thanks TT!

TT?
how do you get a car added to the cool wall???
didnt see any pagani zonda's?
the f needs to be up there! :)

Sad to hear that Michael. Cant wait to see those pics of that famous man :)


I wish Id talk about my parents with such a respect, not that they don't deserve it - hell yes they do! but sometimes I am not acting very respectable :oops: I should learn to listen(and stfu) and be patient more :oops: Whatever they've done or do they've done or do with best intentions and the best way they could or can do it.

My little Yellow 2003 Porsche GT2
 

I can't exactly remember when I went into heat for a Porsche GT2. I was driving a 2001 BMW M5 that I was really enjoying. The BMW dealer in Akron, Ohio had taken care of me for over 18 years and I had taken care of him by buying (or should I say leasing) most of my BMWs for 2 years and then getting a new one. I once asked the General Manager if I was one of their better customers to which he laughed and said "You are our BEST customer!"

I just can't think of the reason why I wanted to see a GT2 but anyhow Eunice (my girlfriend) and I wound up going to the Porsche dealer in Sewickley, Pennsylvania about 50 or so miles away from us. They had two GT2s there. A used 2003 with around 1500 miles or less on the speedo. It was lowered, custom aftermarket exhaust, some interior work, wheels that were outlined in yellow and some other stuff that I'm probably forgetting. But, knowing that it had miles on it, wasn't a 'virgin' and had been 'hopped up', kinda turned me off for sure on this yellow one.

The red one was absolutely beautiful! Shined like an 'Army drill sergeants boots'! It had red gauges, red seat cover backs and all kinds of other stock stuff. But it didn't have some things I wanted, like carbon fiber dash and most of all, red seat belts. You put those red colored seat belts on and you feel like your in a fighter jet cockpit!

But the main reason I was hung up on my decision about buying the red one was the color. I had this hankering for a yellow GT2 after I saw the used yellow one in person. The color just screamed attention! So thus began my search for a yellow GT2.

I contacted my local Porsche dealer, Armando's Porsche in Boardman, Ohio and I sat down with the general manager one day shortly after my Sewickley visit, to do a search of what was available in GT2s across America. He found several but none that were totally decked out with all the options I wanted. He then searched some more and found a 2003 Yellow GT2 down in West Palm Beach, Florida at a Porsche dealer there and it only had 4 miles on her.

The car was absolutely loaded! It had carbon interior package, leather console and roof liner, carbon steering wheel, painted sport seats, chrome aluminum wheels and.... and..... my yellow seat belts! Yeeee haaaa!

Well, needless to say, my juices were flowing big time! I tell him to see what he can do to acquire this car and, believe it or not, he's trying to talk me out of it. He's saying I should get one up North! "What's the matter with a Southern car, I ask him?" What the heck..... I thought the Civil War was over! Besides, every one 'up North' had a sticker of around $189-193K. The one in Florida has a sticker of $205K..... meaning it had a lot more options..... including my Yellow (fighter jet) seat belts!

I told him, "Look, that's the one I want. If you don't want to get it for me, I'll go to Sewickley and I'll bet they won't have any trouble getting it for me.... real fast!" So he decides to make the call and said he'll call me after he talks to them. A couple hours later, he calls me at home and tells me to come on over. I get there and we start talking. He can get the car but that dealership won't do a dealer trade. So what... that's not my problem! Next he says they told him they have put a 'special wax' on the car because of the Florida atmosphere of salty air (if anything, it would probably be for keeping all the bulls _ _ t off the car) and they want $700 for the wax job. Yeah, right! Who getting the wax job.... me or the car? Then he tells me the battery is dead and they want the cost of replacing the battery. What happened to the new car warranty? I can see I've got two really honest dealers here!

I say, "Dave, tell them to stick the wax job and new battery charge where the sun don't shine or the deal is off! Can't remember if they gave me both or not. We finally manage to strike a deal. I'm trading in my leased BMW M5 and I decide to lease the GT2 as well. I want a 3 year lease. After checking with Porsche Credit, he tells me they'll only give me a 4 or 5 year lease. What is going on here? I ask him why and he can't explain. Great!

