| Author | Message | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Senior Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 5156 Registered: 5-2001 |
Rick, nice to have met you again at the drive on Sunday. Hope you had a blast. You are a true enthusiast with a his and hers 360.  | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Senior Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 5155 Registered: 5-2001 |
Kevin.....how could I forget..... Marion is usually better with that. I am just..out of my mind but then you saw that Yep, driving 300 Miles to go to a night club is pretty stupid and boy I hope we can do that again Those are the memories that will last a lifetime! Still catching up on the sleep issue. Had to go to a Commission meeting last night that ran till 11:30pm. | ||
| "The Don" (The_don)
Senior Member Username: The_don Post Number: 5913 Registered: 8-2002 |
Kevin, I am glad you had a good time. Nothing like exotic cars blasting across the desert at sunset M | ||
| TomD (Tifosi)
Advanced Member Username: Tifosi Post Number: 4156 Registered: 9-2001 |
Kevin Your NSX ran rock solid that whole trip, glad to see a car that is driven - good to meet you Tom | ||
| Jean-Louis (Jlm348)
Member Username: Jlm348 Post Number: 612 Registered: 11-2002 |
Rick welcome to the board. It was very nice to meet both you and VAL. Did the Enzo make it on the mantel or the office? | ||
| Kevin Paul (Klfpaul)
New member Username: Klfpaul Post Number: 12 Registered: 4-2003 |
Well, I guess it's my turn to chime in now. It was a great two days! Now that I have recovered (and I didn't even make the HoB's or the Sunday drive!), I can write a bit. The kickoff party lunch was great, they always seem to go off without a hitch, although the event coffers seem to come up a little short at the end (Byron, JL, Matt you know what I mean, thanks again)! Vegas was a blast I can't even begin to say. Blasting to Vegas in a spur of the moment sort of way (I'm sure our average speeds would have been higher had Ford Motor Company not chosen to speed limit Martin's Ranger to 92 mph), Matt's little ignition coil buying frenzy , cramming a nights worth of activity into a few hours, Meeting Roland and listening to his great stories, what a gentleman and comedian, girls in skimpy attire (yes, running around a casino), Clubbing at The Rain (thanks Byron, I don't know what you did to get us that far ahead in line, wait, Ye$$, I do, Thanks again!), Riding back in the cab with Martin, Marion, and Des. Martin, you are hilarious. I forgive you for not remembering my friend's and my name, there was just so much going on so fast I hardly introduced myself. The Crazy Horse, tell them the password is D-cup, I can't believe that worked!!!! And those poor drunk women trying to find their room by calling their husband's on the phone "....ladies, ladies it's 5 am don't call them, they're sleeeeppping, no no put the phone down", you had to have been there! I know I was rolling when I read the post of your cop story. I can hear you and your German accent saying that to the cops now! Man, two hours sleep that night before driving back to beat the rush (I never saw cops though). I can't believe you guys went on another long drive to SB after that, And you thought I was crazy coming from Riverside for LA drives! Anyways, this post is long enough thanks again Matt, Byron, Sunny, Steve, Martin, Marion, Des, Tom for having the nerve to go on something like this and make it such fun!! You all contributed a bunch. Oh, by the way Matt, my NSX used 0 quarts of oil there and back, and my air conditioning was blowing so cold in my face while I verified my temp gauge was still in the cool region while stuck in traffic, that I had to turn it down. jab-jab, wink-wink!! --Kevin | ||
| Ron (Easy_rider)
Member Username: Easy_rider Post Number: 604 Registered: 12-2002 |
Rick, great to meet you and Val. We look forward to more get togethers. Welcome to the board also. Ron | ||
| Sunny Garofalo (Jaguarxj6)
Member Username: Jaguarxj6 Post Number: 666 Registered: 2-2003 |
