Teaser of upcoming pics of this weekend

[Wutputt]

I had a great weekend, full of car stuff. The Ferrari club of Belgium did a 2-day tour through the country this weekend. And I set myself a mission to follow them (at least when I had the time). Since the weather was pretty good some nice Ferrari’s turned up (250 GT Lusso, 275 GTB Shortnose, 365 Daytona, 330 GTS, Superamerica’s, etc.). I travelled about 600 km to catch up with them and follow them on their tour. But it was worth it ;)

In case this wasn’t enough, I also visited the Engine Room. Most people will now think: wtf, the engine room? Well let me explain it. The Engine Room is a place were owners of an exclusive car can order a parking space (when they think their garage isn’t really suited for their expensive machine). As added extra the cars are well taken care off during the time the owner isn’t driving it. Attached to this place there is a club. Normally you can’t enter the place unless you’re a club member or exclusive car owner interested in their services. But with a group of car nuts we could arrange a visit, and that took place yesterday.

And to make the day even better, I also got a ride in a slightly tuned 996 C4S with horny sounding exhaust system and an RS4. It really was an amazing day. To put some figures on the amazingness: Until this weekend I had only seen one 512BB in my life. Yesterday I saw three of them :shock:

I obviously took hundreds of pics this weekend. But editing them will take some time, so as for now I’ll give you a little preview. Be patiened for the full pics posts ;)

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And here’s a little low quality preview vid of the C4S and RS4: click here (http://users.skynet.be/fa344132/vid/TuurBo_WimRS4.avi)

[dodo]

a white 959!!! holy f**!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

[TT]

Oh, that's great! I have a similar thing planned for this summer ;)

This teaser is damn yummi!

[ARMAN]

Nice! Teaser means that there will be more, right? :P

[DeMoN]

that it is. I hope u got some Murcielago pics =D If u did, teaser of em plz?

[Wutputt]

a white 959!!! holy f**!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
Actually it's a 959 S ;)



that it is. I hope u got some Murcielago pics =D If u did, teaser of em plz?
Well since the weather was good, quite a lot of owners picked their cars up to drive during the weekend: the Murciélago, SLR, F40, 550 Spyder were gone. Sorry ;)


Yes Arman, there will come more. Just give me some time to edit and upload the pics ;)

[TT]

Oh yes, can I ask you why the strange picture dimensions?

[Wutputt]

Oh yes, can I ask you why the strange picture dimensions?
LOL, the second one who asked this :D
Well my camera just has a max resolution of 3008x2000. And I resize it to 1500xsomething. And something is 997 to keep the aspect ratio right.

[nurbrun]

AHHH a 959. you lucky bastard!!!!!!!!!. whats a 959 S? i never knew they even made those?

[komotar]

mmmm, the teaser is damn nice...

I can see you had one hell of a weekend! Cool!

The quality of the pics is great!

I really can't wait fot the whole thing...

[TT]

Oh yes, can I ask you why the strange picture dimensions?
LOL, the second one who asked this :D
Well my camera just has a max resolution of 3008x2000. And I resize it to 1500xsomething. And something is 997 to keep the aspect ratio right.

Well, I understood that, but the "standard" dimensions are usually 1024x768, 1280x960, 1600x1200 and 2048x1536.. since you are already resizing, I was wondering why to go with 1500 :P not that it changes something in the end

[xxleasxx]

very awesome cant wait for the rest of the pics!

[duko]

Wow.. I can't wait for the rest of the pics :D :D

[stradale]

Fantastic pictures! I look forward to seeing more of cars at the Ferrari club event (especially the silver 275 GTS) and some of the cars at the Engine Room!

Looks like you had a great weekend! I'm jealous now...

