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Posted: Jul 02, 2005 5:33 PM
by Wes
http://www.streetxposure.com/forums/sho ... hp?p=44229

Millions and millions of dollars worth of cars in one spot........

Enzo anyone?? :D


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Posted: Jul 02, 2005 11:15 PM
by mitch
Pictures of cars worth millions of dollars taken with a $20 camera...

Posted: Jul 03, 2005 3:52 AM
by bahnstormer
ferrari maserati racing days at lime rock last year
had 3 enzos there..this meet was no biggie... =



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Posted: Jul 03, 2005 9:20 AM
by Guest
[QUOTE="Wes"]http://www.streetxposure.com/forums/sho ... hp?p=44229

Millions and millions of dollars worth of cars in one spot........

Enzo anyone?? :D

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Wes,

You don't seem to get it. The value of a car doesn't define Eye Candy. In fact I'd rather see pics of a superbly built 5er , 2002, etc. These cars are typically built by the OWNER, not simply purchased. Anybody with the financial means can BUY an Enzo. However that same guy probably wouldn't have a clue about what to do with the tools in out trunklid toolkit.

Also, Eye Candy isn't just about cars.

Rich

Posted: Jul 03, 2005 4:27 PM
by Wes
Actually I think that guy with an Enzo DOES have a clue what he's talking about. The Novitec Ferrari is his as well. I'm sure you have to be somewhat savvy to modify a Ferrari.

His $45,000 Novitec 8 piston brakes @ 380mm and his 2 superchargers speaks for themselves.

Check out his ride here:
http://www.zrauto.ca/showcase/showcaseModena.cfm

If a car worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of modifications on it isn't eye candy... I dunno what is? ~z~

Posted: Jul 04, 2005 10:19 AM
by Guest
If I had that kind of money I wouldn't be spending it on exotic cars. Too much variability, just look at the prices of classic Ferrari's.

Nope, I'd be buying vintage military aircraft as they only do one thing, INCREASE IN VALUE. Besides, cars are basically two dimensional (left, right, fast slow) where as aircraft are 3 dimensional (add up/down). You don't even want to compare speeds, you can buy airworthy supersonic aircraft for the price of an exotic.

And the cost of his brakes or his cars doesn't impress me one bit. He's just another rich guy.

Rich

'85 Euro M5
Sport "Aerobatic" Aviator (ASEL w/ Instrument)

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Posted: Jul 04, 2005 10:57 AM
by Rutryin
Hey Rich, those with the hundreds of thousands of dollars gives those with much, much less the fun of leaving them in the rear view. So dont give him to hard a time....
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Posted: Jul 04, 2005 11:27 AM
by Guest
Rutryin,

Your Fastback 'Stang is my idea of Eye Candy !!! :D :D :D

And that engine bay, it's BEAUTIFUL to my middle aged former Drag Racer eyes.

Thanks for sharing.

Rich

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Posted: Jul 04, 2005 11:45 AM
by Rutryin
all alluminum stroke 409 small block
C-6 trans w/trans brake
600hp rear wheels
800+ nos fogger

1/4 = 9.3 sec , 140mph

street ride not full blown drag car. has all original interior minus roll cage required by track.

around 15000 in whole rig including paint.

c-ya at next red light.....

Posted: Jul 05, 2005 12:12 PM
by C.R. Krieger
Wes wrote:Actually I think that guy with an Enzo DOES have a clue what he's talking about. The Novitec Ferrari is his as well. I'm sure you have to be somewhat savvy to modify a Ferrari.
No; to have a Ferrari modified.
His $45,000 Novitec 8 piston brakes @ 380mm and his 2 superchargers speaks for themselves.
They might speak for themselves, but they don't say anything different about a guy who has probably never turned a wrench in his life, let alone on this monument to money.
If a car worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of modifications on it isn't eye candy... I dunno what is? ~z~
You're right. You don't. You're too dazzled by dollar signs to see whether there's intrinsic artistic value there. In this case, you've got a pretty decent looking Ferrari (most of them are) that's been brought to the brink of 'riced out'. Now, although this one (below) is worth somewhere northwards of a quarter million bucks, that's not why I love it. It's completely stock and as good-looking as any BMW ever built. That, and I once got to drive it. :D
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Posted: Jul 05, 2005 9:34 PM
by Guest
C.R.,

That's some "Eye Candy" I've never seen a 507 in the flesh. Hope to some day, they're one of the most georgeous BMWs ever built.

Rich

Posted: Jul 05, 2005 9:50 PM
by RonW
Originally posted by Rich Euro M5
I've never seen a 507 in the flesh. Hope to some day, they're one of the most georgeous BMWs ever built.
There was a red one at the Zentrum at 5er Fest. It looked mint to me.

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Posted: Jul 05, 2005 9:52 PM
by mk
CR,

was the 507 bmw's answer to mercedes gullwing, or their roadster? porsche speedster? i don't know the history of the early bmw's.

Posted: Jul 07, 2005 5:25 PM
by Tim in N FL
I believe many of the cars pictured on the site below would qualify as
"eye candy". Can't believe I saw a lime green Hemi Cuda in Hemmings Motor News
for $975,000 this month. WTF?!!! The market for muscle cars really has gone completely
insane. The Cuda is a neat car but $1million worth worth of "neat" I think not? Oh well, not my money...

The Collection
http://corvettes-musclecars.com/cgi-bin/emAlbum.cgi

Mopar Muscle
http://corvettes-musclecars.com/Mopar.htm

70 Hemi Cuda
http://www.musclecarcalendar.com/hemi_jack_fpmain.htm

Muscle Car Calendar
I love the splash page WAV file...reminds me of the sounds of my youth...
http://www.musclecarcalendar.com/

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