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

[Speedster502]

Huge boot though. Enough for a couple of dozen refugees.

And you would know how?

 

[006r]

Today.

Where is this pic taken? Is that gas prices behind that car on the yellow sign??

 

[Roo]

Yes, but they are in Euros. Serge is from (and takes his pictures in) Belgium.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Have you ever driven a Bentley Continental?

I didn't notice that the first time. Good one, Doug :tup:

 

[1X83Z]

Have you ever driven a Bentley Continental? It's like driving a canal barge powered by four supercharged big-block Chevy engines. Supremely comfortable and amazing to hustle in a straight line, but ask it to turn a corner and it wants to punt you off into the pondweed.

Hyperbole aside, they're terrible drivers cars. Booooooring. Huge boot though. Enough for a couple of dozen refugees.

Logic behind placement:

GranTurismo - 5 seen (not an exotic car)
V8 Vantage - 23 seen
Viper RT/10 - 19 seen
F430 Spider - 22 seen
Gallardo Superleggera - 1 seen (but I had seen that one before, and I've seen 49 total Gallardos)
Ford GT - 9 seen
Conti GT Speed - 1 seen

First sighting always means you're the spot of the day, no matter what you are. Same rings true today:

Yeah the 308 is the least-valuable car up there, but I've never seen a 308 GTB before, so it takes the 'spot of the day' nod... or at least 'spot of the afternoon,' as the day is young...

 

[land sea air]

I really really want to know why there are still US spec bumpers on that car...

 

[Keef]

Because modifying a Ferrari is for people who don't own Ferraris.

 

[land sea air]

they could be considered a questionable modification themselves when you think about the fact that they are US only

 

[Jim Prower]

they could be considered a questionable modification themselves when you think about the fact that they are US only

Buuuuut It's illegal to remove them.

 

[exigeracer]

Because modifying a Ferrari is for people who don't own Ferraris.

So well put.

A friend of mine used to have a 308. He went out of his way to import a Swiss-reg GTSqv to not have the bumpers.

 

[Tornado]

Buuuuut It's illegal to remove them.

I doubt it. I've seen newer foreign cars than that with the U.S. spec bumper removed. Even if it is technically illegal, there is probably a few thousand loopholes to fall into.

Yeah the 308 is the least-valuable car up there

And ironically the most desirable.

 

[McLaren]

Because modifying a Ferrari is for people who don't own pre-2000 Ferraris.

Fixed.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Logic behind placement:

GranTurismo - 5 seen (not an exotic car)
V8 Vantage - 23 seen
Viper RT/10 - 19 seen
F430 Spider - 22 seen
Gallardo Superleggera - 1 seen (but I had seen that one before, and I've seen 49 total Gallardos)
Ford GT - 9 seen
Conti GT Speed - 1 seen

First sighting always means you're the spot of the day, no matter what you are.

Even if it was a limited edition Civic?

 

[Rue]

Why were the people blurred? Do you know them?

No, the reason I blurred them out is because I don't know them and I'm not sure they'd appreciate their picture on the interweb - especially in such an armpit of town!

 

[bondy_1625]

How ironic, a continental GT being dougs no.1 spot! Even if it is a speed, i still find that funny.

The rear brake strip across the top of the window looks sweet, nice touch.

Can anyone tell me what the power difference is between the standard GT and the speed, i know i read it somewhere but i cant remember and im too lazy to search, its not a hugely important thing for me...

 

[McLaren]

How ironic, a continental GT being dougs no.1 spot! Even if it is a speed, i still find that funny.

The rear brake strip across the top of the window looks sweet, nice touch.

Can anyone tell me what the power difference is between the standard GT and the speed, i know i read it somewhere but i cant remember and im too lazy to search, its not a hugely important thing for me...

The Continental GT has 552Bhp. The Speed GT has 603Bhp.

 

[1X83Z]

I personally find the US-spec bumpers endearing.

Plus, if he's going for all-originality, gotta have the bumpers. Then again the shields would have to go...

