Silicon Valley Auto Group (360CS, Diablo VT, Gallardo, etc.)

[MidEngine4Life]

3/8/06

I was taking a drive in my Pontiac Fiero GT and saw my first Pontiac Solstice. Snapped a picture while doing 90 trying to catch up.
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/4593/solstice0st.th.jpg (http://img378.imageshack.us/my.php?image=solstice0st.jpg)

Anyway, it inspired me to take a trip to my favorite place. Its not every day Im up and out this time of day.

Aston Martin DB9
http://img446.imageshack.us/img446/1703/astonbadge4fj.th.jpg (http://img446.imageshack.us/my.php?image=astonbadge4fj.jpg) http://img333.imageshack.us/img333/5229/db98wp.th.jpg (http://img333.imageshack.us/my.php?image=db98wp.jpg) http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/8625/db936ka.th.jpg (http://img476.imageshack.us/my.php?image=db936ka.jpg) http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/6537/db945qb.th.jpg (http://img309.imageshack.us/my.php?image=db945qb.jpg) http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/2352/db955rg.th.jpg (http://img125.imageshack.us/my.php?image=db955rg.jpg)

Aston Martin DB9 Volante
http://img320.imageshack.us/img320/9093/db9v8kn.th.jpg (http://img320.imageshack.us/my.php?image=db9v8kn.jpg) http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/2107/db9v27du.th.jpg (http://img46.imageshack.us/my.php?image=db9v27du.jpg)

Aston Martin Vanquish
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6387/vanquishblue15rv.th.jpg (http://img443.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vanquishblue15rv.jpg) http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3284/finalvanquish7nu.th.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/my.php?image=finalvanquish7nu.jpg)
Aston Martin Vanquish S
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/5364/vanquishgrey3rd.th.jpg (http://img530.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vanquishgrey3rd.jpg)

Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale
http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/5461/cellengebadgesmall1hf.th.jpg (http://img399.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cellengebadgesmall1hf.jpg) http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3754/cs12cq.th.jpg (http://img46.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cs12cq.jpg) http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/6513/cs27xw.th.jpg (http://img473.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cs27xw.jpg)

Ferrari 360
http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/8135/3604az.th.jpg (http://img58.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3604az.jpg)

Bently Flying Spur
http://img454.imageshack.us/img454/2962/flyingspur9vh.th.jpg (http://img454.imageshack.us/my.php?image=flyingspur9vh.jpg)

Lamborghini Diablo VT
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/8528/vt21gw.th.jpg (http://img353.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vt21gw.jpg) http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/999/vt32lc.th.jpg (http://img309.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vt32lc.jpg) http://img302.imageshack.us/img302/3020/vt41ls.th.jpg (http://img302.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vt41ls.jpg) http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/9220/finalvt8ck.th.jpg (http://img96.imageshack.us/my.php?image=finalvt8ck.jpg)

Lamborghini Murcielago
http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/3721/murciellago6ss.th.jpg (http://img309.imageshack.us/my.php?image=murciellago6ss.jpg)

Lamborghini Gallardo (Green)
http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/1261/gallardogreen35az.th.jpg (http://img354.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gallardogreen35az.jpg) http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/7852/gallardogreen13sr.th.jpg (http://img458.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gallardogreen13sr.jpg) http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/6245/gallardogreen24lh.th.jpg (http://img458.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gallardogreen24lh.jpg)

Lamborghini Gallardo (Orange)
http://img348.imageshack.us/img348/1236/gallardoorange9hm.th.jpg (http://img348.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gallardoorange9hm.jpg)

McLaren F1
http://img348.imageshack.us/img348/3597/newmcl1pl.th.jpg (http://img348.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newmcl1pl.jpg)
http://www.motorworld.net/forum/showthread.php?t=36664

Ford GT
http://img348.imageshack.us/img348/6742/fordgt6xk.th.jpg (http://img348.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fordgt6xk.jpg)

Lotus Elise (Red)
http://img437.imageshack.us/img437/3008/finelise0dw.th.jpg (http://img437.imageshack.us/my.php?image=finelise0dw.jpg)

Lotus Elise (White)
http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/3992/elisewhite9ay.th.jpg (http://img354.imageshack.us/my.php?image=elisewhite9ay.jpg)

I had a nice talk with this one British salesman about the F50 and F1. He said he loves them both but if he could have any car there it would be the F50. He said it just felt more fun when driving. Must be the wind in the hair i told him ;) He also told me the McLaren was the only yellow one in the world.
http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/8769/line4bb.th.jpg (http://img391.imageshack.us/my.php?image=line4bb.jpg) http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/3605/line26hm.th.jpg (http://img391.imageshack.us/my.php?image=line26hm.jpg)
http://www.ferrari-losgatos.com/

[chest3r]

Great bunch of cars, man!!! :o

The DB9 looks really good in that color, but the Vanquish is a bit weird. Maybe because I'd never seen one in a color like that....

