Underdressed

Why be embarrassed?

 

I don't know Steve McQueen the king of cool dressed pretty grubby in some of his "best Ferrari and Porsche pictures". Perhaps you can pull it off as well, not so sure I would spend much time worrying about it.

 

probably more that very few Fcar owners are doing their own maintenance than your clothing choice

 

So now you need to be dressed up at the parts store? Funny. What's with the DOT4 question anyway, I use DOT4 as a standard. Its the DOT5.1 that's the big jump.

 

Dude, dress however the hell you want. Who are you trying to impress? Trying to fit someone else's idea of what you should look like is the antithesis of cool.



Mark

 

So a friend of mine teaches a psyche class at Ringling School of Art here in Sarasota. I ran into her at Starbucks with her students who were there to observe people and turn in a paper . She calls me and said one of her students observed me. She sent me his observation. I asked her what a complete bum meant , she said it's a bum with all the bells and whistles. LMAO !
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That's hilarious!!

 

Hmm. You were expecting something else?

 

I understood what you meant and I appreciated your story, but some people just can't resist getting in a little dig.

 

I guess not. Once a bum always a bum. You can sing a thousand songs and it doesn't make you a singer , you dress like a bum , you're always a bum.

 

Bums through out the world are offended!

 

My wife's grandfather was the owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates up through the 80's. John Galbreath. He took her car shopping once wearing coveralls. Went into the dealer in his dirty horse barn attire.

Walked up to a salesguy who ignored him. Went to the owner and explained who he was. The owner helped them buy a car. Salesguy missed a sale, owner didn't. I betcha that salesguy got quite a lecture later.

See, it's like this. No one should make assumptions. Your salesguy at the autoparts store blew it, not you. NOT A DAMN THING FOR YOU TO BE EMBARRASSED ABOUT.

He assumed you were buying the wrong stuff, then he assumed you were fixing the car for someone else.

Dress how you want, shop where you feel like. It's not like you were headed to a wedding.

Oh, and next time go to pick up stuff in the Ferrari, all dressed up. Betcha he tries to upsell you a bunch of crap you don't need.

D

 

Very astute observation - other than the hair - that is always great my friend.

 

A complete bum on a bicycle. You now have something to aspire to!

 

I'm the observes defense. The first time we met up you told me to look for the guy that looked "homeless"

 

Nothing to be embarrassed about, who cares really. I don't dress like a bum but on the weekends pretty casually, shorts and a t-shirt. I'd rather dress like that and drive a Ferrari than all snooty...

 

The dear boy isn't all that scruffy.
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^^^^^

I've shared a cigar, good food, and hellacious rides (in his 458) with that "bum"



Kirk marched to his own beat, can't beat it lol


(This was in cigar section too
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LOL... one day about 7 years ago my friend and I are waiting after lunch at the Bellagio for his car to come out of the valet. There's this unkept, heavyset bearded guy in sandals, socks, sweatpants and mismatched button up shirt. As we're waiting a valet pulls out with a yellow Maserati GT with big wheels and the guy gets in. WTH?! My friend and I laugh about how bizarre that was.

Fast forward six months, and an Fchatter from Texas refers me a local client, an old poker buddy of his. In walks this guy! I asked him right away, "Do you have a yellow Maserati?" Yep. I died laughing. I told him how we thought he was homeless and then he gets into this flashy Maser. He was a retired car dealer whose family were $B (I went and hung out with them once in San Diego, was a trip). Was a great, generous client until his untimely passing.

 

There's a famous story about a (deceased) FC member who walked into a F dealer, looking scruffy on his 18th birthday and put the remaining .01 of the price as a deposit on a (then) new F 40, only to come back with the cashiers check for the remaining 7XX.XXX later in the day.

 

My wife and I look like slobs when we are working on our buildings. Dripping in paint, jeans torn, hair a mess... My wife wears her Rolex while doing it to feel just a bit of dignity, she jokes. No one notices.

She was asking a new neighbor what he charges for rent by one of our buildings, as we just wanted to stay competitive. He looked her over, top to bottom, and said "You can't afford it. Did you think about applying for assistance?"

Sam Walton was a hero of mine. A billionaire driving a beat up pick up truck. God bless...

 

I have no need to impress anyone so I dress as I like. That is usually a golf shirt, shorts and driving shoes. I prefer to fly under the radar where no one knows if I have money or not.