Weird Q/A to Fcar owners

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My fav from cute girls, "will you take me for a ride?"

 

I wouldn't call that "weird"

 

Got one recently that I hadn't ever had before. Young guy driving a minivan, rolls down the passenger window, leans over, and says "Are you hiring? I want to do what you do." (Just laughed and nodded as I didn't have the heart to tell him that I'm one of the unemployed.)

 

He must have just watched "Pursuit of Happiness"

 

I've gotten asked if it is real or was it made in our little town of Bloomingdale where one of the vehicles in Miami Vice was made. Ferrari eventually sued and the business was closed.

 

Some young punks, Wanna race?

 

Three times in as many weeks this past fall, while driving a 348, I was asked, "Is that a Testarossa?" I'm guessing this is the result of a combination of Miami Vice re-runs and 348 door stakes.

My short answer (easy to give in the span of a stoplight), "Bigger gills and more cylinders with the Testarossa, I would love to have one!" Honest and to the point.

 

Question: "That thang got a Hemi?"
Answer: "Why, yes it does." (sort of)

 

"What kind of car is that ?"

Ferrari.

"Why does it have that Mustang horse on the back ?"

 

Pulled up along side of a bucket T hot rod in my Mondial. The guy looks over and says, "cute."

 

I would have told him I was unemployed (if true and certainly was last two months). His look would have been priceless...

About sums up the Mondial (and I've owned 2 of them)...funny that it came from a guy.

 

Here's mine:

1. Guy on amazing bicycle at a light (obviously a hard-core dude) "Wanna race?" Kidding,
of course...

2. "Does Higgins know you took the car out today?" ... my reply "Magnum drives the
308 - the 328 is mine!!"

3. "Is that like a Lamborghini or something?" (serious!!)

4. "I've heard those are like million dollar cars now"... don't we ALL WISH!!!

Oh, and when I'm next to ANY "ricer" at a light, I drive like Grandma when it turns green while
he screams off in a race with no one. Not really a "weird comment" but still fun....


Jedi

 

Maybe he was talking about YOU

Just sayin'..... ya never know. Not that there's anything wrong with that


Jedi

 

I've been asked twice in my 6 month ownership "what model Porsche is that?" I just tell them it's a Mondial. They have ususally never heard of that and we part ways.

 

LOL!

 

The most common questions I get are:

"What kind of car is that?"

"What year is that?"

"How much did you pay for that?" I choose not to answer this one - if they REALLY want to know they can look it up, otherwise I would rather maintain the Ferrari mystique in that way.



PDG

 

Now, that is funny.

 

Jedi wins the thread!!!


PDG

 

I've been asked:
Is that a Pantera?
Is that a Lamborghini?
Is that a Porsche?

All by people standing right next to the car where "Ferrari" is clearly visible on the rear deck.

I was asked by a local inbreeder once, "So does it drive just like a 'vette?". I said, "yes, exactly." He said, "Really???" I said, "no" and then drove off.

 

I get young socialist eco weenie morons asking me about MPG in my F40 or 512TR

 

I get "do you wanna trade cars?" a lot

 

Me too - but still, that isn't weird, that would be friendly/humour to me.

 

Not weird but funny,in early '07 pulled in my brand new 599 at a gas station and an older Asian lady exclaimed :"What a beautiful car!
Would you sell it to me ? I'm looking for a nice used Mustang for my grandson."
With straight face I apologized and told her I just got it and wanted to drive it a bit more but that the local Ford dealer had plenty of them in stock...

 

While at the MB dealership looking at an E63, a salesman shouts comes into the showroom and shouts,"Who's Acura is that in the parking lot?" The 3 customers in the showroom including me ignore him because none of us own an Acura outside. He then comes straight up to me and says, "Isn't that your red Acura outside in the parking lot?" It takes me a second to figure out that he must be talking about my car. I parked a Rosso Corsa F355 Berlinetta in the lot. The other salesman in the dealership bust the nitwits chops by saying,
"That's a Ferrari you idiot!" He then tries to recover by saying to me, " "Oh yeah, that's a beautiful Magnum PI ferrari." I lost a lot of respect for that guy. First of all, he must have seen me get out of my car in the first place, but he tried to play off some small talk to break the ice (so used car salesman). Secondly, I have nothing against Acuras, but a salesman should know his cars, especially if he is trying to suck up to me and sell me one.