My blood runs orange but that striping needs to be taken off and shoved up the owners ass. The color is OK I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by sergechronos
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My blood runs orange but that striping needs to be taken off and shoved up the owners ass. The color is OK I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by sergechronos
I bleed black and gold for the Steelers and blue and gold for the Mountaineers, but if someone ruined a damn Lambo with a blue/gold or black/gold fiasco like that car, they would need shot.
@Paul - Just the actual shade of orange itself. Really pops off the purple.
@Brian - For what it's worth, if they can afford a Lambo, they already have proven they make better decisions to than me. Whatever they want to do wth it is their call. Honestly, I view it kind of like black F40 that that shop mangled on Fast n Loud. I personally like the black, but I understand why purists would be upset that it's no longer red. COurse considering the hack job they did to it, no purist would've bought it anyhow.
Unless they inherited the moneyQuote:
Originally Posted by sergechronos
And it's nothing like the black F40, that was bad ass. The lambo is just tacky ass hell.
I don't see how Gas Monkey hacked that F40. They spent a ton of money fixing that thing using trained Ferrari mechanics and shops.
The only "hack" some people might consider is painting it black, and that car looks SOOOOOOO much better in black.
This. Didn't they spend like 250+k between authentic parts and some of the best Ferrari specialists in the country? I would hardly call that a hack job..Quote:
Originally Posted by stealthee
They had about 295,000 tied up in parts and labor.
Industry standard was straightening pieces within 3mm, and they got it within 1mm.
and again it looks better in black :lo5l:
Hack in the sense that they changed quite a bit from what a purist would want in the car. The LED head lights, louvers where the pop ups previously were, modified suspension, new wheels, turbos, interior stuff and black paint would all be big no nos to someone who wants the real deal F40. That said, the market isn't what it was, even if they had tried to sell it, they would've lost a ton. Market on the F40 is only around 750kish for a good example of one. Even with the frame restored to perfect shape and teh car in perfect shape just as it rolled off the factory floor, they would've been lucky to break even. With what the aftermarket parts cost and how that shrinks the size of the market, more likely they would've lost.
Some of the changes they did to the car I liked (the black looks sinister, and the rims fit the car's personality), most I was neutral on. Really not wild about the LED headlights though, somethin about them just looks out of place on the car.
Other than pissing off some purist you're wrong Bryan. If I was selling the car I wouldn't have painted it black but other than that no damn way they were losing money.Quote:
Originally Posted by sergechronos
The people have spoken the lambo sucks and shouldn't even be compared the gas monkey F40 lol :p
They made 100k profit selling out their half to the other co-owner.Quote:
Originally Posted by sergechronos
He said it was the best driving car he'd ever driven also, and if you watch the show you know that guy (money bags) has driven a LOT of expensive cars. I thought he was crazy for getting out then though, he could have got 250K I believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vantage
I'm tellin you, look up the actual value of these cars. There are pristine non wrecked vehicles with less than 5k selling for 500-600k. I just find it hard to believe that it would've actually fetched a million at auction like they claim.
Besides, it's a reality show. I take pretty much everything from it with a grain of salt. Would be pretty easy for them to just have Dennis hand over 50k in cash and say he's going to write a check for the rest and say that they made 100k profit then actually pay market price. Or maybe I'm just a cynic.
As soon as that thing was crashed and mangled was the end of what a "purist" wanted in a "real deal F40" LOL. Might as well have fun with it, and I loved it black (probably because I hate red).Quote:
Originally Posted by sergechronos
http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net...17942_700b.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by sergechronos
Yeah, give it up my friend lolQuote:
Originally Posted by sergechronos
Oh and one last thing about this, like they said in the show. The guys that let a F40 sit in their garage and just show it to some visiting friends once and a while are the real dicks. That car is for kicking ass and taking names.
Just down the road from here. Pretty wild.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vantage
Good Lord!Quote:
Originally Posted by Vantage
On a lighter note, you don't need to be the fastest of your friends. You just need to be the one who doesn't trip.
Boy, I bet that was one hot toy when it launched.Quote:
Originally Posted by 93STLTH
remember the bear test. if a bear is chasing you; climb a tree. if the bear climbs the tree after you--it's a black bear. if the bear knocks the tree down--it's a grizzly bear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex3000gt
Here's everyones favorite Lambo again...with a parking ticket.
http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/bg/G...S9YTTSL3Jl.jpg
Could it be a registration sticker? Too small to see it clearly.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...psd92f3faa.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ps42ef76a5.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ps216c2a87.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ps63dca804.jpg
Enhance:Quote:
Originally Posted by sergechronos
http://1.nieuwsbladcdn.be/Assets/Ima....0498339__.JPG
Wal-Mart
cannot read this at allQuote:
Originally Posted by sergechronos
Looks like photbucket shrank it.
Of course not. I'll upscale it this evening.
Attachment 5790Quote:
Originally Posted by IPD
Correct size. (still will probably have to view it in another tab)
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Originally Posted by 93STLTH
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Originally Posted by sergechronos
Thanks for the assist chief.Quote:
Originally Posted by stealthify
It's not that I'm drunk, buttttt...Frozen margaritas after a long day of not doing anything is how you celebrate the weekend in my book. Forgot about doing this before I started drinking.
the "larger size" wasn't worth the wait.
...and yes, that's what she said.