Maybe Zsolt got to drive the Bristol because his name is "Zsolt."
Tony Crook must be a man who can appreciate a badass name. James and Jeremy obviously have this problem; maybe if the former changed his name to "Velociraptor Hawker-Hurricane May" he would have a better shot at landing himself a test drive.
No offense to your Hungarian friend, but I'm curious how his slow cruise could have adequately supported his commentary. And that interior would be sub par in a kit car.
@snapoversteer should STFU because: Before he took the wheel, he rode in the car as a passenger for a longer trip—and this is a guy who has driven pretty much anything over the past 20 years. But certainly it’s a brief impression of the car.
i've always thought of bristols, especially those old yestertech ones they still make, as those old tailored made english jackets from saville row, tailor-made for the british old rich
The reason why people buy Bristols is simple. It's the same reason why heroin addicts take that next hit. They are "Chasing The Dragon." They are hoping that the next time they drive it, everything will be perfect and work. Of course, this rarely happens.
Well, its nice to see more austere British cars being tested. I read in Octane Magazine (outside of Jalopnik, probably the greatest publication out) a review of the car and it does sound interesting.
My main concern is whether or not it smells like fuel all the time. Anything that proports to be an "authentic British motorcar" gives me pause. I think it is just a euphemism for fundamentally under engineered, requires a bottle of Gin and strange proprietary tools to work on and cubic amounts of money.
...and to think, I sell vintage British cars for a living!
While it is easy to just assume that the desire to own a Bristol is similar to that desire to date that girl in high school that always had a boyfriend that did not deserve her, but really you wanted her because you could not have her.
But there is more, it is very unfair to say that they eschew the engineering of the aerospace heritage. They are actually very heavily engineered. What does "neither unibodies nor monocoques" even mean? Unibodies and monocoques (although most cars that say they have a monocoque do not have true monocoque more on that later) are the same thing. Sure trucks use a body on frame construction, but so does the Corvette, all lotuses since the elise, V12 lambos, Saleen S7, and many more. The fighter is very well thought out and had lots of unique design criteria that makes alot of sense. They have stated they have concerns with composite structures lasting the 50+ years they want these cars to last.
Back to monocoques and its misuse. The word means single skin and denotes an aviation technique to use the skin as a stress member of the stucture. Unibodies use in most cars are very good examples of this. Look at bare frame of a modern car and you can see many of the body panels are part of the structure. But other cars like the McLaren MP4-12c that says that has a carbon monocoque, does not have a true monocoque. its body panels are aluminum, so obviously not a carbon monocoque. There are good reasons that true monocoques are not used for road cars, because damaging a panel would get very expensive and there are so many doors and other opening on a car that you quickly put more load on an internal frame than on the skin.
So in conclusion, I have issues with dealing with a girl I never dated in high school and I address this by ranting on the internet.
I am all for plain, simple interiors. I prefer them to lots of touchscreens and satnav because the mechanics are more important than having just the right color stitching to match your Manolos. But the interior in this is laughable. It looks like its straight out of a an '90s Honda - believe me I would know, I now drive one - right down to the aftermarket stereo.
$370,000? I don't care how rare it is. If I want a fast car with a crap interior that goes like shit why not spend a third as much on a Viper? - and still get the same engine (not that I ever would. I would buy a used Porsche Turbo. For even less. AND get a nice interior with it.)
...Oh, and then you could use your remaining funds to buy a DBS and get probably the hottest interior known to man...as well as a 510hp V12.
Ok, aside from the blatant BS with photoshopping, anybody else catch this?
"... the competitor in the far lane is overheating the 500-cubic-inch Hemi in his Ford Anglia, an engine he built at the expense of multiple mortgage payments and his wife."
Yup, the guy in the opposite lane is an idiot for spending a couple grand on his 500ci Hemi, while you spent NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS on a POS monstrosity that has less cargo space than an xB, is the same speed in the 1/4 mile as a Camaro SS, and probably slower around a track than the Evo, and costs more than all of them put together.
