Road tripping in these cars is SO much fun!! I totally get why Camilo spends his days traversing the country in his GT. We had such a great time in California (http://www.fordgtforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14555) that we just HAD to do another Road Trip!! This one took us through the Rocky Mountains and into the British Columbia interior for a 3 (which turned into 4) day mountain run with FOUR GT’s and some accompanying Porsches. About 1550 miles (2500 kms) in total.
We started by stopping to check out a couple of dealers in Calgary and their automotive exotica. We saw an Enzo, TWO F40’s, a bunch of Lambo’s, a Carrera GT, a Maserati MC12 and a Saleen S7. There was also a gorgeous Midnight Blue GT with 19/20 Dymags on it, of course sporting the mandatory Exoticare Seat Bling. And another Heritage, this one with the new Girodisc Brake discs fitted that are a full FIVE pounds lighter PER DISC!!! Wow. Nice!! Can you imagine the unsprung weight advantage of those in conjunction with the Dymags?!!! Nice!!! Then, with our supercar juices flowing, it was off to the mountains.
FGT1987 (Bob) came out from Vancouver on the West Coast and met up with us at the idyllic Earl Grey Lodge mountain resort in Panorama and from there, our driving adventures began anew.
We had some fantastic scenery, terrific mountain pass roads, and GREAT company. We had hoped to also meet up with FlorIdahoChris and catch a glimpse of his Camilo/Heffner beast, but due to the fact that Chris was in Florida and not in Idaho, that didn’t work so well :frown. We did meet up with another friend (Ben with an 850whp 911 turbo) who has local knowledge of the roads and at the conclusion of our Needles Ferry ride we had a BLAST down the mountain toward Kelowna. Wowie, Ben can drive the wheels off his car!!! It’s a beast!!! Even in the rain with 1400 foot vertical drops calling out like a siren song!!! My bald tires didn’t hold me back THAT much (wheel spin from each corner was rather exhilarating :eek and my seat buttons may well be slightly ‘ovalized’ now :rofl), but Bob with his new Bridgestone’s was absolutely ecstatic!!! Bob and I each used up a half tank of gas in going a total of just 85 miles from Needles to Vernon and so I’ve got to assume the other guys did too! Bob even managed to sweet talk his way out of a ticket!!! Now THAT’S hospitality from the local constabulary!! :cheers
Anyway, I can now happily throw away my old tires knowing that they’re all used up!!! The Dymags with Bridgestone rubber are going back on my car this weekend and I’ll have my Hoosiers mounted up to my stock BBS rims. :thumbsup!
So, here’s a few pics from the trip. I'll post a few more once I get a better handle on how to work my new Mac. Thanks to our co-pilots for all the rolling shots which I will post (along with great Video clip) once Nick sends them to me. Hope you enjoy the pictures as much as we enjoyed the driving to get them.
We started by stopping to check out a couple of dealers in Calgary and their automotive exotica. We saw an Enzo, TWO F40’s, a bunch of Lambo’s, a Carrera GT, a Maserati MC12 and a Saleen S7. There was also a gorgeous Midnight Blue GT with 19/20 Dymags on it, of course sporting the mandatory Exoticare Seat Bling. And another Heritage, this one with the new Girodisc Brake discs fitted that are a full FIVE pounds lighter PER DISC!!! Wow. Nice!! Can you imagine the unsprung weight advantage of those in conjunction with the Dymags?!!! Nice!!! Then, with our supercar juices flowing, it was off to the mountains.
FGT1987 (Bob) came out from Vancouver on the West Coast and met up with us at the idyllic Earl Grey Lodge mountain resort in Panorama and from there, our driving adventures began anew.
We had some fantastic scenery, terrific mountain pass roads, and GREAT company. We had hoped to also meet up with FlorIdahoChris and catch a glimpse of his Camilo/Heffner beast, but due to the fact that Chris was in Florida and not in Idaho, that didn’t work so well :frown. We did meet up with another friend (Ben with an 850whp 911 turbo) who has local knowledge of the roads and at the conclusion of our Needles Ferry ride we had a BLAST down the mountain toward Kelowna. Wowie, Ben can drive the wheels off his car!!! It’s a beast!!! Even in the rain with 1400 foot vertical drops calling out like a siren song!!! My bald tires didn’t hold me back THAT much (wheel spin from each corner was rather exhilarating :eek and my seat buttons may well be slightly ‘ovalized’ now :rofl), but Bob with his new Bridgestone’s was absolutely ecstatic!!! Bob and I each used up a half tank of gas in going a total of just 85 miles from Needles to Vernon and so I’ve got to assume the other guys did too! Bob even managed to sweet talk his way out of a ticket!!! Now THAT’S hospitality from the local constabulary!! :cheers
Anyway, I can now happily throw away my old tires knowing that they’re all used up!!! The Dymags with Bridgestone rubber are going back on my car this weekend and I’ll have my Hoosiers mounted up to my stock BBS rims. :thumbsup!
So, here’s a few pics from the trip. I'll post a few more once I get a better handle on how to work my new Mac. Thanks to our co-pilots for all the rolling shots which I will post (along with great Video clip) once Nick sends them to me. Hope you enjoy the pictures as much as we enjoyed the driving to get them.
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