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Felonious Crud

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It's a shame that Maserati stopped making a more 'pure' sports car like the F-type. The 4200 and GS were more in that sports-car mould whereas the GT lived up to its name very well.

Both work well on those long, smooth, quite-empty French roads.

Anyone else planning on watching the Grand Tour on Friday?

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midlifecrisis said:
The mustard ain't bad...nor are the empty route nationals and route departments...there's a few fit french women too...then there's South of France, still warm at the end of September...but yeah... France is rubbish
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French mustard is rubbish!

English mustard is the only mustard worth having! And it has to be Colemans! Accept no substitutions!
 
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Andyk said:
I agree on the F Type after driving one. A vwry exiting but different car to the GT and not sure you would get a good F Type R for 35k these days. They Have gone up in price like most cars…Looking at the classifieds you now need 40k plus.
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Well I have just gone from a GT to an F type V8 and I agree it has a very different feel. It is a fantastic drive. Technology has moved on as we all know- much as I loved my GT (an amazing car) the Jag does everything just a bit better- better brakes, better ride/handling/better climate/Sat Nav/steering/ sound system /superb ZF 8 speeed box and all the modern gadgets and features that the GT would have if it was designed today. Not knocking the Granturismo (I loved it for 11 years a fantastic car ,and a 4200 cc before that) just an objective comparison. The supercharged V8 is much torquier and flexible than my old 4.2 V8. The Jag is a very , very good car and great value when you look at what it offers......
 
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I took a serious look at an F-Type convertible, and even got invited to some kind of launch event for the facelift as a result. The biggest problem was the size of the boot. It's a bit bigger that the boot in a Gran Cabrio, but you don't have the option of using the rear seats for overspill. I couldn't see us doing a month long European road trip in an F-Type convertible, whereas it's totally do-able in a Gran Cabrio.
 
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BillyBob said:
I took a serious look at an F-Type convertible, and even got invited to some kind of launch event for the facelift as a result. The biggest problem was the size of the boot. It's a bit bigger that the boot in a Gran Cabrio, but you don't have the option of using the rear seats for overspill. I couldn't see us doing a month long European road trip in an F-Type convertible, whereas it's totally do-able in a Gran Cabrio.
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That's the one and only thing anyone should ever learn from Benny: how to travel light. Clean pants, socks, credit card and a stupid hat. Sorted. Clean pants and socks optional.
 
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