[Wutputt]

AHHH a 959. you lucky bastard!!!!!!!!!. whats a 959 S? i never knew they even made those?
Well if you were a lucky buyer of a 959 in the 80's you could choose between a normal version and a sports version, which is also known as the 959 S. This 959 S has no airco, no central locking, no electric mirrors or windows. But it’s equipped with a sportier suspension without the height adjustment of the standard 959. So it basically is a stripped down version of the 959. Compared it with the RS version of the 996 GT3. About 30 - I think - 959 S were built. You'll have to ask a Porsche nut for the exact number ;)




Well, I understood that, but the "standard" dimensions are usually 1024x768, 1280x960, 1600x1200 and 2048x1536.. since you are already resizing, I was wondering why to go with 1500 :P not that it changes something in the end
3008 divided by 2 equals 1504 and I just take the closest round number :D

[redbaron]

You must have had one of the greatest weekends of your life! Seeing lots of Ferraris and visiting that engine room, I wish I was there....
These pics look already fantastic, so I'm looking forward for the others

[ARMAN]

This is what I call room in a f@kin style - http://img83.echo.cx/img83/9582/dsc2255e3gz.th.jpg (http://img83.echo.cx/my.php?image=dsc2255e3gz.jpg)

Wutputt, where are the pics?!?!?!....... very very pleeeeeeeeeeeezzz lol :mrgreen:

[sentra_dude]

God damn! That is amazing...you are freckin luuucky to see all those cars, can't wait for the full load of pics. :D

[Pwoarrr]

That's a teaser!
Man, you lucky son of a gun.....can't wait for the rest of the pics! 8)

[ARMAN]

Wutput, what happend??? You're alive??? Dont die to us, we gotta see the pics first :lol: jk

[vakpemil]

Yeah thats really fucking amazing :P

[Tsjilp]

mmm the engine room ....

I visit quite often their site (http://gertbeets.dotnet3.hostbasket.com/), also the "te koop"-section (for sale) ... their is a splendid porsche 550 for sale, and that white 959 is also for sale at 275.000 €

Looking forward to see your post!

greetz

[callen]

That engine room is fantastic! When you say club, what do you mean? Like they have hotel rooms and such? How far away are some people who keep thier cars there, or are they all reasonably local. And they keep them here because they dont have garage space, or perfect climate control in the garage? Neways, the ferrari meet is unreal, this sounds like an awesome weekend you had, and more than worth the drive!! :D :D

[Wutputt]

Wutput, what happend??? You're alive??? Dont die to us, we gotta see the pics first :lol: jk

Don't worry, I'm still alive and kicking ;) Though I ran out of spare time lately. I’ll do my very best to have the first load of pics edited and uploaded this weekend.




That engine room is fantastic! When you say club, what do you mean? Like they have hotel rooms and such? How far away are some people who keep thier cars there, or are they all reasonably local. And they keep them here because they dont have garage space, or perfect climate control in the garage? Neways, the ferrari meet is unreal, this sounds like an awesome weekend you had, and more than worth the drive!! :D :D

The Engine Room club has it's own bar and I believe also a restaurant. And they organise some club events from time to time. The owners live reasonably local. Though there was an Aston Martin with Swiss plates. But that could also mean the owner is a Belgian who works in Switzerland and has the car registered there, cause it's cheaper. The reason why people keep there cars in the Engine Room can be different: no garage space, no safe place to store the car, or they just want their car to be really well taken care of.

[Mopsdrops]

woaw !! I'm impressed, how much does it cost to be a member to see those ferrari's if I may ask ? :D

[ferrarif1fan89]

i <3 ferrari 365 daytonas!

[stmoritzer]

:shock: , the white 959 is super cool !

Can't wait to see more pictures.
Damn, you had a great weekend :D :D :D

[gucom]

crappy hell!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: nice cars!! cant wait to see all the pics!

[Wutputt]

woaw !! I'm impressed, how much does it cost to be a member to see those ferrari's if I may ask ? :D
I'm not a member, so it has cost me 0 euro to take those pics (camera and fuel consumption not included of course :D)

[ARMAN]

*cough* *cough* I never actually waited for any pics so much as for those :mrgreen:

[Wutputt]

^^^

Your prayers are being fulfilled :D
I've uploaded the pics of my Engine Room visit: http://www.motorworld.net/forum/showthread.php?t=26221

But you'll still have to wait for the Ferrari ones, sorry...