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Post by Mayfayre on Jun 1, 2012 23:25:39 GMT 1
We were there all day ;D There's a bit of video here as well... |
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Post by jmsquared on Jun 2, 2012 1:12:39 GMT 1
Wonderful, wonderful selection of cars there MF! And in a stunning and perfectly proper setting, as you say. Icing on the cake...a Veyron!! Had to laugh at the shot of the Audi advertising "tent" obscuring the view of the lovely old church...you should send that one to TG! Thanks for posting  |
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Post by FizzyLogician on Jun 2, 2012 16:59:45 GMT 1
Great photos! Agree with JMS about sending the Audi pic into TG.
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Post by ladylurker on Jun 4, 2012 18:50:40 GMT 1
Oh god, I'm jealous at you Mayfayre ...  ;D Lately I visited Tallin, and either cars are a lot cheaper in Estonia, or the country is actually rather well off ... Among all the nice but comparably ordinary Mercedeses and Porsches and white stretch limo's (white stretch Hummer limo - how tasteless is that?) I saw a Porsche Panamera, a Rolls Royce Phantom Coupe (dear God, how can a 2-door car be that huge? And how did they get a car that big through all those narrow streets?) and my first ever Aston Martin, a DB9. My friends thought I was mental when I got out of the taxi at our hotel and froze, before walking on shaky legs to go ogle the DB9.  Wish me luck - tomorrow I plan on charming/begging my way into the drivers seat of a Mercedes SLR McLaren on display in a store nearby. Not to drive of course, just to try it on for size. I bet it's just right.  (Edited for glaring typo) |
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Post by flatin5th - Knight of the NC on Jun 4, 2012 21:17:52 GMT 1
to go with the 'weather' thread - when we booked into our weekend hotel, we saw that the Alfa Owners Club had an event on that night - there were dozens of various Alfas in the car park, and we just happened to have gone down in Mrs Flats Alfa GTV!
Result
And - surprisingly - the Alfa people spread their cars out all over the car parks of the Holiday Inn! Every other club I have seen has all the cars grouped together! Maybe the average age of the drivers being 125 had something to do with that though! Maybe they just forgot where they had to park, or why they were there in th efirst place - hahaha
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Post by jmsquared on Jun 5, 2012 0:26:09 GMT 1
What a bit of luck Flat. You must have had a lovely time ogling your beloved Alfas!
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Post by Guest on Jun 5, 2012 9:17:51 GMT 1
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Post by flatin5th - Knight of the NC on Jun 5, 2012 16:14:42 GMT 1
well - you all know of my love of all things Italian and exotic - and Alfa's? Is there ever such a thing as an ugly Ferrari? I can confirm yes there is  matt dark green, and some sort of smoked headlight glass! Awful- plain awful! |
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Post by amie8 on Jun 5, 2012 22:48:26 GMT 1
I once saw a matt black Testarossa parked in a restaurant car park. I had to walk around it twice to confirm to myself it was really a Ferrari. They didn't always get it right.
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Post by FizzyLogician on Jun 6, 2012 1:00:11 GMT 1
I've seen a couple of matte black Aventadors and Evoras. Ugly.
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Post by jmsquared on Jun 6, 2012 5:21:53 GMT 1
It looks like it just has its undercoat and no paint. Or it's a clay model of a prototype!
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Post by liverbird on Jun 6, 2012 18:30:40 GMT 1
What a waste of a good car :-(
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Post by lynnemezzo on Jun 6, 2012 19:22:56 GMT 1
When I had a summer job in England (Godalming, Surrey, to be precise) in 1972, I used to pass a classic car dealership every time I took the bus into Guildford. There was a bright red Ferrari Dino parked there and I used to lust after it!
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Post by antonia on Jun 8, 2012 14:18:59 GMT 1
I saw the amazing sight of a load of Reliant Rialto's going around a big round about.At first I thought the circus was in town.
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Post by amie8 on Jun 8, 2012 14:36:31 GMT 1
It'd probably have been more entertaining to see them going round a small roundabout.
Carnage.
(Had to look up Reliant Rialto - I've always just called them all Robins. )
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Post by adrianmay on Jun 9, 2012 16:29:44 GMT 1
Has anyone else seen a BMW X6 rolling around town. I was stuck behind one yesterday and I gotta say, the thing is a mystery to me. What the hell is it? My husband says it's a "crossover" which seems to be a polite way of saying confused. It's recognizable as a BMW but it's huge and fat. It looks puffy and blown-up. Sort of like seeing a classmate from high school you immediately recognize but they've put on 50 pounds. It's like a 3 series or 5 series coupe swallowed an SUV. The tires were the most ridiculous thing. In the next lane over to me was a 3/4 ton Suburban. I was comparing the tires on it with the BMW. Worryingly, the ones on the BMW looked the same if not even a bit fatter. Even with all this "hugeness" it didn't look like it had anymore room inside then my little Passat. Has anyone driven one or these or can they explain the point of their existence to me?  |
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Post by FizzyLogician on Jun 9, 2012 16:58:36 GMT 1
There are a few around here and they are truly ugly. Cross-over = half-a**ed fusion of car and SUV that serves the function of neither particularly well.
