Marcos Maniacs

Don
   I always wanted live in California ........what a thrill of a life 
time to cruise along amongst cars of that caliber........but the great
thing of it is , is that the Marcos looks right at home with the high
rollers.........Cheers Dave #5577 











--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., "Don Lattimer" <donlattimer@p...> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> On July 20 I was invited to join the Autozotica summer cruise up 
thru the
> California "gold country".  It was a 250 mile, all-day trip with a 
stop-over
> at a casino for lunch and a show.  I have to say it was the most 
awesome
> ride I have ever been on!  Millions of $$ of cars including a new 
Maserati,
> a BMW Z-8, a new Lamborghini Murcielago, etc.
> 
> We went on backroads that I didn't know existed and there was some
> "spirited" driving to say the least!  Imagine doing 110mph and 
having a
> Dodge Viper (with nitrous) go past you at 160mph.  If that wasn't 
cool enuf,
> imagine a Diablo VT passing you next (rapidly catching the Viper).  
Unreal!!
> 
> Imagine 96 exotics pulling into one gas station.  Made their day for 
sure!
> 
> The cars:  4 Cobras, 17 NSXs', 1 Alfa Montreal, 6 BMWs', 6 
Panteras', 17
> Vipers, 19 Ferraris (including a 1972 250), 7 Lamborghinis', 11 
Lotii (1
> Elise), 5 Maseratis' (a Bora and a new 3500), 1 Panoz Esperante, 1 
TVR
> Cerbera (only one in the States), and 1 Marcos (ME!!).
> 
> Got lots of comments, lots of interest, people wanting to sit in it, 
etc.,
> etc.  Great day.
> 
> When the inevitable question was asked: "how much does one of these 
cost?",
> I had the distinct pleasure of telling folks that I paid $8000 for 
mine last
> July.  Of course I didn't share that info with everyone.  Some folks 
just
> wouldn't understand...........................  Great group of 
people
> though.  Only a few snobs in the whole bunch.
> 
> For a slide show of the whole trip, etc.(534 pics) go to:
> 
> http://www.autozotica.com/az_main/SC02/sc02_gallery/index.htm
> 
> My Marcos is on pages 5, 10, and 16 I believe with the Marcos logo 
also on
> page 5.
> 
> For a list of participants go to:
> 
> http://www.autozotica.com/az_main/SC02/az_sc02_attendee.htm
> 
> They're having another ride in the fall tentatively scheduled for 
the
> Monterey Bay area.  Ready to go Mike??  They wouldn't believe 2 or 3 
or even
> 4 of us!!
> 
> Have a great day!  I'm just going to sit back and re-live it
> again.............................
> 
> Don Lattimer
> #3m5759 V6
> Willits, CA