4-25-04 New Castle

Stunning Stradale there... hope to see more of you F-car owners on the roads now that the weather is being much more cooperative!

 

It is great to drive a Ferrari but it is better to drive a Ferrari in the company of good friends. The drive was fun despite the inconveniences and you can only get one of those every few months - hopefully, your turn has passed and better days are ahead...;-)

Let's do it again soon, only earlier in the am this time.

 

Thomas,

Nice to drive with you today. Your car sounds fantastic!

The weird thing was that, dispite being identical mechanically, your car and Albert's Stradale sounded different.

 

A couple of scenic photos from our table...

 

Drive by gawkers in the background.

 

We're out there and we drive regularly throughout the year.

 

I love the scenery of that place. Really, really nice.

 

We were wondering the same thing! Albert's car seemed a lot quieter than Thomas'. ???

 

Thomas, nice to finally meet you. Glad you could join us. I'm even more "sold" on the Stradale after sitting in yours. Awesome!

 

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I think Thomas leaves his in race mode and shifts at 8500 all the time...;-)

 

You might be right.......however, even at lower rpm they sound different.

Had to take off early due to meeting a buddy.

 

Lunch was great. It's amazing how many people turn out for an "impromptu" lunch and drive! It's like you would think we have nothing better to do with our time - and you'd be right! Ha!

Sorry I couldn't do much more than follow you guys down to I90. I had to go catch my plane to SJ (which we barely made).

My close call of the day was when Frankie saw me ogling at his 550 and offered to let me "take a closer look." Danger, danger, Will Robinson! That could lead to nothing good. I still haven't gotten over my drive in Thomas's old CS. I can only use (and justify) one toy at a time. (Hmmm, I wonder if a 550 would be suitable as a daily driver instead of my 911...)

 

Had to take off early due to meeting a buddy.[/QUOTE]

Hey Kuzi, so what's her name this time???

 

"Farmchick"

 

Careful there... we're not the only ones that read this site or section.

 

Glad I wasn't the only one that noticed the differences.

Great action pictures. Funny thing was, the two Stradales and you guys zipped by me and missed my proposed exit at Preston. There's a nice road there that we almost never take on drives but it's pretty nice. Oh, well.

 

WOOOOOOOW, beautiful Seattle pics w/ beautiful Ferraris. It must be one of the rare clear sky day there around this time. I was there in Portland for Easter, and the weather was just great. I really miss those 90 days of 1 year......

What golf course is that?

I haven't seen Master Handa & Andrew's post lately. You guys must be doing great based on these pics.

Thanks for posting pics.

 

I'm always on here. That's the Newcastle Golf Club. Weather is amazing for this time of year. 80 degrees today!!

 

But what's interesting is Albert's Stradale sounds even quieter at idle than Thomas' and a lot quieter than the Stradale we saw/heard at FoSF in December.

Our group always seems to miss the exits...

 

I like that picture too.