Funniest/Stupidest comments you have received about your Ferrari

I may have posted the story a while back, but there is an update.

One day a few years ago I had the garage open while I washed either Mrs. Rosso’s car or my daily Miata, can’t remember which and doesn’t matter.

A car pulled up into the neighbor’s driveway, and a dad and son got out. Dad grabbed the son and dragged him over to my driveway, pointed into my garage, and shouted “That’s why you’re staying in school!!”

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And now the update. My neighbor Jeff passed away while sitting on the waiting list for a liver transplant. About a year ago, I ran into his wife (and also my neighbor) Carmen and we started chatting a bit about memories over the years.

I mentioned the “this is why you’re staying in school” moment, and she burst out laughing. She said “I remember that! It was perfect!”

(There was an Estate Sale next door last month. Carmen had been talking about moving. Looks like she has moved on.)

 

I posted this in the F8 forum, but it is more fitting here. We took the F8 out to get ice cream. As I was about to leave, an older guy rode up alongside my side on a bicycle and said, "What year is your Corvette?"

 

I got the Corvette comment last week when I stopped for gas. Two guys pulled up next to me, one went inside for drinks, the other guy started pumping gas and said "Man, I love your Corvette!" I just laughed and said thanks. His buddy comes up a couple of minutes later, and the guy pumping gas goes "Hey, check out that Vette!" 2nd guy looks at the first and says "Thats a Ferrari, dumba$$!"

I think the 2nd guy was more offended than I was!

 

Come on, admit it... It's a rental!"

 

I recently acquired a 1990 Testarossa, my dream car. My elderly mother knows nothing about cars. She's been telling her friends I bought a Tesla, I guess because the first 3 letters are the same? Sigh.

 

Work her into calling it a "Teslarossa", and call it a day.

 

I have friends/neighbors who have given their garage opener code to the delivery guys/gals.

 

Nice Ferrari, is the classic, but my personal favorite was a kid who asked if it ran on rocket fuel. Then there’s the inevitable "How much did that cost?" yelled from a sidewalk, or the guy who swore his Camaro could take me because "red cars are faster." The best? An old timer who peeked inside and said, "Back in my day, Ferraris had three pedals." Gotta love it.

 

Have had this a few times.... Lots of older people around me lo... I'm 60 so old as well but I have had people say during answering questions about the car at the gas station while getting fuel... "do you really need a car like that"?..... OR..... " do you really need a car that fast? the highest speed limit is 70"!

 

Similarly, I am in my early seventies. My ninety-nine year old FIL gave me the very same questioning routine, while giving him a ride.

 

I was doing a weekend drive through the countryside and my wife and I stopped for lunch. I was wearing my Ferrari polo shirt (I know a little pretentious, but I like the shirt) and while we were waiting for our sandwiches a guy nearby asked me how the team was doing? After a brief pause I realized he was referring to the Ferrari F1 team due to the apparel. I responded I politely I thought they're doing well. We head out of the store and get into our 458 (roof down) and start the engine, it roars to life just as he exits the store. The look on his face was priceless as he connected the dots for why I had the shirt.

 

Not sure if I posted this one before, and too lazy to scan through the whole thread to find out, so here goes…

I had the 430 parked outside one of our favorite beachside burger joints, and as we came out a guy and his son were looking over the car.

Him: Very nice, is it yours?

Me: Thank you, yes it is.

Him: I’ve got a Mustang, so I guess that makes our cars cousins.

Me: Really? How so?

Him: We’ll, ever since Ford bought Ferrari, I guess we’re family.

Me: Ford bought Ferrari? When did that happen? I know Henry the 2nd tried to buy it back in the early 60’s but Enzo said no. Did something happen in the last few days I haven’t heard yet?

Son: Let’s just go, Dad.

 

328: Is that a kit car?

360: How much did you pay? I said "Way less than you think!"

 

Grabbed some ice cream with my son, while sitting on a bench outside, guy rolls up in a Lincoln mark 7 and yells out “ is that your car...” I said “ yeah”, he says “YOU’RE A GREEDY BASTARD!!!!!”

My son bursts out laughing and, rather stunned and amused I yell back “ BUDDY, YOU DON’T KNOW THE HALF OF IT!!!!”

He then grimaces and rolls off briskly

Times they are a changin

 

Back in the day ('06-7ish), my Aston guy would pick up my Vanquish for service.

Funny thing was both my 360 spider and Vanquish had the same check engine light come on, within a couple of months of each other. Some of y'all prolly remember the ****ing "gas cap not tight" light. Wound up ignoring it after the second time (remember we didn't know a lot back then- Al Gore just invented the internet).....anyway he actually had his guy pick up my 360 and drop it of to FoH. I told him he could go ahead and drive it if he wanted.

Last year he confessed to me, when he drove my 360, everyone would flip him off on the road. Said it never happened once in all the years he has driven Astons.

I've never had anyone give me a thumbs up driving any of my F cars. Only happened to me in the Vanquish.

 

Back in 1969, on the drive from Charlottesville, VA to a mountain climbing trip into the Wind River Range in WY, I passed a pickup truck stuck in the soft soil along the road near Coyote Springs. It was in the middle of nowhere, so I stopped my 250GTE 2+2 Series III to see if I could help. The driver, a big man, said he was a WY state highway worker who had been putting up road signs when he got stuck. He gladly accepted my offer of a ride to the next town, and he got into the passenger seat of my car.