Anyway, Einstein orders the GT2 and several days later I get a call that she's here. I fly up to the dealership and there she is, in all her glory and that Yellow is so bright I almost need my sunglasses! We start her up and "Katie bar the door', I've got myself a cruise missile under my ass! After Mr. Personality (you'll see why I call him this later) shows me some little things about the car, I gently roll her to the exit of the dealership. I'm a little bit nervous knowing that I have 456hp in my hands but once I get on the 4 lane highway going home, all my fears melt away and I'm smiling so hard from pleasure, my face hurts!

I get her home, park her outside in the drive, get out and like the rest of my cars, I just keep walking around and around, looking every square inch of her over and over. I touch the outside of her and I think how she'll be able to slip through the air and that tail looks just like a shark's fin signaling that this 'little GT2' is ready to attack anything on the road. I get back inside checking out all the leather and take in deep breathes of the fine craftsmanship. Yellow stitching everywhere! Carbon fiber everywhere; the dash, steering wheel, door panels, console and even the gearshift knob! And the smell of pure speed is also everywhere to be had!

The next day, after all the initial excitement has gone down slightly, I take her out for our first casual drive around town. Leaving my drive and going down the street, the GT2 feel fantastic. Solid but very quick handling. I goose the throttle a little and she accelerates easily with the knowledge that there's plenty of throttle and speed left in her! She rides a little firm but not as firm as my present Carrera GT does. The shifts are positive and the clutch, unlike the CGT, is easy to let out in first gear with no fear of stalling the car.

By the way, did I tell you this car is fast? Oh yeah?..... you don't know how fast this car is! I've even seen reports that some journalists feel it's just as fast or almost as fast as the Carrera GT. This little GT2 is stupid fast. And if you're an idiot, you'll be in trouble so quick, nothing in this world will save you!! The brakes are super and if you hit them in a panic stop, your facial image will be part of the windshield if you don't have your seat belt on..... but again, if your a jerk, even these fantastic brakes won't save your derrière (French for butt)!

You have to forgive me for comparing the GT2 against the CGT, but I don't want to slam any of the other cars thus I feel it's OK to compare different models from the same company and avoid comparing Manufacturers.

My ONLY gripe about the car that I can remember is the feeling going around curves on roads or highways at speeds above, say 60 or 70 and more. When going through a curve, the car seems to like 'float' which to me feels like going up on an elevator at the start or if you can remember, going up and down a small, quick hill on the road pretty fast and your stomach goes up and down too. ALL my previous 911s gave me the same feeling but not a fast as this GT2 did.

I'm almost embarrassed to tell you this, but I never took any interior pictures of my GT2. I guess I was enjoying her so much, I never thought of it. Anyhow, the two pictures of the interior are from the used 2003 GT2 that was in Sewickley, Pa. It's the same interior as mine with all the carbon fiber treatments. The only difference I can see is, I didn't have the yellow console and I had stock GT2 floor mats. My apology for missing these pics. BTW..... make sure you check out the Yellow seat belts!

The interior controls are very good. The large Yellow (oh yeah!) tach is right in the middle of the gauge console so you can't miss it! The seats are very comfortable, a lot more so than the CGTs are. The radio is great, but like the CGTs, the damn station ID numbers, station buttons and mode selection buttons are too small for someone that doesn't have x-ray vision like Superman! There's plenty of volume for hard rockers and the sound coming from the speakers is very good. And if I remember correctly, the GT2 had cruise control unlike ALL the cars I have now. I really miss cruise control for all long my 5-10 mile trips (meaning I hardly ever go anywhere!) Seriously, it does come in handy when you want to maintain a certain speed in well known speed zone areas and for coming home at night after a couple drinks. I think most of you know that feeling after a couple drinks.... sometimes your dang foot gets a little heavy and can get you in trouble real quick!

