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“Who’s your Patty?” Party

April 28, 2010 10:20 pm

The fire drill. 29 candles...

Patty’s birthday was last Tuesday, and over the weekend, Jeff threw a fantastic party for her. It was a catered party with fresh sushi and a professional chef from one of the local sushi restaurants. After a late Friday night dinner and Karaoke at the Tib until 2am (another story which will remain untold), Jeff, Jim, Sam and I were pretty tired, but pulled it together for the birthday party. That also ran to 2am.

Thank goodness I had to go back to work on Monday so I could get some sleep

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Tags: Birthday,Ferrari,Friends,Harley,Patty,Santa Barbara
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A Tesla. Yes, a Tesla

April 26, 2010 9:33 pm

The Tesla sitting pretty

After Jeff let me take his Ferrari 360 Spider out for a spin a while back, I was talking with Charlie. Charlie has a friend with a lot of nice cars. One of which is a Tesla. All electric. Yes, doing their part for the environment.

Charlie really wanted to see the Ferrari and I really wanted to see the Tesla. So did Jeff. So last Saturday, Charlie brought the Tesla by Jeff’s house.

Our friend Jim was in town that weekend, so we all got to play with both the Tesla and the Ferrari.

Taking the Tesla to pick up my rental car

Right off the bat, I got to drive it down to pick up my rental car, sitting in front of “the Tib” from the night before (the Tib is a local Karaoke bar, but that is an entirely different story for an entirely different audience). My first impressions: The Tesla is fast. Very, very fast. And quick! Like neck snapping quick. I’m pretty sure it could take the Ferrari from a dead start up to maybe a quarter mile. But with the Tesla’s top speed of 125, the Ferrari would smoke it after that.

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Tags: Car,Electric Car,Ferrari,Ferrari 360 Spider,Going Green,Green,Santa Barbara,Tesla
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A quick spin in a Ferrari 360 Spider

March 13, 2010 5:34 pm

Ferrari 360 Spider

Jeff was nice enough to let me take his Ferrari out for a spin today. My first impressions were “wow, that’s a small car”, followed by “holy cow! That’s a fast car”. It’s interesting sitting that low to the ground, where the impression of speed is more significant.

I have two things to say:

1) It’s somewhat faster than my Chevy Tahoe back in Colorado… and
2) I’m glad I don’t own one, because I could NOT afford the tickets or the jail time….