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Web gave me a ride in his Ferrari today.
Oh.My.God...what a car. At one point he asked "do you want to hear the stereo?"
My reply "No! I have all the sound I need coming from right behind me"
I also remember thinking "My, we appear to be going rather fast." Then I looked at the speedometer. 90+...in traffic My next thought? "Yes. We are indeed going rather fast."
I also know something else. A Ferrari is the male version of a vibrator.
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Ferraris, WE GO FAST NOW
Posted by John C. Welch at 17:13 | Permalink
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If you can ever get your butt up here I'll let you *drive* my E-type.
Your vibrator analogy is spot-on. There is nothing so orgasmically satisfying as nailing a shift, or executing a perfect turn on a lonely mountain road, while the engine music soars and roars off the rock walls. That shove at the lower back as the reciprocal motion of the engine is transformed into rotational power by the crankshaft and all that torque pushes rubber over asphalt....
Ferraris are just one flavor of the full spectrum of automotive experience. (For a self-wrencher like myself, they are something of a non-starter since Maranello builds their cars to exclude do-it-yourselfers... not to mention the prices of everything.) Most cars are just appliances, and some have big engines and can go fast... in a straight line. But a few are truly engineered for pleasurable driving. They HANDLE. They can go fast, but they also turn in, they have predictable over/neutral/under-steering. They involve the driver. Those cars are few and far between, but are worth the effort to find, and hang onto.
--chuck
http://chuck.goolsbee.org
Posted by: chuck goolsbee | November 1, 2007 6:33 PM
Go figure... males enjoy a finely tuned and balanced motor.
Females enjoy an unbalanced motor.
Posted by: Ed Goham | November 1, 2007 7:04 PM
Big boys play with big toys. I'd love to have a Ferrari, or any other fine piece of Italian or German engineering that costs more than most people earn in a year.
Posted by: Arden | November 1, 2007 7:44 PM
"male version of a vibrator"...
So, how much was the bill to clean up the car after you were in it?
:)
Posted by: Shawn Levasseur | November 1, 2007 11:10 PM
Nice. I meet Web. You meet his Ferrari!
Posted by: KB | November 1, 2007 11:34 PM
KB, I kinda work for Web, so I see him a lot.
Shawn, Ferraris are self-cleaning. They have to be.
Posted by: John C. Welch | November 2, 2007 7:48 AM
Who is Web?
Posted by: Candide | November 2, 2007 3:10 PM
Which is why i bought a new Audi R8 and love it...
Posted by: kernalpanx | November 6, 2007 4:05 PM
