Funniest/Stupidest comments you have received about your Ferrari

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I overheard someone say that about my car once also. It must be because our cars aren't red and therefore *couldn't possibly* be Ferraris.

 

Thats got to be the best Ferrari story I have ever heard.

 

At a gas station filling up, guy waiting in line behind me says "Nice Corvette". I say, "Its an '83 Ferrari". He says, "Oh sorry". I say, "That's ok the Corvette is at home in the garage"

Kid walking buy in a Parking lot, "Nice Ferrari, is it new?" I say, "Its an '83 308 GTS". Kid says, "Damn!! That's not new!?"

Two business guys walking around the 308 in a parking lot. I walk up. One guy asks, "What did you pay for that? About $80K?" I say, "You would be amazed". Hop in the car and drive off.

 

"You'd be amazed." Great line, I'll have to remember to use that.

East Indian fellow who works at the gas station I frequent asserted that he knew exactly how much my car was worth: $500k. Then he practically begged me to tell him if his answer was accurate.

All I would tell him was, "It was kind of a lot." Drove him crazy wanting to know.

It's fun having a 308: Everyone thinks my car goes 200 mph and cost at least 200k.

 

the first day the 430 was home from the delivery the local kids were in the driveway ogling the thing when the garbagemen came up, dropped jaws, came running up and said, "wow, that is the coolest Mustang ever!" ever since, perspective enhanced...........

 

Fellow employee at the office "that is an unusual VOLVO...didn't know they built a sport version of the 240" when I drove a '64 330GT 2+2 to the office one day.

 

Not a Ferrari but almost 10 years ago I had an 01 Carrera I was getting gas at a station in Laguna Beach a homeless guy came up to me... First thought he is about to ask me for change. Nope he asked what kind of car I had and how beautiful it was... mind you these cars were a dime a dozen in OC. However the aero kit and black Techart wheels on the car must have done it for him. Anyway he pulled out a pen and paper out of his backpack and asked if I would write down what is was... because when he gets back on his feat he was going to get one too. I thought it was funny.

 

Perhaps by now he has one. Maybe all he needed was the right motivation, and you provided it for him.

 

Parent of a guy on my son's soccer team, who was born and brought up in Italy (Napoli), came over to my car one day absolutely trembling and drooling. He then told his son and anyone who would listen, and even those who trying not to, to not touch the paint. He explained further that the paint on Ferraris is very, very special. The reason it looks so good is that Ferrari uses 250+ coats of paint, each one hand-rubbed, and it takes about 3 months to paint one car at the factory.

Mike

 

Wish it were so.

 

I don't know where he got the "240," but I have been told that the 330 resembles a Volvo 1800. (Personally I don't see that much resemblance!)
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i have genuinely had the mustang comment as well. i always thought that this could not really happen since the ferrari script is rather obvious, but it does.

i have had girls at a stoplight write their numbers on a sticky pad and post it on the windshield - wife did not appreciate that.

the other day somebody at the office asked if my 456mgt was new - i did appreciate that.

and to the questions about how much any of them cost, my standard answer is "you dont even want to know !" which allows their fantasies to really run wild.

 

Just had an older crowd next to the 430 saying, "wow that has to be the new Mustang, very pretty".

 

A truck pulled up to me at a stop light. He leaned over and said "I'd race you but I have a fish bowl on the passenger seat."

 

Did you think to ask her/him what cocktail of illicit recreational products they
had imdibed that day/evening,and/or were they prescribed by a reputable
person.

Interestingly(for some) I have an example of each, the 1800 not 244, in my bulgeing at the seams shed.
Though my 1800 is rally preped there is NO WAY!!! that the performance goes within
cooee of the 330.

.02c
Simon

 

"... and the spark plugs are made from moon metals weighing less than air, the carbon fiber is woven by the hands of Roman virgins, and it revs to 25,000 rpm."

I'm not an owner, but I've heard that kind of crap before.

 

The one I like is the silent burglar alarm that automatically dials the owner's cell phone number, as well as 911, if anyone attempts to steal or damage the car. It also has GPS tracking so that law enforcement can pinpoint its location anywhere in the world.

Yes, I overheard someone saying that about my 308. My 1982 308!

Not a bad idea, actually. Like the 250 coats of hand-rubbed paint, I wouldn't mind if my car did have something like that as standard equipment!

 

Haha, yeah. Except 250 coats of paint would probably weigh quite a bit.

 

Truth.

And now that I think about it, I'm not so sure that I do want Law Enforcement to be able to pinpoint my exact location at any given time. . . some of them might be smart enough to extrapolate my speed!

 

No joke. I had one extrapolate my speed with a radar gun just this morning. I'd prefer they can't do it at all times.

 

Funny....the Volvo is better looking!

 

For the "Stupidest" category ---

"Do you like it?"

Get asked that one a lot --- what's not to like?!

 

If it makes you all feel better, I drive a red mustang with tan seats and nobody ever asks if it is a Ferrari.

 

From the looks of those headlights I'd have thought it was a Peugeot.