F40 Horsefly

"can i call you" ?????

maybe he wanted a date, dude ;-)

still, you have to expect that sort of thing, like it or not. it is an F40. it is rare. people are fans. it's not the most recognized brand on planet earth for nothing, y'know.

doody.

 

Don't mind Carbon, he does this to everyone in a Ferrari.

 

I guess you can call me a Horsefly then.

Hello my name is chris and I'm a Ferrari addict.

 

I will admit that i guess I could be a little but of a horsefly if I saw on F40 on the street, but that guy sounds obnoxious about it, funny about his girlfriend too, who probably chewed him out for the rest of the ride home after you 2 went your different ways.

Oh well, what can you do its an F40?

 

Attack of the Ferrari Fanboy. I guess it happens to all owners sooner or later.

 

Gee, i didn't know i had relatives in Seattle...


LOL, Korr...


i'll be the first to admit that i'm a grotesquely overfed horsefly; i remember cutting through 4 lanes of traffic in a horrendously illegal u-turn to chase after a 328...

i remember seeing a Maranello on the road and, after waving to the driver (i wasn't driving), i asked my friend to pull over 'cause i thought i was gonna hyperventilate...

If i ever see an F40 on the road, i might pass out and wreck into a telephone pole... On the NNO Who run, it was overwhelming to see the NNO on the road, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS WITH US, PART OF THE RUN...

When Gerald and i went to Road Atlanta over the weekend, i saw a black 355 on the highway and i couldn't stop fidgeting... When we got off the exit, i saw a red 512TR in a gas station and said, "Ooh, look, a Testarossa...!" and Gerald turned and said, "Of course we're gonna see Ferraris, ROAD ATLANTA IS RIGHT DOWN THE STREET...!"

i can't help it. Seeing them out in the wild is so special...

 

I go on "Ferrari Hunts" every once in awhile with the sole purpose of seeing a Ferrari. Like Carb said there is something just so special about seeing one out in it's element. Everytime I see one I don't believe my eyes. They seem to actually have a glow to them.

 

Yea sometimes I will be real obnoxious about it, one time I was in the back seat of a friends car and red 575M turned the corner ( at the time they were BRAND NEW) and I saw it and was all OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD A 575M!WOW!WOW!

I still havent lived my Ferrari-outburst down........

 

Steve, I really think that an F40 in particular evokes even more frenzied emotions than a "normal" Ferrari. Two years ago my son and I saw an F40 near our home. We were in a state of disbelief as I was compelled to follow this beautiful beast for a short distance. But what I noticed, in addition to the Ferrari, was the heightened attention which the F40 seemed to generate compared to, for example, my Ferraris and other "run of the mill" F cars. It was just a wild scene! To see an F40 on the road is a spectacle. I think you're in for more of the same with your car. It's a magnificent thing!

 

Its like having an orgasm. The climax so peaceful and graceful, but when its gone all is regular again.

 

I think that as everyone else said, a Ferrari is a beautiful thing, enough to make any car lover get goofy. Maybe the guy had never seen an F40 in person before, and was just so excited. Now I can understand how this could be annoying, as my area is filled with rice cars, and people try to race you off of every light which just pisses me off, however, I have another problem with your post though.

"The guy was in his mid 20s, and he looked "greasy" (goofy facial hair, etc.)."

The way you say this sounds kind of like you are an elitest who is holding it against this guy just because he isn't driving a fast car and he dosen't look like he has a fast car. Point in case is the picture below, this guy (in my oppinion)could fit the description of your "horsefly". If he pulled up in the enzo, and said " can I call you" would you ignore him, no, because you would be looking at his car as well. I think that from your description this guy/girl/baby/whatever, didn't do anything unsafe, he pulled up next to you, to admire your car, and try to talk to you. Now maybe it is just me, but if anyone seemed like a creep in your relation of the story it was you for looking away and not paying any attention to him. People live their dreams through your success, or maybe he actually did own something better than a beat up honda civic, who knows. I just think that I would have been a lot more sympathetic if you hadn't been so judgmental about this guy's looks. Maybe he was creepy, who knows, I probably wouldn't have wanted him to know where I lived either, just seems like if I saw you crusing along in your Lexus, while I was in a Ferrari I might just think you were a creep by your looks if you talked to me, not that I have an oppinion either way, but not everyone has the best of looks, I certainly don't, and I am sure that people think that you don't either. Maybe next time you should just do a writeup about the way he acted rather than "This greasy 20year old guy asked to call me because I was driving my awsomely fast, super sweet car, so that makes him an ******".

