Top Gear on Sunday - Caterhams!! The Stig vs Clarkson

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:01 am

Don't get me wrong here.. I'm all for the built for being used ethos. However, I think my petrol headed bretheren would agree that they're for being used on B-roads... like driving to Oban for a saturday blast... not for being choked in the city centre traffic or dodging trolleys at tesco

alicrozier · Post by **alicrozier** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:01 am

Shug wrote: Nick Mason (Pink Floyd drummer and car collecting nut) tells a story of a time his modern Volvo refused to start in the middle of winter and he took his daughter to school in his Ferrari 250GTO (which was the only other car there and fired up first time...)

Built to be used.

Read that story too.

...amd it was snowing...

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:07 am

Would that be the wrolds most expensive car ?

Post by **Shug** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:12 am

Sanjoy wrote:Would that be the wrolds most expensive car ?

Not sure that title still stands - but one went at auction in, I think, '87 (late '80s anyway) for £10 million. Pounds, not dollars.

Anybody care to calculate that in today's money!?

Post by **Shug** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:13 am

GregR wrote:Don't get me wrong here.. I'm all for the built for being used ethos. However, I think my petrol headed bretheren would agree that they're for being used on B-roads... like driving to Oban for a saturday blast... not for being choked in the city centre traffic or dodging trolleys at tesco

In an ideal world, of course. But if it's the school run or sitting never getting used, I know which one I respect.

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:17 am

Nick Mason rips the arse outof all his cars, full time mechanic etc.

Doe he not have a few of the Martini Group B cars ?

Post by **Shug** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:24 am

Sanjoy wrote:Nick Mason rips the arse outof all his cars, full time mechanic etc.

Doe he not have a few of the Martini Group B cars ?

Nick has a scary amount of cars - races a good percentage and lets others race those he doesn't. His F40 has one of the highest recorded milages of any made.

The 250GTO in question is regularly raced and does almost every classic festival going. He's shared it with the likes of Moss, Bell and a raft of younger racers. Not what you'd call precious about it.

He also raced at Le Mans several times and in the late 70's/early 80's, ended up a pretty reasonable 'gentleman' racer. Had a seat with the works Porsche team at Le Mans in 83 or 84 when they owned the place with the 956.

One of the best coffee table car books available is Into the Red - track tests of a variety of his cars (written by Mark Hales, with personal insights into the cars by Nick) It even comes with a CD of the engines at full bore!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1852 ... y&v=glance

Top, top bloke

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 11:35 am

Shug wrote:
Sanjoy wrote:Would that be the wrolds most expensive car ?
Not sure that title still stands - but one went at auction in, I think, '87 (late '80s anyway) for £10 million. Pounds, not dollars.

Anybody care to calculate that in today's money!?

£18m 900K

GregR · Post by **GregR** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:05 pm

Shug wrote: In an ideal world, of course. But if it's the school run or sitting never getting used, I know which one I respect.

Agree entirely. Respect is one thing, but what you would prefer to watch on a Brundle DvD or on 5th Gear is different

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:08 pm

Personally I love the 5th moments when they pit two cars back to back on the track with Tiff & JJ ragging them round the track after each other.

They suffer bad producers though so expect to see the Stig on it as they have copied everything else and it would be an easy win due to the anonymity of the man in white.

Post by **Shug** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:21 pm

GregR wrote:
Shug wrote: In an ideal world, of course. But if it's the school run or sitting never getting used, I know which one I respect.
Agree entirely. Respect is one thing, but what you would prefer to watch on a Brundle DvD or on 5th Gear is different

Aye - with you. Didn't know you were specifically talking about that in the post - makes sense now!

Post by **simon** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:53 pm

There was a guy on 5th Gear (I think) recently who had a huge garage full of supercars. He was a total cock tho as there were some he hadn't even driven such as a Carrera GT. He said he sometimes bought them just because they looked good in his garage.

MacK · Post by **MacK** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:21 pm

GregR wrote:... like driving to Oban for a saturday blast...

Is that this Saturday??

/checks meets/ No mention in Meets section

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:24 pm

simon wrote:There was a guy on 5th Gear (I think) recently who had a huge garage full of supercars. He was a total cock tho as there were some he hadn't even driven such as a Carrera GT. He said he sometimes bought them just because they looked good in his garage.

Yep, he really was a cock.

Post by **Shug** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:25 pm

simon wrote:There was a guy on 5th Gear (I think) recently who had a huge garage full of supercars. He was a total cock tho as there were some he hadn't even driven such as a Carrera GT. He said he sometimes bought them just because they looked good in his garage.

Strangely Elaine changed channels during this, as she didn't want to see her nice telly ruined by my shoe going through it!

Twat

(on the flipside, one imagines a reasonable percentage of hypercar owners are like this, so I guess we need to remember that if not for them, these cars wouldn't be made........)