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FAO @Sundayjumper

This guy in his silver 360 regularly commutes in and out of the city. Pretty dedicated in a now quite old Ferrari (plus it actually snowed today...). Also is loud enough for me to notice 8 floors up when he invariably gets stuck at the lights. Very cool. :D

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So funny thinking of a 360 as an old Ferrari. I used to regularly see one commuting on Gray's Inn Road in 2002... hang on, that is quite a long time ago. Fuck :lol:
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[Creepy voice] I know where you work... [/creepy voice]
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GG. wrote: Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:22 pm FAO @Sundayjumper

This guy in his silver 360 regularly commutes in and out of the city. Pretty dedicated in a now quite old Ferrari (plus it actually snowed today...). Also is loud enough for me to notice 8 floors up when he invariably gets stuck at the lights. Very cool. :D

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Nice. I still want one. Life/finances not quite there yet.
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Rich B wrote: Tue Mar 14, 2023 5:36 pm [Creepy voice] I know where you work... [/creepy voice]
I want to know why he doesn't take a photo of my Silver 2002 325ti when I drive along Bishopsgate...

The story that photo tells is the percentage of traffic made up by private cars that are driven during the week in Central London these days - probably no more than 10%. The rest are trades vehicles, Ubers, buses or Black Cabs.
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Fecking gridlock traffic at this time of night due to the tube strikes however someone has bought a 4C Spider which looks tiny amongst the Land Rovers and no where near as nice as the coupe.
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I’ve got a nearly full tank of fuel showing 150 miles of range :lol:
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Mito Man wrote: Wed Mar 15, 2023 10:56 pm I’ve got a nearly full tank of fuel showing 150 miles of range :lol:
Shirley l/hr would be more useful in that thar London?
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I like it :oops:
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Mito Man wrote: Wed Mar 15, 2023 10:56 pm Fecking gridlock traffic at this time of night due to the tube strikes however someone has bought a 4C Spider which looks tiny amongst the Land Rovers and no where near as nice as the coupe.
It's as wide as a Range Rover though!
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Mito Man wrote: Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:01 pm I like it :oops:
Aside from PLAC, the front wheel looks oddly small :?
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nuttinnew wrote: Thu Mar 16, 2023 7:15 pm
Mito Man wrote: Thu Mar 16, 2023 6:01 pm I like it :oops:
Aside from PLAC, the front wheel looks oddly small :?
I even like the paint :oops: :oops:
Yes, either it’s just the perspective or maybe it also has 1” larger wheels at the rear?
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That looks lovely, would genuinely get me to think long and hard if I wanted that Rolls Royce or Bentley
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I've been on the BMW configurator. So I originally thought it would a top spec 7 series because 2 tone paint is expensive right? Well it's a base Excellence model as the rear bumper is nice and smooth rather than pointlessly angular as on the M Sport. In fact the M Sport looks crap as it's covered in unpainted shiny plastic rather than paint.
The 2 Tone paint is £11,550 with 20" wheels. The 21" option looks shit. Whoever specced this one had good taste. £118,195 without any other options. I'll happily buy this for £11,819 in 5 years time :D
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Discuss

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mik wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:41 am Discuss

I love it!
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McSwede wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:09 pm
mik wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:41 am Discuss

I love it!
Very much this. Large estates are something special.
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Like.

Estates are by their nature big boxes, so when based on a car that's boxy in the first place it works well, and easily. It's when designers try to turn a swoopy design into an estate it all goes wrong.

Third reply to the original tweet:




Bleugh.
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Sundayjumper wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 1:46 pm Like.

Estates are by their nature big boxes, so when based on a car that's boxy in the first place it works well, and easily. It's when designers try to turn a swoopy design into an estate it all goes wrong.

Third reply to the original tweet:




Bleugh.
You can say that again.
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I tried to only post the reply tweet but it seems to insist on including the original tweet as well. <shrug>
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This was parked in front of our local Coop.

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It looked okay, only obvious issue was the rusty boot lid.

Also saw an A2 1.4TDi, don't see many of those around.
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