Car dilema - 430 replacement

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Re: Car dilema - 430 replacement

Post by AlanH » Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:05 pm

I knew I had seen import numbers for GT3's quoted somewhere, so I had another trawl round the web today and found the following on 911UK.com:

997 GT3
Model Year 2007 - 159
Model Year 2008 - 89
TOTAL 248

997 GT3 RS
Model Year 2007 - 78
Model Year 2008 - 41
TOTAL 119

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Re: Car dilema - 430 replacement

Post by ChrisG » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:36 pm

Alan, I think you should be updating your avatar photo....

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Re: Car dilema - 430 replacement

Post by Andy G » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:44 pm

H8OAG wrote:It would be like taking a shower dressed in a dinner suit ............ripping up £50 notes.

There are only two makes of car that most insurers will not offer Gap Cover on finance

Aston and Range Rover

You could however.... go for the double :D

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Re: Car dilema - 430 replacement

Post by AlanH » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:55 pm

ChrisG wrote:Alan, I think you should be updating your avatar photo....
But I like the photo of the one I built......best Airfix kit yet 8)

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Re: Car dilema - 430 replacement

Post by Edin430 » Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:19 pm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1884454.htm

I'd lick a lot of nipples for this..

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Re: Car dilema - 430 replacement

Post by DJ » Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:45 pm

Andy G wrote:would this be financial suicide?

http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/1610766.htm
Lol - had one of these at my trackday too. (in case you haven't realised yet, I am the 'poor' friend ! :lol: )

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I went out in a pax in it and it is such a heavy car. You really feel the weight of it at the dip before the chicane. Guessing by looking at GT3s you might make the odd venture out on track in whatever you buy. This didn't feel at home at all on the track. He wasn't driving it particularly hard but after an hour his tyres were like mush!
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Re: Car dilema - 430 replacement

Post by Andy G » Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:02 pm

they do look stunnng, and sound :love

Just looking at a 360 CS, but cant get a clone of Mads's car............well KH would never survive the 2 of us on track in them at once :damnfunny

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Re: Car dilema - 430 replacement

Post by mwmackenzie » Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:05 pm

Andy G wrote:they do look stunnng, and sound :love

Just looking at a 360 CS, but cant get a clone of Mads's car............well KH would never survive the 2 of us on track in them at once :damnfunny

Something will turn up :lol:
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Re: Car dilema - 430 replacement

Post by Dominic » Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:23 pm

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Re: Car dilema - 430 replacement

Post by Andy G » Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:28 pm

thats taken a while to come out - Lambo manchester told me about that last week!

Replacement issue might be sorted later today, dependant on a cheeky wee offer getting accepted. :wink:
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Re: Car dilema - 430 replacement

Post by campbell » Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:29 pm

In which case I think you should enter it in the Bo'nessHillclimb :

http://www.bonesshillclimb.org.uk/2010-event.html

In fact you could double-enter with McKeann, since it's practically in his back yard and I am sure he knows the lanes really well so the new car will be in very safe hands :twisted:
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Re: Car dilema - 430 replacement

Post by GregR » Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:18 pm

campbell wrote: In fact you could double-enter with McKeann
:shock:

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Re: Car dilema - 430 replacement

Post by Andy G » Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:54 pm

GregR wrote:
campbell wrote: In fact you could double-enter with McKeann
:shock:

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thats a different lifestyle choice :shock: :D
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Re: Car dilema - 430 replacement

Post by shooomer » Thu Jul 29, 2010 5:24 pm

Have you bought the best sports car in the world? :thumbsup

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Re: Car dilema - 430 replacement

Post by mckeann » Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:49 pm

The bo'ness hillclimb is for classic cars unfortunately, or i would have entered it previously.

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