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Vixen X-Rated Mayhemer Don't let your victories give you heart failure. Posts: 9,495	Car Sightings Oct 13, 2008 22:12:27 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Vixen on Oct 13, 2008 22:12:27 GMT Oct 11, 2008 22:28:26 GMT Wyvern said: Gallardo... Mmmmmmmm ;D I thought.... 'If only Wy was with me now'..... (Although I don't much fancy clearing my car up afterwards..... giggle)
	They say I have a short attention span, they just don't ....... Oh, look! A chicken!

Wyvern Moderator Mildly Moist Turn your dreams into ambitions - dreams end when you wake up, ambitions don't. Posts: 17,758	Car Sightings Oct 13, 2008 22:26:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Wyvern on Oct 13, 2008 22:26:38 GMT I love them. I do. That is the car of my dreams
	On me your voice falls as they say love should, like an enormous yes - Philip Larkin, For Sidney Bechet You've been really bad - you can have a Proton Septic Nappy - JC I'd like a hands free cooker as well, but I think that's called a girlfriend - James May, Nuts Magazine

Vixen X-Rated Mayhemer Don't let your victories give you heart failure. Posts: 9,495	Car Sightings Oct 14, 2008 15:31:12 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Vixen on Oct 14, 2008 15:31:12 GMT It was green nods
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Car Sightings Oct 15, 2008 0:20:52 GMT

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Post by xjsarah on Oct 15, 2008 0:20:52 GMT

I went to the Town Hall to pay my Council Tax yesterday, and parked outside was one of the Council's official cars. It had a badge above the windscreen, displaying the Kensington and Chelsea coat of arms, and the reg. number R111 BKC.

As I looked at it, I couldn't help wondering if this was the reason why I, and everyone else, pays Council Tax. It was...a gleaming black Bentley Flying Spur.

And this is a Council car...well, it's OK for some!

"Never stop being a kid. Never stop feeling and seeing, and being excited with great things like air and engines and sounds of sunlight within you. Wear your little mask if you must, to protect you from the world, but if you let that kid disappear you are grown up and you are dead."

Richard Bach, 'Nothing by Chance', 1963.

wildcathammondette Guest	Car Sightings Oct 15, 2008 8:05:34 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by wildcathammondette on Oct 15, 2008 8:05:34 GMT Dang XJ that's one council you guys got there, I suggest changing jobs LOLOL!!

Wyvern Moderator Mildly Moist Turn your dreams into ambitions - dreams end when you wake up, ambitions don't. Posts: 17,758	Car Sightings Oct 15, 2008 11:34:40 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Wyvern on Oct 15, 2008 11:34:40 GMT I still say you should go in, point out that your council tax paid for that car and explain that therefore it is yours and you should be allowed to play with it ;D
	On me your voice falls as they say love should, like an enormous yes - Philip Larkin, For Sidney Bechet You've been really bad - you can have a Proton Septic Nappy - JC I'd like a hands free cooker as well, but I think that's called a girlfriend - James May, Nuts Magazine

Vixen X-Rated Mayhemer Don't let your victories give you heart failure. Posts: 9,495	Car Sightings Oct 15, 2008 16:12:00 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Vixen on Oct 15, 2008 16:12:00 GMT That's a fantastic idea! ;D I saw a Cadilac on the way home from the interview today.... It was soooo long!
	They say I have a short attention span, they just don't ....... Oh, look! A chicken!

xjsarah X-Rated Mayhemer "The engine is the heart of an aeroplane, but the pilot is its soul." Posts: 7,846	Car Sightings Oct 16, 2008 4:38:35 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by xjsarah on Oct 16, 2008 4:38:35 GMT I saw a silver-grey Chrysler Crossfire coupe parked down the road from my casino after I left work this morning. It really is an odd-looking car. Somehow, the proportions seem all wrong.
	"Never stop being a kid. Never stop feeling and seeing, and being excited with great things like air and engines and sounds of sunlight within you. Wear your little mask if you must, to protect you from the world, but if you let that kid disappear you are grown up and you are dead." Richard Bach, 'Nothing by Chance', 1963.

