Did You See Anything Good Today? [Read First Post]

[synchromesh]

Let's not start anything here. It's in the past move on already. Some of you guys are worse than politicians. Or in-laws. @The87Dodge its a 505.

 

[-Fred-]

It was merely a joke.

 

[jeffgoddin]

View attachment 536439 Unique find for US, especially up here in NH where they spray basically rust over the roads.

You made me go "Ohhhhhhh!!!!"

Yeah, 405 I think, too, spotted a 405 wagon in San Francisco last winter, seems the same in front. But a survivor Peugeot in New England is amazing! I've never seen one in Ohio where I live!

And I think it's time to get excited for spotting in the north of NA finally, possibly last frost tonight in Ohio, salt off the roads, sunny and warming, almost 70 on Saturday they say, I'm definitely going through a whole tank of gas as I have the day off work!

Some stuff finally came out today, and a few from before it got wintery again
chrysler conquest by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

cadillac cts-v wagon by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

where's Waldo?
bentley continental gt barely by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

funny shot with my camera accidentally on panorama
accidental panoramic lol porsche 914 by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

okay, story. I was at work last Saturday, 7pmish, facing the front of the store (Autozone) which is a stretch of road where I've never seen a Ferrari or Lambo, only one Aston (and there's a dealership about 3 miles up the road) maybe 2 Bentleys. Not a bad neighborhood, but certainly not fancy. And as I'm idly staring out towards the street, what drives by? A black FF. Only the third FF I've seen, and not the one that is known to exist in Cleveland(yes, sadly, Cleveland is that kind of town... only one FF has ever been spotted here before.) I haven't moved so fast in I don't know how long, jumped out the door, camera out of my pocket (I'm a spotter, I ALWAYS have a camera in my pocket) but it was too dark, the one in-focus long-range shot I got was unrecognizable. After work, I headed to downtown Cleveland just in case, but no luck. A few AMG's though, here's one. Not much of a consolation. I love the FF, hope I spot that car around this year...
mercedes e63 amg by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

a few more from back in March, which was nicer than April so far...
mercury monterey 1967 by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

chrysler imperial 1966 by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

mercedes slk55 amg by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

maserati quattroporte by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

lotus evora by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

1974 buick lesabre convertible by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

only the 4th SS I've seen
chevy ss by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

boss
oldsmobile delmont 88 convertible 1967 by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

oh ****, totally forgot about this combo, the day after I last posted, two BRG roadsters, same road a couple minutes apart!
british roadster then mg td by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

british roadster now aston v8 vantage volante by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

and this beauty!
nissan 300zx z31 turbo 1986 by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

kinda like this shot, totally camera out the window pointing behind me
chevy impala convertible 1966 by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

oh yeah, first new GT350, too!
ford mustang gt350 2016 by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

a new-to-the-area Plus!
audi r8 v10 plus 2015 by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

can't believe I didn't post this immediately, did I already post this? drove past an Advance Auto Parts (I'm an Autozoner) with a Marauder on the side, was thinking about turning around (had to make it on time to my sister's for Easter dinner) when I look up and what do I see? another Marauder, identical! I check my rear view, and sure enough he's pulling into Advance, okay yeah, gotta turn around for two of them, they gotta be together. but when I get there, no, not parked alongside, I walk in (should've put on my Autozone T for the lulz) and chat with the owner of the car that pulled in. totally unrelated to the car that was there, which was an employee's car. I asked if he wouldn't mind parking alongside for a photo and he graciously obliged. apparently there's going to be an owners convention here this summer with maybe 80 Marauders... well here's a preview:
mercury marauder x2! by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

on the way home from Easter dinner, just a C3, but I LOVE this photo!
chevy corvette c3 by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

new-to-the-area I8!
bmw i8 new in town by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

what year is it again?
dodge omni 1990 by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

507 in the boonies!
mercedes c63 amg edition 507 by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

and a bunch more I left out, check my Flickr

 

[synchromesh]

It was merely a joke.

I wasn't laughing. I get what you meant but it wasn't exactly funny.
@jeffgoddin I'm pretty sure that's a 505. Here's another pic of one.

The 405 looks different.

 

[RandomCarGuy17]

chrysler conquest by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

Um Jeff, that's an early 90s Dodge Daytona. Great spots overall though! 👍

It might motivate me to try spotting again this week, that's if it ever stops raining.

