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Felonious Crud

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Those Maccas are quite a thing, but lack indie servicing etc. Opinion is vastly polarised on whether they're super-reliable and what are the whinging bastards complaining about, and dear God, these things are a disaster and cost a fortune to fix, McDealers refuse to p/ex and prices are in freefall. A far as I can tell, those that have 'em love 'em.

The problem seems to be an excess of supply over demand which means that you shouldn't buy one unless you plan to keep it forever or are happy to lose a load of money and still have trouble moving it on.

Notwithstanding all that, a 600LT Spider, a 570 Spider or a 720 (spider or hard top) would be quite wonderful.

PS - Mrs Crud thinks I'd look a complete nob in one. Bloody woman. She's probably right, Usually is.
 
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100k toys. I have a list.

V12 Vanquish
Corvette (the 650bhp & 650ft/lbs of torque one).
Ferrari 430
Ferrari 355
Lamborghini Gallardo
Mercedes AMG GT
Porsche 911 (take your pick of which one)
Porsche Cayman GT4
Or you could go full on gin palace and get a Roller.
 
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Wanderer said:
What's the options for someone who doesn't want crawl into a car, something more executive but sporty? Only QP's, GranTurismo's, old Ferrari 400's on, Aston Rapides? Not boxy tho like Bentley's they are well fugly.
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GeoffCapes said:
100k toys. I have a list.

V12 Vanquish
Corvette (the 650bhp & 650ft/lbs of torque one).
Ferrari 430
Ferrari 355
Lamborghini Gallardo
Mercedes AMG GT
Porsche 911 (take your pick of which one)
Porsche Cayman GT4
Or you could go full on gin palace and get a Roller.
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The Vanquish (or a DB11) is probably the most 'exec' of this line-up. Maybe the AMG, but the rest don't really exude 'exec' in the same way. They do exude a ****-ton of noise, laughs and style, mind.
 
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If I was in that position I'd probably end up with either a 911 GT3 / Turbo S, or a 599 GTB. You could get a year old R8 'plus' for that kind of money too, and whilst I'm not a big fan of the R8, I think that given its basically a Huracan its pretty good value for a car with that kind of performance and of that age.
I have heard McLarens aren't the best in terms of reliability and support. Personally, I struggle to get excited about any of them. Sure they're fast, but they all look fairly similar and they sound sh*te. They seem to be everywhere at the moment too.
 
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Alexpie said:
They seem to be everywhere at the moment too.
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Not where I live. John Deere's are pretty popular at this time of year. Them big green and yellers are everwhere!

I agree about the noise a Macca makes. I think the LT models are better, but they're silly money. Like many on here, I enjoy a car which sounds good even if you're just trundling around.
 
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Felonious Crud said:
Not where I live. John Deere's are pretty popular at this time of year. Them big green and yellers are everwhere!

I agree about the noise a Macca makes. I think the LT models are better, but they're silly money. Like many on here, I enjoy a car which sounds good even if you're just trundling around.
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Got a fair few of those round here as well! Maybe its just me, but I seem to see them fairly frequently.
You're right, the only ones that have caused even a slight ear twitch are the LT models, but still not half as good as a big NA. Same with a 488, I was surprised at how rubbish those sound as well.
 
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