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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2012 19:11:57 GMT
Well, it depends what you call a "car sighting." The SO and I went out to the magnificent château at Compiègne, which is associated with Louis XVI all the way to Emperor Napoléon III and the Empress Eugénie. They have a small motoring museum which houses an excellent collection of very early French motor cars, some of which were in great shape but with 1 cylinder! Looking at the selection of books in the shop, I spied a hardback comic book of the Nürburgring; I would have loved to have bought it but it was rather heavy. It looked very interesting and I'll probably regret not having bought it.
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Post by rx7 on Aug 1, 2012 16:22:02 GMT
Toyota Cressida
Chevy Orlando
VW Passat W8
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Post by adrianmay on Aug 18, 2012 7:24:20 GMT
“Honey! It’s the Papa John’s Pizza dude in his convertible Sky Roadster.” Actually, I'm not clever enough to tell if that's a Sky or a Solstice. Sorry about quality of the photo but my daughter took it with her phone and was giggling at the time. If you look closely on the back of the car you’ll see a square box magnetically adhered to the car advertising the pizza store that this guy delivers for. It obviously couldn’t be on the roof because it’s a soft top convertible. Math question: How many pizzas must the driver deliver to pay for the car? Insurance? Most importantly, will he get your pizza to you in under 30 minutes?  |
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Post by amie8 on Aug 18, 2012 8:06:12 GMT
One of the guys who works at our local recycling centre (public garbage dump) has a Porsche 944. Nothing particularly odd about that, except that, instead of parking it in the employees' car park, he leaves it in the middle of the public bit where you drive up to deposit your rubbish in the skips.
I would be torn between wanting to show off my pride and joy and worrying that someone would clout the bodywork with the rusty, three-legged garden table they're hauling to the skip.
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Post by devil-may-care on Aug 18, 2012 14:01:32 GMT
Love the pizza delivery car! That's just unbelievable!! ;D ;D ;D
What's next a Phantom drop head delivering your Chinese food?? ;D
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Post by FizzyLogician on Aug 18, 2012 15:21:48 GMT
“Honey! It’s the Papa John’s Pizza dude in his convertible Sky Roadster.” Actually, I'm not clever enough to tell if that's a Sky or a Solstice. Math question: How many pizzas must the driver deliver to pay for the car? Insurance? Most importantly, will he get your pizza to you in under 30 minutes? That's a Saturn Sky. They were about $25K when new. |
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Post by adrianmay on Aug 18, 2012 20:30:43 GMT
I would be torn between wanting to show off my pride and joy and worrying that someone would clout the bodywork with the rusty, three-legged garden table they're hauling to the skip. My daughter and I were wondering if it's your pride and joy would you deliver pizzas in it? What must the seats smell and look like at the end of the day? Would the footwell be sticky with coke? |
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Post by Wyvern on Aug 18, 2012 20:59:14 GMT
This afternoon I stopped to admire a neighbour's Chevy Bel Air that was finally getting to enjoy some sunshine. As I stepped back to look, I almost got run over by a Lotus Exige.
My neighbourhood doesn't do boring cars ;D
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Post by amie8 on Sept 9, 2012 17:46:24 GMT
Just a few from my flying visit to today's car show: A red GT6 for Dit. There was also a green one, but it had its bonnet open for the judges, so didn't look its best  In a recent Autocar poll, the original Mini was voted the greatest British car of all time. I really believe it's a case of looking at the past through rose tinted glasses, and here's why. We had one of these when I was a kid, badged as an Austin Seven as is the one in the picture. It was a crock of doo-doo in every way. Ours was red, but that was the only good thing about it  This made me smile. There were very few American cars on display - the odd Buick and a single Corvette, but there was a whole line of Trans-Ams. I remember these from the seventies - they were the ultimate lads' car, burning around the town just for the hell of it and being admired by the lads who weren't old enough to be lads yet. Even before Essex was "Essex", it was still just a little bit "Essex".  |
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Post by jmsquared on Sept 9, 2012 22:56:21 GMT
Nice pics Amie8. Looks like you had great weather for it too. I remember the Trans-Ams as well - thought they were so exotic at the time!
