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Originally Posted by spanky Did any of the car companies invite you to go to their factories to watch your car being built? Or give you advanced driving courses with a racing driver for the model you were buying?

No, not really but (MAG - Midwestern Auto Group - the Maranello) or Byers Auto Goup (the Carrera GT) both located in Columbus, Ohio, one of them offered me a trip to Germany for something, can't remember what because the thought of flying to Germany made my palms start sweating. Besides, all these cars were in stock at the various dealers. Wasn't I a lucky stiff! What's funny about my fear of flying was that my Dad used to tease the hell out of me. He said "Listen you dumb ass (affectionately), you don't make sense. You say you're afraid to fly in an airplane but you ride around everywhere on those damn motorcycles in all that traffic with those crazy drivers. Explain that to me?" You know what... Dad was hardly ever wrong! I couldn't argue with him.