that get?
Me: It doesn't matter.

 

a while back i was in line outside the post office waiting for it to open. i had the 456 parked in the lot in front. the guy next to me in line asks if its my car? i said yes. he rolls his eyes and says incredulously 'you drive it to the post office?'. i answered yes, and the supermarket, the office, my kids school, and even out to the barn! he just could not believe it that somebody would drive a ferrari anywhere but off into the sunset on the amalfi coast. luckily the post office opened and i could move on. at least he knew it was a ferrari.

 

I pulled up to a stoplight yesterday in my California, and wound up next to a guy about my age driving a Prius stopped in the next lane. He rolled the window down and asked the very common "wanna trade?" I said "we're kind of the Yin and Yang of vehicles, aren't we? We'd probably both get kicked out of our car clubs." We both laughed, and I thanked him for saving the fuel I was burning for him before I blasted away. Who says we can't all get along? Bob H

 

Driving in Aspen a young man walking with his girlfriend: That's really a sexy car, man!

My response: Thanks, but YOU are the wrong gender, man!

 

Every time I drive the CT there’s always someone that makes me laugh. The know-it-all types.

Them: what kinda mileage does that get?
Me: 3
Them: Really 3? wow!?? How many gallons does it hold?
Me: 30
Them: strange face
Me chuckling: not really it's actually 9 (the look on their face is priceless)


As someone before said, I always hear that someone's dad or uncle or friend had one once:
Them: My Dad had one of those a few years back. Great Hemi V8 engine huh.
Me: yep

 

lol...that is good

 

A couple weeks ago while putting gas in the 458, a guy in a nice F250 crewcab pulled up and said "I'll trade you my truck, my two kids, my dog and my wife for your car". I heard, more than saw, his wife punch him in the arm.

A week later my wife and I had just parked at a Starbucks. As we were walking towards the door a guy standing next to his Honda Accord said to his wife, intending for us to hear, "Maybe he'll trade me his keys for mine". I said that was a kind offer but I'd have to pass. He then pointed out how the Honda got great gas mileage and had room for five passengers. I chuckled and again said "No thanks". Just as we were reaching the door to the coffee shop he hollered "How about Rock-Paper-Scissors"!

 

How do you think I got my Ferrari?

 

I don't get it, what is the upside?


Onno

 

I drove a friends 458 for a couple of days and I pulled up at the gas station next to a fiero in a really bad shape.

That guy came up to me, very disrespectful and being very annoying: "You are too young for that car!
My reply: "you are in your 50's! you are sure as hell to old for that car!

He drove off and I have never seen him again

 

haha. damn that's harsh but hey he had it coming.

 

He may have known what he was talking about. They do have great hemi V8s in many of them.

 

I get, "Nice Porsche!" a lot with my 456M, which I find both funny and annoying. My stock response now is, "Thanks, but it's a Ferrari." That usually leads to some fun reactions.

Cheers,

George

 

Well a boy thought my F355 F1 GTS was a Mustang! That's a Ford I believe.