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    track day!

    OK, so Ferrari and some Porsche club decided to rent out Sears Point and have a track day. My Ferrari guy told me to bring my 550 up and have fun. Well, I love the 550 but no way I'm not bringing the new one so off I went. Then I got blackballed. My favorite part of the day was when the organizer walked in and hollers into the drivers room "OK Who brought the Audi?!?!" (I raise my hand sheepishly) He laughs and says "nice car". Later he traded my R8 for a few laps (he took it super easy because it was new and breaking in) and I took his F430 Scuderia. Nice car that Scuderia. What was interesting was that even though some of these guys were "advanced" drivers, almost none of them could heel toe and almost all of them braked too early and used too much gear movement to slow them down. Also, me and two others were the only ones to take traction and stability off and were willing to let it loose around some corners. I actually had a nice drift going on turn 6. Passed quite a few of them. Here's some shots.




    OK Who brought the Audi?!?
    2009 Toyota Highlander Sport
    2011 Ferrari 458 Italia- weekends
    2001 Ferrari 550 Maranello- Once a month
    1996 Mazda RX-7- Twice a month
    1961 Ferrari 250GT LWB- Practically never
    2008 BMW M6 Convertible (gone and Hated)
    2010 Audi R8 V10 Carbon Fiber Everywhere! (gone but loved)
    2006 Ferrari F430 Spyder (gone but loved)

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    Re: track day!

    Sounds a great day..gotta buy myself a Ferrari one day.

    Have driven a 430 and it was nice but for me not awesome.I probably had much too high a expectation.

    Probably more interested in one from past models

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