Re: Holy SH*T I'm a Ferrari owner!!!! (LONG)
From: JAshburne (JAshburneaol.com)
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2007 21:05:41 -0700 (PDT)
 
Jim
 
That's a terrific story, and it reminds me of when I bought my 400i in  
Laguna Beach in 1998.  I also have two daughters and part of the story was  
that we 
could all go on family outings together.
 
Your car and experience sounds fantastic!  I'm really happy for you  and I 
wish you many happy miles and smiles with your Ferrari!
 
Best,
 
John
 
In a message dated 4/2/2007 9:10:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jimshadow [at] verizon.net writes:

Well,  there's a lot to say.   There are way too many people on this  list
that I have to thank starting with Rick Lindsay who absolutely  INSISTED that
I join this list back in 1999.  He told me that if I  were owning and
maintaining a '95 M3 (at the time) then there was no reason  that I should
not be a Ferrari owner!  "Life is too short" I recall  him saying.   

Anyway, I started looking for a car a few  months ago and a couple people on
this List jumped right up and offered  their help, you know who you are and I
thank you!

Ok, what did I do?  On Thursday I flew from ORD to LAX to see a 1974 Ferrari
Dino 308GT4 that I  have been talking to the seller with for about for 2
months  now.   I stayed with a friend in Pasadena Thursday night.   Friday
morning I drove to Pomona to pick up the seller and we drove to  Redondo
Beach to Tillack & Co. where the car was undergoing a  PPI.  I knew things
would be fun when the first thing we saw was the  most pristine 250
California Spyder sitting in the parking lot. (Pictures  to come) 

Craig at Tillack is one heck of a guy.  Not only did he  take a ton of time
to answer my questions on the PPI, but he went over  every little detail of
the PPI so there was no question as to what I was  getting.  Long story
short, the PPI checked out as well as the  compression/leakdown test.  After
the Q&A session, Craig then  treated us to a personal tour of most of the
facilities at Tillack.   What a treat!!! (pics to come) 

Unfortunately, I was the passenger on  the way home from Redondo. (~70miles
or so) The sellers insurance would not  cover me on the highway.  I knew this
car was special by the way it  handled up the 110 Fwy to Pasadena.  WOW, what
a ride. If you've never  been on the 110, it's a blast!   Basically its one
long  s-s-s-s-s-s curve.   The sound of the exhaust was intoxicating and  the
car handled great!  (NO cats, no thermal reactor, just headers and  out the
exhaust.  WOW~!)   Once in Pasadena we went to a  huge parking lot and I
drove for a while to get a feel.  This was the  right car for me!  

Why this car?  Well, several reasons, but  the main reason is that my 7 and 5
year old Daughters are completely car  crazy!!!!   They really want Daddy to
have a car that they can  share in as well.   Unfortunately for me, a 456 is
out of reach  and I have mixed emotions on the Mondial Coupe.  I've driven
GT4's in  the past and they are a ton of fun and the girls can go for rides.
Not only  that, I can work on the car myself which is important to me as it
will keep  me going over the winter months and satisfy my DIY needs :-)

For those  interested, here is a link to the sellers AD that was placed a
while back  with some  pics....

http://adcache.collectorcartraderonline.com/10/8/9/87850089.htm

The  car will be loaded on a transporter in approximately 1 hour from the
time  of this post and will show up here in a week or so. 

I'm just about  coming out of my skin I'm so freakin' excited!!!      Just
thought I'd let you guys  know.



JIM










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