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Car Sightings Oct 16, 2008 9:22:05 GMT

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I know exactly what you mean XJ. I thought much the same as I was leaping out the way of the one that nearly ran me over. I can see why some people think it's quite handsome, but it looks heavy and muscular in a "solid" way rather than in a "sculpted" way. It looks a bit squat to me and almost a bit thuggish. It's like if, for the sake of argument, the Maserati GranTurismo is the bloke in the Aero Bubbles ad, the Crossfire is Ray Winston.

Not that either of them do a damn thing for me like that (the blokes, not the cars).

On me your voice falls as they say love should, like an enormous yes - Philip Larkin, For Sidney Bechet

You've been really bad - you can have a Proton Septic Nappy - JC

I'd like a hands free cooker as well, but I think that's called a girlfriend - James May, Nuts Magazine

Vixen X-Rated Mayhemer Don't let your victories give you heart failure. Posts: 9,495	Car Sightings Oct 16, 2008 20:39:11 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Vixen on Oct 16, 2008 20:39:11 GMT ~~I like Ray Winstone~~ Wrong thread!
	They say I have a short attention span, they just don't ....... Oh, look! A chicken!

stigalicious Guest	Car Sightings Oct 17, 2008 6:10:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by stigalicious on Oct 17, 2008 6:10:26 GMT Fantastic- This morning GMTV reports racked up parking fines in the city are worst in sports cars drivers and showed a red and black VEYRON! Yay, my fave!

inky Administrator Posts: 4,140	Car Sightings Oct 17, 2008 19:13:47 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by inky on Oct 17, 2008 19:13:47 GMT A very lovely Audi R8 in silver on the M55 eastbound and then, as I was coming back from the hairdressers, a metallic grey Maserati four door. Very nice
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mansonmaniac X-Rated Mayhemer ♥ Stiggette ♥ Posts: 3,959	Car Sightings Oct 17, 2008 22:11:55 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mansonmaniac on Oct 17, 2008 22:11:55 GMT Nearly in a head on collision with a Bentley GTC still a nice car though....
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Car Sightings Oct 17, 2008 22:32:32 GMT

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Oct 17, 2008 22:11:55 GMT mansonmaniac said:

Nearly in a head on collision with a Bentley GTC

still a nice car though....

LOL Manson! You don't have to almost wreck 'em to count them as 'spotted', you know.
How did you manage that then?

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mansonmaniac X-Rated Mayhemer ♥ Stiggette ♥ Posts: 3,959	Car Sightings Oct 17, 2008 22:43:37 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mansonmaniac on Oct 17, 2008 22:43:37 GMT The silly billy in the Bentley took the wrong turn off the roundabout and came down our lane of traffic, and we where at the front of the cue...
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Car Sightings Oct 18, 2008 1:40:38 GMT

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Post by xjsarah on Oct 18, 2008 1:40:38 GMT

I saw a black Mercedes Maybach parked just down the road from my casino tonight, while en route to work. Ouite a plain car, but somehow rather elegant, too.

On leaving work, I had just started to walk down the street when I heard a truly wonderful, resonant engine sound coming from a bit further down the road behind me. It turned out to be a stunning black Lamborghini Murcielago, which was just pulling up outside the posh nightclub next to my casino. Even while it was just idling, it sounded incredible; I looked back at it a couple of times, and I could imagine it quivering with all that potential energy waiting to be released. And when the driver revved up and got going...oooooh, bloody hell...!!

;D

In a narrow, quiet street, with high buildings on either side, it was as if I was hearing that magnificent engine with the aid of Surround Sound! Believe me, hearing it on TV is nothing to hearing it in person. It really is pant-wettingly good! ;D

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"Never stop being a kid. Never stop feeling and seeing, and being excited with great things like air and engines and sounds of sunlight within you. Wear your little mask if you must, to protect you from the world, but if you let that kid disappear you are grown up and you are dead."

