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06-22-2010, 12:12 PM | #1 |
Relic
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I have both a sighting and a drive:
Sighting: I saw one of the new Bentley Mulsanne's a couple weeks ago. Didn't get a very good glimpse -- it was going north while I was driving south. From a distance, I thought it was a Continental (and I see those almost daily) -- its obviously a Bentley and the front shape is similar to a Continental. I didn't realize it was a Mulsanne until it was about to pass me -- its much larger than a Continental, and the rear haunches are curvier. Drive: I got to drive a Lotus Evora a couple weeks ago. Fantastic, natural, light. About the only thing I didn't like was that there was almost too much steering feel (you could feel every little bump in the road)... Edit: As for Panameras, I'm starting to see them almost every day. Saw 3 in 10 minutes a couple weekends ago...
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06-22-2010, 12:25 PM | #2 |
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A panamera came to the park near me to watch the Red Bull air race. Yesterday, a new red ferrari 430 spyder was up to some on the t-pike... Dealer plates, dude totalling enjoying the afternoon. All sorts of cars fell in behind him (s4 'vert, 535 etc). I had some fun ignoring all that, not going all that fast and still passing them. Knowing your lanes and traffic patterns can do wonders.
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06-22-2010, 12:41 PM | #3 |
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I saw a matte black vinyl-wrapped Rolls in Beverly Hills last week. Silly.
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06-22-2010, 12:42 PM | #4 |
Solving problems
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I did see a panamera "in the wild" the other day... wedged bewteen two mom-mobiles at a supermarket parking lot. I suppose it's just a car.
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06-22-2010, 03:18 PM | #5 |
Jeeped
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Saw a Panamera a few weeks ago when our office went out to lunch. The interior looks great but it's still a goofy looking car, even in person. The Porsche dude in our office loves it, though.
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06-22-2010, 03:25 PM | #6 |
The user formerly known as rwg
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My brother test drove one and raves about it. Of course, he's a little nuts. And he is a new (Orange) Cayman owner, so there you go. Fanboi-itus can't be helped in that situation.
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06-23-2010, 05:16 PM | #7 |
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Not sure this counts as notable, but saw this at lunch today.
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06-23-2010, 10:59 PM | #8 |
swinging for the fences
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06-23-2010, 09:37 PM | #9 |
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Going back to my Geneva thread a couple of weeks ago, I saw an FXX, Zonda, Miura, etc. Around my home earlier this week I saw an ooooollllddd french race car with a guy wearing a leather helmet and goggles. Pretty cool
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06-23-2010, 11:46 PM | #10 | |
There and back again
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