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Best place in the US to see exotics?

Discussion in 'Ferrari Discussion (not model specific)' started by bludevil12, Jul 27, 2004.

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  1. Jimmy540i

    Jimmy540i Formula 3
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    To be more specific, Crystal Cove on PCH @ Newport Beach, be there every Saturday moring @ 7:00AM. :)


    Here's a picture of my little 360 @ Crystal Cove sometime this year:
     
  2. ryalex

    ryalex Two Time F1 World Champ
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  3. 4i2fly

    4i2fly Formula 3

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    I am not a bit surprised to see the consensus for LA to be the US capital to see exotic cars on the street. There isn't a corner in west LA without seeing an exotic. Heart Hollywood and flash...
     
  4. mbmike

    mbmike Formula Junior

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    Maybe I've just had weird luck, but I've never actually seen a Ferrari on Rodeo Drive... Plenty of RRs and Bentley, but no Ferraris.

    LA overall is definitely the place to see Ferraris, mostly on the Westside, Newport Beach, and some in the South Bay.
     
  5. KMS

    KMS Formula Junior
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    Like everyone else said, Los Angeles, or South Beach. Today alone I've already seen 2 Ferrari 360's, one Bentley Continental, one Maybach, one Rolls Royce Phantom and a smattering of various aged Bentleys. This was in Beverly Hills of course.
     
  6. windnsea00

    windnsea00 Rookie

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    Definitley so. cal, I live in La Jolla and see exotics everytime i go out for a drive, of course I live less than 5 minutes away from Symbolic also. Some other towns in San Diego also house nice cars like Del Mar, Rancho Santa Fe, etc. Beverly Hills also has tons of them, always fun to walk around there.
     
  7. racerdj

    racerdj F1 Veteran
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    Bessides California, the Fort Lauderdale/Miami ares is great.
     
  8. bludevil12

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    Wow, seems like I need to get out to SoCal, i guess particularly LA and Beverly Hils...
     
  9. dmeyer

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    HAHA...deffinately...just to clear things up i wasn't serious...the Lamarossa is a disgrace....it actually thought it had been put together with superglue/rubber cement...lol.
     
  10. jbtrader23

    jbtrader23 Karting

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    Drive through Beverly Hills between 10 and 6 pm on any day of the week. In no time, you'll see Bentley's, Porsche's, MB's, RR's, with a sprinkling of Ferrari's and Lambo's.
     
  11. DoingAnything

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    i've seen a few lambo's and f cars through La Jolla, San Diego
     
  12. MarkG

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    Can't say about present tense - but back when I lived in Calif I would have to say: Menlo High School student parking lot Menlo Park
     
  13. bludevil12

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    As in exotics???
     
  14. 4i2fly

    4i2fly Formula 3

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    I live in Menlo Park, times may have changed, and there are more money here...maybe poeple just don't drive them as often as they used to...there are however rare occasional Ferrari sightings here and there including my own but... the place to spot them regularly would be West LA and mean all kinds. I have not seen an Enzo, Gallardo, Murci, CS, Vanquish, Phantom,...and I can go on and on here anywhere in Northern California on the streets (I do see them on track)... When I visit LA they are not hard to spot.
     
  15. c_snapper

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    a memeber jsut came back from a trip there, i think it's titanboy or something and you should've seen the list of cars he saw in a week long trip......
     
  16. bludevil12

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    Yea, saw that thread, the thing is i think he saw most of those in dealerships....Im not sure though?
    David
     
  17. wax

    wax Five Time F1 World Champ
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    Eagle Rock is so "fiscally conservative" that a Taco-Truck/Roach-Coach is considered not only to be an exotic vehicle on many a dimly-lit* (if at all) street, but fine dining.

    *In L.A. - street lighting is paid for by residents of any given street - one area may be well-lit, another dark.
     
  18. ForzaMe

    ForzaMe Rookie

    Mar 8, 2004
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    Aspen, CO in the summer is a interesting place

    I've seen lots of F355s, 360s, a black testarossa, a lambo, lots of Porsches, a Bentley convertible, and my sister even said she saw a McLaren F1 there once. And I saw a red F50 rumble down the street once- my god that thing sounded so bad-ass.
     
  19. mchferrari

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    Gotta be Beverly Hills. If you don't see anything special on the streets (which is impossible), then you can always hit up the Ferrari, Rolls Royce, Lamborghini, Bentley.... dealers.

    I was just in Aspen a few weeks ago. Nothing much, just an NSX and a 993 Turbo. I was really trying to see something cool, as I've heard of the Enzo, F50, F40, and McLaren F1 that live there. Of course I was only there for about an hour.
     

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