Forget about fake handbags, hand me the Ferrari, baby!
If you are within a small distance of any teenager child, oh, say, 738 miles, you probably know about style and trend fashions. You simply just canNOT attend 10th grade without the latest Coach handbag - you know, the thing that’s about, hmmm, the size of a butter stick and costs $400 or so? And due to ingenuity, of course, fashion knockoffs are big business for anyone who wants to seize cache at a discounted price. (image from TopGear).
Well, MOVE ON OVER TEENAGE GIRL says I! Why stop there? I mean, let’s get real - how on earth can you bear pulling into the high school parking lot in something other than the ultimate of Fake Car Superiority?
I’m talking, of course, of the Fake Ferraris that have recently surfaced in Italy. To wit:
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Italians are used to buying bogus Gucci bags or Rolex watches to look stylish but police found a new height of craftsmanship and cunning when they broke up a ring selling fake Ferrari cars for a fraction of the real price.
Police accused 15 people of building the blood red sports cars and selling them to car fanatics on a budget, most of whom knew they were buying a counterfeit classic.
Car body workers who police called “very able” cobbled together mostly fake parts and a few original components. They used body parts from other makes of automobiles, such as chassis, roofs, hoods, trunks and doors.
The body parts were modified to look like Ferrari classics such as the 328 Gtb, which went out of production in the late 1980s.
Some of the cars sold for about 20,000 euros, about a tenth of the going price for some versions.…MORE…
I obviously was not raised with an appreciation for the finer things in life. 
Did you know there’s sites dedicated to spotting whether a fashion trend is fake or not? Here are some useful resources:
Hey I’m on a roll!
- How to spot fake teaser trailers!
- How to spot fake gemstones!
- How to spot a fake Shaman!
- How to spot a fake Pikachu!
- How to spot a fake Zippo lighter!
- How to spot a fake ghost!
- How to spot a fake sensei!
But back to the topic at hand. Yes, our teenagers who would rather be walled up in a convent rather than be caught dead in a woody Station Wagon now have the option of a super cool Ferrari…errr…wanna be. And all it requires is a cost-conscious trip to Italy. Who wouldn’t leap at the idea?
ThankYouVeryMuch!
Owlbert
ps - Want some Ferrari goodies?
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