Choose Your Supercar (from some of my favs)

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Choose Your Super Car

Enzo
8
17%
SLR
1
2%
F40
17
37%
Gallardo
4
9%
F430
2
4%
Vanquish S
3
7%
Zonda
11
24%
 
Total votes: 46

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Post by kenny » Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:58 pm

Just for looking absolutely bonkers I have said Zonda but if, sorry, when I get round to buying a supercar it will be a very hard choice between the Ferrari's and a Mclaren F1.

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Post by tut » Wed Oct 25, 2006 1:29 pm

Not voting as you have not included the McLaren F1, probably the greatest of all, and 10 years old now.

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Post by PhilA » Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:52 pm

tut wrote:Not voting as you have not included the McLaren F1, probably the greatest of all, and 10 years old now.

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aye, would have voted the F1 if it was on there :)
had a poster of it on my wall for years :D
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Post by ryallm » Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:54 pm

F40 for me, closely followed by the Zonda. I notice hardly anyone likes th SLR - apparently Gorden Murray thinks it turned out to be pants too, and he was involved in designing it :lol: . No Veyon either - pig ugly and about 1000kg overweight in my book

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Post by Rich H » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:10 pm

Veyron is an odd beast, yes it has 1001 hp but it has things like a radiator for the hydraulics on the spoiler FFS, why not stick with electric and bin all the hydraulic mess?

A supercar has to be beautiful, hideously impractical, exclusive and hellish to keep, Porsche 917 it is:

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Post by PhilA » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:15 pm

F1 (sorry gareth)
driving off:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsN91_6Ufrc

in car, lots of talk but listen at the end :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srObYKGuGpw
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Post by Sanjøy » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:52 pm

GregR wrote:F40. No contest.

Raw. No driving aids, not bogged down with a/c, a stereo, door handles...

Plus, it did adorn my bedroom wall for nigh on 5 years when I was a youngster (and I think I still have 2 Burago die-cast models of the bad-boy at mum & pop's house!) Centemental value weighs high! However, I wonder if it would be like meeting one of your heroes...
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Post by tut » Wed Oct 25, 2006 4:52 pm

If you have the money, no problem.

What you pay now...............

1970 Porsche 917
Chassis No: 917 020

$2.25m

Contact: Wayne Jackson
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Chassis 917.020 remains arguably the single most correct, meticulously restored and one of the single most historicly important surviving vehicle of its type in existence. Chassis 917.020 is fully documented from the very moment built by the Porsche Factory, through each of its individual races and on to its one and sole owner since new. It is in fact the only one-owner-from-new Porsche 917 in existence. It is also the only 917 known to still have its original Porsche Factory Invoice. While it is most always associated with its overall victory at the gruelling 12 Hours of Sebring, this is but one small part of this most fortunate vehicle.
Chassis 917.020 is one of the few fabled Porsche 917 Coupes which swept the board in endurance racing in both 1970 and 1971. It also has the distinction of being the winner of the Sebring Twelve Hour Race in 1971, driven by Vic Elford and Gerard Larrousse. This car is one of just five 917 Coupes to have won a major World Endurance Championship Race remaining outside of Factory ownership today.

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Post by Rich H » Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:12 pm

Wow...

The replicas are something daft like £75k as well....
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Post by andy_snap » Wed Oct 25, 2006 5:15 pm

Always had a soft spot for the Gallardo; as practical
as you get with the selection on offer but still looks great.

Still, if the Mac Merc SLR came with Shell.........then I may reconsider!!

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Post by rossybee » Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:16 pm

Mac F1 is the obvious omission on the list, but my personal fave is the Fez 288GTO, for its sheer beauty & purposefulness, also not listed, so I plumped for the F40 :roll:

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Post by pete » Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:24 pm

Right you are all being silly. F1 for performance. One of the two below for looks. Don't like Lambos normally but I'll have my Miura in white please.

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Not sure if this is a supercar. But mine would be in red. (Saw one in Bray (just outside Maidenhead) once, parked outside the cricket club. My non-car loving mates didn't give it a second look whilst I stopped slack jawed and gazed.)

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Post by simon » Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:06 pm

Surpised nobody's mentioned the GT40 yet:

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Post by jason » Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:14 pm

Voted for F40 from your list....

...but my favourite will always be 288 GTO 8)

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Post by tut » Wed Oct 25, 2006 7:25 pm

The 250 GTO is one of the all time classics, and also one of the most beautiful.

Your pic of Nick Masons reg 250 GTO is also the best known, and one of the best used.

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