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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2008 19:35:35 GMT
I think my dream car list to drive would include
Bugatti Veyron (have to really),
Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport,
Lamborghini Gallardo Spider,
Lamborghini Muira,
Alpha Romeo Spider (from the Graduate),
a Rolls Royce,
Bentley Continental,
Alpha Romeo 8c (pure porn),
Aston Marten DB9,
Aston Marten DB5 (just stunning),
Jaguar E type,
Jaguar XKR,
one of the Mercedes Black Series cars just for the sheer power,
Mercedes 300SL Gullwing,
Ferrari California,
Caparo (madness) and Mustang GT500 1969 (around then) and Porsche Cayman, Ford Focus ST ;D and how could I forget a ZONDA or Ford GT.
Dream car to live with
Alfa Romeo 8c or a Brera (as long as it won't break)
or
Classic Aston Marten DB5 or DB6
That is the list to begin with ;D
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Post by stigalicious on Aug 5, 2008 20:07:09 GMT
Ooh-er, this is just filth of the highest order...   At last, the targa-topped Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport. A convertible Veyron, possibly the scariest thing to go into production in a long time - well, what's going to happen when you hit 250mph with the roof off?! But good lord, it's a sexy beast. I'm off to change my underwear... HAHAHAHAHA! I was just going to say, if I was a bloke I'd be doing a Jeremy impression and 'nursing a semi'! I WANT require that car... right now... |
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Post by Wyvern on Aug 5, 2008 20:14:35 GMT
Well, I think that is enough to inspire a moistening of any lady petrolhead... It is just stunning. I'm a bit worried that I'm turning into one of those "I went on the internet and I found this" people.
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Post by stigalicious on Aug 5, 2008 20:20:17 GMT
Nolt wrong wit that! Look at Jezza *opps, I stand corrected!*
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Post by Wyvern on Aug 5, 2008 20:22:24 GMT
I'm now having a nightmare image of going to a TG filming day (should the miracle ever happen) and Jeremy saying the dreaded words and flashing up a picture of me in a compromising position with an 8c or something  |
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Post by xjsarah on Aug 5, 2008 22:19:03 GMT
LOL!! What an image that would be...!   ;D That convertible Veyron is absolutely stunning!  ;D |
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Post by Mayfayre on Aug 5, 2008 22:30:46 GMT
I think my dream car is a motorbike. Ducati 600 monster. Or possibly the newer 620, though I'd need a lottery win for that!  |
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Post by dutchdiva on Aug 18, 2008 13:31:44 GMT
I'm starting to fall in love with this  A Bug's life We love the Bugatti Veyron. With its massive speed, massive price tag and massive kudos, it's both absurd and totally awesome. So what are we to think of this new convertible version? Well we love this too, obviously. And we love how it costs £150,000 more than the regular car(!). For that, you get removable glass panels - which you have to leave at home - and a crappy sort of umbrella to put up in case it rains. Seriously, an umbrella. £150,000 for an umbrella. Presumably though, almost none of the 150 Grand Sports (that's convertible to you and us) will reach drizzly old Britain as most of them will be finding homes in the Middle East and America, with owners who'll just take the other Veyron if it rains. Let's just hope their toupes don't blow off at 227mph, cos that's what speed this thing will do with the roof off. Raise an exploratory hand out at that speed, and it'll likely rip it clean off. And according to a bloke called Wolfgang Schreiber, the Grand Sport is the 'stiffest roadster in the world'. We assume he means the chassis, but make your own mind up about any innuendo. It's fully appropriate for a car as sexy as this. Read our most recent cover feature about the Bugatti Veyron there via that bold link bit. source topgear.com |
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Post by wildcathammondette on Aug 18, 2008 13:35:19 GMT
I have a tiny soft spot for the Fiat 500 as well, tiny companct and nifty!
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Post by dutchdiva on Aug 18, 2008 13:41:56 GMT
the new one wild? I had one but you see them so often that they are not that fun anymore. My favorite car is still the smart roadster because you don't see them that often. (I have only seen 3 in my whole life)
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Post by wildcathammondette on Aug 18, 2008 14:05:46 GMT
yes the one James tested in Budapest. Here I just started seeing SOME of em...
Smart roadster? I have seen a LOT of those around here!
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Post by dutchdiva on Aug 18, 2008 14:28:04 GMT
yes the one James tested in Budapest. Here I just started seeing SOME of em... Smart roadster? I have seen a LOT of those around here! Really? *Dutch thinking about moving to Belgium  * |
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Post by wildcathammondette on Aug 18, 2008 14:41:15 GMT
Lol yeah I've definitely seen over 15 !
