Many years ago, (MANY years ago.) I became a member of the Ferrari Club of
America. As a fan of F1 and someone with an appreciation for these fine
automobiles, I thought it would be interesting to get closer to them by
receiving the club publication and attending some events, at Watkins Glen in
particular.
What I found was that many people didn't have much interest in the cars beyond
them being the ticket to enter that little world. Many had no appreciation for
other significant cars that might show at an event (A Gulf Porsche for
example.)
Then there were the Dino 246 owners who installed Ferrari badges on their
cars. For those unfamiliar with Dino 246's, they never carried "Ferrari"
badging.
OTOH, there were many owners that drove their cars, occasionally smashed them
(ever see a P4 crumpled like aluminum foil?), and were knowledgeable and
enthusiastic.
Just my observations.....
Jay Fishbein
Wallingford, CT
Sprite
Innocenti
Morris Mini Van
--- On Mon, 7/27/09, mike rambour <mikey@b2systems.com> wrote:
From: mike rambour <mikey@b2systems.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] How to piss of a Ferrari Owner
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 5:45 PM
I am sure there are snobs in the Spridget world also.
In my other life, I drive a FIAT Dino Spider, because of its history
and ties to Ferrari it is allowed in the Ferrari owners club and at all
events (supposed to be anyway).
Over the years at various events, I have met some of the biggest SOB's
on the planet and some of the very nicest you could ever want to meet.
One time at a dinner in L.A. I was told by the organizer that my Dino
needed to be parked in the "other cars" parking lot across the street,
only Ferrari's were allowed in the restaurants parking lot. I did not
argue and drove across the street and 3 Ferrari's followed me which
really upset him, made some great friends that night.
I would have to say that the Ferrari world and the entire Italian
exotic car scene has the most snobs who will quickly defend their choice
of car but really don't know anything about the car. But its not
everyone, some of them really are lifelong friends that you can depend
on, they just have a extra 0 or two in their bank balance.
I just treat all Ferrari owners as snobs until they prove otherwise to
me, its surprising how many are down to earth people. But the ones that
really are snobs, RUN, don't walk RUN AWAY.
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