Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site aluxe.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!aluxe!jmd From: jmd@aluxe.UUCP (Joseph M. Dakes, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, Pa.) Newsgroups: net.tv Subject: Re: MIAMI VICE - Why a Ferrari? Message-ID: <615@aluxe.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 09:06:23 EST Article-I.D.: aluxe.615 Posted: Tue Jan 15 09:06:23 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jan-85 04:58:27 EST References: <627@ccice5.UUCP> <759@sjuvax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Allentown, PA Lines: 17 > >> cars. But are we to believe that the Miami Police Department can lay > >> down $50,000+ for a car for one of its sections? I think a used "Pimp > >> Mobile" would be a lot more believable. Other than that, I highly suggest > > You forgot the coefficient. That is not just some run of the mill > Quattroporte or Dino. That is one of the Legendary Ferrari..(Daytona?) > [Damn! It's slipped my mind. Car and Driver had an article about them > a few months ago]. Anyhow, up the ante at least 4 times. The car used on Miami Vice is a $50,000 replica of the legendary Ferrari. Wouldn't want to bang up an authentic $150,000 one now whould they? Would they? Joseph Dakes AT&T Bell Laboratories Reading, PA aluxe!jmd