Tuesday, July 05, 2005
cars
I have a plague. I am a 19 year-old male, and I like cars. Especially fast cars. So does my friend Jack. Perhaps that's why when we were driving in downtown Los Gatos, CA where my parents live, the car came to a near dead stop as we drove by the Silicon Valley Auto Group. Why? There was a plethora of Ferraris, Bentlys, Rolls Royces, Lamborghinis, Aston Martins, Lotus, ... well, you get the idea. Here's a picture so you can fully appreciate where we were:
That's Jack next to (correct me if I'm wrong) a Ferrari 360 spider, an Aston Martin DB9, and a Ferrari F430 F1 coupe. Here's another one of Jack next to a brand new Lotus Elise... 2005 is the first year they have been available in America. And of course the Ferrari insignia:
Pardon the pics, they were all taken with my cell phone...
I think the creme of the crop was in the showroom where we witnessed the 2005 Aston Martin V-12 Vanquish type S - the same car James Bond drove in Die Another Day. One of the employees was moving it out of the showroom, and people stopped in their tracks on the street as everyone paused while it drove by. $255,000 MSRP. Then of course there was the guy test driving the Lotus (deciding whether he wanted blue or red) ... Like I said, you get the idea. I was in heaven. Then there was the Lamborghini Murcielago just parked on the street...
