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2012-02-05 01:01
in Cars, Ncars
Initially I had signed up for a Ferrari drive the FF on snow and ice racetrack course, and was much looking forward to driving the 660HP FF sideways on snow and ice (I mean, how was it possible to say no to that?).
Unfortunately, due to abysmal snowfalls this year, while Colorado had more snow than we did in Tahoe, it wasn't enough for the snow racetrack. At the last minute Ferrari contacted us to let us know that they had to turn the track event into a street rally and also gave us the option of cancelling.
I figured I had already made plans to go and snowboard afterwards, and while it wouldn't quite be what I was hoping for, I figured driving around some new FFs still couldn't be half bad, so I went :)
It was a bit agonizing to drive such fast cars at the legal speed limit on great curvy roads when they were dry, but thankfully it was more interesting to experience how the traction control worked in the few bits of driving we did in the snow.
Let's start with the first day:
If you want a better video, Tiff did a slightly better job than me :)
And before we knew it, it was over. While in the end it wasn't the hella fun drive sideways in the snow event that I was hoping for, considering that the weather did not allow for it, Ferrari did a great job coming up with alternate plans and plotting two fun drives for us to try the cars out and explore the beautiful scenery around Aspen.
This also gave me an excuse to go snowboarding around the Aspen Mountains, which is never a bad thing :)
Thanks to the organizers, the instructors, and my partners in crime for the good time we all had.
Unfortunately, due to abysmal snowfalls this year, while Colorado had more snow than we did in Tahoe, it wasn't enough for the snow racetrack. At the last minute Ferrari contacted us to let us know that they had to turn the track event into a street rally and also gave us the option of cancelling.
I figured I had already made plans to go and snowboard afterwards, and while it wouldn't quite be what I was hoping for, I figured driving around some new FFs still couldn't be half bad, so I went :)
appealing snow track seen from the plane while landing in Aspen
the trunk can be quite roomy :)
my partners in crime and our instructors
Let's start with the first day:
driver switch, just in time for me to try driving in the snow
driver switch again, just in time for me to drive in small snowstorm over the peak. Yeah!
we had better traction than this poor truck
the pictures taken from outside were from the event photographer
Aaaah, tunnels. THOSE were fun :)
from the event photographer, taking me in action
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