The GT2 got a lot of looks and comments but surprisingly, and I hate to say this, not as many as the Ferrari Maranello I now have. Everybody knows the 911 Porsche profile so well that it's readily accepted by the general public even though most people don't realize that a GT2 is few and far between. But for car nuts like you and me, we know what it is and freak out because they're not an everyday sight. On the other hand, the Maranello's profile seems to be more unknown and apparently very well received by people of all ages even from a distance even before they actually realize it's a Ferrari. This is not a knock on the GT2, it's a magnificent car! The 911 is beautiful in it's own right and a very well selling design or else it wouldn't still be here after, what is it by now, a thousand years or so.

Now back to the reason I called the GM, Mr. Personality. After a week or two, I started thinking why would I be approved for a 4 or 5 year lease and not a 3 year lease. So, out of curiosity, I place a call to Porsche Credit, and finally reach a gentleman who answers the phone. I say hi, tell him my name, tell him I just bought a new GT2 and ask why did I got refused a 3 year lease but a 4 or 5 year lease was alright. He says to me, "Michael, you aren't going to believe this, but I'm the one who actually approved your lease. I told the GM at Armandos that he could lease you the car for any amount of time you wanted!!" "What...." I scream! "Then why the hell did the GM say that you only OKd the 4 or 5 one?" He says, "Michael, I'm sorry. They're a smaller Porsche dealer and it's harder for us to control every little thing they do." I ask him if the reason is because the dealership and the GM will make more money from a longer lease and he hesitantly agrees with me. I ask if there's anything I can do to remedy this and he suggests talking to the owner who I know very well but was out of the country when I bought the car. OK..... I thank him very much for his time and now I'm POd at the GM! Now for the real kicker here...... the GM has been a decent friend of mine for years. I knew him from being at several car dealerships in various positions. I now understand why he didn't last too long in one place. As a side note...... I heard last week he just got fired a week or so ago from his last job of being a GM at a Toyota dealership about 15 miles from me. I guess his salary of approximately $150,000 wasn't enough to keep him from continuing his unscrupulous ways!

I'm sorry if I left anything out of my review of the GT2 but you must realize it's been almost a year since she was in my hands....... and believe me, I honestly miss the hell out of her. If I could find a brand new (Yellow?) one, I'd figure a way to buy her right now!! If there is something I forgot to explain in my review, please ask and it might tickle my aging mind enough to get you an answer.

p.s. Just to show you how nice a person I really am (just in case there were any doubters), the Columbus, Ohio dealer who I traded the GT2 for the CGT, sold the GT2 to a Porsche dealer in Illinois. I got a call from Farris, a salesman at that dealership, who told me he sold the car to a man in California and the buyer asked him if I still had the original window sticker. I told Farris that indeed, I still had the original sticker, but I was not going to part with it. But what I would do is go to KInkos and have them do a color copy of the window sticker and build sheet and send them to him so he could forward them to the buyer. Farris thanked me and said the buyer would really appreciate it. Got the copies made, sent them out , and a week or so later, I get a little package from that Porsche dealership. Inside was a thank you note and a little gift of a Porsche wheel-tire-disc brake key chain! I was certainly surprised. I guess I made a couple of new friends....... just like I hopefully have with all you guys (and girls)!

One little final note..... "Thank you my little Yellow Porsche GT2 with your Yellow seat belts. You gave me 2 and 1/2 years of sheer excitement and pleasure. I'll really miss you! I hope your new owner loves you as much as I did. Take care little buddy and many years of happy motoring to you!
:cry: Pics will be here shortly.... later today of first thing tomorrow!



