better hope Ferrari likes your choice of graphics..

Wonder how Enzo and Co. responded to the Jerraris?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerrari

Of course Harrah was the West Coast Ferrari distributor at the time, and back then people had senses of humor. The logo for the Jerrari was the "Jeep" animal from the Popeye cartoons, rampant as the Ferrari stallion, with identical font lettering. A truly cool car for Nevada back when there were no speed limits.

Jim Pettengill wrote: A truly cool car for Nevada back when there were no speed limits.

a bit cooler... (jmho of course)

Jim Pettengill wrote: The logo for the Jerrari was the "Jeep" animal from the Popeye cartoons, rampant as the Ferrari stallion, with identical font lettering.

Eugene the Jeep, to be specific:

oldeskewltoy wrote:

Jim Pettengill wrote: A truly cool car for Nevada back when there were no speed limits.

a bit cooler... (jmho of course)

IIRC at one time that vehicle was rated as the most unreliable thing Lamborghini ever built, and that's saying a lot. I saw one in person and was stunned by the poor quality of its bodywork. No, it hadn't been wrecked either; in fact the guy who was transporting it made a big deal of how original it was. Abysmal panel fit, fiberglass that looked like it had been hit with birdshot, panel waves, man it made my J-H look like a paragon of perfection.

Appleseed wrote: If I manage to inadvertently become a billionaire, I will make this happen. I promise.

Can I have the Ferrari engine? I'll put it in a dune buggy or something.

If they're going to send C&D letters over mods they consider distasteful, the first couple thousand should have gone to oil sheikhs who put eyeball-stabbing color schemes on their cars.

Nick_Comstock wrote:

Type Q wrote: I always that car. Red 458's are not rare in Northern California

Looks like you missed a word. I'm going to assume you meant to say " I always wanted to make love to that car".... Yup, if I was Ferrari I would have sent a letter too. Or some special operatives to peel it off in the middle of the night.

I was trying to say that I always liked that car. I was posting from my crappy hard to read android phone.

Nyan cat used here appealed to my love of silliness.

First, you would think that someone who managed to get the funds to buy a $250k car would not be scared by a lawyer letter. Second, I highly doubt Ferrari leases cars. Not that you can't lease one, but even GM has a separate finance company. Third, if it is a full wrap, it is temporary and will keep the paint in better shape then a non wrapped car.

Rusnak_322 wrote: First, you would think that someone who managed to get the funds to buy a $250k car would not be scared by a lawyer letter. Second, I highly doubt Ferrari leases cars. Not that you can't lease one, but even GM has a separate finance company. Third, if it is a full wrap, it is temporary and will keep the paint in better shape then a non wrapped car.

isn't Ferrari the car company that approves you to get on a multi year waiting list to buy a race car that they keep possession of and you have to ask them for permission to drive the damn thing at certain tracks on certain days?

Oh yes Ferrari DOES lease cars. Through Ferrari Financial.

http://www.wideworldferrarimaserati.com/Ferrari-FF-in-NY/

And now this....... http://www.youredm.com/2014/09/02/deadmau5-going-court-disney/

^It was only a matter of time. Nothing in the same area code as Disney's IP is safe.

Curmudgeon wrote: Oh yes Ferrari DOES lease cars. Through Ferrari Financial.

In fact, the F50 was only leased. IIRC, they did that to try to combat the speculation that happened with the F40.

Ferrari is very conscious of the value of their brand image, and takes unusual steps to defend it. Trademark infringement suits are one example (and probably the most defensible one). I'm told they heavily control magazine "tests" of their cars -- sometimes sending multiple cars, one for the acceleration part, one for the handling, etc. Supposedly magazines that say bad things about Ferraris don't get invited back to see any new ones, and owners who loan their personal cars to magazines for uncontrolled tests may well find that there aren't any new Ferraris available for them to purchase in the future.

Parody is "fair use" and is an exception to US copyright law, the applicability to trademark law in less clear. If this was in Canada, then obviously US law is irrelevant.

codrus wrote:

Curmudgeon wrote: Oh yes Ferrari DOES lease cars. Through Ferrari Financial.

In fact, the F50 was *only* leased. IIRC, they did that to try to combat the speculation that happened with the F40. Ferrari is very conscious of the value of their brand image, and takes unusual steps to defend it. Trademark infringement suits are one example (and probably the most defensible one). I'm told they heavily control magazine "tests" of their cars -- sometimes sending multiple cars, one for the acceleration part, one for the handling, etc. Supposedly magazines that say bad things about Ferraris don't get invited back to see any new ones, and owners who loan their personal cars to magazines for uncontrolled tests may well find that there aren't any new Ferraris available for them to purchase in the future.

Yep, relevant article:

http://jalopnik.com/5760248/how-ferrari-spins

Update:

www.autoweek.com/article/car-news/deadmau5-sells-purrari-buys-mclaren-offered-nissan-gt-r

GameboyRMH wrote: ^It was only a matter of time. Nothing in the same area code as Disney's IP is safe.

Apparently Deadmau5 is fighting fire with fire http://thissongissick.com/blog/2014/deadmau5-sues-disney/#sthash.MbzcDYY9.dpbs

Excellent choice on the replacement

Problem solved.

berkeley you Ferrari.

It's bad news when you get trolled by Nissan.