Funniest/Stupidest comments you have received about your Ferrari

Another simple good answer to such a question is "Why wouldn't you?".

 

One time I had to go downtown before a municipal judge to show my proof of insurance. It was my turn, I approached the stand, and the female judge said "OK, this looks good. Oh wow, you own a FERRARI?" I said "yes ma'am" and she just kind of smiled and gave me my paperwork. Funny.

 

So true. Most are shocked when I explain to them that their pickup-truck and camper cost more than my 12-yr-old Ferrari. Probably because it still LOOKS LIKE A MILLION BUCKS!!! hahaha.

I still avoid the question though, as it's just poor form to ask it or to answer it. It's like asking someone how much money they make, or how much their wife weighs. !!! y'know?

 

I was driving with the top down in the 360 and stopped at a stoplight.

A guy with an American accent was eyeing up the car and exclaimed ‘Curious George?! ‘.

I’m not American so didn’t really get the reference, a bit of googling and it seems like he’s a cartoon monkey who drives a banana yellow car (my spider is yellow).

 

From an American, who knows what he was thinking. Some people are just idiots. Seeing a yellow 360 would not make me think of Curious George, heck, I don't even know if you can find those books any more.

 

Once a Lady saw the Prancing Horse and said that is the most beautiful Mustang she’d ever seen.



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Regarding my F12 “looks like a corvette”
Regarding my recent purchase of a Ducati Desmosedici “looks like a rice burner”
Both made by my WIFE! Maybe time for a new model......


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New model car/bike, or new model wife?!

 

Security guard when he saw my 612 : is that the new 2020 Mustang ?

 

So, I live on the "West Side" of the suburban area I call home. This is the "rough" side of town. Though I've lived in MANY places since, I grew up just blocks from where I live now. I am often overheard telling people "these are my people, and I am their King!" haha. Fact is; I like where I live. That's a different topic, but this is context for last night's encounter at the gas station.

A guy pulled-up in his pimped-out F-Type Jag. When I say pimped-out, maybe "clapped-out" is a better term. He'd affixed to every body-panel various types of accouterments, from stickers and emblems to fake air-intakes and wings, etc. It would make most people blush, I think. So he pulled-up next to me as I was getting out of the F430 and he said "what are you doing out here on the west side?" (Which pisses me off immediately, right?) and I said "one could ask the same of you?" And he replies with his best man-bun-smugness "my son likes to slum it at the skate-park out here".

I'm sorry y'all..... I really HATE that part of exotic-car culture; all the dicks who think the car makes the man. I'm glad that doesn't seem to be a frequent theme here on this forum. I mean, I've seen the occasional dick-ish reply to posts, but for the most part, y'all are keepin' it real. ;-)

 

She's half right...only it's the Corvette that looks like an F12.

 

Ha. I totally understand. I live in a small town in North Ga., by choice. A few big houses but mostly old neighborhoods. I brought my 360 to a yearly country fest with a cruise in and of course, a lot of people wanted to talk to the "Ferrari guy". A lot of "you live HERE?!?!" comments. They didn't sell beer there because the town had just gone from being dry a few years beforehand. One lifetime local guy stayed and we talked for quite awhile and I asked him if he wanted a beer as I pulled a Keystone Light from my frunk and proceeded to pour it into the state farm tumbler they were giving away. He cracked up laughing, we've been friends ever since and he still tells that story to anyone that will listen.

 

"I pulled a Keystone Light from my frunk"

Precious

 

Especially from a guy whose moniker is "redneck". I think he and i have to be friends. ;-)

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I was in traffic court for a cellphone ticket. Part of my defense was that my car had stalled at the light and that is why I had the cellphone in my hand...to call a tow truck.

The judge asked what car I was driving, I said a Ferrari. She laughed and dismissed the case outright without even allowing the officer to speak.

Precious!

 

This happens alot in Aspen as well.

 

Funny one today. I'm in the parking lot by some stores with the frunk open as I load my purchases. As I close the lid, a car crawls up with the window down and the guy asks "Does it work?". I'm not sure what he means and I must have looked confused. "Your car. Do you have problems? I saw you had your hood up." Ha! I explained that the engine is in the back and I am loading my stuff. We had a good laugh.

I use my car a lot so often I am out and about buying things and stuffing them in the frunk. First time I've had that reaction.

 

First week I had the F12, had 2 Corvette drivers wave at me.

 

I was in my Miata the other day, and I waved at a guy driving an Aston Martin DB9 coupe. I guess he wasn't familiar with the sports-car wave, because he was looking at me like he was trying to figure out how he knew me.

 

Hi all,

First time poster here, but DIY'er on an 88 TR since the day I bought it. Thanks to these forums I tackled a full driveline overhaul, complete with diff carrier, 2 sets of drive gears and cam timing...during a pandemic!!! Including a pic of my refinished driveline and cradle from several months back. 800 miles this summer and doing well. Few little annoyance leaks, nothing I can't spot clean off fresh paint and powder coating.

Anyway, recently I've been stopped often and asked if I want to sell. I am always very kind and say unfortunately no, and this is something I plan on keeping forever. One gent asked me if it was fast. I said no, not particularly, and that a modern Civic Si is much faster in a straight line. He asked why didn't I purchase a Civic or other fast car, and I said "because you didn't stop to ask about buying the Civic". There's just something about a 6' wide rear end that gets attention...
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Bingo!

 

So much truth in that statement.

I guess there's probably someone out that that was 8 yrs old and dreamed of owning a Civic. But I didn't. I do work on them regularly though - not impressed.

 

And that's when you say "I will give you something else to smile about"

 

yes. just tell him it's fuji. 30k. imagine his face hearing it

 

While getting ready to put on my car cover at the gym, a ~25 y.o. young man runs up and says: "Is that a testarossa? Just seeing it has made my day." (which made my day ).