Why did I buy an F-Type...
#22
06-20-2018, 07:44 AM
Let’s see, I think this is everything...
1984 BMW 318i
1993 Mazda RX-7
1993 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4
1995 BMW 318i
1998 BMW 328is
2001 BMW M3
2002 Chevy Silverado
2005 BMW X5 4.4i
2006 Porsche Boxster S
2007 Aston Martin V8 (later aftermarket supercharged)
2008 BMW X5 4.8i
2012 BMW X5M
2012 BMW X5 50i M-sport (with Dinan power kit)
2012 BMW 550i M-sport
2011 Nissan GT-R (tune, midpipe, intake, tires, etc)
2011 BMW M3 convertible
2013 BMW X5 50i M-sport M-performance
2015 BMW M4
2016 Jaguar F-type R
1984 BMW 318i
1993 Mazda RX-7
1993 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4
1995 BMW 318i
1998 BMW 328is
2001 BMW M3
2002 Chevy Silverado
2005 BMW X5 4.4i
2006 Porsche Boxster S
2007 Aston Martin V8 (later aftermarket supercharged)
2008 BMW X5 4.8i
2012 BMW X5M
2012 BMW X5 50i M-sport (with Dinan power kit)
2012 BMW 550i M-sport
2011 Nissan GT-R (tune, midpipe, intake, tires, etc)
2011 BMW M3 convertible
2013 BMW X5 50i M-sport M-performance
2015 BMW M4
2016 Jaguar F-type R
#24
06-20-2018, 11:42 AM
It’s hard to compare with the GT-R because it’s not stock and hasn’t been for a long time. It’s a maniac and is definitely faster.
#25
06-20-2018, 12:18 PM
Banned
1963 Triumph 500
1968 Suzuki super six
1975 Kawasaki KH250
1981 Suzuki X7
1982 Yamaha RD250LC
1984 Kawasaki GpZ 1100
1986 Kawasaki GpZ900 R
plus a number of not very interesting hire / lease cars that I can't or would rather not remember !
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#26
06-20-2018, 03:56 PM
@RIRR.
The nissan saga was due to my wife working with Nissan Motor Parts Center in the port of Amsterdam.. .. they sold ex-managers cars at bool value to
employees that did not got complementary cars to begin with.. This meant we drove very cheap as we could buy a 3 yrs old car for 40% of the value
and sell at the same price 3 years on. But after a while [ Terrano II was last prize..] the tax inspector got wind of it and then it all stopped...
I did get the Tino at a reduced price but the car was not able to cope with my 2m height and 98kgs then. I fell of the chair in almost every corner..
The Patrols were therefore used, bit too long a story about how & why. But we ditched the Terrano then as we got the first Patrol, traded the
Terrano in on a new Micra for the shopping ...
But the seats in Nissans are no match to my fysique , and getting a bit older it kills my back and I start slipping discs in the lumbar zone..
So I don't look at nissan at all anymore. My wife left the company in 2007, also one of the reasons I guess.
My best ever car is a Discvery 3 [LR3] , we will most probably never sell it. We had such good times on holidays, it took us every year
2500km's to the Algarve [ europe's California..] and back, hassle free. We had 7 persons [ some friends of our children would com along],
all luggage and do 135kmh steady on the highways averaging 9,5 km to the liter [ 22.35 MPG US ]. Its a 2.7L V6 diesel engine.
The nissan saga was due to my wife working with Nissan Motor Parts Center in the port of Amsterdam.. .. they sold ex-managers cars at bool value to
employees that did not got complementary cars to begin with.. This meant we drove very cheap as we could buy a 3 yrs old car for 40% of the value
and sell at the same price 3 years on. But after a while [ Terrano II was last prize..] the tax inspector got wind of it and then it all stopped...
I did get the Tino at a reduced price but the car was not able to cope with my 2m height and 98kgs then. I fell of the chair in almost every corner..
