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Car Forum / UK Car Forums / General Car Topics (UK group) / July 2009I've often thought...
... that even if I was a millionaire I wouldn't spend obscene amounts of money on cars. Rolls Royces, Veyrons, Bentleys... not interested. But that new Ferrari 458 Italia... I'm like a schoolboy playing Top Trumps and finding I have the Countach *and* the De Tomaso Pantera. By christ that's truly lovely, the first "proper looking" Ferrari for ages, and when I'm blessed with a squillion pounds I'm having one. <http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/28/officially-official-ferrari-announces-the-458 -italia/> Oh, and pre-empting the inevitable "I don't like it", "It's too...", "It looks like a...", I don't give a f.ck; you're wrong, I'm right: it's lovely, end of, goodnight! Si On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:46:48 +0100, Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot mumbled: > ... that even if I was a millionaire I wouldn't spend obscene amounts of > money on cars. Same here. I'd like a TVR Griffith 500 and some very practical, but very fast people carrier for the kids, but that's about it. Hardly an obscene amount for either of those. >Rolls Royces, Veyrons, Bentleys... not interested. But > that new Ferrari 458 Italia... That is *gorgeous*. It's so much nicer than any modern Ferrari IMO. If I win the lottery a few times, I'd have one! Mike P > On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:46:48 +0100, Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot mumbled: > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > fast people carrier for the kids, but that's about it. Hardly an obscene > amount for either of those. Something like an XJR or an S class AMG is what I'd like when I've got some cash. There's something fantastic about big cars with big engines, the driving experience is almost surreal IMO. And something that weighs very little with a big engine for when I want to buzz around... >>Rolls Royces, Veyrons, Bentleys... not interested. But >> that new Ferrari 458 Italia... > > That is *gorgeous*. It's so much nicer than any modern Ferrari IMO. If I > win the lottery a few times, I'd have one! If I won the lottery, there's absolutely no question what I'd buy (though it's rather unlikely, as I've never bought a ticket). An F40 or 288 GTO would be top of my list. > If I won the lottery, there's absolutely no question what I'd buy (though > it's rather unlikely, as I've never bought a ticket). Buying a lottery ticket does not increase your odds of winning much, they go from zero to negligible. :-) Z >> If I won the lottery, there's absolutely no question what I'd buy (though >> it's rather unlikely, as I've never bought a ticket). > > Buying a lottery ticket does not increase your odds of winning much, they > go from zero to negligible. :-) Zackly. And you win a quid each week, guaranteed.  Signature"For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died." >>> If I won the lottery, there's absolutely no question what I'd buy >>> (though it's rather unlikely, as I've never bought a ticket). [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Zackly. And you win a quid each week, guaranteed. Indeed, I've not been playing every week since it started and now I'm over £750 up. Z > > On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:46:48 +0100, Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot mumbled: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Something like an XJR or an S class AMG is what I'd like when I've got some > cash. There's something fantastic about big cars with big engines I once had the pleasure of being driven in a Merc 560SEL back in 1995 by a Greek Chauffeur in a hurry. Surreal, as you say, that something so large moved so quickly. > >>Rolls Royces, Veyrons, Bentleys... not interested. But > >> that new Ferrari 458 Italia... [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > it's rather unlikely, as I've never bought a ticket). An F40 or 288 GTO > would be top of my list. I was going to say I'd like something less highly strung, but I can't, cos I want a TVR. I'm not that bothered about handling. Scary fast and power is my thing :) Mike P 'Mike P[_2_ Wrote: > ;463713']On 29 July, 10:33, "Doki" mrd...@gmail.com wrote:- > "Mike P" priv...@privacy.net wrote in message [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > Mike P I'm always confused by the millionaires who have their own chauffeurs if I had that much money I'd set myself up with a nice ferrari, but th pleasure would be in driving it, not having someone else doing it fo me, does anyone agree -- Exchange and Mart > 'Mike P[_2_ Wrote: >> ;463713']On 29 July, 10:33, "Doki" mrd...