07-07-2004, 09:41 PM
Just got back from my trip to Long Island and then NYC. I thought I would share bits of the trip, mainly car related since it was so ridiculous. Sorry no pics- I'm not in the digital camera age yet.
We actually stayed with my dad's friend in the South Hamptons on Long Island. All I have to say is WOW. There are mansions and castles everywhere. Simply being a millionaire doesn't seem to cut it there. We rode around and looked at some of the homes, many on the ocean front and surrounded by perfectly shaped (and very tall) hedges in front. My friend's dad has a masonry business and works in many of these homes. Some of these people have so much money they ride down the street to a helicopter pad and take one into NYC everyday for work! In the 1st five minutes of driving around I saw 3 bentleys or Rolls Royces, and a group of ferrari's (probably in some club).
Day 2 resulted in many more exotics: several 360 spiders, about 5 Land Rover Defender 90's, many MB G Wagons, a G wagon with the convertible top (very rare from what I remember), and to top if off a bright yellow GT2! These were all just parked on the little main street of shops. It must be nice taking a $180,000 + car to do some window shopping.
Sunday afternoon (the 4th) we were driving through some neighborhoods and came upon a huge party. There were about a hundred people outside all dressed in white. I looked for P-diddy but who knows what was going on. What was cool about this was as we rounded a corner I started to see a few yellow cars. As we got closer there were 2 indentical 360 spiders, a black bentley, and a yellow murcelago- all parked on the side of the street.
NYC was fun. This was only my 2nd time there so we did all the tourist attractions. Ground Zero was shocking and really brought me back to that day.
I saw a group of about 6 Ferrari's just driving through times square at night and spent some time at the ESPN zone playing racing games and having some drinks.
On the way home there was a wreck on the highway, and one of the cars was an E30 BMW- the front all smashed in. All I could think of was Chan stopping and buying the car from the guy as a parts car. hahaha. Thats about it for now, more stories this weekend at the track.
We actually stayed with my dad's friend in the South Hamptons on Long Island. All I have to say is WOW. There are mansions and castles everywhere. Simply being a millionaire doesn't seem to cut it there. We rode around and looked at some of the homes, many on the ocean front and surrounded by perfectly shaped (and very tall) hedges in front. My friend's dad has a masonry business and works in many of these homes. Some of these people have so much money they ride down the street to a helicopter pad and take one into NYC everyday for work! In the 1st five minutes of driving around I saw 3 bentleys or Rolls Royces, and a group of ferrari's (probably in some club).
Day 2 resulted in many more exotics: several 360 spiders, about 5 Land Rover Defender 90's, many MB G Wagons, a G wagon with the convertible top (very rare from what I remember), and to top if off a bright yellow GT2! These were all just parked on the little main street of shops. It must be nice taking a $180,000 + car to do some window shopping.
Sunday afternoon (the 4th) we were driving through some neighborhoods and came upon a huge party. There were about a hundred people outside all dressed in white. I looked for P-diddy but who knows what was going on. What was cool about this was as we rounded a corner I started to see a few yellow cars. As we got closer there were 2 indentical 360 spiders, a black bentley, and a yellow murcelago- all parked on the side of the street.
NYC was fun. This was only my 2nd time there so we did all the tourist attractions. Ground Zero was shocking and really brought me back to that day.
I saw a group of about 6 Ferrari's just driving through times square at night and spent some time at the ESPN zone playing racing games and having some drinks.
On the way home there was a wreck on the highway, and one of the cars was an E30 BMW- the front all smashed in. All I could think of was Chan stopping and buying the car from the guy as a parts car. hahaha. Thats about it for now, more stories this weekend at the track.
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