SVT2888
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Had the honor to be interviewed by The Petersen Automotive Museum last week for their Carstories Podcast. Now you guys can learn a little more about me by listening to it. Hope you guys enjoy! :thumbup:
http://carstories.com/2014/10/leo-mayorquin-talks-shooting-cars/
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Jambo
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F50 
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taylorboosh
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Out of interest - what do you drive?
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SVT2888
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Out of interest - what do you drive?
Currently drive a 1991 Mercedes-Benz 420SEL.
I'm around a lot of much, much, MUCH cooler cars. 
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taylorboosh
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I wasnt trying to be a prick - i was just going to say must be hard being around the cars you are then going back to something normal
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SVT2888
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I wasnt trying to be a prick - i was just going to say must be hard being around the cars you are then going back to something normal
No I get it. I've gotten used to it now though. I will spend all day with my friends driving around in high end exotics, eating at different amazing high end restaurants. Enjoying "the good life"...then I head back home to reality. 
But I truly appreciate that they treat me as one of them and that I have gotten to experience many great things due to our mutual love of cars.
Car people are car people no matter where they come from. A lot of the people that I have met thanks to my photography and passion for cars have become some of my closest friends. They just happen to own a few million worth of cars and I own a beat up old benz with 298k miles. 
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taylorboosh
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Tbf id take the benz and the opprtunity to see the places and cars you do over any car ive owned
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SVT2888
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Tbf id take the benz and the opprtunity to see the places and cars you do over any car ive owned
Did I mention that I've been handed the keys to a Mk1 Ford GT40, Shelby Cobra 427 Competition, Ferrari 375MM, Ferrari 250 TdF, Alpine Renault A110, Lancia Stratos, Porsche 911ST, Lamborghini Miura, Lamborghini Diablo SV, Porsche GT3RS and a bunch more that I've lost track of. But given that I'm 6'4" tall I didn't fit in any of them. 
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SVT2888
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For those of you that listened to the podcast and are still wondering what Purist is, this is a little something I wrote to describe Purist:
For those wondering what Purist is exactly, this is how I can best describe it:
Purist is basically an all inclusive car community. We welcome everyone from any faction of the automotive world. We want people who are truly enthusiastic and passionate about automobiles. People that can respect all kind of vehicles, be they imports, domestics, exotics, sports cars, econocars, race cars, slammed cars, custom cars, hot rods, muscle cars, you name it. We want members who respect others and their views. If you disagree strongly with someone elses opinion you can tell them, but in a respectful manner. If you hate stanced cars and someone makes a post about them dont go in the group and bash them, just over look the post. But we prefer that you at least have respect for the passion that other person has for their car and what they chose to do with it. We want true automotive enthusiast in the group.
We also want people who will help their fellow man. People who will go out of their way to help someone they don't even know. We've had members post that they are broken down somewhere and we've had other members who didn't even know them go and help them out. They either helped them fix their car on the side of the road or towed them to a safe spot, not having even known that person before. Recently we found out a members mother is suffering from breast cancer so we held a fundraiser for her. The people that organized the fundraiser hadn't even met her before, and she never asked for help. We just did it because we felt it was the right thing to do.
We want to instill a sense of community and family amongst automotive enthusiast. Automotive enthusiast are often times bundled into a group and labeled negatively in various ways. We want to run with that but show the world that yeah we are all the same, but not in the way you think. We want to show the positive side of the automotive world. What a community it is, we know that united we can be stronger.
We also want members in the group who believe in helping their fellow man, the community at large, people outside the automotive community. That is why we organize our big toy drive every year. We don't do it for any kind of glory or recognition, we do it because we really want to help out. We want to give a toy to a needy kid whose parents might be struggling. We want to really give them the gift of a smile. By making the child happy we can make an impact in several ways. It's less stress for the parents because they don't have to feel like they let their child down by not providing them with a Christmas present. But also the child can see that complete strangers are willing to do nice stuff for them and we hope that in turn when they grow up they grow up wanting to help those in need. We hope we start something bigger, that we leave a positive impact for the children and that it gets passed on.
There are too may negatives constantly being thrown at us everywhere we go, we are trying to show the positive things that can be done when you give the gift of giving.
We are quick to ban anyone who is disrespectful towards others, be it by causing too many arguments, cussing or making posts simply to put down someone elses views. That is why we carefully scrutinize who comes into the group and make it invite only. We don't want people coming in that will not respect the rules of the group. We constantly monitor the group and delete any negativity and warn or ban the offending members.
Nevertheless, you are just as likely going to find a Purist sticker on a Toyota Sienna as you are a Ferrari 458 Italia.
