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[Beefmeister]

Chap over on Teamspeed has just collected his MP4-12C, and here it is with a few other cars from his collection:



That's quite a collection of moderns! Apparently the 458 Spider coming will be his last modern for a while, he's now concentrating on building a classic collection...

Here's his full inventory:

2011 Audi R8 Spyder
2011 Aston Martin V12 Vantage
2011 Ferrari 599 GTO
2011 Ferrari 458 Italia
2008 Ferrari 430 Scuderia
2005 Ferrari 575M Superamerica
2012 Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4
2011 Lotus 2-Eleven
2011 Lotus Exige S
2012 McLaren MP4-12C
2012 Porsche Cayman R
2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder
2011 Porsche Panamera Turbo
2011 Porsche GT2 RS #427
2011 Porsche GT3 4.0 RS #424
2008 Porsche TPC/Techart Cayman S Turbo
2005 Porsche Carrera GT #1012
2006 Spyker C8 Spyder

[anonymous-user]

Any link please?

Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 10th January 07:42

[Beefmeister]

Don't usually link to other forums, but go on then...

http://www.teamspeed.com/forums/mclaren/68465-i-pi...

[anonymous-user]

Cheers Beef! That is an awesome collection.

[NotNormal]

Nice

As a side. At what point does PistonHeads make the decision to create a McLaren section on these forums. Surely there must be enough owners on here to make it worthwhile?

[Petrolhead95]

What the hell does that guy do for a living?! :O

[Beefmeister]

Doesn't the 599 look MASSIVE compared to the other cars in that image?

[ZOLLAR]

NotNormal said:

Nice

As a side. At what point does PistonHeads make the decision to create a McLaren section on these forums. Surely there must be enough owners on here to make it worthwhile?

I think they'll be adding the name to this forum at some point so it'll be Ferrari,Maserati,Lamborghini, Bugatti and Mclaren or something like that

Maybe better just to rename it exotics?, who knows.

Amazing collection, as mentioned before would be nice to see some classics

[Davey S2]

ZOLLAR said:

Amazing collection, as mentioned before would be nice to see some classics

Not very diverse is it? there are a lot of cars which are very similar in terms of driving style and performance.

I wouldnt be able to decide which one to take each morning.

[tomtom]

Davey S2 said:

Not very diverse is it? there are a lot of cars which are very similar in terms of driving style and performance.

I wouldnt be able to decide which one to take each morning.

These collections of modern cars do nothing for me. I'd rather see a nice mix of stuff from through the ages. But hey, to each their own.

[pork911]

some classics might help offset some of the depreciation

[Beefmeister]

Apparently he's just bought a Pork 356 Coupe, has more in the pipeline...

[LongLiveTazio]

Seems to like his Porsches. Personally though I think it's a bit of a weird collection. If you lined all his Stuttgart metal up would you really ever think anything other than "I'll take the Carrera GT"?

[ZOLLAR]

LongLiveTazio said:

Seems to like his Porsches. Personally though I think it's a bit of a weird collection. If you lined all his Stuttgart metal up would you really ever think anything other than "I'll take the Carrera GT"?

The GT3 4.0 rs would be a contender for me over the Carrera GT

[Ozmira]

nice to see the americans picking up some 12-cs.

[jackal]

Beefmeister said:

Don't usually link to other forums, but go on then...

http://www.teamspeed.com/forums/mclaren/68465-i-pi...

LOL, that sig of his is outrageous !


Agreed that he needs a bit of older metal in there to make it all meaningful.

[-DeaDLocK-]

jackal said:

Agreed that he needs a bit of older metal in there to make it all meaningful.

I think it depends.

My love of cars formed in the 90s, so I can appreciate anything made in that era onwards. Go back to any time before that though, and the magic is lost on me. If I had the means I certainly wouldn't buy anything made before 1990, except page a 964 2.7 RS or a Miura (just to see what the fuss is about).

On the other hand, if I had the funds, I would buy what he's buying now; i.e. modern cars I can personally appreciate, and then keep them. In fifty years these cars will count as classics, and the collection will appear "complete".

You certainly don't see a collection today and call it incomplete if it's lacking a Model T or something of that vintage. To me it's about what you know and what plucks at your automotive heartstrings.

[maser_spyder]

tomtom said:

Davey S2 said:

Not very diverse is it? there are a lot of cars which are very similar in terms of driving style and performance.

I wouldnt be able to decide which one to take each morning.

These collections of modern cars do nothing for me. I'd rather see a nice mix of stuff from through the ages. But hey, to each their own.

And some 'small' stuff as well as big. But I would say that, I'm biased.

[CIE560]

tomtom said:

These collections of modern cars do nothing for me. I'd rather see a nice mix of stuff from through the ages. But hey, to each their own.

Opposite for me, anything older than a 355 and it's lost on me. Except maybe the Miura.

[Polarbert]

LongLiveTazio said:

Seems to like his Porsches. Personally though I think it's a bit of a weird collection. If you lined all his Stuttgart metal up would you really ever think anything other than "I'll take the Carrera GT"?

I know I wouldn't.