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General Category => The Chill Out Room => Topic started by: Coyoteboy on September 17, 2007, 10:15:57 pm

Title: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: Coyoteboy on September 17, 2007, 10:15:57 pm

They've hit 30,000 and the 185 was only produced to 26K IIRC. Super.

Title: Re: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: paul_gt4 on September 18, 2007, 12:52:37 am

you serious they've made that many, couldn't see the customer base for all of them

Title: Re: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: Coyoteboy on September 18, 2007, 12:55:09 am

Yup, apparently so - they are stepping up the production lines to run 10,000 a year!?

Title: Re: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: paul_gt4 on September 18, 2007, 01:02:05 am

i wouldn't buy one i'd have the new M5 long before one

Title: Re: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: ChrisW on September 18, 2007, 08:27:47 am

Quote from: paul_gt4 on September 18, 2007, 01:02:05 am

i wouldn't buy one i'd have the new M5 long before one

It would take 2 months to read the manual to get the settings sorted, lol, but I must agree, the M5 over the conti. Having said that, I'm gonna have to drive down to get a good look at something big and shiny in our local Audi garage and post it up ;)

Cheers

Title: Re: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: GT4m on September 18, 2007, 11:08:53 am

I'll take a new S8 please lol

Old man had one of the older S8's and it was an awesome beast :)

Title: Re: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: ST165OKE on September 18, 2007, 11:36:28 am

how many 165 they produce was it 10k?

Title: Re: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: Coyoteboy on September 18, 2007, 11:36:57 am

All too big and heavy, Ariel Atom is the way to go :)

Title: Re: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: Coyoteboy on September 18, 2007, 11:37:33 am

26500 165s officially.

Title: Re: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: ST165OKE on September 18, 2007, 12:12:43 pm

hmmm where it say that?
cos mine is 9401 and its a g reg last of the line
course i could be wrong

Title: Re: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: Gary ST165 on September 18, 2007, 12:14:10 pm

imho, 26500 is way too high...."Flowerpower" is not 100% correct, but a good reference never the less.


mine is one of the last off the production line after July 1989 @ # 10037 according to EPC and the "Russain site"

the highest 165 chassis numbers i have seen:

#10078 on TTE Tour De Corse '91

(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d38/skintbinlid/ST165%20TTE%20TC454%20Tour%20De%20Corse/th_car7.jpg) (http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d38/skintbinlid/ST165%20TTE%20TC454%20Tour%20De%20Corse/car7.jpg)


and  #10081 on TTE Safari '90

(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d38/skintbinlid/Goodwood%20FOS%202006/ST165%20safari%201990/th_GoodwoodFOS07017.jpg) (http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d38/skintbinlid/Goodwood%20FOS%202006/ST165%20safari%201990/GoodwoodFOS07017.jpg)

Title: Re: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: Gary ST165 on September 18, 2007, 12:16:33 pm

oops no edit : i meant #10082 8)

Title: Re: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: ST165OKE on September 18, 2007, 12:20:30 pm

hmmm guess its a well never know for sure thing.
but as u say i think 26500 is bit suspect although maybe half of them rusted before coming off the production line lol  ;D (i drive one im allowed to make that joke)

Title: Re: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: Gary ST165 on September 18, 2007, 12:28:39 pm

ban him :D

http://www.toyota.mnc.ru/framno/ST165.html

Title: Re: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: Coyoteboy on September 18, 2007, 12:49:41 pm

Fair enough, the evidence does point to somewhere around 10K then!

Title: Re: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: Coyoteboy on September 18, 2007, 12:53:44 pm

Although the russian site does say 205s are rarer than 185s (looks like they reckon ~15K made?) Surely that cant be right, we all know theyre as common as muck :) hehehe

Title: Re: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: paul_gt4 on September 18, 2007, 05:39:48 pm

i got a drive in an aerial atom and i'm sure most of the northern irish guys know the white rocks road out opast kelly's in portrush on the north coast couldn't have done it on a better road they are damn scary even though they are powered by a honda

Title: Re: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: ChrisW on September 21, 2007, 03:10:22 pm

From the Tyneside Audi site, as they moved it indoors cos, surprisingly, it's raining:

Audi R8 (http://www.audi.co.uk/audi/partner_uk/uk_762/new_cars/r8/Performance_Features.html)

Title: Re: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: Coyoteboy on September 21, 2007, 04:13:04 pm

Now i do like that.

Title: Re: Rarer than a continental GT :)
Post by: madgaz on September 22, 2007, 12:42:10 am

Sure I saw an R8 on the M62 tonight :o

Whatever Audi it was it was Foo Kin Gorgeous 8) 8) 8)