Concourso d'Los Gato

Cygnus · Mar 19, 2009

With it being sunny and all, I decided to go for a bicycle ride today.
Streets were quiet. Too quiet.

SuperMike · Mar 19, 2009

MMmmkay....

Cygnus · Mar 19, 2009

stopped off at the former Los Gatos Auto Mall, now run by siliconvalleyautogroup.com.
They still have a Veyron. I think this is the same one that's been there for a year.
The funny-shaped thing with the dimples is the muffler.

Cygnus · Mar 19, 2009

they also had a Carrera GT

Cygnus · Mar 19, 2009

sign of the times, I guess. Appears to be a buyer's market. It sure ain't a seller's market, as the Lambo dealership on Santa Cruz is now closed, as is the Bentley dealership across from what used to be Los Gatos Ferrari (now also owned by siliconval..yadayada). When I got to that location, they also had a Veyron!

Cygnus · Mar 19, 2009

as well as some of the old Lambo stock

Cygnus · Mar 19, 2009

and not all of the cool cars were caged up. While riding, I found these two across the street from each other, a '57 two-door 210 wagon, and a '70 Z28.

Cygnus · Mar 19, 2009

So that was my trip outside for the day. There's worse places to be unemployed than here. And for anyone who thought this thread was going to have pictures of cats, here's an Abyssinian stalking someone's front yard.

Removed 4 · Mar 19, 2009

Looks like a friggin Mountain Lion to me.

Lonster · Mar 20, 2009

I thought all the Z-28's had split front bumpers?

Cygnus · Mar 20, 2009

I thought the split bumper was RS-specific (and if you ordered both RS and Z28, the car was badged as a Z28, not a Rally Sport).

Charles R · Mar 21, 2009

Yeah RS specific. You could even have the 6 cylinder under the hood, and still have the split bumper. Just as long as the rally sport option was checked off.

ducducgoose · Mar 22, 2009

USARMworker said:
MMmmkay....

Lonster · Mar 23, 2009

Noted. Thanks.

rumpofsteelskin · Mar 23, 2009

Wait - so the thing that looks like one of those mats you put in the tub to keep from slipping is the muffler?

What the hell?

Cygnus · Mar 23, 2009

yep. I can only guess that it's weird, dogleg, shape was because the exhaust engineer showed up late to the design meeting, saying "I need 14 liters of volume....", and he had to fit it into whatever was left over. The front, lower piece is big, like a muffler, but the higher piece is a small appendix.

Cygnus · Jun 14, 2009

out again on the pushbike yesterday with the camera.

The Carrera GT and two Veyrons had been shuffled between the two sites, but these two are new: a Vector M12 and a Lambo Reventon. The Reventon did look fighter-jet cool, but the satin/pearly paint didn't do it for me up close. On the Vector, note that the upper side windows are fixed, and the little slit below the beltline rolls down. Supercars must be a bitch at the toll booth.

Cygnus · Jun 14, 2009

and in an "only in Los Gatos" moment, I found this sign. They were out of scones when I got there, but they did have homemade trail mix. I have a real soft spot for neighborhood lemonade stands, but this one disappointed by having a paper half gallon out there on the curbside table.

Killroy1999 · Jun 14, 2009

If you like that stuff you should come to MOTORFEST, June 20th.

BrassPremier · Jun 14, 2009

whoa a vector, don't ever see those... and that reventon is cool, havent even heard of that one

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