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Now I am not one for petitions etc.. More of a direct action kind of guy .. But it struck me today ...
WHY DOESN'T BOND DRIVE A MONO ?????
It's like the most appropriate car for him to be driving in this day and age ...
Totally contemporary ... Understated in an iPhone sort of a way ....
Face it if you were a secret agent, licensed to kill and Sean bean 006 got a single seat road going F1 car with a rail gun attached and M gave you a 4 seater with cup holders, heated seats and sat nav that accountants drive.... I think you would probably be a bit embarrassed...
So MGM or whoever makes the movies ... Wake up
Add your name to the GET BOND in a MONO appeal ...
One Bond
Mono Mono
1) satan - various cars
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4)
WHY DOESN'T BOND DRIVE A MONO ?????
It's like the most appropriate car for him to be driving in this day and age ...
Totally contemporary ... Understated in an iPhone sort of a way ....
Face it if you were a secret agent, licensed to kill and Sean bean 006 got a single seat road going F1 car with a rail gun attached and M gave you a 4 seater with cup holders, heated seats and sat nav that accountants drive.... I think you would probably be a bit embarrassed...
So MGM or whoever makes the movies ... Wake up
Add your name to the GET BOND in a MONO appeal ...
One Bond
Mono Mono
1) satan - various cars
2)
3)
4)
Edited by Satanael on Tuesday 21st January 09:51
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I am really shocked ?
Is this really the general opinion or just the trolls ?
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What contemporary car should he drive ?
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Can't drive a Bentley ... Not these days
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Astons are so accessible.... Anyone can buy one
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When I was an kid bond drove cars that were cutting edge ....
The bond films were a technology geek fest
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Does nobody agree with me???
I am really shocked ?
Is this really the general opinion or just the trolls ?
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What contemporary car should he drive ?
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Can't drive a Bentley ... Not these days
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Astons are so accessible.... Anyone can buy one
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When I was an kid bond drove cars that were cutting edge ....
The bond films were a technology geek fest
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Does nobody agree with me???
Talkwrench said:
WHY DOESN'T BOND DRIVE A MONO ?????
Simple.
Because he has style.... and he's not a nob.
Do you not like the mono? Simple.
Because he has style.... and he's not a nob.
Have you driven one or a similar car atom/x-bow ?
I think that they feel so much more hardcore than say Ferrari. Porsche Lambo Aston etc do ....
... I can really see Q sending him one in a wooden crate ....
Disastrous said:
Why no ellipsis between your first two lines and no ellipsis or space between your second last two?
Bizarre formatting deviation!
Also, I don't think it's trolling and I don't think anyone agrees with you. I suspect this is because Bond has always been about driving cars that were about understatement and style than garish, brash stuff. In the books, a Bentley, in the films, most enduringly, the Aston.
I think they have it just right personally. Contemporary Bentley a bit too footballer for Bond, modern Aston a touch too ubiquitous but a classic DB5 is scarce enough that it works. Also, it's just a film.
But he can't really drive a DB5 ... Have you driven one ..... They are awful ... More lightly to kill him than any hit man Bizarre formatting deviation!
Also, I don't think it's trolling and I don't think anyone agrees with you. I suspect this is because Bond has always been about driving cars that were about understatement and style than garish, brash stuff. In the books, a Bentley, in the films, most enduringly, the Aston.
I think they have it just right personally. Contemporary Bentley a bit too footballer for Bond, modern Aston a touch too ubiquitous but a classic DB5 is scarce enough that it works. Also, it's just a film.
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So really then what contemporary car ... I disagree that bond cars have been classic and understated .... Lotus turbo ? .... Sunbeam ... Toyota prototype ... ???
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Also interested in the negative mono opinions ... Are they not liked?
bqf said:
He can hardly turn up in the square in Monte Carlo in a Mono, with a five point harness over the DJ, soaked by the rain, with flies in his teeth can he?
Mono's are s
te anyway.
Maybe I have a different view of bond but yep ... I actually can imagine a clip where he pulls up casino square ... He's bond he doesn't wear a harness ... Jumps out and quips at the attendant to park it for him ...Mono's are s
te anyway.... Wow seriously people haven't heard of the mono .. I am shocked...
