[Closed] Car fans - look what i saw at the weekend

I can't see the pics (they're blocked here at work). What is the plate? I've seen one twice now in Derby (Derby FFS!) with the plate E13VEY; done in a font that makes the E and 13 look like the Bugatti logo.

American Muscle - WHAT. If there ever was a car that was a penis extension its every "'Vette" or "'Stang" ever made. Check out Steve Coogans Saxondale, the typical UK Muscle Car driver. The damn things were penned to look phallic from the outset.

Why is it in the UK that when we see someone that has clearly made someting of themselves (even if its just hired for the weekend at £3K) they are automatically a wasteful, ill advised show off. Maybe the guy appreciates the fact that he's able to have the best. Or maybe its a woman?

Beautiful car, incredible piece of art meets engineering. The guy obviously has taste otherwise he would have opted for a Callaway Corvette or a Mustang GT500. 😀

Look how fast its going, it's going to beat all the other traffic! 😯

Freddy YE5 1 CAN

I think I agree freeride, its a great car, glad they had the balls to build it.

I remember the Jaguar F-Type Concept at one of the car shows that was simply stunning, but never got built, which was a shame.

Life would be boring if we all drove bubble cars.

Jon Taylor - Member

but he still stands on the brake when in a queue [:roll:]

you can't buy class

Perhaps it's because it's a semi-auto paddle shift, with no clutch. kind of stupid to keep engaging park and applying the handbrake, no?

I'm willing to wager the owner has more class than you.

geetee, that Zagato is indeed a thing of droolworthy lust.

Vadar - Yes, my 'tang is a real Shelby (GT350). I'm restoring it but with many modern upgrades such as discs all round, coilovers to replace the ox cart suspension as fitted originally and a whole host of other mods from standard.
Unfortunately though its currently sat in my parents garage 200 miles away because when I moved out of my last house I didn't move into another house with a garage. Still loads of work to do and until I get it garaged up here I can't carry on.

In London for a stag do a couple of yrs ago and couldn't believe the cars that were everywhere. After a while it got to the point where you ignore them. And I will be the first to admit I am a car bore who will normally stand drop-jawwed and watch as a supercar trundles past.

We saw a Ferrari Enzo, a Porsche Carerra GT, numerous Murcielagos and Gallardos (including the convertibles), several Bentley Continental GTs, Maserati Quattroportes etc. all in the walk from TigerTiger (a dive) to the hostel we were staying at. Most on arab plates.

[i]n London for a stag do a couple of yrs ago and couldn't believe the cars that were everywhere. [/i]

They're almost common around these parts. I gain much pleasure passing F50s, Enzos and Veyrons stuck in traffic :o)

I must admit, I do like nice cars, even though they are 'vulgar and ostentatious symbols of wealth, mostly owned by evil Capitalist Scum'.

That Aston above, ooooooohhhhh...

See, I'd prefer that, to the Bugatti. I think the Aston is far more refined; certainly a hell of a lot more understated.

And I have now against someone who wants to spend their hard-earned on something they will love. I think a million quid on a big motor is a bit ott, though, but that's me.

Someone who buys a Veyron, to drive around London in, does not in any way strike me as the kind of person who buys it because they love engineering etc. If they were, they'd be ragging the thing round a racetrack, surely? Subjecting a car like that to stop start traffic can't ultimately be good for it?

I live right near London's Canary Wharf, in That London's famous London. I regularly see 'supercars' coming out of the place. Plus quite a few footballers live round here too.

Not many of those people seem to display much 'taste'. Most of those cars are, let's face it, status symbols, and very little else.

What sort of ridiculous bell end would ruin such a nice car with a number plate like that?
The sort of bell end that can afford one I guess.

Personally on that car I'd want special arrangements with the DVLA/Police to have the number plate removed, or the only plate I'd put on it would be something like W16. That plate does just invite you to smack him out of jealousy lol.

An engine like this is a work of serious engineering, and by that alone I am in awe. Not the prettiest of cars by any stretch of the imagination though. I much prefer the old EB110

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EB110:
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Gak! That's even worse!
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seen 2 veyrons, one on the m25 and one when i had to drop off a cherrypicker on a side st off baker st in london, had to reverse a 40ft lowloader down said side st and it was right on the corner on my blind side, that made me concentrate! dont cock it up, dont cock it up!

ok playing devils advocate here, (cos I do love the car) but i'm sure the woman on the right in the top photo is whispering to the woman on the left "I expect he has a small penis"

The only people I've ever had making comments about my car (which appears to be vaguely nippy, is far from special or vastly expensive, but does possess pop-up headlights which is apparently a crime) were from men, strangely they seem to sit there in their rusty econoboxes at lights and yell "I bet you have a tiny d*&k". Made me chuckle.

