Driving convertible Ferrari in Italy poll

Remind wife that for special days when appearances are tantamount, that you’d be willing to leave the capote up.

Be thankful that you have a wife who takes such care of her appearance.
My wife’s a tomboy, which occasionally advantages, but there are many time I wish she was more “girly”.
I’ve never owned a convertible, but we own a runabout....I get it, your hair does get dirty quickly.

 

The number one complaint I get from the GF from riding in the car with the targa off is hair issues. Every ride, every time. You won't win that one.

 

I asked my wife. She said Spider, no doubt about it!
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Just get her a nice ferrari cap to wear. If you have to drive to dinner, leave the top up

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How about being sure you can get valid local driving insurance before you get into what may turn out to be an unnecessary argument with your wife over which car to take !

 

My female accomplice says that for herbaceous be the 458 Spider - especially give the situation you'll have it in. She is VERY aware of her dress code and appearance.

As someone mentioned, she can always wear a cap/hat. But when in Italy you must take the Spider.


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With such an easy hard top you could take the spider and just fight over there about putting the roof down or not.

Or just leave her here.

We go with brimmed hats that tie with scarves.


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I voted yes, but not to take this too far off topic, I was wondering the same thing.

 

Asked my wife who I know is not very fond of convertibles and has a Lusso on order.
Vacation in Italy? Hell yes, only in a convertible! was her answer.

 

I think your wife is aware of something that hasn't been raised. This is ITALY. A country where women are not expected to have a hair out of place even when emerging from the swimming pool at the Villa d'Este. Where every strand of fabric and facet of an accessory in examined, in minute detail, by observers in any highbrow location (and I'm guessing that with that fine choice of cars, you will be going to highbrow locations). Arriving with ruffled hair at the Villa San Michele or rolling up to La Scala looking slightly wind blown is social death. Even if you're alighting at the end of a cypress-lined drive at a villa in rural Tuscany, fellow guests (the females) will expect each other to look like they've just arrived at the Vanity Fair Oscars party. Having imperfect hair in that situation is like arriving at a black tie dinner with a stain on your tuxedo.

Unless you're not planning to meet any Italians or don't mind about the above, in which case, Spider all the way. You can always close the roof when you need to. But if you're going beyond the usual rural tourist options, remember, your wife is being judged, minutely, constantly.

I'd probably take the Spider and give her the veto over when to shut the roof.

 

why would anyone with an ounce of fun in their bones be a part of the scene you just described.

 

Yes for the spider Rob , but you know MY hair is king !

 

Because that's the way they do things there. Worrying about trivial PC, #WomenActLikeMen type things doesn't bother them. Goditi la vita!!


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I don't have these problems because I shave my head and am not married, but I voted YES just to be on your side.

 

What scene? Italy? That's what Italy's like. And, yes, I have had a LOT of fun at parties in Italy, as I am sure a lot of us have. Capri, Como, Florence, Milan, Siena.. It's a wonderful country, and looking perfect is part of the game, which shouldn't be a surprise to anyone on a board celebrating the maker of the GTO and the Daytona. Italy pretty much rules the world in terms of style and design, which is probably at the heart of the issue here; you need to look good, and it's fun when you do understand local styles and mores, which demand serious attention to your appearance (and if you've ever bought an item made by an Italian fashion brand, you have bought into this aspiration of outward perfection in lifestyle). Just as, if you're visiting Sand Hill Road on business, you're probably best advised not to dress in a three piece Saville Row suit.

Bottom line, though, if you don't mind how you look, you can tour Italy looking like you're going shopping for potatoes at a Walmart. But the OP's wife evidently has a sense of innate style.

 

There’s a great deal of irony in the use of “trivial” there.

No need for the indirect swipe. There is a huge diffeeence between just having style in dress and having style both outwardly in fashion and in personality and comportment.

We hold our own just fine making an entrance, but the pompousness described being more important than a giggle and smile on a fun drive doesn’t sound worth it.

Going straight to dinner? Top and windows up of course. Stopping for lunch after a spirited drive? Anyone scowling at messed hair would be doing it out of jealousy for the smiles.

We’ve never actually run into people as described in our travels. Perhaps we were simply enjoying ourselves too much to notice the sneers.

 

Related to convertibles... a friend got a convertible last year, but his wife wasn't keen about riding in it with the top down because her hair got messed up. The friend responded, "But dear, you have that 'just ****ed' look - everyone likes that!" His wife was not amused...

 

No irony. It was in reply to your opinion in your post. There's nothing amiss in doing what Italians do in Italy.


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Definitely go for the Spyder! Italians tend to drive aggressively which can be a good environment for sports car driving.

But interestingly, in my years driving over there, I've only encountered Ferraris around their Maranello musuem since there are car rental shops just outside the museum.

 

Some women can rock the headscarf

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Of course Christy didn't bother in Vacation
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