Need a clever retort.
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Lee Jones Jnr
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Well, honestly, who cares?
I am possibly moving in the wrong direction through the Italian marques. Had Lamborghini, Had Ferrari, currently on Maserati. I am really quite looking forward to getting a Fiat next.
I am possibly moving in the wrong direction through the Italian marques. Had Lamborghini, Had Ferrari, currently on Maserati. I am really quite looking forward to getting a Fiat next.
Lee Jones Jnr
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Yeah, I have had two but I left them out because they were at the wrong end of the point I was making!
I suppose Alfa would be between Maserati and Fiat.
Lee Jones Jnr
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Be quicker to agree
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Blondie, simple:
Maserati = Class
Ferrari = Attempt to buy class
I dont want to get into any anti Ferrari sentiment, as I do like them, but would probably never entertain buying one.
You could always result to flipping them the bird but that would be what an Audi driver would do.
If you were forced to retort, I suppose saying its because you are not fat, 50 and bald should cover it!
Maserati = Class
Ferrari = Attempt to buy class
I dont want to get into any anti Ferrari sentiment, as I do like them, but would probably never entertain buying one.
You could always result to flipping them the bird but that would be what an Audi driver would do.
If you were forced to retort, I suppose saying its because you are not fat, 50 and bald should cover it!
What car do those people drive? I take it you know them?
If they actually drives Ferrari, I would say those cars are as common as muck!
if they are driving something less, then i just ignore them, or say something along the line of ..at least I could afford to run a poorman's ferrari and what do you drive?
Lee Jones Jnr
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Nah, it doesn't sound sarcastic, it sounds like someone trying to make excuses because they drive a poor mans Ferrari.
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If they drive a Ferrari, sympathise with them for having spent all that money while being smug about your own bank balance.
If they don't drive a Ferrari and they don't have a Maserati, sympathise with them for not having the class to own one.
If they don't drive a Ferrari and they don't have a Maserati, sympathise with them for not having the class to own one.
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You could simply reply by telling them a Maserati is a wise man's Ferrari.
Why would you buy a car from a company that hyper-inflates their prices and who's two largest revenue streams are their legal department followed by their merchandising department. Not clever, not classy.
Why would you buy a car from a company that hyper-inflates their prices and who's two largest revenue streams are their legal department followed by their merchandising department. Not clever, not classy.
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Why the chip on everyones shoulder regards Ferrari?
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I do sort of get where your coming from, its just a lot of people who drive them do so for status and not because they actually lust after them.
This sort of sums up my hatred albeit somewhat fictional:
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What was interesting about BIAMF is that the Ferrari contingent was largely older cars driven by enthusiasts (why else would they be at BIAMF unless to share the passion!). Maserati was a pretty broad cross-section of old and newer - from an achingly beautiful Sebring to a pair of Stradales. Whether or not that means that owners of newer Ferraris are not as universally passionate about the history and the emotion of the brand and the company than many Maserati owners are I couldn't rightly say. But it's possible.
So I don't think there's necessarily a chip on anyone's shoulder. There are numerous Ferraris I would love to own, from a 308 to a 355 to a 599 and God if I had the money I'd rejoice in a 250 GTO and an F12. Give me the pick of Nick Mason's garage and I'd empty it. But not one of those does what my Maserati can do, which is to move four people from here to Venice with a boot full of Mrs. N's shoes and the air-conditioning keeping us all comfortable while the exhaust rumbles and pops away intoxicatingly. Which is why I drive the Maser. If I didn't need four seats I'd probably still have one, because I love the look and the noise of it. It gets in your blood.
If anyone perceives Maseratis as a poor man's Ferrari then they are, simply, wrong. The cars are different and do different things in different ways and, consequently, attract different buyers. It's like saying a Disco is a poor man's Rangie. It just isn't.
