How Much???? How Fast????

Blackal · Post by **Blackal** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:53 am

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

eyore · Post by **eyore** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:34 am

Its a bit too American in the best Corvette tradition. They cant seem to capture style or class like the Europeans.

Blackal · Post by **Blackal** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 11:18 am

I thought it looked a bit "Mercedes DTM" in its style?.........

Goes like a greased ferret on a bungee cord, I reckon

Al

tanneman · Post by **tanneman** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:22 pm

There is a reason why there is a Corvettte museum in USA.

The Teutonic Tangerine · Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:37 pm

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

eyore · Post by **eyore** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:52 pm

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?

Corvus · Post by **Corvus** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 4:58 pm

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.

Tapio · Post by **Tapio** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 6:41 pm

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.

eyore · Post by **eyore** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:26 pm

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.

Tapio · Post by **Tapio** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 9:43 pm

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…

boxerscott · Post by **boxerscott** » Tue Feb 25, 2014 10:47 pm

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,

pbikerharry · Post by **pbikerharry** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 5:16 pm

only 700BHP rather have my FS1E

Pete

nab 301 · Post by **nab 301** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:42 pm

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…

eyore · Post by **eyore** » Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:43 pm

That's only going to confuse him more Nige

Tapio · Post by **Tapio** » Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:12 pm

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?