The PMs flew on Friday..."C&C (Cars & Coffee) Irvine tomorrow?"..."Yup."..."What time?"..."I'm leaving my house at 6:00am." I could tell by Rodney's response that he had some hesitation to leave a comfortable, warm bed at that early hour. But I convinced him that the place was filling up early lately.
So we met up at the usual rendezvous point, the local Taco Bell parking lot, around 6:15am. Rodney was already sitting there in his deep blue Superformance roadster and chiding me for being late. Yeah, right! We quickly headed for the freeway on-ramp.
Thundering down the 55 Freeway toward the beach, the cool air bit at our faces. I was in layers and had my gloves, while Rodney wore a simple hooded sweatshirt. Air temp was in the low to mid 50's. As we were driving side by side just hovering at the 80mph mark, at one moment he gave me this look as if to say,
"I can't believe you keep talking me into this!" I started to laugh my azz off and caught a smile from his frozen face. We pressed on in the darkness, two Cobras
dueling down the wide five lane freeway. A rare sight indeed for those that were warm and cozy in their enclosed sedans and pick-up trucks. We were cold under the stars but we were having a blast...pure freedom.
Right before our exit, I downshifted and Rodney heard my pipes roar as I put a little distance on him. It was time to announce our arrival to those that were already in the C&C parking lot adjacent to the freeway. I lifted after about 4-5 seconds in 4th gear, knowing all too well that starting at 75 and on it for that length of time could only mean I was deep into triple digits. As I lifted for the exit, I could hear Rodney's SPF behind me announcing the same intentions.
We played nice while entering the lot ("Good morning, officer!") and found a great parking spot side by side. A spectator came up to me and asked if that was us a minute before roaring down the freeway? I smiled.
There among the Lambo's, the one Enzo that showed up late, the countless musclecars and even some very old classics, these two cars held their own. We also met up with two other SPF owners, along with Brian and his fire breathing 800+ HP FE powered B&B.
The ride back was in the sun and a whole lot more comfortable. Say what you want about Kalifornia, but we're usually blessed with awesome weather and a tremendous selection of classic and exotic cars year-round.
Keep the shiny side up,
-Dean
Dueling Cobras at Dawn...
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