Being the "fastest SUV" is like being the smartest person in Special Ed. Great, you beat your peers. Too bad you'll always need the qualifier any time you're talking about performance...
@IH_kumicho: Hey don't be hatin on BMW just for what C&D did. Say what you want about the looks but this car certainly is not a POS. What BMW did in the X6 is pretty amazing, that big heavy SUV can handle like a mid-size car while still retaining some offroading ability (granted I know many SUV's can do much better but none of those would be able to hold their own on a track). And the X6 M may have a similar 1/4 mile as a Camero SS but on a real track (aka something that takes a little more skill than driving in a straight line) I am completely confident that this would out handle it.
10/13/09
I love Bristols, but I just don't get the Fighter.
10/13/09
Remelem nagyon fasza volt! XD
10/12/09
Sure, I know it's all about the engine, but why the 1988 Pontiac Grand Am switchgear?
10/12/09
Tony Crook must be a man who can appreciate a badass name. James and Jeremy obviously have this problem; maybe if the former changed his name to "Velociraptor Hawker-Hurricane May" he would have a better shot at landing himself a test drive.
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My main concern is whether or not it smells like fuel all the time. Anything that proports to be an "authentic British motorcar" gives me pause. I think it is just a euphemism for fundamentally under engineered, requires a bottle of Gin and strange proprietary tools to work on and cubic amounts of money.
...and to think, I sell vintage British cars for a living!
10/12/09
But there is more, it is very unfair to say that they eschew the engineering of the aerospace heritage. They are actually very heavily engineered. What does "neither unibodies nor monocoques" even mean? Unibodies and monocoques (although most cars that say they have a monocoque do not have true monocoque more on that later) are the same thing. Sure trucks use a body on frame construction, but so does the Corvette, all lotuses since the elise, V12 lambos, Saleen S7, and many more. The fighter is very well thought out and had lots of unique design criteria that makes alot of sense. They have stated they have concerns with composite structures lasting the 50+ years they want these cars to last.
Back to monocoques and its misuse. The word means single skin and denotes an aviation technique to use the skin as a stress member of the stucture. Unibodies use in most cars are very good examples of this. Look at bare frame of a modern car and you can see many of the body panels are part of the structure. But other cars like the McLaren MP4-12c that says that has a carbon monocoque, does not have a true monocoque. its body panels are aluminum, so obviously not a carbon monocoque. There are good reasons that true monocoques are not used for road cars, because damaging a panel would get very expensive and there are so many doors and other opening on a car that you quickly put more load on an internal frame than on the skin.
So in conclusion, I have issues with dealing with a girl I never dated in high school and I address this by ranting on the internet.
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Please tell me that prospective buyers are able to take one out for a spirited jaunt before the wire transfer of funds.
10/12/09
$370,000? I don't care how rare it is. If I want a fast car with a crap interior that goes like shit why not spend a third as much on a Viper? - and still get the same engine (not that I ever would. I would buy a used Porsche Turbo. For even less. AND get a nice interior with it.)
...Oh, and then you could use your remaining funds to buy a DBS and get probably the hottest interior known to man...as well as a 510hp V12.
...the owner's last name is 'Crook', huh?
10/12/09
for my KNEES.
/repeated eye-rolling
10/04/09
"... the competitor in the far lane is overheating the 500-cubic-inch Hemi in his Ford Anglia, an engine he built at the expense of multiple mortgage payments and his wife."
Yup, the guy in the opposite lane is an idiot for spending a couple grand on his 500ci Hemi, while you spent NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS on a POS monstrosity that has less cargo space than an xB, is the same speed in the 1/4 mile as a Camaro SS, and probably slower around a track than the Evo, and costs more than all of them put together.
Being the "fastest SUV" is like being the smartest person in Special Ed. Great, you beat your peers. Too bad you'll always need the qualifier any time you're talking about performance...
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