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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    Them Fiat 500 Abarths look like they would be fun.
    Still a Punto under the skin though.

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    That's like saying Nicole Kidman is just Anne Widdicombe under the skin.
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    Fewer saddlebags, though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    That's like saying Nicole Kidman is just Anne Widdicombe under the skin.
    The other way round surely?

    All the same to a blind man I dare say.

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    I fried my head a little trying to think it through, but yeah, I think I got it the right way round.

    Nicole's skin, with Anne inside.

    Like Abarth 500 skin, with Punto inside.

    Quite a pointless analogy really, and not very appealing. Poor Nicole's skin would be stretched to buggery, to the point that her skin would be translucent, and you would see Widders inside.

    That's it, I'll be having nightmares tonight.

    Anyway, I saw my next car while out today. A Merc SL55 AMG. Sounded like the end of the world was coming, I'm a bit put off by the 12mpg though. Apart from the looks, power, bulletproof build, exhaust sound, poor fuel economy and name it's basically a Daewoo Matiz.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    I hope you dig a hole afterwards and bury it!

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    Ignore my previous post, I now think I did get it the wrong way round. Thanks Geoff, you've broken my head.
    I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    Ignore my previous post, I now think I did get it the wrong way round. Thanks Geoff, you've broken my head.
    Think nothing of it!

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    Tesla S P100D!

    I was behind one of these yesterday, on a slip road onto the A40. We were both doing about 30mph, as he entered the main carriageway, he put his foot down and just vanished into the distance. I have never seen a road car accelerate that fast before, EVER! It was truly spectacular!!

    Here's a Top Gear test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHhZ9jk-DrU

    And here are some passenger reactions. Very funny : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3nU1K-fUnk

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    must have been the plus version. supposedly scary f1 stuff when selected 140 grand tho
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