I'm renting an F430 Spider for two days in Orange County....any ideas?! - Page 2 - 6SpeedOnline

Feb 2, 2009 | 11:06 PM

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David_J

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Originally Posted by Rams86

Mark was gracious enough to allow me to test his Spider from the drivers seat and even cooked me dinner afterwards!

I think we all know in this forum, the trade in value on TT would be miserale although Mark's right, the thought of a trade in did run through my mind all the way home! It would take a lot for me to break with my Porsche tradition though!

I will definitely take lots of pics and am already planning on a riduclously high mileage charge seeing as it's $2 per! Greta, I saw your turbo parked at Whole Foods on Superbowl Sunday and it looked fantastic! (Nice choice on parking stalls!)

BB

I just got back from Laguna Niguel on Sat. I trailered my car down so I could drive some of the fun roads. As much good as you have probably heard about Mulholland drive, stay WAY far away. It's condition is horrible. I had to drive 20-25MPH in a 30 zone it was so bad. My car took a beating.

From where you will be, Ortega Hwy is another good option. If you will be driving during the week, just time it right to avoid traffic. It will not chew up all your rental miles.

If you head up the PCH, don't go past Long Beach. It's all city until you hit Santa Monica. Go PCH to the roundabout, then head to 405 to the 10 and back down to the beach. Then head up to Malibu and hit the canyons up there. Much better roads. I drove a little over 200 miles starting and ending in Laguna Niguel.

Have fun.