Who does not like Ferraris?

[ferrarispider]

Just read a thread were a poster says that they dont like ferraris.
Can i ask the question as to who dos not like Ferraris? And most importantly....why?
I am a great Italian car fan and have had from Lamborghinis and Ferraris. i have even gone down the Porsche turbo route. I remember when i owned the Diablo, there was a few who said that they preferred the ferrari, when i had the Porsche they would say the Ferrari or the lambourghini. But i digress brothers and sisters ;D
Who does not like the Ferrari brand and why? I find the subject interesting, only anti Ferrari sentiments on this thread please

[Jay]

i think there a love hate car personally, me i love them theres no other cars that bring together all the qualitys you want in a car, plus its italian and thats the only place on earth that knows how to put the passion back into driving!

there just such gorgeous cars, even the old tanks like the daytona to new 458 italia...

[Roadie]

That was most probably me! lol.
I dont know what is about them that I dont like... they just dont do it for me! They are a good car yes and make an awesome noise, and if someone was to give me one I wouldn't turn it down, but I just can't bring myself to like them.
I'm the same with Alfa's... apparently every petrol head thinks they are beautiful lookin cars and at some point has to own one to claim their status as a petrol head... but I just dont like them....

[ferrarispider]

In fact it was not you that inspired me to ask the question mate. But thanks for replying never the less.
Its just that i have always asked the question as to why people do not like a Ferrari or Lamborghini even,its interesting. Though its always very hard to get clear definitive answers about the subject, not many can put into words why. I mean i can clearly say that i dont like Jaguar saloons because they remind me of Rovers ect ect. But its hard to get an explanation regarding Ferraris and Lambos.
You know driving an Italian exotic get some pretty extreme reactions from people. Take for example when i was at the petrol pump only a few days back. A couple were walking by and said in a loud manner so i could clearly hear. "Na i prefer a Porsche", i know it was said as a kind of bite towards me I get this so many times that i have lost count this year alone. Anyways i called out to them and said" fantastic what kind of Porsche do you like"? They replyed "a 911". I asked what model and they said the one made by VW Again i knew why they had originally said what they said. ;D
Yep i can be a strange and spiteful world owning an Italian exotic. From people trying to take bites out of me to the lad in the Ka overtaking me at 40mph in the city, just to boast to his mate that he took a ferrari ;D

[Stealthcorsa]

personaly i love um cant fault um one bit apart from less well off people cant buy them like meee lol
but i know what your sayin bout people dissin ya car.. it makes me laugh cause they aint got a clue what there on about most of the time...
anyway woop woop farraris....

[Jay]

yeh i know what you mean with that, you always get someone that is, lets say, a little bit jealous.... not that they'd ever admit it but they show it when they say things like that,

im car fan end of, i like most things, i love ferrari but then i also have a soft spot for 911's, the GT3 being my fave, but if it came down to it and i had the money to buy any car on the market today id have to buy something italian, gallardo LP560 being my current fave car around at the moment

[jonmsm]

Interesting question indeed! I guess I fall in the category of a non fan! it's not that I don't like Italian cars - just modern ones. They just don't hold anything for me at all. I am not an Italian car hater thou. I know many people just write them off with snide comments a plenty (as jay points out - often out of jealousy) but my dislike is because I just don't find modern ones inspiring.

OK - as many will know I am a huge German car fan and my fav. car is the 1986 BMW M5 BUT, the reason I don't feel inspired is because of works of art from the past of companies like Ferrari such as this:


Ok - so thats a $2m car but its just OUTRAGEOUSLY GORGEOUS which I dont get from this:

HOWEVER... for me I think things are changing with concepts like this:


which are much better.

So I guess in conclusion to your question I kinda sit on the fence but thats my reason for not liking all Italian cars - This doesn't mean I still dont have a good look and find them slightly impressive. However - I do think my 37bhp thoroughbread Italian, rear engined, rear drive, MONSTER is of course the best Italian car ever made.... hahahaha!

[h4mm1]

I like ferrari's but i think i would sway towards lambourgini if i was to be wealthy enough. I dont know enough about cars to sit and comment on the nitty gritty details. If you have a ferrari it has to be red lol but if you have a lambo you can pick an outrageous colour like green etc i prefer the shapes of the lambo's more again not really sure how to explain why.

I guess for me its a visual thing more than anything ferrari's are amazing dont get me wrong but i see the lambo as a more flexible toy.

[jonmsm]

In addition to my last post, I've just seen that new Ferrari in France in a car park next to a 430 scuderia and it's a marked improvement!! :-)

[scuderia]

If you do not like something then fair enough. You guys seem to be very sensible. I just can't stand people who give out hate purely because they are jealous. When I had the F430, there were two lads in particular who were always dicks about it. 'oh, I give you 3 weeks until you crash it' and 'Ferrari's are s**t, the EVO is like much better' Pretty pathetic seeing as the EVO 'expert' did not even know that the EVO X was out.
Although I have had some nice cars, I have also had some absolute sheds!
It does not matter what you have, you earned it, it yours and you should be proud..... oh, and drive it like you stole it.... or what is the point?