Maserati with shields!?

LOL

 

Insecurity with a capital "I"

 

Shields are gaudy,garish,gauche. They are bad enough on Ferraris.

 

With all due respect, I along with a majority of Ferrari owners completely disagree!

 

I too think the shields on the wings (fenders) are completely unnecessary. The shields are for competition cars. And no, your road car is not a competition car!

 

I like the shields on mine. It completes the look.

The Cavalino on the steering wheel. Now that's GAUDY. You know you're driving a Ferrari right?

 

Those large emblems spoil the lines of a beautiful body design. Compare side shots of Maranellos,360s,and Fiorinos with and without.

 

So do the rear tail lights and that big silver horse in the middle of the rear grill..

I like to think of them like a pearl necklace on a beautiful woman. She's gorgeous in her naked form... but the pearls just add an aura of class and mystique.

 

Pearl necklace is a whole otha thang!!!

A proppa GRILL b izwot u really needz 2 class her up like a fender-shield, yo.

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******* b like.. tru dat!

 

Guess I'm part of the immoral minority. It is every owner's right to decorate his or her own car any way he or she wants. However, shields were meant for the race cars. Likewise, Rossa Corsa is for race cars also. Just my opinion.

 

Naaahhhh.. shields makes the car look complete. Without them, the cars look bare, lonely and minimalistic IKEA styled heck I would love a prancing horse on my hood. Like that of the screaming 'chickens' on the transAMs in the 1970s bandit movies.. black gold, yeah.. I can see it now. .

Seriously. The shields are a must, and 99.99% of members in my Ferrari club chapter has them.. anything else makes you look cheap!

 

I thought the shield vs. no shield question might be poll worthy until I did a quick google image search. When I got to 50 to 1 in favor of shields, it simply confirmed what I already believed. Shields are a beautiful aesthetic component that adorns the car, and to the cognescenti speaks to the car’s history and lineage. Absolutely a must have item.


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Is that sarcasm? We don't get much of that around here.

 

How bout a merc w shields?

Saw this last week. Anyone here?




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I'm all in favor of owners decorating and using their cars as they see fit as long as they don't infringe on others rights; however, please don't tell me the cognoscenti know that shields on street cars speaks to the history of the brand. Shields today speak to the factory's ability to play on nostalgia and add $1,500+ to the option list. Historically, shields were reserved for cars intended for actual competition use, or cars that had been breathed on by the scuderia division.

 

LOL


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Totally legit. Totally. Body kit yo’

Without shields: “I like the body kit on your Porsche”

With shields: “ Is that a Corvette?”

 

Curt. No joke, it was a lady in her late 60’s or early 70’s with blued hair driving the e class!

Lol!

 

You know her husband is like a Hedge Fund bagillionaire with a F40 and a few other FCars in the garage right?

 

Haha it can be the only way! I knew it immediately lol. Damn, that means they have the last laugh

 

Referring to the OP?

What a bunch of sticks in the mud. Why do any of you care what someone else puts on their car and what balls for thinking you have the right to tell them what to do I have a Ferrari license plate frame on the front of my Porsche, you gonna tell me to take that off too?

Silly thread.

 

I had a past Ferrari owner give me a little crap about NOT having shields on mine. Told him I thought they were earned not given and he said "it's a Ferrari son, get badges."