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#29366 - 03/05/09 06:07 PM
Re: Some more photos from the GT3 weekend: Part II
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Goodwood Drifter
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so sad I wasn't there
but what a great day to be part of the Morgan family
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#29369 - 03/05/09 06:22 PM
Re: Some more photos from the GT3 weekend: Part II
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#29384 - 04/05/09 07:01 AM
Re: Some more photos from the GT3 weekend: Part II
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le Asbo du Bling
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Asbo thinks: looks nothing like a Series II, but I have this mate in Essex who does cut'n'shuts, maybe...  Aeroman. I spoke to my mate in Essex and he said it wouldn't be a problem creating my long wheelbase series 2. He also offered a solution to your problem of getting hold of a Supersport before anyone else Aeromax converstion kit
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#29391 - 04/05/09 09:24 AM
Re: Some more photos from the GT3 weekend: Part II
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#29407 - 04/05/09 04:47 PM
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Not my photos ...nor his Veyron I suspect (sadly). Bob Bull is the Motorsports Editor for BBC Three Counties Radio and keen on motor racing, Morgans and photography.
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#29416 - 04/05/09 06:28 PM
Re: Some more photos from the GT3 weekend: Part II
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Lord Trois-Roues
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Aeroman. I spoke to my mate in Essex and he said it wouldn't be a problem creating my long wheelbase series 2. He also offered a solution to your problem of getting hold of a Supersport before anyone else Aeromax converstion kit  Thanks Asbo that should work, but it looks a bit technical for me. Do you have an instruction book handy? 
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#29453 - 06/05/09 06:31 AM
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Not seen one in the flesh*, but they do strike me as remarkably ugly. I know that Morgans, and Aero S1s particularly, are a bit of a Marmite car but the Veyron is something else.
A mechanical marvel it may be, but that snout....
(*though we have one in the area apparently - given to a teenager at college by his doting father :-O )
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#29477 - 07/05/09 07:15 AM
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Wonder what the servicing costs are?? Looking forward to watching a few at the next Prescott Hill Climb Meeting: La Vie en Bleu, 23/24 May. Cheers,
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#29509 - 07/05/09 06:11 PM
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Learner Plates Off!
Registered: 27/02/09
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so sad I wasn't there
but what a great day to be part of the Morgan family
I echo that!
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#29511 - 07/05/09 06:31 PM
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Lord Trois-Roues
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When we arrived at the hotel to book in for the Morgan Dinner on Saturday night, I parked on the double-yellow lines by the entrance. The top-hatted doorman walked towards me and I excused my parking, by saying that we were just off-loading our luggage and that when finished I would put it in the car park. Absolutely not he said, please park it there. We like to have cars like that parked outside as it enhances the image of the hotel. He then became conspiratorial saying, "We had a Bugatti Veyron parked there last weekend, but I much prefer the Morgan and its British."  He allowed another Aero 8 to park outside too and thus BUL 5 did not have his usual pride of place at the hotel that weekend. 
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#29515 - 07/05/09 06:58 PM
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le Asbo du Bling
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When we arrived at the hotel to book in for the Morgan Dinner on Saturday night, I parked on the double-yellow lines by the entrance. The top-hatted doorman walked towards me and I excused my parking, by saying that we were just off-loading our luggage and that when finished I would put it in the car park. Absolutely not he said, please park it there. We like to have cars like that parked outside as it enhances the image of the hotel. He then became conspiratorial saying, "We had a Bugatti Veyron parked there last weekend, but I much prefer the Morgan and its British." He allowed another Aero 8 to park outside too and thus BUL 5 did not have his usual pride of place at the hotel that weekend. We then parked behind aeroman and boshly, and just to add to the status of the Bug on the otherside of the entrance they allowed a 1 series BMW to park behind it If I had several £100k to spare I don't think I would be buying one, jusr doesn't rock my boat.
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#29519 - 07/05/09 08:15 PM
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Registered: 05/08/06
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If I had several £100k to spare I don't think I would be buying one, jusr doesn't rock my boat. I was interested to see a RHD Koenigsegg CC8S for sale in Classic and Sports Car magazine this month. 3,800 miles, 2003, it had a £21,000 service and upgrade in January 08 and is for sale for offers around £199,500. As the ad states, this is nearly one third of the original cost  A £21,000 service and depreciation like that  Imagine what the Veyron must be like...
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#29587 - 09/05/09 10:06 AM
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Bug is a mean looking sonofabit*h but pretty it is not. An engineering marvel it truly is though. Having seen the fantastic exhibition on the story of the veyron at the schlumpf collection museum in strasbourg you have to admire vw.
Its also notable the connection between the bug and the series 1 aero - the turned ally dash is made by the same craftsmen in the same factory to the same high standard....
All the reports and tests underline the fact that the bug is just in another league performancewise to anything else available ccx zonda enzo included. I'd love a bug but I'll keep saving for now...
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#29588 - 09/05/09 10:24 AM
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Learner Plates Off!
Registered: 27/02/09
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 the bugatti I was talking about  It's just a phenomenal piece of engineering. Would love one! Totally unattainable although that may be part of the charm. Robert
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#29589 - 09/05/09 10:56 AM
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Lord Trois-Roues
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All the reports and tests underline the fact that the bug is just in another league performancewise to anything else available ccx zonda enzo included. Whilst admiring the engineering tour-de-force that the Bugatti is, for me the Zonda remains the unachievable wheels that I would most like to own!  When our UK office was in Great Missenden I used to regularly stop at Hudson's in Stoke Poges, who were the Pagani Zonda Distributor in the UK. However, I drove past them yesterday and the premises were boarded-up with a large To Let sign posted. Their website has also disappeared so does anybody know what has happened to Pagani's repesentation in the UK, as it seems Hudson's are no longer trading? 
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#29610 - 10/05/09 08:30 AM
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le Asbo du Bling
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Registered: 23/07/07
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Loc: Cambridgeshire
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Motors TV Yesterday had the race coverage, not as comprehensive as last years. Nice to see some of our members on TV though. Is anyone off to Italy for the next round, which includes a night race! 
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.. . .All the money and aerodynamics of the so called "supercars" were no match for raw talent. 
.....I did notice a Bugatti Veyron with the number plate BULL 5...would that belong to the photographer of these photo's 
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