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  1. yelcab

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    #1 yelcab, Sep 12, 2015
    I was out driving my 328 back from the gym. I saw a E30 BMW with its blinkers on by the side of I-101. I stopped, backed up, got out of the car. As I was walking back to the BMW, I saw an older lady as a passenger, and a middle age lady as the driver, both Caucasians. I walked up, the driver reached back, locked the door and mouthed the words "go away."

    I shook my head, got back to my car, and peeled off. The few times I was stuck by the side of the road, I always appreciated someone stopping to lend a hand, even just a phone. Therefore, I always try to stop to help if possible.

    Apparently, someone in a Ferrari stopping to help is considered a bum. Fooking beotch.
     
  2. 308 milano

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    #2 308 milano, Sep 12, 2015
    WTH? LMAO:)
     
  3. URAS

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    #3 URAS, Sep 12, 2015
    If you were driving a rolls royce and had bad teeth, they would have let you take them out for high tea. So the issue is cultural and ride recriminations. From Lion King - no worries, be happy.
     
  4. 4zaJim

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    #4 4zaJim, Sep 12, 2015
    Hmm. I wonder if you stumbled upon a domestic dispute or something worse
     
  5. Wade

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    #5 Wade, Sep 12, 2015
    Regional reputations, I can imagine. ;)
     
  6. greg 19425

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    #6 greg 19425, Sep 12, 2015
    Maybe just CA in general. :)
     
  7. sltillim

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    #7 sltillim, Sep 12, 2015
    I've met yelcab in person and I must say he's pretty intimidating. I get where this woman is coming from......
     
  8. miketuason

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    #8 miketuason, Sep 12, 2015
    They were about to make out. :D
     
  9. i-velocita

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    #9 i-velocita, Sep 12, 2015
    Nice gesture. Some people just live scared.
     
  10. Mike Florio

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    #10 Mike Florio, Sep 12, 2015
    SF Peninsula? The 101? Maybe they weren't ladies. Could have been two old queens in drag. And as to what they were doing on the side of the road....???
     
  11. 1974gt4

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    #11 1974gt4, Sep 13, 2015
    no good deed…goes unpunished.

    FULL marks to you for doing the right thing.
     
  12. Wilson308

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    #12 Wilson308, Sep 13, 2015
    Probably this, or similar. Not everyone who pulls over has mechanical problems.
     
  13. Saabguy

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    #13 Saabguy, Sep 13, 2015
    Wait.. are you… are you… are you young? I never knew. You don't seem young on the list. ;-)
     
  14. yelcab

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    #14 yelcab, Sep 13, 2015
    This could be an insult, I never know.
     
  15. yelcab

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    #15 yelcab, Sep 13, 2015
    This is the thanks I get for HELPING you out !!!
     
  16. yelcab

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    #16 yelcab, Sep 13, 2015
    I owned BMWs, E30, E36 and E61. I would have been able to fix that car in 5 minutes. Eff it, no stopping next time for a BMW.
     
  17. sltillim

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    #17 sltillim, Sep 14, 2015
    I retract my previous statement!!!!!
     
  18. Saabguy

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    #18 Saabguy, Sep 14, 2015
    It's not an insult. It's meant to be humor but that doesn't always translate in the medium.
     
  19. yelcab

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    #19 yelcab, Sep 14, 2015
    Got ya.
    Relax.
     
  20. 4rePhill

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    #20 4rePhill, Sep 14, 2015
    Naturally! - You can always trust the British! ;)





    Whilst I was at My local petrol station on Sunday filling up My 348 TS, an elderly lady who must have been @ 70 if she were a day, came out of the station shop, saw My Ferrari and said:

    "Oh - She's a beauty! What a lovely looking car! I bet she costs a bit to keep on the road?"

    I replied: "She's not been too bad so far but she does tend to drink fuel like Oliver Reed at a free bar!"

    "She's gorgeous! - You look after her and have fun!" she said with a big smile, and with that she wandered off on her way!

    I couldn't help thinking: "Great! - My Ferrari finally attracts a female and she's old enough to be My Granny!" :D
     
  21. Jdubbya

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    #21 Jdubbya, Sep 14, 2015
    Well just goes to prove that you can't control what other people think or do. You can however control how you respond. Keep being a good person. Don't let some sourpuss sour you too.
     
  22. robertgarven

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    #22 robertgarven, Sep 14, 2015
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  23. GrayTA

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    #23 GrayTA, Sep 15, 2015
    Well, FWIW, Thank you for being someone willing to stop and help. I certainly would have appreciated it.



    PDG
     
  24. Saabguy

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    #24 Saabguy, Sep 15, 2015
    I think that it's great that a man in our country can overcome being a BMW driver so much that he is willing to stop and help others who are still afflicted! ;-)

    Lester
     

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