Cars & Coffee 4.9.11

A nice turnout – particularly because I was able to catch the SP Twin Turbo SL I missed last week. But to start off, MBZ brought out the Fashion Police LOL.
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Gonna be tough to outrun this thing.
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Unless you’re in this.
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Because it has THIS. Twin Turbo kit via Heffner Performance. Did I mention it was a 6-speed? Radio delete (who needs a radio?)…all in a Gallardo SL. Excuse my language, but frankly, this car is “Tits”. LOL. I’ve always wanted to use that and it makes me laugh…Ryan Roybal, that ones for you.
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My dream Gallardo on it’s way out…No, that’s not a real stormtrooper; however, if you get in one of my shots and I really like the shot but you look like an idiot staring at me, you’re gettin trooped.
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Interesting bright blue R8. Notice the Chinese characters on the bottom of the door…
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First one to tell me what this says wins a price (yes, I really send out prizes) – I happen to know already (thanks AW!) but want to see if anyone recognizes it off hand.
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While we’re talking about the R8…check out this thing. As the story was told to me, the sideblade for this guy was actually “copied” by the R8. The original designer of the R8 designed this thing first…and then the R8. Okaaaaaaaaay…I’m still gonna cow tip this thing if I ever see it on the road.
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Jeffrey and his buddies new Seal Grey CGT showing up fashionably late LOL.
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C&C 4.2.11

It’s been a tough few weeks for C&C as we’ve had rain on the weekends more often than not, but some good stuff came out from last weekends event.

You might recognize this Bentley ContiGT from some of my previous SEMA pics or C&C pics…used to be matte black, now a nice shiny jet black! Really sets off the Veilside kit – I’m really really really glad he repainted with jet black as the ContiGT from Platinum Motorsports holds the grail on the matte black Veilside CGT market.
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Another angle. Sick with it.
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Mean lookin Soarer stanced out. Drop a supra motor in this guy and call it a day.
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The homie RJ mentioned to be sure to checkout the 917 in the back, happened to catch it on its way out. So fresh…drove in as well, no trailer LOL.
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Checkout those doors 🙂
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Off to Starbucks.
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The guys from Stanceworks made an appearance…Has Stance jumped the shark? To each his own, but gotta respect the passion for modding.
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If you don’t know, you better ask somebody. Yes, this is a Toyota…old school, heritage, rare…you name it.
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2000GT…
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The original BMW M car…
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You always see something out of the ordinary at C&C 🙂
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C&C 3.26.11

Black on Black – Vanquish and DBS bloodlines. 
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F40 creepin over the dip. 
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Cool opaque gray colored 997.2 GTR3RS brought out by Walters. Heritage color.
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Another angle…def. feelin it.
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They brought this guy too…maybe you’ve read about it. GT2RS.
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Dry Carbon on Blood Red. Amazing combo.
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Caught this one on the way out, not sure if it’s Mexico or Riviera Blue (leaning towards Mexico) – nice whale tale and black side guards to bring in a little old school flair.
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RIP Richard Hamann.

Happened last week but I wanted to make sure I posted something on this. If it wasn’t for Richard Hamann, there’d be no “tUNINGwERKS”, no WheelPower, hell – the golden years of the BMW aftermarket (1999-2003) would not have existed. I can honestly say this since Hamann is what brought people like Me, Jay, Jon and a lot of my closest BMW friends together. I don’t know if I would’ve met these guys if it wasn’t for Hamann – and a lot of good times would have been missed. *Ask Jay his opinion about this and you’ll get a great Chinese accent along with how reamed we used to get initially until we saw the true WD pricesheet LOL. But hey, that’s all in the past. Hamann stuff was the sh*t back in the day – and we made damn well sure everyone knew that. We had the East Coast locked down with DTM and the West Coast with tUNINGwERKS. Great times, fun memories and cool products.
For those not in the know, these are the “Certificates of Authenticity” that WheelPower used to give out with each Hamann product so you knew that you were getting the real deal…yes, I owned this much Hamann stuff at one time LOL.
RIP Richard Hamann – 1957-2011
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JDMEGO.

Regardless if you’re a Euro or Import guy – you gotta know JDMEGO. Jay’s been killin it for a minute now (they even sell his stuff in Japan!) so if you haven’t peeped him yet you’re missing out. Check him out here – crazy OG original stuff. I still have to get my hands on one of his infamous boner Jams lanyards LOL.

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Cars & Coffee 3.12.11 – McLaren MP4-12C Day.

