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06-08-2009, 02:30 PM | #76 | |
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Re: Recap of the American F1 fleet
Perhaps these pics were taken at the time the car was there?
What was the timeframe of those pics in Le Man's thread v these ones?
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06-13-2009, 03:58 AM | #77 | |
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The beautiful chassis #036 was spotted in Houston about 10 days ago:
Photographer mentioned it was running a Texas plate at the rear now. >8^) ER |
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06-13-2009, 05:14 AM | #78 | |
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...and back in April it was spotted at Ferrari of Houston. Beautiful shots of a beautiful F1.
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That last shot
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06-14-2009, 01:26 AM | #80 | ||
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Amazing that this has been on the web since August 2005 and I've only now tripped over it. A group of motorcyclists from the UK on an amazing trip from Alaska to Argentina came across something quite special in Utah. Here are the good parts:
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Quite an amazing encouter and a great set of shots. The silver F1 is #074 in case anyone was unsure. >8^) ER |
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NICE!
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It must be something to see a LM on the road, but It must be a shock to see the driver wearing such clothes
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I said i didn't think it was silver
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There's still hope for me. Never seen one in person, but if there is one in Houston, I might still get a chance. I'll have to watch some of the car shows around to see if it pops up. It'd be the ultimate treat. Kind of a reason to carry the camera around all of the time in the future. A couple of years ago, I drove right by the dealership on the way home from work, but no longer work in that area. Would most definitely go OUT of my way to get a glimpse. Thanks for the head-up.
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I can just feel that F1 LM cringing in embarassment and thinking to itself and the world at large, "Damn, I can't believe that this rich whack-ass is my owner. This is so bloody embarassing. He's supposed to be a master of high fashion, and yet look at his dressing: bright orange jacket, baby blue T-shirt and a pair of cheap-looking grey sweatpants. A mid-life crisis if ever I saw one. And, dear God, blue shoes with BRIGHT YELLOW laces? He looks like a bloody poor beggar off the downtown streets. And that hair, ugh, it just reminds me of that maniac Dr. Emmett Brown and his DeLorean Time Machine, which of course I'd smoke in an eye-blink. 0-88MPH in 10 seconds? Pah! I do 0-100MPH in 5.5 seconds! Seriously, Ralphie, a pair of nice slim-cut jeans wouldn't go amiss. Oh, sorry, I forgot, you wouldn't look good in well-fitting clothes with that oversized belly. Not to mention that your whole body weight seriously compromises my Power-to-Weight Ratio. I don't think you'll be seeing any 2.9 second 0-100Km/h sprints any time soon, old man. You probably don't even have the skills to pull that off with me. Now, if Michael Schumacher was my driver on the other hand, or perhaps even Andy Wallace........ NOW we're talking major raping off the ass of every other supercar out there, except maybe 1 or 2. I just need to sneak myself onto a plane back to Europe, and soon........" If cars could talk........ PS: Sorry if I offend anyone, but after seeing this picture I just couldn't help myself. |
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06-23-2009, 10:35 AM | #89 | |
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Doesn't read like sarcasm to me, and this comment implies that he certainly knows who he was spouting off about.
"He's supposed to be a master of high fashion..." Everyone is entitled to an opinion, I guess. >8^) ER |
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Of course I know who Ralph Lauren is: owner of PRL, multi-billionaire, and crazy car collector who in addition to #055, #074 and LM3, has 2 of every other car in his collection so that his sons won't fight over them when he's dead. Wonder what they did in a past life to deserve this kind of karma, then.
I'd also guess that Mr. Lauren doesn't have the driving skills of people like Andy Wallace, Ray Bellm or Thomas Bscher, for instance, which he'd definitely need to take LM3 to it's limits on a regular basis. I find it very ironic that most real racers with real skills often have very normal road cars, generally they don't have any true high performance supercars (with Bellm and Bscher being 2 of a few noteworthy exceptions), whereas most of the people who do own such supercars often don't have the skills needed to utilize their prodigious performance capabilities. Do any of you see Ralph Lauren setting a new Nordschleife production car lap record with LM3, for instance? No, at least for now. Guess I'm just one of those people who feel that any supercar is being wasted unless it's being used and thraped hard and fast every day. In my opinion, garage queening, pussy-footing or, God forbid, 'preserving' any kind of car like an F1 LM should be a punishable sin. That's why I respect Mr. Bscher, he of the '200MPH drives to work in a McLaren F1' high-jinks. I just sincerely hope that no more F1s end up like that American one whose engine spontaneously combusted when it was fired up after 6 bloody months of non-running 'winter storage'. Of course, the biggest perpretrator of such crimes would be the Sultan of Brunei. At the very least Mr. Lauren does take LM3 out for a drive once in a while. Thanks for a great post though, Peloton. The pictures are great, and they bring my F1 LM file to a total of 609 pictures. Last edited by astonmartindbs001; 06-23-2009 at 11:57 AM. Reason: Add something |
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