I was doing some photography for their club, see below:
Pictures from their arrival at Wrest Point Hotel Casino:
The rest can be found on this link: http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k12/rain...lr/ferrariclub/
A short video can be downloaded from this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dK6rHstr26g
If that wasn't enough I happened to speak to a couple of proud owners who encouraged me to join them at the Police Academy Driver Training motokhana the following day (Friday) and take some more photos if I so desired (you betcha!). So with the inside information under my belt I prepared myself for a big day and like a little kid in a candy store I was there with bells on.
Everyone appeared to be having a ball out there on the pan, plenty of laughs and trash talking from the hill, hehehe. Despite the cliche that exotic car owners tend to carry, I couldn't believe how welcome I was made to feel as a spectator/photographer, they really were a lovely and approachable bunch of people. I hope they had a fantastic stay in Tasmania and thank god the weather was beautiful, I think I even got a tan!
It was a dream come true for me to witness these million dollar vehicles being driven with enthusiasm but the icing on the cake came when one of the owners approached me and offered to take me for a run in his car in exchange for a copy of the photographs, it was such a hard decision (yeah right!) but after much thought (half a millisecond) hell yeah I agreed. At that stage I didn't know what car he drove so I asked him which one it was to make sure I got plenty of good shots of his car, "27, I'm the one making all the blue smoke!" he grinned. Oh my god this guy drives the only 575 Maranello there and he wanted to take me for a ride in it!? This guy tried to organise a dry run around the motokhana circuit for me but sadly they said it wasn't a good idea because of insurance reasons, instead he said he would take me for a blast up the highway into Rokeby and back again.
Impressions??? Well the car is blisteringly quick, its no wonder it was one of the fastest street legal cars in the world a couple of years ago. The power application is silky smooth, a short jab of the throttle and your pulled back into the headrest but it's not rough and punchy its just buttery perfection. He stuck the car into 6th gear at about 60km/h to demonstrate how much usable torque it still had from only 1,500 RPM, simply amazing! I was grinning, ear to ear... and still am. :eek:
Pictures of the motokhana:
The rest can be found on this link: http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k12/rain...club/motokhana/
A video from inside the Maranello can be downloaded from this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuDGBfdh4CE
Enjoy! :beer
