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David 997t
326 posts
55 months
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I never really thought anything of these until I saw it on Sunday when we met to go to Wilton House, I have to say I really really like it!!! By the way they really do throw up some stones/debris on the motorway the front of my car now needs painting!! Thanks to whoever it was from the pistonheads crew driving it!! 
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Riggers
1,841 posts
47 months
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Chris-R said: anniesdad said: Sorry? £500k, to what does that relate? The RRP of Button's specced 12C? 'Ours' came out at (deep breath) £220,840. RRP £168,500 + Volcano paint 3,820 CF engine covers 2,130 CF mirror casings 2,130 CF engine bay panels 2,980 CF diffuser 2,980 CF splitter 2,130 CF turning vanes 2,130 Sports exhaust 4,040 Stealth pack 770 Carbon ceramic brakes 9,770 Calliper paint 850 Wheels 2,980 Leccy memory seats 2,550 CF interior upgrade 2,980 Leather sport interior 3,400 CF seat backs 2,980 Contrast stitching on dash 260 Tyre pressure monitor 640 Parking sensors 1,530 Tracking system 600 Alarm upgrade 260 Car cover 430 If you have to ask... Oh, and the Daily Mail originally had button's car confused with an F1, calling it a £500k car. They have since corrected their error as the headline now calls it a £170k car 
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anniesdad
9,130 posts
107 months
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I understand now. Thanking you. The options list for this and the 458 are quite incredible aren't they.  Out of interest, were there any options (paint excepted) for a McLaren F1? Maybe a question for the "Flemke...." thread? edited: caliper paint £850.00.  Cheeky blighters...
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GFWilliams
4,301 posts
76 months
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Chris-R said: 'Ours' came out at (deep breath) £220,840.
RRP £168,500
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Volcano paint 3,820
CF engine covers 2,130
CF mirror casings 2,130
CF engine bay panels 2,980
CF diffuser 2,980
CF splitter 2,130
CF turning vanes 2,130
Sports exhaust 4,040
Stealth pack 770
Carbon ceramic brakes 9,770
Calliper paint 850
Wheels 2,980
Leccy memory seats 2,550
CF interior upgrade 2,980
Leather sport interior 3,400
CF seat backs 2,980
Contrast stitching on dash 260
Tyre pressure monitor 640
Parking sensors 1,530
Tracking system 600
Alarm upgrade 260
Car cover 430
If you have to ask... It had the sports exhaust?! It must be really quiet without it 
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MogulBoy
1,664 posts
92 months
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An enjoyable read, thank-you. When I first saw those doors I too thought that they could be trouble in certain circumstances. Nice problem to have though. My local car club is getting one of the first in Switzerland any day now and I 'could get' up to 6 days with unlimited kilometers for the equivlent of GBP1,200 per day (assuming Carbon membership has been acquired). I bet it'll be booked out solidly though... http://www.carz.ch/EN/default.htm
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BoostMonkey
Original Poster
396 posts
54 months
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I really want a car with "Volcano paint" I wonder if its still hot to the touch, years after they've painted it.......
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MrKipling43
5,290 posts
85 months
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Woahwoahwoahwoah. Woah. 280bhp per tonne?! Come one, I've seen off a Nissan GT-R* in my Clio 182 - power isn't everything. Can enthusiasts (people sad enough to be members of car forums) be given a pass in regardless of metal? - Clearly terribly driven - it was doing that horrible thing when it looks like it's being driven fast but is actually going really slowly. Shudder.
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leef44
259 posts
22 months
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MogulBoy said: An enjoyable read, thank-you.
When I first saw those doors I too thought that they could be trouble in certain circumstances. Nice problem to have though. ho hum! I guess this means you always have to carry a tape measure with you. Measure the width the door needs when opening prior to activating the door sensor so you know it won't hit the car parked next to it. 
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PiB
1,066 posts
139 months
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Good, NO centerlock wheels!
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Snoggledog
6,049 posts
86 months
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Chris-R said: Stealth pack 770 
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GFWilliams
4,301 posts
76 months
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Snoggledog said: Chris-R said: Stealth pack 770 Makes some of the silver bits black
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Snoggledog
6,049 posts
86 months
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GFWilliams said: Snoggledog said: Chris-R said: Stealth pack 770 Makes some of the silver bits black So black touch up paint then?
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bullies180
1,013 posts
63 months
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can you put the pic with the doors open on the country lane up in a higher res?
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STiG911
631 posts
36 months
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I've seen a couple A fresh-from-factory-with-the-protective-bits-on near the Woking HQ, and slap me silly, in the town where I live in mid-Essex! It was on top of me before I realised, and I'm quite ashamed to say that, as it was dusk, I mis-took it for a Ferrari F430-something, so was actually ignoring it  Got to say though, it's quite something up close. I'm sure the driver of said machine - in black, not my first choice - wasn't too put off by my OMG-face as we passed each other! Yes. Indeedio.
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Jules_T
17 posts
46 months
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Great write up Mr Rosamond. Good to hear the 12C is as good as 'they' say. All cars have foibles, some mater less than others.
JT
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mr tipping
87 posts
81 months
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FUNKSTER UK said: I'm sorry but it just doesn't do it for me.
I saw it at the Autosport show and visually its pretty but just lacks something and needs a little aggressive touch for my liking.
A supercar should stand the hairs up on the back of your neck, It should scare you and excite you at the same time.
From just about every report I've read about this car it gets criticised for being too clinical... I don't want a warp factor focus but need the feeling of the road and the mechanics through the car.
I don't have that sort of money to spend on a car but It wouldn't be my choice....Big shame As it's British though and I hope it does very well.
Just My Opinion. ive you hada chance to drive or get a passenger ride in one you would change your mind best of british mate!!
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SlipStream77
1,631 posts
60 months
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The Fifth Gear test solidified my opinion on this car, I'd rather have the 458.
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Matt p
377 posts
77 months
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I got to see this exact car on Wednesday afternoon going round the M25 just before the A30. Buuuuuuuuuuuuut!. It was on te back of a sodding low loader!....gutted i could not see/hear it in motion 
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fibreglass
21 posts
21 months
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why not the ginetta f400
for a third of the price...............!
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Dagnut
2,968 posts
62 months
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I complain about living in England..a lot...the roads.. the public transport...the general ar$e the local authorities and government make of everything....then you see this piece of exceptional understated brilliance and you think "where did it go wrong? how did the wrong clowns get in charge?"
British manufacturing and engineering gone to sh!t this sadly highlights the lost potential.
I'm not British for starters and it just baffles me why the English motoring press haven't got behind this car.
Not trying to be profound,just genuinely bemused by it.
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