.. Big bond fan ... Apart from dalton.. Dalton
I am not sure bond would ever have become the world wide success it is without the gadgets ...
Mono is not a gadget... It's a true sports car of the day ... And built in the uk !!!
... I always liked the way bond plots allowed the cutting edge technology and thoughts of the day to be captured..
In my small view ... Cars like the atom, mono, x-bow etc allow the lucky rich enough to indulge the chance to experience the feel of a race car .... Nowadays computerisation allows everyone to drive sport cars fast without them biting back ...
Bond would need to be skillful to drive a mono fast around the hills with sheer drops ... Anyone can do that in an Aston .. The y are so good now and flatter any driver
.. Big bond fan ... Apart from dalton.. Dalton
I am not sure bond would ever have become the world wide success it is without the gadgets ...
Mono is not a gadget... It's a true sports car of the day ... And built in the uk !!!
... I always liked the way bond plots allowed the cutting edge technology and thoughts of the day to be captured..
In my small view ... Cars like the atom, mono, x-bow etc allow the lucky rich enough to indulge the chance to experience the feel of a race car .... Nowadays computerisation allows everyone to drive sport cars fast without them biting back ...
Bond would need to be skillful to drive a mono fast around the hills with sheer drops ... Anyone can do that in an Aston .. The y are so good now and flatter any driver
Omg ... How old is everyone on here ...
"I am sure if you're 15 it looks great! " ...... Thank you at last !!!!
Actually I think I was much younger when bond entered my brain and affected my car choices.....
... As bond is an anti hero really .... A rule breaker.... The man who is not afraid to trust Qs mad cap ideas....
I think this thread has demonstrated what the norm would be .... Lol (no offence so don't flame me)
And we all desperately don't want that (Dalton) ......
Btw ... I am sat in the Peninsula Hotel HK as we speak ... Watching the green rolls come and go......
He would look ultra cool pulling up now in a tux.....
Re the girl..... He always turns up on his own .... And the girl she always leaves early so she's in the shower once he has had the car chase ......
... Defo an opportunity to drive it under a massive truck and climb out onto the underside :-)
"I am sure if you're 15 it looks great! " ...... Thank you at last !!!!
Actually I think I was much younger when bond entered my brain and affected my car choices.....
... As bond is an anti hero really .... A rule breaker.... The man who is not afraid to trust Qs mad cap ideas....
I think this thread has demonstrated what the norm would be .... Lol (no offence so don't flame me)
And we all desperately don't want that (Dalton) ......
Btw ... I am sat in the Peninsula Hotel HK as we speak ... Watching the green rolls come and go......
He would look ultra cool pulling up now in a tux.....
Re the girl..... He always turns up on his own .... And the girl she always leaves early so she's in the shower once he has had the car chase ......
... Defo an opportunity to drive it under a massive truck and climb out onto the underside :-)
Tbh ... I am really shocked that petrol heads and bond fans didn't both say ... Yes defo
Absolutely ... Classic cruiser for the seduction scenes ....
But when it comes to car chases ... Imagine. If he managed to get inside a shopping arcade .. Racing a mono around its walkways ... Being chased by ninjas on quad bikes ....
Mono revving and snarling as he slides it around corners...
I always wanted to drive my atom around a shopping centre .... Would be hilarious
Garlick said:
Bond is a gent, he wears a suit, he carries ladies around, he needs to come and go unnoticed.
The Mono is about as wrong as you could get IMO
Bond is definitely no gent ... He's a thug at times ... And a cad most of the time ... He's flash and obnoxious to his superiors ...The Mono is about as wrong as you could get IMO
When it takes a bullet ... He will blow the building up ...
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Luckily his opponents are just as large as life ...
Actually .. Maybe the ninjas should all drive monos ....
Bond can drive his four seat 2 ton gin palace ... With heated seats ... Cup holders... Maybe a matching golf umbrella on the back shelf .... Mmmmmm nice ...
I am with the ninjas on this one....