Richard Bach, 'Nothing by Chance', 1963.

Wyvern Moderator Mildly Moist Turn your dreams into ambitions - dreams end when you wake up, ambitions don't. Posts: 17,758	Car Sightings Oct 18, 2008 1:44:10 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Wyvern on Oct 18, 2008 1:44:10 GMT Mmm... Murciélago... I'm rather envious of that! This is why I much prefer spotting things in the street to seeing them at shows or in dealerships, or parked at the roadside for that matter!
	On me your voice falls as they say love should, like an enormous yes - Philip Larkin, For Sidney Bechet You've been really bad - you can have a Proton Septic Nappy - JC I'd like a hands free cooker as well, but I think that's called a girlfriend - James May, Nuts Magazine

xjsarah X-Rated Mayhemer "The engine is the heart of an aeroplane, but the pilot is its soul." Posts: 7,846	Car Sightings Oct 18, 2008 1:52:52 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by xjsarah on Oct 18, 2008 1:52:52 GMT How the hell can you be envious of a Lambo, when you've seen a Veyron on the road?!! ;D Oooooh, just imagine the sound of a Veyron on a narrow, quiet street like that...! ;D
	"Never stop being a kid. Never stop feeling and seeing, and being excited with great things like air and engines and sounds of sunlight within you. Wear your little mask if you must, to protect you from the world, but if you let that kid disappear you are grown up and you are dead." Richard Bach, 'Nothing by Chance', 1963.

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Car Sightings Oct 18, 2008 2:07:18 GMT

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Post by Wyvern on Oct 18, 2008 2:07:18 GMT

Well, I had just seen a Gallardo (which I might possibly have mentioned is my very favourite current supercar

;D ) when the Veyron came down the road... and I have to admit it did sound glorious (actually, they both did!). It would be amazing to hear that sound in a confined space! But I can be envious simply on the basis of the acoustics, even ignoring my passion for Lambos

The Veyron is something special, though. It has such an amazing presence and there's something very elegant about it despite its power.

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On me your voice falls as they say love should, like an enormous yes - Philip Larkin, For Sidney Bechet

You've been really bad - you can have a Proton Septic Nappy - JC

I'd like a hands free cooker as well, but I think that's called a girlfriend - James May, Nuts Magazine

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Car Sightings Oct 19, 2008 1:37:14 GMT

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Post by Wyvern on Oct 19, 2008 1:37:14 GMT

You know, all this talk of supercars had made me want to hold off telling you about my latest sighting.

I hope you're sitting down...

On the way to uni the other day I saw a delightful Reliant Rialto in a truly gorgeous shade of olive drab. As if my day couldn't get any better, on the way home I saw a bright red Reliant Robin!

On me your voice falls as they say love should, like an enormous yes - Philip Larkin, For Sidney Bechet

You've been really bad - you can have a Proton Septic Nappy - JC

I'd like a hands free cooker as well, but I think that's called a girlfriend - James May, Nuts Magazine

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Car Sightings Oct 19, 2008 1:59:32 GMT

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LOL!! Maybe Reliants travel in pairs...!

In terms of car spotting, I reckon I did quite well tonight:-

Lamborghini Gallardo
Lamborghini Murcielago
Corvette
Rolls Royce
Bentley Flying Spur
2x Aston Martin DB9 (one coupe, one convertible)
Several Porsches

Saturday night in the posh part of the West End...ain't it great...?! ;D

"Never stop being a kid. Never stop feeling and seeing, and being excited with great things like air and engines and sounds of sunlight within you. Wear your little mask if you must, to protect you from the world, but if you let that kid disappear you are grown up and you are dead."

Richard Bach, 'Nothing by Chance', 1963.

