As a young man (many years ago, more than forty for the record) to win over a student I liked from my university, I told her that I was coming to class in a bright red Ferrari. Obviously, given my penniless university look like a runaway from home, she didn't believe it, in fact I got there with a bright red bicycle but with the front basket full of flowers for her. She was pleasantly surprised and admired ... but she was already engaged.