Nice! I like the touch of color on the flowers & the door!
What kind of flower bushes are those - are they roses or something else? The shape doesn't look quite like a rose bush?
That was with my wife's little Leica X2, it was rather dark too, I had to use ISO 1600. It takes a good picture. Not sure about the bushes, but the blooms are actually yellow, the red is me messing with PS.
I dropped by the photog place where I usually shop and they had a Leica M9 for sale on consignment; 9/10 condition (almost a year left on the warranty), Voigtlander 35 & 75mm lenses, Luigi half-case, strap, bag, fistful of 16 & 32GB memory cards, for $5500, but I offered 4800 cash and they took it. All that together looks like it's 8000 new, so I think I did okay. It's more camera than I was looking for, but it should do me for quite some time.
A Koenigsegg CCX that I had factory refreshed and then upgraded to within an inch of its Swedish life.
If my memory serves me correctly, Magick bought a CCX that was upgraded to CCXR trim. So, in a way, you're both correct.
Magick, I think there was a really crappy kid's movie recently about the Weiner Dog Nationals.
Oh God, don't mention anything about Wiener, that's all I've heard lately is "Wiener did this, Wiener showed that, Wiener won't pull out (of the election)". The news has been nothing but a NY sausage fest lately.
Put it back in your pants and never take it out again dude, no joking.
Yeah, that's the CCX (now the second with a visible CF body and the only one in LHD), proof that car companies will do almost anything if you pay them. 973 whp, 775 lb/ft,
with a stick. Still a single clutch system, but it doesn't seem to have issues and operates well (it is a little heavier than I expected, but not Ford GT levels of weight). I was a little surprised that it wasn't set up when it arrived, it understeered badly, but the car came with a very concise manual (seriously, you could almost build the car with the info provided), so we adjusted the damping and that fixed it. So far I really like it. "Of course you like it!" Well no, I was actually bracing for the worst but it drives really well. It's not overly polished, like a 458, but it's a load of fun and will keep you awake.
In somewhat related news, Ben Chan, the idiot mod who had me banned from Luxury4play (for saying "having money doesn't mean you have taste"
*), apparently has totalled an MP4-12C into a storage locker at high speed, after losing control of the car on the highway. No, he wasn't hurt in the wreck, but that McLaren is a write-off, ouch. He was also the same person
who said the Koenigsegg Agera R is a "hunk of s**t". In that instance, he'd cried that the car had a small scratch after letting it sit on display at a Vegas car show before taking delivery (see, there's a reason you don't do silly crap like that, let the manufacturers take the risk), and whined that the car handled poorly, so he immediately turned around and sold it and then badmouthed the company. I guess he wasn't smart enough to
read the farking manual. :rolleyes: If he can't handle something as easy to drive as the MP4 (which almost drives itself) then he has no business passing judgement on any sports car, perhaps next time he'll leave the TC and ESC on? While my situation Koenigsegg wasn't as smooth as silk, they did make things right, and DID go above and beyond when I told them I wasn't happy (I got some high-dollar swag and free air delivery). It goes to show that being wealthy (Chan's daddy is rich, he isn't) doesn't mean you have any class, either.
Edit: I forgot, the CCX hits 0-60mph in 2.9s, but I might be able to shave a tiny bit more after I get accustomed to its clutch.
Oh, and the look... If a supercar can be considered understated, this one is. The raw CF, w/ badge delete (it doesn't say CCX or CCXR anywhere on it), is very clean and gives it a "serious business" look. There are so many things the car has going for it, it's impressed me quite a bit so far. 
