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How did you originally find out about FerrariChat.com?

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How did you originally find out about FerrariChat.com?

  1. Forza Ad

  2. Cavallino Ad

  3. Link from other site (FCA or others)

  4. Word of mouth

  5. Other (If so, please post in the thread where)

  6. Previous ExpensiveCar.com member

  7. Search Engine

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  1. rob lay

    rob lay Administrator Staff Member Admin Miami 2018 Owner Social Subscribed

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    As we're looking at more marketing, DES brought up this as a good idea to see where everyone found out about FC. Thanks.
     
    rob lay, Nov 10, 2003
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  2. Schatten

    Schatten F1 World Champ Owner

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    expensivecar.com! (the pre-Fchat forum) I can still recall my first posts.
     
    Schatten, Nov 10, 2003
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  3. rob lay

    rob lay Administrator Staff Member Admin Miami 2018 Owner Social Subscribed

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    Good point, that should be an option, you can change your vote. Thanks.
     
    rob lay, Nov 10, 2003
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  4. KennyH

    KennyH F1 Veteran Owner

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    WillH (CountachXX) told me about this site way back when... How do I miss those days :).
     
    KennyH, Nov 10, 2003
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  5. BigTex

    BigTex Seven Time F1 World Champ Owner Rossa Subscribed

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    Well, I was told of a thread on this site, where my World's Fastest Art Car had been spotted in Houston.

    Travelling on my work day commute in on Hwy. 290. I had recently been hit by a truck so the side of my car was a little the worse for wear.

    I thought that was unusual until I visited the site and studied the "Ferrari Spotters" thread. Then I realized ya'll talk about other folks ALL THE TIME!!!! LOL

    I joined in, so as to defend my honor!
     
    BigTex, Nov 10, 2003
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  6. EVartanian

    EVartanian Formula 3

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    I had originally seen the ad in the back of Forza, but as I wasn't a Ferrari owner myself and wasn't much into chats or forums, I wasn't sure if I really wanted to check it out.

    Then one day I was searching for info on something Ferrari related (google I think), Ferrarichat turned up in my search. So I thought what the hell, and checked it out. I discovered that it was actually a pretty awsome site, so ended up joining and here I am.
     
    EVartanian, Nov 10, 2003
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  7. Chip D

    Chip D Formula Junior

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    I was doing a Google search and one was a link to FerrariChat
     
    Chip D, Nov 10, 2003
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  8. 134282

    134282 Four Time F1 World Champ BANNED

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    i was searching for something using AOL's Keyword: search feature... Found this site by accident and the rest is history... Only took me close to 15 months to finally come up with something usable... :)
     
    134282, Nov 10, 2003
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  9. Cannoli

    Cannoli Formula Junior

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    Ditto ...
     
    Cannoli, Nov 10, 2003
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  10. rob lay

    rob lay Administrator Staff Member Admin Miami 2018 Owner Social Subscribed

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    Hmmm, I should add Search Engine as an option even though I've never submitted the site to one, I know they've found me, I see their bots on my server all the time. You can revote after I add it.
     
    rob lay, Nov 10, 2003
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  11. Garretto

    Garretto F1 Veteran

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    OTHER: Ferrari Telaio mailing list
     
    Garretto, Nov 10, 2003
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  12. rob lay

    rob lay Administrator Staff Member Admin Miami 2018 Owner Social Subscribed

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    Ahh, welcome, that's a very prestigous list, wish I could get on it. I don't have any value to add though, someday I hope to be a historian.
     
    rob lay, Nov 10, 2003
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  13. mondial86

    mondial86 Formula Junior

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    I GOT MY mONDIAL AND 2 HOURS LATER THE WATER PUMP WAS LEAKING , I DID A SEARCH AND IT BROUGHT ME TO FERRARI CHAT ,AND A FEW HOURS LATER I HAD THE PUMP OUT . THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR A DO IT YOUR SELFER LIKE ME .
     
    mondial86, Nov 10, 2003
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  14. Cavallino Motors

    Cavallino Motors F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa

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    Rob it has been 2 1/2 years ago....

