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

[Rue]

Just going through some remaining pics from Friday...

Porsche 996 GT3

Another Porsche 996 GT3

Porsche 997 GT3

Porsches? Common? Never!

964 Turbo

993 Turbo S

993 (Not sure on the model variant)

Mercedes-Benz 230SL

Mitsubishi Evolution VI (I just found out that one of the receptionists at work drives a silver Evo V - must try and get a ride!)

Humph! After all that, Imageshack seems to be having troubles. Will add the pics later.

Seems ok now.

 

[Alex.]

SE it is then 👍

Thanks Rue, The two ferrais were taken on my college's open night and they were both in lockups, there was a 911 (933) GT2 there aswell, but I didnt have time for a photo

 

[McLaren]

Yeah it did.

Then as Alex said, it would be a SE, though the roof & mirrors are just painted black. Still a great spot. 👍

 

[Tornado]

It used to be. Now it's just a big fat Civic. Still a nice performance car (The Japanese and American versions, that is) but it's just not what it used to be.

I was talking the Euro version stylistically.

 

[Serge.D]

Lancia Thesis.

 

[Tornado]

Lancia's are silly.

 

[buickgnx88]

That thing looks more like a Daewoo than a Lancia.

 

[Rykon Zero]

Are TA22's rare in the US? And what are BMW 635 CSL's?

 

[buickgnx88]

BMW 635CSl

 

[Rykon Zero]

I saw one, I just wanted to know if it was rare.

 

[JCE]

I saw one, I just wanted to know if it was rare.

They are, as are BMW 850Ci's. The 635 is one of the best cars ever to come out of BMW. I love them with every fibre of my being. They are truely spectacular to behold in person.

 

[Rykon Zero]

And I didn't get a picture of it. /Facepalm

 

[buickgnx88]

I saw one, I just wanted to know if it was rare.

Actually you asked what one was, you asked if the TA22's were rare.

 

[Turbo Lag]

Lancia Thesis.

Why didnt that get the ugliest car of the year prizes?

 

[JCE]

Because its Italian?

 

[KSaiyu]

Start off with my personal best spot since the 722 which typically I couldn't get a picture of, a Ferrari F50 heading out of Wimbledon. It was going the other way and I thought about doing a U turn to follow it in to traffic but the road was so narrow it would have ended up a 10 point turn. Anyone else see a blue F50 in SW London please take a pic of it

Anyway, onto the ones I could take pics of.



Yeah yeah, another P1800 but this one is different - one of the rare ones made by Jenson.



Well this way a Corvette Stingray, but theres now a 4-5 second delay on my camera phone that makes capturing moving things pretty random (more excuses, I know)



Pleased with this one, although none of us were moving which made it easier. Shop gives away location.



Maserati Ghibli? (Indy, corrected by Venari)

 

[MazdaZXi]

Pleased with this one, although none of us were moving which made it easier. Shop gives away location.

Did you get any other pics of the XK? I think you might have caught a factory test car, which would explain the mismatched wheels (the fronts look like they're off an XJ).

Other giveaways are that it's LHD, and the VX prefix on the number plate has appeared on a number of press cars lately, as seen here:

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/firstdrives/215763/jaguar_xf_27d.html

 

[KSaiyu]

heh, didn't notice at all. I did take another one though as it happens:

Huge picture 5

 

[Venari]

Maserati Ghibli?

Maserati Indy. And I could spot the early C3 Corvette without prompt!

Did you get any other pics of the XK? I think you might have caught a factory test car, which would explain the mismatched wheels (the fronts look like they're off an XJ).

Other giveaways are that it's LHD, and the VX prefix on the number plate has appeared on a number of press cars lately, as seen here:

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/carreviews/firstdrives/215763/jaguar_xf_27d.html

Could be anything. I suspect this is the XKRR, which sort of got canned for a while, but those exhausts (and Jaguar's recent success) would suggest they've opened the toy cupboard again. Was it making a sort of whooshing noise?

 

[KSaiyu]

Maserati Indy. And I could spot the early C3 Corvette without prompt!

Thanks, after looking at pics on google I thought it was a toss up between the two.

Could be anything. I suspect this is the XKRR, which sort of got canned for a while, but those exhausts (and Jaguar's recent success) would suggest they've opened the toy cupboard again. Was it making a sort of whooshing noise?

While it was idling I couldn't hear anything through all the traffic noise, and it drove slowly so I couldn't hear the engine being pushed. By the way, those 2 pics of the Jag were taken early December if that changes anything.

 

[Orion]

All taken in less than 2 hours between first and last pic.

 

[Tornado]

Why didnt that get the ugliest car of the year prizes?

Because it is 7 years old?
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[Rue]

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Maserati Ghibli? (Indy, corrected by Venari)

^ Very cool! Shame you couldn't get the F50 though.

 

[Gashlycrumb]

I just went for a quick drive down town as it was a nice day and being a public holiday I thought that there might be some interesting cars out and about.

However, there wasn't many people out and even less interesting cars.
I saw this Detamaso out again:



And two old guys in their Corvettes thinking they were cool when in reality most people would probably prefer the Alfa they were parked next too :



Just when I had given up all hope I spotted a car that I have wanted to see in the flesh since I was a kid. I know people are getting sick of Porsches in this thread, but I hope you will allow me this one:



It is one of 200 Porsche 911 RS-Ls(lightweight). If you look closely it was even being driven on slicks. That guy really must trust the weather report to take a priceless classic Porsche out on slick tyres!

 

[Turbo Lag]

Awesomeness 👍

 

[Slicks]

It is one of 200 Porsche 911 RS-Ls(lightweight). If you look closely it was even being driven on slicks. That guy really must trust the weather report to take a priceless classic Porsche out on slick tyres!

Spectacular car. One of my favorite Porsches, ever.

 

[Rue]

Spectacular car. One of my favorite Porsches, ever.

Seconded. Great spot!

Taken this morning during a shopping trip to find a copy of Rock Band for my Xbox. The only cars of note happened to all be Ferraris, with literally nothing else worth a photo.

Ferrari F355 Berlinetta

Ferrari F430 (Now there's some no nonsense parking!)

Ferrari F430 Spider

Ferrari F430 Spider as I was walking over a bridge

Erm, Toyota Supra on the way home minutes ago

 

[Diego440]

is that an Alpina next to the F355?

 

[Rue]

Yeah, an Alpina 5-Series, but I didn't take a photo. There are BMW's with Alpina bits all over the place.

 

[Nitrof1]

is there any normal car in hong kong? :/