Question for Carla.....

Was that your car at the LFSC tent at the Brian Redman last month?? And was that you hanging around the trailer near the food?? Kind of where Mike Epifanio was hanging out with a few other people??

There was a woman hanging out by there. A bunch of guys asking who that was. (actually, they said "Who is the babe??") I wasn't sure if it was you or not and the woman never went by the blue car. I think the license plate said the same thing as the plate in the pics from the last event.

I never got to ask the woman if she was "Carla" as I was busy playing host to my group......

Anyway, long story short........"Were you that woman??"

DISCLAIMER!!! - Due to previous misunderstandings by member(s) of the FChat board, this is in NO way an attempt to pick up Carla. My wife was at the BRIC. She is sitting here on her computer right next to me. No funny stuff.....

 

That's hilarious. Some of the guys were saying "Who is the eye candy??" thinking that LFSC brought you in to hang around. Ha!! I was going to come over and ask if you were "Carla" but I wasn't sure and didn't want to look like a moron. Not to mention, I had a nice sized group with me I was trying to keep busy!!

Yeah, maybe at the next one....... I would like to get down there for another event, but am in the process of moving out to California to work at our world headquarters. Fun stuff.

Got to get the house ready, get it on the market, coordinate the movers, finsh up in my current territory, teach a training class out there in August (what I will be doing for the next 18 months) for a week, fly back, close out my inventory, lock up a contract with a managed care plan I am putting together for my company, do an expense report a mile long, sell my car, buy another, sell my house, buy another, buy a daily driver, organize and run a bachelor party (I am the best man in a wedding the 2nd week of Sept), etc.....

All of that possibly by September 1st.......This is freaking insanity.......

 

Let me get this "straight"......

Are you inviting me to spend an "exotic" weekend with you in San Francisco???

 

Wow. Alright, you tell me what YOUR highest price would be. No BS.

 

Like I have ALWAYS said, if you would stop with these trips, you would HAVE a Ferrari by now!!! Then you could sit in your OWN garage and enjoy your OWN car!! That, to me, would make all the sense in the world. Maybe, rather than talking about price over a beer, we can come up with a budget so you can get one.......with the main part of the budget cutting out those trips!!!

I bet this trip is going to run you around $1400. That's 7 months worth or car payments for my car (we have already gone over how I make this happen.......). Then cut out a few other things (like eating and showering on Tuesdays) and you would have your Ferrari. If you got a 308, you could eat every day of the week and just not shower on Tuesdays and Thursdays. No big deal. You could still shower on Friday before your big date AND have money left over to get the large tub of popcorn at the movies. Since you would now own a Ferrari, SHE would take you back to her place (no worries about electricity expenditures at your pad) AND cook you breakfast in the morning.

It is really pretty simple........

With that being said, it sounds like you would basically want me to "give away" my car to you at a price I just couldn't do. Since I have guys from this very board who sound like they like the price I already have it at, I doubt we'll be making any deal.

Mustang GT huh?? THAT's another issue we could discuss. I will be driving a cruddy rental Impala or whatever is CHEAPEST. If you are renting a car, it might as well be the CHEAPEST one you can rent!! Another way to save money for the Ferrari fund!!

 

Wow........

Nice ending creepy......

I know you like the Daytona, but come on, that's like me saying that I like the original Ford GT40s. Every day that you don't buy one, you are getting farther and farther away from getting one, as they are not going DOWN in price.

A friend of mine just bought a Daytona a few weeks ago that needed some work and he paid a HEALTHY amount for it. Healthy. More than I could afford.

I think you need to get yourself into an affordable Ferrari. Like they say, your first Ferrari is your most expensive Ferrari. Get it out of the way, and then look to a more "classic" car......

 

On the contrary Andreas........

You have a Ferrari. A nice one too. So you get to enjoy the experiences AND drive a Ferrari. Would your experiences be worth as much if you didn't get to take your own out and re-enact those experiences??

I love hearing the F-1 cars and all and seeing vintage Ferraris, but if I never got to go home and drive my own, the experience wouldn't seem as close to the heart.

Not to mention, when you die, you can't take your memories with you either. But you CAN will your Ferrari to your son. And that, to me, would make all the sense in the world. To share those experiences of driving a Ferrari with my son (when I have one) by passing them on, physically, would be QUITE satisfying.......

 

I hear ya. I don't think ANYONE needs to upgrade their Ferrari. I respect the owner of a 308 as much as a 430 owner. Both have a passion for their cars. Both know what it is like to sit in and drive a Ferrari. Both know what it is like to stare at it in their garage.

That's what I am (and have been) saying to Rick. Forget the Daytona that he will probably never get. Not many can afford one and the upkeep that goes with them. Why chase the pipedream when he can get a 308/328/etc and be happier (my guess is that he would be).

Here is my own example........
It would be as if I attended all of the Lamborghini events all over the country while stating that I love Miuras (I do) and that's what I wanted to get. Even when the odds of me getting one are pretty slim due to them skyrocketing in price every year. I would be farther away this year than I was last year and the year before and year before due to that rise in prices. I will never afford a Miura and if I could, couldn't afford to keep it running. So I buy the Diablo, Countach, Jalpa, or whatever I CAN afford, so I can truly enjoy it.......

I would be better served getting a Jalpa and enjoying Lamborghini, the sounds, the drive, etc. than wasting my time waiting for a Miura to "fall in my lap".

I just want him to buy a dang Ferrari because I KNOW he would be happier for it!!!