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Fun Day, lots of pictures!!

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  1. jordan747_400

    jordan747_400 F1 Veteran
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    Dec 9, 2002
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    My last real day of Spring Break so I went dealership hopping! First stop was Ferrari of Orange County. They had a whole bunch of great cars sitting outside, two F50s in the service area, a 288 GTO from Arizona, and a burn to a crisp 360 Challenge :) Jerry, I found your 328's sister!

    After Ferrari of Orange county I grabbed a GREAT lunch at Rick's Haus of Pizza. Great food, great atmosphere, and our gracious host couldn't have been nicer! I highly recomment it!

    After a filling lunch I went by European Collectibles to pick up some Porsche history and get my 356 fetish fixed. They have some pretty neat things there...

    The final stop was Phillips Auto in Newport Beach --where I bought my Mustang from last year. They always have a great mix of cars...Today I was lucky enough to take a 2000 NSX out for a test drive and was able to open it up a little bit. I am VERY impressed with the NSX; I like it much more than I ever thought I would. Great driving position, great visibility, great steering, good sound, and its very quick! The car was white on tan (same color combo as my Mustang) so it would have fit nicely in my garage but unfortunately the car was sold already. That and I didn't have enough change in my pocket :)

    Here are some pictures! Tomorrow I am heading to the LBGP with my pit passes so I should have some cool stuff you you all later tomorrow evening.
     
  2. Dom

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    I drove right by FOC at around 1:00 PM today in the GT4. Looks like I may have caught you there if we had time to stop by. A coworker and I had just gone to lunch, and were on our way back to work.

    Damn, I wish we had gone to Haus of Pizza for lunch. I keep saying I'm going to stop by, but I haven't yet. Maybe one day next week.

    Dom
     
  3. jordan747_400

    jordan747_400 F1 Veteran
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    I enhanced the colors in a couple shots for some of you Porschephiles. They make good backgrounds :)
     
  4. LAfun2

    LAfun2 Three Time F1 World Champ

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    Jordan,

    Great pics as usual. Glad you had a good time. I always want to do stuff like that, but feel weird going by myself. If you have time this summer, maybe we can go one day and hop around dealerships. :) That would be pretty awesome.

    Also how did you test drive the NSX that was sold already? Usually a dealership will not let out a car that is presold.
     
  5. jordan747_400

    jordan747_400 F1 Veteran
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    The buyer bought the car but was waiting for his credit to be checked out, so the car was sold, but if I paid cash on the spot, I still could have gotten the car. The salesman was nice though. I told him the car was never and more expensive than the price range I was looking at and he still let me take it for a spin! I had my mom with me at that point and he even offered to let us both go off alone. My mom declined though so I went out with the salesman. Nice guy, I have his card and number so if anyone is interested in any cars phillips auto has let me know and I will put you in contact with him.

    www.phillipsauto.com

    LAfun, I always enjoy dealership hopping, so if you ever make it down here let me know!
     
  6. Bmyth-FDC

    Bmyth-FDC F1 Rookie

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    jordan,
    great pictures - as always, you get to drive the coolest cars! :)
    I see a new car in your near horizon!! ...hehe

    B.
     
  7. Chiaro_Slag

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    Nice pictures Jordan - Love the blue 328 - You don't see those everyday! :)
     
  8. SAF1

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    Great pics Jordan.
     
  9. LAfun2

    LAfun2 Three Time F1 World Champ

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    I will be in LA from June 1st to August 25th :)
     
  10. TestShoot

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    Jordo, I'll be damned if I did not see you today, or your doppleganger, driving an FOC red 360 Spider down 17th st in Costa Mesa/Newport this afternoon, headed in the direction of Newport Autosport.

    It was one of those mid afternoon rides for me, since I am couch fodder all day now, between shoots and tapings, I have time for my own Jordan747_400 spotters thread.
     
  11. jordan747_400

    jordan747_400 F1 Veteran
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    I dont believe it Tim! Thats not the first time someone has spotted "me" driving a Ferrari. Havent you seen "me" a few other times as well? Either I have a twin, or split personalities and so very unfortunately dont remember driving a 360 :(

    Is it a freaky predictions of things to come? Who knows :)
     
  12. jordan747_400

    jordan747_400 F1 Veteran
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    You know Tim. The thing that freaks me out now that I think about it is that one of the cars I was looking at a lot at FoOC was a red 360 spider with cool seats. That and I spent all day driving up and down 17th and all over costa mesa.
     
  13. TestShoot

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    Listen here smat guy...
     

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