# Want a free Ferrari? Become Pope!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-free-ferrari-become-pope/269085>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 13, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-free-ferrari-become-pope/269085 "2004-10-13T21:34:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-free-ferrari-become-pope/269085/1 "2004-10-13T21:34:33Z")

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[FERRARI president Luca Montezemolo said today the Italian Formula One team would build a special car for Pope John Paul II to mark his 26 years as pontiff.](http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,11069041%255E1702,00.html) Yes, it will be red.

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**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/want-a-free-ferrari-become-pope/269085/2 "2004-10-13T21:42:48Z")

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His hands shake so much there’s no way he’d be able to get that car into gear.

Nice gesture by Ferarri and all, but wouldn’t the money for the car be better off being donated to a Parkinson’s charity or something like that?