Posted on 02/04/2010 11:19:27 PM PST by BurbankKarl
His pristine Ferrari 512 BBi "Boxer" sits in the middle of Holger Schubert's living room in Brentwood, right next to stylish furniture, a built-in bookcase and a flat-screen TV that slides on tracks past walls of glass that frame an ocean view.
But Los Angeles officials are about to slam shut forever the garage door that leads to the city's most extravagant parking space
City planners have withdrawn permission for Schubert to use a bridge to connect his Ferrari's third-floor resting spot with North Tigertail Road.
The ruling by the West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission tosses a mechanic's wrench into Schubert's hopes of using the showpiece garage that last year won Architectural Digest magazine's Design Driven contest.
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Looks great, but the room is antiseptic, for a home.
Yeah, but this Ferrari still runs.
Quite. I don’t get most of the snarky comments. Guy earned his money and did something creative with it. Not like any of us are demonstrating that much more of a life yammering on FR.
First of all, to those who say it is too much, I’m sure anyone can find something you cherrish as too much. To some, a Ferrari is a piece of automotive and engineering art and I stand to say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I could care less if I would like it or not but I’ll defend his right as long as it is on his property.
Second. The current Toyota mess is nothing more than an elaborate Jessie Jackson style shakedown move to hopefully force Toyota to give in to unions organizing in their US plants. I will guarantee you that Honda “safety concerns” are on the back burner pending what happens to Toyota. In the mean time, both must play the public relations game in a much bigger chess match than is being reported.
Yes. Not like it’s a Daytona convertible or anything.
I’m reminded of a Shania Twain song:
You’re one of those guys who likes to shine his machine
You make me take off my shoes before you let me get in
I cant believe you kiss your car good night
Cmon baby tell me—you must be jokin, right!
Okay, so you’ve got a car
That don’t impress me much
this is “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” inside our nation’s capitol.....
http://app.ddot.dc.gov/ufa/information/tree_bill.shtm
take a gander at the penalties!!!
Those white floors.
"If you have a Jag that doesn't leak oil, they fly a guy out from Coventry with a cordless drill."
Nice pick-up.
};^)
No doubt. While so many focus on what’s going on at the state and federal levels, too many people ignore all the control over us at the local level.
Bump!
Beautiful glass job!!
I don’t begrudge the guy for his money, just his priorities.
This is one I’d be happy to sit out and just watch. Very entertaining.
You guys are killing me!
>>>He doesn’t just sit there. I think I see lotion on the coffee table.
auto-eroticism is perfectly natural.
Follow the money. He’s got money and legal representation. Egro it’s a make-work project for the local govt. boards.
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