Rick, I'm glad you could make it out for the drive on Sunday. Mark your calendar for the LM drive in Aug! Cheers, Sunny | ||
| rick ramage (720)
New member Username: 720 Post Number: 1 Registered: 7-2003 |
david smith, thought you'd like to see both 360's together cheers, rick | ||
| Drstranglove (Drstranglove)
Member Username: Drstranglove Post Number: 677 Registered: 4-2003 |
Shouldn't the Delorian's tag say "OUTATIME"???? | ||
| Sunny Garofalo (Jaguarxj6)
Member Username: Jaguarxj6 Post Number: 665 Registered: 2-2003 |
Martin, it works differently for other states. If you really said that, you have huge set on you, thats for sure. Here, once every 18 months we can attend traffic school (online, video rental, in a classroom, etc) and keep the points off our record. It works for most minor traffic violations, speeding is one of them. I hope there's something like that in Miami! Sunny | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 1545 Registered: 12-2002 |
Martin, after telling him that, Im suprised you werent arrested | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Senior Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 5148 Registered: 5-2001 |
BTW I told the HP officer: I don't know what you want. I am still drunk from last night, I have only 2h of sleep in me and giving all that you should be proud I was holding my lane, forget the speed, man! | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Senior Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 5147 Registered: 5-2001 |
BTW Sunny, my ticket was 87 in a 65 and it was also reduced to 75 in 65. Any idea how to get the points off that ticket? Don't mind paying the bill just the points that are bugging me. | ||
| Sunny Garofalo (Jaguarxj6)
Member Username: Jaguarxj6 Post Number: 664 Registered: 2-2003 |
I'm still waking up, it seems. | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Senior Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 5131 Registered: 5-2001 |
That was Nevada HP | ||
| Sunny Garofalo (Jaguarxj6)
Member Username: Jaguarxj6 Post Number: 662 Registered: 2-2003 |
Ditto... unbelievable time and great to put faces to names. I still can't believe those two CHP cruisers from Vegas finally caught up with us in Moorpark, CA. ;) Sunny | ||
| Tenney (Tenney)
Member Username: Tenney Post Number: 420 Registered: 2-2001 |
Was a pleasure to meet some truly friendly folks and good to place some faces to names. Nice rides, gents. Wish I'd have carried on to Santa Barbara. Bet it was a fun one. | ||
| Byron (Bmyth)
Member Username: Bmyth Post Number: 920 Registered: 10-2002 |
What a weekend, everyone! Too much to recap at this moment - brain and body is in "recovery" mode. Gotta go catch a flight right now... Martin (and Marion), Tom, DES, and Roland... it was so great of you guys to fly in for the event. For all that attended, I hope you had a great time - I know I did! Thanks for the sponsors that attended or were represented at the event: Symbolic Motors Players Run Ultimate Pedals EVOSport Blackhorse Motors Valence USA For the new faces I met - I hope to see you at more of our future events. Thanks to Cafe Med and everyone else for making this possible. Forza FDC. | ||
| Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Senior Member Username: Miami348ts Post Number: 5127 Registered: 5-2001 |
What a great time! Thanks Matt, Byron, J-L and all of the others. It was great to put faces to the nick names we have here. TomD, after all the thousands of posts to finally meet was great. DEs, enthusiasm pure! great meeting Sunny, Jordan, Hubert (yesterday even if it was briefly), Tenny (what a nice 360!), Bart (a riot to hang out with, yep Bart, you missed a great time!), Dom (briefly but at least...) Driving all the way to Vegas to go to a Club (stupid but well worth it ) Also thanks to Steve for making the Foundation Room possible at the HoB. We had a blast. Byron and some others were trying to get into the Crazy Horse with a secret password: D-Cup. I can not remember when I slept this little for an entire weekend. Thursday to Friday 4h Fr to Sat: 4h Sat-Sun: 2h Sun to Mon: 3h I feel like I am back in highschool Meeting a racing legend like Roland is amazing. If you guys ever get to setup something like Roland suggested as a driving instruction day, I will fly in again to do it. The stories and wealth of information is just breathtaking. Thanks guys. Flying accross the country for this was SO worth it! | ||
