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How Much???? How Fast????
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:53 am
by Blackal
A colleague at work, who hails from New Orleans, and is a bit of a petrol-head - has just bought this had-boy.................
Saleen S7 (700bhp)
$260,000
I feel a trip to Louisiana is required................
Al
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:34 am
by eyore
Its a bit too American in the best Corvette tradition. They cant seem to capture style or class like the Europeans.
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 11:18 am
by Blackal
I thought it looked a bit "Mercedes DTM" in its style?.........
Goes like a greased ferret on a bungee cord, I reckon
Al
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:22 pm
by tanneman
There is a reason why there is a Corvettte museum in USA.
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:37 pm
by The Teutonic Tangerine
tanneman wrote:There is a reason why there is a Corvettte museum in USA.
There may also be a reason why a naffing great sink hole tried to swallow that museum recently
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:52 pm
by eyore
The Teutonic Tangerine wrote:tanneman wrote:There is a reason why there is a Corvettte museum in USA.
There may also be a reason why a naffing great sink hole tried to swallow that museum recently
Divine intervention perhaps?
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:58 pm
by Corvus
The Teutonic Tangerine wrote:tanneman wrote:There is a reason why there is a Corvettte museum in USA.
There may also be a reason why a naffing great sink hole tried to swallow that museum recently
Latest news is that it is not, in fact, a sink hole.
Turns out someone had left one of the cylinder heads off.
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 6:41 pm
by Tapio
eyore wrote:Its a bit too American in the best Corvette tradition. They cant seem to capture style or class like the Europeans.
I don’t see any Corvette styling there at all. If it has any American heritage, then it’s much closer to the Ford GT40. Or even De Tomaso Pantera. An italian car, with Ford 351 Cleveland engine, sold in the U.S. by Ford dealerships.
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:26 pm
by eyore
Tapio wrote:eyore wrote:Its a bit too American in the best Corvette tradition. They cant seem to capture style or class like the Europeans.
I don’t see any Corvette styling there at all. If it has any American heritage, then it’s much closer to the Ford GT40. Or even De Tomaso Pantera. An italian car, with Ford 351 Cleveland engine, sold in the U.S. by Ford dealerships.
Chunky as per a Yorkie bar.
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 9:43 pm
by Tapio
eyore wrote:Chunky as per a Yorkie bar.
I ran that sentence through Google translate. Didn’t give me much. Neither in English nor in Welsh (Gaelic wasn’t an option). Sigh.
But from working with people from Solihull and Huddersfield, I know I can be happy with understanding half of what you trixters are saying…
Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:47 pm
by boxerscott
eyore wrote:Its a bit too American in the best Corvette tradition. They cant seem to capture style or class like the Europeans.
Do you have a specsavers near you Eyeore?
It`s outrageous like most low sports cars,
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 5:16 pm
by pbikerharry
only 700BHP rather have my FS1E
Pete
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:42 pm
by nab 301
Tapio wrote:eyore wrote::
I ran that sentence through Google translate. Didn’t give me much. Neither in English nor in Welsh (Gaelic wasn’t an option). Sigh.
But from working with people from Solihull and Huddersfield, I know I can be happy with understanding half of what you trixters are saying…
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:43 pm
by eyore
That's only going to confuse him more Nige
Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:12 pm
by Tapio
Well, at least now I know what a yorkie bar is. I had no idea.
Speaking of hard to understand: at my last job, I sat next to a guy from India. I showed him this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-wjN2TuxaM
Some 20 sec into the clip he says: ehh, they’re speaking English, aren’t they?
