Sports Car Forum - MotorWorld.net - Trip to the States

first of all - the trip was amazing! :D

I spent 2 weeks and rode 2 thousand miles between L.A., Las Vegas, Tahoe, Sacramento and San Francisco

I left Brazil on 04/03 and only got back on 20/03

the sad facts: I went with my parents, flew about 30 hours with American Airlines (this is bad) on economy (now this is really bad), spent some 3 hours on those airport security checks :x and the most important: I wasn't able to take a single shot of any Ferrari or Lambo :oops:

nevermind... let's go to the pics

beginning with a Boxster and a Z4, two common sights in L.A. - first day with the camera tells something about the quality of the pics

http://img11.exs.cx/img11/7231/la15pw.th.jpg http://img222.exs.cx/img222/4764/la26gu.th.jpg

S500 in Hollywood with some Lorinser aftermarket parts
http://img28.exs.cx/img28/727/la31tq.th.jpg http://img222.exs.cx/img222/5274/la47yg.th.jpg

Bentley Arnage, brand new 911 and BMW Z8, all together in Beverly Hills, close to Rodeo Drive
http://img65.exs.cx/img65/9909/la80fb.th.jpg http://img52.exs.cx/img52/2963/la98yi.th.jpg http://img52.exs.cx/img52/4800/la101zl.th.jpg http://img52.exs.cx/img52/9128/la113mt.th.jpg http://img30.exs.cx/img30/4829/la125np.th.jpg

a little stop to show our truck from hertz, a 2004 Ford Expedition... pretty good to travel 2 k miles and carry 4 people plus 14 bags...
http://img164.exs.cx/img164/6578/la71ec.th.jpg

Subaru in the staples center parking lot, this day was Lakers 103 x Pacers 94 :D
http://img28.exs.cx/img28/463/la57ah.th.jpg http://img164.exs.cx/img164/2037/la60ss.th.jpg

beautiful C3 Corvette, dunno the year, and a 911 turbo
http://img192.exs.cx/img192/5317/la131yr.th.jpg http://img192.exs.cx/img192/908/la146ja.th.jpg http://img192.exs.cx/img192/4282/la155cd.th.jpg

wow your civic looks so beautiful! :puke:
http://img96.exs.cx/img96/3383/la161gf.th.jpg http://img96.exs.cx/img96/9417/la179or.th.jpg

bye bye Los Angeles, this is my last picture there:
http://img184.exs.cx/img184/7127/la185ad.th.jpg

and what do I first see when I get to Vegas? a RR Phantom, and I guess I have already seen this car here in JW...
http://img238.exs.cx/img238/8149/lv16lq.th.jpg http://img238.exs.cx/img238/9454/lv21py.th.jpg http://img184.exs.cx/img184/115/lv32zv.th.jpg

these 300 are almost everywhere, but I like them... and a nissan with ugly rims IMO
http://img184.exs.cx/img184/9496/lv40xj.th.jpg http://img193.exs.cx/img193/1205/lv65xh.th.jpg

a Hummer H1, probably used on trips to the grand canyon, and a 150.000 USD MTT turbine bike - this baby can reach 227 mph / 360 kmh
http://img193.exs.cx/img193/3880/lv70qg.th.jpg http://img78.exs.cx/img78/8536/lv80km.th.jpg

time to go on to Tahoe... but the small city of Bishop surprises me with a couple of nice sightings:

http://img200.exs.cx/img200/6405/bishop15xj.th.jpg http://img200.exs.cx/img200/9113/bishop28fv.th.jpg http://img200.exs.cx/img200/928/bishop32dm.th.jpg

Mustang waiting for me in the parking lot of my hotel in Tahoe:
http://img183.exs.cx/img183/765/taho23nb.th.jpg http://img183.exs.cx/img183/3566/tahoe17gr.th.jpg http://img183.exs.cx/img183/3261/tahoe30jy.th.jpg http://img183.exs.cx/img183/8559/tahoe40ij.th.jpg http://img183.exs.cx/img183/9617/tahoe53xy.th.jpg http://img221.exs.cx/img221/7814/tahoe62tc.th.jpg

and a beautiful blue Porsche parked in front of the casino:
http://img221.exs.cx/img221/3900/tahoe72de.th.jpg http://img18.exs.cx/img18/6017/tahoe83xn.th.jpg

Sacramento - one hemi for you:
http://img187.exs.cx/img187/6922/sc13xi.th.jpg http://img187.exs.cx/img187/9774/sc29qg.th.jpg http://img187.exs.cx/img187/5646/sc33gk.th.jpg http://img93.exs.cx/img93/1319/sc46ye.th.jpg

lol at the spare rim, got this one on an outlet near Napa:
http://img93.exs.cx/img93/7422/sfo18uk.th.jpg

the only Crossfire I could try to take a pic... and u guys learn how to drive in a Mustang? :shock: we here get some 10 years old GM Corsas...
http://img60.exs.cx/img60/8809/sfo24fh.th.jpg http://img19.exs.cx/img19/1853/sfo39va.th.jpg

and last but not least, another Z8 in San Francisco near Fisherman's Wharf:
http://img19.exs.cx/img19/7585/sfo48cm.th.jpg

unfortunatelly I saw only four Ferraris - one F456, one F550, one F355 and a beautiful 365 GTB exactly like this one (maybe it was this one): http://www.ferraris-online.com/cars/...229/main.shtml

Lamborghinis? Only inside a dealer in Beverly Hills... :(

folks, this was my first trip report... it was so nice to take pictures of all the nice cars I could, surely I will do it again on my next trip

please send comments about the pics, what I could have done better, etc. all advice is welcome...