[s-cars] CEO car (Quattro... sort of)

[Pasqualoni, James E]

"somehow, I don't think the sound of a GM V8 quite matches the sound of
the Maser...."  which we all know is really the sweet music of a
Ferrari... 

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Subject: Re: [s-cars] CEO car (Quattro... sort of)

Speaking of burbles, I goaded (or is that Goated?) an 04 GTO into
becoming my Rabbit on my trip home from visiting my Mom downstate
yesterday, whilst driving the Saabaru. I'm pretty sure he really didn't
try too awful hard 'cuz I really had no difficulty keeping up with him.
But that SOUND. It 'twas special. The big question while travelling the
upstate highways was which car was a bigger sleeper, the black Goat or
the Grey Saabaru.
Fortunately, never had to find out, 'cuz patrols were light to
non-existant both on the trip downstate and back all weekend long. Of
course, somehow, I don't think the sound of a GM V8 quite matches the
sound of the Maser....

LL - NY

On 4/10/07, pkrasusky at ups.com <pkrasusky at ups.com> wrote:
>
>
> Rich voyered:
>
> <<<Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 21:24:07 -0400
> From: "Rich Assarabowski" <konecc at snet.net>
> Subject: [s-cars] CEO car (Quattro... sort of)
>
>
> Today at work we had an off-site "state of the union" meeting with the

> president of our company (UTC Power), which makes fuel cells and other

> on-site power products.  The highlight of today's meeting was a visit 
> by George David, CEO of United Technologies, the parent company.  
> David is one of the highest paid executives in the U.S..  Several 
> parking spots were marked with cones to reserve a spot for his 
> entourage.  I expected black chauffeurred limos and bodyguards (this 
> guy would fetch a handsome ransom!).
>
> David showed up late, at the end of the meeting it was announced that 
> a new transit bus with a just-installed fuel cell power plant would be

> parked outside for employees to see, it was a project that a lot of 
> employees worked on and everyone was looking forward to seeing it.
>
> The bus was nice, but much nicer and more interesting was the car that

> George David drove to the meeting -- a brand new Maserati Quattroporte

> in
> silver.   About half the people ignored the bus and headed right for
the
> car
> to gawk at it.  David was nearby talking to someone, when one of the 
> union
> shop floor guys yells to David "Can I take it for a ride?".   To
> everyone's
> amazement, David throws him the keys and says "Sure, take it for a 
> spin".
> Within two seconds the 3 closest guys to the car jump in and fill up 
> the seats.
>
> The shop guy starts it up, it had just the nicest burbling exhaust
sound
> you've ever heard, people were ooh'ing and wow'ing.   But he was
> obviously
> having a hard time getting it into gear, finally he yells out the
window
> "How do I put it in reverse?  It's not like an American car!".   The
> crowd
> laughed as David patiently explained how to get it in gear.
>
> As he pulls out, the shop guy narrowly misses the curb as the crowd 
> cringes, leaving David behind on the parking lot with two briefcases, 
> but didn't seem too fazed by his executive decision to entrust these 
> guys with his car.
> They were only gone a couple of minutes, the Maserati deftly pulled 
> into the spot and stopped about 2 inches from the curb.  Again the 
> crowd cringes.
> The 4 guys jumped out with the biggest smiles I'd ever seen and 
> politely thanked the CEO.
>
> Who says executives all ride in black limos with chauffeurs?  If you 
> see a silver Maserati on the road in the Hartford area, check out 
> who's driving it!  No vanity plates though...  no tinted glass either.
>
> -- Rich A.
>    '93 S4 Quattro non-porte>>>
>
> \
>
> Wow, great recount Rich - sounds like he sure made someone's day
huh???
> Crazy!  Great story.  Heh, "Quattro non-porte"...  good one!
>
> I'll keep an eye out for it.  He must live in the area here, no?  CT 
> tags?  Pretty neat.  Dig them cars, been trying to push a buddy into 
> being dumb and getting one heh heh.  Never know.
>
> Baloney:  Careful, I resemble them thar remarks, I might.
>
> -Paul have cones / will travel K.
>
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