Flemke - Is this your McLaren? (Vol 5)

[flemke]

Sway said:

Still waiting for the Healey? That's ridiculous.

No, this is a completely different car (although I am still waiting for the Healey as well!)

[flemke]

coyft said:

flemke said:

Yes, in that order.

Re NSX, yes there has been some movement, or shall I say information.
Thanks to the help of a friend, I have a Japanese local dealer who will take in the car and handle the process, as I was getting nowhere dealing direct with the Refresh program notwithstanding that they told me that I could liaise directly with them.
Saying that, I am reevaluating whether I want to do it at all. My life has just got so complicated, and I have lost patience in dealing with outside parties that either require a level of bureaucratic BS that is absurd or promise one thing and do another (for example, I was promised that a car being built for me would be delivered to me by 30 June, 2005, and I am still waiting for it).
I don't have enough time to drive and enjoy the cars that I have, and there is no point is making the problem worse.

If you decide not to go ahead, would you mind sharing your contact? I'd like to investigate putting mine through the refresh program.

I'll have to ask if the people involved mind.

[Petrus1983]

flemke said:

- Embarrassment
- Resignation
- Whimsy
- Fun

Do you think these cars have gone too far? No one can really utilise the capabilities- and now they’re ‘unattractive’ too. Would you prefer a stunning, yet slower car vs an all out ‘I’m the fastest’.

[Sway]

flemke said:

Sway said:

Still waiting for the Healey? That's ridiculous.

No, this is a completely different car (although I am still waiting for the Healey as well!)

Double ridiculous!

[epom]

Mr.F what do you make of the two most recently launched hypercars? Namely the Bug and The Egg ?

[flemke]

epom said:

Mr.F what do you make of the two most recently launched hypercars? Namely the Bug and The Egg ?

[flemke]

Petrus1983 said:

flemke said:

- Embarrassment
- Resignation
- Whimsy
- Fun

Do you think these cars have gone too far? No one can really utilise the capabilities- and now they’re ‘unattractive’ too. Would you prefer a stunning, yet slower car vs an all out ‘I’m the fastest’.

Off the top of my head, the most interesting car introduced in the last few years has been the A110.

[hondafanatic]

flemke said:

hondafanatic said:

flemke said:

coyft said:

Flemke, I imagine that aesthetics are an important part of your life.

What emotions does the Senna stir, when you look at it.

- Embarrassment
- Resignation
- Whimsy
- Fun

In that order?

And seeing as it's me...I take it there's no NSX update?

Yes, in that order.

Re NSX, yes there has been some movement, or shall I say information.
Thanks to the help of a friend, I have a Japanese local dealer who will take in the car and handle the process, as I was getting nowhere dealing direct with the Refresh program notwithstanding that they told me that I could liaise directly with them.
Saying that, I am reevaluating whether I want to do it at all. My life has just got so complicated, and I have lost patience in dealing with outside parties that either require a level of bureaucratic BS that is absurd or promise one thing and do another (for example, I was promised that a car being built for me would be delivered to me by 30 June, 2005, and I am still waiting for it).
I don't have enough time to drive and enjoy the cars that I have, and there is no point is making the problem worse.

Thanks for the update albeit I’m sorry you’re not having the best of times at the moment from the sounds of it.

[Petrus1983]

flemke said:

(for example, I was promised that a car being built for me would be delivered to me by 30 June, 2005, and I am still waiting for it).

This makes you sound impatient

[Antony Moxey]

flemke said:

- Embarrassment
- Resignation
- Whimsy
- Fun

Why embarrassment and resignation?

[CanAm]

I was watching a programme on Nick Mason the other night, when he was being interviewed in his garage. Unfortunately there were only tantalising glimpses of most of the cars, but not only has he got a 250GTO but possibly also an F1 (in Lark livery?) that we caught one corner of.

[Derek Chevalier]

coyft said:

flemke said:

Yes, in that order.

