Cross country drive....Florida to California....Ferrari style...who's IN???

So, several of us were talking earlier tonight about how f'king crazy, but amazingly fun it would be to do a cross country run from Florida to California in our Ferrari's...(via Georgia, Tenn, Colorado, Arizona/Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, and accross Cali, etc, etc..) .........

It would take about a week, but would really be a trip of a lifetime to do something like this. Think about it......Only a small fraction of the population of the world ever get to own a Ferrari, and of those people, only a small number of those people really drive and enjoy them. How great would it be to look back on an accomplishment that few people can ever claim they did (drive from coast to coast), and even fewer that can claim they did in a Ferrari..........

If we can get 6 people to commit to doing this, we can get a full transport truck to ship the cars back so it would work out a bit less expensive.

Likely the best time to do this would be in the spring/summer.........

SO..........who's IN for this???

 

Fred, you mean a group of Ferrari to actually drive to California from Florida?!
You really mean to load them up on a truck (may be an open truck to enhance the experience) and then get them out of the truck in California, putter around a bit in California and then back on the truck to Florida, right ?!

 

I'm trucking the F40 to CA in Aug

I'd rather drive my Z06 cross country than my F40

 

Nah, just get Tim Stanford to follow along in a truck with a mobile lift, you should all be fine

 

One of the scenarios we talked about was to arrive in Cali in time for the Concorso Italiano.

 

It would certainly be an epic trip! There are lots of boring miles between the coasts, but with Ferrari power even those miles could be memorable.
When my brother and I took his Ginetta from Minneapolis to Scottsdale last summer there was probably 75% boring miles, but the trip was fun overall. We took a cross country trip in 2005 that went from here through the GA & NC mountains then through Chicago, across the northern plains of the Dakotas, then through Glacier national park and the Canadian rockies, then south from Vancouver through Washington state and Oregon. Great scenery, almost no traffic, and some major cities along the way. It was awesome, we drove home through southern Utah (some of the best scenery in the US) and covered about 11,500 miles in 4 weeks.
The cross country trip would be good as long as you don't go through I-10 through Texas, that is almost 1,000 miles of blah!
Would I be "IN"? Tentatively, yes.
BT

 

Well, sort of both........DRIVE them out there - yes, all the way from Florida to California!!! Then, spend some time driving in Cali. Ship them back on a truck.

 

We did discuss driving up and shipping the cars back; then flying home. This would be a trip of a lifetime, need to clear it with wifey.
We can call it = The Freddy Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeee = ) cannon ball

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Fred,

Sounds like a great idea and would be a hell of an adventure and memorable trip but not so sure Id like to drive a sports car as small as our cars that trip. I would probably rather go to the track for the wkd or plan a trip to the mountains. I would really love to tour the states but I think I would rather get a fun crowd and an RV. Definitely applaud you all for thinking of it and would love to see you all conquer it.

Dave

 

Where in Florida will this start?

I would love to go!

I'm sure my co workers at Ferrari of Ft. Lauderdale will understand why I take a few days off

 

512TR would be much better for a trip like this than an F40

Having my choice of any Fcar for this trip, other than a 512TR I might choose a 550 or a 456

 

Obviously I am Ferrariless, but IF I had a choice to pick any Ferrari for such a trip it would be a 166MM. Of the newerish cars I would take a 328, then a 430/360 spider. If I was taking a passenger along then maybe a 550 would be ideal. Top down / off motoring is where it is at for me, comfort is good for the other 51 weeks of the year.
I have thought of taking a four week trip all over the continent for a few years, hopefully I'll get to do that at some point.

BT

 

Tom Arnold just sent me a PM that he regrets not being able to go. If he had more advanced notice it would have definitely been a go for him...

BT

 

Ferrariless??? Please explain.

 

And return back to Florida with your Limo

 

Sold the 348 in May.
The Ginetta would work though!
I could be a pace car and check the roads while the Ferrari crowd did high speed segments on the otherwise boring miles. Not that it is a race... If I went I would likely just drive back and stay with family at a few stops along the way (AZ and TX). I'm cheap you know...

BT

 

I recently did the I-10 through Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Barely missed a 20+ car fiery pileup south of Phoenix due to blowing dust. Not that its boring, just unpredictable.

But then blowing dust is a problem even north of I-10. The Flagstaff route is beautiful, but then you have to deal with northern Texas. Dust blowing there, OK, eastern Colorado.

 

There is an outside chance, but I'll try to keep this in play.

 

I would absolutely love to do this in my 550!.......and as much as I will fantasize about this trip now...I know I'll chicken out.....why am I such a p*ssy?

 

This is a great idea, I've been wanting to pull a cross country for years. This year I did PA to TX in my new truck, where it got "outfitted" then TX to FL a few weeks later to get it home.

PA to TX was with an overnight in Nashville (twelve hours each leg, roughly) and TX to FL was with an overnight in New Orleans (twelve hours and fourteen hours).

I found twelve hour drives a bit too long, ideally six or eight hours would be best to give you time to sleep in a little and have a nice dinner when you get to your destination, and maybe see a few of the sights.

My only concern would be breakdowns along the way; Ferraris are not known for their reliability...

..If you guys end up doing it I may be interested- it depends on how much time I'd have to take off work- I already have two vacations planned for next year and am running out of free time.

 

we are absolutely on for it........as long as we take the limo and Fred does all the driving

 

I am tentatively in. Let me know dates!

 

No problem guys..except I already shipped the 550 to LA..hmmm..the boxer? anyone care if I take the gt3rs? anyway, whats really important is i have ticket lawyers in every state along the way!

 

If this happens, I would love to try and ride along with someone.

 

Time wise, I may be able to do it only end of June, July or August.