Ferrari Mailing List: Re: 08140 is in da HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!

[Rick Lindsay (rolindsay]

Congratulations - again - Jim.  Beautiful car; almost
as beautiful as the smiles on your girls' faces. :-)

regards,

rick

--- jim <jimshadow [at] verizon.net> wrote:

> WOW, what a day!   
> 
> I got a call this pastSaturday from DeMoise Trk-ing
> (HIGHLY recommended,
> BTW!) saying that my new to me GT4 would be arriving
> on Monday between 3 and
> 4 pm if all went according to schedule.   I spoke to
> Gloria, who was 1/2 of
> the husband/wife team that transported the Dino. 
> She filled me in on all
> the details including where they were stopping
> before me and how long they
> anticipated it would take from there to Indiana.  I
> asked her to give me a
> call when she thought they were about an hour out,
> that way I could be home
> to meet them.
> 
>  
> 
> Well the day went on, and on, and on and it got to
> be around 3pm.  I figured
> that they were delayed in Illinois and it would be
> evening before they would
> get to me. Right about that time she called saying
> that they were at SR5,
> which is only 25min from me.....I WAS 45MIN AWAY!!!!
>   CRAP!      I got the
> 'ol minivan haulin' some serious a** and got to the
> house less than 10
> minutes after they arrived.   I had put a call into
> the babysitter and asked
> her to get out the camera and snap some pics.  
> 
>  
> 
> So I came around the corner and there was a huge
> white semi parked at the
> end of our cul-de-sac...gate down and nothing on it.
> My daughters and their
> friends are screaming their heads off at me telling
> me that my car is in the
> truck.  :)  I parked the van on the street just in
> time to see the Dino
> backing out very slowly onto the ramp.  What a
> sight!!!!   I had a definite
> case of PermaGrin!  
> 
>  
> 
> The car is lowered down from the upper level of the
> truck and the kids all
> surround it looking inside and out, saying C O O L,
> AWESOME, WOW!!!!  I sign
> off on the transport and quickly figure out how many
> little girls can
> squeeze in the GT4 at once.  Well, if my 7yr. old
> straddles the backseat
> hump, then we can get 3 in the back and 1 up front. 
> 
>  
> 
> 1st (mini) drive:
> 
> We didn't go far, just down the street, a quick left
> and down about 1000yds
> or so and back, 3 times!.  I did wind up 2nd gear a
> little, much to the
> delight and screams of 4 little cutie-pies.  They
> were digging it as much as
> I was.  If only the license branch were open today! 
> :(   I really want to
> exercize this little Italian beauty since she's been
> all couped up in a
> trailer for 2000 miles.   Oh well, maybe Thursday or
> Friday. 
> 
> Anyway, one by one the neighbors got home from work
> and one by one they came
> over.   So far, I've given 5 rides around the
> neighborhood all the way up to
> 35mph...   Not bad for just getting the car.  I'm so
> damn excited!!!
> 
> I'll have a full 1st drive report coming.  Thought
> you guys might enjoy a
> long winded story about my GT4 arriving to its new
> home.  :)  
> 
>  
> 
> Pics can be seen here:
> 
>  
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/2mpmpk
> 
>  
> 
> JIM
> 
> >
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