Finally got all the cars together
Finally got all the cars together
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NoPaddleShiftForMe

Original Poster:

167 posts

126 months

Monday 4th June 2018
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I had all the cars together today the first time for a photo shoot and took a couple of pictures myself. We were going for the Top Gear Magazine cover look on the second one. Note all but the LC500 are six speed manuals.




anonymous-user

83 months

Monday 4th June 2018
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Great collection!

What do you think about the Lexus? Seriously considering one for my next car - haven't got round to test driving one yet as life is extraordinarily busy at the moment...

Jimmy Recard

17,547 posts

208 months

Monday 4th June 2018
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Well your username is fairly accurate then!

NoPaddleShiftForMe

Original Poster:

167 posts

126 months

Monday 4th June 2018
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had ham said:
Great collection!

What do you think about the Lexus? Seriously considering one for my next car - haven't got round to test driving one yet as life is extraordinarily busy at the moment...
Thanks.

I highly recommend it as a daily as long as you only need the back seats occasionally. It is extremely comfortable when you are cruising but switch it to sport plus and manual and it is almost a sports car.

I had it on track a couple of weeks ago and it did feel a little heavy and is certainly biased to understeer but was still a whole lotta fun.

Build quality is typical Lexus brilliance. Don’t worry about all the negative comments about the infotainment system, you will get used to it really quickly and the sound quality from the Mark Levinson system is excellent.

The car sounds ridiculously good especially on down shifts.

It gets a lot of looks as people don’t know what it is and I have yet to pass another one on the road.

Dave.

7,891 posts

282 months

Monday 4th June 2018
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Which game is this?

hehegetmecoat



Eta - wish I'd tried harder at school....

Butter Face

34,647 posts

189 months

Monday 4th June 2018
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Nice collection!!

stupidbutkeen

1,025 posts

184 months

Monday 4th June 2018
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Oh I love the viper, May I just say that is one great collections but what is the everyday runabout?

anonymous-user

83 months

Monday 4th June 2018
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NoPaddleShiftForMe said:
Thanks.

I highly recommend it as a daily as long as you only need the back seats occasionally. It is extremely comfortable when you are cruising but switch it to sport plus and manual and it is almost a sports car.

I had it on track a couple of weeks ago and it did feel a little heavy and is certainly biased to understeer but was still a whole lotta fun.

Build quality is typical Lexus brilliance. Don’t worry about all the negative comments about the infotainment system, you will get used to it really quickly and the sound quality from the Mark Levinson system is excellent.

The car sounds ridiculously good especially on down shifts.

It gets a lot of looks as people don’t know what it is and I have yet to pass another one on the road.
Cheers for that - sounds like I need to go and take a closer look.

NoPaddleShiftForMe

Original Poster:

167 posts

126 months

Monday 4th June 2018
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stupidbutkeen said:
Oh I love the viper, May I just say that is one great collections but what is the everyday runabout?
The Lexus LC500 in the pictures is the daily. I also have a Porsche Cayenne S e-Hybrid but the Mrs. drives it.

joefraser

725 posts

140 months

Monday 4th June 2018
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Bravo on the collection, you have some amazing cars!

B'stard Child

31,041 posts

275 months

Monday 4th June 2018
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joefraser said:
Bravo on the collection, you have some amazing cars!
^ WHS

Ahbefive

11,657 posts

201 months

Monday 4th June 2018
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Lovely collection. Just missing an Aston Martin.

Congrats.

55palfers

6,354 posts

193 months

Monday 4th June 2018
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Gulp.

How do you decide what to drive every day - lob the keys in a fruitbowl?

stongle

5,910 posts

191 months

Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Excellent stuff. Surprised how small the Lambo looks compared to the Lexus unless a trick perspective. I recently tested the Lexus, but as you say too small in the rear (bit of a pain really as I'm lacking imagination on what else!). What do you use for a weekend away, or is their a Gulfstream IV off picture?

Mudgey

683 posts

203 months

Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Nice collection! I think the Viper and Lambo are the ones that stand out the most for me, how does driving the viper feel compared to the others? I expect lack of driver aids can make it a real handful? EDIT: Just noticed it is one of the newer vipers so expect it does come with its fair share of electronic wizardry?

Is there going to be any further additions in the future?

AndySheff

6,921 posts

236 months

Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Brilliant selection of motors. Well done !

NoPaddleShiftForMe

Original Poster:

167 posts

126 months

Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Ahbefive said:
Lovely collection. Just missing an Aston Martin.

Congrats.
The idea behind the collection is the “last” great naturally aspirated, manual transmission cars for each major cylinder size with no marque duplicates. I like Aston’s but given V8 and V12, I’d take Ferrari and Lambo every time.

I am missing a 4 cylinder but that is going to be a Honda S2000 and there are plenty of them so no rush there.

Cheers.

NoPaddleShiftForMe

Original Poster:

167 posts

126 months

Tuesday 5th June 2018
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55palfers said:
Gulp.

How do you decide what to drive every day - lob the keys in a fruitbowl?
I just rotate them around unless it is ladies choice. My wife always picks the Ferrari.

Also, no Gulf Stream in the wings. The Lambo is probably the most challenging for a long trip away but I spent 4 days in France with it last year and had an absolute blast.

Martin_Hx

4,024 posts

227 months

Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Viper for me, childhood memories (along with the F40)

Cracking collection, bet its a hard choice to pick a car when you need to drive anywhere. im sure the Lexus is a great modern cruiser though.

Rich_AR

1,998 posts

233 months

Tuesday 5th June 2018
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Nice collection OP!

(BTW - I have a very similar reg plate as your Lambo - (587 RAR))