If they were, they'd be ragging the thing round a racetrack, surely? Subjecting a car like that to stop start traffic can't ultimately be good for it?

Maybe they do that too? Diffcult to tell from a photo. Driving it round town wont be a problem for it at all.

I don't really GAF, but the discussion did make me think of this:

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bob the builder then ?

Saw a veyron take to the track at the Prescott Speed Hill Climb down cheltenham a while back. Not pretty and the engine isn't tuneful like a Ferrari V8 but the sense of purpose and presence it had was awe inspiring! Oh and my god did it fly up the hill! Would have set a new road car record i believe but it failed scrutineering apparently (no secondary ignition cut off switch or some such nonsense)

if you had that sort of cash would you really buy one though?

Give me an RS4 anyday 😉

I don't like the grille surround, but it has some nice 3/4 vents.*

* Edit slightly after looking at photo again.

If I had the cash I'd spend it building kit cars instead.

Give the guy some credit; at least it's a reasonable colour - far better than some of the awful two-tone jobs.

And so what if he's driving it in town? Better then leaving it at home in the garage - after all, he's got to get his money's worth out of it!

Here in Manchester Ive seen a couple of those Audi R9's/stretched VW Bugatti's. Meh, but everytime I see ANY Lotus Elise (especially with suede cloth trim) or a Caterham I stop and admire. Now those are cars

He should get a sticker for the back window that says "My other car's a Ford Escort"

I would like to think that if I had that much money I wouldn't buy one of those cars......but I probably would.

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We once pushed Bjorn Waldegaard's Stratos out of Radnor Forest, in the days when the RAC Rally was a proper 5 day jobbie. It weighed nothing, even with the two of them still in it. One of the best paint jobs on a car - ever.

As to the Bugatti; there's a bloke just up the road from here who owns a blue one. He's a t*sser of the first order.

I make no excuses, I'm a petrolhead, and I love it.
I have to say, if I was loaded, there's 3 cars I would stick in the garage, just because I love them, and because of what they are

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Lamborghini Countach LP500s. In white. Still awesome.

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McLaren F1. In Black. The first real hypercar and still astonishing

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Alfa Romeo FZ. Just, well, because......
The first time I saw one on the A331 near Camberley I nealy crashed the car because I couldn't tear my eyes off it.

If I had to choose one of them, it'd be the Alfa, no doubt about it.
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those McLaren F1's were/are lovely, it had one centre seat didn't it?
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after the RS4 it would have to be...

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Lancia Delta HF Integrale

Peter!
I would certainly choose an FZ too. There was one parked near my house last year and I nearly wee'd my pants as I drove past it. I couldn't really explain to the wife what it was or why it was special. It just is. 🙂

Personally the Lambo Countach would be one I would have to at least have a drive of, but at 50k for the cheapest one it's going to take a lot of saving. They apparantely are not nearly as bad to drive as people (ie Top Gear) make them out to be.

I would LOVE, and I would pay good money to, stand next to an Auto Union of the 1930's. 500bhp methanol and benzine powered F1 (for the era) car with 6 inch crossplies. Oooooof.

robdob, keep an eye out for the Audi showroom opposite the Ritz. They had a lovely AU in there the other day.

They also had a [i]proper[/i] quattro works car that they let me sit in. The smell was amazing! Sounds odd to say it, but that car smelt fast!

This is worth a look;

www.jaylenosgarage.com

And this? Well this is just insane....
http://www.supercars.net/PitLane?viewThread=y&gID=2&fID=0&tID=104217

My God that Alfa FZ is stunning! Never seen of that before, but my car interests get as far as Top Gear every once in while.

WANT.

I saw one of the new Dodge Chargers yesterday that was more exciting than the Bugatti I saw a couple of months ago.

I was behind a Veyron in the lanes of Alsace last summer.

Well I was behind it for a few seconds anyway :O

How many did they make? Not many I bet!

That Sultan of Brunei...

..he's not poor, is he????

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Are you all socialists or something?

I am, what was the ugly car at the start of the thread?

mboy-roan atkinson crashed his maclaren F1 into a restaurant 500 yards from my house 🙂

Nice car, cool plate.

Nonsense.