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nejcdolinsek · 01-19-2005, 03:29 PM

OH.........MY.........GOD........... :shock:

Congrats on the ride! Looks like you had some SERIOUS fun!!!!!

I really need to take a few lessons from you on persuasive speaking

Stikz · 01-19-2005, 11:24 PM

took my ex for a drive, and she almost wasn't my ex anymore.....

lol, so its a relationship counsellor as well, eh?

ikon2003 · 01-20-2005, 12:33 AM

wow, mouth-watering experience. and those pics are pretty quality as well (nice shots of the details too - stuff that's often missed in mags etc). Masers really are nice cars - glad they're making a comeback

possessed_beaver · 01-20-2005, 01:35 AM

a truley lucky guy, i get what you are saying.
to get a test drive you have to walk the walk, talk the talk.
be confident and in control, thats the kind of person they will lend a car to.

looks totaly amazing, congrats on the 280km/h.. if only you could of gotten that 5km more

dingo · 01-20-2005, 05:19 AM

Originally Posted by possessed_beaver

a truley lucky guy, i get what you are saying.
to get a test drive you have to walk the walk, talk the talk.
be confident and in control, thats the kind of person they will lend a car to.

I think it would be near impossible for us to go to Alf Barbagallo and get a Maserati for 7hrs without supervision

BTW, komotar did you have to leave a credit card or anything in case you didn't come back

komotar · 01-20-2005, 05:58 AM

Originally Posted by dingo22

Originally Posted by possessed_beaver

a truley lucky guy, i get what you are saying.
to get a test drive you have to walk the walk, talk the talk.
be confident and in control, thats the kind of person they will lend a car to.

I think it would be near impossible for us to go to Alf Barbagallo and get a Maserati for 7hrs without supervision

BTW, komotar did you have to leave a credit card or anything in case you didn't come back

Nothing in impossible.

I didn't leave anything.

You have to show your personal document.

They take a look at it and write some stuff down, then you get a paper that says you are alowed to drive this car.....

enigmatic · 01-20-2005, 07:12 AM

very nice photos - very nice car!

Originally Posted by komotar

Nothing in impossible.

10ish months ago i looked at and test drove a 350z at a local nissan dealer, then - being genuinely interested and having explained to the salesmen the other cars i was considering, was subsequently offered one for a test over a long weekend. i'm sure beaver will recollect the fun times that were had on said weekend...

Originally Posted by dingo22

I think it would be near impossible for us to go to Alf Barbagallo and get a Maserati for 7hrs without supervision
BTW, komotar did you have to leave a credit card or anything in case you didn't come back

i know of a 25 year old who purchased a brand new 360 modena from alf barbagallo, so it isn't anything these salesman haven't seen before.

indeed, nothing is impossible.

komotar · 01-20-2005, 07:27 AM

You're right.

I've gotten quite a few cars for a test drive.

Sometimes only for an hour or wo, sometimes for a whole day.....

some of them:

Mercedes SLK -previous and latest
Merc E - latest model
Merc SL - previous
WRX STI - latest
Volvo S60 R
BMW 5 series - new
BMW 645
Mazda RX8
Audi A8- latest model
Audi A6- latest model
Civic R - latest
Alfa Romeo GT Coupe
Saab 93
Grand Cherokee - latest
Land Cruiser - latest
.
.
.
.

dingo · 01-20-2005, 07:42 AM

komotar, did you ever post pics of your test drive of the 645? Thats one of my fav cars so I'd love to see some

komotar · 01-20-2005, 08:08 AM

nope, didn't have a camera with me, actualy I didn't even own one back then. :cry:

stradale · 01-20-2005, 08:24 AM

Sounds like loads of fun, komotar! Thanks for the story and pictures!

Did you lead the salesman to believe you were genuinly interested in buying one to get a testdrive like that?

komotar · 01-20-2005, 08:42 AM

well.........khmkhm yes khm.....

Sometimes I feel bad about this......but I always take as little of the salesmane's
time as possible. Maybe 5 - 10 min. That's it.

Not that the salesman at the Ferrari and Maserati dealership is realy buisy.......

And what the hell, I got fed up with all the cool cars rolling by and not knowing what that feels like......to drive a fast or a luxurious car....

What botheres me the most, that when I will have the money to buy something similar ( and I will ), all these models will probably be replaced and old.

And I can't let them go to "waste" before I drive them....I just feel bad when all these nice cars are on the market and I can't (yet) afford them, so I do something about it.....

You know what I mean?

In 10 or 15 years time the latest 6 series or the new SLK, the maser or whatever will be old cars, and I'll be able to say, I drove these cars in their prime time.......at 21-22-23 years old.

That's it

Let the flaming begin.....

stradale · 01-20-2005, 09:01 AM

You won't get any flaming from me on this. lol I can understand perfectly.

It was just a question about how exactly they came to lending you the car for a whole day. Nothing more, nothing less.

sikx5 · 01-20-2005, 09:18 AM

Holy shit dude! thats insane.........glad you got it back in one piece...cant wait for the 300D pics also...

komotar · 01-20-2005, 09:23 AM

Originally Posted by sikx5

Holy shit dude! thats insane.........glad you got it back in one piece...cant wait for the 300D pics also...

Yeah, I also can't wait for the pics.....

The buddy who took them is very buisy, and I hope he'll get them up on his server tonight, so I'll be able to upload them....