The Patrols were therefore used, bit too long a story about how & why. But we ditched the Terrano then as we got the first Patrol, traded the
Terrano in on a new Micra for the shopping ...
But the seats in Nissans are no match to my fysique , and getting a bit older it kills my back and I start slipping discs in the lumbar zone..
So I don't look at nissan at all anymore. My wife left the company in 2007, also one of the reasons I guess.
My best ever car is a Discvery 3 [LR3] , we will most probably never sell it. We had such good times on holidays, it took us every year
2500km's to the Algarve [ europe's California..] and back, hassle free. We had 7 persons [ some friends of our children would com along],
all luggage and do 135kmh steady on the highways averaging 9,5 km to the liter [ 22.35 MPG US ]. Its a 2.7L V6 diesel engine.
well if the OP doesn’t respond, I can. I bought a brand new GT-R in 2013. One of very best cars I ever owned or driven. I took it to an Extreme Experience driving show in 2015 and it was one of the favorites of all the instructors...these guys had 488 Ferrari’s, Lambos and R8’s to drive and they favored the GT-R. I sold it because the maintenance costs (not repair costs) were obscene. You’re in the same price point as the F type R, but with the Jag’s warranty and maintenance program, the F type R wins....and the Jag is prettier. But the GT-R is a very close second, very close.
#27
06-21-2018, 03:59 PM
Some great lists above!
I believe this would be all of them for me, maybe missing one or two. When you look at them all listed out...wow...can't help but think I'd be retired already. LOL
Cars, etc:
1977 Nova (tan)
1982 Trans Am (305 cross-fire fuel injected, Black with good ole T-tops!)
1985 Honda CRX Si (Red - great little car)
1993 Honda Civic hatchback (red)
1998 Jeep Cherokee Classic (White)
1999 BMW M Coupe (Silver - fantastic car)
1993 Infiniti Q45 (Brown)
2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited (Grey)
2004 Nissan Maxima SE (Silver)
2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited HO (Maroon)
2005 Nissan 350z convertible (White)
2005 M-Benz C55 AMG (Silver)
2006 Jeep Commander Hemi (dark blue)
2005 Cadillac Escalade (Black)
2010 Cadillac STS NorthStar V8 (Black)
2011 Mazda CX9 Grand Touring (White)
2012 Backdraft Cobra BDR (Black - Coyote 5.0 - will never sell it)
2009 Cadillac CTS-V (Diamond White 556HP)
2011 BMW 335i (Silver)
2014 Cadillac Vsport (Diamond White Twin-Turbo 420HP)
2015 Ford Explorer Sport (White)
2016 Toyota RAV4 (Silver - company car)
2017 Jaguar F-Type SVR (Black and AWESOME!)
Bikes, etc:
1990 Kawasaki EX500 Ninja
1993 Suzuki GSXR 750
1995 Kawasaki Ninja ZX7
1998 Honda CRB900RR
1998 Honda VTX1800H
1998 Yamaha R1
2003 Yamaha R1
2003 Polaris Predator (Quad)
2003 TonyKart (shifter kart)
2006 Suzuki GSXR 750
2007 MV Agusta F4 1000RR
2008 Honda CBR1000RR
2010 BMW S1000RR
2015 Yamaha R1
I believe this would be all of them for me, maybe missing one or two. When you look at them all listed out...wow...can't help but think I'd be retired already. LOL
Cars, etc:
