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Some new pics of the beast!!

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Warp drive? Flux Capacitor?

Sif you'll let a lady near it anyway
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http://www.themotorreport.com.au/61304/ ... stuart-hwy

Don’t Try This At Home: 918 Clocks 350km/h On Australia’s Stuart Hwy


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Yay! Another thing I'll never own :P
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And a video of Bairdo hitting the straps in the 918




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We getting our 918 models mixed up here?

Either way I assume you also saw these of it ripping around PI.



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Sounded good at the GP. Very nice car and continues to surprise in comparos against the much more fancied (and expensive) P1.
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Yep, I seen it in life zipping around the track.
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Dr. Pain wrote:If I was a tortured millionaire/billionaire buying a car, I'd go La Ferrari.
I'd go P1!
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pixelboy wrote:
Dr. Pain wrote:If I was a tortured millionaire/billionaire buying a car, I'd go La Ferrari.
I'd go P1!
I'd get a 1965 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III and get some good looking girl to drive me around in it.
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I think id have more chance getting the girl with the P1 :nod:
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J.D. wrote:
pixelboy wrote:
Dr. Pain wrote:If I was a tortured millionaire/billionaire buying a car, I'd go La Ferrari.
I'd go P1!
I'd get a 1965 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III and get some good looking girl to drive me around in it.
E-Type Jag for me...
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pixelboy wrote:I think id have more chance getting the girl with the P1 :nod:
If you're a billionaire it probably doesn't matter.
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