@gmail.com wrote:- "Mike P" [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > pleasure would be in driving it, not having someone else doing it for > me, does anyone agree? Well, in this case,it was a foreign company that I worked for the rich guys weren't fit to drive the cars! It was all kept in the family. The two old men who set it up the company in the 50s were cousins. They married each others sisters. This had been going on for generations. The results weren't the most intelligent beings to walk the earth. Very, very rich, nice chaps, slightly older than me but I was good friends with one of them via my boss (who was also related, but distantly so actually OK) There is no way on earth the son could have driven a car with his nervous ticks and twitches or his deficiencies. They had a fleet of Mercs with chaffeurs and a couple of Ferraris. Mike P > I'm always confused by the millionaires who have their own chauffeurs, > if I had that much money I'd set myself up with a nice ferrari, but > the pleasure would be in driving it, not having someone else doing it > for me, does anyone agree? I drove a Hornby Hobbies manager home once, in a company car, and he remarked how odd it was that it was a treat for him to be driven home and also a treat for me to get out of doing my job to drive him home! He was right so I suppose it's to do with what you use a car for and how much of a petrol head you are in the first place. Si True true, I guess not everyone is horse-powered obsessed -- Exchange and Mart > True true, I guess not everyone is horse-powered obsessed! It's a battle you can't win. Someone else will always turn up with something faster and more powerful. Far better, IMO, to go for something that's fun and rewarding to drive and arrive with a grin on your face. That Ferrari will cost twenty or thirty times as much as an old Mini, but I very much doubt if it'll be twenty or thirty times as much fun. >> True true, I guess not everyone is horse-powered obsessed! > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > an old Mini, but I very much doubt if it'll be twenty or thirty times > as much fun. *Slightly* prettier though. Si > I'm always confused by the millionaires who have their own chauffeurs, > if I had that much money I'd set myself up with a nice ferrari, but the > pleasure would be in driving it, not having someone else doing it for > me, does anyone agree? I'd happily pay a man to get me up and down the motorway in a nice car, and then drive something interesting for myself when I wanted to. When you've got a lot of travelling to do, driving just becomes a chore, and a considerable portion of your day is spent doing it. Or to put it another way, if you live an hour from the office, you could work be out of the house for 12 hours, spending 2 travelling and 10 in the office, or be driven, and spend 10 hours out of the house, but be working for the entirety. Same amount of work gets done, but you get 2 hours back out of your day. >> > On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:46:48 +0100, Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot >> > mumbled: [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > cos I want a TVR. I'm not that bothered about handling. Scary fast and > power is my thing :) The worse your handling, the more 'scary' fast becomes. :-) Z >> I was going to say I'd like something less highly strung, but I can't, >> cos I want a TVR. I'm not that bothered about handling. Scary fast and >> power is my thing :) > > The worse your handling, the more 'scary' fast becomes. :-) Or, put another way, the worse your handling, the less fast "scary" becomes.... Signature"For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died." >>> I was going to say I'd like something less highly strung, but I >>> can't, cos I want a TVR. I'm not that bothered about handling. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Or, put another way, the worse your handling, the less fast "scary" > becomes.... Hillman Imp. Si >>> > On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:46:48 +0100, Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot >>> > mumbled: [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > The worse your handling, the more 'scary' fast becomes. :-) My stepdad had a Chimera for ages. I drove it a few times. Hilariously fast. It was the sort of car you buried the throttle into the carpet, clenched your arse cheeks, hung on and laughed like a maniac. If it was wet, clenching didn't help. I want a Griffith 500 :-) Mike P I'm wondering if there's a millionaire in the forum who wants t contribute? :- -- Exchange and Mart > ... that even if I was a millionaire I wouldn't spend obscene amounts of > money on cars. Rolls Royces, Veyrons, Bentleys... not interested. But [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > looks like a...", I don't give a f.ck; you're wrong, I'm right: it's > lovely, end of, goodnight! I suppose, if you forced me ;-) "Twin exhaust pipes you say? This has got three" - I hope this isn't the start of another new trend. Z > ... that even if I was a millionaire I wouldn't spend obscene amounts of > money on cars. Rolls Royces, Veyrons, Bentleys... not interested. But that [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > looks like a...", I don't give a f.ck; you're wrong, I'm right: it's lovely, > end of, goodnight! So you didn't look at it from this angle then? http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/07/090031car-1280.jpg "Hey what shall we do with all thisa plastic we gotta left over?" "Justa chuck it ina the back, nobody notice." >> ... that even if I was a millionaire I wouldn't spend obscene >> amounts of money on cars. Rolls Royces, Veyrons, Bentleys... not [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > "Hey what shall we do with all thisa plastic we gotta left over?" > "Justa chuck it ina the back, nobody notice." <Fingers in ears> LALALALALALALALAAAAAAAA!" Si |
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