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Nice read, thanx Michael :P It was a hell of a car as I can see :wink:

aaaaaahhhh, what an ending :P

I love GT2 for its look, brutal and elegance... :love: and this is probably the only Porsche I'd buy (if I had the moniez...). I believe it was a sad goodbye...

nice story again, thanx Mike for great reading again!!! I enjoyed it much :D

once again a great read, Michael!

the GT2 is one amazing machine... the sound of that motor is sooo much more then just the turbo... coupled with the fact it is a propper RWD car ;) it seems like Poland is just about perfectly situated for you; not terribly far from any dealer, and with enough options to really see who is pulling your chain. "our best costomer" i can imagine them marking the callendar for when your next trade in was due :lol:

the dealer experience on your side is something else entirely compared to what most of us live; so its quite interesting to hear these experiences.... yet at the same time, so much still holds true no matter what car you are shopping for.

about the 'floating feeling' do you mean a similar feeling as when you are cresting a hill, and you dont have as much control... like the steering goes light?

thanks again :)

The 'floating feeling'..... that's it exactly. The Carrera Gt doesn't do any of that. Yeah, it seems like your kinda off the ground a little! Gotta go to dinner..... I'll check back in with you guys later. Michael
:lol:

btw michael. I wanted to ask you this already long time ago, but always forgot... :roll:

how much costs a custom licence plate like you have? here in UK it depends on the amount of the letters it has and a fine looking plate can cost you as much as a small car does... that's all I know...

thanks for the answer, but you don't have to (I know it's not so polite talk about the money...)

Thanks for another good report :)

And thanks for the pics, which were just added to your post ;)

awesome read on the GT2! thanks for writin :D

The custom plates in Ohio use to cost, I think, $55 or $60 bucks at the most (which is $20 more than the state standard issue plate.) Then they raised Personalized Plates $20 last year so now they're $75 or $80. I've changes plates on a couple cars 2 or 3 times a year when I didn't like the plate (if it wasn't funny enough or if I thought it was maybe bragging in some way.) The F430 first had SURF CTY on it, then I changed it to HT 2MOLI and now it has X HIPPIE, all since last July. I really like X HIPPIE because I was kinda one back in the 60s and early 70s. Not full blown, just a little enough to fit in with most of the crowd!

My Ford F150 has GUNSMOK and my Range Rover has DRAGNET, all as a tribute to those old time radio & TV shows. Thanks for asking. Michael

i'll admit i made assumptions and was rude and have also communicated as such to michael.
but the rest of your post is completely out of line and even more rude than what i posted.
i bear no jealousy toward michael whether you believe it or not.

Another great writeup!
Thanks Michael!

are you posting only offtopic in the threads? please open your own thread in gen chat or spammers corner if you wanna talk offtopic in this thread.

habbah habbah :oops:

nice story!! and nice ride

normal people would see the GT2 as just-another-911, love that :twisted:

greetz

Thanks for the writeup on the 996 GT2 - one of my favourite Porsches!!

I know the feeling of its brutal acceleration, and even above 200 (kmh) it just doesn't stop. :shock: Its still the most brutal acceleration I have felt in my life!

The sound is a letdown on this car IMO, really nothing special - compared to say a CS or Gallardo it was just boring to be honest.

i replied to a post made by the admin in this thread

:roll: enough playing kids, time to go to bed :wink:

michael,
would you rank your six supercars cars in order of personal preference :?:

OK Jeff, Here they are!

1) 2005 Gallardo Pearl Orange 6-speed
1) 2006 Murcielago Pearl Green E-Gear Coupe
1) 2004 Ferrarl F1 Silver Maranello
1) 2005 Ferrari F1 Red F430 Coupe
1) 2005 Red Ford GT
1) 2004 Porsche Silver Carrera GT

:niet: Jeff, Jeff, Jeff, What am I gonna do with you? Now you should know me better by now! I have NO favorites! I love them all equally..... and that's the honest to God's truth. I just took a good friend of mine for a ride in 4 out of the six. His response was similar to mine. Everytime we got in one car...... he started mumbling..... "Oh man..... this is my favorite!" And I said to him.... "Now how can that be? Just the other day, you liked the car we went for a ride in!"

