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Picked up my car at the weekend - I really like it Just a shame it hasn't stopped raining since I got it

Going back to the earlier comment on Kayaking When we were there in October we did the day trip with these guys which was fantastic https://www.blazinpaddles.com

Another UK Senna gets modified - is this the 3rd one thats crashed?

Probably go there for dinner/drinks on Wed 3rd Oct

Thanks for the list - think I'll try Geoffreys for Sat lunch and bar does look good at E.P. & L.P Also thanks for the offer to meet up - let me come back to you once I've sorted out an overall agenda

Fortunately the website is back just in time I'm heading over to LA with the Mrs for a few days in early October Anyone recommend some Restaurants and Bars I should try? I already booked Nobu Malibu and Il Pastio

BTW for those of you like me who live in a right hand drive country I was quite impressed that the car the showed us here in the UK was RHD - normally they don't build these until they are a few months into production

It slots into hinges at the top and then there are locks on the bottom - you can see the hinges here Sorry for the bad picture but the lighting there wasn't great

So who else here is going to the UK launch event next Wednesday - be good to all have a chat there?

Honestly can you tell me one other company where a CEO who behaves like this could possibly still have a job? Clearly the shares fell badly at the end of the week but to me this all looks very much like Enron Musk has clearly got massive personal debt which is secured by his shares so there must be a price at which he will be margin called and it will be game over http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-60...alia-Banks.html

Tesla leant me an X to try a few weeks ago I actually thought it drove ok for a family car but for me the interior finish is just crap for such an expensive car Also had a go in the Jaguar which I prefer - but as others have said why buy any of them when the new Audi / BMW / Merc EVs are about to come out (keep hearing great things from people that have tried the Merc)? ....... what I have also heard/read about Tesla is that the service centres can't cope with the workload - so if your car works its fine but if anything goes wrong or you have a crash the car could be in the garage for months ....... and of course you have the issue that cds market predicts >40% chance of Tesla going bankrupt - and who is going to support your worthless car then

BTW if you are in the UK apparently they are showing us the car on 29 August at Salon Prive

They aren't exactly stand alone When I was at the factory seeing my Roadster being built there are Audi and Porsche boxes and components everywhere

Think he had very serious lung and other cancer - which I guess caused complications Thats why he had already said he was stepping down at the end of the year

How about the 812Superfast "tdf" - thats got to be another 3 years away?

Certainly on the S all the parts are marked with colourful numbers which you just match up so its pretty obvious how it fits

The first few times are a pain but I do the AventadorS Roadster roof in around 3 minutes now but having said that I only really use the car in the dry so normally leave the roof off and just put the cover over the car

Is China really that important a market and anyway I thought their hope was for the Urus to increase sales there? I've still never understood why they sell so few in America given the relative size of the economy compared to UK/Germany/Canada Sales by Country 2017 USA (1,095) Japan (411) UK (353) Germany (303) Greater China (265) Canada (211) Middle East (164) Whats more I presume when they talk about Greater China that China + Hong Kong + Taiwan - so mainland sales are probably <100

I thought it had already been discussed that the limited special car is a Lambo V12 bolted onto the Porsche 918 electric/hybrid drive system? Which I presume is idea going forward - that all the VW group will basically use a common hybrid system and a single electric system in all the cars

Did you get to see this at the factory?

Did you say you wanted a coupe or roadster?

Thanks

Will try and do that when I'm there in October Was that with these guys? https://www.blazinpaddles.com

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If you have been to the factory you can clearly see that the issue for them is producing the carbon tubs - I think they said the carbon plant is now running 24 hours but they still can only make something like 6 per day The production line itself is also limited Now clearly they could invest in another production line - but that would be mega money which I doubt VW currently want them to spend As such I don't think they are able to increase V12 production