I noticed that he was looking over the interior, trying to read the speedometer (it was in KM) and seeing no model name anywhere, he asked, "What car is this?". I answered "It's a Ferrari". He pondered this for a minute and then asked "Where was it made?". "Italy", I replied. He finally relaxed, settled back into the seat, watching the scenery going by at about 100 mph and finally pronounced his evaluation "Sure is a good ridin" little devil!"

I think this was probably the most honest comment I ever received on that car!

 

I parked my "1963 250GTE 2+2 Series III in my apartment parking lot in Charlottesville, VA and got out. A nice looking girl in a tight white dress came running up to check out my car. After a quick inspection, she looked at the spoke wheels and asked "How much brake pad do you have left?" I admitted that I didn't know... whereupon she laid down on the asphalt, crawled under the front wheel and said "You're OK. Sigh... I could just go to bed with a Ferrari!". Apparently that offer did not extend to the driver (me). I found out later that she was the girlfriend of "Starvin" Marvin" Schwartz, a noted Top Fuel dragster.driver.

 

About a year or so ago, I am on an off ramp, patiently waiting to turn left at a light. Car is just calmly idling, minding my own business. All of a sudden some sad middle aged man in a white Fiesta pulls up along side in the right turn lane, stops short, leans halfway out his window and belts out sarcastically "ohhhhhh a FERRRRARRRI, WOWWW!" then speeds off .... my passenger and I just started cracking up.

 

Best line ever on here and I’ve been using it for years, even used it yesterday

stranger “you wanna race”

me: “ I’ve already won”…

I’ve even perfected it for different scenarios. Love that line

 

About a month ago I went to a local car show nearby, because it was at this festival I loved going to as a kid. I like going to car shows, but hate the conversations with the Ferrari. They are superficial and boring. Unfortunately the only way to not run back and forth to the parking lot for alocohol is to enter one of my cars.

This hippie looking dude in a porsche shirt comes up and starts making negative comments about my car and how his is going to beat it. He even calls it a piece of **** at one point and I'm just like whatever. I usually leave before the awards because I ran out of alcohol anyway. The trophies don't mean much to me. Throughout the day my girlfriend who was there and I kept making jokes about how much of a ****** bag this guy was.

Last night my ring camera went off. There was someone at my door holding something. When there was no answer they left it in between the doors and left. My girlfriend came over before i was done with work since she has a key. I asked her what this ******* left and she sent me this picture. Apparently it was someone from the car show.

Then I had AI had some finishing touches.
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walking into a supermarket guy clearly on benefits with his son and wife (son was interested but embarassed by his parents) outside start talking about it but not being friendly, I ask his son if he wants to have a look, we go over and the dad asks 'did you win it', I ask him 'where do you win a Ferrari'? To nothing but the same dumb look he gave me from the start.

I have many more... Adults are the worst, most children are amazing. I am now well known for letting children sit in the car to take pics and video. I even have to tell them to hold the steering wheel for the picture as they are so shocked they look forward or around the car. Sadly, many adults are either rude from the start or try to be nice but only to be rude. It started within 10 mins of buying the car, within 24 hours someone threatened to take my life away! and it has not and will not stop. It is sad what people say to cover their own stupidity. After all it is not their fault they don't own one, it's always someone else's and even though i've just met them at that moment it's usually mine!

Had a very difficult life as a child, mum left home when I was around 7, dad had to hire a private detective to find her, she pretended to get back with him, said lets make a new start by selling our house and buy another one. When our house was sold she filed divorce papers meaning she got half of the proceeds of the sale, because she left the family home she was entitled to nothing otherwise. Dad got remarried to an 18 year old when I was 14. She wanted me gone, started making up all kinds of stories so my dad beat me fairly badly. I was kicked out at 15 and slept in a park in the tree's and bushes 20 seconds walk from my house for 3 weeks. Found my mum with the help of a friends mum, who hated me for chosing to live with my dad. I moved in with her and my sister, my sister repeatedly beat me up very regularly and it was worse than my dad because it happened so much, she would hurt herself and say I did it so my mums boyfriend beat me up very badly. I explained what was happening but my mum did not believe me and told me not to hit my sister but I only ever pushed her away from me. After my mums boyfriend did that, nothing happened for 2 or 3 months as I was in a very bad way and it took almost a month for me to heal. She did it again, i covered my balls but she smashed my face and all over my body. Then my mum realised what happened when she came back from work and my whole body was covered in marks. I left home at 18 and moved 100 miles away to London. Sadly quit college due to having to work to pay rent. I was unable to afford to eat regularly until I was 24. A fairly wealthy lady helped me, put a roof over my head and fed me. I learnt a lot from her and her friends about business and started my own at 21. At 24 things changed and I was able to afford to eat regularly since then. Interesting that someone would think I won a Ferrari without asking anything. I do not know any of my family and don't want to, my mum and sister constantly called me ugly and all family members from both sides did everything they could to affect me negatively. Interestingly, because I struggled for money for food I just did not have time to think about what happened to me so it did not affect me negatively. I only realised what really happened when I was in my 30's. Many people have similar stories. In my experience I found business was inside me, it was 'easy' for me to make money rather than deal with people. People are the root of all evil. People who are wealthy helped me a great deal, people without were only ever extremely nasty to me but generally people say the opposite, that people with money are tight and nasty or do something illegal when it is just the opposite. When I had nothing I would do anything to make money, worked for large retail outlets that teach you to lie which is why I quit to start my own business so I didn't have to lie as I saw the destruction lies caused. People / adults are horrible.

 

Dang.

 

Jesus. Sorry man but good on you for staying strong and making yourself successful, regardless of the reason or psychology behind it. Continue to share the experience of Ferrari ownership with the kids.