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Post by cantervilleghost on Aug 18, 2008 14:51:29 GMT
My ultimate dream would be this  But, seeing how neither are for sale, I want this, which will be for sale in the Spring of '09--  |
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Post by dutchdiva on Aug 18, 2008 14:57:35 GMT
oh looks nice centervilleghost
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Post by cantervilleghost on Aug 18, 2008 15:05:32 GMT
Dutch-- It's the Lotus Evora. I discovered it in the new Sept '08 issue of Top Gear Magazine. I took one look at the car and fell in love before I even read the article. It costs 100,000 pounds (200,000 American). So, I need to rob a bank. ;D
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Post by dutchdiva on Aug 18, 2008 15:08:07 GMT
oh 100,000. so that would be about 180,000 here in Holland
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Post by Wyvern on Aug 18, 2008 19:48:07 GMT
I can't help it. I love Lotuses but Evora? Did they make it up, or did they really want to name it after a Portuguese municipality? It's a beautiful, beautiful car, but the name does sound a bit like a person with a speech impediment talking about the ebola virus. And that stuck in my head as soon as they announced the name. It will be the Lotus Ebola for me forever |
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Post by Wyvern on Aug 20, 2008 15:48:59 GMT
I'm wavering over the Bristol Fighter. Not sure if I want this more...  The Bristol Blenheim Speedster is based on a car that they developed in the 1950s but was rejected as a production model as it was thought to be a bit "raw" (read undignified and shouty) for their gentleman customers so was mothballed in the 70s after a couple of decades being used as a testbed. It was fully restored in the late 90s. Then someone had the bright idea of mating the design elements of the car they nicknamed "The Bullet" with the Blenheim platform. Thus was the Speedster born, and I'm in love again! |
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Post by cantervilleghost on Aug 21, 2008 3:00:38 GMT
I can't help it. I love Lotuses but Evora? Did they make it up, or did they really want to name it after a Portuguese municipality? It's a beautiful, beautiful car, but the name does sound a bit like a person with a speech impediment talking about the ebola virus. And that stuck in my head as soon as they announced the name. It will be the Lotus Ebola for me forever I know! Fabulous car, crap name!  Why couldn't they come up with a better one? I still want the car though! |
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Post by stigalicious on Aug 21, 2008 3:03:21 GMT
god i wish i had money...
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Post by wildcathammondette on Aug 21, 2008 7:57:51 GMT
Started to get an interest in a Lightening Blue Mini Cooper S with white bonnet stripes and a Union Jack on the roof...
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Post by emmap on Aug 21, 2008 9:25:26 GMT
The things I would do just to see a Bugatti *innocent looks*, let alone drive one....(I'm pretty sure I'd be able to drive if I got the chance of obtaining said car)
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Post by wildcathammondette on Aug 21, 2008 11:09:26 GMT
You do mean a Veyron right Em? Not just any ol' Bugatti?
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Post by Wyvern on Aug 21, 2008 12:16:15 GMT
Apparently, if you're near London, the best thing to do if you want to see a Veyron close-up is to keep in touch with the big Bentley showroom. They get one in from time to time but they only ever have it for a day or two. GoTe, Spud and XJ saw it was there but MF and I missed it by a few hours back in May  The nice lady in the showroom did say they'd had it more than once before though... And just like the Rolls-Royce showroom next door, and the Bristol showroom at Olympia, and the American car specialist we found, they will allow photographs. Boo, hiss to London Motorhouse though... they had a Morgan, a Ferrari, a Zonda and loads of Lotuses... and won't even let people in without an appointment, and when they do, cameras are strictly verboten  But as for other Bugattis, for there have been many, I love the 1930s ones. The funny thing is that if you look at some of them closely, you can see the Veyron's roots even there! |
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Post by wildcathammondette on Aug 21, 2008 12:38:18 GMT
Maybe they might be one at MPH??
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Post by Wyvern on Aug 21, 2008 12:46:09 GMT
Good point, it's on the list I believe ;D
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Post by wildcathammondette on Aug 21, 2008 13:37:10 GMT
YEEHAW!!!!
Ooho I hope and pray for a Koenigsegg and a Zonda as well!
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Post by Wyvern on Aug 21, 2008 13:41:43 GMT
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Post by wildcathammondette on Aug 21, 2008 13:43:17 GMT
And a DB9 *jumps up and down* and a Shelby GT!! WOOOOOT!!!
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Why couldn't they come up with a better one? I still want the car though!
The nice lady in the showroom did say they'd had it more than once before though... And just like the Rolls-Royce showroom next door, and the Bristol showroom at Olympia, and the American car specialist we found, they will allow photographs.