Did You See Anything Good Today? [Read First Post]
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Brett
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Nice find... not so much the car... but more the car in that local. It's one thing to see your daily variety modern day exotic in wealthy "hot spots" as many people of wealth like to show off their "jewles"... but it's rare to see an exotic in such "normal" surroundings. It makes for a great pic! Much like the wonderful pic Doug took of the yellow Carrera GT parked in front of an extremely modest home on an extremely modest street.
Shots like these are indeed rare, and nice to see. đź‘Ť
As Holden pointed out... that V12 isn't exactly anorexic.
It was indeed a nice spot because of the surroundings, though I have to say I have seen an Alfa Romeo Spider, Bentley Arnage, Aston Martin DB7 Volante, and Lamborghini Gallardo Spider near there. The Arnage and DB7 were likely big time donars to OU since they were parked on campus. The Spider, Gallardo, and now Murcielago were just barely off the north side of campus.
Still though, it is really a pretty normal setting and each of my sightings near there have been spread out over my four years at OU. I saw the Arnage and Volante my freshman year, the Alfa multiple years, the Gallardo Spider junior year, and now the Murcielago senior year.
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- Hong Kong SAR
Cars from the last few days of October here in HK...
Fitting number plate
Toyota Chaser
Skyline GT-T
Audi S5 (through showroom window)
Bunch of Elises/Exige in a distant car park
Toyota Chaser
Black on black on black Ferrari 575 Superamerica (My friend may be buying this soon... touch wood!)
BMW M3
Mitsubishi Evo VI
Porsche Turbo 993 (Love this car!)
Porsche Turbo 997
Ferrari 360 Modena
ona a current theme... Aston... (DB9 Volante?)
... and another Aston (DB7)
Fitting number plate
Toyota Chaser
Skyline GT-T
Audi S5 (through showroom window)
Bunch of Elises/Exige in a distant car park
Toyota Chaser
Black on black on black Ferrari 575 Superamerica (My friend may be buying this soon... touch wood!)
BMW M3
Mitsubishi Evo VI
Porsche Turbo 993 (Love this car!)
Porsche Turbo 997
Ferrari 360 Modena
ona a current theme... Aston... (DB9 Volante?)
... and another Aston (DB7)
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that last aston db7, i believe thats a GT is it not?
http://www.astonmartins.com/db7/db7_v12_gt.htm
If so, very very good spot, and i still think it looks gorgeous.
astonmartins.com
http://www.astonmartins.com/db7/db7_v12_gt.htm
If so, very very good spot, and i still think it looks gorgeous.
Fantastic spot. Absolutely great to see Oklahoma tags on a car like that. Thanks for the photos!!
Serge.D
True, although Bentley's version has similar sales figures.
My recent spots:
Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT
Maserati Quattroporte Executive GT
That means I covered BOTH of Maserati's rare trim levels of the Quattroporte (today!). I've now seen five Sport GTs, but the Executive GT is elusive as hell (for several reasons - wheels are the same is a big one) and I'm so so glad I finally saw one. Very hard car to see.
My very first Lamborghini Gallardo SE! Also a very hard car to see. I've now seen the regular Gallardo, the extremely rare Gallardo Nera, the Gallardo Spyder, and the Gallardo SE. I'm missing the Superleggera and hopefully upon seeing that I'll have the Gallardo totally seen... though I know there's a Momo Edition...
Hope you enjoyed the photos!
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today i had a go in this
996 GT3 RS
EVO 5
some people might like these...
filmed about 2 gb of in car videos!
996 GT3 RS
EVO 5
some people might like these...
filmed about 2 gb of in car videos!
orsche Cayenne and jaguar xj.
Today...
Aston-Martin V8 Vantage.
Dodge Viper SRT-10.
Lamborghini Gallardo, black with black wheels. Had a good look.
Black Ferrari F430 on Florida plates. I hate aftermarket wheels, but these really look good, and in the photo they look even better (probably due to the photographer's incredible skill).
Ferrari F430 Spider on dealer plates.
Your eyes are not deceiving you - this Rolls-Royce Phantom (which had Indiana plates) is, in fact, purple. It looked black against the sun, but facing the sun, the color is quite clear. My first Phantom spotted in purple... no surprise.
Aston-Martin V8 Vantage.
Dodge Viper SRT-10.
Lamborghini Gallardo, black with black wheels. Had a good look.
Black Ferrari F430 on Florida plates. I hate aftermarket wheels, but these really look good, and in the photo they look even better (probably due to the photographer's incredible skill
).
Ferrari F430 Spider on dealer plates.
Your eyes are not deceiving you - this Rolls-Royce Phantom (which had Indiana plates) is, in fact, purple. It looked black against the sun, but facing the sun, the color is quite clear. My first Phantom spotted in purple... no surprise.
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I saw this very cool 1938ish BMW 327 Cabriolet. Apparently in the three-year production run from 1938-40 there were only 482 type 327s made
and a Ferrari Testarossa, it sounded very cool in the tunnel.
Plus this 911 Turbo Cabrio
and a Ferrari Testarossa, it sounded very cool in the tunnel.
