Auto Italia Meet

[flasher]

Nice to meet you guys today even if it was brief before we all went wandering!!

Superb cars there, here's a few piccies..



new Quattroporte



Enzo



tons of Dancing Donkeys!



Pair of corking Muiras..



Gallardo



Le Mans winning Ferrari



my beastie!



Quattroporte rear..



Masers..



Ghibli Cup

>>> Edited by flasher on Sunday 6th June 18:01

[shnozz]

eh up my fellow hat wearing dancing friend.

This explains the 8 fezzas we saw on the way back from derby around the A43/M40 and the 2 Ghibli cups that were having some fun on the A43. Also saw a diablo and a Muira on the M40. Thought something was going on.

Auto Italia meets now then eh you ponce. Traitor to us Brits...

should have realised from your Fiat roots....

[slinksport]

Wot, no photo of my yellow beastie!

Good to meet everyone yesterday, I'll try to throw my pics up later..

W

[mr_tony]

Great day out, and good to see friends old and new.

Best bits of the day for me :

1. 2 miuras
2. Speaking to the Lambo Countach owner who basically convinced me a countach is a practical sensible car and one I should own, and more importantly he was taller than me and still claimed it was viable. (oh christ what have I got myself into here...)
3. Seeing not one but several Maserati 3500 GT's (and a sebring) great. One day I will...
4. Driving up the M1 in a convoy with an even lovlier 3500GT spider. Fantastic car.
5. Nick's Tubi. I need one. (Thanks for the drink too Nick)
6. Quattroporte - it's one of the most beautiful cas I saw all day - (ook not as good as a miura though).
7. Chris_n starting to get all excited about the Khamsin in a realistic way - 'its almost practical'...
8. Gallardo. mmmm
7. Enzo - Arghghghg
8. Daytona's - several of them. Better keep saving.
9. 250 SWB. no matter how much I save I'll still never have one...
10. All those maseratis - great stuff, early single seaters, 3500's sebrings, original QP, mistral, merak, khamsin, indy, (no bora though - gutted), ghibli, bhibli sp[yder, biturbos, karif, shamal, ghibli cup, 3200's spyders, 4200's just about everything.

Who won the concours then?

[slinksport]

and still no mention of the 40-odd 'Centos..

But then again, I don't blame you!!!

[mr_tony]

harsh but fair ;-)
Amazed to see so many in one place though, and almost exclusively yellow. (Why is that - or are you all just frustrated lambo drivers really ?)

[slinksport]

really not quite sure why yellow is such a popular colour on them...

I bought mine as I needed a new car and it looked like a laugh (I hasten to point out that I was being crippled with large insurance premiums and hadn't yet become educated as far as pistonheadonism is concerned!)

Quite strangely, the colour is called Broom Yellow, whether that's a comment on performance or not I'm never quite sure.

>> Edited by slinksport on Monday 7th June 12:54

[chris_n]

Yep, very enjoyable day, and always nice to meet up with some fellow PHers. Shame my own Maserati was off the road as it would have been good to get a picture of it parked up with all the others. At least the fact I was in a Fiat meant I wasn't made to park too far away!

The list of drool-worthy cars was endless but as mr_tony points out there was one that left a lasting impression ...

mr_tony said:

Chris_n starting to get all excited about the Khamsin in a realistic way - 'its almost practical'...

I suspect I'm not alone coming away obsessed though, this is the man last seen peering into the luggage compartment of a Countach and describing it as big enough to take the shopping!

I was also impressed with the Tubi exhaust on Nick's car. I had suspected the noise might be a bit OTT and get me lynched by my neighbours if I went for one, but having heard it first hand now I would describe it as just the right level of sound to suit the car's character. If I ever get my car back I think I might be tempted.

I've got a few pictures from the day that I'll post up later when I get a minute.

Chris

[chris_n]

I've put the pictures I took here

Chris

[mr_tony]

great pics chris
and it's perfeclty true, the boot on the countach is bigger than that in an MX5... (and you've got luggage space under the front too if you loose the spare wheel)
Got to be careful here I'm almos convinced. Somebody quote servicing prices at me to wake me up...

[slinksport]

I've just noticed... on one of Chris_n's piccies, if you look carefuly, I'm there, in the background..



Right hand yellow Seicento, sat in the drivers seat..

[chris_n]

Of course, the picture was of you, that green Maserati just got in the way!

Good to meet you on Sunday if only briefly - by the time I'd been sent off to park in the back of beyond I wasn't sure where you'd parked and let's just say there were a few yellow Seicento's!

Catch you again at another event.

Chris

[slinksport]

damn those maserati's

Yeah, good to meet you all,

Until next time!

W

[oagent]

I have a serious lust problem with old Maserati's, and I appologise to the owner of the 5000GT who will be wiping my drool off the body work for the next few weeks. Never thought I would see one in the metal, just a shame we didnt get the chance to hear the big V8 at full chat.