About 15 years ago I was driving a 1986 Alfa Romeo Spider and saw an approaching exotic, it was a Lamborghini Countach, bright yellow, an arm extended out the drivers side window and waved enthusiastically at me as he passed. Must have been an Italian thing?

O.K. You guys made me do it. All this talk about old cars to be restored. If I had more money or if my folks didn't sell their house in Brooklyn, I'd still have it. This is about 1981 https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.s2k...e392265cdb.jpg https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.s2k...083e64ba19.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.s2k...1938119850.jpg https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.s2k...ac06f28023.jpg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.s2k...0d513069e9.jpg

I get annoyed after waving and getting snubbed but then when I least expect it I will get an enthusiastic wave and that will return my faith in humanity! Today I was cruising on I-91 and despite the cold I had the top down and a suburban passed me and the passenger waved enthusiastically to me which brought a smile to my face. Later in the day on a two lane road three boys in a pickup were accelerating on/off in front of me and waving me on as they wanted to hear the S's engine. We had a slow car in front of us so we didn't go very fast, we just hung back and then accelerated in brief bursts, they got a kick out of it as did I.
As far as Ferrari's and roads not taken I have ALWAYS and I mean ALWAYS wanted a 308 and I had planned on buying one but when the time came that I could afford a 30k dollar car I did some research and felt that I wasn't financially ready to handle the upkeep/maintenance........yet! As for the oil filters while you do see a lot of F-cars with fram filters most ferrari guys recommend Baldwin filters.

Ahhh. "The Road Not Taken". My joints are feeling the pain already. :LOL:
Recently my son took over my '68 Bug. My road not taken on that car has yielded 50,000 miles of Roads Taken. He asked me to help him with the brakes just this morning. We adjusted all four drums, replaced the fuel filter and completed some other tasks to keep er on the road.
I'd rather play leap frog with the S, then feel the cold cement floor suck the heat out of me.

V

I had an incident where a gentlemen came over to me as I was getting out of my S and said nice car, followed by I'm buying a BMW Z4. I told him, I had looked at the BMW and decided that I rather have performance, dependability, and lower cost of ownership than pay for a "brand." Branding is the reason many people purchase a certain make, they never look at value, they only look at "bragging rights."

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Glenn2
I had an incident where a gentlemen came over to me as I was getting out of my S and said nice car, followed by I'm buying a BMW Z4.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by RedY2KS2k

Getting back to Ferraris and exotics in general --
I wonder how it feels to drive a car like this? I imagine I might get a bit paranoid from time to time, like I had a bulls-eye painted on the car. I see the effect the S2000 has on some other drivers and can only imagine what it must be like in a Ferrari.
A few weekends ago, one of these cars did everything it could to avoid pulling alongside me on the freeway. The driver probably thought I wanted to race, when I just wanted to admire it.
Of course, if you didn't want to be noticed, you wouldn't have a Ferrari in the first place, but it probably gets old after awhile.
I did get a return wave from a yellow 355 once, so I guess it all depends on the drivers and their mood at the moment.

it gets old.... you see it once a year and get upset when they do not acknowledge your admiration, they get hoots and hollers at every light, on the road, in the parking lots....

i had one guy at the dragon pull up next to me and say "Dude! you're driving a Ferrari!" what kind of answer am i supposed to give?

Yes, i am
Oh SHIT!!! this isn't my car.....
No, its a honda s2000 with a body kit.

it is like the whole celebrity photo thing. at an appearance, interview, award show, etc. photographers are parts of the deal, when they are eating or taking their kids to school, they want to be left alone. when i am driving, i want to drive, not carry on a conversation with all the people pulling up next to me.

granted, returning a thumbs up does not take much effort, but can you all honestly tell me that everyone who drives by you while you are in the s2k and them in a pinto, vw bug, hyundai, etc gets a wave back from you?

Helios.... come to fall colors and win the raffle and you will know what it is like to drive one.

keith

:rofl: Oh how much I would like to be burdened with the problems of driving a Ferrari...