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tbops

Original Poster:

1,332 posts

236 months

Friday 27th April 2007
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Hey,
Though id put up some pictures of the motor as i had a bit of fun in it yesterday before it goes. Figured out i was treating it too kind, kid gloves etc. This time i grabbed it by the scruff of the neck and abused it. the sound was amazing the power and grip was amazing too. I had a smile on my face for ages, im still smiling now.








looks much better than it does in pictures. dam fine car! Oh and i admit i was an slr fanboy but i prefer the sound feel and grip of this now....the howl when you put your foot down is amazing.

sjn2004

4,051 posts

263 months

Saturday 28th April 2007
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What country were you in as all the other cars have foreign plates?

tbops

Original Poster:

1,332 posts

236 months

Saturday 28th April 2007
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switzerland.

gt2man-2

1,046 posts

281 months

Saturday 28th April 2007
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Other than preferring red calipers + stitching I think it looks great

sjn2004

4,051 posts

263 months

Saturday 28th April 2007
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tbops said:
switzerland.


So I guess you didn't speed then?

gt2man-2

1,046 posts

281 months

Saturday 28th April 2007
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sjn2004 said:

So I guess you didn't speed then?


I'm sure that's a common misconception. I think the UK is worse at clamping down on speeding and more ready to take your licence away for doing 34mph in a 30mph zone if you do it a few times.

tony h

2,703 posts

272 months

Saturday 28th April 2007
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love the 599 , car has massive presence in the metal cool

F355GTS

3,865 posts

281 months

Saturday 28th April 2007
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gt2man-2 said:
sjn2004 said:

So I guess you didn't speed then?


I'm sure that's a common misconception. I think the UK is worse at clamping down on speeding and more ready to take your licence away for doing 34mph in a 30mph zone if you do it a few times.


yep but do there fines sting, last Summer one of our group was stopped for doing 74km in a 60km limit and the fine was sfr500 about £250

lovely Car btw, I'm test driving one on Tuesday

tbops

Original Poster:

1,332 posts

236 months

Saturday 28th April 2007
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i broke every speed law there was and even got the back end out a few times also At one point i was chasing a maser 3200 with an amzingly hot girl inside (dealership totty) in and out of trafic on what seemed to be a ring road type place through tunnels and over huge bridges...was very james bond but without the car flipping.

riwiho

3,800 posts

241 months

Saturday 28th April 2007
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Switzerland is not as bad as Mr Clarkson makes many believe. They do have strong position on speed but its not as enforced as people think, they reason it has a bad rep is that speeding offenses are fined proportionally to your income. As far as I am aware Switzerland holes the world record for the largest speeding find due to a very rich individual speeding and his fine been a % of his income.

Very nice car by the way. I wonder how long it hold its value before dropping like a dead weight to the 100k figure

tbops

Original Poster:

1,332 posts

236 months

Saturday 28th April 2007
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hopefully anyday after monday!

pastrana72

1,741 posts

234 months

Saturday 28th April 2007
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great pictures, of a stuuning car, i think it looks better in person than in pictures too.