Do you ever drive your Ferrari to work?

A lot of people see something material and immediately make a judgment; that person's rich, that person's flashy and materialistic, that person has a small penis - whatever... People INTO cars usually don't make the same judgment... It seems like a majority of people have no idea what a Ferrari costs... Some guy at the hotel i live in thinks my Sebring is a $30,000 car - yeah, maybe when it was new...! It's ten years old with the mileage to show for it...

Anyway, before i came here, i never knew how cost effective some Ferraris were... Drive it to work and if people ask you all sorts of questions or think you're rich, just say what someone else here once said: "It costed less than most SUVs on the road" - of course, that depends on what kind of a car you have... If people are going to pass judgment on you merely because of the car you drive, then you don't need them... Enjoy your car...

 

No.

 

Right, why invite hassles......

 

Alot of people I know have not seen me in any of my Ferraris.

That is for a reason.

DL

 

When I was based in the USA, yes, about twice a week I would drive the 365. I like to think that I am down to earth and no one ever gave me grief about it (just the Porsche guys). I think that my S-class got more under the skin of the people that think what you drive means anything.

Now, I have a car and driver. I don't drive to work, I ride.

 

I live and work in a very small coastal town. This means, with limited roads to and from town, if I wanted to hide my fcar, I would have to leave it in the garage. Almost all the response I have had is very positive, but I have no idea what most people think about it. I did have a neighbor tell me they enjoy all the different and unusal cars that I drive. I rarely drive it to work, but more for practical reasons and just unneccessary exposure to the elements. On the other hand, because the town is a resort destination, it is not unusual to see Ferrari's and such on the road here so maybe that helps temper the local opinion.

 

I drove 993 C4S (and then F355 for my last year) to college in the US...but nobody ever gave me or my car a trouble.

Now I am working in Thailand....I never drive anything better than a Skyline GTR to my work. My daily drive is Subaru. F-car is strictly for fun, never bringing it to work.

 

i don't own a ferrari and i don't have a job

so much for this poll

 

I drive my car everywhere. To work, shopping, for fun... I never thought of people envy because I only concentrate on my fun of driving my Ferrari. Some might be envy. Well, that's understoodable because it's such a beauty car. All guys want one but only a few can own one.
For us who own such a beauty car, we should think of it this way... it is our duty to let others appreciate our car. Driving it around town. Let others enjoy seeing it in motion. Remember we don't really own it, we just look after it for the next owner. so let others enjoy it as well.........You never know how many people you inspired......

 

I give people rides.....they dig that. I let Jared my #1 employee drive it...as long as I'm with him.

One guy that owns a certain cable company has employee contests to drive one of his exotics...allows him to have the corporation buy them for that purpose.

 

I suppose it would depend on the commute. If you commute four miles through 10 MPH gridlock, it wouldn't be good for any machine -- so use the "sacrificial lamb".

But the 328 was my daily driver when I had a 25 mile (each way) drive through some twisty roads. Now, the commute is iffy, and I'm not sure it'll make it down the ramp into the parking garage. (Although, surprisingly, the front overhang isn't really a whole lot worse than the EVO's.)

I'll have to try that ramp on a weekend, when I wouldn't be blocking traffic if I have to back out again.

After all, you're not enjoying the car if you aren't driving it.

Oh, and I never really had a problem parking at work. The biggest problem are the dweebs that insist on trying to "race" you on the street -- I guess some people have self-esteem issues.

 

yu cant take it to work in ngland as it causes problems like you have to much money ect

 

This has been covered here before, so here's the short version.

If you are trying to convey the wealth you can get for them, show it. If you can have it, so can they.

If you are showing off the wealth that you got from them, drive a nice car, but certainly not a Ferrari. A Toyota Camry LX fits this very well, especially if you wear a Rolex and a really killer suit and a very nice tie; in one fell swoop you can portray enough financial acumen to waste money on utterly trivial things yet have sense not to spend a lot on your car. They fall for it all the freakin time.

 

Don't forget that some insurance policies may list the F-car as "pleasure" vehicle and discourage it being used for to and from work.

There have been some past posts on owners having problems (damage) in the work parking lot and how to approach it with the insurance company.

My building has a lot of construction near it, so I don't want to cover it in dust or pick up a nail in the tire.

 

LOL

 

Yes, on occasion. I've taken some of our customers for rides at their request.

 

I drive it about once a week to work now. It's starting to get lost in the parking lot however. There is a 348 spyder and now a 355. With my last job, the Ferrari was my only car so I had no choice.

 

I do take take my car to work, but only once in a while. I have pondered on the issue of what people will think, the image and message that it conveys and all the other piddly little crap...and frankly my dears, I don't give a damn!!

I tend not to talk much about my car with my co-workers, and generally am very level-headed regarding Ferrari-ownership. Most of the comments have been positive, and I often I get asked for a ride. Granted, there are some jealous types at my office, but I can't help that.

 

Every day for the last 33 years. F's have been my daily since 1971.

 

..when it's running!

I've had customer reps come by and want to hear it run, and so forth......


Now if you have a P100 Wonder Truck to drive....THAT's status!
Plus they are a little taller during a heavy rainstorm.............

Most of this was covered in the "My contractor drives a Ferrari" thread, that's a good read......

 

I used to work in a bad area of Bridgeport, CT., so my cherokee was my daily driver for that. And my Ferrari was only for weekends. Now, I work at my real estate office in Darien, and drive my TR daily.

 

i drive my car to work almost every day in the summer, winter, fall and spring, whenever the weather is nice. folks at work know me, and know my passion for cars, and they enjoy seeing it in the parking lot. besides, when the car is at work, it is very safe here. i drive the 308 alll over the place, to restaraunts, bars, niteclubs, on dirt roads, long trips - 12 plus hours in a row. i haul stuff in my 308 like cement bags. whatever lumber i can squeeze in it, stuff it chuck full of groceries, although my big hairy dog has not been for a ride in it yet. and probable not ever.

 

A: If I was still working, insurance wouldn't let me commute in it.

B: Most of the folks I worked for and with were 5-10 yrs. younger with kids in private school and college and it probably would have been best not to have shown up in my 330 even though I was a somewhat respected and well paid "senior". Scott's Ferrari money = school tuition and expenses.

I don't make an effort show it to anyone who's not interested in cars--its just a waste of time and breath.

 

yes
Was my only daily car in Germany. They are like airplanes - they do better the more they are used.