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  1. ross

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    #1 ross, Aug 29, 2008
  2. ferrariKP

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    #2 ferrariKP, Aug 29, 2008
    Awesome
     
  3. Arvin Grajau

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    #3 Arvin Grajau, Aug 29, 2008
    x2
     
  4. Speed_Demon

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    #4 Speed_Demon, Aug 29, 2008
    Yeah seen that kinda thing there, but that was back before the Arabs were so wealthy, or at least before they started visiting Harrods. Awesome shop though.
     
  5. Far Out

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    #5 Far Out, Aug 29, 2008
    Nearly ridiculous that, judging by the numberplates, you could think you'd be somewhere in the Middle East...
     
  6. ExoticSpotter

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    #6 ExoticSpotter, Aug 29, 2008
    I didn't feel like reading through all that afterward, so I'll ask, was the Ruf an RT12?
     
  7. Speed_Demon

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    #7 Speed_Demon, Aug 29, 2008
    What must of them think it is.
     
  8. rossocorsa13

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    #8 rossocorsa13, Aug 29, 2008
    It's crazy how the Veyron makes everything else look so mundane.

    That, and the fact that even without the Veyron, a Lamborghini Murcielago was normal in that crowd. Crazy.
     
  9. VIZSLA

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    #9 VIZSLA, Aug 29, 2008
    Your Petro-Dollars at work;)
     
  10. 134282

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    #10 134282, Aug 29, 2008
    I'm just as enthralled with the commentary with the pictures as I am with the images. Thank you for the link.
     
  11. Bullfighter

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    #11 Bullfighter, Aug 29, 2008
    Yeah, glad I could help underwrite that display.
     
  12. Komotep

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    #12 Komotep, Aug 30, 2008
    I guess the guy in the Veyron was doing his very best to attract attention to his car and not himself, I didn't know mirrored/super tinted windows were legal in England. I know here in the states, even with an eye problem and a prescription you'll get pulled over and harassed all the time for having windows even half that dark.
     
  13. FQ340

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    #13 FQ340, Aug 30, 2008
    But,

    1: CLS Butcher
    2: Range Stormer (wasnt it a concept, although looks like fake)
    3: Guy driving RR Drophead

    why?
     
  14. v15ben

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    #14 v15ben, Aug 30, 2008
    1. Generally acknolwedged around London to be a fool and worse still, it isn't even a proper convertible.
    2. It was a concept until a rich Arab prince said, "Make me one!" so they did! It is a one-off and acutally looks very well put together close up!
    3. Why indeed!
     
  15. 4REphotographer

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    #15 4REphotographer, Aug 30, 2008
    Is this why there isn't a Spotters thread in the UK section? It would have to be a thousands pages long.
     
  16. ross

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    #16 ross, Aug 30, 2008
    because they can...

    similar scenes in geneva all summer long. i think the arabs must go into the dealers and say 'what is the most expensive car you make?' the answer is given, and then they ask 'how can i make it more expensive?' then the dealer says, how about a color we dont offer, with leather we dont offer, and make it a drop head when we dont make it, and have a nuclear powered stereo?sir.? and then they say 'oh yes, why not. make it so, i will pick it up on friday'.

    thats how we end up with a lime green gallardo spider with ostrich seats, or the chrome veyron, or my personal favorite - the matte military green drop head rolls.... classic cases of more money than taste...

    but i do like the slr's :)
     
  17. Far Out

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    #17 Far Out, Aug 30, 2008

    The worst of them all imho. I mean, I could understand if there was some guy around with more money than taste, that's pretty common. But there has to be somewhere in a tuning shop a *designer* with at least a bit of education in styling and beauty who said "oh I have an idea for a new front for the CLS, let's do it like that, it looks SO good", and THAT is the guy I don't understand!
     
  18. lung7707

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    #18 lung7707, Aug 30, 2008
    Simply stunning! Its like a car supermarket.
     
  19. FQ340

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    #19 FQ340, Aug 30, 2008
    Besides the owners being filthy rich and incredibly tasteless, the statement above summarizes some of my deepest wanders.
    And these guys are paid wages right, with real money, with overblown, rich oil king budgets, they ask and collect without hesitation from the customers..

    dang..
     
  20. AMA328

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    #20 AMA328, Aug 30, 2008
    little past halfway down the page is a rear pic of an aluminum colored 599GTB. Wonder if this is Todt's car, listed in another post here on Fchat? I believe it's under the 599 threads.
     
  21. of2worlds

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    #21 of2worlds, Aug 30, 2008
    Yes an RT 12 and a 3.8L not the 3.6L car.

    The whole scene there; looks like feeding time at the ZOO...
    CH
     
  22. Far Out

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    #22 Far Out, Aug 30, 2008
    Todt's car with an Arab number plate? :D
     
  23. AMA328

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    #23 AMA328, Aug 31, 2008
    HA! Good point...missed that one. Don't remember if Todt's car was a 599 or 612, but the thread with it
    seemed to indicate a rather unusual paint job, similar to the one in the Harrod's lineup.
     
  24. TravisJ

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    #24 TravisJ, Aug 31, 2008
    The title of the thread said "average day" at Harrods. The pics look like the gathering was planned. It can't be like that on an "average" day can it?
     
  25. Jack-the-lad

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    #25 Jack-the-lad, Aug 31, 2008
    I'm glad they're spending their petro-$$ on something sensible!
     
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