The Silverstone Classic

Went for practice day (Friday) and the first race day. Couldn't stay for today when the classic saloons were racing.

All in all worth going. Nothing like so crowded as Goodwood but an impressive display of cars both on and off track.

Best race pre WW2 sports cars. Won by an incredibly fast Alta which lapped the second placed Alfa. Everything from a V-12 Lagonda to a K Type Midget. All drivers trying hard. ;-)

Mine was the only SD1 there - on display or in the car park. Ferraris are common as muck. ;-)

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Dave Plowman (News)
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SD1? or Ferrari?

I know which I'd be driving, and it ain't the crap pile of s**te made by rover.

Reply to
Grampian Les

Nobody ever drives Ferraris far - they're for posing in. Look at any ad for one secondhand - always low mileage. Also completely impractical on the roads round Silverstone - too wide. So the only ones I'd want are old.

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Dave Plowman (News)

Now work out why there are still more |Ferrari's than SD1's. Actually I have a soft spot for SD1's but I would not swop my Ferrari for one, two or three.

mrcheerful

Reply to
mrcheerful

There were more Iso Rivoltas there than SD1s too. ;-) And Allards. Doesn't mean much - only that there were no SD1s.

Of course high initial price cars always survive better in proportion than cheaper ones.

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Dave Plowman (News)

A firend of mine got taken rich and celebrated by buying a Dino. Perfect condition. Looks stunning. Gorgeous sound.

Utterly horrible to travel in - cramped, uncomfortable, suspnsion so hard that individual pieces of gravel hurtthe spine. Basically unusable for trips of more than a few miles.

Ian

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Ian

Quite. As I would have said a few days ago if I hadn't temporarily run out of news servers that worked both ways, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Dave's SD1 has clocked up more miles than all the Ferraris there put together.

Ron Robinson

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R.N. Robinson

The laugh is I wasn't knocking Ferrari - just trying to make a vaguely humorous point.

Still, had my fill of SD1s today at Gaydon - club national day. About 100.

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Dave Plowman (News)

They're a bit sensitive these people with Ferraris, in case people think they bought them just for the name. OK, they have built some brilliant cars, but they're not all like that. For me the best bit was the plate on the engine that had an arrow pointing forwards and the legend "Direction of March" (it's got the firing order on as well of course). But they've probably stopped fitting that now :-(

Ron Robinson

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R.N. Robinson

Sure, it didn't come from the factory with Ferrari badges, but by all sane and rational logic -- well, you tell me what you think it is.

Reply to
Dean Dark

Really?

Well it's easy to find out my address so you might like to come round and try it. Anytime. Now, if you want.

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Dave Plowman (News)

I'm not going the 924 route.

There are some very good reasons why a good 246 can fetch about the same as a well-looked-after F355. I'll leave it up to you to figure it out, and in the meanwhile, well, go drive an XR2 or something.

Clue: Compare 928 and 246 prices.

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Dean Dark

There were three in Weston Super Mare on Sunday. I was driving through and noticed a collection of classics near the sea-front. Along with umpteen MGBs there were 3 SDIs - a 2600 a 3500 and a Vitesse. Also a Jowett a variety of old Wolseys, Morrises and Austins (including a very tidy 1100), Spitfire in lovely condition, a Lincoln, a very early E-type and a couple of TRs. Altogether, about 40 cars and half a dozen motorbikes. Free to the public and collections in aid of the RSPCA.

I didn't know it was going to be there, and only found it by chance. Did anybody from this NG go?

Jim

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Jim Warren

"Jim Warren" realised it was Mon, 07 Aug 2006 07:00:08 GMT and decided it was time to write:

No, it's about 530 miles from here.

Maybe next time!

Reply to
Yippee

That's because you have one rover, and that ain't a Ferrari

SD1? grow up you halfwit, I'm not partial to anything that 'the pigs' have

***given*** to them.

Rover SD1 are complete s**te, don't knock real classic cars because you cannot afford to drive one, you utter prick!

Reply to
Kyle

The Dino isn't a Ferrari.

But judging by your illiterate comments you'd swap it for your citroen saxo wouldn't you? £100k spare?

Thought not, wanker.

Reply to
Kyle

No, the laugh is you think a rover sd1 is superior to any Ferrari.

You sir are one hell of a f****it, you really do need a slap.

Reply to
Kyle

Enzo thought it wasn't a real ferrari, it was a cheap version, is a 924 a

*real* Porsche???
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Bruce

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