Pictures of super cars that have been driven....Hard!

[Lordbenny]

Super/Hyper cars....what are they good for? Cruising up and down Kensington High Street or parking up at a local Italian sports car event. Don't get me wrong, I do like super cars but I'd say 90% dont get to be driven like the manufacturer intended them to be driven. Can we have some pics of a few supercars that have done a 2500 mile European hoon without getting washed every evening or that have been driven to the Highlands in February! Im talking bugs and grime here!

I'll start with a pic of an F40 that I saw pull into an Italian car day at Brooklands a few years ago. It was covered in stone chips and hadn't been washed for a while. It was surrounded by garage queens that were being polished to within an inch of they're pampered lives.....It looked great!

The picture dosnt actually represent the condition it was in (look closely and you'll see the enormous amount of stone chips)

[LukeSi]

Oh how I would love to have something like that and drive it like it should be driven, I remember seeing a picture of an F50 where the paint on the front was basically sandblasted because they had been driving through some desert in the USA, I think it was the cannonball run (not the movie the tribute event)

[Strachan]

Superb, great picture.

It's fantastic to see, especially next to the 'garage queens'!

[Lordbenny]

Imagine doing the drive that this has just done, I bet it was fun!

[Strachan]

This count?


Date acquired: September 2004
Total mileage: 44,658
Duration of test: 34 months
Average consumption: 10.0mpg
Servicing costs: £18,425 (2004: £375, 2005:£5,300, 2006: £6,300, 2007: £6,450)
Consumables: £500 (two clutches), £7,264 (eight sets of Pirellis), £1,500 (Tarox brake discs), £2,800 (eight sets of pads), £11,580 (replacement crankshaft), £1,000 (other)
Price new: ΂£172,655
Depreciation: ΂£87,655

[vexed]

Great idea for a thread. I often think that most capable cars you see on the road are wasted. Looking forward to seeing photos of some that aren't.

[LukeSi]

Lordbenny said:

Imagine doing the drive that this has just done, I bet it was fun!

I bet that interior is a bit smelly now, those are scary to drive at the best of times.

[Viper]

not really a supercar, but this guy took his ACR to Bonniville salt flats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTBJ3bfsIeQ

Edited by Viper on Sunday 14th August 09:54

[Codswallop]

[DHE]

Lordbenny said:

That F40 was in Evo earlier this year

http://www.evo.co.uk/front_website/gallery.php?o=0...

[MrReg]

This one always gets me. BossCerbera's Diablo:-

[Fun Bus]

Strachan said:

Date acquired: September 2004
Total mileage: 44,658
Duration of test: 34 months
Average consumption: 10.0mpg
Servicing costs: £18,425 (2004: £375, 2005:£5,300, 2006: £6,300, 2007: £6,450)
Consumables: £500 (two clutches), £7,264 (eight sets of Pirellis), £1,500 (Tarox brake discs), £2,800 (eight sets of pads), £11,580 (replacement crankshaft), £1,000 (other)
Price new: ΂£172,655
Depreciation: ΂£87,655

Simon Georges car is it not?

[Stu R]

Anything Lonman's owned

[fatboy69]

Yep. Is the mileage now in excess of 200k?

[markmullen]

Lordbenny said:

Imagine doing the drive that this has just done, I bet it was fun!

The first time I drove a CGT it was in about 8 inches of fresh snow, it focussed the mind to say the least.

[justin220]

[Chicane-UK]

Will always make me think of this clip from 5th Gear a few years ago!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPXhOslFvuQ

[Wills2]

MrReg said:

This one always gets me. BossCerbera's Diablo:-

That just looks the dogs dangles.

[benjj]

Chicane-UK said:

Will always make me think of this clip from 5th Gear a few years ago!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPXhOslFvuQ

The most amazing thing about that clip is that he is complaining about 99 Ron Super Unleaded beaing 80.9p per litre and the car cost £78 to fill.

I just filled up the Range Rover - £138.74

Ouch.

[fatboy69]

I had forgotten that Fifth Gear item. What a joy to see someone actually using his supercar & enjoying it. Love the 'oh st' looks etc when he hits the wall.

Wonderful.