Was no secret that the new McLaren MP4-12C was going to pay C&C a visit today…probably the biggest turnout of the year people wise and as usual, some great cars as well.

**Warning** Some of the crops are going to be weird on these pics since there were SOOOO many people around the car (there was even some dude who climbed a tree LOL) – so I’m not real happy with em’ but wanted to bring my 2 readers some coverage LOL.

Beauty shot…similar to the 458 IMO, with a Aventador mixed in.
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Rear 3/4 looks good – subtle. Exhaust exits are exciting.
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What most cars will see if they try and race this guy…again, high exhaust exits look fun, but would suck to be behind.
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They even brought out the chassis which is cool. CF Tub. Tony Tran is somewhere drooling over this pic. Kid doesn’t seem as excited.
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TIGHT Cabin. No pun intended. 458 has more room. Checkout that touch-screen. It’s been touched…a lot. 
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The turbo vents are a “different” touch…read that as I don’t like them LOL.
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Doors open up and out…I still cringe when I see Hondas and Escalades that have these.
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It’s smiling at me!
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Black and Yellow , Black and Yellow (for you Hip Hop fans)
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Silent killer. Probably the quickest car at the show 0-60.
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L4P in the house. 599 GTO and SuperLeg.
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Worlds most expensive cup holder…I hope the owner did this and not some dumbass.
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The homie Jeffrey brought out his new toy – Black S7. Murder.
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Favorite pic of the day…name the car and email me, I’ll send you a Ferrari 458 (hotwheel).
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Might as well end it with Mr. Sibal…the legend, the man.
NOTE: This is the only muscle car that ever makes my blog LOL.
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Cars & Coffee 3.5.11

GT2RS shows up…and couldn’t get any good pics since everyone was around it LOL.

Very rare car…lots of drama about how many of the original GT2 parts are used and how many changes have “actually” been made, but badass nonetheless.
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Shadows suck. But the only angle I could get on the car…
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White is right, especially on this car since the majority of the ones I’ve seen are Red or Silver.

It also happened to be Detomaso Pantera day…I wanted to break out my mullet and leather jacket. This one looked great though, dropped.
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Normally  a color reserved for more “flashy” cars – looks good on the Cali though, brings out the curves well. 
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sweet matte grey SLR. This seems to be a great buy right now in the low 200’s. 
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Ignore that drivers leg sticking out LOL. 
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Really good looking Nero Daytona 458…love this metallic black.
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Even better – the owner is involved in Gumball apparently…they don’t sell these on ebay LOL. Good to see someone that really “drives” their exotic.
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Diamond in the rough, this one is for the old schoolers that know wassup…checkout the beauties on this 8.
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Porsche Marketing…

I get all the cool Cayenne and Panamera stuff….the pieces of track, streetsigns etc…My buddy sends me this via text today. DAMN. I need to step up my game…or raid his mailbox. hahaha.

918!!
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Racing Lab!!
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Coolest part…I need to find one on eBay LOL.
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Cars & Coffee 1.29.11

Good group of cars out this weekend. Seemed like the marquee was Mercedes although I didn’t see any signs…

The new “B” Class – compact for Mercedes
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Faster than an Enzo around the ring…but most people thought it was a Black Series…psh.
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Black Series THIS.
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and THIS.
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SLR Roadster in Granite. Great color.
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Rolls Ghost…the baby Phantom is cool but doesn’t quite do it for me.
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The MBZ Museum brought out this Patent Motorwagen – rockin 42’s. LOL.
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New SLK
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Sweet Matte White 612 on Modulare’s.
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Seal Grey Carrera GT. We miss you Ben.
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Comes in handy when you can’t find parking…
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RJ’s “Biggie” Vorsteiner 7 series.
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Found in the parking structure…mean.
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C&C 1.15.11

A surprisingly large turnout – rolled in with my buddies F430 and we had to park somewhere else! LOL. Lots of peop

Fresh 599 on some Novitecs.
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Grigio Medio 599 – ala the famous MTK Scuderia.
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Black GTR on 21″ COR AKA ADV.1 AKA 360 Forged AKA LOL.
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Yellow Gallardo SL with Super Trofeo Style Front.
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Vince/iForged SL55 Misha Black Series – looking good, concerned about tire fitment though.
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New 5er with the iForged crew.
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Pair of ///M5’s with hip license plates LOL.
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Best for last…997 GT3RS with the original 996 GT3 RS ROW color combo. Love it.
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