Lamborghini Veneno


Luke Warmwater

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Ok you win. You should bring along the context as I'm sure there was some back and forth before those statements were made. I like the Veneno, most of you don't. Okay…

Thanks Chris. No matter brother I still appreciate the CD you sent me a few years back.
 

dbk

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I'm not trying to win anything. :lol
 

Sinovac

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:lol

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Sinovac

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Those are exact quotes!

"I think stock out of the box they are soulless."

" Do you really think that grand touring porker is a track car?"

"A set of tires and shocks and you think a 3500lb understeering pig with power windows, door locks, and giant sub woofer woohoo is going to hang with a real race car? I can tell you who is deluding themselves."

"See, what you're driving is a portly grand touring car."

"A Ford GT is not a La Ferrari and probably would get beat by a new Camaro..."

"You guys need to get out more if you think the GT is on top. Nice yes, but pedestrian."

"it has something the FGT doesn't... soul"

https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/american-muscle/418972-ford-gt-crushes-ferrari-resale-value-4.html

Damn the Internet Stenographer. He should have made corrections on the errata sheet.
 

Empty Pockets

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Yaaaaaaaaaaaaawn...break time.

Sooooooo, who's going to win the Super Bowl?
 

RALPHIE

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...Sooooooo, who's going to win the Super Bowl?

In 2004, the Ford GT was the clear winner! :thumbsup
 

Empty Pockets

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'Still is IMHO...
 

BlackICE

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'Still is IMHO...
Why would anyone sell a winner? :confused
 

KJD

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Not sure why but folks do it all the time w/ all kinds of assets.

Sell the winners, take "some" profits. Keep the losers, avoid "real" losses.

Human nature I guess. Painful to watch, even more painful to experience.

And just to weigh in, that Veneno is fugly. Rare but still fugly.
 
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Empty Pockets

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Why would anyone sell a winner? :confused

'Problem is you don't know thee reason behind my doing so, Clinton. If you did, AND you also knew a bit of the personal/family 'history' behind what prompted it, you wouldn't question my decision...at all...period.

Wuv you anyway, 'ICE. :wink
 
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BlackICE

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'Problem is you don't know thee reason behind my doing so, Clinton. If you did, AND you also knew a bit of the personal/family 'history' behind what prompted it, you wouldn't question my decision...at all...period.

Wuv you anyway, 'ICE. :wink

I would never question your judgement, only that your statements seem inconsistent with your actions.
 

Empty Pockets

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I would never question your judgement, only that your statements seem inconsistent with your actions.

Yeeeeeup, I know they are. 'Changes nothing though... :wink
 

Luke Warmwater

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All I am saying is I never got this vibe from my FGT open long tube headers or not

Doesn't mean I don't like the FGT... I do

[video=youtube;YYDQRHreLbM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYDQRHreLbM[/video]
 

twobjshelbys

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All I am saying is I never got this vibe from my FGT open long tube headers or not

Doesn't mean I don't like the FGT... I do

If you want to drive a car that vibrates your guts, that you have to drive (and not just steer), shift for real, with a clutch that you have to REALLY PUSH, and brakes that if you really want to go from 100-0 have to push with both feet, you need either a Cobra or a GT40. Original or replica, it doesn't matter. Either is a "man's car".

I loved my Cobra, and when I sell the GT, I'm going to be very interested in a Cobra again. I've drooled over the new 289 Shelbys but I'm almost positive I can get the same experience from a SPF. Kirkham's are nice but you can get a Shelby for only another 10K more, and after a year, the Shelby will have higher resale value.
 

Sinovac

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Kirkham's are nice but you can get a Shelby for only another 10K more,

I'd like to see one of those deals. I paid $78k for my Kirkham a couple years ago. Shelbys were $120k+.
 

twobjshelbys

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I'd like to see one of those deals. I paid $78k for my Kirkham a couple years ago. Shelbys were $120k+.

When I priced mine they were within about 3K of each other for identically configured cars. That was in 2006. Shelby has gone up but the Kirkhams have stated they will have a price increase too. Compare alloy cars, no fair comparing a glass Shelby with a alloy Kirkham.
 

Sinovac

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When I priced mine they were within about 3K of each other for identically configured cars. That was in 2006. Shelby has gone up but the Kirkhams have stated they will have a price increase too. Compare alloy cars, no fair comparing a glass Shelby with a alloy Kirkham.

There is about a $25k+ price difference between a Kirkham and a fiberglass Shelby now.
 

twobjshelbys

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There is about a $25k+ price difference between a Kirkham and a fiberglass Shelby now.

So be it. Back then, they were literally equal.

Oh, did you paint your Kirkham or unpaint the Shelby (yes, they will)? Remember, equal cars...
 
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Sinovac

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I bought my Kirkham fully intending to paint it black, that is until I saw it roll out of the back of the delivery truck in all its reflective glory. lol