Fed up of people asking the same question
Discussion
For the umpteenth time last night, pulled into the petrol station to get some fuel, and the lad behind me shout's 'scuse me mate - is it a real one or an MR2. Friggin Hell!
The first few times i got asked i sort of laughed it off, but it seems to be the first thing that everyone says when they come over to speak to me about the car. I even had it from an Esprit owner, although to be fair, he turned out to be a very nice chap and we were there chatting away for a while.
There was one bloke in front of me in the queue once and he even said to the woman behind the counter "mines the one next to the MR2." FFS!
Perhaps i could understand it if it was a 355, but being a 348 i thought people might realise that, as far as i know, there are no 348 replicas out there! and the lad that i spoke to last night even admitted that!
Perhaps it is the 360 wheels, or is it just the fact that people cannot beleive that they are seeing a real Ferrari and i can't help thinking that a bit of jealousy creeps into it sometimes.
The first few times i got asked i sort of laughed it off, but it seems to be the first thing that everyone says when they come over to speak to me about the car. I even had it from an Esprit owner, although to be fair, he turned out to be a very nice chap and we were there chatting away for a while.
There was one bloke in front of me in the queue once and he even said to the woman behind the counter "mines the one next to the MR2." FFS!
Perhaps i could understand it if it was a 355, but being a 348 i thought people might realise that, as far as i know, there are no 348 replicas out there! and the lad that i spoke to last night even admitted that!
Perhaps it is the 360 wheels, or is it just the fact that people cannot beleive that they are seeing a real Ferrari and i can't help thinking that a bit of jealousy creeps into it sometimes.
I have had the same in the Countach. One time, the better half and I pulled into a lovely country pub and I went to order some drinks. Came back out when a loud obnoxious chap asked in a loud voice 'excuse me mate is that a kit car?'.... I guess if he had any grey matter between his ears he would have noted that tremendous engine gurgle a V12 shouts out and not some 'toyota so called equivalent......I replied in an equally loud voice, much to his annoyance...."NO"...........
I guess it is a mixture of jealousy and ignorance and the hope that some people have of trying to put someone else down by hoping that when they ask the question that the answer is yes. Complete t
ers but at least you have the satisfaction of saying no....its REAL!
Oh the joys and tribulations of supercar ownership!
I guess it is a mixture of jealousy and ignorance and the hope that some people have of trying to put someone else down by hoping that when they ask the question that the answer is yes. Complete t
ers but at least you have the satisfaction of saying no....its REAL!Oh the joys and tribulations of supercar ownership!
I have had the same once with the countach when a drunk know it all idiot at a car show asked if my car was real and demanded to see the engine to prove it wasnt a kit car!
A mate showed him the engine as I was just standing back listening and he then again insisted it wasnt real! He clearly knew more about cars than us!
I think it is jelousy and just bad manners which people now seem to think is acceptable behavior or a substitute for humour.
As i drive unusual old cars I get a lot of people asking what they are as they will never have seen one on the road. In general however i find 99% of people are polite inquisative and appreciatative of the old cars. I do however ONLY get adverse reactions generally in the Ferrari not the other cars!
Paul
A mate showed him the engine as I was just standing back listening and he then again insisted it wasnt real! He clearly knew more about cars than us!
I think it is jelousy and just bad manners which people now seem to think is acceptable behavior or a substitute for humour.
As i drive unusual old cars I get a lot of people asking what they are as they will never have seen one on the road. In general however i find 99% of people are polite inquisative and appreciatative of the old cars. I do however ONLY get adverse reactions generally in the Ferrari not the other cars!
Paul
Pork said:
I'd say the 360 wheels will be the issue.
Personally, I think the 348 looks much, much better on standard rims - the rims it came on match the lines far better and, I dont think I'm alone in thinking it, the 360 wheels on them make them look like a kit car.
it's all a matter of taste. - as I was responsible for the wheels on chuno's car!Personally, I think the 348 looks much, much better on standard rims - the rims it came on match the lines far better and, I dont think I'm alone in thinking it, the 360 wheels on them make them look like a kit car.
your picture is a US car (clearly), running on stock tyres, and quite frankly, I agree, they don't look right on your picture...
this however does not look like a kit car! I think the sharp lines of the 360 wheels work well with the sharp door strakes.
fwiw Carl, I did get asked once, and I just replied "yes mate, it is", when you start it up, it's just the look on their face - priceless
I generally can recognise most fakes, but some of the older cars are difficult to tell apart from replicas because I don't know as much about them. For example I saw a Porsche 550 spyder on the road once, and so I recognised the car, but was not sure of all the small details to tell it apart from a replica. So I asked if it was a real one, to see if it was out of curiosity.
I guess some people do it out of joking around (makes an easy opening to talk to the owner), some out of jealousy and trying to look "knowledgable" and others just don't know.
I guess some people do it out of joking around (makes an easy opening to talk to the owner), some out of jealousy and trying to look "knowledgable" and others just don't know.
I have been out in ZS' Viper before and when we where waiiting at the roundabout a Subaru impreza came around and the passenger gave us the finger!
I Think it is all down to jealousy by people who attempt to have nice cars but can't afford to. Pathetic really because the people who own nice cars tend to be nice people as well and don't rub it others faces.
I Think it is all down to jealousy by people who attempt to have nice cars but can't afford to. Pathetic really because the people who own nice cars tend to be nice people as well and don't rub it others faces.
TigerS6 said:
t's all a matter of taste. - as I was responsible for the wheels on chuno's car!
your picture is a US car (clearly), running on stock tyres, and quite frankly, I agree, they don't look right on your picture...
this however does not look like a kit car! I think the sharp lines of the 360 wheels work well with the sharp door strakes.
fwiw Carl, I did get asked once, and I just replied "yes mate, it is", when you start it up, it's just the look on their face - priceless
Hi Gav,your picture is a US car (clearly), running on stock tyres, and quite frankly, I agree, they don't look right on your picture...
this however does not look like a kit car! I think the sharp lines of the 360 wheels work well with the sharp door strakes.
fwiw Carl, I did get asked once, and I just replied "yes mate, it is", when you start it up, it's just the look on their face - priceless
That is a stunning pic of my car :-) Glad it's not just me that gets asked quite a bit then, just seems to be the case with 'older' supercars.
I've actually done what someone suggested the last couple of times and lifted the engine cover, i generally try and look at it from their side and i suppose deep down they just want to have a closer look, just probably not the best opening line!
I have a VX220 which also attracts a lot of attention, but never any negative, i suppose the jealousy isn't there so much though and it's more of a case of most people not actually knowing what it is.
Unfortunately the 348 is going up for sale soon :-( and looking at that pic above makes me feel quite sad about it
When I've got my 360 out on the drive I get a lot of people stopping so I've started telling them that it's a replica. One smart kiddy pointed out that it said Ferrari on the engine but I replied that it was a cover to made it more convincing.
Aslo, if I need to take a part somewhere for some work I tell people that it's off a kit car to avoid the Ferrari-tax some people seem to think they can charge.
Aslo, if I need to take a part somewhere for some work I tell people that it's off a kit car to avoid the Ferrari-tax some people seem to think they can charge.
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