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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: diamondgeezer on July 29, 2004, 12:58:43 pm
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Behold my low-rider collection. Well, actually, they belong to my employer, Maranello. But still, it's several million pounds worth of car more than I would have gotten near if I didn't work there :D...
http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/saab/images/Phat%20G-Rides/
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I want to hurt you.
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You disgust me :p
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Originally posted by Thorn
I want to hurt you.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
but those are some high quality cars though
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meh. lowriders...:ick: I'd take a good rice-rocket over them anyday...
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Argh, good god man, resize them to a reasonable resolution.
Other that that, cool. I guess those the perks of working for Ferrari.
...you say the guy's name is...Maranello? That even sounds like a car name. I haven't met too many Maranellos, but I'm sure they're all a bunch of sports-car driving, gold Rolex owning, sweater-around the shoulders wearing bastards. ;) ;)
I'm not "into" cars, so someone mind telling me what that silver-metallic one is? The red one is an Aston Martin I think, and the silver one also has that sort of shape to it, but I'm not nearly knowledgable enough about cars to be able to recognize itfrom the back.
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No no no, Maranello is the name of the company. We're the main UK and European dealership and service center. Even the Italian dealers buy stuff from us, and we've even been known to export oil to Kuwait :D
Sorry about the uber res, but they're just such beautiful piccies... :D
Oh, and they're all Ferraris apart from that first one, which is a Maserati. Not common-or-graden Aston Martins here ;)
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actually...Maranello is the town in Italy, where Ferrari has it's headquarters.
And @Raa: This are no lowriders....but some of the finest sport cars you can get on the planet.
Personally I'd prefer a Lamborghini Murçielago though ;)
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How dare you call these fine machines lowriders!
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I didn't click the link, because someone else said lowriders. :p
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can I have your job if/when you go to sea ?:D
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That depends if you can safely operate a roll of sellotape
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i assume you're aware of the car who's headlight is seen on the right of this (http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/saab/images/Phat%20G-Rides/P7290009.JPG) picture
i'm curious why you didn't take pictures of it... since it's only, you know, worth at least 4 times any of the other ferraris you pictured
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Originally posted by Stealth
i assume you're aware of the car who's headlight is seen on the right of this (http://nodewar.penguinbomb.com/saab/images/Phat%20G-Rides/P7290009.JPG) picture
i'm curious why you didn't take pictures of it... since it's only, you know, worth at least 4 times any of the other ferraris you pictured
Looks like a white Enzo. Damn, you need to take a picture of that.
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Yeah, that's exactly what it is. a white Enzo. and he didn't take any pictures of it :/ :(
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DG if you wanna brag make sure you show us the best stuff. In other words, shows us that Enzo and not some 360 modena :D
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Originally posted by Raa
I didn't click the link, because someone else said lowriders. :p
Click the ****ing link. :p
And you lose for choosing rice rockets. :no:
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as far as i know, Enzo's are only in red (85%), yellow (10%) and black (5%) (for the record, if i were to ever have one, i'd choose black ;) ). however they may offer the white model to countries other than the USA. haven't heard of that though.
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Originally posted by Stealth
as far as i know, Enzo's are only in red (85%), yellow (10%) and black (5%) (for the record, if i were to ever have one, i'd choose black ;) ). however they may offer the white model to countries other than the USA. haven't heard of that though.
exactly why I want to see it too. Rare white Enzo!
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
That depends if you can safely operate a roll of sellotape
I can learn.
Rather have a Pagani Zonda S than an Enzo personally. Especially a white one, reminds me too much of massive b-winged 80's Lambos.
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yeah i didn't like the interior of the Zonda, personally. but i've heard it's superb at handling, and is supposed to be very comfortable
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Ok. I klicked. Happy?
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Originally posted by Stealth
Yeah, that's exactly what it is. a white Enzo. and he didn't take any pictures of it :/ :(
I think if you look closer, you'll notice that it's actually a red Enzo with some sort of white protection stuff applied on top of the actual car. IMO, it's a much less attractive car than the F50 or even the F40; in fact ever since the Modena, Ferraris have gotten surprisingly unattractive; witness the Porsche-wannabe front end of that dratted 612 Scagletti. Some would say that the 360 is less attractive than the F355, and I'd be leaning in that direction too. I'd take a F355, 512TR, or (dream on) 288 GTO any day over a newer ferrari.
'Course, this is all idle speculation based on styling only, so what do I know
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Ick. Ferraris. No thanks.....
