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Old 10-07-2020, 4:02pm   #1
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Default GWiz and I are doing THIS in Vegas!!!

Despite the Maserati GT that I have for 3 days, and the C7 for the balance of the trip, we are doing THIS!!!

We're going to each get 5 laps per car in 3 different cars.

This is what we have reserved. For me:
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  • Lamborghini Aventador
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Mom is getting a ride-along in:
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I don't even have to buy those 2 go pros for 800 bucks. Only $140 for all 3 drivers, all cars, 2 camera angles per car.

If I can spend $1800 on a bottle of Scotch, I can damn well spend some quality track time with my 22 year old daughter who has epic driving skills.
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Sounds like tons of fun
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THAT and stay safe, de BOAT of you.......
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Sounds like a good time and well spent.
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Just for a frame of reference:

36 Laps in my Z06 cost me $2,000 in Hoosiers

We will be getting a total of 34 laps between the 3 of us, and dual camera angle videos with the data overlays for $2,129.

AND, we're booked on the 18th which is my mom's actual birthday!!!
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<<<<< Jealous

















If you crash and die can I have the $1,800 bottle of Scotch?
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If you crash and die can I have the $1,800 bottle of Scotch?
You may have to fight/share with Simpleman68.
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Not a fan of Scotch, but car fun has all of it beat anyway. Be safe and have a great time!
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pfft, i drove my truck out to the mailbox and back just a bit ago. whee!!!!!

$2k? that's a really nice pistol.
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pfft, i drove my truck out to the mailbox and back just a bit ago. whee!!!!!

$2k? that's a really nice pistol.
My first gun is on the near-term radar. And in true Craig fashion, I'm sure I go overboard with lots of guns very quickly. I am an OCD zealot. When I latch onto something, it's all or nothing.....hence why I haven't started flying airplanes.
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My first gun is on the near-term radar. And in true Craig fashion, I'm sure I go overboard with lots of guns very quickly. I am an OCD zealot. When I latch onto something, it's all or nothing.....hence why I haven't started flying airplanes.
gun prices are up a bit lately, if you can find them, but worse is the cost of ammo. it's running about 3x what it was about a year ago, with no sign of coming back to "normal". reloading you say? cool, same problem, finding and affording components.

i have 3 pistols i'm selling at the local gun shop. i'll have to call them tomorrow and see if any have sold.
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If I can spend $1800 on a bottle of Scotch
I got shitfaced, more than once, on $5.00 bottle of Boone's Farm.

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I got shitfaced, more than once, on $5.00 bottle of Boone's Farm.

I have not, nor ever will, get shitfaced on a 25 year old bottle of Macallan. I can do that easily enough with Heineken are some much cheaper whisky. Macallan is for very special occasions.
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You may have to fight/share with Simpleman68.
I can share.
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I can share.
Assuming I don't die, Scott and I would love to have you join us in Florida after the first of the year. He's renting a house on the water again, as he always does. I just don't know his dates. If the 3 of us made a date out of it, I'd have zero problem finishing the bottle.

Then just got to figure out where/how to get the next one.
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Assuming I don't die, Scott and I would love to have you join us in Florida after the first of the year. He's renting a house on the water again, as he always does. I just don't know his dates. If the 3 of us made a date out of it, I'd have zero problem finishing the bottle.

Then just got to figure out where/how to get the next one.
I’m already in FL. And I love Scotch and fast cars. And I have my competition license, along with firesuit, helmet, etc.

I have some 25 YO Highland Park I could bring - unless it’s gone.

I saw a bottle of 40 YO Highland Park in the Duty Free store in the Toronto airport last year. I texted a photo to my wife and said I needed it. She replied “So buy it.” At almost $5k CAD I didn’t bring it home.
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I’m already in FL. And I love Scotch and fast cars. And I have my competition license, along with firesuit, helmet, etc.

I have some 25 YO Highland Park I could bring - unless it’s gone.
Holy shit! Where in Florida? We got to make this happen. The 3 of us can sit on the water's edge at Scott's place, finish the 25 Mac, and if we time it right, do some autocrossing at my venue in some fast cars!!!
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A few years ago, my accountant suggested that with all the flying I was doing, that I should get my pilot's license and invest in an airplane club.
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I have not, nor ever will, get shitfaced on a 25 year old bottle of Macallan. I can do that easily enough with Heineken are some much cheaper whisky. Macallan is for very special occasions.
I really like Macallan but have never had any that went for that kind of money. I did find a local restaurant that if you are seated by 6:00 their bar prices are half off. I ordered a Macallan (menu did not say what age) but it was $7.00. As soon as the waitress brought it, I ordered another. She laughed and said she would wait until 5:58 to place the order at the bar.
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I really like Macallan but have never had any that went for that kind of money. I did find a local restaurant that if you are seated by 6:00 their bar prices are half off. I ordered a Macallan (menu did not say what age) but it was $7.00. As soon as the waitress brought it, I ordered another. She laughed and said she would wait until 5:58 to place the order at the bar.
The 21 year Mac I bought was 650. The 25 year was 1800. What a difference 4 years make. They have 8, 12, 15, 18, ... I think. It's exponential in price as you go up in years.
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