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nberry said:
I am not sure what to make of the middle age comment. Didn't Porsche claim that the average age of Porsche owners is 47?

What is a timber-yard tycoon?



And what is a timber-yard tycoon? A owner of a chain of lumber stores. I guess thats a social stigma in the UK.

Nick, just go to a Ferrari Owners Club meeting and you will feel young again.

Just make sure you do not trip over the walkers and canes stacked up at the entrance.

Actually Ferrari ownership is not a reliable indicator of age or success or dating luck. But to the Producer of Top Gear, Ferraris have become over the top, corny and make their owners look like they are trying too much to be someone. He politely did not use the word gauche.

Im sure he has made plenty of money from Top Gear and could buy a bevy of Ferraris. The Producer always gets first count of any revenue and thats why its the best job to have in the industry.

You can blame the world wide cultural phenomenoa of slandering sports car makes for their owners social status
on the British.

Before the 80's there was none of it. It is traceable directly to Brit car magazines from that period. Before they grew long sneering noses and wrote over generalized snarkey comments about sports car makes and their owners, the subject was non existent.