Helped my sister winterize her boat this weekend. In the process we discover the trailer needs two new tires as the tread is coming apart on them.

As my F-Type is not scheduled for delivery until December, the best I can do is live vicariously through this website and occasionally wear my "F-Type" baseball hat.

I walk into the tire shop, forgetting I have my hat on (my sis, God love her, has no idea what the F-Type is and I've said nothing). The guy behind the counter jaws drop and says "do you really have one of those?"

Sis "What was he asking you about?" Oh I just wanted to make sure we had the right tire size.

 

LOL...good story!

 

Nice experience. Good Cop--Badass Cop. F-Type version.

 

A guy at the Autocross this weekend actually said, "At first I thought it was a Cougar. Boy, Mercury is sure making some cool cars these days."

Right then...

 

Amazing...since Mercury has been out of business for several years,lol!

 

Well at least they are both cat related brands.

 

Someone asked what car I was buying so showed them a picture. They said "Nice, kinda like a 370Z."

 

NO Christmas card. No taster of the Pappy Van Winkle.
Beer and chips for that friend.

 

Love the mention of Pappy's...good taste my friend!

 

Would that be the 15, 20 , or 23 year old Pappy's?

 

Retail store I deal with has a raffle for maybe 60-70 bottles total of all Pappy's products including the 10,12,15,20,23 and the 13 yr old rye...so limited I didn't even bother trying...

 

Which store please?



Any tips on stores would be much appreciated. The second hand market pricing is absurd.

I've found it near impossible to purchase any 2014 since moving here. Funnily enough I used to get an allocation from a local store when living in London, but near impossible over here in SF. The same for William Larue Weller, a stunning bourbon and other Buffalo Trace limited brands.

I'm stuck drinking Glenfarclas 1979 Family cask. Tough life.

 

K&L, right there in the SF shop....do you get their whisky e-letter?
I tried pasting their email here but failed,lol.

 

Yes. I get K&L email but nothing about Pappy this year.

 

I had a funny experience this morning. I was driving to a doctor’s appointment in my F-Type and picked up an obvious tail with two guys in an older Lexus coupe. They followed me into the doctor’s parking lot and pulled up right behind my car. I was not sure if they were admirers or if I was going to get rolled. The driver put his window down and said “Man that is the most beautiful car I have ever seen, what is it?” I told him and his buddy starting laughing hysterically saying “I told you, I told you”. He looked at me and pointed to the driver saying, “He just lost 5 bucks”. The driver reached into his pocket, got out the money and just kept saying, “Man that car is beautiful”. The other guy took the $5 and tried to give it to me for having such a nice car and making their day. They turned out to be pretty cool guys and I gave them a tour of the car. They were so enthralled they stayed in the parking lot and just kept admiring it. And yes, it was still there when I was finished with my appointment.

The F-Type has magical powers, it seriously brightened the day of two guys who don’t even own one. I can only imagine their reaction if they got to drive it.

 

LOL, I would have thought they were trying to jack me!