Well that's almost how I feel except, I NEVER say I like one car more than the others! Each and every time I sit in one of them, it's a new experience all over again. I even forget some of the controls and other litlle trick things about that car! You can't believe how neat it feels when I can't remember some control or other feature. Sometimes, I even have to refer to the manuals because my head is up my derrière! I kinda laugh at myself and that's what makes it feel like it's brand new again!

Sorry if I can't answer your question Jeff. :lol: :lol:

^^^That’s a great answer Michael.

Your collection of cars amazes me every time I look at it. You have an excellent taste in supercars. :good:

Gràcia r2r! (Did I spell that right?)

that's OK michael! :)

i already knew the cgt was your fav!!! :twisted:

No comprende Español !
No speaka da English !
No Polevous Engles??
No Hablas Engles?
No Spreken ze Ingles?
Huh?
:lol: :lol: :lol:

LMAO!!!!

yea, they are my favorite as well :wink:

ok! ok!
then what order did you purchase them in?
was the gt2 the last car you sold off or traded?
after you get the zonda f what's next?
which of the 6 cars have you let euni drive?
if your business tanks and you have to sell off all but one, which one would you keep? :P

Nowwww we can an talk Turkey! I bought the Ford GT, January of 2005 but couldn't pick it up until March 17th because of the control arm recall. Next I got the Carrera GT in April of 2005. I received the Maranello at the end of June 2005 and I bought the F430 in July of 2005. Then I went bonkers for Lambos and got the Gallardo in I believe October of 2005. I then took a break but was foaming at the mouth for the Murcielago and made myself a promise that I would try and get it for my 58th birthday in February of this year. I was able to work out my financial situation and bought the Murcielago February 9th of this year.

I traded the GT2 and my 645 BMW coupe on the Carrera GT. I then dealt a trade of my 645 Convertible that I bought for Euni on the Ferrari F430. It was one year old and only had around 1200 (give or take a couple hundred miles) on it. I'd used to get mad at her because she hardly ever drove it.

When I went looking for the Gallardo, I got lucky and found the Lambo dealer in Columbus also sold Dodges across the street from the Lamborghini dealership. I was able to trade my 2005 Dodge Ram SRT 10 pickup truck (Viper engine 500HP-6 speed) on the Gallardo.

When I bought the Murcielago, I didn't have any more cars to trade so I had to buy it naked, with no trade!

Lemme see...... if I had really 'stupid kind of money', (meaning just tons and tons of it) like Bill Gates, Rupert Murdoch, Donald Trump or Richard Branson, I would get a.... yes...... Zonda F, a F40, an Enzo, a Bugatti Veyron, a McLaren F1 and a MC12 but not in any particular order. Have you ever heard of any of these guys driving around in any kind of special car or do they just get their asses chauffeured around all day long? That would drive me out of my mind! Could you imagine not having you hands on a sports car of any kind. Just sitting there like King Midas and counting you money but not enjoying life. Al least Branson is a little wacko and does some crazy things!

There's no way our business can tank because my Father made it virtually 'bullet proof' and my oldest son has taken after 'Dad' and is running it most of the time for me. I go in 3 or 4 days a week and make sure they didn't empty out my office and move him in! Seriously, Dad's business is super and we have beaucoup excellent people helping me to run it. But my oldest son is really putting in some very hard work and time. He has a great work ethic like Dad did. I'm hoping never to retire just like Dad, but just to fade away in the sunset someday and move on to my second time around up above..... I hope! :)

so the 959 is (was) cheaper? ;)

glad the financials worked out on the Murci; what a nice b-day gift :D :wink: its good to hear the company is just about incuruptable for the next generation as well.

