Motors Clamped Exotics

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  1. GreatOldOne

    GreatOldOne Wannabe Martian

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    The clampers will be dining out on this for months.

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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-10810772

    I wonder if it'll get mentioned by Jezza and Co on Sunday night?

    Having seen the cars in question now I have one thing to say:

    "Anyone who paints a car that colour (without gulf stripes) doesn't deserve such a fine automobile" :lol:
     
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  2. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    That's not Gulf blue though. :p

    Personally I'd brick myself if I thought a traffic warden had been anywhere near a CCXR/LP670-SV with a freaking clamp. Not cool.

    Treat for pedestrians though. :D
     
  3. GreatOldOne

    GreatOldOne Wannabe Martian

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    Must be my advancing age. That or a shitty work monitor... ;)
     
  4. Jipa

    Jipa Avoiding the "I guess.." since 2004

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    I recently heard a story of a friends' friend of mine kicking off a clamp from his old banger on a trip to Eastern Europe... Ofcourse not something I'd recommend trying, and even less if the car costs £350 000 :D Hilarious.

    And yeah the color seems nasty.
     
  5. M7ck

    M7ck Ⓜod Ⓜaster

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    They are both owned by the Qatari royal family (owners of Harrods) and the colour is of the royal familys 'Baby Blue'. Apparently they have wasted painted dozens of beautiful cars that awful colour.
     
  6. Jipa

    Jipa Avoiding the "I guess.." since 2004

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    It's actually pretty close to the color of your signature. Go figure :>
     
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  7. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    I quite like that colour. Besides, it's a hypercar, it's supposed to be a hideous shade!
     
  8. BentAnat

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    MAAAN!
    Tha colour alone warrants the clamps. :)
     
  9. stonedsurd

    stonedsurd Is a cackling Yuletide Belgian

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    I beg to differ. I rather like the color.

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  10. 13eightyfour

    13eightyfour Formerly Titanium Angel

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    I actually like the colour tbh. Footballers cars are MUCH worse imo.

    You'd have to be quite brave clamping those though, could you imagine if you scratched either you'd probably be executed!
     
  11. liratheal

    liratheal Sharing is Caring

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    Where's Angle-Grinder Man when you need him :p
     
  12. el2k

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    I absolutely love that colour..
     
  13. mvagusta

    mvagusta Did a skid that went for two weeks.

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    It's a pretty cool color... it stands out like dogs balls, it just screams out:
    "HEY EVERYONE, LOOK AT ME, BECAUSE I AM F__ING AWESOME"
    and then it says:
    "WHAT WAS THAT? I'M SORRY, I COULDN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF HOW F__ING AWESOME I AM"
     
  14. BentAnat

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    It's a shouty colour, yes... But couldn't they have used Lime green? Orange? I also know that those colours are all more "pedestrian", but IMHO, the blue is almost as bad as pink. Especially THAT blue.
    It does shout very loudly, though
     
  15. DeathAwaitsU

    DeathAwaitsU I'm Back :D

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    I couldnt give a sh*t about the colour, i still want one :D
     
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    I actually saw this, and have a pic of the CCXR from earlier in the day, just off Picadilly

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    I then saw the Lambo on Sloane Street but didnt take a photo...
     
  17. GreatOldOne

    GreatOldOne Wannabe Martian

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    Urrggghh. I can see that's is definatly not Gulf Blue now. 'Tis horrid.
     
  18. whisperwolf

    whisperwolf What's a Dremel?

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    it does set of the colour of the clamps quite nicely. and by nicely I mean eye vomitingly
     
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  19. mvagusta

    mvagusta Did a skid that went for two weeks.

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    The clamps do contrast with the blue pretty well, but if I was the parking sheriff, i'd probably do something like this:
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  20. stonedsurd

    stonedsurd Is a cackling Yuletide Belgian

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    The pink Murcielago SV?
     

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