That Gallardo is maybe the worst looking one I've ever seen :twisted: I think that color is horrible in every car :|

[ARMAN]

Is that McLaren for sale? Nice sights, thanc for posting :wink:

[MidEngine4Life]

Yea its for sale, after the red one was sold in like 1 day the guy i was talking to was suprised that it hadnt been sold yet.

[TT]

Such a nice dealer! The blue Vanquish is great! Too bad the S has quite a boring color though! I'd rather have the opposite ;)

The lime green Gallardo is always sexy to see! And nice white Elise, but those weird US spec turning lights installed on the wheel arches are a pain in the ass

The one I picked for the next contest:
http://img302.imageshack.us/img302/5676/vt57yn.th.jpg

You don't go easy on the "save as" :D from 600 to almost 900 for a 1024 picture is a bit of a pain.. actually only because imageshack is pretty slow here lately :(

BTW, pictures taken on the road in the US, always make me dream, :D

[MidEngine4Life]

That was my choice TT ;) Can you use this this touched up version please?
http://img419.imageshack.us/img419/7499/vtfinal9yj.th.jpg (http://img419.imageshack.us/my.php?image=vtfinal9yj.jpg)

Oh and hey you can see my car in the back of that shiny solstice he he.

[TT]

...Can you use this this touched up version please?...

:good:

[Titanboy_24]

great pics! I'm leaving for Saratoga on Friday so I'm looking forward to seeing the F1 :)!

[MidEngine4Life]

Indeed its a sight to behold. When they got their first one, the red one, i damn near crashed staring at it as i drove by.

[TNT]

nice pics to bad they don't have any nice dealers like that near pittsburgh :|

[lorbmw69]

Is there an F1 in Saratoga?

[MidEngine4Life]

No, Los Gatos but thats a 3 minute drive from Saratoga lol

[Pehtren]

Nice weather and for sure a great place to spot such great machinery 8)

The DB9 looks very cool, so does the CS :P :P

Nice shot man

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/3605/line26hm.th.jpg

thanks for the pics :P

[Ford Capri 2.8i]

Although almost every car looks awesome such as the white Elise (actually this is the first elise that I see white), the blue vanquish, or the 360CS, IMO the best looking car is the black diablo (apart from the red its my favourite car); nonetheless I prefer if the car was the rear wheel drive one

[MidEngine4Life]

Id also like to say sorry there arent more pics here. Im using the same old mermory card from my old 3.2 megapixel camera. what you see here is as much as it can hold at this quality lol.

[salegosse]

Nice !

[Pav]

I already saw some of their sales either on cars.com or on ebaymotors. Gorgeous.

[MidEngine4Life]

Yea really, try to imagine if something happened to the place. There is actually another dealer similar to this one (only not as many rare and expensive cars) a few blocks away that actually exploded! Luckily all that was hurt was mostly hummers and such.
http://www.reevesjournal.com/CDA/Archives/e2e61eb0b1248010VgnVCM100000f932a8c0____

This place does a decent job of not keeping all their eggs in one basket. The main lot and 3 showrooms, one of which is across the street. (You can see it in the murcielago picture)

P.S. I forgot to mention, while i was shooting there were these two guys rolled up in this super rare Saleen Mustang Spyder. Not my cup of tea, i think its hideous, but its very rare in any case. The two guys got out and started talking to the salesman like they knew him well, and they just went around sitting in everything, opening engine bays, so on. Its how i got that shot of the 360 engine.
http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/9492/saleenmustang2qs.th.jpg (http://img79.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saleenmustang2qs.jpg)

[Pehtren]

its sure is hidious, but you we got the chance to take some pics of the engine 8)

[Wutputt]

That's a really nice place to visit. My favourite pic is also the Diablo in front of the dealership's window.

[MidEngine4Life]

Whats the deal with image shack lately? I see zorro is having problems too. how annoying

[TT]

When imageshack fucks up :arrow: imagevenue is a good option with also free ftp upload (max 100 files at a time), or imagehigh.com (max file size 3 MB)

[MidEngine4Life]

Ok cool ill have to check those out. Thanks

[stmoritzer]

Thanks for the nice sights at the local Bentley-AM-whateveryouwant-dealer :wink:

The rare blue Vanquish is my fav.
the lightgreen Gallardo (nynpengrün in german) remembered me at my testdrive in a green one.

The CS is a nice car, always a pleasure to see pics of one.

I hope you0ll visit this dealer more often :)

[MidEngine4Life]

Yes well i usually stop by once a week to check for new cars but its usually at night =/ Hopefully ill be going down there more during the day though