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Post by dit on Sept 9, 2012 23:00:33 GMT
Thanks for the pics, amie8. It looks like a typical British car 'do', all camping chairs and thermos flasks! I'd expected there might be some hunky car-blokes at these things, but they're very few and far between!
I agree about the 'old' Mini. I had five in my time and my first one was great as I was a student and my parents bought it for me. The others I had when I wasn't very well off. When I see them on the road now - and there are some beautiful restored ones near me - I just see how small and primitive they were.
(btw, I don't think that's a GT6, I think it's probably a Spitfire, mainly because that's an open-top and the GT6 is a coupe. It's a lovely photo though, and thanks for it; I'm getting quite fond of all old Triumphs!)
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Post by FizzyLogician on Sept 9, 2012 23:45:47 GMT
This made me smile. There were very few American cars on display - the odd Buick and a single Corvette, but there was a whole line of Trans-Ams. I remember these from the seventies - they were the ultimate lads' car, burning around the town just for the hell of it and being admired by the lads who weren't old enough to be lads yet. It's funny to hear you say that in the UK (and jm 2 too). I think every guy in my high school here in the US had one. |
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Post by amie8 on Sept 10, 2012 0:11:37 GMT
Blimey! Don't tell the guy who owns it! Intrigued, I've been trawling the net and I found some GT6 convertibles on there, but they seem to be modified. There are also soft tops for sale for both GT6's and Spits, so perhape he converted it himself. The description card thingy definitely said it was a GT6, plus, it was a little more curvey than the Spitfire, which looked like.... This!  And, just to show that everyone has some tragedy in their lives, I once had one of these, only it was an estate and it was gold. I try not to talk about it  |
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Post by amie8 on Sept 10, 2012 0:21:03 GMT
This made me smile. There were very few American cars on display - the odd Buick and a single Corvette, but there was a whole line of Trans-Ams. I remember these from the seventies - they were the ultimate lads' car, burning around the town just for the hell of it and being admired by the lads who weren't old enough to be lads yet. It's funny to hear you say that in the UK (and jm 2 too). I think every guy in my high school here in the US had one. They were considered quite prestigious over here, as they were imported. Some were brought over by American airmen stationed over here, who sold them to local guys rather than ship them back home, then they became popular (not with the police) and companies started to import them in larger quantities. The guys used to get custom paint jobs done on them - usually involving fire and scantily clad ladies. These were mainly small town English guys whose only contact with America was via Kojak and Starsky and Hutch on the TV, but American stuff has always been seen as a bit cooler than our stuff - especially back then, when actually travelling to the USA was mainly the preserve of the wealthy so nobody experienced the culture at first hand. |
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Post by dit on Sept 10, 2012 0:41:20 GMT
Blimey! Don't tell the guy who owns it! Intrigued, I've been trawling the net and I found some GT6 convertibles on there, but they seem to be modified. There are also soft tops for sale for both GT6's and Spits, so perhape he converted it himself. The description card thingy definitely said it was a GT6, plus, it was a little more curvey than the Spitfire, which looked like.... This! I'm really confused now! Perhaps he converted it himself. There's one over this way that the owner calls a GT6 2.5 as he's built it from Mark 2 and Mark 3 parts. It wins lots of prizes (it is lovely, to be fair) but to me it's not a true GT6 (petty, or what?) This is the front end of mine  |
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Post by adrianmay on Sept 10, 2012 5:13:50 GMT
It's funny to hear you say that in the UK (and jm 2 too). I think every guy in my high school here in the US had one. They were considered quite prestigious over here, as they were imported. Some were brought over by American airmen stationed over here, who sold them to local guys rather than ship them back home, then they became popular (not with the police) and companies started to import them in larger quantities. The guys used to get custom paint jobs done on them - usually involving fire and scantily clad ladies. These were mainly small town English guys whose only contact with America was via Kojak and Starsky and Hutch on the TV, but American stuff has always been seen as a bit cooler than our stuff - especially back then, when actually travelling to the USA was mainly the preserve of the wealthy so nobody experienced the culture at first hand. Fizzy is right. The Mustang, the Trans Am and the Camaro were cheesey, first cars for boys in high school. My hubby tells me (not sure if it's true or not but he's rebuilt a few mustangs) that at one point, the muscle car was marketed as the second family car for the housewife to drive because they were inexpensive. For example, the 60s Mustangs with the straight six. That'll get your ice cream home before it melts.  Here, when I was young and this might still hold true, a little British roadster of whatever quality was high end classy and stylish instead of a noisy, lumpen American car. It meant you had an appreciation for "finer things". My first boyfriend had a green, forever breaking down, Spitfire. Just sitting in it, I thought I was cool. ;D |
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Post by jmsquared on Sept 10, 2012 11:43:31 GMT
We all thought the grass was greener etc etc!
