Ok, it's been a week, and 350 miles. 1) Everyone who sees it, wants a ride. 2) Everyone who sees it while driving any sort of a "performance" car, wants to race. 3) My daughters keep quoting the movie; "Fast and Furious". "More than you can afford pal, Ferrari". Much to my dismay. 4) I can't stay out of the damn thing. 5) I can't stay out of the garage to look at the damn thing. 6) One word: Dumbass magnet. 7) Everyone has had, or knows someone who has had one that was faster. 8) Short of sex with a supermodel, I can't think of anything I'd rather do than hit the twisties in this car. 9) I'm stricken with a certain amount of (unexplainable) guilt when people stare. I love this car.....I'm so glad I decided to forego the new Vette, and get this thing. It's an absolute blast to drive, just like a powerful Go-Kart. I don't even notice the lack of creature comforts, as I'm too busy smiling my ass off!
I am getting the inpresion that ya happy with your new ferrari dude. Have i got it right Number 7 is spot on
"8) Short of sex with a supermodel, I can't think of anything I'd rather do than hit the twisties in this car" I can but that's beside the point. Keep having fun. It never quits even if you had service done by Rifledriver! The fun goes on!
Lol. Absolutely, the second the Ferrari rolled off the truck every other car (including my very nice, recently sold P-car) became a footnote. Enjoy your new ride. Lose the guilt, though. You're performing a public service in a world full of beige Camrys and SUVs.
Thanks Bullfighter. It'll just take some time to get used to all the attention. I don't think I was really prepared for it. It's an absolute blast though. My wife is a 1st grade school teacher, so I had to bring it by her school for show and tell........1000 pictures later.......
http://schoolctr.hebisd.edu/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?scsession=expire&sctime=1147275907§iondetailid=16015&sc_id=1147275897 Some very happy kids.
Congrats John! One of the things I like about the 348 is the lack of creature comforts (i.e. tons of useless electronic gadgets that come on most new cars). The 348 is pure and simple driving pleasure - a) turn key; b) select gear; c) have about the most fun legally allowed in the US.
Congrats john, enjoy in good health and for many years to come. I love you're number 7....when I bought my tr in 99 everybody all of sudden had a freind of a freind or relative that had a tr. Jealous people my freind. Enjoy !! PS....beautiful little daughter
Bullfighter, you *get* it. These people like Warren Buffet...rich but driving rattletrap s#!tcars...flaunt their aesthetic disrepect for our world...probably because in truth they don't like our little planet. Stuff 'em. Beige Camrys and minivans and SUV's...ugh. Those people don't get it. Real men should aspire to love true art. Embrace the beautiful, the good, the truth. Life is too short to spend trapped inside barren, beige walls. Contribute to the beauty of our planet. Contribute to the good. Contribute to the truth. Anything less is to be scorned and disrespected.
10) Car seems to invoke extreme anger in certain personality types. Young guy in a Mustang pulls up and says: "You wanna run that piece of ****? you think it's fast?!" psycho. I was stunned. He had an extremely angry look on his face as well. After the initial shock wore off, I replied with: "Are you p!ssed because you have to drive a Mustang??" He told me to F-off, and I just laughed and slowly drove away. Of course, he had to show me how fast he was(n't). I have now put 700 miles in two weeks......Is this normal?
700miles??? lol. Everytime i drive my 348,i never want to stop driving. I start driving home,then i say nah......not yet Its just a pleasure to own and drive. The Mustang owner......sheesh,what a loser! You probably are correct in saying that he is pissed having to drive a mustang.........i would be too
Funny how it's ALWAYS a Mustang that starts ****. Same thing (kinda) that happened to me when I just got mine.
Well, I did have a guy in an M3 hassel me to the point that I exited the freeway. But he didn't seem pissed about anything.
I know what you guys mean. I am a stealth 348 owner. I like to take it out at 2 am. During the day, people act weird. On the highway at 50 mph, an old Camaro pulled next to me and rolled down his window. He got 3 words out, I downshifted from 5th to 2nd, and rang out the gears like a maniac. I figure everyone has a gun, so I get freaked out and haul azz. I figure if a cop stops me, I tell him I saw a gun...hehe. Another time I was at Shell getting a Snickers bar. Two girls in a Civic rear ended a car looking at the 348. I giggled because I did the same on a Suzuki looking at a girl and ripped off a Oldsmobile rear license plate w/my front tire. I have told people at gas stations itz not my car, I just work on them. I have Ferrari guilt.
Maybe you ran into Mr Scarface? http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107030 But seriously, just ignore guys like that idiot in the Mustang. Like the trolls on here, they'll get bored and move on if they can't get a reaction out of somebody.
C'mon man, you must have read some Bart on this site. Bart's posts are almost always introspective, thoughful, and insightful. they feature commentary on society, favorable opinions of the traits that make us all love the Ferrari name, and (sometimes) vague references to mystical car qualities. Your post had much the same feeling as one of Bart's, and was a little out of character for your typical posting style and content. I like it though! BT
