Paul, im in tomorrow for 4:30 - 5pm , waiting on Jay, ^ gerrit you around ? you need help to diagonse tomorrrow morning, you are close by to the shop we use, let me know
Turns out to be a false alarm as I expected. Today when I saw the temp jump again I reached up and tapped the temp gauge in the dash. As soon as I tapped it the temp immediately dropped to normal. Looks like either a sticking gauge or an electrical contact issue. Good news. Something I can take care of when I get home.
Great, that will put us there just before dinner and folks can come out after dinner for a look. I met up with some car guys at a local pub yesterday and they invited us over to Big M Burger joint afterwards where a local car show will be going on. Looks like it might be fun as they would love to see a Ferrari presence there. If you guys have time for a burger afterwards it could be a laugh. See you tomorrow, Paul
A bunch of us came to meet Paul and hear about his drive up from Houston, and to show some more cars to the residents from his dad's home. Afterwards, Paul invited us to Big M's where there was a local Show 'n Shine. The Fcars drew some interest as there was mainly American metal on display though, notably, the UK was represented with a DeLorean and Canada was also there with a Bricklin (sorry, no pics). It was a pleasure meeting Paul and his wife. We wish them a safe trip home. Pictures below include. 1. A show at Paul's dad's residence 2. JayGT4's car 3. Toronto308 car 4. Big Red's Testarossa 5. pgarossino's 308 6. earthboundmisfit's Mondial 7. Recovering after eating homemade onion rings, steak on a kaiser, and milkshakes! (n.b. Big Red ate too fast ) Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Great thread. Although my Dad is in pretty good health (at 88) I took him on a short tunnel run in the GT4 a couple of weekends ago and he loved it.
your a funny man Toronto308 - great seeing you , most italians eat fast when there hungry - w need to go back to Big Ms before snow hits. earthboundmistfit - great meeting you as well out in the east end Paul , have a safe trip back home, and glad to have been able to meet you and your lovely bride and your dad, he did look happy to see you and everyone..... Great color combo on your car , one shade of gold in the sun, another in the dark, truly refreshing seeing a 308 that isnt RED and that brown dash looks great. Safe travels back home. PS - did you win any free gas money on those tickets ?
I was looking for this in the Toronto thread! Paul, great meeting you and your wife along with a fantastic car. I just love the color...don't ever paint it red! All the best and have a safe trip home.
I really want to thank the TO guys for a great time. We put on a nice show for two venues and made some long lasting friendships. I write better notes when I am not on this phone. At the moment I am stopped got lunch in Ft. Wayne Hoping to catch Jim online. No luck so far but I just started lunch. I'll post some more when I stop tonight. Ciao, Paul
I was in a Ferraris and Friends planning meeting and saw 2 calls come in from Houston, TX....had to end the meeting quickly because I figured it was Paul. Luckily, I just caught him before he gave up on me. As it turns out, he was about 5 minutes from my house and on my way home. Caught him at "Sara's Restaurant" and he followed me back to my place where we admired each others Ferraris and had a beer. I'm glad I caught you Paul! I hope your next leg to St. Louis was a good one. I look forward to a few more reports from the road! As it turns out Paul and I share an acquaintance. Its a small Ferrari Brotherhood! Here are some pics I snapped during our short visit. JIM Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Hey, I just stumbled on this thread. What a great road trip. I think these cars tend to run better and better the longer the trip goes. And it's really cool that you got to give your dad a ride. Easily worth the trip. I'm going to be in Toronto in a few weeks. I've never been there before and I've heard it's a pretty fun city. Looking forward to it, although unfortunately I'm not driving there like you did. david
You know that color..at first it seems very odd but damn it grows on you. I now think your car is absolutely gorgeous. Great trip by the way.
I think it's a great color.... It's 19 hours from Houston to Indy, non stop.......he's stopping in St. Louis?????
Stunning car... great (and rare) colour. A real treat to see. thx for bringing her up to the North. I posted my shots over in the Canada thread: http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?p=139808003#post139808003 GT
Thanks Steve, It was a blast meeting you guys. Thanks for coming out and bringing your very nice Mondial. When I next get up to TO I'll ping you guys again. Paul
Hi Big Red, Nope, didn't win anything on the tickets. Looks like the car that came in just in front of me won something as my ticket ended in 08 and the winner of some stuff was 07. The half pot win went to Chris, the owner of Big M, and he donated his winnings to the cause which was good. Take care and I'll give you a shout next time I am in Toronto. Paul
Thanks Jay, I'll definitely be leaving it Oro Chiaro. I love that colour combo. Catch you next time I am in Toronto. I want to "hear" that GT4 of yours again. What a wonderful exhaust note!!!!!! Paul
Hi All, First off let me say a heartfelt thanks to all the F-Chatters who chimed in over the span of my trip with offers of lodging, beer, parts, help and of course camaradarie. While the driving force for the trip was to check off "Ride in a Ferrari" from my Dad's bucket list, I did truly enjoy meeting you all. When I pulled back into the driveway I had piled up 4128.7 miles on the odometer!! That is about 700 more miles that I figured, but well worth it. My valence took several big hits and will need some touch up as a result. The rest of the car took it quite well. The thing is so aerodynamic that no much else gets a direct hit and for once I didn't crack a windshield on a journey!!! I have included a shot of my Dad in the car and one more of the odometer as I parked last night. Dad did get a very big kick out of the whole thing. Every time his head snapped back in the seat under acceleration I glanced over to see a very big grin on his face. He even remembered the drive from day to day which is quite something for him these days. I was very happy with how it all turned out as you might imagine. I hit the blast furnace heat of summer going through OK and TX. I actually got soooo hot in north Texas that I pulled off the road and holed up in a La Quinta Inn for the day and continued on to Houston after 8:00 at night arriving at 1:30 A.M. The road temp running in traffic north of Sherman Tx, in and amongst all the 18 wheelers, was near 150F and I was running without A/C. Even when I left after 8:00 P.M. I overheated south of Plano and had to pull off for another half hour to let the pavement cool, the ambient temp drop another few degrees and the traffic die down. On the third try things went well. Once the ambient dropped into the low 90's I was able to cruise with normal water and oil temps all the rest of the way. I was disappointed in the car's ability to deal with the heat on this trip. I am going to check out my thermostat again and may consider beefing up the radiator and fans so that this doesn't happen again. In the mean time I will save my long trips for a nicer part of the year. Other than that though, and some issues with the fuel pump in the heat, the car ran very well. I used 1.5 quarts of oil on the whole trip. I am going to pull plugs later today and see if the carbon build-up on the pistons has changed at all. I bet things are a lot cleaner after all the high speed and WOT runs Signing off from Houston for now.......................... Paul Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Glad to hear you made it back safely. I know we didnt get to meet up on this trip, but wherever I am my door is open for you or any other of my FChat brothers. PDG
I PM'd you this morning on that one. Sorry about that. I just couldn't take the heat and decided on the most direct route home..... I will get up to Tulsa in the fall and will make a point of going through OKC and look you up. Ciao, Paul
Awesome pics and story, thanks for sharing, Paul.....wish I had known you were coming through St.Louis, I would have tried to get a hold of you to offer a place to stay and cool off.....
