Anybody want to loan me their ferrari for my wedding reception?

First post here. I am having my wedding reception on Friday, June 29 and I think it would be pretty neat if I pulled up with my bride in a ferrari. All I need is to drive it approximately 1.5 miles if you want to meet me in town. I live in Vacaville (between SF and Sacramento) and can pay $500 for your time. You can chill at the outdoor reception which will have a ton of food, live music, chill atmosphere, etc...

What I would like to do is meet you at a park less than 2 miles from my home(where the reception is held). I will drive the car to my house and pull up the driveway to make the grand entrance if you will. No showboating, no engine revving, nothing. Simply just some eye candy for the entrance is all I want.

I have a 2004 BMW M3 (SMG) that you will drive and you can follow me to my home which will have a designated parking spot for you. Feel free to drive your car away whenever you wish - whether it be 5 minutes or 3 hours.

I can provide all the necessary information for liability purposes including insurance, credit report, etc etc. We can write up a contract outlining what happens in the event of an incident, etc.

If somebody wants to help me out, I would really appreciate it! It would be the best wedding present ever! It's an easy $500 for you.

The 1.5 miles of driving is just a single long street with a speed limit of 25mph.

Please pm me or email me at [email protected] if you are interested. The only credibility I have as an honest individual is that I personally know 360Dragon and have helped him run events for the past couple of years.

 

Might just want to try this -

http://www.sanfranciscocarrentals.com/rates.shtml

You can get a 355 Spider for 5 hours for $575 or for the whole day for $775

 

Web site says "SF store opening soon"

Has anyone used them? Do they have all the cars at the airport?
I would not mind the Cobra or 355 Spider for 5 hours as a Father's Day present....

 

yes I saw that but I don't want to hassle with returning the car the next day. I have seen a couple ferrari's around my town (there is even one on my street but I don't know where). but if anybody is even around the area, that would work too. Anywhere in the east/north bay all the way to Sac could work rather easily.

 

I just think you're going to have a difficult time finding someone to loan a $100K+ car to a perfect stranger. Regardless of if they are loaned your car and/or are able to follow you around, etc.

Why not have your best man or one of the groomsman work out the details on picking up/returning the car. Obviously it's your wedding day so that shouldn't be something you directly have to worry about, but it could be taken care of fairly easily.

Again, just a suggestion to try to help you realize your wedding day dream.

 

I really think you're better off working through a real car rental place. This subject has come up many times before and there has generally been little interest in such "offers". Several factors in play here:

* $500 isn't that much. It may sound like a lot for 1.5 miles, but the way you have it set up, the lender has to give up a morning or afternoon to watch over the car and "chill" at your reception with strangers he doesn't know or care about.

* The once or twice I've seen someone pick up on the many requests (50:1?), it's been because the requester had a lengthy history and knew a lot of people here. In other words, it's not the money, it's the relationships.

* Renting the car could be a violation of their insurance. The situation could be construed as business and might not be covered should something happen.

It's just not something that enticing to most owners.

 

Fully concur. In the event that I had let myriad people use my cars at their whim, it was based solely on the relationship. I suspect if you had been a member o fthis community for some time, you'd have had something arranged for gratis. Coming in unknown, your chances of success are ~0

--Dan

 

Geez, you guys aren't being very friendly! I'd be happy to lend the guy my car for $500 (I've included a picture below). But to be completely honest, that's an old picture. It's gotten a few door dings since then, and there's a funny squeaking noise coming from the rear end that I'm trying to track down.
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I only live about 20 miles from you but above states it all....don't even let my kids drive it. more of an insurance thing and equally a 'chill' out thing. your best bet is to rent.....

it's not the money, too.

 

you are stating the obvious, in which I fully understand. However there are people who still wouldn't mind doing it. I didn't want to generalize every exotic car owner in the world, and was talking to the small minority that may be open to the idea. If I owned a ferrari, and somebody in my town wanted to drive up the street for his wedding, I would be open to the idea. I would get all the details I need to make a comfortable decision and if the circumstances allowed, then I wouldn't have a problem with it. I let a buddy use my M3 for his wedding no prob. I know it's a different class of cars, but same concept.

Anyways I already got a couple of emails of interest from people of this forum.

You make it sound like there is a risk involved, when in fact there is no risk. If the person feels a risk, then all he has to do is not pm me or send me an email.

 

Two questions:
1. Do you have experience driving a stick shift?
2. Are there going to be some hot, single women at the reception?

 

Your example only reinforces my point that a relationship is more likely to produce a car.

 

Jon,

I suggest coming out to Santana Row on a Saturday morning and meeting some of the owners. It would go a long ways in building a level of trust and friendship. Personally, I would have no qualms loaning out the Ferrari to a trusted friend; however, not to a complete stranger.

 

Will my 355 kit car counted? It looks authentic though I'll take $150 plus food on reception

 

Yes and Yes.

I have owned 4 BMW's and two of them were stick. The only reason I got the SMG is so I could hold my girls hand when I drive

I am marrying a smokin' hot brazilian and the actual wedding is in brazil. This is merely the American reception for the wedding. She has friends. They will be attending this reception. If you wanted to bring your friend, significant other, etc, it's not a problem.

My wife :

http://www.m3forum.net/gallery/data/522/medium/53.jpg

 

Yea i have been so busy for a while trying to coordinate a wedding and reception I haven't had time to come out. But if it's this saturday I'll prolly go out there. I'm on the mailing list so I'll check out the upcoming events from Adam.

 

can u send a pic to [email protected]?

TIA


Also if somebody does feel uneasy, I am all open to "work with you". If you want to meet me first, do some kind of initiation, etc. I'm not desperate, (worst case i'll roll up in my M), I just fully understand any concerns. I have been to some of the meets (mostly stanford meets) with exotics, but I never built any relationship with any of them. I should have thought about this sooner...

 

Hey Mike! I don't mind "chilling" with you and some hot Brazilian chicks at a wedding reception.

 

I think everyone on the forum would like to see pics of your wife's friends...

That might increase the chances of someone lending you their car

 

Wouldn't that be fun? You could help with the driving duties too.
Hey e-mail me that picture, stupid work is blocking.

 

Ah Mike that's what I like about you, always straight to the point. I would have asked the same questions.

 

I mean, how bad could it be? Let's see... take a nice drive on a sunny summer day in the Ferrari (have Fridays off anyway), meet a fellow car enthusiast and his smoking hot wife (who has hot single friends), take him around the block a couple of times, let him drive around the block a couple of times to get acclimated to the car, let him jump in with his smoking hot wife (who has hot single friends), they drive the car two blocks to his house, I go to a reception and get introduced as "the guy who let me borrow his Ferrari" to a bunch of hot single girls, eat free, drink free, get a bunch of phone numbers (okay maybe I'm stretching it a bit now), collect five hundred thank you buckies, then take a nice drive back home on a sunny summer day in the Ferrari. Yeah, sounds like a horrible deal - so don't anyone else volunteer, okay?

 

Well you can volunteer lending your fcar. I can volunteer with the reception and mingle in with some hot Brazilian gals. Unless there's enough to go around.

 

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yea when you put it that way, it sounds great. Also you don't have to deal with sitting thru the wedding since this is only the reception.