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McMoonter, that's a stunner! What is it?


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 9:17 pm
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Mine would be......

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Posted : 25/09/2013 9:21 pm
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McMoonter, that's a stunner! What is it?

Woolf Barnato's Blue Train Bentley

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Train_Bentley


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 9:23 pm
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Always loved a big Healey, but Stoner's dad has got there first tonight. I'd have mine in ice blue over OE white though. So if I had to choose another:
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Isn't McM's a Bugatti, would love one for the style, or a big Hispano-Suiza. If I had to go Yank, either a Cord or a Delahaye. One car is as daft as one bike.

Edit: cross posting with McM, it's a big Bentley


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 9:23 pm
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Damn, just one? If it had to be one car, it would have to have practicality as well as being quick, and the new Range Rover Sport pretty much ticks all the boxes.
If not, then the Sport, that MAN expedition truck for jaunts abroad, and maybe that Mono single-seater that Top Gear had round their track for shits and giggles. 😀
I might be tempted by this, the Audi Nanuk:

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5.0ltr V10 diesel, 540bhp, and 1000Nm of torques.


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 9:24 pm
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Woolf Barnato's Blue Train Bentley

*Feels very stupid for not knowing*


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 9:27 pm
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Posted : 25/09/2013 9:29 pm
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Probably the Ferrari FF for me. A friend has one and it's a lovely thing. You can fit a bike in the back too.


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 9:30 pm
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old or new one - i'm not fussy

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Posted : 25/09/2013 9:30 pm
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The Alfa 8C above is certainly damn sexy, and I could quite covet one of those, too. Beautiful car 'in the flesh', as it were, too.
Of course, if money was [i]truly[/i] no object, then this little beauty:

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The plate alone would probably fetch the price of a decent house, but after owning the car for forty years, I'm sure it's current owner would be very reluctant to part with the car. Difficult to imagine what it would fetch, really, with its history; a similar one, in metallic green, built for, but never driven by, Sir Stirling Moss, and never placing at Le Mans, went for $35 million, apparently.
It's owner also has an 8C, too. As well as the yellow racing Daytona behind...


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 9:30 pm
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I was going to say a Morris Minor Estate on Jag running gear, but CFH has found the car I need

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only I want it as a kit and with one of those nice supercharged boxer 2 stroke truck motors...

Oh, and in BRG until next Sept, at which point it would be painted Ecurie Ecosse blue...


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 9:31 pm
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Woolf Barnato's Blue Train Bentley
*Feels very stupid for not knowing*

Is surprised you were not related 😉


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 9:34 pm
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CZ: I 'cruised' alongside one for a few miles in M6 traffic a while ago..stunning car. The driver seemed quite happy to be alongside my 159ti too, gave me a hearty flash as he floored it when the traffic cleared...the barsteward 😉


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 9:35 pm
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Ferrari 360 Spyder (honestly!! Love them!)

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Posted : 25/09/2013 9:35 pm
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Currently? Porsche 911 Turbo S. 560bhp, 0-62 in 3.1s, 0-120 in 8.3s 198mph top speed, 30mpg and £260 tax and 4 seats.

Seriously, what more could you want?

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Posted : 25/09/2013 9:37 pm
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McM, I have one fairly well known aristocratic racing driver in the family line, but not him!

Epicyclo, if you resprayed that, I would have to hunt you down and kill you to death!


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 9:40 pm
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Couldn't narrow it down to just one.
I'd have a Lexus LFA for the sound
A Jaguar XJ220 for the looks
A Bugatti Veyron Super Sport for the speed
An Aston Martin Rapide custom built estate for practicality
A Ford Sierra Mk1 XR4i (not 4x4) just because I could
Probably loads more, but that'll do for now.


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 9:41 pm
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Citroen DS. Or maybe either a coupe or cabriolet Traction Avant. All other answers are incorrect. Except 205 Mi16 - I'd settle for one of them.


