Supercar Appreciation Thread

The 599GTB IMO is a car that grows on you. The engine is amazing and performance/luxury is A1. The 599GTB will be sub £80k by Sep 2012 and amazing value.

The CS is everything you could ever want and a true race car on the road.

The F40 is in a different price class and out of my reach. Ferrari's best ever car? I would think so yeah

Cheers :)
 
Driving quick on public roads is one thing, and I can certainly see the fascination with the cars. My only query is that if you all want to meet up and go for a hoon, surely you would be the most viable car club to go to a track? I doubt the corsa or Clio owners clubs have a member base where all of them could afford track time at a meet. Not gonna do the high horse thing and preach that you were driving too fast, because anyone who says they don't speed on here is a flat out liar. But surely you would get more from a meet and more from your cars doing it at a track?
 
rjkoneill said:
Driving quick on public roads is one thing, and I can certainly see the fascination with the cars. My only query is that if you all want to meet up and go for a hoon, surely you would be the most viable car club to go to a track? I doubt the corsa or Clio owners clubs have a member base where all of them could afford track time at a meet. Not gonna do the high horse thing and preach that you were driving too fast, because anyone who says they don't speed on here is a flat out liar. But surely you would get more from a meet and more from your cars doing it at a track?
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Track driving is 10 times harder on a car (Figure plucked from thin air) than fast road driving. On a half-powerful car a good trackday will see you either in need of, or seen in need of, at the very least a new set of tyres.
 
Oh I totally understand that mate, I sit opposite Gibbo at work :p

My point was that it I was in a financial position where I could own and run a supercar, then one would assume that rather than subjecting a supercar to public road risk, that a track day would be a far more enjoyable and safer place to utilise a vehicle like that. The wear and tear of a track outing would surely be pocket change for a Ferrari owner no?
 
rjkoneill said:
Oh I totally understand that mate, I sit opposite Gibbo at work :p

My point was that it I was in a financial position where I could own and run a supercar, then one would assume that rather than subjecting a supercar to public road risk, that a track day would be a far more enjoyable and safer place to utilise a vehicle like that. The wear and tear of a track outing would surely be pocket change for a Ferrari owner no?
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Maybe mate but most Ferraris are road cars and designed as such.

If you were buying a supercar for the track then you wouldn't be buying a supercar at all, you would buy a V8 Atom or something similar.

Owning a supercar isn't just about going fast.
 
Also a lot of super-car owners are not billionaire play boys but beardy, sometimes spergy, petrol heads who by practically default of being white and old have some what reasonable incomes at a stage in their life and either out of choice or because they are trying to fill a void opt into super car ownership at the expense of other areas, be it a relationship, nice house, holidays, children etc etc

So the value for money is in owning the car, but the money to throw away on track days is not seen as such.
 
hurfdurf said:
Also a lot of super-car owners are not billionaire play boys but beardy, sometimes spergy, petrol heads who by practically default of being white and old have some what reasonable incomes at a stage in their life and either out of choice or because they are trying to fill a void opt into super car ownership at the expense of other areas, be it a relationship, nice house, holidays, children etc etc

So the value for money is in owning the car, but the money to throw away on track days is not seen as such.
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Bang on mate, Spot on....99% of the time....
 
County said:
Bang on mate, Spot on....99% of the time....
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The thing is, I don't think a lot of people realise it. They see the movies and the TV shows, they hear the celebrity gossip and notice the supercars being driven and assume that life style goes hand in hand with owning a supercar, when in reality those people only drive those cars because they are the best on the market, they have no real interest in driving for the sake of enjoying driving (bar one or two noticeable guys, Jay Leno, Frankie Muniz, Adam Carolla) The cars are often wasted on the very wealthy and famous.

Then you roll up to a super car meet and the people there are really normal and if anything are a bit sad and gormy rather than flashy and cool!
 
hurfdurf said:
The thing is, I don't think a lot of people realise it. They see the movies and the TV shows, they hear the celebrity gossip and notice the supercars being driven and assume that life style goes hand in hand with owning a supercar, when in reality those people only drive those cars because they are the best on the market, they have no real interest in driving for the sake of enjoying driving (bar one or two noticeable guys, Jay Leno, Frankie Muniz, Adam Carolla) The cars are often wasted on the very wealthy and famous.

Then you roll up to a super car meet and the people there are really normal and if anything are a bit sad and gormy rather than flashy and cool!
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Dont get me wrong most of my mates who own Supercars (NOT Hypercars) have decent jobs and more disposable income than most but doesnt mean they are mega rich!

The key is DISPOSABLE INCOME.

In a few months i wont have that, 2nd baby on the way, missus wants a bigger house :p

Will sell the car and buy another in a few years....Oh only if i win the lottery;)
 
The only porsche i would have.

The Widowmaker

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WillyNelson said:
Is he in need of a spare testicle?
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You can pick one up for £60k and they have been the most disapointing car I have ever been in (I too loved the idea of them). They are not an unrealistic car to own. A McDonald's burger flipper could save for 5 years if they loved at home with their rents and purchase one.
 
[TW]Fox;20609830 said:
Track driving is 10 times harder on a car (Figure plucked from thin air) than fast road driving. On a half-powerful car a good trackday will see you either in need of, or seen in need of, at the very least a new set of tyres.
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Im guessing if you can afford to own and run a supercar, you wouldn't wince at the cost of a track day here and there.
 
hurfdurf said:
You can pick one up for £60k and they have been the most disapointing car I have ever been in (I too loved the idea of them). They are not an unrealistic car to own. A McDonald's burger flipper could save for 5 years if they loved at home with their rents and purchase one.
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Perhaps, but they couldn't afford to keep it.
 
hurfdurf said:
You can pick one up for £60k and they have been the most disapointing car I have ever been in (I too loved the idea of them). They are not an unrealistic car to own. A McDonald's burger flipper could save for 5 years if they loved at home with their rents and purchase one.
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I would'nt call them disappointing IMO. No Ferrari but what car is....:D

The standard Gallardo may well be a bit old etc but it is still a great car. The new editions they brought out certainly "upped the game".

On a supercar meet i struggled to keep up with the Valentino Balboni edition, awesome acceleration and all round performance....oh and the noise:cool:

Still however, give me a prancing horse anytime!
 
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