 

[jeffgoddin]

Yeah, I figured that out :doh:

And yeah, I meant 505, the only Peugeot I've seen in the US:
peugeot 505 wagon by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

and a few more from yesterday!
mercedes amg gt by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

behind an SRT
mercedes amg gt and jeep grand cherokee srt by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

ford galaxie 500xl sports hardtop 390 1963-1/2 by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

chevy camaro 1969 by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

I tink this is a ex Red Bull Mini pickup

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Beetle on my way home from work

 

[jeffgoddin]

Come on Gotbeef, I know you got game! Though it's still a bit early in the north for great spoting. Did spend about 6 hours myself driving around, some of the best I found today:
gotcha! mercedes sls gt final edition roadster by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

hey look, they match!
matching bike and dodge challenger hellcat by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

rolls royce ghost by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

awesome van!
awesome van and yeah some japanese cars by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

yes, I love Japanese sports cars!
subaru svx by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Don't worry, I'll be spotting on Saturday after my first cars and coffee of this year.

 

[Omnis]

 

[GTRacer22]

Apologies for the horrid quality, and the fact that you can barely see anything, but it's still a GT-R!

 

[jeffgoddin]

@GTRacer22 liked for the Itsuki!
@Omnis have only seen one, and missed it, nice catch!
@Gotbeefboy564 this weekend is going to be awesome! and I have both days off!!!

Drove around for a couple hours after work today and continued my 3-day streak of SLS/AMG GT spots, plus a couple others to share
mercedes amg gt-s by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

new-to-the-area R8!
audi r8 v10 spider by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

the OTHER Ghost I spotted in downtown Cleveland last night!
rolls royce ghost by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

cool old Cutlass around the corner from that Ghost
oldsmobile cutlass by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

and too much sun on a Chevelle yesterday (I feel like Smeagol sometimes! )
chevy chevelle ss 1970 or so by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Two muscle cars today before work.
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And a Hellcat

 

[zzz_pt]

Well, in Hamburg we can see a lot of different, exotic and expensive cars. Last Saturday morning only I saw countless Porsches of all kinds, AMGs, R8s, 3 Bentleys, a RR, Teslas Model S, Fisker Karmas, Corvettes and Mustangs, among several others... But I only picked my camera to shoot these 2:

Porsche GT3 RS (first 991 RS I saw)
Aston Martin DB5 (first DB5 I have ever seen being driven... It was in prestige condition and getting quite some attention).

I'll add the pictures later on.

 

[GTRacer22]

I hope this makes up for my GT-R pic.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Was a great day today.
Z06

Cars that didn't come to cars and coffee
Vehicross

Corvette

CtsV

Ram srt10 night runner

After cars and coffee I went spotting
Beetle at a hardware store

Camaro saw it driving then found it parked

Tesla

Then as I was leaving the place where the tesla was a AMG GT showed up behind me at a light, thankfully I was far enough ahead so I had time to pull in a McDonald's accross the street, so I got out of my car and was able to film it leave by the time their light turned green.

This is a different grey one than the one I saw before

The plate on this one is DLW and the other one was BWK

P85D on the same road

And a Plymouth

Then went to down town Grand Rapids and saw this hot rod

Then as I was leaving down town I saw this Triumph come behind me I let it go in from of me

Then I passed it on a green light so I can see where it was going to turn luckily it pulled in a store so I turned around and found it.

As I was taking a picture of the back someone actually asked if it was mine, I said "no I couldn't afford it"
Then did some mall spotting
C43 AMG, looked pretty clean

CTSV in the same mall

Then a Continental, had enough time to turn around in a driveway to take this pic

Then followed it for a bit

Srt8

M3

S4

Daytona

And finally a SRT8

Spoiler: Two BMW m2s

One at cars and coffee

This had a manual
And a white one

This had a automatic.

Your turn @jeffgoddin

 

[jeffgoddin]

Ah, ****, after 12 hours on the road today, I'm too lazy to edit everything down tonight. But I'll leave you with my closer for the day.

