I used to Work for Marriott and one of my jobs as "Guest Service Agent" at a Bethesda hotel was to go over to Bill Marriott's house and park cars for his holiday party. His house was an automobile enthusiasts dream. Each bay of his garage (which is attached to his living room) was filled by some classic car or another. There were at least 4 60's era Ferraris, a 30's era Mercedes K and a 300SL Gullwing amongst others. Apparently he has/had no less than 35 Ferraris in another location as well. He had/has a full-time mechanic and he hired drivers to take his cars to vintage races. My mother worked for Marriott HQ and almost always saw him driving into work (as frail as he was) in one of the most sought after Ferraris ever produced.
A co-worker friend of mine owns a '85 Ferrari Testarossa which he drives to work on a regular (3 or 4 days a week) basis. He was even silly enough to let me take it for a drive.... without him in the car! He is a true enthusiast who enjoys the car for it's driving characteristics not because only X number were made or it has the right name badge on the hood. He even practices his driving on a track at high speed. I saw photographs of people in vintage races who destroyed Ferraris that were like one of three ever built. I respect that! Take the risk. It was meant for it! Christian Skofteland [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 7:58 PM Subject: Re: Pentax Fan who uses his LX 2000 > Christian, > > I knew a McDonald's executive who was sinfully rich. He was in his early > 60's and raced an old Lotus Elan. One Saturday on the way to McDonald's my > boys spotted a red Ferrari. It was in front of us and we were surprised to > see it turned into the McDonald's in front of us. My friend had taken it our > for a little exercise...not exactly where I'd have gone! <g> > > Regards, Bob S. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << I've always said that if I had an LX 2000, Titanium, or Gold I'd use it. > Why > not? As Cesar told me when I made fun of his beat-to-hell LX: "It's a TOOL!" > > Having a rare camera and not using it is like the <rich> a-holes that have a > vintage Ferrari and don't exercise it on the track. >> - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
