2019 Toronto International Film Festival, Part III: The Cars

Canadian Automobile Museum

This museum is located about 60 km (38 miles) east of Toronto in Oshawa. Oshawa is where General Motors once had a factory. The admission price was only $12! This parade of cars is the same on my Instagram as these are the only cars I wrote descriptions for.

1965 Amphicar with 84 miles.

The corresponding propellers.

1971 Manic GT

1937 Alfa Romero 1750 Gran Sport

1928 Bugatti Type 37

1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III

1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (106 years old!)

1983 DMC Delorean

1936 Talbot 110

Nissan GT-R

Dodge Challenger Hellcat (in the garage of our building)

Ferrari Testarossa

Audi RS5

Alfa Romero Spider Veloce 2000

Alfa Romero Spider Veloce Iniezione

Ferrari FF

Lamborghini Huracan Spyder

Lamborghini Aventador 700LP-4

Bentley Bentayga

The Lamborghini and the Bentley were parked about 15 meters from each other on the campus of The University of Toronto. Conservatively, you are looking at $600.000 between the two of these autos!

Honda S2000

Maserati Levante

Audi R8 Spyder

Audi R8

Mercedes-Benz AMG CL65 (12-cylinder) 

Ultra rare 2018 BMW M3 CS

I saw the M3 designation on the back of the car with an additional two letters, CS. This immediately grabbed my attention. The driver was sitting in his car, so I mentioned for him to roll down the window. We ended up chatting about this very special BMW for a good 10 minutes (I included a link to Car and Drivers review under the photo).

If you were able to secure, 1 of only 1200 manufactured, you will need at least $100.000 to convince the dealer to hand you the keys.

Shelby Mustang GT350

Two more Lamborghini Gallardos

I heard this McLaren from 15 floors up!

2019 SXSW, Part IV: Circuit of the Americas

The Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is one of only two Formula 1 racetracks in North America, with the other in Montreal, Canada (stay tuned!) and is located about 25 km (15 miles) southeast of Austin.

Unfortunately, there is not much too see. The grandstand where I took the videos and the gift shop were open. It would have been cool to see more of the inner workings the racetrack. At least I had made it to the track, watched Ferraris race down the front stretch, and went karting.

There were 2 Audi R8s in front. Both with the wrong transmission.

Underneath the grandstand, I found 3 more R8s, all with the wrong transmission.

I don't think these Ferraris were actually racing as their were no spectators in the stands. Anyway, it was a thrill to watch them blow by at 265 kph (165 mph).

I paid for 2 sessions of go-karting. My best lap time was just under a minute.

2018 Toronto International Film Festival, Part IV: The Cars

It seems when we attend a film festival, the exotic cars seem to break free of their garages and start prowling the streets. I really don't care why there seems to be an influx, as long I can salivate over them.

Mercedes-Benz GT-R

Lotus Evora

Aston Martin DB11

Maserati Ghibli

Mercedes-Benz S63

Audi TT

Ferrari California? (just left of center)

Maserati GranSport Spyder, very rare!

Acura ZDX

BMW M5 (F90)

Another Mercedes-Benz GT-R

Ferrari FF

Lamborghini Gallardo

1950s Porsche Speedster