Keep the insight coming! I'm really enjoying my first trip to Monaco. :thumbsup:

Love the pics....keep them coming!! Loved watching Senna in the rain...makes my hair stand just thinking about it.

Well, I guess maybe the Monte Carlo in Vegas isnt the same experience:D

I was last in Monaco late 2000, would love to be there for a F1 race!:thumbsup:

So If Greg is a "schlepper", then I am poor..:wow:

Damn, I have the itch to be rich.

Then you have Greg.

Then you have the super rich..

"grounded " ? Now I am grounded for sure..:willy:

What a prick he is , hahaha :rofl:

YUP F1 is totaly awesome live! Enjoy and have fun, thanks for sharing.

Nice of them to install the 54 FOOT tv infront of your balcony so you dont miss one minute of the race.

:lol:

Just tell him your friends with Todd Akes. That might get you somewhere. You know the guy that owns Payback. Or maybe those guys know who Doug Renner is.

He may get a room downgrade:wow: :willy:

Greg you lucky bastard...!
 

Monaco...that is on my bucketlist of things to do before I die!

Keep them pictures coming man...:hail:

Just spent 2 hours in an F430.... drove to Nice - on the "high road" and back then south(?) of Monaco on the "middle road"... then back on some little windy roads thru a couple villages... The deal came with an instructor/tour guide - and the SOB NEVER shut up! But in the end I had a nice time and without him I'd never have gotten the tour that I got. Have an hour and a half video but it's relatively poor quality and needs editing to shorten it. I'm not going to spend time now to do that just to share with you buttheads. :unibrow:

Nice car - torquier than I expected - and quite light and lively compared to the teutonic R8. Sadly - it's raining here so not much spirited driving. But it beat going to work! (sorry - had to toss that grenade in there!) It does make me want a 458 though! I love the looks of them! They're EVERYWHERE here. Not a single R8! But I don't think the French and the Italians like the Germans anyway.

The driver instructor did tell me that there are SEVEN Bugatti Veyrons in Monaco! And that all that have them are "idiots".... "who would buy such a car"... he says in typical french accented english with gestures and much disdain.

I don't know if the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup is being shown on television... but it's fun to watch these Porsches run! They're very competitive... and sound great!

Note the side loaded rear tires on this one.... Sadly he smacked the wall in the tunnel (IIRC) and tore a wheel and tire off! It went bouncing wildly down the track -- going 25 or 30 feet high a couple times... yikes!



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I think one of my other customers business partner's did the same thing a few weeks ago while in Monaco. Was the car rental place next a perfume factory. They went to go tour the factory with his wife and wound up at the dealer test driving a 430 for 2 hours around town with an instructor.

Small world

Robin Leach would be proud
 

I feel like I am watching the "Lifestyle's of the Rich and Famous "

Oh wait....I am..

Greg, PM me when you get my Adoption application...

A vicious FAILED pass attempt by the uphill Porsche... coming downhill into the hairpin... this guy barely caught the car! I was bracing for a wreck. Of course I didn't get the shot when he was nearly using the side windows for forward vision! (Hey! I know that trick!)



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That is why you keep your side windows clean...

Did you put the flowers out on the turn for Bob yet ?

This is the outfit ----- and I did "all three" 60 minute drives in one longer version. So did a pickup at the hotel -- drove to Nice - turned around came back and went south of Monaco on a different road -- then back to Monaco. Was worth the time spent as it was a great way to see the way people live here - and the roads they drive on daily -- and of course all narrated by a guy that lives in the village of Eze.... which is just absolutely a spectacular village! Google it and you'll see what I mean.


If the page loads in French -- at the top there is a "button" to convert to English.


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Amazing Greg, thanks for taking time to share with us!

David -- if you weren't such a Pozzi -- you'd bring Mary here!


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This has been really a nice trip and I'm enjoying it. And would recommend it to anyone. It's my FIRST TIME to Europe... so just taking it all in.

You can't get anywhere near the track - so that's going to be impossible! This is the most controlled circumstances I've ever seen. I mean you just wouldn't believe where you CAN'T GO!

