Thread: Hello fellow car nuts!

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Ok, here's one set, have to resize all my pics it seems.

Aston Martin Vanquish. Car next to it is my brother-in-law's girlfriend's Mini Cooper S. I can snap more pics of that one if you'd like!

Couple more...

Was gonna post others but the site crashed?

Anyway, back up so here's the Benz. CL600.

The car is at my mechanic's shop in Houston TX. I sent all my cars to him even if they were under warranty. The best mechanic I've ever met and a very dear friend. Unfortunately he passed away recently. Haven't seen these pictures in a while so they definitely pull at the heartsrings.

The shop was Pinnacle Motorsports and the owner was JR Vallandingham. He fixed my Murcielago when the factory couldn't, ditto my Ferrari and here he is taking in the Benz. If you look at the background you'll see a whole slew of Lamborghinis, Ferraris, and the odd Porsche here and there. He always had at least 10 exotics in there at a time in for major work. He's done restoration jobs for people I know in Japan on some pretty hardcore Italians. 275 GTB 4 cams, 2 cams, F40s, F50s, my friend's Enzo, Daytonas, a few racing ones. Alba Ferrari comes to mind from the 80s. A couple Can-Am cars I saw pictures and video of. Great stuff.

Some more of the Benz...

Of the instrument cluster. The car has no key. Just a card you carry with you in your wallet or pocket. You then press a button on the shift lever and off you go. That's the warning on the console.

And my camera's clock is accurate! Woohoo!!

Next is the Ferrari. A 2002 360 Spider that I got as a Valentine's Day gift for my wife. I have a preference to Lamborghinis while she likes Ferraris. I snapped a picture of the windshield. The sticker you see is of the Lamborghini Club of America and Lamborghini Owner's Club. The dog is mine. Her name is Lilu and she would travel to Houston every time we sent cars over there because she adored JR. She's now 7 years old and misses JR dearly.

The car is also parked in front of a friend's house in Houston where I took it for him to check out while I was there. They are friends I met through a Ferrari forum much like this one, except not as good . He detailed my car and we snapped a few pics. The yellow Porsche in the garage is his. He's a member of the Porsche Club of America and was trying to convince me to join (I had a Porsche Turbo at the time). Now I have a Cayenne Turbo and I'm still not in the club although I hear great things about it.

Having an attorney detail your car is something else