Got some of the cars out.

[kennyf430]

wow! are all the cars urs then? if u dont mind me askin wot u do? are u the sultan of brunei? hehe awesome cars - the 599 is bloomin mint

Edited by kennyf430 on Wednesday 17th October 23:50

[mark.h]

nothing further to add complements wise, im sure your already aware you own some very nice motors and you probably adore them as much as we all do. I think you've found the solution to keeping the milage down on your supercar and being able to drive one every day...buy four or five and spread the milage!!!

[Podie]

thread title said:

Got some of the cars out.

Er… this infers that you have MORE cars…!

[stewie732]

he does...

why do people bother to cover up the plates? its not like they are hidden on the road...

[AlVal]

stewie732 said:

he does...

why do people bother to cover up the plates? its not like they are hidden on the road...

hes afraid ill put his number on my enzo coming into london so as to avoid the congestion charge

[tbops]

Heres a pic of the silver SLR i think you all agree black looks so much sweeter. (darker the berry the sweeter the juice). Been looking for this photo for flipping ages! i got rid of her pretty speedy.

[jon-]

I wonder how the SLR would look in the deep grey of the 599GTB

[Cooper1999]

tbops, I trust you picked up the SLR from the McLaren place in Woking? Managed to get blag a tour of there on Wednesday and was very impressed with all the roadsters being built.
It must take you ages to get to work in the mornings, standing in the garage wondering what to take.....
Very nice!

[tbops]

Silver ones gone ages ago the black ones parked up. Normally just take the focus out unless its a super long jounry or im being drivin or in the mood for fun

[oggs]

Might have to start planning for another VW meet for when the new toys have arrived

[jon-]

Oggs, you coming to the pub meet Tuesday?

[tbops]

nowt new of recent oggs, the bug is coming via regular means now so i have to wait.

[baSkey]

you can ignore this if you like if you are worried about anything being pinched or whatever..

but how many cars do you keep at a time? end what do you have at the moment?
how long do you keep them?
are you essentially flipping some of the ferraris?

i only ask because i think i'd be spec'ing the car just how i wanted it and then keep it for longer than it appears you are.

[tbops]

i still have the fez's they havent been flipped one was shifted for a model with better spec. The minimum ive kept any fez is a year, infact the only ones i have flipped are the silver SLR and the roller that stank of dog piss. Im not saying that the i wouldnt sell at the right price but i dont purchase them soley to sell them at a higher price.

im in double figures easily for cars at the moment.

[Windymiller]

Just remind me what you do for a living tbops

Not jealous at all

[M3John]

tbops said:

I enjoy sharing them, told this a million times but its some bloke who let me sit in a old school ferrari boxer that he was cleaning for a garage years ago that gave me my love of exotics. So it makes me more than happy to let others sit in and enjoy stuff that im in the privilaged position to have.

tbops, thanks for the sharing of your fine machinery. It's this statement that really brings a smile to my face. I recently spent a week on a European road trip with a few exotic motors. One of the cars in the convoy was a F355 owned by JAMES P. When we were out and had stopped for lunch he would always give 10 minutes of his time to people who wanted to check out his car. There was one young lad inparticular who was simply in love with the `sight of a Ferrari` but when James opened the door and said for him to jump in while his parents took some photos simply made his day and he nearly fainted !! It's memories like that, that will stay with the individual forever.

Edited by M3John on Saturday 27th October 16:42

[ProPlus]

M3John said:

tbops said:

I enjoy sharing them, told this a million times but its some bloke who let me sit in a old school ferrari boxer that he was cleaning for a garage years ago that gave me my love of exotics. So it makes me more than happy to let others sit in and enjoy stuff that im in the privilaged position to have.

tbops, thanks for the sharing of your fine machinery. It's this statement that really brings a smile to my face. I recently spent a week on a European road trip with a few exotic motors. One of the cars in the convoy was a F355 owned by JAMES P. When we were out and had stopped for lunch he would always give 10 minutes of his time to people who wanted to check out his car. There was one young lad inparticular who was simply in love with the `sight of a Ferrari` but when James opened the door and said for him to jump in while his parents took some photos simply made his day and he nearly fainted !! It's memories like that, that will stay with the individual forever.

Edited by M3John on Saturday 27th October 16:42

Sounds similar to a mate of mine, had a 360 with tubi on and at Le Mans 2006 when parked up at the campsite in BJ he let any of the kids that came to admire it in the seat and take as many photos as they wanted, would start it up on demand too, which always brought a simle to the kids face and their parents who they came across with.... its things like that which make bring a smile to my face and make me glad i know someone as generous as him and think its a fantasic memory of Le Mans that year and will never forget it

[jon-]

ProPlus said:

M3John said:

tbops said:

I enjoy sharing them, told this a million times but its some bloke who let me sit in a old school ferrari boxer that he was cleaning for a garage years ago that gave me my love of exotics. So it makes me more than happy to let others sit in and enjoy stuff that im in the privilaged position to have.

tbops, thanks for the sharing of your fine machinery. It's this statement that really brings a smile to my face. I recently spent a week on a European road trip with a few exotic motors. One of the cars in the convoy was a F355 owned by JAMES P. When we were out and had stopped for lunch he would always give 10 minutes of his time to people who wanted to check out his car. There was one young lad inparticular who was simply in love with the `sight of a Ferrari` but when James opened the door and said for him to jump in while his parents took some photos simply made his day and he nearly fainted !! It's memories like that, that will stay with the individual forever.

Edited by M3John on Saturday 27th October 16:42

Sounds similar to a mate of mine, had a 360 with tubi on and at Le Mans 2006 when parked up at the campsite in BJ he let any of the kids that came to admire it in the seat and take as many photos as they wanted, would start it up on demand too, which always brought a simle to the kids face and their parents who they came across with.... its things like that which make bring a smile to my face and make me glad i know someone as generous as him and think its a fantasic memory of Le Mans that year and will never forget it

I like to call them 'super supercar owners', they're not stony faced city boys who own a fezza as a status symbol, they're petrolheads who just happen to have the means to get the exotica. DellSmithUk and his decatted, tubi styled Gallardo is another excellent example of this, always happy to give passenger rides and rev it on demand. I've heard no nicer sound from a road car.

[tbops]

just to note hte silver 599 on the previous page is the same car that was in the top gear studio on last nights episode!

[jon-]

tbops said:

just to note hte silver 599 on the previous page is the same car that was in the top gear studio on last nights episode!

Do you agree with Clarksons panning of it where he declared it unusable day to day and doesn't feel special enough to justify the price? He did genuinely look like he was enjoying it round the track though