    I can not remember what color underwear I was wearing yesterday and you ask me how I heard of F-Chat?

    ...gettin old I guess.

    ...must have been in "Seniors Health"
    :)
     
    Cavallino Motors, Nov 10, 2003
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  15. GrigioGuy

    GrigioGuy Splenda Daddy Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    A mention on the Ferrari Email List, back before I finally got fed up with cLYde and his syncophants.
     
    GrigioGuy, Nov 10, 2003
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  16. ferraridriver

    ferraridriver F1 Rookie

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    I was doing the lunch thing with Luca di Montezemolo a few years ago and he mentioned he gets a lot of ideas from this site. He said he occasionally posts under the name of "Mr. Green" ;) ;) :eek:
     
    ferraridriver, Nov 10, 2003
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  17. TOM B

    TOM B Formula 3

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    Rob,
    I found out about the Chat on Ferrarilist. There was discussion about a lot of people jumping over to the Chat. So I jumped too. Glad I did.

    Tom
     
    TOM B, Nov 10, 2003
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  18. Bryanp

    Bryanp F1 Rookie

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    I was on tomyang.com a couple of years ago, and a 3x8 owner came on wanting to know about timing belts. and some of the vintage v-12 people replied "belts? belts? we do chains here; go to ferrarichat.com." and I thought, if there are Ferrari people there, I must check it out . . .
     
    Bryanp, Nov 10, 2003
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  19. Texas Forever

    Texas Forever Eight Time F1 World Champ BANNED Rossa Subscribed

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    Hmmm... is this one of those existential questions? That is, was there life before FC? Or is FC the only life worth knowing?

    Trying to remember... I was obsessing big time over whether to buy the Maranello. Even though I got one heck of a deal on the car, I'm still a beancounter at heart. I somehow stumbled across FC while zig zagging around the Internet. Where had you been all my life! Of course, reading about Dave's problems with his Maranello only made things worse. I remember reading every "550" and "Maranello" hit in the archives. But the more I read, the worst it got. Everything started going dark. Then I started reading Mr. G's posts about his cars. Suddenly there was light. The birds started singing. My penis grew by 24" inches. I realized, like the wise man at the 1970 Atlanta Pop Festival who tore off all his clothes and ran naked through the crowd throwing bags of reefer to everybody while chanting, "Give it all away. It will come back sooner or later" that it is only money. Every since then, life has been good. Even though I don't have one because I spend so much time on FC!

    Mahatma Tax
     
    Texas Forever, Nov 10, 2003
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  20. tifosi12

    tifosi12 Four Time F1 World Champ Lifetime Rossa Owner

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    Actually from the previous owner of my car. Life changed for the better after the purchase, obviously for two good reasons.
     
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  21. Garretto

    Garretto F1 Veteran

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    Oh I'm no historian. Just an active s/n spotter. Mostly modern :)
     
    Garretto, Nov 10, 2003
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  22. ralessi

    ralessi Formula 3

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    I voted link, which is most likely what happened, but to be honest I really don't exactly remember...
     
    ralessi, Nov 10, 2003
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  23. ronr

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    I got a link from some other site. I was searching around other sites (from a search engine) doing research before I bought my car. I poked around FerrariChat, and liked it a lot. Then I saw R. Lay's name, and said, "Hey, I used to drink beer with that guy!"
     
    ronr, Nov 10, 2003
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  24. Doody

    Doody F1 Veteran

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    when i started hunting for a 355, i believe i was referred to ferrarichat by a member over at http://www.funcarsonline.com/ .

    doody.
     
    Doody, Nov 10, 2003
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  25. Mark(study)

    Mark(study) F1 Veteran

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    Mark(study), Nov 10, 2003
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