Hey you've heard it before, but I got to say it your a lucky guy. And I was also thinking how much do you pay for insurance for each of your cars? Is it like 10k for each or something like that?

ok! but you cheated a little bit! you can pretend like the business tanks! :)
that means you took delivery on all 6 inside of 11 months! you need to slow down and spread the fun out! :)
i found this particular statement a little less than truthful! "I didn't have any more cars to trade "! :)
did your father ever buy a sports car?
i have to admit you are making it in more days a week than i am :)
lucky you have a responsible son to handle things! how old is he?
ok, now to the fun part!
zonda f - great choice! supposedly the most user friendly supercar! unlike any other car! resale is only question mark? havent been around long and not building u.s. legal cars yet.
f40 - a legendary vehicle, great resale! none to comfy though!
enzo - great car! but you already have a cgt that can meet it's performance at less than half the price. does have the front lift system built in and is more comfy than the cgt. a friend of mine that has both says the only thing the enzo has over the cgt is paddle shifters, the front end lift system, and more comfortable seats. unless it's raining he takes the cgt although he is still having a bit of a problem with the clutch when parking on hills and getting the car to his garage because of the low foward front apron. he has to back it down his driveway at an angle.
btw! after may, ruf will be able to add a ohlins front end lift system to your cgt that would be adjustable up to a couple inches!
mc12 - just a maserati enzo without the resale!
veyron - a big fat pig! :shock: weighs over 4000 pounds! sports cars don't weigh over 4000 pounds! :)
mclaren f1 - :lol: :shock: :P :twisted: :!: :D THE LEGEND! would be my next move!

from forbes magazine:
"it took a federal law signed by President Clinton for Bill Gates to legally drive his 959 on American roads. Rumor has it that Bill Gates and Paul Allen employed Microsoft engineers to write a computer program that could simulate the 959’s crashworthiness, which helped in the bill’s passage."
gates is a known porsche nut - wouldnt doubt if he had a cgt stashed away somewhere as well ! :)

Another Porsche fan is Jerry Seinfeld.... dunno how many he have but apperantly, a lot!

I think it's like $2000-$2500 each car. I got it through the insurance company that insures our apartment business and they gave me a fleet rate. Seems pretty damn good if you ask me! :)

:shock: :shock: :shock: :!:
hot damn! thats as much as i was paying on my car before i turned 21 + 0 tickets :holy crap: nice work on that deal 8)

What the hell...... you know how crazy you young s _ _ ts are! Always in a hurry, drag racing, hot dogging for that sweet ass sitting next to you and seeing if you can break the sound barrier before you turn 25! At 58, I don't worry about that s _ _ t! Wellll, almost I don't worry. OK, so I'm lying like a rug! Connections...... Yeah, that's the ticket!!

a bunch!
i know he has a cgt with the porsche lift kit installed.
also has a turbo for sale right now.

if the sound barrier is about 130; then i've broken it... but jeeps arent favorable to those speeds :lol: the other stuff... :wink: :wink:

i've still managed to have 0 tickets, which means i haven't been "seen" :wink:

I'm suprised by insurance for exotics in general, I know the owner of an F430 and he is "only" paying $AU 2800/yr and another with a 550 who is paying $1800......I had always thought it would be through the roof.

OMG, that is much cheaper than I thought insurance for an exotic would be. I pay roughly 4,500 a year! :(

:roll: I gotta believe your under 23. Living in California, that's gotta be a nightmare for any kind of insurance, especially car insurance at your age. Ya think the insurance companies are making any money? Michael

I think I hold the record of the highest insurance QUOTE.
About 3 years ago I wanted to insure a car in NYC (which has the highest rates nationwide). I was quoted 6K for 6 months for liability (for those who don't know, it just covers one way). I never had any tickets.. no accidents... It was just because of my age, the period I had my license and the city I live in.
I ended up insuring the car in PA for $360. :)

You gotta be careful pretending..... after awhile, you might start believing yourself!

Yep, got them all in actually a little over 12 months. The fun..... it continues every time I put my ass in one of their seats.

Honestly, the only thing I had left to trade was Eunice because the dogs and cats were absoluetly staying here with me! I decided to keep her home too!

