A few weeks back “The Great One” aka Mr. Jon Sibal asked if I wanted to checkout the Forza 4 release event at the upcoming E3. Although I’m not a “gamer” I do like driving sims and who’s gonna turn down Jon right? LOL. As it turns out, a mutual friend of ours was hosting and asked me if I had any cars available that could be used at the event. We went back and forth a bit and settled on 2 cars I had immediate availability with – A Murcielago and a Bentley ( I <3 my fam). Incidentally, a buddies GTR was being used as well so I knew I wouldn’t be stuck alone LOL. We arranged transport, rental details and got the ball rolling.
The event was on a Wed nite, which meant that I needed to be at LA Live on Wed for transport arrivals, back in LA for the event at 8PM and then in LA for third time for transport pickup! This ended up working out to my advantage (or that’s the way I’m looking at it) since I wanted to get my car past the 1200 break-in anyways LOL. One thing I didn’t consider into the budget was 12MPG LOL. Anyways, the cars arrived safely from the transport at the scheduled 8AM delivery; despite some gate issues on the event deck. I’ve driven my fair share of expensive cars, particularly in a show setting- but it’s still a bit unnerving to maneuver a 6-spd Murcielago around an SLS and Koenigsegg and the like LOL.
Once the cars were placed, I decided to bail back down to the OC, have lunch with a buddy in Cerritos then head back for dinner w/my wife. I figured that if I leave late enough, I might not hit the dreaded LA traffic on the way back. For once the traffic gods worked with me and I was able to get from Irvine to DTLA in 40 minutes! I invited my old buddy Phil (yes, he’s OLD and he is an OLD friend LOL!) along as well since I had a +1.
NOTE: All the shots were taken with either my iPhone or my POS-P&S. I didn’t want to be “that guy” (for once) rolling around with full camera gear and most of my friends were shooting anyways so I knew I’d have decent coverage available. If the pic doesn’t have my logo on it, it was borrowed from the respective photographer.
Morning shot of one of the bars…
The Bentley – on the red carpet facing a Lexus LFA
The homie Alex’s GTR / be sure to checkout that sick rear trunklid, I need to find a better pic LOL.
Entering the tent – the Monster Milk Racecar.
Our Murci – In the main event tent with all the Supercars.
Killer Orange Spyker
eGarage Koenigsegg. KILLIN IT.
Gumpert Apollo
Top Gear’s collabo with Forza 4…and the Stig of course.
Speaking of the Stig! LOL. Pics courtesy of “The Great One” – Mr. Jon Sibal
I had to walk him out – after beating him around the track. KIDDING.
Mix Master Mike…
Travis – from my iPhone
This guy wasn’t feelin MMM or Travis LOL.
Microsoft/Forza 4 release was a sick event! Great job by the iD Agency (Thanks John and Victor), thanks STI for the auto corral and special thanks to G&W towing for taking great care of the vehicles!
Quick shot of the grab bags…
Yeah, my coverage was ehh’ on this one – but I was too busy having fun for once LOL. Be sure to checkout more (better) coverage at the spots below: