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Old 03-12-2012, 03:43 AM   #1
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Just curious if others here have experienced similar situations of confused identities.
Happens every time I take the polished guard red 986 on the streets here in Shanghai. I get to roll right next to hundreds of people and I'm near-to-fluent in Chinese. The comment that I've heard most frequently is the girl saying to her bf "when are you going to buy me a Ferrari" (Whoa Ferrari ni mai yi ge gei wo hao ma!)

Cars were introduced only ten years ago in China so. I mean by cars... Buicks and Vw Santanas only. But given the population here, the group of car lovers (porsche aware) is possibly twice bigger than the whole Canadian population! So on that, were okay

"Ferrari... wroum wroum wroum" a guy told me at the petrol station a week ago I think. Had a spontaneous burst of laugh... mean I know but it was funny you have to admit
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Old 03-12-2012, 04:29 AM   #2
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Yeah, it happened once to me.

As I recall, I went to some place that sold & repaired vacuum cleaners, to pick up some part or other to fix a vacuum of ours. There was a good-sized window in front, and the guy behind the counter saw the Box sittin' out there.
"Is that your Ferrari out there?"
"The grey one?" I asked.
"Yeah"
"That's mine." I replied.
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It isn't even Ferrari's family crest, the insignia came from an Italian world war I Ace. In Germany the horse represents Stuttgart.
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Old 03-12-2012, 05:25 AM   #4
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People always get my vehicle right . It's me that they're usually confused about. I'm always being mistaken for a young Robert Redford . It must be the pockmarks on my buttocks ?
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