My LFA is finally ready.

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Hi everybody
Sorry if I’ve not replied to people on here and those that have sent me private messages. I had the big RHCP fund raiser event last night that my company hosted, so I’ve been a bit side tracked.
I will get round to replying to everyone at some point but my heads a bit ruined at the moment. I heard some horrific stories last night from the nurses that worked the late shift on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing. As we all know there was plenty of children that was there to watch their favourite female artist. I won’t go into detail as it’s still very harrowing, and I wasn’t even there, these are just the stories from the wonderful nurses on shift that night.
We raised over £50k last night for those children and for the Royal Children’s Hospital.
Everyone there had a story, and I’d especially like to give a big shout out to a man called Jay Patel (who I’m sure won’t mind) for auctioning off a weeks stay on his 10 birth yacht in Palma Nova with 5 staff and a captain that’ll take you anywhere at his own expense. I talked to him after the auction and said how wonderful it was of him, he said he’s raised £3m in the last 5 years from that boat and gave it all to RHCP. His own child has 5 separate terminal illnesses, so he didn’t even blink an eye to do it one more time. A very good man.
Also lovely of Anthony Joshua to donate a pair of his gloves from his last fight.
I wouldn’t mind doing a pistonheads inspired one next year and getting those of us with some desirable cars to raffle off some passenger rides or a track day with them. Whose in?
Anyway, here’s a few pictures from the night. No doubt they’ll be upside down or on the side as I’m uploading from my phone so if someone could rotate them for me please I’d be very grateful.
Sorry for the long post
Cheers
Pete

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sjtgeray said:

Well, where to start?
Top man for the charity work and whats looks to have been a great event last night
Well done on beating the evil brain tumor
And well.....what a collection....no point growing old with it sitting in the bank. Must be amazing opening the garage/storage and seeing those beauties.

As for the "lost" 250, I got stressed about misplacing my push bike after a drunk night out. Never did find it, but then hardly worth the effort of finding !....whereas the 250....we need a campaign (as someone else said) to go find it and get it sell able for charity!

OP...i sent an Instagram request.....simonjray is me....be great if you could accept.
Keep well...keep buying cool cars, and keep us updated on here!

Thanks for the kind words, truly appreciated. I’ve added you on instagram too. Yeah no point in worrying about a car, it’ll just stress me out and then I’ll have a seizure, then I’m no good to anybody. Besides, cars come and go, so I might have just replaced it with something equally as good. I’m just waiting to find out if I’ve beat the other bidders to it.
Cheers
Pete

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AB said:

Well done Pete, Watt you're doing is truly inspirational for sure.

Haha I see Watt you’ve done there :-)

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harrykul said:

Was on your insta earlier today (hskular): I've an old 993 and 550 Maranello and would happily join in during the summer. They're nothing in comparison to your fleet though!

Inspirational thread of the year imho.

Ahhhh you legend, two of my favourite cars in the world. Love them both. Yes, definitely. Let’s get this turned into something amazing. Imagine if we could get all those with beautiful cars to get together for a huge charity event. I’ve even got the venue for it too. My friends own a castle here in Cheshire so we could do it there.
Come on PH, let’s do this.
Pete

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Anyways, since this thread is about my LFA, here it is at Topaz getting cleaned. Hope to have it back here before Xmas so I can get a few pics of if next to some other desirables.

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MDL111 said:

Keep this updated about the car charity event and if I can make it work at all I will come over from Germany in the Scud or FF

You’re a good man, thank you.

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Hi everyone
Sorry I’ve not replied to a few of your emails and not been on here for a few weeks, it’s been a busy time.
I’ve had people who haven’t paid for their items they bid for at the charity event I hosted, so I’ve been chasing them down. I’ve also given the PH inspired car charity event a serious thought and I think I’ll definitely organise it for next summer.
In preparation of the upcoming event I went ahead and I’ve just purchased a 1965 Silver Birch DB5 which legally became mine this afternoon. So that’s good.
Anyway, hope everyone is still looking forward to seeing the LFA. It’s just being detailed at Topaz then it’ll be sent my way sometime before Xmas.

Anyway, here’s a picture of the new addition


Cheers
Pete

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interstellar said:

Unreal Pete, what’s next on the shopping list?

A Pagani Zonda C12S I think.

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Yipper said:

Amazon's online store is still losing money today.

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Ah, the old "ignore the post, attack the poster" trick

Tesla are gifting, not selling.

