Concorde - My Dilemma!

[GCerbera]

What a dilemma - I have actually managed to grab a
seat on Concorde during it's last week of service.


That's right, they've been sold out for ages, but by
keeping a smart eye open, I found a seat.

Trouble is I don't really have the ££ to do it as we
are moving to a bigger house in a couple of weeks,
so I start thinking, Cerbera vs Concorde, multiple
hours of fun vs 3 hours of fun.

Never thought anything would part me with the
Cerb....but what a decision and only 12 hours to make it...

[jeremyc]

Keep the Cerbera; it'll always be there for that grin-inducing ride.

Take out a loan, bash the plastic or whatever it takes to raise the funds for the once-in-a-lifetime Concorde trip (and pay back at your leisure).

Or am I missing something?

[DanH]

I flew on it a couple of months ago, and I whilst fun and memorable, under NO CIRCUMSTANCES would I trade a sports car for it.

You'd kick yourself. It aint that great.

[condor]

Do whatever you want to do....though the concorde trip is time limited

What's a few pounds to a never to be experienced again experience?

[cinqster]

The better option is to sit in my back garden and watch it take off - the noise as it turns 180 degrees over Kingston MUST be more thrilling than actually being on it? Oh, and I might let you take me for a spin in the Tivver too!

Someone will buy them and offer cheap flights in a year or two - don't believe the hype!

>> Edited by cinqster on Friday 17th October 01:33

[Jnr]

Just go find a nice long tunnel in the Tiv and cane it through with the windows down....

Question answered!! IMO


JohnR

[shnozz]

fighter plane -v- sports car maybe. concorde, no f ing way. dont even think about it. pokey leather seats and a digi display telling you the speed. sounds like an Astra GTE to me. keep the cerb, bollox to the tickets.

[rico]

Can't you sell your tickets and make an absolute packed in profit to some gullable richkid???

Rico

[RichardR]

It would be great to be able to say you've flown on Concorde, but I don't think I'd sacrifice anything major for it, especially a TVR!

Why not drive the Cerbera to Heathrow on the 24th and record the final flight. Almost as good as actually flying it, and much cheaper!

[Beasty]

Having flown it, I understand your dilema, and to be honest I wouldn't sell the farm for it. True, its a great experience, one which I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to have had, but I think I would have been disappointed if I had made a huge sacrifice for it.

That said, if it has been your dream since boyhood to fly Concorde, then go do it, as there will always be that pang of regret whenever the subject of Concorde comes up.

Look at it this way, would you rather tell your grandchildren that you could once fly across the Atlantic in 3 hours on this wonderful plane called Concorde, and you flew on her in her last week of operation, or that you had a ticket to fly on her in her last week of operation but gave it up to buy a reasonably fast car that has long since been rendered obsolete?

[Julian64]

Don't do it. Have flown concorde a few times, noisy cramped, and you don't see much.

For much less £ book yourself a flight in a light aircraft. Its a go-cart versus ferrari thing.

Much more fun and you'll still have enough to run the cerb

[yellow peril]

Graham..........

Sell the Cerb for a one off flight in Concorde....


Can't believe you are even considering it........




....//P//

[jconsta6]

I did it in July.
It was a boyhood dream of mine, and hence it was worth it.
Look at it like this, the car (or a car) will be around next year, Concorde won't. All the talk of them still flying privately, from what I've hear is minimal at best.
Or as already suggested - borrow the money. Lenders are so desperate to lend at the mommnet it wouldn;t be that difficult.
I'm very much a "have your cake and eat it" sort of person, so I'd borrow to make them both happen.

I know it's an old cliche, but we could all be dead tomorrow.

Enjoy

[Rovertron]

I live close to Heathrow and Concorde is the daddy of the engine note even one mile out it's a beautiful sound. It's a loud, deafening roar but to a petrolhead like me it's engine heaven. Finesse with the sound of two thuggish jet engines.

I saw the old girl come into land a couple of days ago and stood in the middle of the street, gob wide open listening to the engines dialling back and it's low enough to see the 'diamonds' from the engine. A beautiful, beautiful plane and there have been many, many attempts to build something better, the Ruskies and the Americans both failed but us Brits and the French did it. And they can't take that away from us, ever.

My advice, see it come into land, it looks better from the outside than the inside and wack on a tuned stainless steel exhaust to the Tiv and enjoy that instead.

[GCerbera]

yellow peril said:

Graham.......... Sell the Cerb for a one off flight in Concorde.... Can't believe you are even considering it........ ....//P//

I know crazy isn't it.
There have been no tickets to be had on Concorde for
months and I managed to find some and now have
the chance to fly myself and my father.

It's always been his ultimate dream to fly on it and
I've always thought I'd get a chance through what I
do, but it didn't happen and it's now or never and 2
tickets don't come cheap.

If it wasn't for the move and the extra expense there,
it would not be an issue, but bottom line is...it is
an issue.

I don't think I can part with the Cerbera, but have
just a handful of hours to find another plan....
or watch the flight land without us on it....


Thanks for your thoughts folks.

[GCerbera]

Rovertron said:

My advice, see it come into land, it looks better from the outside than the inside and wack on a tuned stainless steel exhaust to the Tiv and enjoy that instead.

Thanks Roverton.
I filmed the last departure to Washington Tuesday and
also the landing JFK flight, as close as you could get
to both.

I fly all the time, see it all the time and always thought it would happen, but now the clock is ticking...

[yellow peril]

GCerbera said:

yellow peril said: Graham.......... Sell the Cerb for a one off flight in Concorde.... Can't believe you are even considering it........ ....//P// I know crazy isn't it. There have been no tickets to be had on Concorde for months and I managed to find some and now have the chance to fly myself and my father.

Oooo...this puts a slightly different slant on it.

This would be a superb memory for the future.

Well....how about financing the tickets through means suggested by everyone, card, loan etc.....and then....if the new house means the repayments are difficult....then flog the Cerb.......

Okay.....this probably hasn't helped.....


Sorry....

....//P//

[RichB]

GCerbera said:

It's always been his ultimate dream to fly on it and I've always thought I'd get a chance through what I do, but it didn't happen and it's now or never and 2 tickets don't come cheap.

I assume you are talking LHR to JFK or something? Indeed costly however it's your Dad you are talking about, and like Concorde they aren't around for ever either! Make his day/year/life and treat him. Mind you I'd keep the Cerbie as well! Rich...

[davidd]

If you are buying a new house is there an option to shove a little extra on the house loan?

If it really is a dream you have had since childhood then you should do it.

The other way of looking at it is that you could sell the cerebera and buy another next year for £10k!

D.

[Clubsport]

Concorde is definitely worth experiencing,having had the pleasure of blagging it 3 times on business trips,
but in comparison the only time I have been in a Cerbera was when I was fortunate enough to passenger Jeremy C in his 4.5 around bruntingthorpe....it is fair to say that fun/adrenalin of £ per mile the Cerbera comes out on top...
Go for the Concorde trip then you will have a benchmark to measure your other experiences against.