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Old 09-13-17, 03:19 PM
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My favourite car, happy to own it👍
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Old 09-13-17, 10:38 PM
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^ Exhaust note on a V8 Jag F-type=pure insanity. Heck even the V6 cars sound mean with lots of popping and snarling.
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Is that your Jag there, with the Union Jack on it? Interesting. Mini Coopers, of course, offer that as a roof treatment from the factory...aong with several other designs.

No it's the XK8 from Austin Powers "Goldmember"
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Old 09-24-17, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Aron9000
^ Exhaust note on a V8 Jag F-type=pure insanity. Heck even the V6 cars sound mean with lots of popping and snarling.
Same here !
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I enjoy and appreciate cars that are way ahead of their time..

Pure sports cars: 1992 McLaren F1 or 1990 Honda/Acura NSX (a race car owner's daily drive)

Sport + Luxury: 2005 Bugati Veyron

In terms of purely aesthetics..

Old School: 1938 Bugatti Type 57/Type 57C
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Modern: 2007 Audi R8

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Old 09-26-17, 03:01 AM
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With about 11,000 sold in the United States, I think a stock Toyota Supra Turbo, with the wing is a mass produced exotic. Now I am talking about a stock looking Supra, not one of these damn cars that got riced the hell out in late 90's/early 2000's with the import tuner/fast n' furious craze. So many of these cars got molested that stock ones are stupid expensive now days.

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For me, it would have to be a Ferrari 458 Italia. I have a friend who owns one. I have driven it more than once...

It is an insane car. Luxurious, but not even remotely subtle. Downshift to 3rd @ 80 and floor it, and before you can react you are sideways and doing 120+...Go ahead and ask me how I know.
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This one is easy. In my opinion the last of the supercars. Not designed for comfort. Unrefined. Raw. Built purely for performance.

THIS! They go for 3-4 million now, wow.
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I always have a soft spot for the R8 since it came out. Everytime I go to a meet, I always want to check these out.
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^^^ r8 is cool

but for me...

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Originally Posted by 1111GS
I always have a soft spot for the R8 since it came out. Everytime I go to a meet, I always want to check these out.
For some reason I really like the 1st gen R8 a lot more than the current 2nd gen. Styling is better IMO, I also like that you can have a clutch pedal and gated shifter, even with the V10 model.

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Originally Posted by jwong77
THIS! They go for 3-4 million now, wow.
One of my fav's too, I had to settle for buying the wheels for my car:
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Old 10-07-17, 06:07 PM
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Old 10-07-17, 08:28 PM
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Originally Posted by jwong77
THIS! They go for 3-4 million now, wow.
Try more like 1.5 million for a Ferrari F40 They are cheap for a collector Ferrari IMO, mainly because they made a ton of them(1,311 of them over a 5 year production run). Still a fantastic car, but not what I'd call a rare Ferrari. Only reason prices are even that high IMO is that it was the last car Enzo Ferrari signed off on. Not to mention it looks *****ing and is a completely different analogue driving experience compared to a modern Ferrari(its like driving an old prototype LeMans race car).
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