Ruby's First Ride

Us old geasers need this in our life, its fun

Congrats on the new ride

 

That's why we buy them, to enjoy. I drove mine from Marathon FL to Northern VA and back. Loved every mile of it!!

 

Sounds awesome. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy.

 

Reading through all that and we still don't know what car you bought and what it looks like !

 

Andrew:

Sounds like your wife and mine share some of the same genes.

To say my wife was not happy when I told her I was buying a Ferrari, is an understatement, she was more liked pissed. I told her I was looking for a Mondial cab, and she told me she probably wouldn't ride much in the car, too windy would mess up her hair.

Then she said, "If your buying a Ferrari I am not waiting for retirement I'm getting the dog I want now." A dog for her, a Ferrari for me, that sounded like a good deal to me, at least she had come around to the idea of the buying the car.

Ended up with a coupe because it was in such good mechanical condition, only had to spend $800 after buying it to fix a couple of things.

For the first month of owning the Ferrari the dog cost more than the PPI and the work to fix things found during the PPI.

At 74 I figure I worked for my money, saved some of what I made, and now had the money to buy the car.

So everyone is happy.

ceb39

 

You should keep a spreadsheet with annual cost of ownership between the dog and the Ferrari! Keeping in mind the resale value of both as well, then show it to your wife after a couple of years!

 

Congrats! We are going to need some pictures!

 

Very good post, thanks for sharing.

I have just recently enjoyed my first Ferrari purchase. The exuberance I showed through the search and eventual purchase was certainly curtailed by my wife of 26 years opinion. Athough I hope I don't hear the "told you so" it was pretty funny when the topic was first touched on, as her features had a slight frown and she looked intently at me for a few minutes (no joke) and asked "are you having a mid life crisis?".

I look forward to winning her over with my new toy....

 

My wife was in favor of me getting a Ferrari but now it is her justification for every extravagance that she wants. It doesn't mean that she wouldn't have wanted those items before, now she just thinks that she has justification.

 

Great story, perfect car! We're almost all a bunch of geezers, but feelin' 18 again when we get in the car. Glad to hear you're drivin it like ya stole it!

 

Wow, truly adventurous of you! I am much younger and owned a Spider. I was at my limit on a trip up and down to Monterey from PV - 700 mile round trip. The drive in that thing is plain brutal for that long. Of course, my SS would be MUCH worse.

 

Not that much younger!

 

I don't know about the rest of you but I feel old getting off the couch but once I start it and start grabbin gears I'm 18 again. Gotta luv these cars.

 

Congrats sir!