Anyone can take a Merc, bolt some Panasonic batteries on the side, and spank billions of other people's money on it.

Anyone who has been to Silicon Valley in recent months will have heard the phrase...

"Elon can make everything but a profit"...

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Honestly no need to apologise. It’s a terrible disease and one that should have been erased years ago. I see how it effects people and how hard it is on their families. I can’t begin to imagine what your father in law must be going through.
Glad you’re enjoying the thread and keeping busy with your new manifold.
All the best
Pete

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molineux1980 said:

What a wonderful thread.

I've read it with a combination of tears and smiles, and added you on insta . ohgi8

I have a close friend whose wife is coming to the end of her battle with terminal cancer, with 2 young children and it's heartbreaking.
I have two young children and I look at them and can't begin to comprehend what they will go through. I will be there all I can but it feels so inadequate.

The charity work you do is absolutely fantastic, truly a good soul. Keep up the good work, top man.

:-)

Nice to meet you, I’ve added you on instagram. I’m truly sorry to hear about your friend’s wife and her illness. Thanks for the comments about the thread, I’m not here for any kudos though, just to raise the profile of the great work that Manchester Royal Children’s Hospital does.
Pete.

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As promised, some pictures of my LFA getting the full level 5 detailing treatment at Topaz detailing.
Oh and some of my AMV12S I picked up today. Not an exciting car which is disappointing.

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It’s about £6.5k for my small cars (Fiat 695, M2)
£10k for the bigger ones like my Wraith, 675lt, 458 SA, etc etc
Yes it has a full PPF too, the works
Pete

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JS1500 said:

They still have the LFA?! How long does it take to make a shiny car a little bit shinier? I've really been enjoying this thread but keep hoping to see the LFA being driven!

What are you finding disappointing about the V12 Vantage?
I had a V8 Vantage for a couple of years before I lost my job and my life turned to st (short version of that story!) and thought the V8 Vantage was a great car and all it needed was a big V12 in it for a chunk more 'zing'! Saying that, I now drive a 996 and it is a more exciting/fun car to drive.

Keep up the good work and if you ever have an event on in, or near, Aberdeen please let me know!

About 120+ hours go into making it shiny haha. You wouldn’t believe the difference. My brand new ‘67 plate M2 has the worst Orange peel I’ve ever seen, that was until I picked up my AMV12S today.

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https://instagram.com/p/BcKHRyiHM0N/

I think this may work, it’s a short video Topaz have just sent me.

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Greg_D said:

not wishing to divert the thread too much, but surely there comes a point that you just respray the car competently instead of fighting with a bad OEM job, especially if you're looking at £10k.
you can then have a 'proper' paint and lacquer instead of this watery nonsense they have to put on out of the factory.

Some cars I get resprayed like the E46 M3 but most of the time I get Topaz to do their thing on it. I’m not too bothered about the cost, I just really like their finish.
Cheers
Pete

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joshcowin said:

I am surprised Topaz are so much money, do you feel they are genuine value for money/ the best about? or do you use them for convenience and peace of mind?

It seems you dislike the Aston, the Aston section on here is really good, they have involvement from Bamford Rose http://www.bamfordrose.com/ who seem extremely knowledgeable on the cars and may offer you some ways to improve/get what you wanted from the car?

Yeah I do, but more than that, they’re nice guys, offer a fantastic service and it’s putting money into hard working people’s pockets instead of into a big corporate machine that pays people minimum wage whilst they reap all the rewards.
As far as the Aston is concerned, I’m not that bothered about it now. Kind of just gone out of my mind, I’ll stick it away in storage then in 4-6 months time I’ll have another tinker with it.
I’m just looking forward to getting my little Fiat back.

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It’s been sanded down, ready for stage 2.

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Beefmeister said:

Just seen on Insta that you’re hopefully getting the new Williams Singer 911!! Absolutely incredible car, pure engineering perfection. And dare I say it even at a cool million it won’t ever lose money.

Yeah I’m hoping to get it by 2020. It’s going to be incredible.

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RC1807 said:

Wow, just wow... not only the LFA, but also the V12V, the DB5, the knowledge about a Singer 911, a Pagani in the offing, etc., etc., and sooo much for charity.
Nice one, Pete - seriously. Abso-fking-lutely-fking-awesome!

Cheers buddy, thanks for saying.
It’s been a fun journey so far. Hope to continue it too.

Pete