Wazza, no problem here. You can borrow my lottery fantasy which incluedes a large house with several garages for a modest (not too flash) fleet of exciting machines.
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IanS
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Audi S8 which now has the lambo lump in it.
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Lottery win - wouldn't bother with a flash car - but I'd buy a Sea Fury in a flash. Quite a few in the US, about $750,000 to $1m depending on condition. Some of them two seaters. I'd spend the rest on gas to keep it flying.
tinyurl.com/rj8xh if you are a bit flush
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Ahem
see below
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Espada III - well if you have a family and need a Lamborghini, what else do you drive?
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I'd have an Alfa Brera (not sure if that's how you spell it - it's the beautiful new one) for every day stuff, an old, white 1980s Porshe with the big black plastic spoiler on the back, a Porsche Cayenne and a Maserati - don't care which one as long as it's yellow and very very loud.
Oh and I'd track Polo down and pay whatever it took to get him back.
Not that I've put a great deal of thought into this.
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A proper Bentley i.e. not a VW in disguise.
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www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?v=e&t=31...7
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RS6 Plus Avant. Something about an estate with a V8 and nearly 500 BHP just makes me smile....
Cheers
DP
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Do you mean the ones that were badge-engineered Rolls-Royces, the ones that also used (and still do in the Arnage) use an old American V8 engine?
Just wondering...
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Sorry that was a reply to davejp! Can't get the hang of posting at the mo...
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Yes - obviously choice is now limited, but I've seen a Bentley Turbo do some scary stuff!!
I did a site visit the other day to an old textile mill and parked in one of the buildings was an 'E' reg Bentley Mulsanne - absolutely immaculate. The caretaker showing us round stated it used to be owned by the Queen Mother and the current owner wouldn't get rid even though he could no longer drive. Whether this is true or not I don't know, but even at 20 years old it had real presence.
The caretaker had driven it and said getting through £120 worth of fuel wasn't difficult - double figure mpg if you are lucky.
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You very gentlemanly ignored my sarcasm!!! : ) Joking aside, I like the older style ones as well.... I have driven an Arnage from Switzerland to the UK and enjoyed the experience immensely. And yes, the MPG ain't too hot! I think 14-15 was about what we got.
My (utterly ungentlemanly!) sarcasm was merely that people say Turbo Rs and the like are "real" Bentleys despite them being based on the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit and before that the T and T2 were based on the Shadow... add in the fact that they use an American V8 and why are they more real than a Continental GT? Which isn't "based" on any VW, it merely uses technology from various models in the VW Group. Going by the same logic, a Golf is an A3 is a TT is a well you get the drift! And before anyone says it, the W12 engine ISN'T the same as the Phaeton one. Same block, yes.... I have it on very good authority that they tested a Bentleyfied W12 in a Phaeton and it destroyed various bits of tyre and gearbox.
I am no great fan of the GT, it's too bland for me, and I think the Spur looks like a Daewoo, but what it isn't is a VW.
IMHO!
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Do you mean the ones that were badge-engineered Rolls-Royces, the ones that also used (and still do in the Arnage) use an old American V8 engine? Just wondering...
Err I think not the Roller & Bentley V8 was designed in house, yes it makes a nod to the Chevy V8 but isn't an American engine in any way. In some areas it was ahead of the Chevy at the time, the benefit of using a clean sheet of paper design. I have an article floating around somewhere inetrviewing the designer of the engine.The Bentley was the sorty Rolls Royce anyway.
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Do you mean the ones that were badge-engineered Rolls-Royces, the ones that also used (and still do in the Arnage) use an old American V8 engine? Just wondering...
Err I think not the Roller & Bentley V8 was designed in house, yes it makes a nod to the Chevy V8 but isn't an American engine in any way. In some areas it was ahead of the Chevy at the time, the benefit of using a clean sheet of paper design. I have an article floating around somewhere inetrviewing the designer of the engine.The Bentley was the sporty Rolls Royce anyway.
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tr7v8: QED!
The RR and B V8 is as Bentleyfied as the W12 unit. No doubt the 1950s equivalent of this message board would have had much the same views on the 6.75 litre unit (or 6.2 as it was then) as people now do about the "VW Continental GT".I would have to say, and believe me I DO know without giving too much away, there is far more than a nod to an American block. I can be tedious and supply details if anyone hasn't died of boredom by now.
"The Bentley was the sporty Rolls-Royce", yes to a degree. However, it wasn't until 1982 and the Mulsanne Turbo that there was ANY real difference between a Bentley and it's RR stablemate.
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"The Bentley was the sporty Rolls-Royce", yes to a degree. However, it wasn't until 1982 and the Mulsanne Turbo that there was ANY real difference between a Bentley and it's RR stablemate.
Differences in compression ratio, number of carbs (Bentleys had two) and gearing in some cases (Continental had longer gearing, and in the thirties there was an overdrive on some 4.25 litre Bentleys).
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Sorry, I must learn to clarify what I write! Lud, you're correct... I am talking about the "dark ages" of Bentley: sixties to eighties in simple terms.
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Ah yes. The S Type was the first managing director's Bentley, and since then they all have been. The R type was the last real, perpendicular Rolls-Royce Bentley.
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"Sea Fury"
Very nice! I notice they don't mention fuel consumption, although pleased to see it's got a new windshield. I wonder how Autoglass would react..?
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How about a 1956 Hawker Hunter, a snip at $230,000.
www.aviatorsale.com/aix4547/
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Or how about good solid Soviet engineering - a snip at $145,000!
tinyurl.com/hc9g9
P.
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Ferrari 250 GTE 2+2 from the early 1960s. That remains my dream car and is the only one on which I'd be tempted to spend lottery winnings. Regarded as the entry-level Ferrari classic by many, it is about the only truly practical Ferrari ever made. It's the only one I have ever seen Enzo himself driving. It is pure Pininfarina at their best. About £60k for a good 'un.
www.qv500.com/ferrari250gtep2.php
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Something more stylish?
www.grandcraft.com/
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My 6 numbers will be used to purchase (probably build my own) a quite large house, with a VERY large underground garage containing.
Something nice for me - RS4 (Avant)
Something for the good lady - X5 (she likes them)
Toy - Arial Atom
Project - Old split screen camper or Porsche 914
And mebership to one of those car club type places, and hire a Koinegsegg (SP) for the weekend.
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The OP wanted a four-door, anyway four-seat car with a 'wow factor' for the children.
There's no shortage actually but for something recent, not too eye-wateringly dear and practical, with all the other features, why not a Maserati Quattroporte? Trouble with Ferraris is they cost the very earth to maintain. You need more than a lottery win to have one (unless it's a very big win).
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De Tomaso Mangusta. Ford V8 gull wing engine bay hatch and all.
The kids can take the Tuareg with the nanny.
Had a Dinky model as a kid...
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