Wrecked Murcielago

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Andy SIBL

144 posts

259 months

Monday 13th February 2006
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Lonman E-mailed me a video from one of the earlier Gumballs of him hammering down a Florida freeway at 206MPHin his GT-2, so not all of these speeds are completely fictitious!

shnozz

27,625 posts

273 months

Monday 13th February 2006
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Rob is possibly the exception to the rule and funnily enough most of the crazy antics on DVD seem to feature him.

Andy SIBL

144 posts

259 months

Monday 13th February 2006
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shnozz said:
Rob is possibly the exception to the rule and funnily enough most of the crazy antics on DVD seem to feature him.


Agreed. As someone so down to earth he does come across as a bit of a lunatic on this types of things.

Jonny5

3,526 posts

276 months

Monday 13th February 2006
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shnozz said:
Rob is possibly the exception to the rule and funnily enough most of the crazy antics on DVD seem to feature him.


Has anybody heard from Rob, I heard he had gone bankrupt. Ran a plate check on his old plate (CPU 1) and it was on a VW Polo now

polarbert

17,924 posts

233 months

Monday 13th February 2006
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Jonny5 said:
shnozz said:
Rob is possibly the exception to the rule and funnily enough most of the crazy antics on DVD seem to feature him.


Has anybody heard from Rob, I heard he had gone bankrupt. Ran a plate check on his old plate (CPU 1) and it was on a VW Polo now


that doesnt sound too promising

Davey S2

13,098 posts

256 months

Tuesday 14th February 2006
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He was previously a futures trader specialising in microchips & processors IIRC (hence the 1 CPU number) but he posted on the M5 board that the had jacked it in to start a business preparing race & rally cars.

Perhaps he was forced to pay all his speeding fines at once?

Andy SIBL

144 posts

259 months

Tuesday 14th February 2006
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Rob's fine, runs a company called Riti performace now. Sold his GT-2 and when I last spoke to him a few days ago was putting his plate on an SL55 AMG.

He was also talking about buying a Silver Spur for the next gumball (with a few choice mods).

trackcar

6,453 posts

228 months

Tuesday 14th February 2006
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Andy SIBL said:
Rob's fine, runs a company called Riti performace now. Sold his GT-2 and when I last spoke to him a few days ago was putting his plate on an SL55 AMG.

He was also talking about buying a Silver Spur for the next gumball (with a few choice mods).


that sounds like a man with either heaps of money or no money at all .. whichever it is, top choice cars, top man!

Andy SIBL

144 posts

259 months

Tuesday 14th February 2006
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He certainly has good taste, over the last few years:

Cerbera
550 Maranello
Audi S3
M5
Gt-2
Gallardo
Carrera GT
SL55 AMG

Jealous, me, no!

Andy SIBL

144 posts

259 months

Tuesday 14th February 2006
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Andy SIBL said:
He certainly has good taste, over the last few years:

Cerbera
550 Maranello
Audi S3
M5
Gt-2
Gallardo
Carrera GT
SL55 AMG

Jealous, me, no!


Oh and a Mclaren SLR, forgot that one...

Jonny5

3,526 posts

276 months

Tuesday 14th February 2006
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Andy SIBL said:
Rob's fine, runs a company called Riti performace now. Sold his GT-2 and when I last spoke to him a few days ago was putting his plate on an SL55 AMG.

He was also talking about buying a Silver Spur for the next gumball (with a few choice mods).


The GT2 sold at auction ages ago , for ~ 44k was in a bad way

Jonny5

3,526 posts

276 months

Tuesday 14th February 2006
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forgot to say. Best of luck to Rob, would love to get out of my day job to do something I really love like that

>> Edited by Jonny5 on Tuesday 14th February 10:09

gumballer

973 posts

228 months

Tuesday 14th February 2006
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Rob is a great driver, trouble on the Gumball is others try to keep up with him! I heard he had invested in the Gizmondo, i wondered if he was behind joe Macaris entry into last years Le Mans? Would be great to have him back on the Gumball. Wasnt he going to do the Ulitmate Rally? last i heard it had been postponed.

polarbert

17,924 posts

233 months

Tuesday 14th February 2006
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Jonny5 said:
Andy SIBL said:
Rob's fine, runs a company called Riti performace now. Sold his GT-2 and when I last spoke to him a few days ago was putting his plate on an SL55 AMG.

He was also talking about buying a Silver Spur for the next gumball (with a few choice mods).


The GT2 sold at auction ages ago , for ~ 44k was in a bad way



what was up with it?

t1grm

4,655 posts

286 months

Tuesday 14th February 2006
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Is the gumball on ATM then or is this old news? I thought it was a summer thing. If the former I'm so pleased that that bastion of sensible and subtle on the road behaviour that gives us sports car drivers such a good reputation is back on.

>> Edited by t1grm on Tuesday 14th February 12:59

Andy SIBL

144 posts

259 months

Tuesday 14th February 2006
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t1grm said:
Is the gumball on ATM then or is this old news? I thought it was a summer thing. If the former I'm so pleased that that bastion of sensible and subtle on the road behaviour that gives us sports car drivers such a good reputation is back on.

>> Edited by t1grm on Tuesday 14th February 12:59


I think it's due to start on the 1st May 2006, however it seems to have become all about how much money and what car you have as opposed to how you can actually drive...

gumballer

973 posts

228 months

Tuesday 14th February 2006
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Rally starts Sunday 30th April from Central London. most common car entered this year? Murcielago! Theres a real mix of people on the event, they get pigeon holed easily but there are some amazing drivers, some bad drivers and some people who just want to have fun and dont do any speeding. Trouble is the ones who make the headlines are the bad drivers. The guys in th CLK DTM where just streets ahead of anyone and very good drivers, smooth and fast, the co-pilot had binoculars to see as far up the roads as possible!

Jonny5

3,526 posts

276 months

Tuesday 14th February 2006
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Riti motorsport due to his co team mate in the 2005 Gumball called Aldo Riti, owner of the Carrera GT?