Did You See Anything Good Today? [Read First Post]
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I was driving yesterday on a 3-lane in either direction street with a 30mph speed limit. I was doing 30 in the left lane and completely not paying attention, with no other cars on the road. Out of nowhere, a 997 911 C4 Cabriolet and, indeed, that very Range Rover, fly by, doing with had to have been 70mph.
Knowing the Rover does 0-60 in just a shade less than what my new Audi does it in, I caught up to him at the next light and revved, but he didn't play. By then the 997 was long gone.
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Which model? XK8? XJR?
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Not the best day today, but here we go:
Land Rover Range Rover Sport Supercharged. Sweet.
Sweet indeed. It's amazing how versitle (sp) it is, yet soo fast! I've spoken of this before, but LandRover had an event where they took us through this off-road course where the Range Rover, on top of the hill, was balancing on its rear left tire, and its front right tire, alone! Amazing.
Even better was to see it also be incredibly fast and loud. 👍 👍
I rode in a supercharged Range Rover (not a Sport, the real deal) about a month ago and I was astonished at how fast it is. Yes, I know the published times, but it was hard to conceptualize until I experienced it for myself. About as quick as if not quicker than my former Volvo, which weighed probably about a ton less. Very very cool.
My spots tonight:
Mercedes S65 AMG.
Maserati Quattroporte - about five blocks from my house! Dealer plates on this one.
Ferrari F430 Spider. Driver gave me a huge smile as he noticed me photographing it. I'd smile too if I had an F430 Spider.
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I see lots of nice American cars around here, but it doesn't get too many people's blood boiling here on GTP. I know Joey and I can attest to the fact that Michigan has some of the coolest cars in some of the most unexpected places, but the chances of them being anything but American in many cases is indeed very small. Unless its a Volkswagen. For some reason people love Volkswagens (including myself) in Michigan.
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Doug, he might not have played because he couldn't hear your rev. You need a nice exhaust for that thing. I recommend you get a Borla muffler, since they don't have a cat-back system for your car, andthis tip for that nice Euro look. Then have a really good exhaust joint mandrel bend you some 3 inch pipe from your converter.
Very nice.
Very nice.
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First sighting ever in this thread, and a crappy one at that:
Alfa Romeo 159. 3.2l V6 version, too, which is pretty rare, seeing as for slightly less, you could own a brand-new 3-series. Though, it's not as pretty as the Alfa...
Actually, I saw a few nice things, but only the Alfa was stationary for enough time for my cellphone camera. Also saw: Audi Allroad (Second sighting - first one was ages ago, when they were new), and a rather-boring looking old american Sedan. My guesstimate is a Buick, Oldsmobile or similar, and not a performance-car. Didn't have any badges... I know where it is usually, so I'll try to get there once with my proper camera.
Alfa Romeo 159. 3.2l V6 version, too, which is pretty rare, seeing as for slightly less, you could own a brand-new 3-series. Though, it's not as pretty as the Alfa...
Actually, I saw a few nice things, but only the Alfa was stationary for enough time for my cellphone camera. Also saw: Audi Allroad (Second sighting - first one was ages ago, when they were new), and a rather-boring looking old american Sedan. My guesstimate is a Buick, Oldsmobile or similar, and not a performance-car. Didn't have any badges... I know where it is usually, so I'll try to get there once with my proper camera.
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Caught this sucker yesterday:
Heres why he's a sucker:
Only the 2nd M6 ive seen.
Heres why he's a sucker:
Only the 2nd M6 ive seen.
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Can anyone identify this car I just saw?
And if its rare or not in the US?
And if its rare or not in the US?
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Qvale Mangusta. The last car Alejandro DeTomaso built. Somewhat less than the 900 that they wanted to build actually built. Very dumb, for obvious reasons ($80,000 for a car so similar to the Mustang Cobra they shared easily-noticed interior bits, though it handled pretty well). Especially in MG form.
VERY good spot - never seen one to this day. A definite +rep - I think we do have some more of those in this thread, but two at the very most (in 5,200 posts). And two might be generous. Thanks for sharing - California seems to be the only place where these things exist!
My own spots were interesting, though exotic cars weren't out in force today.
For one:
This is the first Charger police car I've seen, and it looks positively mean. Out of the city of Centennial, Colorado, about five miles south of Denver and one town over from where my Audi gets serviced.
Admit it, this is a classic vanity plate.
I need to work on my zoom focus, but I think we've all seen Flyin' Spurs. An educated guess says that I've photographed about 100 Continental GTs and Flying Spurs in the last two years and seen maybe 20 more than that. The most common $170,000 item in the world that isn't a home.
The real, astonishing, incredible highlight of my week was this spot:
These plates were on the road from June 1, 1982 until June 30, 1992. During that time, literally millions of license plates were issued. This is number ten. Presumably it was issued on June 1, 1982 at about 9:15am - meaning it will have been on the road for twenty-five years tomorrow. A very fantastic compliment (though not a perfect one) to this spot, the first plate issued July 1, 1992, which will have been on the road fifteen years next month.
I've also spotted AA-22, which was issued on January 1, 1977 and is still on the road, and 001-AAA, which was the first plate of Colorado's current design, though I saw that one way back in 2001, predating my digital camera.
Exciting for me - much more so than a Flying Spur, anyway!
For one:
This is the first Charger police car I've seen, and it looks positively mean. Out of the city of Centennial, Colorado, about five miles south of Denver and one town over from where my Audi gets serviced.
Admit it, this is a classic vanity plate.
I need to work on my zoom focus, but I think we've all seen Flyin' Spurs. An educated guess says that I've photographed about 100 Continental GTs and Flying Spurs in the last two years and seen maybe 20 more than that. The most common $170,000 item in the world that isn't a home.
The real, astonishing, incredible highlight of my week was this spot:
These plates were on the road from June 1, 1982 until June 30, 1992. During that time, literally millions of license plates were issued. This is number ten. Presumably it was issued on June 1, 1982 at about 9:15am - meaning it will have been on the road for twenty-five years tomorrow. A very fantastic compliment (though not a perfect one) to this spot, the first plate issued July 1, 1992, which will have been on the road fifteen years next month.
I've also spotted AA-22, which was issued on January 1, 1977 and is still on the road, and 001-AAA, which was the first plate of Colorado's current design, though I saw that one way back in 2001, predating my digital camera.
Exciting for me - much more so than a Flying Spur, anyway!
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