Parking your Ferrari in public places

dave what model ferrari do you own.

 

mark one day when you buy an expensive ferrari you will learn tolerance

 

that's true, they just rob it!

 

I read somewhere that mob guys can park the nicest car in the worst neighborhood and no one will dare touch it. The local kids think no one can possibly be that stupid so they must have the muscle in order to be that brazen.

 

Geez.... I thought I had moved into a nice neighborhood!
Now I have to worry about the Mob??
Good thing I didn't touch the Maybach....

 

take the wife she can do the shopping while you sit in youre ferrari basking in the attention

 

you should never park a ferrari just drive it, only stopping for fuel.

 

Well,in this perspective,I guess that I am lucky. I am legally Disabled,and have Disabled Parking privelges. (I have almost as much Steel in my body as my Ferrari! 3-Plates, 10-Screws, 6-Wires,2-Rods. These are all in my Neck,Back and Right Femur. From several Car accidents,one where I broke my neck in 2 places. And getting Run over by a Bus on a motorcycle,22 years ago.(Ouch!!!!)). Needless to say,living in the Cold Midwest,I have severe Arthritis from all of that Sh*t. And,occassionally,do need to use my cane to walk.

So,I do have a Disabled Parking Placard. Although,being a realatively Young guy,44,I only use it when I'm really hurting. As,I avoid taking Pain meds when I'm driving. (One of the guys who plowed into my rear end at 60 MPH while I was stopped was taking Medicine that makes people Drowsy,and labeled as "Avoid Driving when using" He didn't.) Otherwise I try to get the extra exercise. But,I do own a Ferrari,and if there are plenty of Handicap spaces,I'll park it there. I really don't feel the need to have to explain it to anybody. But,I'm not gonna take the last spot,unless totally necessary

But,ofcourse,the couple times that I actually did park my Ferrari in a Disabled spot. I immediately had some schmuck start blowing me some sh*t about it. All I had to do was to show him some of my huge scars,and he shut up. Another time,it was during a weekly Cruise Night in a local town. A guy runs up and says,"You really better be disabled to park here" (there were 5 disabled spots,and I was in 1 of them,the rest were open) Or,the Cops will tow you". I said "What? You think I'm a Moron or something? No they won't. I'm legal. Nothing to worry about". And,another time,I just wasn't in the mood,so I just said,"What? A Disabled Person can't own a Ferrari? Why not? You think that I should be in a little Orange School Bus or Something? Besides. I really don't have to explain anything to you."

So,I don't do it on a regular basis. But,if I want to I can. But,ofcourse,it kind of does look strange.Seeing a Red Ferrari in a Handicapped Parking Spot with a Blue Card hanging from the mirror. But,hey. Life is too short. And,while I still can,I'm gonna drive my Ferrari. Someday,I may not be able to bend,and get in and out of this thing...kind of hard,now,sometimes.....

 

Interesting point you make, Steve, about de-evolving. I have an (elderly) British friend who has lived in the US for over 40 years and he once said to me, "Frank, there is still one thing about the U.S. I fail to understand, even after all these years. How did you manage to go from barbarism to decadence without ever having passed through civilization?" He may have a point!

 

I had my Ferrari keyed, too. Almost every panel, in the work parking lot. How hard would it be to install a little camera? Flash memory is cheap. You could just erase the last 15 minutes of snapshots from a wide angle lens if the motion detector did not go off. The whole installation could maybe move from car to car, plugged into cigarette socket for power. Parking next to a wiFi station and feeding the footage to your work computer would make for an ultimate CAR NANNIE CAM !!!!


I got to get out of high tech....Or call the X10 people with my invention, spam them back some..


luke

 

Frank,

I can relate to everything you've said. I'm also a proud member of the Disabled Drivers of Ferrari's Club due to a stroke 12/01. When I was finally able to move my right arm well enough to shift, it was just about the happiest day of my life. I call the Mondial my "Italian Therapy".

Take care.
Tom

 

I am in total agreement and also, very well written. A few friends of mine have discussed 'the dumbing down of America', on several occasions. A very sad state of affairs.

 

You're not kidding. The same can be said for the kids in my neck of the woods. But there is hope. What ever their parents don't teach them, rest assured that life will. And when life teaches you a lesson, it will be brutal and you won't forget it.

 

You're wrong. It's two words: NO CLASS!!!!!

 

Good point. One time at 7-11, I parked my then brand new Porsche Cabriolet next to a crumbling rusted heap. As I gingerly opened my door, the owner of the heap had the nerve to say, "careful buddy, don't hit my car!" I didn't say anything but felt like saying "oh yeh, I wouldn't want to scratch YOUR car" LOL

 

Luke,

I hope it wasn't the 250 GTE that got keyed!

Art S. 7919

 

Originally Posted by MarkG
"some of the dickholes that own ferraris park in the handicaped spot"

yup - gave one these guys a $500 ticket once; said he didn't want to get his car scratched when he parked it.....

From Tom:
mark one day when you buy an expensive ferrari you will learn tolerance

o.k. Tom, so it's o.k. for a wheelcahir bound person to have to cross a parking lot so some guy in an "expensive ferrari" can park in the handicap zone???????

no wonder people hate Ferrari owners..........

 

I was coming out of Shore Club on South Beach a while back and saw some drunk girl lay across the hood of a 360 spider parked in front while some dork took her picture. She was squirming around on the hood and had her heels up on the fenders and everything. The valets didn't say a thing. That is why I don't take my car when I go out a night.

 

See thats just wrong. The least they can do is ask her to take her clothes off if they wont just say "do NOT get on there unless its yours" (kind of like the "is it yours?"... 'no.. is it yours?'... "Yes, get the f*ck off my ferrari" convo), if its not theirs either ASK the person that owns it or stay the f*ck away or admire but dont touch.
Gagan