1977 Nova (tan)
1982 Trans Am (305 cross-fire fuel injected, Black with good ole T-tops!)
1985 Honda CRX Si (Red - great little car)
1993 Honda Civic hatchback (red)
1998 Jeep Cherokee Classic (White)
1999 BMW M Coupe (Silver - fantastic car)
1993 Infiniti Q45 (Brown)
2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited (Grey)
2004 Nissan Maxima SE (Silver)
2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited HO (Maroon)
2005 Nissan 350z convertible (White)
2005 M-Benz C55 AMG (Silver)
2006 Jeep Commander Hemi (dark blue)
2005 Cadillac Escalade (Black)
2010 Cadillac STS NorthStar V8 (Black)
2011 Mazda CX9 Grand Touring (White)
2012 Backdraft Cobra BDR (Black - Coyote 5.0 - will never sell it)
2009 Cadillac CTS-V (Diamond White 556HP)
2011 BMW 335i (Silver)
2014 Cadillac Vsport (Diamond White Twin-Turbo 420HP)
2015 Ford Explorer Sport (White)
2016 Toyota RAV4 (Silver - company car)
2017 Jaguar F-Type SVR (Black and AWESOME!)
Bikes, etc:
1990 Kawasaki EX500 Ninja
1993 Suzuki GSXR 750
1995 Kawasaki Ninja ZX7
1998 Honda CRB900RR
1998 Honda VTX1800H
1998 Yamaha R1
2003 Yamaha R1
2003 Polaris Predator (Quad)
2003 TonyKart (shifter kart)
2006 Suzuki GSXR 750
2007 MV Agusta F4 1000RR
2008 Honda CBR1000RR
2010 BMW S1000RR
2015 Yamaha R1
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#30
06-21-2018, 07:07 PM
#31
06-21-2018, 07:20 PM
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Success should never ever be measured in $’s!
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#32
06-21-2018, 07:40 PM
Nonsense! May I suggest NEVER measuring yourself against anyone and certainly not about their possessions? Past, present, and future! Based on what little I know about you I would rather spend time with you rather than with a “jerk” (to put it mildly) who has owned countless cars.
Success should never ever be measured in $’s!
Cars are the biggest passion for almost everyone on the forum, and seeing people do what they love really makes me happy. I seek inspiration regarding information, humility, kindness and all of the positives that are here on this forum and the people I have met in real life. If I grow up to be even remotely as cool as you guys are, I would consider myself successful. I hope and will always try to never become a "jerk" irrespective of what stage I am in my life. And in the end I would want to complete my life long dream of owning a V12. Someday .....
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#33
06-21-2018, 08:24 PM
Humble as always you are Sir. Cars are the biggest passion for almost everyone on the forum, and seeing people do what they love really makes me happy. I seek inspiration regarding information, humility, kindness and all of the positives that are here on this forum and the people I have met in real life. If I grow up to be even remotely as cool as you guys are, I would consider myself successful. I hope and will always try to never become a "jerk" irrespective of what stage I am in my life. And in the end I would want to complete my life long dream of owning a V12. Someday .....
Cars are the biggest passion for almost everyone on the forum, and seeing people do what they love really makes me happy. I seek inspiration regarding information, humility, kindness and all of the positives that are here on this forum and the people I have met in real life. If I grow up to be even remotely as cool as you guys are, I would consider myself successful. I hope and will always try to never become a "jerk" irrespective of what stage I am in my life. And in the end I would want to complete my life long dream of owning a V12. Someday ..... As you shared, cars/bikes are a passion for many of us, fun to see what people have owned thru life to enjoy that passion.
#34
06-22-2018, 03:03 AM
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If you would NOT share your cars, it would distort the item. Then it would look its only petrol heads or old geezers who own an F-Type...
If anybody had asked once to me ".. why does a 18 year old student drive a 6 cylinder executive car.. " when I had the Austin Princess 2200HLE automatic
[ VERY posh car in the Netherlands in 1980..] , I would not have been to shy to tell them that it was because it was the only car with decent seats in it..
Story goes that when they started building the Concorde they ordered thousands of seats. But only a handfull of planes were ever build... The seats
ended up in the Austin Princess.. .. and the name was a wink to the use of the 'royal class seats'..
Even so, that when my dad confiscated the car as he preferred it over his Mitsubisho Lancer, I bought a xx-th hand ford taunus and bought two Princess
seats at a scrapyard and put them in the Taunus..
