What an absolute roller coaster of a day! I was looking forward to this day for quite some time but couldn't give away any of the plans that Tim and I had, we were both really looking forward to this massive surprise!
First thing in the morning going to meet my friend and pick up his car only to find out that the battery in his V12 Vantage was dead was pretty worrisome. I got it started and drove it for 30 minutes hoping to put enough juice into the battery so it would be good for the rest of the day but when I stopped at the Aston Martin dealer the car was dead again. They gave me a jump and I had to go to Miller Motorcars service to get a brand new battery installed. Thankfully they put the car in priority over any other car because of the situation and got me in and out pretty fast. The only downside to the battery replacement is all the time getting that sorted put me in the window of rush hour traffic in the afternoon which is BRUTAL in the northeast.
It was a breeze going to town hall and Ai Design to pick up the radar detector and then the journey to JFK was mostly spent sitting in bumper to bumper traffic. Once I finally arrived and picked up Shmee we blasted over to the cargo section of the airport to take delivery of his Ford GT. We were amazed the car was sitting pretty right in front of the building. Once we were all set we stopped for gas around the corner and sat in traffic on our way to NYC. It was such an amazing experience seeing Shmee's Ford GT on the road with UK plates driving around Manhattan. It felt like I was in an episode of The Grand Tour, or Top Gear, whichever you prefer haha. We had a great time catching up and rolling around some of the most iconic places in New York City along with places that bring back old memories like the 2012 Gumball 3000 which started in NYC.
I can't wait for more to come this week, you're all in for quite the insane treat!!