my non-Porsche picture of the day

[jwhillracer]

Easy to forget how simple F1 was, not that long ago.

Progress???

JW

[Sam]

Something you need to tell us Keith?

[KS]

8DA0B0F0-A3BB-430F-876A-E1AB8BAE9C51.jpeg

Something you need to tell us Keith?

Always loved those Pontiac Fiero body kits.

[sng45]

8DA0B0F0-A3BB-430F-876A-E1AB8BAE9C51.jpeg

Something you need to tell us Keith?

I tried to buy one of those some years ago ( 2007 ) " - for sale by a French banker who lived In London, brokered by an English dealer based in Geneva, stored at a dehumidified facility in the middle of a farm near Milton Keynes. The chap who looked after the car took me out in it, the fastest I've ever been in a car, as I remember about 168mph between roundabouts on the ring road. I offered the full asking price ( £188,000 ) and the dealer came back to me a few days later saying it had sold to "someone else". A few years later I found out the "someone else" was the dealer who'd bought it himself ! The more expensive the car , the bigger A. ****s you have to deal with !

F40 AUM - featured on the front of "Octane" magazine with a 959 a few months later.

[sng45]

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[DustyM]

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Ashley James]

These are the hot ticket of the moment

[Sam]

These are the hot ticket of the moment

They certainly are.

Which one of these guys did it belong to?

[Gary71]

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That looks superb. Real soft spot for a Mk2

[Ashley James]

It had just sold for £60K but I didn’t meet the new owner. It’s the company I bought my latest Boxster from whom seem to have all the hot ticket cars of the moment. http://Www.jksc.co.uk

[KS]

[andytat]

I think they are the wrong way round

[Tosh]

It had just sold for £60K but I didn’t meet the new owner. It’s the company I bought my latest Boxster from whom seem to have all the hot ticket cars of the moment. http://Www.jksc.co.uk

Had a rental Merc GLC? GLA? (Some small 4 door estate thing) last week
Couldn’t find the gear stick. Turns out to have been an indicator stalk (wife looked it up on YouTube) which when I collected it was hidden behind a steering wheel spoke
Too easy to hit the speed limiter on the steering wheel
AirCon that sometimes blew hot on start up, sometimes cool. And the occasionally blew hot mid journey.
The “Lane assist” was really aggressive and every time I did a slow speed manoeuvre, it popped up with a plan view on the screen which warned me to pay attention to my surroundings

I hated it.

[Ashley James]

I’m surprised, I’ve had three Mercedes in recent years and they’ve been flawless as they have been for my kids and a couple of friends. All C and one E Class. They’re special and hold their prices better than the other Germans because they don’t do cut throat deals with lease companies.

I’ve been fascinated by the A45s because another friend likes them enough to exchange his 991 for one and prefer it, also because motor trade friends are raving about it. Interestingly, despite all the problems Mercedes have apparently had a record quarter. The latest range seems to have hit the spot, although not apparently with DDKers. I thought there’d be interest some very clever new technology.

Never mind, they’ll survive.

[sladey]

You switched your shares from Tesla to Mercedes Ashley?