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

[Douglas Fifield]

A black one was trailing me in White Bear Lake, MN yesterday.

D.

On 4/10/07, Pasqualoni, James E <james.pasqualoni at gs.com> wrote:
> "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...
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of LL - NY
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 3:39 PM
> To: pkrasusky at ups.com
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com; wmahoney at disk.com
> 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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Douglas in MN
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