Those were the days : just unscrew and replace and it fitted..
Oh yeah, just thought of this. Did you ever see the old BBC Top Gear series ? They had celebs as guests to drive a '..reasonably priced car..' ,
these people often only had a few cars in their lives and started out with the utter most basic means of transport.. ..so don't worry : you'd be in famous company..
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#35
06-22-2018, 04:14 AM
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Death lord, agree on V12! Aston or Ferrari will do. Or this one:
http://v12ls.com/v12-kindig-design-maybellene/
http://v12ls.com/v12-kindig-design-maybellene/
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#36
06-22-2018, 01:49 PM
Why not ? Its not to show off.. .. its just that I wondered if there is a 'common denominator' in people who own an F-Type. The more data the better the result.
If you would NOT share your cars, it would distort the item. Then it would look its only petrol heads or old geezers who own an F-Type...
If you would NOT share your cars, it would distort the item. Then it would look its only petrol heads or old geezers who own an F-Type...
2011 BMW 535xi (traded in for the Jag)
2017 Jaguar F-Type SVR
Death lord, agree on V12! Aston or Ferrari will do. Or this one:
V12 Kindig Design Maybellene - V12 LS Engines
V12 Kindig Design Maybellene - V12 LS Engines
Below is a pic of a Pagani Zonda I took. Just look at the materials used. Carbon Fiber, Wood, Aluminium, Leather. Everything looks so amazing, it all just works beautifully together. I think this is one of the best interiors I have seen on a car. It was breathtaking.
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06-22-2018, 01:59 PM
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@death1ord.
Sonata , very sensible low budget mobilty / BMW 535xi , not much wrong with that.. / 2017 Jaguar F-Type SVR ; wish I could afford one [ € 205.000 here due to CO2 taxes..].
What I find really funny is that we have CLASHING taste for the looks of cars.. .. the pictured pagani interior is fro me an example of complete lack of taste or the vaguest idea where they wanted to go design wise..
battle of tastes...
Sonata , very sensible low budget mobilty / BMW 535xi , not much wrong with that.. / 2017 Jaguar F-Type SVR ; wish I could afford one [ € 205.000 here due to CO2 taxes..].
What I find really funny is that we have CLASHING taste for the looks of cars.. .. the pictured pagani interior is fro me an example of complete lack of taste or the vaguest idea where they wanted to go design wise..
battle of tastes...
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#38
06-22-2018, 02:08 PM
@death1ord.
Sonata , very sensible low budget mobilty / BMW 535xi , not much wrong with that.. / 2017 Jaguar F-Type SVR ; wish I could afford one [ € 205.000 here due to CO2 taxes..].
What I find really funny is that we have CLASHING taste for the looks of cars.. .. the pictured pagani interior is fro me an example of complete lack of taste or the vaguest idea where they wanted to go design wise..
battle of tastes...
Sonata , very sensible low budget mobilty / BMW 535xi , not much wrong with that.. / 2017 Jaguar F-Type SVR ; wish I could afford one [ € 205.000 here due to CO2 taxes..].
What I find really funny is that we have CLASHING taste for the looks of cars.. .. the pictured pagani interior is fro me an example of complete lack of taste or the vaguest idea where they wanted to go design wise..
battle of tastes...
Differences in taste and opinions is actually healthy. Makes the world less boring and provides good amounts of variations based on permutations and combinations. When it comes to design, nothing is right or wrong. Its whatever works for you.
Last edited by death1ord; 06-22-2018 at 02:15 PM.
#40
06-22-2018, 03:15 PM
Nonsense! May I suggest NEVER measuring yourself against anyone and certainly not about their possessions? Past, present, and future! Based on what little I know about you I would rather spend time with you rather than with a “jerk” (to put it mildly) who has owned countless cars.
Success should never ever be measured in $’s!