Wyvern Moderator Mildly Moist Turn your dreams into ambitions - dreams end when you wake up, ambitions don't. Posts: 17,758	Car Sightings Oct 19, 2008 2:05:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Wyvern on Oct 19, 2008 2:05:38 GMT I am going to have to have words with the help. They've obviously had all my cars out at once this evening. Knew it was a mistake, giving the butler the night off ;D
	On me your voice falls as they say love should, like an enormous yes - Philip Larkin, For Sidney Bechet You've been really bad - you can have a Proton Septic Nappy - JC I'd like a hands free cooker as well, but I think that's called a girlfriend - James May, Nuts Magazine

xjsarah X-Rated Mayhemer "The engine is the heart of an aeroplane, but the pilot is its soul." Posts: 7,846	Car Sightings Oct 19, 2008 2:12:29 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by xjsarah on Oct 19, 2008 2:12:29 GMT Tut tut, Wy...you're evidently far too generous for your own good! ;D
	"Never stop being a kid. Never stop feeling and seeing, and being excited with great things like air and engines and sounds of sunlight within you. Wear your little mask if you must, to protect you from the world, but if you let that kid disappear you are grown up and you are dead." Richard Bach, 'Nothing by Chance', 1963.

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Car Sightings Oct 19, 2008 2:15:26 GMT

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Post by Wyvern on Oct 19, 2008 2:15:26 GMT

Well, it wasn't a completely rubbish day for me car-wise either, come to think of it. A black Bentley Continental GTC pulled into our car park just as I was getting to work, which was nice. It was probably the same one that nearly ran me over when I first started working there!

On me your voice falls as they say love should, like an enormous yes - Philip Larkin, For Sidney Bechet

You've been really bad - you can have a Proton Septic Nappy - JC

I'd like a hands free cooker as well, but I think that's called a girlfriend - James May, Nuts Magazine

xjsarah X-Rated Mayhemer "The engine is the heart of an aeroplane, but the pilot is its soul." Posts: 7,846	Car Sightings Oct 19, 2008 2:18:33 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by xjsarah on Oct 19, 2008 2:18:33 GMT Nice! Well, I suppose if you're going to be run over, you may as well do it in style! ;D
	"Never stop being a kid. Never stop feeling and seeing, and being excited with great things like air and engines and sounds of sunlight within you. Wear your little mask if you must, to protect you from the world, but if you let that kid disappear you are grown up and you are dead." Richard Bach, 'Nothing by Chance', 1963.

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Car Sightings Oct 22, 2008 15:18:39 GMT

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I saw this abomination when I was in London recently. As if the Prius wasn't an ugly, slab-sided, heavy, thirsty monster, this one has been decorated with green tomato things. I have no idea why. The Prius is supposed to be environmentally friendlier but it didn't do my environment any favours, looking like that. Yuck!

EDIT: Just done a bit of Googling (god bless Google!) and now I know what it's all about. Green Tomato Cars (explains the green tomatoes) is an environmentally friendlier minicab company. Thank god for that, I thought someone might have done it to their own car on purpose, but as a brand it obviously works.

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On me your voice falls as they say love should, like an enormous yes - Philip Larkin, For Sidney Bechet

You've been really bad - you can have a Proton Septic Nappy - JC

I'd like a hands free cooker as well, but I think that's called a girlfriend - James May, Nuts Magazine

TheDaisy X-Rated Mayhemer 'Righty Tighty, Lefty Loosey' Posts: 7,889	Car Sightings Oct 22, 2008 15:35:08 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by TheDaisy on Oct 22, 2008 15:35:08 GMT IDK, would you really want to be seen in a cab that had its Christmas decorations painted on it, this far in front of Christmas?? ;D
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Car Sightings Oct 22, 2008 15:40:59 GMT

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Good point! I'm not sure I'd ever want to be seen in a Prius covered in tomatoes!

Actually, when I said it works as a brand, I just meant in terms of how easy it is to identify - I typed "green tomato Prius" into Google and voila! There it was!

On me your voice falls as they say love should, like an enormous yes - Philip Larkin, For Sidney Bechet

You've been really bad - you can have a Proton Septic Nappy - JC

I'd like a hands free cooker as well, but I think that's called a girlfriend - James May, Nuts Magazine

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