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Goodwood FOS 2018

c63chris

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So I had the good fortune to go to Goodwood yesterday. Overall a cracking day out. Was corporate hospitality so was in the Hill Pavillion which is on th first bend of the hill climb course. Some lovely cars there on the day. Got off to a funny start. They had Lord March as passenger in 1965 Mustang. Siemens had rigged it up as an autonomous car. It wasn’t quite right. The “driver”had to keep correcting the steering as the car decided straw bales looked more safe than tarmac!

The Mercedes display is a bit flat. They have the new AMG hyper car but then it’s not much. Couple of G63 wagons, who wants one of those! A diesel a Class and a 220d C saloon. That was it. In contrast the BMW stand was on three floors, had the M2, M3 and M5 on display as well as a separate area showing the new 6 and 8 series. The 850 looks lovely! Mercedes we’re giving owners fre water and AMG sweets though!

Highlight of the day was the rocket man. Proper jet pack, flying up and down the course. Real James Bond. The new long tail McLaren was unveiled and they had the Senna on display as well.
 
How dare you insult the lovely G wagen Sir! Admin staff throw him off the forum:)
 
And the whole thing is live on youtube (not the same as being there) watched most of it yesterday, agreed the rocket man was amazing.
 
Remember to take your Mercedes Keys to access a 'private' area of the MB stand.
 
Some photos from the day. Sorry didn’t take many as was too busy looking at the cars!
 
Watched the live stream ... the hill climb shootout on Sunday is going to be interesting! (VW had their electric Pikes Peak car there, which set the fastest time in practice despite clipping the bales and losing some bits of aero).
 
I was there today, forgot the keys to either of the mercs and they wouldn’t let me in their stand area even with a picture of the V5!!
 
The E55 AMG at 7 minutes 50 seconds of this Shmee150 video of Goodwood FOS looks familiar...

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The E55 AMG at 7 minutes 50 seconds of this Shmee150 video of Goodwood FOS looks familiar...

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Who’s is it, I saw it there!
 
This year’s Mercedes stand was a bit of a serious disappointment compared to previous years. And putting Project One behind glass, when you can get up close and personal to far more expensive exotica in the paddocks...
 
This year’s Mercedes stand was a bit of a serious disappointment compared to previous years. And putting Project One behind glass, when you can get up close and personal to far more expensive exotica in the paddocks...
Have to agree on both counts, though the bottled water and ice lollys on the viewing platform were very welcome in the heat.
 

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