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blah · 01-11-2004, 04:28 AM

Ok so im in santa barbara yesterday evening with some friends, walking down state street, when a beuatiful silver Maranello pulls up to a stop light out of no where, now you never see these things, so i proceed to ask the guy to please rev it, because the 575 sounds immaculate, and the guy give me the one minute finger, and then does nothing and the light turns green and he motors off like an ass. Now he noticed me, he heard me, his car looked great, he didnt have to be an ass. How many people actually take the time to go half way in the street to ask him to rev? not many i bet, if i were him i would have revved. This is why i must major in business and make enough money to buy a 575.

zevolv · 01-11-2004, 04:31 AM

I agree that was an assholeish thing to do I have gone up to Ferrari guys and asked them to rev it and they are more than happy to thats one of the things ferrari owners buy their cars for, so other people admire what they own.

666fast · 01-11-2004, 04:44 AM

I think this is Car Chat material.

Anyway, yea, he didn't have to be a dick about it. If I owned a Ferrari, I'd gladly rev it up for anyone who asked! Hell, they wouldn't need to ask, I'd sit at the light doing it so I could hear it.

mugsee · 01-11-2004, 04:53 AM

What a dick. If he didn't want to rev it, he could have at least just said 'no, sorry' and left it at that. Why middle finger? ...dick...

Johns · 01-11-2004, 04:55 AM

he is probly from Silicon Valley

yg60m · 01-11-2004, 04:55 AM

Agree too, he didn't want to share his "toy" or maybe,

it was a replica with a VW Beetle engine ...

and he didn't want you discover it.

zevolv · 01-11-2004, 05:17 AM

I doubt he was from Silicon Valley if he was down in Santa Barbara

Chingachgook · 01-11-2004, 05:19 AM

what an asshole!idiot!If I'll own a Ferrari, I'll rev for everyone that glorious engine. And if someone asl me, I'll take someone to have a nice tour in it.maybe not driving, but in the passenger sit yes. Butif I know well a guy, and I know his skills, there'll be a go in the right seat

mhn3773 · 01-11-2004, 06:09 AM

i dunno about u guys but i have been asked to rev my dads car on more then one ocasion and sometimes its cool ill rev it and ligh em up at the light..but sometimes im not in a good mood or im on a date or something and its just not cool at that moment

so the dude giving u the finger made him a complete ass..but u cant get mad at him for not revving the engine

i to have asked people to rev though =) most reply with a quick redline =)..my favorite was an SV lambo..that was nice i almost fainted

possessed_beaver · 01-11-2004, 07:09 AM

i have had a similar thing happen to me and a friend, we where walking along the road and we saw a ULTRA-RARE lotus 340r, we rushed up to the guy to comment about his car,
opening with "is that a lotus 340r" ect.
and the guy acted like such a fucking wanker it wasen't funny!

he should of been nice because me and my friend are probley the only people in the state that know what his car is!

he was very condersending, and fucking anoying!

TT · 01-11-2004, 07:13 AM

I think this is Car Chat material.

Hehe, well spotted

As for the Ferrari owner, yes he was an ass

Maybe he just had bad experiences in the past with jealous ppl or something like that... but still...

zevolv · 01-11-2004, 07:17 AM

Man a Lotus 340r that's one of the few really nice cars I've never had the pleasure of seeing in person. Our local import shop has everything, Enzo (used to have 2 my friends neighbor bought one he's a senior VP at abbott pharmaceuticals) every other ferrari, lamborghini, lotus, jaguar, aston martin, maseratti, bugatti, and a McLaren F1 (I've sat inside the thing)

dropot2 · 01-11-2004, 07:19 AM

Agree he was a fucking idiot. I was in a similar situation 2 months ago when I saw the new Lamborghini Gallardo. It was leaving a parking and I approached to the car and I did signs with my hands to the driver to ask him to push hard the engine. He looked at me and because he didn't understand me he opened the door and asked me what I wanted...I told him if he could rev the engine. He smiled and he answered me that the car was rather cold and that he shouldn't do that.

However, he thought a bit moment and told me to go to the corner of the car park. I went there, he approached to me and when he was at my side made me an OK sign with the hand and left the place pushing really very, very hard!!

I can still remeber the smell of burn tyres...

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TeflonTron · 01-11-2004, 08:51 AM

Sure the guy sounded like an asshole, but maybe he was in a bad mood. Maybe his wife had just died and he was on the way to the morgue to identify her mangled body.... You never know.

Chingachgook · 01-11-2004, 10:24 AM

The guy with the Gallrdo has been very nice,the one in the Ferrari an asshole, maybe he was in a bad mood, but giving the finger is not a thing to do