Goodwood Festival of Speed

[davepoth]

A friend of mine managed to wrangle an extra contractor's armband for this morning, so I went along. All I can say is WOW. I got to touch a Bugatti Veyron, I saw the Maybach Coupé, smelt a heady mixture of leaded petrol and smoked tyres, and even saw Stirling Moss drifting something very loud old and silver. It was so good, I might even pay next year...

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[algtj]

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[davepoth]

Surprisingly not that ugly in the flesh. Probably something to do with not being able to see both ends at the same time due to the curvature of the earth...

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[SMIFTER]

I went there Friday on a corporate event.<br>
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Bloody Brilliant. Especially enjoyed touching the Mercedes Silver Arrow of Fangio, Watching Colin Macrae getting sideways in a scooby. The Veyron was a bit underwhelming but the Maybach was just massive and mean.<br>
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It was this one by the way, not the big saloons.<br>
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The Audi R10 Diesel was there, I really hope that isnt the shape of things to come in motorsport as its really boring to hear, just makes a whooshing noise.<br>
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Did you see the Rover SD1 with the 27 litre merlin engine on the PPC stand alongside the Rolls Royce trackday car? Nuts but I like it.<br>
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Also pretty cool was the Renault F1 team making the engine play god save the queen and the French National anthem.<br>
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It was a day of automotive porn.<br>
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Scary XE powered 1974 Dolomite Sprint Trackday Experiment. Maybe someday soon<br>
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[davepoth]

I missed so much stuff, it was mental. I just couldn't believe how big that maybach is.

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