Wow, What a day I've had.
First of all let me say what a GREAT guy Bill is
,he has been super helpful in shareing all the info about the car, me being a newbie and all I need all the help I can get
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That said, Have I had a fun day or what
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Not two minutes after leaving Bill's I pull up at a red light behind a new Ferrari (Bill's in a nice neighborhood). As we make the turn to head towards the freeway I step on it a little to ride up alongside it. The Ferrari's driver didn't think much of this and floored it, I hung back, taking Bill's advise from my Cobra driving lesson just 5 mins. eairler.
During the 100 mile trek home on the 5 N we turned dozens of heads, and got numerous "thums up". I even cruised with a Saleen Mustang for some of the way. You couldn't wipe the "****eatingrin" off my face with a squeegee
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After taking my girlfriend Tiffany for a cheeseburger & fries at lunch time (very California), I cruised over to my Brother James' to take his Two boy's, Daniel & Brandon, & his girlfriend Amy out for a spin. I also took another friend of ours, Andy, for a quick whip around the block.
Then it was James' turn for a ride, I swear up & down the following is ALL 100% TRUE.
We went to the local NAPA to let our buddy there check out the car. As we left a cop was across the first light we got to. I made a right and just cruised. Sure enough the cop started to follow. As we cruised along at 40 together I said to James "he's going to pull us over as I already knew I had a brake light out. Bill had also kept his 427 SO vanity plates so I had no license plate either. Sure enough after about a mile the dreded red & blue lights came on behind us (thoughts of "I can hear them all now" went through my mind). I pulled into a side street and turned off the car.
The first odd thing to happen was a Lexus pulled up behind the cop. I heard someone yell "great car". As the cop walked up my side of the car a nice looking 40 something jumped out of the Lexus wearing jeans & a bikini top she said to the cop I just want to look at the car !!!!!
As she started to ask James about the car the cop informed me he had pulled me over for the brake light. He then said "It's nice to have an excuse though, do you mind if I check out the car?!?!.
Turns out this guy is just about ready to start building his own FFR and was really impressed with how clean my new purchase was. As the 40 something left the cop asked if he could take a few pictures, "sure" I said, and he went and got the police issue digital camera out of the trunk. He took a few shots then I told him to sit in it and I would take his picture, which he DID !! (bulletproof vest and all).
After all that excitement I went over and picked up my 4yr old son Oliver for the weekend, needless to say he enjoyed his first ride in a Cobra as much as I did
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I'm back home now and I must say I'm tending to some pretty bad sunburn right now (especially on my left arm !!)
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Sorry I made you cry Bill
, but thanks a lot, I'm over the moon.
Gotta go now I need to call my Mum I England & tell her what I've done
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Russell.