"Cars on Fifth" Annual Car Show, Naples, FL
#16
02-16-2014, 04:28 PM
#20
02-16-2014, 04:35 PM
Sorry for the double posts all...dunno what happened there!
Sanibel, YES! Let's do it. Would be great to meet you and maybe grab a bite to eat!
Sanibel, YES! Let's do it. Would be great to meet you and maybe grab a bite to eat!
#21
02-16-2014, 04:35 PM
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That supposed 300 SLR is actually a fake and I'm surprised they even let that POS in the show year after year. Talk about an attention *****! It's a 190 SL that's had some body work done to make it look like an SLR but isn't a replica because it's still powered by a 190 engine which can't get out of its own way.
#22
02-16-2014, 04:53 PM
^^^^Really?! Damn, I didn't know that...it's one of my favorites at the show every year! Jeez! I had no idea! Thanks for the intel...
#24
02-16-2014, 05:24 PM
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#25
02-16-2014, 05:32 PM
Wow, great pictures! What a gathering. Let us know when it is held next year - I could easily be talked into getting away from the frozen north east.
I have never been to Naples, but I have been in Sanibel. We might become residents in the next ten years or so. It is lovely. But, it is soooo low. I noticed how many homes were built on the second floor with the garage below. Understandable as the 50 and 100 year surges would have put the whole island under water up to at least the second floor. No place would be safe on the island. Normally having relatively inexpensive drop top in that garage would not cause any big deal - it would be replaceable. But a newer 991 or a classic vette? What do you do with them when weather is coming? What do you do having multiple cars to deal with?
I have never been to Naples, but I have been in Sanibel. We might become residents in the next ten years or so. It is lovely. But, it is soooo low. I noticed how many homes were built on the second floor with the garage below. Understandable as the 50 and 100 year surges would have put the whole island under water up to at least the second floor. No place would be safe on the island. Normally having relatively inexpensive drop top in that garage would not cause any big deal - it would be replaceable. But a newer 991 or a classic vette? What do you do with them when weather is coming? What do you do having multiple cars to deal with?
#26
02-16-2014, 05:39 PM
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Split my time between Miami, Sanibel & Woodstock, VT
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Rep Power: 75 Wow, great pictures! What a gathering. Let us know when it is held next year - I could easily be talked into getting away from the frozen north east.
I have never been to Naples, but I have been in Sanibel. We might become residents in the next ten years or so. It is lovely. But, it is soooo low. I noticed how many homes were built on the second floor with the garage below. Understandable as the 50 and 100 year surges would have put the whole island under water up to at least the second floor. No place would be safe on the island. Normally having relatively inexpensive drop top in that garage would not cause any big deal - it would be replaceable. But a newer 991 or a classic vette? What do you do with them when weather is coming? What do you do having multiple cars to deal with?
I have never been to Naples, but I have been in Sanibel. We might become residents in the next ten years or so. It is lovely. But, it is soooo low. I noticed how many homes were built on the second floor with the garage below. Understandable as the 50 and 100 year surges would have put the whole island under water up to at least the second floor. No place would be safe on the island. Normally having relatively inexpensive drop top in that garage would not cause any big deal - it would be replaceable. But a newer 991 or a classic vette? What do you do with them when weather is coming? What do you do having multiple cars to deal with?
#27
02-16-2014, 05:55 PM
My cars are mostly in Miami in an area that is not in a flood zone. However, when we were living full-time in Sanibel and left for the summer, the Bentley and the TR3 went inland to Fort Myers to be kept in a big building my mechanic stores snowbirds' cars in. For $200/month per car you get lots of peace of mind and don't have to worry about flat spots on your tires or dead batteries because they attend to those things.
#28
02-16-2014, 08:47 PM
We should definitely make a plan for next year. I was getting new tires at porsche of naples the year before and they had a carrera gt and a 997.1 gt3rs in pieces that spent more time looking and talking about the to techs than I did at the porsche section of the show. Than again I was with some friends and they had small kids, next year will be new for me as well since my son will be born by then!!
#29
02-16-2014, 08:57 PM
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Havok,
Next year I'll probably enter my '67 Stingray &/or my '63 Austin-Healey but we should definitely meet up.
Next year I'll probably enter my '67 Stingray &/or my '63 Austin-Healey but we should definitely meet up.
