Where to Park an F430????????
Discussion
There is somewhere in W1 (central Mayfair) where various exotica park (not named as per Ted's policy) - I've seen F430, Gallado, SLR, Phantom, Vanquish etc. Sounds great and I live a few doors down, but every so often I hear a car being driven out of the garage, redlined down our road (small mews), turned around, redlined back down the road, turned around again... (repeat until bored) then quietly reversed back into the secure parking!
Now I'd guess this wasnt the owners making sure the cars were used or they wouldnt just be driving up and down one road in the middle of the night (redlining from cold) - so I'd say it was perhaps the people working at the car park! Who knows if they have permission, but the time/driving style makes me think perhaps not.
£1500 a quarter to park there.
Now I'd guess this wasnt the owners making sure the cars were used or they wouldnt just be driving up and down one road in the middle of the night (redlining from cold) - so I'd say it was perhaps the people working at the car park! Who knows if they have permission, but the time/driving style makes me think perhaps not.
£1500 a quarter to park there.
maxf said:
There is somewhere in W1 (central Mayfair) where various exotica park (not named as per Ted's policy) - I've seen F430, Gallado, SLR, Phantom, Vanquish etc. Sounds great and I live a few doors down, but every so often I hear a car being driven out of the garage, redlined down our road (small mews), turned around, redlined back down the road, turned around again... (repeat until bored) then quietly reversed back into the secure parking!
Now I'd guess this wasnt the owners making sure the cars were used or they wouldnt just be driving up and down one road in the middle of the night (redlining from cold) - so I'd say it was perhaps the people working at the car park! Who knows if they have permission, but the time/driving style makes me think perhaps not.
£1500 a quarter to park there.
Hehe, I take your word for it! Anyone seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off and what happens to the guys dad's 1961 Ferrari 250GT....
RogerB said:
I pay £600 in Pimlico for the resident's scheme run by Masterpark - mine's just about the crappest car in there as well.
Complete and utter bargain.
That sounds like a bargain, does it matter for insurance if the car is garaged at a significant distance from your residence??
Bloody hell, if thats the case I'd love to see the rest of them!
gammaman said:
A little bit off topic and not a criticism, I'm genuinely curious...what's the appeal of having a F430 in Central London?
Its for getting out of London, not prancing around it!!
I picked on the wrong guy to ask. I was hoping you were one of those who never leave the West End. Just never understood it. It's not even like there's any pose value in that part of the world. £100k+ cars are ten a penny.
Do you mind telling me how much it costs?jdh1 said:
A little bit off topic and not a criticism, I'm genuinely curious...what's the appeal of having a F430 in Central London?
Its for getting out of London, not prancing around it!!
I picked on the wrong guy to ask. I was hoping you were one of those who never leave the West End. Just never understood it. It's not even like there's any pose value in that part of the world. £100k+ cars are ten a penny.
I was sitting in a Coffee shop in London with a few friends one day. One of them had parked his Lime Green Murci outside.
The other customers obviously took an interest and started asking the normal questions. What is it? How Fast? How much? What do you do? Is it your dads?
My friend answered them all, flipped the doors up, etc. However, this one older guy wouldn't leave him alone. Why did you buy that colour? Whats the point in having that in London? Why that colour?
After 20 mins of this, my friend who is normally a very down to Earth guy, got fed up. So he turned to him and said
"you want to know why???"
(guy looks at him expecting him to justify his decision)
"because I can!"
That shut him up.
>> Edited by 5to1 on Friday 10th March 21:00
Gassing Station | Supercar General | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff