Ford GT in Tallaght

vicbarry

Anyone see it in the Indo today?? Anyone with some photos? Id nearly drive up from down south to have a nose at it!

drdre

nah didnot hear anything, what was written in the newspaper.did they name someone who has one or what?

Fabritzo

Spitfire666

I only wish it was a bit more than boring silver. the yellow/black or the blue/white or even the white/blue ones look stunning but the silver isnt lary enough

vicbarry

Cheers for that. Did anybody pass it with a camera phone or otherwise?? Savage car!!!!

drdre

wow , i might pop in tommorrow to have a look.:D , is the only 1 in ireland if so then they should of had a bid on the car so the ighest bidder would have got it as it would have gone for mad money.

Henry Ford III

It is the only one in Ireland.
Purchase was by application to FoMoCo. Fixed price too, subject to vetting.
Some have since appeared on ebay unfortunately.

ciarsd

I heard a rumour - don't know how true, that the GT owner is also the owner of a well known Ford Main Dealer garage in south Dublin?

Again, I only heard the rumour.

_Turismo4

That is a beautiful car, and it’s Jeremy Clarkson choice in Top Gear.

qz

3rd favourite car. Might pop in to have a look see!

Spitfire666

i think it looks smaller in silver for some strange reason.
I remember thinking that clarksons blue one looked a bit smaller then the yellow GT they had in the studio before it went on sale when they made a big deal about the automatic filler cap were it opend like a space ship hatch.

The Bollox

I love the Ford GT, it's my second favourite car. I might have to have a look see over the weekend

AJ!

It doesn't have stripes! Usually Silver GTs come with white stripes. Is the showroom open on saturday?

Spitfire666

i noticed that too. ive seen it in silver with dark stripes too (black or dark grey i think it was).

drdre

qz and marts whats your favourite car, mine is pagani zonda, or ferrari fxx.

tred

drdre wrote:

qz and marts whats your favourite car, mine is pagani zonda, or ferrari fxx.

I was in galways main ford dealer on monday, he said there having it in there 3 weeks time. it must be doing the rounds in the countrys dealers first...

Gary ITR

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Just had a look see on my way home

drdre

thanks for the pic onkle, i think the guy that owns it must be getting paid for giving it to different dealers to show off.:D

Spitfire666

it may have been in the contract that if he was givin the honour of being allowed to buy it he would have to let it be shown off.

Gary ITR

It looks amazing in the flesh, I'm going to go in saturday for a proper look

vicbarry

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Just had a look see on my way home

Ahhh great pic Onkle. Cheers for that!!!!!!!!

techguy

I wonder will Kavanaghs in charleville, Co. Cork Have it for a few days? I no a lad that works in there.

qz

drdre wrote:

qz and marts whats your favourite car, mine is pagani zonda, or ferrari fxx.

1. DB9 (I'm 99% sure that this isn't just a car!)
2. M5 (sentimental reasons)
3. Ford GT (for the way it looks from the back at speed).

tred

Had a look today, its there.. All i can say is WOW!!!!

copacetic

apparently it is vince power who bought it..

MercMad

Yeah silver is boring on a car like that !

If its going into a collection I wonder whether it will be registered at all, thus avoiding the €73,000 VRT !

tred

MercMad wrote:

Yeah silver is boring on a car like that !

If its going into a collection I wonder whether it will be registered at all, thus avoiding the €73,000 VRT !

Actually its a red one thats in galway with a white stripe. some document on window stating that higgins galway is the oldest family ford dealership in ireland so maybe thats why they got the loan of it...its a smasher!!

ciarsd

The one in Galway, is indeed a second GT for Ireland. It was on the quays in Dublin on the back of a transporter - most probably on its way to Galway. Think it is purely for showing off though and not for sale.