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 9:43 pm
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I would be considering this

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But would probably buy this

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Posted : 25/09/2013 9:44 pm
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It would be my '96 Seat Ibiza with a couple of mis-matched panels, rusty wheel arches, plastic hub caps etc.

Underneath the bonnet I'd shoe-horn the biggest engine I could find, with the biggest turbo i could find, with the biggest NOX injectors I could find, uprate the brakes and suspension to the extent that it would give anything else on the road a run for its money.

Or a Citroen C4 Picasso


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 9:49 pm
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wanting a stock production car is a slight lack of imagination perhaps?

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chopped roller.


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 9:50 pm
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Stevied, it wasn't this one, was it?

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Yum!


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 9:52 pm
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Sorry it's not an Ace it's a Ferarri 212 Barchetta but the Ace is a beautiful car too!!


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 9:55 pm
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That Alpha is gorgeous! Except it would conk out every 5 minutes, which is a shame.

This for me,

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I need to be able to get the bike & plenty beach fishing gear in as well.


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 10:06 pm
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And I'd use it every day


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 10:11 pm
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Essel - not quite the RS6, but I got my new car today - a 3.0 tdi V6 s-Tronic S-Line Black edition A6 about 4 hours ago 🙂


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 10:24 pm
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As a kid I always wanted an EB110... Would be tempted to scratch that itch rather than the VW Corrado I always liked the shape of... Then again, a TVR Tuscan...
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No, the Bugatti.


 
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[i]Essel - not quite the RS6, but I got my new car today - a 3.0 tdi V6 s-Tronic S-Line Black edition A6 about 4 hours ago[/i]

Did you pay cash for it? Cos if you didn't, I'm not even slightly impressed. & if It's a company/lease car then I'm even less impressed.


 
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Tracker - I didn't think for a minute anyone would pick that, but that's my fave as well, though is SS guise for me. I've been in one but never got the chance to drive it 🙁

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Did you pay cash for it?

Handbags!

Go on then 😉

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Having had the priviledge of driving numerous Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Aston Martins and Maseratis in the name of work, wouldn't want any of them, so impractical and the amount of looking at from people, not to mention the constatnt camera phones, they just aren't my bag.

So it would have to be a derestricted M5 touring, very capable and space to move a bike or two.


 
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Essel - not quite the RS6, but I got my new car today - a 3.0 tdi V6 s-Tronic S-Line Black edition A6 about 4 hours ago

Did you pay cash for it? Cos if you didn't, I'm not even slightly impressed. & if It's a company/lease car then I'm even less impressed.
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It's leased. I am relieved I wasn't trying to impress you, I'm just excited.


 
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Something along these lines for me.


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 11:00 pm
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Mclaren MP4-12c

I love old cars but the simple reality is technology wins


 
Posted : 25/09/2013 11:10 pm
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This :

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This :

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or this.....

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Always wanted one of these on my driveway....
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Would settle for this though
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Porches, Ferrari's etc are alright, but I kind of like the more utilitarian look.


 
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Citroen DS. Or maybe either a coupe or cabriolet Traction Avant. All other answers are incorrect. Except 205 Mi16 - I'd settle for one of them.

This.


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 12:04 am
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That [s]Alpha[/s] Alfa is gorgeous! Except it would conk out every 5 minutes, which is a shame.

They're a lot more reliable these days, and the 8C is built by Maserati, with a Maserati engine.
I didn't get a chance to ask the owner what it's like to use on a day to day basis, but he's got lots of cars to choose from, and then there's always the helicopter... 😯


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 12:07 am
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Also add the Dahlback Racing Golf, Lancia Delta Integrale/Lancia Stratos/Lancia Fulvia Rallye and a 106 Rallye. And maybe a 203 GTi and a VW Phaeton W12 for the motorway blasts 😀


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 12:24 am
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Posted : 26/09/2013 12:27 am
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as the McLaren f1 is taken I'll go for my second choice:

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or an AC cobra or a 250 GTO


 
Posted : 26/09/2013 12:44 am
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Probably any/all of these!


 
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