Some great mental pictures there guys. Love it.
I guess mine was the first time I saw my car in the flesh. Having done all the leadup work online or over the phone, I flew from Sydney to Adelaide on a Saturday morning with Bankcheque in hand. Met the owner at the airport looked the car over, basically knowing that I was going to buy it, gave her the chq. and proceded to take it for a fairly long test drive...home. It was just under 1500kilometers across some loooonnnnnngggggggg flat roads at times. Reached 240kmh with ease and thought what an amazing car I had bought. Apart from dodging a Wombat at 200 kmh that had decided to have a sleep in the middle of the road at 3.00am, there were no problems. Had a break from 7.00pm to 2.00am and got home at 8.00am Sunday morning. Good test drive.
Still I'd love to do the drive to LeMans or the 'Ring. Sounds fantastic.