Sorry, Ferrari are ****e. Never liked 'em, never will. Gimme a Caterham Fireblade any day. Or a TVR Tuscan V440. Or a Bugatti Veyron.... :D
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While I would prefer my DB9, I'll say - pyro - silence fool, these are _real_ cars. :p
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you missed out "ly awful" there, vyper... :p Seriously, I've never understood the appeal of Ferrari (apart from people who are rich posers, or wish they were :D), considering they're fairly ugly (Labcoat's got a point - the older ones are prettier as a rule), they're ridiculously expensive, and they're painted the most disgusting, nasty, garish shade of red I think I've ever seen....
But then I like 1930s sports cars, so what can I say?
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Originally posted by pyro-manic
you missed out "ly awful" there, vyper... :p Seriously, I've never understood the appeal of Ferrari (apart from people who are rich posers, or wish they were :D), considering they're fairly ugly (Labcoat's got a point - the older ones are prettier as a rule), they're ridiculously expensive, and they're painted the most disgusting, nasty, garish shade of red I think I've ever seen....
But then I like 1930s sports cars, so what can I say?
To be fair, a Ferrari at wide open throttle produces the most hair-raising shriek this side of hell itself, and it's the kind of scream that'll get even a man with a cancerous prostate to wet his pants. The whole "essence of distilled superbike" that wafts through the air from a Ferrari's rear pipes has the potential to validate it all, including the whole lack of reliability that's stigmatic of Italian supercars. Keyword there is "probably"; I won't know.
As for the 1930s: that Bugatti Atlantic? Whooaoaoao...*drool
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Originally posted by Labcoatguy
I think if you look closer, you'll notice that it's actually a red Enzo with some sort of white protection stuff applied on top of the actual car.
heeey you're right! Wow either you have a good eye for detail, or you had your resolution turned down :p yeah it is a red enzo, i wonder why i didn't see that red bit peeking out :)
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Correct. Which is why I didn't post a picture of it. FYI though, it's brand new - zero on the clock. £500000 and it's yours :nod:
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you didn't post a picture of it because it's red and not white? :wtf: :confused:
it's still the most expensive car in that garage, and one of the most expensive and rarest cars in the world
i want to see pictures of it! :(
EDIT: that's not a bad price though. that's what, around $900,000? that sounds about right.
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I didn't post it because it's wrapped up. I would have taken a shot of the interior, 'cept the winders were wound up when I got round there with me camera, and I didn't dare touch it :D
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I'd go for a Zonda, myself
(http://membres.lycos.fr/voituresrares/mondial/photos/zonda.jpg)
Although i vaguely remember a relatively cheap (note the 'relative') kit car on Top Gear which went like **** off a shovel.....
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yes, we've been through this already, but ummm thanks for posting a picture? I assume you haven't seen the interior though, have you. because it sucks. however, that's not to say i wouldn't want one :nod: :D although i'd take an Enzo over probably any car in the world, since it's one of the rarest and most expensive cars in the world, and definately one of the most wanted.
Since we're posting pictures now, a car i've always loved is the Saleen S7
(http://www.saleen.com/images/S7%20Images/S7left2.jpg)
:)
also, the ultima can am, and the vector avtech. i mean, how cool would it be to say you drive the fastest road car in the world. heh.
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Originally posted by Stealth
yes, we've been through this already, but ummm thanks for posting a picture? I assume you haven't seen the interior though, have you. because it sucks. ]
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Ah.. I see :p
Who gives a **** about the interior, though? ;7
Still can't remember the name of that kit car, though.......thing was something like £60k, but it was almost as fast as a Lambo when tuned.....
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also, i read that the idle of the zonda is louder than a diablo at 2.5k RPMs
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Zonda is a really great car but if I'm going to get a super car ill stick to a lambo or a ferrari simply because it is easier to get spare parts and support for maintiance.
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i've heard the Enzo is highly unreliable, it's more for show than reliable driving.
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You know, I was pretty sure it's not an Enzo, and it seems I'm right - I went and had another look, and it's an F60 as I suspected
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
You know, I was pretty sure it's not an Enzo, and it seems I'm right - I went and had another look, and it's an F60 as I suspected
F60 = Enzo
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Um you work for a Ferrari Dealership and you don't know F60=Enzo?
Shame shame!
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Speaking of Zondas, I was playing Gran Turismo 3 (Great game if you like looking at cars at all) and I got a ton of prize money for doing the 100 laps around the simple straights course thingy. I was considering buying a Zonda 'cause I love the looks of those.
However, I got seduced by and bought a Ruf CTR 2 instead. (Sorry for being OT :p)
(http://ultra.cto.us.edu.pl/pub/Multimedia/Pictures/Cars/Porsche/911/1997.RufCTR2.01.jpg)
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Originally posted by Cabbie
Um you work for a Ferrari Dealership and you don't know F60=Enzo?
Shame shame!
Yup, I've worked here for - ooh - two weeks now