It would be closer now

It was a funny one actually. I saw him clock me in his rear view mirror...

Him: I bet he has no idea how fast this is. Sure, those 20vTs are faster than most people think... but this thing...
Me: I bet he thinks I have no idea how fast that RS2 is. In fact i know exactly how fast it is, and that is faster than a coop... but he has no idea how fast this coop is

Clash of the sleepers!! He floored it, I let him go... then reeled him in easily for a few seconds... and then let him go. Mark, I reckon it's nowhere near as close as it used to be AND the other way around I have a HUGE amount of respect for these cars though so didn't want to embarrass him.

It could even be the same one from all those years ago actually. Same colour and they aren't exactly common!

Wow and Wow again - not spotted by me but just noticed this on AutoCar@Goodwood...... JayKay has taste - Esprits/Miuras/Denise Van Outen and now this .....and in that colour!

There was a yellow McLaren F1 in Harrods race livery at Goodwood, commentator mentioned that he occasionally used it on the road

Sure does, spotted it leaving the M25 for the A3 last Wednesday

Yet to spot Kermit - JK's LaFerrari, don't suppose it will be long

The RS2

"With so much power available, the RS2 could accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometres per hour (62.1 mph) in 4.8 seconds, and achieve a maximum speed of 262 km/h (162.8 mph) (electronically restricted), despite weighing over 1,600 kilograms (3,527 lb). In a road test conducted in 1995, British car magazine Autocar timed the RS2 from 0 to 30 mph (48 km/h) at just 1.5 seconds, which they confirmed was faster than both the McLaren F1 road car, and also Jacques Villeneuve's Formula One car of that time. Even by more modern standards, its performance is exceptional; it could accelerate on-par with the C5 generation Chevrolet Corvette and a 996 generation Porsche 911. The top speed was 166 mph."

Saw an MG Maestro AND an MG Montego turbo (in white) the other day.

As always with mags like this, they do exaggerate a little. Once rolling, the 996 911 would easily pull away. I saw 5th Gear last night and they said that a 600bhp Rallycross car can out accelerate an F1 car based on the 2 sec 0-60 time. For maybe 50 feet sure, but see what happens after that...

The RS2 was 13.1 to 100mph which, although still quick, is nothing special nowadays. 315bhp for the record.

Did you see the Ken Block vs Hamilton thing they did in Barbados. They said on paper it would be close but in reality the F1 car looked so much quicker.

An interesting selection yesterday - I think the sun's bringing them out...

- Citroen DS on French plates(seen him three or four times recently)
- MGA
- Fiat Dino 246
- Maserati QP

1950's Bentley R-type Continental, and a blower Bentley.

More than a little gutted I couldn't get a picture.

For all you Dads and Disney 'Cars' fans........just seen the Hudson Hornet heading Northbound on the A46 at the Kenilworth turn-off. Black not Blue but nonetheless..........

And the Nello household welcomed this bad boy for a few hours the other day:


Latest Rapide S - 6.0 litres of V12 heaven - noise was immense in Sport mode when you open the throttle. They are a massive car but manage to feel half the size at pace thanks to the balance and handling. My boys loved the rear TV's. 550 BHP never felt sooo good. Mind you I hit 7.9 MPG at one point...........

Oh and I know this is mega money but Wow, Wow and Wow again....

Multipla

Uber rare and 6k from new....

XJS Eventer in Waitrose car park off the Holloway Road, in really good nick.

And an immaculate 1970's Fiat 1050 Mini-Moke-stylée thang in Antibe.

Couple of Bentleys inc. a Flying Spur, a Granturismo, x2 458 Italias, an F12 Berlinetta and an Arab registered Burgundy Aventador in a mad 20 minutes walking from Pimlico to Harrods last Tuesday (where I then 'spotted' Martin Brundle and Claudia Schiffer!!!)

Sunbeam Tiger in the paddock at Sillystone today, saw a Mk 4 Ford Zodiac estate on the M25 last weekend

The Batmobile.

Ok, it was on a trailer going north on the M1 around J29 but it was still the (a) Batmobile :-)

Oh I spotted Kitt in Whittlesey, again on a trailer lol

XJ220 coming down the hill into Burford on friday.

They were all out on Saturday - two BMW Z1s, Maserati V8, MG J-type, numerous other vintage cars.

Had a little back and forth with an E30 M3 last week between Heathrow and Chiswick. Aside from the exhaust-stained rear valance it looked very mint. And a great sound on that stretch under the flyover.

Spotted TWO LaFerraris on the M4 yesterday. One red, one yellow. Both had cameras mounted.

Six Ferraris over the weekend, of various flavours; a Dutch one was having a good look at the coupe as I passed him (in a traffic jam...)

It was a vintage hill climb at Loton (Shropshire) this weekend, so there were too many classics and vintages to count - but best was probably the Chain Gang Fraser Nash which we followed into a filling station.

It's a very small car. It had no door. It had a rather large driver and a rather large passenger. The driver was unable to bend one of his legs... getting in and getting moving was a ten minute job involving much rearrangement of partner, baggage, and clothing, and removal and replacement of steering wheel.

Followed a Dodge Charger SRT8 the other day, my, what a lot of light bulbs to replace so one was bound to be out. Actually 5 weren't working

Nice Met.Copper MP4-12c parked in the Moat Street/Croft Road car park Coventry underneath the ring road. Not sure I would have left it there TBH!

Theres a brand spanking 458 Spider used by its owner every day that goes in to Warwick around 0800 coming in from the A4177... Saw it again Friday morning and then a Fulvia Zagato heading south on the A46 towards the M40 island....

Broom yellow corvette in Corby not sure how rare they are though!?

I saw a Tesla Model S on the M20 today. Couldn't work out what it was until I looked up the Tesla logo.

Kind of a sort of large Jag and Maserati cross.... With a bit of typical wierd American design for good measure.

The performance stats are impressive too.

I test drove a tesla model S in Amsterdam earlier this year (their European headquarters is over there). Fantastic car and seriously quick! For an EV it also has very good range.

I spotted one of these in Bristol the other week too. I too was hunting for a badge to identify it - I had no idea Tesla had produced a car of this type...

Also spotted a Lancia Stratos on the M4 on the way home on the same day

Saw a DeLorean on my way home from work today.

You mean you went back to 1985 ?