Your "ticket" gets you THERE ONLY.... otherwise you can't get to another area of the track. Luckily we have a VIP deal at 48 Rue Grimaldi for Sat/Sun... so I can see other parts of the track 'cause I'm already bored with the hairpin!

You want to see this race from any vantage point ---- or multiple vantage points - bring THOUSANDS of dollars. And I'm not joking when I say that. THOUSANDS.... PER PERSON. PER VENUE. Or watch it on TV. You don't just buy "a ticket" and get to wander around and see what you want. A ticket gets you ONE location and that's it!

Got it...It was the thought that counted..

You don't want to be thrown out trying to be the "Flower Boy "..

Enjoy your stay.. This thread Inspires me to seek the next level of wealth..

Happy where I am, but my Wife and I are always scrapping for the next step up..

Life is the Journey and the Game, not the destination..

Rock on Mr. Weld...:cheers: Somebody's got to do it..

Amazing stuff Greg!:thumbsup: Its mind boggling to think of the wealth that is concentrated there.:wow:

Now get off of here and go enjoy!!

Well --- it's evening here -- so we're just cleaning up and getting dressed to go out for dinner... Thus fewer posts from me - and probably at what looks like odd times.

The display of money that I've seen here is unimaginable... And I lived in New York City for 7 years... and have been to Tokyo and Hong Kong... and Beverly Hills -- and frankly - where I live now is pretty on the uppity scale (Microsoft and Amazon and Starbucks wealth) but we don't live this way... not by a long shot!

Mike --- I'm 59 this August.... and this is the first time I've been to Europe - and the last Grand Prix I went to was the ones they ran thru Long Beach California...

This 5 days (of Monaco) is a ONE AND DONE for me... It's amazing but not something I'd pay to do every couple of years. It's off my bucket list and we'll move on to the next one on there!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAA

Greg,

Enjoy.. Your Bucket is bigger than mine, haha...For now...:thumbsup:


I started by building my Z/28, and then Yosemite , and then the Grand Canyon is next.. Baby Steps..:lol:

After that ? Who knows... First I need to add to my Bucket.. :rofl:

I won't take out of my Investments, because that is my Income..:cheers:

I have some Irons in the fire, and I am luckier than I am smart, and so far, it has taken me far in life...Not Monaco far, but at 52, I am just getting warmed up..

Mike.

How you say, 'keep up with the Joneses' in français.

To be honest, it's so very infectious too. I'm embarrassed to admit that in a matter of 24 hours I found myself playing the "who's obviously not from here" game. :lol:

I am playing the " how do I get there from here " Game...:thumbsup:

So I know this is a car forum -- but these boats outside our room are AMAZING and I'm sucked into the view like a moth to a flame...






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Thanks for posting. Keep them coming :thumbsup:

Oh trust me...I'd be spending mucho time staring at those too,lol...I was too busy checking out the outrageous motor coaches at the ALM race here to watch the actual racing. :yes:

Mr.Weld....I don't see ANY boats....All I see is Yacht's, and maybe a Feadship. Don't use the word " Boat's", around the upper crust , or they will just think you are " dingy"...:cheers:

No more "Hillbilly "talk...OK ?

Oh and I know you have owned Grand Banks, some of the best Trawler's in the world, so I know that you know, You are just a kid in a candy store right now, and I am just busting your balls...And I am jealous...And you are in Shock..

Love that classic styling. "Only 262 ft" Hilarious. I have a buddy who raised a family on a 65 footer in the Seattle area. He and his wife still live on it. He'd laugh his ass off hearing that.

I have another good childhood friend who just sailed from Mex to NZ on a 35 ft catamaran. In this case I would say only 35 ft.
http://blog.toastfloats.com/

Cool stuff. :thumbsup:

Love that pic of the yachts at night. Wish I was there--so does Gwen.

Dub a dub Dug

Great pictures Greg, keep sharing when you get time! You're living the dream!

Keep the pics coming Greg, awesome! What lens' did you get with the camera? Are you locking the mirror and using a remote for the night shots?
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Didn't you mean you wish you were Gwen?

She did mention that again last night.... I reminded her that we were taught that you don't always get what you wish for. I've used this little reminder many times over the last 41 years...