Max_Damage

I cycle past Tallaght Ford and see the GT every day. I'm sort of sick of looking at it now!:p

drdre

daveym wrote:

apparently it is vince power who bought it..

who is vince power?

drdre

Max_Damage wrote:

I cycle past Tallaght Ford and see the GT every day. I'm sort of sick of looking at it now!:p

i thought there was only 1 ford gt in ireland so how can you see itif its in galway

Max_Damage

There's 2 apprently, a grey one in Tallaghht Airton, and a Red/White one in Galway.

There's probably more GT's in this country than there is Lada's and Yugo's!;)

drdre

Max_Damage wrote:

There's 2 apprently, a grey one in Tallaghht Airton, and a Red/White one in Galway.

There's probably more GT's in this country than there is Lada's and Yugo's!;)

alright and does anyone know who bought them.

copacetic

drdre wrote:

who is vince power?

he is the guy who owns/used to own the mean fiddler
business in UK and Ireland, there was a report in one
of the business sections last week that said he had bought
the silver one (90% certain it was him)

drdre

daveym wrote:

he is the guy who owns/used to own the mean fiddler
business in UK and Ireland, there was a report in one
of the business sections last week that said he had bought
the silver one (90% certain it was him)

alright thanks.i didnot know who he was.

V6 Alfa

Really great looking car and its great that they produced it, but Clarkson sent his back to Ford because it kept breaking down, and that says it all. For the money I would take a murcielago, or would even hold out for the new miura, if they ever make it!

tred

ciarsd wrote:

The one in Galway, is indeed a second GT for Ireland. It was on the quays in Dublin on the back of a transporter - most probably on its way to Galway. Think it is purely for showing off though and not for sale.

Barry who owns barry motors/ Motorpark. Bought it. Talking to one of the service guys yesterday. hes only driven it once since it arrived. A beast of a car. They dont know what his palns for it are, maybe to draw new prospective customers just to the Forecourt. Thats the rumour anyway.
He defo bought it..

gaillimhabu

Here is the one in higgins galway. Savage

tred

V6 Alfa wrote:

Really great looking car and its great that they produced it, but Clarkson sent his back to Ford because it kept breaking down, and that says it all. For the money I would take a murcielago, or would even hold out for the new miura, if they ever make it!

And that would keep breaking down too. In a previous life i worked on an IT project for VW--Laborghini on their warranty management system...my god if u cross referenced owners to warranty calls there was at least 3 for each car...hilarious!! that was just up to the Diablo i think before the muircealgo was sold..

tred

gaillimhabu wrote:

Here is the one in higgins galway. Savage

thats the one..its inside the showroom now. its a real wow car when u see it in the flesh. its a beast!...

fletch

tred wrote:

thats the one..its inside the showroom now. its a real wow car when u see it in the flesh. its a beast!...

Wow it looks so much better in red than the silver one in Tallaght!

drdre

the one is red looks nicer.also how much they sell there one for or did they put up the price due to demand:D

AJ!

Well I know what I'd do if I had a Ford GT...

drdre

AJ! wrote:

Well I know what I'd do if I had a Ford GT...

that car looks bloody amazing.

Mac 3

Hi Lads,

Any idea how long the GT will be in Motorpark for? I might take a drive up but i dont want to come home disappointed....

Thanks

Mac

qz

Mac 3 wrote:

Hi Lads,

Any idea how long the GT will be in Motorpark for? I might take a drive up but i dont want to come home disappointed....

Thanks

Mac

I reckon it's long gone at this stage!

drdre

will the gt be back in dublin or is it still in tallaght ford.

PaddyFagan

It was still in Tallaght on Saturday, I drove by and had a quick glance....

Paddy

cormie

I still prefer the murcielago myself, in fact, I've never seen a car I've wanted more!!



And yup, I think it's around the same price tag too. If I had about 1.5 million saved, I'd buy this. Maybe one day:D

tred

qz wrote:

I reckon it's long gone at this stage!

its supposidly there for good!. ring ahead and ask. well worth the trip, a fantastic looking car..

qz

tred wrote:

its supposidly there for good!. ring ahead and ask. well worth the trip, a fantastic looking car..

I've never been more happy to be wrong