And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The first 200mph plus production car and arguably still the best because of its design purity. Engaging is the word I've heard used by those lucky enough to have driven one. More modern stuff may be "better" on paper but they're sterile. Ownership costs are terrifying apparently although they are reliable.
Put some decent paint on it and I'd commute in that.
ReplyDeleteIt's a McLaren F1 Longtail, if you can afford it you don't need to commute.
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The first 200mph plus production car and arguably still the best because of its design purity. Engaging is the word I've heard used by those lucky enough to have driven one. More modern stuff may be "better" on paper but they're sterile. Ownership costs are terrifying apparently although they are reliable.
DeleteDesign purity?
DeleteLanzante prepared FI I would guess. Steve_in_Ottawa
ReplyDeleteRemember right, they McLaren built it at the height of the C car era.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I like on those are they put the driver center, with a tiny passenger jump seat to left and right.
ReplyDeleteYa can’t commute in a 29yo auto. Plus, you would never get it street legal or insured.
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