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Post by dit on Sept 13, 2012 0:47:37 GMT
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Post by FizzyLogician on Sept 13, 2012 14:40:40 GMT
Ferraris in Italy (BBC video) Nice find, Dit. Proper Ferraris should be red. |
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Post by Wyvern on Sept 13, 2012 17:54:54 GMT
I saw my first Renault Twizy in the wild the other day. Ridiculous little thing, but I really like it  |
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Post by Vivienne on Sept 16, 2012 13:09:57 GMT
I saw a beautiful silver Bentley driving into Safeway yesterday. Just once I would like to get a picture of a cool car. Can we start a thread of Cars not photographed due to circumstances beyond one's control!
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Post by amie8 on Sept 16, 2012 13:41:55 GMT
Good idea Vivienne. I usually see cool cars when I'm driving myself, or otherwise don't have access to a camera, or do have access to a camera but feel it would be rude to point it into the owner's face etc etc, which is how one comes to take appalling pictures like the one below, of a TVR Cerbera having a bath. Of course, in that case, if I'd moved in closer, I'd have got quite wet.  |
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Post by toystoriesfan on Sept 16, 2012 19:22:01 GMT
Here's the best car-sighting photo I've gotten. The Lambo was parked in a 10-minute spot, and my friend and I spent well over that ogling, but no sign of the owner. We did deduce that the owner is owned by a cat, as the soft-top had a light sprinkling of white hairs right in the center.  |
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Post by flatin5th - Knight of the NC on Sept 16, 2012 20:22:00 GMT
did you have an unfortunate accident while you were looking through the side window?
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Post by Vivienne on Sept 17, 2012 13:10:40 GMT
A Lambo on a ferry from Oxford, Md to Bellevue Md. The older guy is the owner. It is 2 years old and a 580 I believe. Attachments:
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Post by Vivienne on Sept 17, 2012 13:13:26 GMT
pic of the back Attachments:
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Post by jmsquared on Sept 18, 2012 6:44:57 GMT
did you have an unfortunate accident while you were looking through the side window? Hahaha. They are pants-wettingly gorgeous, Lambos! |
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Post by toystoriesfan on Sept 19, 2012 0:35:07 GMT
did you have an unfortunate accident while you were looking through the side window? Don't you remember, that's where you were standing!  |
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Post by Wyvern on Sept 25, 2012 19:13:42 GMT
Wish I'd had my camera handy on the way home tonight because I saw an absolute beauty. I'm used to Aston Martins and the occasional Lamborghini or Ferrari (in fact, the first 458 I ever saw anywhere was on my local high street), but what really turns my head is an immaculate bright red Mk1 Ford Cortina - no doubt busy celebrating the Cortina's 50th anniversary, all done up in rally trim and on the back of a truck going to/from an event somewhere ;D
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Post by toystoriesfan on Sept 25, 2012 19:39:31 GMT
I was also bemoaning my lack of camera yesterday. Right as I leave my coffee supply depot (McDonalds) there was a red Lotus Elise also departing!
First Lotus I've ever seen in person. I was instantly in love.
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