Can you say "Big ceramic brakes?"
Okay, so it isn’t an official event, and it’s isn’t really “Cars and Coffee” like the one is SoCal. But my buddy Greg and I headed down there today to catch the Saturday morning gathering of car nuts in the back parking lot. And since we did go to Starbucks, hey, I call it cars and coffee!
This was actually the first time for me, Greg had been a couple times before. It was a beautiful day, and not too hot with the temperature around 70 degrees. Perfect for checking out cars. And there were some nice cars! There were probably about a dozen Corvettes, about the same number of Ferraris, a couple Lambos, couple new M3s, one M6, a late 60’s Camaro with a new LS2 dropped in, a new Nissan GTR, a older gen actual Skyline GTR right-hand drive, and a C4 Vette with a built, turbocharged small block that has put out over 1100 hp at 22 lbs. boost. So, there were some neat cars there. The Nissan GTR had aftermarket exhaust, so we asked the owner about it. He said he deleted the cats and his “straight pipes” netted him another 141 hp at the wheels!!! That must be a quick car!
We also talked with a guy with a nice Porsche GT3, his buddy with a 360 Challenge and another guy who had just gotten back from running the Gumball race in an M5. He said it was an awesome experience and from the smile on his face, we certainly believed him.
