Reply to: would you drive this to work?

[DimPrawn]

Buying an expensive car seems like a bad investment to me, it costs alot to run and it depreciates quickly. Where is the logic? Buy a 2-3 year old mid range reliable car and save £££.

Buy a £4K Mondeo or similar.

Buy gold bullion (see my sig ) with the other £35K NOW.

Wait 12 months.

Sell bullion for sterling and buy a brand new Aston Martin, deposit on a house and tickets for a 1st class cruise round the world for you and all your extended family. Spend the rest how you like.

HTH

[russell]

Buying an expensive car seems like a bad investment to me, it costs alot to run and it depreciates quickly. Where is the logic? Buy a 2-3 year old mid range reliable car and save £££.

[realityhack]

'That' should perhaps read 'This'... meaning the above photo of the Pininfarina Alfa concept. Or the Pininfarina Maserati TL posted.

[ChrisPackit]

That or the pininfarina Maserati. Lovely.

I'm sure that looks like an Alfa Romeo badge rather than a Maserati...

I should know as I have to look at one every fooking morning, and wonder why I bought one...

[realityhack]

That or the pininfarina Maserati. Lovely.

[PAH]

Agreed. Bikers seriously do some of the dumbest things on the road even though they are one of the most vulnerable.

Yeah I sort of agree too. It could easily have ended the same way from something accidental than some twat doing daft manouvers.

The thing that put me off getting a bike was I just knew I'd not be able to restrain myself enough. Even in a car it is hard to crawl around a blind bend at a safe speed when you think how much viewing distance you have and that a safe speed would probably be under 30mph and maybe a lot less if it's a tight bend.

Every time I come to a blind bend I half expect there to be a cyclist, horse and rider, or twat on the wrong side of the road. Usually the worst thing you find is a pheasant or other dumb animal waiting to become roadkill, but sometimes people get unlucky.

[DimPrawn]

Running a 2005 Aston is going to be excruciatingly expensive. Have you seen the price of Aston Martin parts and labour?

And the depreciation of the DB9?

Better to join a supercar club with the money you'll spend.

[lilelvis2000]

Zero sympathy from me on that one. There are too many irresponsible middle aged fools with overpowered penis substitutes and underpowered brains who treat the roads like a racetrack. He could just as well have hit a wide load, tractor, cars passing, escaped livestock or someone who had broken down.

Agreed. Bikers seriously do some of the dumbest things on the road even though they are one of the most vulnerable.

[doodab]

Worst story was about a biker who flew round a blind country bend (as you do) to be confronted with some twat in a car who thought it a good place to do a 3 point turn. The biker was decapitated by the roof, and his torso went through the driver's window. No idea if the driver was seriously injured/killed by the torso but I hope so.

Zero sympathy from me on that one. There are too many irresponsible middle aged fools with overpowered penis substitutes and underpowered brains who treat the roads like a racetrack. He could just as well have hit a wide load, tractor, cars passing, escaped livestock or someone who had broken down.

[lilelvis2000]

Nah, this is nicer


Aston Martin DB4 series 2 for sale, classic cars for sale uk (Car: 130531)

[PAH]

Could have been worse...
The Police might have done his torso for breaking and entering
and his 'ead for leaving the scene of an accident

Yeah, he also nearly won a part in the 'reimagining' of The Headless Horseman, but was beaten by Nicolas 'My Eyes' Cage who is cleaning up in the piss poor films sector.

[gingerjedi]

I've owned two "classic" italian cars.

Only way you are getting to work is if you work at a garage or a scrap yard.

I'm sure you're right but IMO they still look way cooler than any modern car you can buy today.

It takes a certain amount of faith and devotion to own an Italian classic. I couldn't, hats off to those that do!

[Sysman]

I've owned two "classic" italian cars.

Only way you are getting to work is if you work at a garage or a scrap yard.

I remember a 1970s interview with a Lamborghini owner. Although very proud of his car, he said he always took enough money with him to get a taxi to his destination.

[EternalOptimist]

Yeah into a hedge if you're lucky. A barbed wire fence if you're not.

I once did the CBT in my youth but all the stories from the group of bikers I knew/know put me right off.

Worst story was about a biker who flew round a blind country bend (as you do) to be confronted with some twat in a car who thought it a good place to do a 3 point turn. The biker was decapitated by the roof, and his torso went through the driver's window. No idea if the driver was seriously injured/killed by the torso but I hope so.

Could have been worse...

The Police might have done his torso for breaking and entering
and his 'ead for leaving the scene of an accident

[PAH]

A last fling before you get past it

Yeah into a hedge if you're lucky. A barbed wire fence if you're not.

I once did the CBT in my youth but all the stories from the group of bikers I knew/know put me right off.

Worst story was about a biker who flew round a blind country bend (as you do) to be confronted with some twat in a car who thought it a good place to do a 3 point turn. The biker was decapitated by the roof, and his torso went through the driver's window. No idea if the driver was seriously injured/killed by the torso but I hope so.