| Dom Vitarella (Dom)
Member Username: Dom Post Number: 295 Registered: 11-2002 |
The family and I had a blast!! DES, it was great to meet you. Thanks for our hosts for putting up the event.. Dom | ||
| "The Don" (The_don)
Senior Member Username: The_don Post Number: 5887 Registered: 8-2002 |
What a weekend. apart from my coil exploding in Barstow the trip to vegas was great. Roland Linder was in Pasadena for the launch and then we met up with him in Las Vegas for dinner at PF Changs. It was a real treat to meet him and hang out with him. Hats off to Tom, Dan and Martin for being real troopers for doing everything we had planned and did it all on little or no sleep. It was so much fun to meet you all and raise hell. Marion was a trooper putting up with all of us. Best part of "rain" was waiting in line to get in and being in there. You cannot walk around Vegas with a open container of beer but you can walk around only wearing a thong in a hotel casino. What a strange place. | ||
| TomD (Tifosi)
Advanced Member Username: Tifosi Post Number: 4149 Registered: 9-2001 |
some highlights of the weekend, which I am sure DES will give a full report were, -VIP treatment at House of blues on sunset Friday night, cracking a 308 coil in the middle of the dESert on the way to vegas, all night parts stores, womens pajama party at the Palms, Club rain at the Palms, other vegas establishments , making it back in around 3 hours , DESs mishap driving Bob's 355 , a few run ins with the nevada and California highway patrol  . | ||
| TomD (Tifosi)
Advanced Member Username: Tifosi Post Number: 4148 Registered: 9-2001 |
I just got in on the red eye, what a weekend!!! Got back from Las vegas to LA yesterday am after all nite partying and we did a drive up to santa barbara, barely made it back down to the airport in time for the flight. I want to thank, Matt, Byron, and JL for putting on a great event and weekend, Sunny, who basically drove us all over yesterday, including a "cannonball run" type of drive down to the airport, he really went out of his way for us. Additonally it was great meeting Ron S, Bart, Bob Calahan, Martin and Marion from Miami, Steve S, Jordan, Roland Linder and some others my brain is probably missing right now. | ||
| Bart Duesler (The_bart)
Junior Member Username: The_bart Post Number: 212 Registered: 1-2003 |
At the mike was Matt in the open shirt, Byeon in the yellow, & John-Lious in black. I stood next to a red Ferrari & I was wearing Ferrari red. | ||
| David J. Smith (Darkhorse512)
Junior Member Username: Darkhorse512 Post Number: 227 Registered: 10-2002 |
I had a great time. The guy who owned the Yellow 360 just happened to be at the gym a few doors down from Cafe Med. Thats his usual parking spot. Turns out he has a red one at home just like it. | ||
| Jason W (Pristines4)
Member Username: Pristines4 Post Number: 490 Registered: 12-2002 |
Jordan, You look like an old classmate of mine named Justin. You two look remarkably similar. | ||
| Chris Horner (Cmhorner17)
Junior Member Username: Cmhorner17 Post Number: 206 Registered: 4-2002 |
That black 308GT4 right in the middle of the pictures with the black rims is the sweetest GT4 I've ever seen. Thanks for the pics Jordan! | ||
| Dr. Shelbee (Shelbee)
Member Username: Shelbee Post Number: 412 Registered: 12-2002 |
My favorite is still that titanium 550 among all the car there Thanks for sharing the photos | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 1538 Registered: 12-2002 |
Jason! Actually I did live in Houston (specifically in Sugarland) for about 8 years! I moved out here about 6 years ago though. Know me from anywhere lol? | ||
| Jason W (Pristines4)
Member Username: Pristines4 Post Number: 489 Registered: 12-2002 |
Great pics Jordan. Have you ever lived in Texas? I swear, you look so familiar. | ||
| Jean-Louis (Jlm348)
