on my way to one of my centres today,
pulling off the A12 at brentwood on the phone to a customer i heard an almighty scream, looked over and an H plate F40 went screaming past at well over a ton!

i nearly pissed my pants!

on the way back on the same bit of A12 i say going in my origional direction, a red 308 magnum ferarri

got me thinking,

my 2 fave altime cars

F40 or RS1600i, forgetting the costs involved in owning one

a F40 or caspian blue/graphite grey both standard cars,

which one would you have?

i 100% must say both new cars from the factory, id have the 16i......

what 2 dream cars, or dream and blue collar would be your 50/50 split?

p.s i actually stopped on the A127 last time i saw an RS1600i with the bonnet up
turns out it was being tweeked while getting a live map lol

Sean.

 

Am I reading this right? If you'd rather have an Escort RS1600i, instead of a Ferrari F40? You must be mental!

 

why?

i sold a 500+bhp saff and bought an XR3i mk3 and loved it

id get bored of the F40 very quick i think

 

F40, no question out of the OP's choices.
i'd love a nice 80's 911 turbo, no idea on names, but just so iconic when i was growing up as a kiddie.

 

if i was handed the keys to both cars and asked which one id drive first, the F40 no question about it

but to keep, RS1600i all day long

 

Sorry mate, I'm not meaning to sound funny, but for me, that's such a clear cut decision!

Even if you didn't drive the F40, you could never get tired of seeing it in the garage!

 

yes, i can see your point james, and im not being arsey or seeing others being arsey, i dont give a fuck lol

i dunno, i thaught about this for about an hour while driving back, and hand on heart, i love Rs1600is that much, they are my top 2 all time favourite cars, and the RS1600i is 1st, and F40 second

if i could pick a top 5 car garage, they would both be there side by side,

does this make more sense? lol

ive had 3 16i`s and will have another few before i die im sure

 

I just read my first post and realised it could come across bitchy mate, that's all

Yeah that makes a bit more sense, you're still mad though

 

rs200 if you want to keep it Ford

 

Rs200 in my top 10 yes, so is lotus carlton and 2wd saff, and rouse 302-R (i already own the only Rouse 250-R prototype so that doesnt count lol )

James, im the new non agressive me so i dont read as bitchy, just strongly opinionated hehehe

its all good

De Tomosa Pantera too, and Diablo

fuck, this is gonna be a top 50 list lol!

 

Used to work for the old dancing donkey, not too keen on 308's, but would love an F40, got taken out in one once, would be on my list if I won the lottery!!!

 

F40, but I would not keep it standard.

 

ferrari f40 all day long. Got a bit of cossie blood in it too, in the way of two webber P8 ecus running the engine!! good enough for ferrari, just about ok for our shonky rusty fords

 

yup 2x P8`s

you ever heard an F40 on Anti-lag?

let me tell you.......... you will cum so much you will pass out lol

old boy had a yellow one when i was pit crew at a rally stage in inverness few years ago, 1am after a few shandys he had this thing glowing red in the carpark!
MASSIVE external wastegate too

 

I do like the F40s.Its one of the most iconic Ferraris built

 

I like the f40 we mot one every year,i have to say i couldnt own one tho nice for pub talk and to look at but fook me there horrible to drive and to get in and out of.also the 308's dont like them either we mot those normally on a weekly basis and there just awfull ok granted they were probly brilliant back in the 80s but i just think there so dated now.
Just my opinion

 

fill you boots Phil heres my old Caspian RS16i that my bro in law now owns

 

I would prefer to own a caspian rs1600i. Purely as the F40 would be less reliable than the Escort.

 

Don't know how many yellow F40's there are, but the one I knew used to be owned by Rod Stewart...
Bit of useless info there.....!

 

None left Ferrari, they were all red

Quite a few repainted yellow later on though. Here is a lovely one

 

Chris Evans had/has a white one, not to sure if he still owns it.

 

Saw a white 348 when I worked at Maranello, looked horrible!

...Mind you, it was a 348 lol

 

Win

 

Its back to red again, he sold it then bought it back again

 

If you love F40s take a read of this resto

http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/288...storation.html

and this happened only a few days ago to another

 

in yellow, now that looks nice

 

Nice in blue... Looks better with those wheels!

 

I initially thought that blue one was a photoshop..
But as it turns out



Possibly the most awesome looking car ever..!

 

Pee vee I got to agree

 

Umm F40!'s

i was in Royal Wotton Basset a few weeks ago and a left hand drive f40 was coming the other way, had to wind down the window just to listen to it!

my 50/50 split would be a Zonda or Carrera GT

 

I believe Sean has lost his mind.

FACT

 

f40 for me id have to get power steering put on as fuck me they are heavy to steer about!

 

A left hand hand drive F40!?? Who'd of thought it.... Lol

 

were they all left hand drive?!

 

As far as I know......

Probably find some Arab paid 30 million quid more for a right hand drive!? Lol

 

every days a school day!

 

Lol

 

Dream Car - Bugatti Veyron

Blue collar - i'm probably going to be slated for this, but I really had a hankering for a MG Montego Turbo or MG Maestro Tickford Turbo when I was younger

Both are mega rare now, there were only 505 Tickford edition turbo's made. It'd be uber cool to see a mint one on the road these days

 

There's a mint Maestro Turbo near me, deffo a guilty pleasure....

 

The Sultan of Brunei had Pininfarina convert a few to RHD. One is/was in the UK