Plus this 911 Turbo Cabrio
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- AlexGibbo27
Sorry, Serge.D, but besides the opel truck I dont really see any of those cars as rare or exotic or exciting. Maybe they're good for your local area or something.
Although saying that, I refused to post pics of an SLR because I deemed it unworthy
Although saying that, I refused to post pics of an SLR because I deemed it unworthy
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- GTP_daan
Is that a new livery? Is the Evo model you've got now obselete?EVO 5
That's luvverly.
Black Ferrari F430 on Florida plates.
They may not be interesting to you, but there are members here who will never have seen a Megane Cabriolet or an Alfa 159.Sorry, Serge.D, but besides the opel truck I dont really see any of those cars as rare or exotic or exciting. Maybe they're good for your local area or something.
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no mines is modelled on thier evo 7
which is now on the same 5 spokes at the evo9 RA model so getting a set of those! thier 9 spokes they had on before snapped going up the chicane a couple of weeks back and when fllying into the crowd 
(noone was hurt though) so they said they are sticking to these for a while.
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- Scarfolk
- Grim10
- Are you kidding?
Corvette C5 Convertible and an Escoet RS Cosworth that made me really angry.
You'll note he's parked over 2 disabled spaces. It was just him on his own. There were plenty of other spaces available, you can see in the picture. What made me even more angry was that as I was leaving, an old man was pushing his elderly wife in a wheelchair across the car park after having parked in the nearest available space, when they should have had one of the disabled spaces the chav (who was on his phone as he drove in) had idiotically taken up.
So, perhaps this is our new benchmark for nice car-crappy parking?
You'll note he's parked over 2 disabled spaces. It was just him on his own. There were plenty of other spaces available, you can see in the picture. What made me even more angry was that as I was leaving, an old man was pushing his elderly wife in a wheelchair across the car park after having parked in the nearest available space, when they should have had one of the disabled spaces the chav (who was on his phone as he drove in) had idiotically taken up.
So, perhaps this is our new benchmark for nice car-crappy parking?
Great spot!! One of my "I'd love to see" cars.
Danachronism
Alas, it's not a supercar, which is usually the aim of this bunch's ill will.
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I know people with expensive cars who park like that. It's to avoid parking dents and scratches caused by other people (think door slams, people brushing up against the car with zippers, keys and whatnot). Most people won't leave a note on a Ferrari they just scratched as they know Rossa Corsa or Daytona Nero doesn't come very cheaply.
You have to realise that apart from the driving, owning an expensive car downright sucks. I posted a picture of an Arnage not too long ago (the one with the 1.6 TDI sticker), that car was purchased in January. Since then a rock was thrown forcefully at the rear window. The caps on the rims (with the Bentley logo) were stolen... twice. The screwcaps on the tire inflators were ripped (they're chrome so people want them). The front bumper was dented (presumably by someone kicking at it), it's been keyed and last not but not least the front emblem has recently been pried off with a screwdriver leaving some really nasty damage. The owner of the car has accepted it and says 2 to 3 thousand euro's worth of estethics repairs bi-monthly is just something he's now taking into account next to taxes, insurance and fuel as he refuses to become an anal car owner.
So generally you are going to want to park it inside, or privately. Yet if you have to park it outside you're going to want to keep it away from people as much as possible.
Sadly enough, for every enthusiast, there are 28 assholes who like to destroy your hard earned property. My dad owns an expensive car he won't take anywhere because of it. You can't the imagine the assholes out there.
So if I see a Flying Spur taking up four parking spots, vertically, I don't judge them.
(However that guy in the Cosworth is just a total tosser.
)
Also, /end rant.
You have to realise that apart from the driving, owning an expensive car downright sucks. I posted a picture of an Arnage not too long ago (the one with the 1.6 TDI sticker), that car was purchased in January. Since then a rock was thrown forcefully at the rear window. The caps on the rims (with the Bentley logo) were stolen... twice. The screwcaps on the tire inflators were ripped (they're chrome so people want them). The front bumper was dented (presumably by someone kicking at it), it's been keyed and last not but not least the front emblem has recently been pried off with a screwdriver leaving some really nasty damage. The owner of the car has accepted it and says 2 to 3 thousand euro's worth of estethics repairs bi-monthly is just something he's now taking into account next to taxes, insurance and fuel as he refuses to become an anal car owner.
So generally you are going to want to park it inside, or privately. Yet if you have to park it outside you're going to want to keep it away from people as much as possible.
Sadly enough, for every enthusiast, there are 28 assholes who like to destroy your hard earned property. My dad owns an expensive car he won't take anywhere because of it. You can't the imagine the assholes out there.
So if I see a Flying Spur taking up four parking spots, vertically, I don't judge them.
(However that guy in the Cosworth is just a total tosser.
)Also, /end rant.
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then they deserve the wrath of the white van man
WTF thats in Milton Keynes, not far from me. Looks like the parking lot for the:centreMK
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Yeah well a) that's not an expensive car per se, b) it doesn't qualify as a scratch preventive parking job as he left enough room for a car to inch up on it and c) van driver's got his parking technique down.