Member Username: Jlm348 Post Number: 609 Registered: 11-2002 |
Brian I just sent you an e-mail. please e-mail me at [email protected] if you did not get it. | ||
| Brian W (Jetx)
New member Username: Jetx Post Number: 32 Registered: 6-2003 |
I had a horrible time. I mean it sucked, and here's why: - the food was damn good - people very nice - Bart was showing everyone the awesome detail job on his car - and I even won a prize (the one I wanted too!) ...terrible, terrible time at this event ;-) | ||
| Patman36 (Patrickr)
Junior Member Username: Patrickr Post Number: 164 Registered: 4-2002 |
Looks like fun guys, I LOVE that giallo modena 360 Patrick | ||
| RockStar (Remix)
New member Username: Remix Post Number: 46 Registered: 3-2003 |
Wow, great eye candy. REMIX | ||
| Jean-Louis (Jlm348)
Member Username: Jlm348 Post Number: 607 Registered: 11-2002 |
It was a great pleasure meeting eveyone at the event. Thank you everyone for being there and making it a wonderful day. The silver M3 belongs to Shahin who is an f-chat member. JLM | ||
| chris cummings (Entelechy)
Member Username: Entelechy Post Number: 368 Registered: 5-2001 |
Big Thanks to Matt, Byron, and Jean-Louis for putting on a terrific event! I have to apologize as I was there with my fiancee and we happened to meet and spend time getting to know a very nice couple attending the event, so I didn't get to mix & mingle as much as I would have liked. Great finally meeting Matt, however brief, seeing Byron, Jordan and Sunny, and a pleasure meeting Bart - who entertained my fiancee and I with some great stories. Wish I could have met and spent more time with all, but hopefully at future events. DES, I tried about five times to meet you, but each time I passed you were engaged in discussions and I didn't want to interrupt - hope you had a GREAT time. I did get a chance to see you pulling up with Ron Shirley in the Mondial and the look on your face was priceless; definitely look like you are right at home behind the wheel of an F-car. Thanks again to all, and see you on the road at the next drive :-) | ||
| Ron Vallejo (Ron328)
Junior Member Username: Ron328 Post Number: 232 Registered: 3-2003 |
Great people, awesome cars, perfect day...what else can you ask for DES? | ||
| Neil A. Campbell (Bimmerlover)
New member Username: Bimmerlover Post Number: 36 Registered: 10-2002 |
btw, whose m3 is that looks like tisilver on imola red...sweet ferarris otherwise. gotta love the 550 | ||
| rob guess (Beast)
Junior Member Username: Beast Post Number: 76 Registered: 5-2003 |
Jordan; Great pics. Now i have to go and repeatedly kick myself in the butt for not finding the time to make it out there. | ||
| Tim N (Timn88)
Advanced Member Username: Timn88 Post Number: 3252 Registered: 6-2001 |
DES looks like some actor or someone from TV i just cant put my finger on who though. Sounds like youre having alot of fun though DES. It must have been fun driving those cars. If you want to drive them again, just hop into that delorean (providing it's flux capacitor is working). | ||
| William Huber (Solipsist)
Intermediate Member Username: Solipsist Post Number: 1209 Registered: 9-2001 |
Wow Jordan, Thanks for posting the pics. Looks like everyone had a blast. | ||
| Robert McNair (Rrm)
Member Username: Rrm Post Number: 530 Registered: 5-2002 |
Good for you DES! You must be having the time of your life. Great pics Jordan. | ||
| Taek-Ho Kwon (Stickanddice)
Intermediate Member Username: Stickanddice Post Number: 1492 Registered: 11-2002 |
Great shots Jordan! Should've flown my ass the short distance and experienced it first hand. Thanks for sharing! Cheers | ||
| Jonas Petersen (Karsten335)
Member Username: Karsten335 Post Number: 493 Registered: 11-2002 |
Can we get some names with the people speaking in the mic at the bar? - And maybe some of the other F-chatters that there might be pictures of. I'm so sad I couln't attend ;( I sure would have loved that even't. Who owned the Diablo SE30? - A F-chatter? | ||
| Ben Cannon (Artherd)
Member Username: Artherd Post Number: 561 Registered: 6-2002 |
