I am TR-Less....

Congrats!

Your story is the complete opposite of mine.....we must be bizarro world.

I sold my donut stores in 1999ish and then bought my Testarossa single mirror which I still have.



Good luck on your new venture.

 

Adam, glad it went to good home. Sounds like our situations worked out best for both of us. I appreciate your earlier understanding. A true gentleman.
Good luck with your expanding DD empire!

 

Love that pic with the exhaust steam in the cold weather and snow.

 

Congrats. Is it headed to Palm Desert CA?

 

Haig, its going to Michigan.

 

I've witnessed this scenario firsthand from the buyer standpoint. You're going to wish you still had her. One funny constant that I see here in the community is career drive in relation to the cars. Seems like once we get that first ferrari it somehow hits a warp speed button on our work load. Ive always worked my ass off, but once I took ownership of my TR it just makes me that much hungrier to get another toy. The previous business year has smashed all of the past years. Happy hunting gentlemen

 

Adam,
I share your feeling as I just went through the same experience: I sold my 88.5. I do regret it but health forced me. My wife took down the 2 x 3 foot picture that I had taken the day I got and and had hanging in our living room, so that I would not be reminded of it every day. I still have the 360.

I will be selling some of the things that I had bought, like the workshop manual, torque wrench, center-lock socket, etc. I will post those in the For Sale section.

Keep us informed of your decision regarding replacement.

 

Hi Adam and sorry to see her go.. Been there done that.. The worst is when she is getting loaded up on the truck.. I was devastated and bradwilliams was elated.. Its all good.. It all works itself out..

R

 

You got a hot b*tch and you dont want her to go elsewhere so you run to the gym and keep yourself in shape so that everytime your gonna give it to her you give it to her good.. Real good.. Funny how it happens.. But I agree.. You know what you got.. She's hot, b*tchy, feisty, and arrogant.. It takes work to keep a b*tch like that interested and more importantly in check.... lol.. I know..

R

 

Vince,

I have a feeling it will be the same for me when my car is gone. The idea of having her as garage queen sucks and so does giving her up. I just don't know which is worse. I am healing slower than expected but I know without a back operation, I probably will never be the same and will not last hours in in her.

So when times comes for me to say bye, I decided that I will not witness the last minute departure. I will drive her to my office, leave the keys with my secretary and leave before the truck shows up. I think it will be less painful. I only want to remember her with my happy 30,000 miles that I put on her and nothing less.

When the work was being done after the accident, I never did bother to go down to the shop and watch her taken apart and put back together.

For all these reason anything less than my asking price most likely not fly with me so I am comfortable for now having a Road Queen turn into a Garage Queen.

 

Man, you are on top of things...

I was thinking the guy that didn't buy mine was buying this one and I would see it at Palm Desert Concourse.

 

Was a secret hand book written by Mr. Chairman given to Brad??? You have the right not to answer this question... lol

 

I hope to you at the end of the month in Palm Desert.

 

I have watched 3 Testarossas leave home....and it always tore a piece of my heart out. Two of my "babies" left on a trailer - I helped load them up, and the 3rd I traded in on another piece of fine Italian machinery. Each one of those "mistresses" left it's mark on my life, and I miss them all terribly. Like the song says..."to all the girls I've loved before..."

 

Hahah. Yeah I've wanted the car my whole life but Chairman schooled me on everything there is to know about it as well as the temperament. I just love cars, so when I buy something, I'm almost always in love with it. If I ever sell a car, which is rare, it is because I just don't want it anymore. And of course uncontrollable events can happen that take them away. Much like what has happened to Testarossa Lover, which sucks. You know that a car is special if you miss it when its gone. The only two cars I've had this happen to were my 1991 LS400 Lexus and my W12 VW Phaeton. Epic cars, unparalelled engineering, pure bliss to drive. Every time I got in to go somewhere was an event. Obviously not as fun as the F cars. But they were both totalled, because there is no way in hell I'd hand over the keys to either. They were that good, and I miss them both to this day. If you've never driven a VW Phaeton, you owe it to yourself to give it a whirl. Best lux car of the past decade, hands down. I know I'd cry crocodile tears if I ever let a good TR go, so I never will.

 

Yep....I had a W12 Phaeton too! Truly a fantastic car. Only a few hundred W12 cars in the entire world if I recall correctly. Nobody knows what it is...I was always answering questions about it. People couldn't believe you could get a VW with a 12 cylinder engine. I do miss that car.....awesome torque, smooth as glass, technology that rivals Nasa...incredible car. Almost any kind of repair was hugely expensive. I'm always looking for another W12, but what I've seen lately is pretty rough.

 

Yeah, the repairs are pretty tough. A black w12 four seater was up for grabs a few weeks ago. I was inches away from calling the guy and telling him I'll take it. My only complaint about the W12 was the fact that they put in a 5 speed where-as the v8 phaeton that I had before it had a 6 speed which has been noted as more problematic, but was a better transmission to live with IMO. Not sure why they did that considering the Bentley has the exact same engine, but with the 6 speed. Other than that the car was beyond perfect. Incredible build quality, I drove a bentley GT a few months later and was shocked that the Pheaton actually felt more solid and better built. And I loved the draftless ventilation system, something that no car on the planet has yet or has been able to figure out. Plus it's nice to smoke cigars without having the air vents blow the smoke everywhere. I'm going to go back to the V8 again, whenever I get one. Which I know will inevitably happen. I'll probably just wait for a birthday as an excuse to go get another one.

 

I heard they used the old trusty 5 speed because the 6 speed was not yet able to cope with the W12 Pheaton's weight and torque. But that doesn't make sense since the Bentley was about as heavy. I think that VW used their own specific intake manifold too....it didn't look like the Bentley's or the Audi's.

 

I see, yeah very strange. Those cars both came out in 2004 too. I'd really like to have a GT. I think its a gorgeous car. The only two things that have kept me at bay so far have been the phaeton's better build quality, and the pretentiousness factor. Clarkson pretty much nailed it when reviewing the car. It is brilliant and pretty, but is very boring. When you drive the phaeton, you know you are driving something special.

 

You two should just get a room.. lol..

R

 

Adam, that was an incredible sounding car. I remember hearing it come by as Carbon McCoy and I had pulled over at an underpass to put the top on my car because a storm poped up. We were heading to Bruce"s house for a party back in 2002 or 03 maybe. It was the year following John Arend"s party, wow how time flies. You had just put on the exhaust and it sounded like an old F1 car.

Best of luck with the business venture, I'm sure it wil be successful and hope to see you in the future. Someone got a great car.

 

You sold your TR?!!

 

James,
Yes, unfortunately I did. It was not an easy decision, and I do miss it, but circumstances led to that decision.

 

Haha, I know you're tired of me talking about that car, but I can't help it, it's a flipping awesome machine!