Craig

 

Extremely well said

 

Peaceful and graceful orgasms...? Dude, what kind of sex are YOU having...?


Cab, very well put...

 

Who is that in the black Enzo?? He's really young, and he looks like a Baldwin brother...

 

Thats Jay Kay, musician frm group Jamiroquai. He has an extensive Ferrari collection in the UK. Thats the first closeup pic Ive seen of his green interior - cool.

 

I think the initial point Steve was trying to make was the aggressive manner in which this person was trying to get his attention.

Pacing, lane changing and circling by other people while I am driving my oldslow308 can be unnerving. Most of the time it is harmless but there are those out there that are pretty aggressive, with attitude, trying to prove something. I think that is what Steve was alluding to. Sometimes acknowlging these people just encourages them and their behavior.

Judging the other guy by his looks was unfair but stereotypes develop for a reason and those reasons are usually based on experience.

I am sure I sound like I am defending Steve but consider that maybe I am just relating to his own reaction to his situation.

Although I was not driving my 308 at the time, I was circled and taunted by a truckload of 'good ole boys' out having a good time. I tried not to do anything thing that would encourage them and eventually they went away. If I had been driving my beater truck I would have played some 'fender tag' with them. THAT they would have understood.

READ THE FIRST PARAGRAPH AGAIN.

 

Not the kind I want, but the kind I can get.

 

He never knew you could get a black Enzo. I read an article about it, and he said that "an Enzo would look good in black, too bad Ferrari isnt making them in black." He was then shown a black Enzo and then he said "Can I have a green interior?" We know the answer to that question.

 

It jus' goes with the car!

As I finished the parade last weekend, a little guy about seven years old ran out from the curb as I rolled to a stop alongside Valeria.

Wearing the biggest grin that would fit on his face, he extended his arm with a vigorous "Thumbs up" sign. I flashed him a grin, we exchanged "high fives" out the window, and with the all knowing glance of the "Car Guy", the Ferrari torch was passed yet again, to the next generation.

 

I completely disagree, Craig. Steve is not elitist; he was complaining about the harassing behavior of the guy in the Honda. The guy should have noted he was bothering Steve and backed off. That's just polite.

Of course, the dude's scraggly appearance and vehicle he's riding in doesn't help said person's case for trying to connect with Steve. Looks like a duck, quacks like a duck... the odds that guy was a Seattle grunge band member with an Enzo and still behave that way is unlikely - he would contact fellow Ferrari owners, and in the Seattle area they'd know Steve.

You certainly cannot argue that it is wrong to judge people on their grooming and hygiene. Features/body type are one thing that should be out of bounds (generally beyond change), but being clean and well-presented is a personal decision and is fair game for public judgement and discernment. If you grow 'goofy facial hair' and let your hair go matty you can argue against judgement all you want, but strangers and the public have nothing else to go by other than how you present yourself (sure, friends and family will know you).

A few weeks ago I was playing around and clipped my goatee down to a big handlebar mustache. I was out shopping and impulsively decided to visit a BMW dealer to see the new 5 series again (still doesn't click) and the non-US 320i. I noticed that the salesguy was reticent to talk to me about the 3-series, until he asked what I had now and I pointed to my WRX (putting me in a potential sale scenario). I puzzled over his hesitation to take me seriously, until on the way out I saw my own reflection and realized I looked like a biker with unkempt hair and a handlebar mustache!

 

My 348 was delivered 2 days ago. Plenty of thumbs up on the road and cars wanting to race..
My only question is were are those college girls?