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Post by lynnemezzo on Jun 9, 2012 18:13:14 GMT 1
Sad to say that I have never been a fan of the Beemer. And this one proves my point; it seems to have an identity crisis!
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Post by jmsquared on Jun 10, 2012 2:20:06 GMT 1
Stupid thing. Almost as ugly as the Cayenne too. You couldn't fit any gear in it to go off road! Pointless.
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Post by dit on Jun 20, 2012 20:00:04 GMT 1
Not my sighting, but Richard Hammond's! He's being driven to Heathrow (he's off to France, having only just returned from Durban) and has just tweeted this on a subject close to my heart
Richard Hammondþ@thehamsterscage
Oh no. Just seen Triumph GT6 on M4 and suddenly, I really, really want one. #OddWhenThatHappens I know; am car bore. What do you expect!
It did get a rather rude response; totally untrue!
@thehamsterscage But, that is a muscle bound spitfire for hairdressers!
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Post by Vivienne on Jun 29, 2012 21:13:48 GMT 1
I saw a Fisker Karma convertible on Maryland 97 today. It was white and beautiful. I was alone so no picture. It eclipsed the Porsche next to me.
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Post by flatin5th - Knight of the NC on Jul 1, 2012 22:40:29 GMT 1
well - just back from Goodwood Festival of Speed - you name it, it was there!
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Post by eshalda on Jul 1, 2012 23:02:39 GMT 1
Lucky you. Which was your favourite?
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Post by jmsquared on Jul 1, 2012 23:48:20 GMT 1
well - just back from Goodwood Festival of Speed - you name it, it was there! Pictures of your highlights, perchance?? |
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Post by flatin5th - Knight of the NC on Jul 2, 2012 6:45:33 GMT 1
I didn't take any!  Multiples of:
- Ferrari
Veron
Zonda
Konigsegg
Spyker
and everything else! |
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Post by jmsquared on Jul 2, 2012 7:58:19 GMT 1
I didn't take any! Sacked man, you are sacked and in disgrace!!! ;D |
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Post by jacqui on Jul 2, 2012 18:47:26 GMT 1
You're Fired! Just joking, glad you enjoyed! I hope to go next year ;D with a camera  |
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Post by dit on Jul 16, 2012 23:34:56 GMT 1
It was Fleetwood Transport Festival yesterday (they still call it Tram Sunday locally, even though there are very few trams since they improved the tramway system) so I took Purdey to show her off on the one day of sunshine we've had for many weeks. There were some interesting, odd and unusual vehicles, and here are just a few: A Buddhist hearse  A very elderly car, but lovely  This is an odd one from East Lancashire - the car is carrying a 'Rose Princess' who would be crowned on the town's Gala Day, and the boot/trunk is up because the little girl (aged about eight) is sitting in the boot in all her finery, waving to the crowds  I couldn't resist this, on the door of a white van  Finally, I found a Blackpool tram!  Purdey was much admired and photographed. She was parked near an E-type, and when I looked at my photos later I was reminded that people used to say the GT6 was the poor man's E-type   (She's going in to have a small oil leak checked tomorrow - I just hope it's not going to turn out expensive!) |
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Post by amie8 on Jul 16, 2012 23:39:10 GMT 1
Awww...they could be twins (non-identical).
So..improving the Blackpool tram system has entailed removing all the trams?
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Post by dit on Jul 17, 2012 0:08:38 GMT 1
So..improving the Blackpool tram system has entailed removing all the trams? Well, for a couple of years they were busy rebuilding the system, so there were no trams at all. All the rails were ripped up and replaced, but the process was held up a few times as rotten thieving barstewards kept nicking the new rails and cabling while it was waiting to be laid. Now we have a lovely new shiny system with modern trams, though they don't have the same charisma as the old ones. The new rails will take the old trams, but they're going to be designated 'heritage' and brought out on special occasions. I think the new trams are a bit too wide to go down the main street for the festival, as many of the cars on display are parked sideways to fit them in. There was one solitary new tram there, but it just seemed to be going up and down about 100 yards at one end of the main street, rather than risking it any further! |
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