Re NSX, yes there has been some movement, or shall I say information.
Thanks to the help of a friend, I have a Japanese local dealer who will take in the car and handle the process, as I was getting nowhere dealing direct with the Refresh program notwithstanding that they told me that I could liaise directly with them.
Saying that, I am reevaluating whether I want to do it at all. My life has just got so complicated, and I have lost patience in dealing with outside parties that either require a level of bureaucratic BS that is absurd or promise one thing and do another (for example, I was promised that a car being built for me would be delivered to me by 30 June, 2005, and I am still waiting for it).
I don't have enough time to drive and enjoy the cars that I have, and there is no point is making the problem worse.

If you decide not to go ahead, would you mind sharing your contact? I'd like to investigate putting mine through the refresh program.

Have you spoken to Kaz? Long waiting list but excellent work

[Sk00p]

anniesdad said:

Will this one get a customary sun strip, might be the pic but it looks like it has a receding roof line here

[thegreenhell]

CanAm said:

I was watching a programme on Nick Mason the other night, when he was being interviewed in his garage. Unfortunately there were only tantalising glimpses of most of the cars, but not only has he got a 250GTO but possibly also an F1 (in Lark livery?) that we caught one corner of.

He owns GTR #10R. I think he crashed it at Goodwood Members Meeting a year or two ago.

[SpeckledJim]

Petrus1983 said:

flemke said:

(for example, I was promised that a car being built for me would be delivered to me by 30 June, 2005, and I am still waiting for it).

This makes you sound impatient

Yeah, the guy said he was going to do it. He doesn't need nagging every decade.

[CanAm]

thegreenhell said:

He owns GTR #10R. I think he crashed it at Goodwood Members Meeting a year or two ago.

Cheers! I think that may be the one I saw on the L2B run a couple of years ago (not taking part of course!)

[flemke]

Antony Moxey said:

flemke said:

- Embarrassment
- Resignation
- Whimsy
- Fun

Why embarrassment and resignation?

Embarrassment that I would be associated with such a boy-racer, in-yo-face sort of thing.
Resignation that, if I want the driving experience that the car offers, I have to accept that it looks the way that it does.

[flemke]

Derek Chevalier said:

coyft said:

flemke said:

Yes, in that order.

Re NSX, yes there has been some movement, or shall I say information.
Thanks to the help of a friend, I have a Japanese local dealer who will take in the car and handle the process, as I was getting nowhere dealing direct with the Refresh program notwithstanding that they told me that I could liaise directly with them.
Saying that, I am reevaluating whether I want to do it at all. My life has just got so complicated, and I have lost patience in dealing with outside parties that either require a level of bureaucratic BS that is absurd or promise one thing and do another (for example, I was promised that a car being built for me would be delivered to me by 30 June, 2005, and I am still waiting for it).
I don't have enough time to drive and enjoy the cars that I have, and there is no point is making the problem worse.

If you decide not to go ahead, would you mind sharing your contact? I'd like to investigate putting mine through the refresh program.

Have you spoken to Kaz? Long waiting list but excellent work

Yes. There are a number of considerations at play here. I know that he does really good work (although if I wanted a body-off respray that would complicate matters). At the same time it is acknowledged by everyone that the work of the Refresh Program is the absolute best.

[flemke]

SpeckledJim said:

Petrus1983 said:

flemke said:

(for example, I was promised that a car being built for me would be delivered to me by 30 June, 2005, and I am still waiting for it).

This makes you sound impatient

Yeah, the guy said he was going to do it. He doesn't need nagging every decade.

I know, I know. I just get antsy sometimes - have to learn to be more patient.

[Antony Moxey]

flemke said:

Antony Moxey said:

flemke said:

- Embarrassment
- Resignation
- Whimsy
- Fun

Why embarrassment and resignation?

Embarrassment that I would be associated with such a boy-racer, in-yo-face sort of thing.
Resignation that, if I want the driving experience that the car offers, I have to accept that it looks the way that it does.

Ah right. Would you say your F1 trumps the other cars in your fleet, and should that be the case why bother collecting the fleet you have? Are the driving experiences that much different that they warrant, IYO obviously, such a huge expense, or is it simply, as it would be in my case, that they're nice shiny things to have that you can afford so why not and they're only going to go up in value so again why not?