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

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Jim,
Wow that is cool, They are probably stuck on, you could try alcohol  
dripped down one side n ear the edge and slowly try to bend up. I bet  
they will fall right off? There should only be

a small round light on the front and none on the back.   When I tried  
to remove my rear view mirror I pried for hours and ended up putting  
a few drops of alcohol on the seal

with an eyedropper and the thing fell off 5 minutes later!
You are lucky to have a Euro, I love my car but I am jealous. BTW My  
car was only a silver winner

and from close up you can see many things wrong! :-P  I love Gt4's  
and am still excited about your new family member. I want to see some  
high res pics soon!
Do you have 2 sets of 14" wheels???  Please before you buy or change  
anything run it by us, I spent a lot of time and wasted money only to  
find out what I should

have done later.  I would definitely change the fuel hose like you  
are going to do and also check the other fuel hoses, even if the PO  
says they are new it is worth

your piece of mind, especially the carb hoses and bottom fuel hoses  
that connect the tanks with the lower crossover pipe, which haas a  
drain plug if you ever need to drain

it. I would take it for a drive, by yourself and enjoy it at speed to  
get the feel of it. The gt4 is an amazing car and very stable with  
neutral handling with a little understeer.
Rob

On Apr 11, 2007, at 7:13 PM, jim wrote:
I STAND CORRECTED!!!

Rob has an amazing eye!    The side markers are actually reflectors  
stuck on

over the original round EURO lights!!!   I'll get brave one of  
these days

and take them off so it's back to the stock EURO look. I'll send  
pics when I

do.

Good eyes Rob!
JIM
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert W. Garven Jr. [mailto:rgarven [at] gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 12:21 AM
To: JIM
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] 08140 is in da HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!
Damn!  I hate seeing a car nicer than mine!!  :-)
I have a feeling your life has just changed for the better!!!! If you
need any help
give a shout!  Are those front and rear side reflectors cut in or
just stuck on???
Congratulations!  I remember my first ride, your experience brings
back a flood of emotions.
And yes move everything in your garage over to your wifes side!!  :-P
Rob

On Apr 9, 2007, at 6:53 PM, jim 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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Re: 08140 is in da HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!	<– Date –> <– Thread –>
From: Robert W. Garven Jr. (rgarvengmail.com)
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 23:01:45 -0700 (PDT)