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Old 01-16-2006 | 06:06 PM
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Don't know what it is, but lately I have seen ALOT of exotics lately. Wife and I were just coming back form Costco (same intersection I snapped the pic of the McLaren SLR last week) and lookie what I just had my doors blwon off by......

A Carrera GT!!!!!!!

Sorry but I wasn't nearly as quick on the draw with the camera phone as I was last week.
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Old 01-16-2006 | 06:07 PM
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Looking at the pic now, I just realized it has to be the worst pic I have ever taken! Regardless, you should have heard that thing sing as he "pulled" away.

Once again, I was in the wrong car. This time the Pepper. I really need to start drving the 996 more.
Old 01-16-2006 | 06:57 PM
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CGT my ***, that looks like a 2001 Toyota MR2!
Old 01-16-2006 | 10:50 PM
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Sounds like half-million dollar cars are a dime a dozen in your neck of the woods. Wayne Newton wasn't driving this one, was he?

And to think I complimented you about how quick on the draw you were last week with the SLR pic. Looks like you need to brush up on your quick-draw technique from the cell phone holster. Either that or the CGT is a hell of a lot faster than the SLR. The CGT does sound nice when it accelerates quickly doesn't it!

I eagerly await the next week's "Exotic of the Week Pic" sponsored by LVDell and Costco.
Old 01-16-2006 | 10:58 PM
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dell, i must be shopping at the wrong places if all these exotic owners can be found @ costco...
Old 01-16-2006 | 11:04 PM
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I missed the Lambo and Bently CGT since I left my phone at home on another trip a couple days ago.

More pics of the week to come. Damn these trips to costco are killing my wallet!!!!
Old 01-17-2006 | 12:21 AM
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Dell, my man, you're losing your touch. I can't see squat in that pic.

Try and be more ready next time for us 'listers.

It was probably one of the Blue Man Group members coming back from a battery run at Costco...
Old 01-17-2006 | 12:27 AM
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Hate to throw the wife under the bus but she had my phone in her purse and I was frantically yelling...PHONE PHONE PHONE....get me the &#*&@%#$% PHONE!!!!!

From now on, phone stays right within reach ALWAYS on camera mode.

I promise I will have better pics at my next opportunity.

BTW, where is that pic from your avitar??? Love the Texas flag in the background. I grew up in TX and graduated from UT. Where in NC are you. I am heading your way in 5 months!
Old 01-17-2006 | 12:28 AM
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Wait, I think I recognize that flag. Is that from Texas world Speedway out near college station? (home of that "other" school in TX).
Old 01-17-2006 | 01:10 AM
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Nice Dell! CGT and SLR in one week is insane. Time to keep the digi cam in the car! Keep em coming

HEre's a shot recently when I was in cali...
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The other day when I was at the dealer dropping my car off (lets not talk about that) they had a brand new CGT on the showroom floor with a big sign that says "DO NOT TOUCH." Black on black - not the best color for that model if you ask me - kidna hides the lines. I LOVE the silver.

Anyway, I said to the sales guy, "How am I going to buy this thing tonight without touching it?" He didn't even look up from his paper. He said he had driven it and it was INSANE. I just stood there drooling like some 12 year old kid. Sad. Maybe if I sell the house and live in it we can get one . . .
Old 01-17-2006 | 01:43 AM
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I was at the dealer looking around and the salesman pulled the ropes away and let me sit in the CGT...I didn't even ask. Pulling up in a Porsche gives you some credibility...nobody approached me when I was in my F150...
Old 01-17-2006 | 01:51 AM
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having a carerra gt just sitting in traffic like that, doesn't seem to look right... it's almost as if that car wasn't meant to stop :>
Old 01-17-2006 | 02:59 AM
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Good point Bob. That CGT at a stand still is breathtaking but needs to sing to us at WOT!!!!
Old 01-18-2006 | 11:08 AM
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A very nice gentleman from FL drove his CGT to the Petit LeMans at Road Atlanta this summer. PCA sponsorred the Porsche Platz and we got to take a few parade laps around the track the evening before the race. Guess who got to lead the pack!

I didn't mind following.


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