One For Classic Car Fans.....

[fossyant]

Less than a 2 hour job on the drive

He can't change a spark plug, or oil chnge. Lovely car. His daily driver is an older V70 for his dog transport.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

And I suspect for solidly an 8 figure sum, given Rowan Atkinson's went for almost £8m.

Comprehensively crash damaged too!, even if repaired As Good As New by McLaren themselves

 

[Gunk]

Comprehensively crash damaged too!, even if repaired As Good As New by McLaren themselves

I met him and the McLaren once at Habitat in Oxford, he was parked next to us, a real gentleman.

 

[Ian H]

A shabby-chic split-screen in convoy with a tidy bay-window.

And a B from behind

 

[Gunk]

I’ve owned a bay window Type 2 and an MGB in exactly same colours as those.

looks like Honiton

 

[tyred]

Saw a couple of classic campers on my travels today. Also a Toyota Starlet in good condition. Starlets seem to have survived in disproportionately large numbers compared to other similar cars of the 1990s. Lots still around and often in good nick, nice to see a standard one that has avoided the boy racer treatment. I suppose they don't want five door versions.

 

[mistyoptic]

A motley collection of interesting vehicles trundling through town on Charter Day, today. I missed photographing the Woody Moggy, the Mini Clubman with a ludicrously wide track, and a few others.
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Impressive to see a ‘79 ‘Sud that doesn’t look like a colander

 

[Badger_Boom]

Comprehensively crash damaged too!, even if repaired As Good As New by McLaren themselves

Twice.

I met him and the McLaren once at Habitat in Oxford, he was parked next to us, a real gentleman.

I got the impression that he pretty much used it as his 'everyday' transport.

 

[Ian H]

More topless bodywork, with trafficators.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I got the impression that he pretty much used it as his 'everyday' transport.

He did for a while, if l too remember
Wasn’t it the highest mileage F1, outside of factory development cars?

 

[Profpointy]

I met him and the McLaren once at Habitat in Oxford, he was parked next to us, a real gentleman.

I met him and the McLaren once at Habitat in Oxford, he was parked next to us, a real gentleman.

Twice.

I got the impression that he pretty much used it as his 'everyday' transport.

I was told on good authority that he'd done 50 thousand miles in his (probably many more now). Many, perhaps most owners of such things don't actually drive them.

A friend who was a professional car photographer described some Ferrari event in Monaco that the covered. He assumed the owners would have used it as an excuse to drive their Ferraris down through France, but no. The majority had had their cars lorried down, flown over to Monaco, ponced up and down the promenade in them a few times then had the cars shipped home. What's the point of owning such a thing if it's merely an ornament ?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I was told on good authority that he'd done 50 thousand miles in his (probably many more now). Many, perhaps most owners of such things don't actually drive them.

A friend who was a professional car photographer described some Ferrari event in Monaco that the covered. He assumed the owners would have used it as an excuse to drive their Ferraris down through France, but no. The majority had had their cars lorried down, flown over to Monaco, ponced up and down the promenade in them a few times then had the cars shipped home. What's the point of owning such a thing if it's merely an ornament ?

Perceived status of ones peers, or knobs who you'd like to be your peers

 

[Scottish Scrutineer]

A friend who was a professional car photographer described some Ferrari event in Monaco that the covered. He assumed the owners would have used it as an excuse to drive their Ferraris down through France, but no. The majority had had their cars lorried down, flown over to Monaco, ponced up and down the promenade in them a few times then had the cars shipped home. What's the point of owning such a thing if it's merely an ornament ?

What's the point in having a Grand Tourer if you don't use it for Grand Tours?

 

[Scottish Scrutineer]

Some American muscle cars spotted on Friday evening just outside Excel, Docklands. I was there as part of the Scrutineering Team for Formula E

 

[rockyroller]

What's the point in having a Grand Tourer if you don't use it for Grand Tours?

If it brings the person joy