Brand New to Exotics and thinking about purchasing... Don't know where to begin

Oh, I never said or claimed you are a Troll. I respect the mods here, so they did the right thing. I believed you, in fact, that's why I even asked the reason for your guilt for buying a Ferrari. When you told me because of Judiasm, I should have stopped.

I fully admit, curiosity got the better of me, and you know what that did to the cat.

 

Well, as a long-time member and former mod, I can tell you their suspicions can sometimes be entirely valid. We get a lot of insincere virtual tire kickers. Folks who never or have any intention of buying a Ferrari (or any car) position themselves as such.

I don't know if it's the thinking that somebody has to own a Ferrari or be in the position to own a Ferrari to participate or a pure exercise in mental onanism.

I can tell you this community does not take lightly 'fakers' as it were. The main reason is we've seen in the past these 'poseurs" provide false or uninformed opinions and lead others astray. It's been constructive to identify and root these charlatans out as a service to quash falsehoods.

Kind regards.

 

no, I read the the thread the first day it was posted, and even posted the popcorn post on the first page. Yup, I stand by what I posted. You may not think you are a troll, but I am calling you out and I listed my reason. No one here really care about you having guilt about having a Ferrari and having thought about Tesla coupe, and then proceeded telling us about its acceleration and such.

Paul's approach to troll is well known as a mod and I always enjoyed it. My approach is very direct instead. He enjoyed cornering the mouse by the mouse's own fallacy demonstrated in answering his perpetual logical questions.

If you are genuinely asking about your guilt, again pay up and subscribe, go ask the moral question in the P&R section, because your replies will inevitably involve your religion. Otherwise, stop. We don't need to think about all the poor and hunger when we are driving our cars. We certainly don't need that from you.

 

This is exactly spot on. I was the second person to respond to your opening post. I thought you were genuine and offered helpful advice about buying a Ferrari. The result from you, crickets. That alone told me that you are not genuine.

 

let this thread die.

My last post.

ciao

 

OP

This site is populated by many folks passionate about a brand that is all about passion, design, performance, craft, beauty lifestyle, the best that can be had.

If you bounce around from garnering input about getting into the F car world to ooh a Tesla is fast, that's not going to be well received.

Tesla is about tech and speed and taking e cars from sorry to wild. On the flipside, they lack craft, design (look at the sad fronts) wonderful materials, personalization, racing heritage, exclusivity, relationships with the dealerships, ok that's enough.

 

@LoveChesed I think the consternation is folks are having a hard time wrapping around their heads around why you still feel guilty? I thought we had settled that, even at the cost of me getting banned? (I don't blame you btw)

I won't go into religion again (I don't want to get banned again), what is the new reason for your guilt? Or maybe it's back to religion again? If so, I would agree with @IloveGT you may want to take this conversation to P&R.

Kind regards

 

Is there really some reason you keep bringing that back up? It’s out of place here.

 

Not sure if intended for me or the OP. If me, then the cart and Ferrari horse are mixed up. In all instances the OP brings it up (not me), first and second time (guilt from G-d).

I’m literally asking the same question as you. Put another way, you did exactly as I.

first time: https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/posts/148290231/
second time: https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/posts/148305695/

 

I don't get the hang ups on the guilt thing, but I just see it as budgeting. If you can't continue your monthly gifts/donations/tithe/whatever if you buy the car, then you can't budget it, simple as that. If you aren't making any, then you already suck so no guilt there .

 

People are complicated.
For some folks, moving from ok car to super car is a big psychological leap.
Then in this case, you have some let's call it community stuff.
If many of your cohort are focused on having a lot of kids and a large subset of the cohort are slammed with the associated costs (and have to ask for charity to send their kids to the private faith based school) the guy with the prancing horse kind of sticks out.
Some communities would like be on his case even more for charity and some folks have the hateraid out for folks with nice stuff (other than a fine home which is completely within bounds).
I kind of feel the OP is more of a supercar tourist, enamored with the idea of fabulous vehicle but not all in.

 

For an enthusiast many of the perceived downsides of exotic ownership are easy to accept. I don’t mind the maintenance costs as I take pride in having a well sorted car. The impracticality is part of the fun, seeing how much we can fit into a tiny car for a road trip. The main downside for me is the attention they get, and trying to avoid letting my colleagues know I have them. This limits where and when I can drive them.

For a nonenthusiast, it is the opposite. The desire to be SEEN in an exotic has to be intense enough to overcome all of the many financial and practical downsides.

 

Went down a rabbit hole and found this gem. This was a hilarious thread. I hope the OP comes back for more interesting car discussion

 

Please let this thread die. I wanted to strangle that guy.

 

Lol...

Some trainwrecks you just don't want to look away from