Mind you, I've seen exactly 2 Aventadors in Cleveland total, and I had no idea this one existed. So when I spotted it
aventador in beachwood by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

and wasn't sure I got a good photo, I got onto the highway after it and followed for 20 miles or so until I could try for another photo
aventador in richfield by Jeff Goddin, on Flickr

holy crap did it sound awesome! he didn't speed, curiously, so I had no trouble keeping up. shift changes sound great, and on the side roads there was a big hill he transmission braked down, wow the crackle-and-pop!!

sorry for the rubbish quality, but pocket digi at night on the move, I'm actually pretty happy with the resolution

but yes, it was a crazy good April day in the north! a spotting buddy of mine keeps track of exotics spotted, and his best day was last June 6th with 34. He's had maybe 20 15+ days over the past 4 years, the earliest in mid May. Today he spotted 23 and counting.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

That AMG with the chrome rims was new to the area, I haven't seen that one before. @jeffgoddin

 

[jeffgoddin]

The C43? I like those!

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

The C43? I like those!

No lol the AMG GT.

 

[jeffgoddin]

yeah the C43 is more interesting to me somehow, sure the AMG GT is more expensive and a great performer but I root for the underdogs... I've only seen one C43 in Cleveland, and like 8 AMG GT's, so...

 

[ToyGTone]

@Gotbeefboy564 is it me or the guy in the CTSV is giving you the finger?

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Good thing that i have finished my exams so i could be free to go out!

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

@Gotbeefboy564 is it me or the guy in the CTSV is giving you the finger?

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Good thing that i have finished my exams so i could be free to go out!

No idea, it was during a cars and coffee so maybe he was doing it for someone else, he didn't yell anything when he drove by.

 

[Dylan]

I personally don't like Mustangs, but i thought this was pretty neat... It's a 1970 Ford Mustang Mach 1

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Saw this old Rolls Royce Corniche?

Was at the same Meijer where I saw the Camaro yesterday. Never saw one in that yellow. I didn't do anymore spotting today.

 

[jeffgoddin]

Okay, done editing photos from the weekend... In chronological order, here ya go!

1938ish pickup

dodge challenger r/t 1970

ford mustang gt350 charging the country roads

ferrari f430

1st F430

bmw m6 f13 gold wrap

1st ATS-V spot

old Packard

actually, might be the same as above, didn't check the plates...

and to start Sunday, even before I'm out of my neighborhood!

1st Dawn! and what the heck is this kid doing driving it?!?

lake day for the SLK!

a couple of old friends enjoying a day in the park! actually I knew the owner of the Pierce Arrow from Autozone, and I'd spotted the Moon last year on Father's day as he was on his was to a huge annual classic car show

combo!

a pair of Viper butts caught my eye passing an ice cream shop, and this was there, too! don't see many 4-door Bel Airs, yay!

Silver had his car for a while, red just got his. Guy was 6 foot 2 and had to get a seat lowering kit, lol...

another group was meeting up at their local tap-house... I hear you can get these in any color you want:

This was an incredible find for me, though it may fall on deaf ears here, a Chevy Sprint in great condition! I totally just pulled a Uey and rolled up on the place, out in the middle of nowhere. Owner was great. He said when he goes to shows with it all the muscle cars get ignored! I'll refrain from posting all the photos I took but here's a couple:

where's the engine?!? gettin 42mpg, that's where! 57 if you drive carefully!

yeah, yeah, another R8. the above Cali was the last Ferrari, too, I promise. but there's something special still ahead!

okay, yeah, it was up next, lol! A Huracan! the first I've spotted in Cleveland, and one that no other spotters had previously heard of! though, between this and the Sprint I'm hard pressed to pick a spot of the day...

not done yet...

and yet another Viper. I even deleted one photo because it was a bit fuzzy...

you all know I love my JDM... though I'd take a hardtop over a Savannah FC

and that's it! I left out most of the AMG's/M's and other meh/kind of cool but nor great shots. Incredible April weekend here in Cleveland Ohio!

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

I think Ohio has more exotics than Michigan, next Saturday is hopefully gonna be better exotic wise since I'm going to Detroit, I'll be going to Pasteiner's show on Woodward then Lingenfelter's. I also sent you a PM @jeffgoddin

 

[jeffgoddin]

No way does Ohio have more exotics, but you have to go to them. All those Ferraris were within a 3 mile radius, about 25 miles away from home for me. The Aventador also within that radius when I first spotted it, the Huracan was maybe 15 miles to the south, but still in the vicinity in a way. But on my side of town, just 5-10 miles to the west is another hotspot, where I found the Dawn this morning. Only 1/3 as productive as the east side of town, but so much closer... Since Thursday when I also had the day off, plus a few hours Friday, then most of yesterday, and 6 hours today, I've driven about 800 miles over 30 hours carspotting over the past four days.

 

[Razor440]

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