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Top Gear 918 vs. La Ferrari vs. P1

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  1. SCEye

    SCEye F1 Rookie

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    Hmmm.. owns a few Lambo
    Has the first P1 in the USA
    has a bunch of muscle cars
    takes porsche for top speed runs

    I would say he's as much a motorhead/speedfreak as anyone here.
     
  2. Milanno

    Milanno Formula Junior

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    Read my post again, more carefully :)
     
  3. Coincid

    Coincid F1 Rookie

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    If you ever see his show, you will know he is a car lover as well as a collector. He finds true driver cars much more fun and exhilarating. And he has a great deal of knowledge . Do not dismiss him as a mere collector. He keeps insurance on every one of his vehicles and drives them regularly.
     
  4. Milanno

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    #129 Milanno, Mar 5, 2015
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    I respect Leno`s knowledge and passion for collecting cars. IMO he is not passionate driver in a sense that he is testing limits of his cars (like Chris Harris is doing for instance). If you are real petrolhead you just CANT miss to own some of cars Ferrari made in last three decades. James Glickenhaus is pretty much same type of guy. Those two guys are very passionate collectors who probably had some issues with Ferrari as company so they decided not to buy Ferrari cars.

    Leno mentioned his (allegedly) main reason for not owning modern Ferrari`s, saying modern Ferrari`s are technologically complex machines that needs to be serviced in official service. For true petrolhead that kind of reason is plain funny, even further if he actually owns VERY complex cars in his garage that must be serviced in official service.

    For instance, Chris Harris had huge issues with Ferrari as a company, but he was highly impressed with cars they were producing and he even loaned some of cars from his friends, so he can test them (when he was banned from Ferrari). For me, that kind of attitude is known for true petrolhead.
     
  5. Caeruleus11

    Caeruleus11 F1 World Champ
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    I think we all relate to, and appreciate cars in different ways. Some drive them very hard, some enjoy working on them, some just want to look at them. Who is to say which is right and which is wrong. My opinion is they are all legitimate ways to enjoy cars. And I am an admirer of both Jay Leno and Chris Harris :)
     
  6. F430 Driver

    F430 Driver Formula Junior

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    Well said :)

    +1
     
  7. nsx2F355

    nsx2F355 Formula Junior

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    +1 Caeruleus11
     
  8. Mbn

    Mbn Formula Junior

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    i agree +1.

    Mbn
     
  9. chris483

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    Apparently Porsche takes a loss on every 918 produced.
     
  10. Darvelum

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    News from Top Gear: The P1 vs. 918 vs. LaFerrari test will take place after all.
    Ferrari still won't let them use customer cars, but McLaren has now agreed to a test with factory cars. Porsche currently doesn't have a factory car available, so the test will take place as soon as they do (which shouldn't take too long). They haven't decided on a track, but the manufacturers agree that it should be on 'neutral ground'. That would disqualify their individual test tracks, I reckon.
     
  11. kingjr9000

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    Where did you get that from?
     
  12. Darvelum

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    #137 Darvelum, Mar 8, 2015
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    Today's/yesterday's episode of Top Gear.
     
  13. kingjr9000

    kingjr9000 Formula 3

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    Thanks
     
  14. Solid State

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    H2H comparisons of hyper-cars are meaningless. None of the owners bought them to compete against the other and none will sell theirs based on magazine testing. This is especially true of the Ferraris as they are so hard to get in the first place. I have also lost interest in halo cars with electric motors and battery packs. IMO that's where the real "cheating" has occurred.
     
  15. simsko

    simsko F1 Rookie

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    Neutral ground is a pretty hard place to pick. Each track can be argued for or against.
     
  16. 330i

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    Bet this turns into a Top Gear Special...
     
  17. kingjr9000

    kingjr9000 Formula 3

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    I'd say silverstone since WEC and F1 both race there and there are plenty of fast straights and corners and its long enough.
     
  18. amenasce

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    I think they mean no factory test track. No fiorano,bring,top gear etc. Spa for example would be neutral. Magny Cours..imola..
     
  19. Jay-K

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    like one of the member said here..
    FEAR.
    because the one with the fastest track time will be considered the best by the rest of the world.
     
  20. subirg

    subirg F1 Rookie

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    #145 subirg, Mar 9, 2015
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    This test is not about the owners. It's about satisfying the curiosity of us fans who either can't afford them or chose not to invest (I use that word deliberately) in them. Bring it on!
     
  21. supermafy

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    #146 supermafy, Mar 9, 2015
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    I hope...
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  22. Igor Ound

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    The only ones to have FEAR must be McLaren. Nobody else claimed to have the fastest car.
     
  23. supermafy

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    Silverstone? or neutral contry also?? like France or Spain (Le Castellet... Barcellona)?
     
  24. Igor Ound

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    I bet it's gonna be SPA. The P1 has been testing there too.
     
  25. supermafy

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    I think Porsche don't want Spa: straight to long
     

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