I don't want to be bond if I have to drive crap cars .. Lol
Ferrari - nope villains and girlfriends
Lambo - ditto ... Though I can't remember ever seeing one... Did they drop one out of a plane?
Veyron - possibly
Porsche. - naaaaaah ... They are just for shopping
Bentley - struggling with image .. Maybe if they sort it out
Roller - maybe ... Conv
Merc sls. - great great car ..... Cool gull wings ... Almost but too German
Macca - maybe .. Very British
Massa - villains car
Jag. - new f-type I can see but it's a bit mass market
Aston - omg done to death ... Great cars .. But but but
Atom ... I can see q sending him one for a special op
Mono... Ditto
X-bow ... Not British
Bimmer - you know how that went !
Gtr - defo if in japan .... Just simply the best supercar ever (and I am saying that with the cars I drive)
Lfa - trumps the Gtr ... I haven't driven the lfa ... But I imagine it's totally outstanding
Cars he should have driven
Nsx - retro porn
Mangusta - ultimate cool
Avantime - totally misunderstood
Lambo - ditto ... Though I can't remember ever seeing one... Did they drop one out of a plane?
Veyron - possibly
Porsche. - naaaaaah ... They are just for shopping
Bentley - struggling with image .. Maybe if they sort it out
Roller - maybe ... Conv
Merc sls. - great great car ..... Cool gull wings ... Almost but too German
Macca - maybe .. Very British
Massa - villains car
Jag. - new f-type I can see but it's a bit mass market
Aston - omg done to death ... Great cars .. But but but
Atom ... I can see q sending him one for a special op
Mono... Ditto
X-bow ... Not British
Bimmer - you know how that went !
Gtr - defo if in japan .... Just simply the best supercar ever (and I am saying that with the cars I drive)
Lfa - trumps the Gtr ... I haven't driven the lfa ... But I imagine it's totally outstanding
Cars he should have driven
Nsx - retro porn
Mangusta - ultimate cool
Avantime - totally misunderstood
Bill said:
Cubby et al have occasionally chosen some right duffers for Bond's car in the past (Z3 anyone) but they have mostly been stylish and cool.
A Mono is neither.
Am I missing something ... Is this a Generation Y thing ?A Mono is neither.
Why is the mono not cool?
It's an f1 car for the road ... And it works really well ...
Why do you think ford want to make one?
Justayellowbadge said:
Drugs.... you are on massive.... amounts of..... drugs.
Let me justify....Senna developed the Nsx .... Please don't tell me senna is not cool now
When bond was in the us he drove American junk ... Amc pacer I seem to remember ...
You are telling me a mangusta (mongoose kills cobras) ... Or a painters isn't the coolest demonstration of American muscle
Then France ... A view to a kill .... The avantime car totally cutting edge at the time ... Ok maybe a genetic dead end... But so were gyro copters ... Next you will say little Nellie wasn't cool
I think a sad thing has happened somewhere ... We all know bond has an old Bentley or Aston hidden away (sky fall) ... But Q or circumstance always delivered a disposable vehicle ...... Which he invariably trashed .... It having served him admirably ...
Key bond trait .... He breaks all his toys
So .... All I was saying was it was getting a bit boring him rolling up to a casino in a gin palace which is now mainly the ride of accountants and CEOs. (They.. We ... All do the bond thing when nobody is watching)
What I was really trying to say is let's all get behind these guys at BAC ... Who are pushing the boundaries to build a car they believe in ....
Btw ... Have you seen the pedigree of the guys at BAC???
TheEnd said:
An Avantime!
I could just imagine Mrs Bond telling him he has to get rid of the sports cars now they have kids and get something they can fit child seats to, and James heading down the paper shop kicking rocks to get the autotrader.
Avantime ... 2 doors 4 seats... V6. 3.0 .....I could just imagine Mrs Bond telling him he has to get rid of the sports cars now they have kids and get something they can fit child seats to, and James heading down the paper shop kicking rocks to get the autotrader.
I think that's why it failed ... Everyone thought it was a people carrier ... Not a panamera
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