Great pics, looks like DES had a BLAST! Driving a 355?! DES YOU HAVE ARRIVED! On the hooks: It's actually so the car can be safely towed off the track (FAST) after having an 'off-track excursion'. The off-center is so that the car will be continually pulling to the right/left, instead of wiggling back and forth. It's actually more stable for the tow truck driver/extractor. (depending on how bad you wad it up!) Best! Ben. | ||
| Charles Brading (Austin308)
New member Username: Austin308 Post Number: 21 Registered: 6-2003 |
I think i have your answer for off center hooks. When the build the cars that is where they put the sea hooks. To attach them ro the ship. Ussally 4 per car. Look under any Forgein car should have sea hook holes. So most people just usally use that spot. | ||
| Bart Duesler (The_bart)
Junior Member Username: The_bart Post Number: 206 Registered: 1-2003 |
I wish to thank all those who spend their time arranging this get together. The food was good, I won a prise, and met many of the F-chatters. Sorry I could not go to Las Vegas this week end. | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 1537 Registered: 12-2002 |
Actually Ski Bum, that is a good question. Anyone know why the tow hooks are always off center? Ive never seen a track car that has one placed in the center! | ||
| IamA (Ski_bum)
Junior Member Username: Ski_bum Post Number: 68 Registered: 12-2002 |
So extremely modified that it needs a towhook to move? :-) And why is it asymmetrical? Or is it part of a special 'ground effect' modification? BTW, I thought it was a towhook, but it seems out of place on a car like that. | ||
| Jason (Arnaget)
Junior Member Username: Arnaget Post Number: 65 Registered: 3-2003 |
I believe the blue 996TT is an extremely modified promotive Porsche owned by a gentleman named Wilber?.. he frequents the rennlist porsche forums. i think he's got a reputation for having one of the fastest Porsches on the west coast.. not a big fan of the wheels on that one though. I've always had a thing for that SE30 purple on the anniversary Diablo.. it looks so unique.. i also like the metallic arancia orange on the Diablo 6.0s.. I'll bet DES is having a blast.. wish i could have gone. | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 1535 Registered: 12-2002 |
DES was the one in black. He got to drive the 355 he was posing in when I took that shot. The hook on the dark blue 911 turbo is a tow hook. The car aparantly has 700hp (looks extremely modified: carbon fibre hood, racing mods...so on). | ||
| David R. (Rodsky)
Junior Member Username: Rodsky Post Number: 117 Registered: 3-2003 |
Looks like DES in the 5th picture up from the bottom in the 355 spider. Trying hard not to have a massive grin - looking cool in the F-Car. I hope everyone has a great weekend, and lots o fun. Thanks for the pics Jordan. | ||
| IamA (Ski_bum)
Junior Member Username: Ski_bum Post Number: 64 Registered: 12-2002 |
Nice pics, but I thought DES was going to clog up the bandwidth!! <grin> In the dark blue Porsche (6th from the bottom) what is that red hook on the front for? The Lambo must be handicapped in that crowd! <grin> | ||
| Christopher F. (Dallasguy)
Junior Member Username: Dallasguy Post Number: 214 Registered: 10-2002 |
Is that the infamous DES in the Black? Looks like fun! | ||
| wm hart (Whart)
Intermediate Member Username: Whart Post Number: 1439 Registered: 12-2001 |
Looks like great fun. Let's see, if i leave now, its 11:18pm in NY, and make it to the coast in, say, 36 hrs. (trying to be conservative, i like to stop for smoke every once in a while), i could meet you guys for breakfast on Monday... | ||
| Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Intermediate Member Username: Jordan747_400 Post Number: 1533 Registered: 12-2002 |
Here we go guys! About 60 pictures from the official launch party of the Ferrari Driving Club of Southern California! DES can be seen in all black posing with me in a few of the shots Right now the gang is in Las Vegas partying like rock stars (I couldnt make it ) but tomorrow there will be another drive and I will get plenty more pictures from that! Enjoy!                                                             |