Dad once took my BMW 850 for a few years and then my 740 IL and he had a BMW 3 series convertible. If he would have survived his cancer treatments, we were going to go to Akron, Ohio, to get him more than likely, a nice BMW 5 series. Unfortunately, we missed that trip together but he's always with me in all my cars because as you know, it's because of him I have them!

It really is great to have a son making it easy on me by showing extreme interest in the family business. He and Dad always teased me about my lack of hard work understanding. They always said they felt I thought that "Manual Labor was the President of Puerto Rico"!

michael,
sorry you didnt get to take that trip with your father!
that's great your son has taken such an interest in the family business and enjoys it so much!
has he gotten bitten by the sports car bug? :D

It's kinda funny about my oldest son, Jeff. For his 16th birthday, I bought him a Datsun (back then-19 years ago) 300ZX with a 5-speed. He was pretty coordinated so I figured he be able to drive stick. He did but one day at a friends house, backing out of his driveway, backed over a rock and tore up the suspension to the tune of $1500-2000. I wasn't too happy and he was all bummed out.

Since then, he has had mostly SUVs. Figured he be hard pressed to hurt those. He just bought himself and his family a new 2006 Mustang GT Convertible. He says he wants to try it out against the Ford GT! What's really unbelieveable about Jeff is that he's a tight wad. He throws quarters around like manhole covers. Smart as hell but every once in a while, he'll piss me off and I have to give him the evil eye just like I do to the others and then they know their up s_ _t creek without a paddle! Unlike today, I didn't spare the hand on the butt if they got out of line. You can't do that now a days or you might get in legal trouble.

Now my other two sons are a different story. Their tooling around in Mercedes G Wagons (SUV). My youngest son lives in Utah. My middle son is wacked out on cars just like me. He just picked up a 06 BMW M5 F1 4 door Sedan (550 HP). He rides Harleys just like I USED to and was a motocross racer for several years. Did pretty decent too. :)

Nice cars! They look great just in the pictures, all the better when I'm a university student living at home, driving the family car, trying to save up by working seasonal jobs.

It's always heartening to know that at least some people who own these cars actually know and care about them, unlike the wankers who drive them to look cool.

Thanks, but you gotta know I was in the same place as you once. Driving Mom and Dad's car and then I got my first car, a 1956 2 door Chevy with a 265c.i. and a 4 speed on the floor with a Hurst shifter! I thought I had gone to heaven. It's all relative.... some day,if you study and work hard...... some 17 year old might be saying the same about you cars! Good luck, Michael

amazing stories !

good to see there are still supercar-owners with the heart in the right place !

all supercar-owners ( a jag and a porsche 911, can't really call it a supercar, but so what) I know are Jerks

they get pissed when the kids in our street are playing football or skating when they have to pass ... the start beeping the horn and make them scare ... and then they push the pedal down ... in a 30km/h-zone

I personally don't know any supercar owners whatsoever, except for the bloke with the Rolls Royce convertible, but that's not really a supercar and I've only met him three times.

'Murderer's Row' is coming!
 

TT, Jabba and all who have asked..... It was a beautiful day here in Ohio and I did what many of you have asked for. A group shot of my cars.... actually 27 pics of group shots of my cars from many different angles and heights (that's a little surprize!) I'm hopefully going to do a post tomorrow about the pics and then the 'Master Blaster' picture 'swami', TT himself, will magically add these pictures to my post! Please stand by. I think you'll like them!

I have nicknamed the pics 'Murderer's Row' honoring the memory of the 1927 New York Yankees baseball teams unbelieveable batting line-up. No, I'm not a Yankees fan..... I just give credit where credit is due! I'm a die-hard Cleveland Indians fan and always will be. If they lost every single game, I'd be crying in my beer but I'd still be their fan! BUT.... watch out everybody..... this is their year!!!

Please be patient! My post should be on hopefully sometime tomorrow. Michael :D

p.s. Thank you... Thank you... Thank you... for all the hits. Your interest and replies are greatly appreciated by me and TT and Jabba and all the CARS!!