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spencer88
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Originally posted by taylorboosh
Tbf id take the benz and the opprtunity to see the places and cars you do over any car ive owned
Did I mention that I've been handed the keys to a Mk1 Ford GT40, Shelby Cobra 427 Competition, Ferrari 375MM, Ferrari 250 TdF, Alpine Renault A110, Lancia Stratos, Porsche 911ST, Lamborghini Miura, Lamborghini Diablo SV, Porsche GT3RS and a bunch more that I've lost track of. But given that I'm 6'4" tall I didn't fit in any of them.
If I could of still driven, I'd of chopped my feet off
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SVM 286
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Originally posted by SVT2888
420SEL.
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SVM 286
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Originally posted by taylorboosh
Tbf id take the benz and the opprtunity to see the places and cars you do over any car ive owned
Did I mention that I've been handed the keys to a Mk1 Ford GT40, Shelby Cobra 427 Competition, Ferrari 375MM, Ferrari 250 TdF, Alpine Renault A110, Lancia Stratos, Porsche 911ST, Lamborghini Miura, Lamborghini Diablo SV, Porsche GT3RS and a bunch more that I've lost track of. But given that I'm 6'4" tall I didn't fit in any of them.
I feel your pain.
Missed the chance to drive a race prepped Series 1/MK I fixed head E-Type a couple of years ago, as it had fixed race seats and the owner was about a foot shorter than me.
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--ToM--
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How did you not fit in a miura I'm 6ft 3 and can get in them no problems there probably one of the most roomy cars leg room wise of that era of super car lol,
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SVM 286
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You surprise me Tom.
Most Italian exotica seems to be horribly cramped.
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oJNAo
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Yeah my childhood dreams of owning a Lotus Elise/Exige were dashed when I grew to 6 foot 2 and realised how small the interiors were in person
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Ian
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I wouldn't say no to a go in the Merc tbh.
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SVT2888
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Originally posted by oJNAo
Yeah my childhood dreams of owning a Lotus Elise/Exige were dashed when I grew to 6 foot 2 and realised how small the interiors were in person
A friend of mine daily drives her Lotus Exige. I sat in it, and it was kind of doable ish...main issue was the shifter ending up under my right leg since my legs have to be spread to fit. Torso wise I was good-ish.
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Originally posted by taylorboosh
Tbf id take the benz and the opprtunity to see the places and cars you do over any car ive owned
Did I mention that I've been handed the keys to a Mk1 Ford GT40, Shelby Cobra 427 Competition, Ferrari 375MM, Ferrari 250 TdF, Alpine Renault A110, Lancia Stratos, Porsche 911ST, Lamborghini Miura, Lamborghini Diablo SV, Porsche GT3RS and a bunch more that I've lost track of. But given that I'm 6'4" tall I didn't fit in any of them.
I feel your pain.
Missed the chance to drive a race prepped Series 1/MK I fixed head E-Type a couple of years ago, as it had fixed race seats and the owner was about a foot shorter than me.
Just remembered had an opportunity to drive a Series 1 Roadster and was too tall for it too.
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How did you not fit in a miura I'm 6ft 3 and can get in them no problems there probably one of the most roomy cars leg room wise of that era of super car lol,
Main issue was my torso. I had to crunch down. It seems that if it isn't my legs it's my torso. I have a 35/36" inseam and seem to have a pretty decent torso too.
With some droptop cars I either have to duck way down or stick my head above the windscreen.
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--ToM--
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Yeah I get what you mean I find a lot of the cars I drive in work are really cramped the ferraris like dinos and 250s 330s etc have not a lot of legroom and massive steering wheels so it's a total nightmare you end up driving with your knees where as the miuras countachs and diablos have a low roof but the seat being so low kind of compensates for that the cock pits are really small but the pedals are a long way under the dash so it all kind of works out ok for me but I have a smaller waist than you lol
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Steve
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cant really blame the designers, Italian people are short and greasy so will slip in and out like a turd
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MatthewR
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SVT2888
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Yeah I get what you mean I find a lot of the cars I drive in work are really cramped the ferraris like dinos and 250s 330s etc have not a lot of legroom and massive steering wheels so it's a total nightmare you end up driving with your knees where as the miuras countachs and diablos have a low roof but the seat being so low kind of compensates for that the cock pits are really small but the pedals are a long way under the dash so it all kind of works out ok for me but I have a smaller waist than you lol
My other big issue is that I wear a US size 14 shoe. So my feet don't fit in the footwell too well. I end up depressing two pedals at once.
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--ToM--
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That's true I have that problem road testing with my boots on often have to slip them off and go in socks ha ha
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