reasons you bought your Ultima

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Hi all , what was your reasons for buying an Ultima ? , my main one was to crack the double ton , ( box ticked ) , also to those , like me , who bought theirs already built , what made you buy your particular one , or what put you off a particular one , myself , I went to Portsmouth to look a top spec GTR and in the photos it looked like the bright green you get on a Muria , but when I got there this lovely painted car ( and it was superb ) was a metalic perl / flip , and the colour reminded me of a flower power green corgi beach buggy i had as a kid in the 70s , just couldnt shake the idea from my mind , and it was a top spec / condition car

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drivin_me_nuts said:

It's the noise for me... Not that I have met god personally... or would want to meet him under this specific circumstance per se... but I am sure the noise of a 'LS something' under full acceleration is similar in noise to the almighty getting off on a cactus as he closes in on the vinegar stroke. That dear reader, is reason enough.

well Iv never thought of it that way

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Storer said:

There is no doubt that everyday cars have become much faster over the years. Had a family friend with a 246 Dino in 1973. A quick car at the time. A Ford Focus hot hatch has more performance today (but not those fab curves)!

An Ultima offers one thing that these mega-turbo-supercharged-VVT-quattro-DSG engined every day mass-produced tin boxes can't.......






Theatre on the road.

We can enjoy driving them but other drivers and passers-by seem to enjoy seeing them too.


Paul

Agree with this , still makes me smile / takes me by suprise when im in traffic and there are people in the same traffic hanging back so the can take phoyos on their camera phones , I love it