RE: Bristol Fighter: Spotted

[rare6499]

I love it. Awesomely cool in my opinion!!

[Olivera]

It has a nice basic form, but I can't help but feel that under the skin you would find a catastrophically under engineered and poorly built dogst of a car.

[anonymous-user]

Olivera said:

It has a nice basic form, but I can't help but feel that under the skin you would find a catastrophically under engineered and poorly built dogst of a car.

In what way under engineered?

I'd day in general they were pretty well built - certainly at least as good as a contemporary ferrari.

[NomduJour]

Oh, another Bristol thread.

[unsprung]

youngsod said:

That's not a Bristol Fighter. This is a Bristol Fighter:


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Indeed. Report for dawn patrol at oh-four-thirty. That is all.

[PunterCam]

Just so much cooler than any of the tat McLaren, Jag and whoever else are making these days.

Always liked these because they were so low key.. Elegant and understated and delicate. Cars just look like wkers now - the automotive equivalent of someone you'd avoid... The kind of of person who'd come up to you in a pub, shout at you about how great he is then try to hit you...but in car form. I suppose it reflects the general unpleasantness of many folk these days; you've got the shout to let others know how great you think you are.

If I won the lottery.. Yeah, I reckon I'd be after one of these to drive daily. Just perfect. Probably a crap car, but that's not the point.

[bloomen]

Olivera said:

It has a nice basic form, but I can't help but feel that under the skin you would find a catastrophically under engineered and poorly built dogst of a car.

Engineering is usually a strong point of theirs. The execution however...

[borat52]

Throw £50k at that lister XJS from earlier in the week and you have an infinitely more interesting car for half the money in my eyes.

As a huge fan of obscure British cars this does nothing for me. I’d just buy a viper and be content I had a much better car all round if I was even remotely into this.

[So]

myhandle said:

So said:

Sorry, but all Bristols look like 90s kit cars conceived by a design dyslexic. The interior of the one in the OP looks like an experimental joint venture with DFS.

The King's new clothes.

The Fighter looks nothing like any other Bristol made. The earliest Bristols look, if anything , something like pre-WW2 BMWs as that is where the design originated.

I am guessing you are sceptical of Vertu phones too. Low volume products are, by definition, not for everyone.

No, but it shares the automotive equivalent of Downs syndrome with the rest of the family.

I have no opinion about Vertu phones, because I have never tried one. However, I've had experience of some low-volume "esoteric" products and been saddened to find that they actually aren't very good. Their "differentness" is often all that is good about them, and the reason they sell in low volumes is because they are, essentially, st.

[robemcdonald]

So said:

myhandle said:

So said:

Sorry, but all Bristols look like 90s kit cars conceived by a design dyslexic. The interior of the one in the OP looks like an experimental joint venture with DFS.

The King's new clothes.

The Fighter looks nothing like any other Bristol made. The earliest Bristols look, if anything , something like pre-WW2 BMWs as that is where the design originated.

I am guessing you are sceptical of Vertu phones too. Low volume products are, by definition, not for everyone.

No, but it shares the automotive equivalent of Downs syndrome with the rest of the family.

I have no opinion about Vertu phones, because I have never tried one. However, I've had experience of some low-volume "esoteric" products and been saddened to find that they actually aren't very good. Their "differentness" is often all that is good about them, and the reason they sell in low volumes is because they are, essentially, st.

I get that you don’t like it. Personal opinion and tastes are after all personal.
Where I start to struggle though is how it’s st because you don’t like it. Have you ever driven one? Or even seen one in the flesh? With only 9 in existence it’s unlikley (but not impossible).
The part where you go off the rails though is to imply that people that don’t share your views are some how stupid or suffering a form a mass delusion.

Wouldn’t it be easier to either not post or simply say that you don’t like it?

[MikeT66]

I also think this has been on here in the not-too-distant past.

I still love it, though, and when my numbers come up tonight I’m buying it.

[So]

robemcdonald said:

So said:

myhandle said:

So said:

Sorry, but all Bristols look like 90s kit cars conceived by a design dyslexic. The interior of the one in the OP looks like an experimental joint venture with DFS.

The King's new clothes.

The Fighter looks nothing like any other Bristol made. The earliest Bristols look, if anything , something like pre-WW2 BMWs as that is where the design originated.

I am guessing you are sceptical of Vertu phones too. Low volume products are, by definition, not for everyone.

No, but it shares the automotive equivalent of Downs syndrome with the rest of the family.

I have no opinion about Vertu phones, because I have never tried one. However, I've had experience of some low-volume "esoteric" products and been saddened to find that they actually aren't very good. Their "differentness" is often all that is good about them, and the reason they sell in low volumes is because they are, essentially, st.

I get that you don’t like it.

Well done Trigger.

[pengers]

I bought a Subaru SVX once and it had similarly crap windows which were meant to be early 'frameless' type but we're so annoying to use (only a tiny section opened) in daily life I sold it after about 6 weeks. Lovely engine though..
So as a daily driver practical car, no, I don't think so.

[DBRacingGod]

That interior...hmmm...conjures up images of a scat dungeon.

[Loyly]

I love the Bristol Fighter. I'm not bothered about whether or not it snubs the general supercar market, or whether or not the brand is cool or uncool. I just love that V10 engine and those stunning looks.

It's got a very sleek look which will no doubt aid it's potent speed but there doesn't seem to be much there to aid downforce. I would assume it might be better served with more if it's intended for higher speed use, though I doubt there was the budget or appetite to take the car in that direction.

If I had the money and the suitable eccentricity to buy a Fighter then I would do so without hesitation. I would expect to have to pay various craftsmen to fabricate and fix things over the life of the car because Bristol are long gone. A shame that they bowed out after releasing a machine such as this.

[Raudus42]

I'd love it...to quote Don Logan "it's the sheer fk off-ness of it all"

[So]

DBRacingGod said:

That interior...hmmm...conjures up images of a scat dungeon.

What DO you do in your spare time?

[NomduJour]

Strela said:

Most cars people buy, most houses people buy, most clothes people wear etc etc show a total disinterest in, well, virtually everything

...apart from a destitute desire for acceptance from the rest of the herd.

[AppleJuice]

Looks like someone abducted David Dickinson and used him as a colour match for the upholstery.

Also reminds me of the shade of leather in the Volvo S60 R.

[theholygrail]

There was one at the Blenheim Palace classic car show last year. I wish I'd spent more time talking to the owner. Hopefully he's there again this year. I love eccentric cars.