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Old 01-27-2006, 07:17 PM
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But it's English
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Old 01-27-2006, 07:18 PM
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But modified in Switzerland, using an engine designed by an American... Oh, and it has 2 twin screw blowers attached to the motor... Still against the English H..?
Old 01-27-2006, 07:23 PM
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the best time in recent memory was driving a german 993 targa on an english country lane
i'm not against the english - just their sketch electronics
Old 01-27-2006, 07:25 PM
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Dude is that Hemi?? Looks a lot like a Magnum Richard my dear friend
Old 01-27-2006, 07:27 PM
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Richard, I still say, the sexiest women in the WORLD are English. It's their cars that I'm not sure of. Except that McLaren Benz GTR of course
Old 01-27-2006, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by heinrich
Richard, I still say, the sexiest women in the WORLD are English. It's their cars that I'm not sure of. Except that McLaren Benz GTR of course
pfffft
Having been in england
and been single
for two months
just this past summer
the beautiful women to the so-so ratio is like 1:100
Canada has much better women... it's actually surprising how much bigger the girls get as soon as you cross the border.... Crossed the border early december at blaine, and we were almost immediately plopped into a heavy snowstorm (had been clear in BC) - like an invisible line - then we stopped at a busy gas station - and like the invisible snow line, there must have been an invisible weight line too.
You want a nice girl, come up north.
Old 01-27-2006, 07:32 PM
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It would be incredibly politically incorrect for me to agree with you, but we do have Jeannie here ... to make up for that
Old 01-27-2006, 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Richard S
Get the 456 wagon....more room to haul ****.


Was this the one-off for the Sultan of Brunei?
Old 01-27-2006, 07:49 PM
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H,

The Original Mc Laren F1 was also english.... Although it had a German Engine.. Oh, as well as all the current F1 cars.... English engines...(made in).. And even the good ol' boys in Nascar had their engines built in the UK and flown over to the south...

Sorry H... A TVR Tuscan still kicks butt.. And I just happen to like Aston Martin and Bentley.. Yes, many english cars are pitiful, but many are great... You know, I was at a party at a friend's place last summer, and ran into Dr. Ulrich Bez who now runs Aston Martin for Ford, after being at Porsche for years... He had some very interesting things to say about his english colleagues...

Anyway, maybe I'm partial to some English cars, as I grew up with them in my childhood days in the old country.... Different from Italian, and German... Still like some though... A DB4GT Zagato... Yummmm...!

As far as the women..... No comment.... A gentleman never tells......
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Originally Posted by fabric
Was this the one-off for the Sultan of Brunei?
The article said one of seven made, Sultan only wanted six, so there was one left over.
Old 01-28-2006, 03:00 AM
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Originally Posted by heinrich
It would be incredibly politically incorrect for me to agree with you, but we do have Jeannie here ... to make up for that
haha if you saw the girl I'm dating you'd understand....
interestingly enough the ratio of cute girls to so so in vancouver is higher than it is in say, toronto
Old 01-28-2006, 03:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Richard S
Get the 456 wagon....more room to haul ****.

Looks like a damn SAAB
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Comparable in price, 456:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2001-...QQcmdZViewItem

GTS

http://mall.rennlist.com/scripts/fea...uery=retrieval

I'm glad I don't have the means to make this difficult choice..

Regards,
Chris
Old 04-11-2006, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by blau928
Yes, I know, sounds traitor-like, but my S4 has as much power as a GTS, and a 456 is a very nice car in spite of its maintenance..
The GTS has 345 bhp with 367 ft/lbs while the S4 has only 316 bhp & 317 ft/lbs.

What are the costs of parts?


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