SuperCar Sanctuary
When you write for an automotive blog from time to time you get a false sense that there is nothing new to see or to experience. That’s not to dismiss the joy or awe of an automotive event or rare find, but sometimes one can forget the elation of new discovery. Dare I say, the ability to see and hear the cars of our dreams can be taken for granted. Perspective is everything so its important to always appreciate the access and ability to peer behind the curtain to see those objects that were the bedroom posters on our walls as teenagers.
No longer needing to go to the Bay Area to see the best to offer on a cold Saturday morning, Northern California’s automotive scene has come up in the last decade with the multiple and well organized cars & coffee events across the Sacramento region. This coupled with several driving events and the emergence of what could be described as super car clubs for like minded automotive enthusiasts, the area has put itself on the automotive map. The Sacramento region has become much more than a stop over point between the coast and the ski slopes.
It is with all this as a backdrop that a messaged arrived from a friend regarding an invite to see something special in a private residential garage. How special one may ask? A McLaren Senna to be precise, meaning that 1 of the 500 examples made by McLaren is just down the road. This was going was gearing up to be an epic Saturday afternoon.
An invite to view a Senna would have been more than enough to satisfy the urge for automotive content, but upon arrival at the residence it was revealed to be so much more by any measurable standard. Even with the Senna on the main card, the undercard was filled with names like 488 Pista, Aventador SVJ, McLaren 765LT, Porsche GT2 RS, Ferrari 458.... epic, mega, insane, insert your superlatives here.
More than the just the cars was the owner and caretaker. A true aficionado for not just performance but a willingness to push performance a little further with his own custom upgrades. Plus, no garage queens here or sad thoroughbred sports cars that will never see the redline. The cars are driven and enjoyed, but more than that they are upgraded with titanium exhaust and new aero bits and pieces by the owner. No further proof was needed than the stripped down McLaren on a lift in the process of being further improved.
Just like legos.
It was a display of supercar passion, not only to drive and enjoy these dream machines but furthered by the passion to pull apart and disassemble super cars in one’s home garage. At first it could seem as near insanity as who would tinker with these machines and risk damaging their tightly spec tolerances? In fact, the reality was that this was the par excellence of automotive devotion not to just drive for enjoyment but to dive into the very hearts and souls of these machines
Enjoy the gallery of photos from the supercar sanctuary.
