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You want to tour grandly across Europe. You have a passenger, luggage and possible some bicycles. What is your weapon of choice top five?
1. Range Rover Sport TDV8
2. BMW 535d
3. Porsche Cayenne
4. RS6
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Andy C
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1. Jag XJR
2. Audi RS4 Avant
3. BMW M5 Touring
4. Merc CLS 500
5. Bentley Continental Saloon |
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1) Aston Martin DB9
2) Rolls Royce Phantom
3) Audi RS6 Avant
4) Mercedes R(whatever the number is) AMG
5) VW Touareg (I know, shoot me)
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1. Citroen C6
2. Mercedes S-class with a big 5-litre engine
3. Range Rover TDV-8
4. Rolls Royce Phantom
5. Bentley Azure
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr
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Porsche 997 GT3 and FedEx for the bikes
Maserati Quattroporte 4.7 auto and ditto
RR Phantom and ditto
Aston DBS and ditto
Brabus C class estate with the biturbo V12 |
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01. Renault Avantime (because I've yet to manage a Euro-trip in it. I know, I know...)
02. Audi S8
03. Rolls-Royce Phantom
04. A truly enormous motorhome
05. Citroen C6
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Original red and black Hebmuller Beetle towing an Airstream shed
White and Red T1 Samba
BMW 330i SE Touring
Citroen C6
Rolls Phantom Drophead
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A6 Avant, with the 4.2 TDi from the A8.
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If you're taking the bikes it has to be a Nissan Navara.
Other wise
1) E39 M5 (much better economy than the new one)
2) Anything with a big diesel engine
3) Er..... |
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M.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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Exatley, not easy is it? To carry stuff like bikes and go the distance in moderate luxury really does limit you to the German hyper-estates - sports cars will not cut it unless you go the the Fed-Ex route which somewhat misses the point.
I think the Panamera will go the top of the list when that's launched. Few real rivals at the moment. Perhaps the Rapide should have been a wagon? |
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TimR
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M.
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Yes.
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr
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| kraftwerk wrote: | | 01. Renault Avantime (because I've yet to manage a Euro-trip in it. I know, I know...) |
You need to have a word with yourself - you could get from Walthamstow to the Tunnel in less time than to West London. |
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Stuntman
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I'd say sod the bikes.
Without:
Ferrari 599 GTB
Porsche Cayman S (more luggage space than a 911)
Aston Vantage
But if I had to carry bikes:
RS4 Avant
RS6 Avant
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Tour grandly? With bicycles? Surely an oxymoron.
My problem is that I find most fast modern convertibles rather crass and vulgar so I'd prefer a classic.
1. A black Mercedes 300SL Gullwing. If I can afford one of those, I could afford a bespoke bike-rack to get the bikes affixed to the bootlid if absolutely necessary.
2. A silver Ferrari 250 LWB California. Sod the bikes. Buy 'em each time they're needed and then give them away to deserving locals upon departure.
If modern is a must:
1. Ferrari California (the new V8 folding-roof job) in a dark metallic with a bespoke rear valence to get rid of the vulgar stacked exhausts. Again, bikes be damned.
2. If collecting and carting vino around is required, then a dark green BMW M5 Touring would do the trick nicely. The bikes will fit in around the plonk.
3. Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione in darkest blue. Why would I need a bike?
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr
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| Racing wrote: | | Sod the bikes. Buy 'em each time they're needed and then give them away to deserving locals upon departure. |
I like your thinking |
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DarthBalls
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Maserati Quattroporte
RS4 Estate
911S
XKR convertible
Honda NSX
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Nice Guy Eddie
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I think it would be down to what I actually would want to do the trip in.
Ferrari 250 GT Lusso - Note Lusso not SWB for the added practicality
Aston Martin DB5
Ferrari Daytona
Ferrari 275 gtb/4
Porsche 911
I'm sure you could put a decent bike rack on all of these
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Dr. Hfuhruhurr
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| Nice Guy Eddie wrote: | | Ferrari 250 GT Lusso - Note Lusso not SWB for the added practicality |
And just happens to be the most beautiful Ferrari ever made (IMHO) |
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needmorepower
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| Dr. Hfuhruhurr wrote: | | Nice Guy Eddie wrote: | | Ferrari 250 GT Lusso - Note Lusso not SWB for the added practicality |
And just happens to be the most beautiful Ferrari ever made (IMHO) |
Love it, but I can't get away from Eddie's other choice as being the most beatuiful car EVER...
275gtb/4... oh how I love thee (NART Spyder if we're really getting picky!)
Back to the OP
1) Range Rover (not Sport) TDV8 (although I'll take the plain V8 if I'm not paying)
2) RS6 Avant
3) Avantime
4) Ferrari 456 Shooting Brake (if the Sultan lets me borrow it)
5) Bentley Brooklands and buy folding bikes
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