Even if it was a limited edition Civic?

Gotta be valuable.

 

[ferrari_chris]

This was another new one as I didn't recognize the license plate as being the same as on any of the others I have seen. It seems that people are mainly buying these in white or black. It's certainly a cool car but the more I see them, the more awkward they appear to look in light shades. I think I would take a black one. If Nissan was selling these officially here, they'd be making a fortune. These cars seem to be popping up all over the place so as it is, the grey-importers are cleaning up!

I know where the one I saw spends it's time. I can see it pretty much any time I like between 9 and 5.

Coincidentally, the guy has grey imported this one for sale. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/Nissan/auction-140428329.htm I imagine he'll get another when this one sells.

It has sensors everywhere, and even putting different wheels on it brings up a warning inside.

 

[Roo]

Mustang Fastback on the M25. My dad was driving.

 

[Venari]

Yeah the 308 is the least-valuable car up there, but I've never seen a 308 GTB before, so it takes the 'spot of the day' nod... or at least 'spot of the afternoon,' as the day is young...

Hmmm... well, the thread is 'did you see anything good today?'... which is so subjective. And also value (like beauty) is also subjective, because I would pay more for the 308 than the Viper, and I wouldn't rub two bits for the Meh-bach. Hence, it's the most valuable car there for me (but still the best spot. )

Mustang Fastback on the M25.

A '68. That's the one, baby. The only Mustang shape I'd really want to own.

 

[1X83Z]

Hmmm... well, the thread is 'did you see anything good today?'... which is so subjective. And also value (like beauty) is also subjective, because I would pay more for the 308 than the Viper, and I wouldn't rub two bits for the Meh-bach. Hence, it's the most valuable car there for me (but still the best spot. )

I agree... although of course value itself is very objective and while I rank them in order of my personal value it's hard to dispute transaction prices... Vipers list at over $80k; 308s are rarely for sale north of $50k unless it's a fiberglass car and even then it's pushing it.

 

[Diego440]

So I went to the gas station where my wife works this morning because we get car washes for 1€, instead of the usual 4-5€ everybody else has to pay. There's two lines, and I got in one, as there was a Megane Sport R26 waiting in the other lane... so I'm standing there thinking I should've brought my camera because it's a Yellow R26 and it looks nice, when there comes a car and gets behind my car... and at that moment I realised I really had to carry the camera at all times! The car? A Ford Focus RS.

 

[1X83Z]

Great day today!!

02-05 NSX

RRP

V8 V

Appropriate plates on the ugliest Maserati in history...

Montana tags. Montana has no sales tax so a lot of exotics get registered there - lore is that it's got more Ferraris per capita than any other US state.

SPOT OF THE WHILE

Ferrari 365 GT4 BB - the rarest of the three incarnations of the Berlinetta Boxer (other two being 512BB and 512BBi). Only 387 of these were made from '73 to '76. Crazy cool. The guy opened it up so I could have a look. Rarest Ferrari thus far in 08!

 

[ExigeEvan]

Question, do you know this stuff or do you research it after the photos?

 

[Venari]

Ferrari 365 GT4 BB - the rarest of the three incarnations of the Berlinetta Boxer (other two being 512BB and 512BBi). Only 387 of these were made from '73 to '76. Crazy cool. The guy opened it up so I could have a look. Rarest Ferrari thus far in 08!

Now that's a nice car.

The 'Motor' test car was Cherry over Black, with tan/black interior, I never think they looked quite right in red over red.

But in that condition, who'd argue?

 

[buickgnx88]

The lower half red looks like when someone tries to spray paint over the plastic body cladding on a car, it just isn't the same shade.

 

[Venari]

The reason is probably almost exactly as you say - they were the same shade when they left the factory, but the polymer panels age differently to the alloy painted panels. Hmm. Why would the door bases be different.

Maybe not, then...

 

[ExigeEvan]

Perhaps he got keyed by a midget.

 

[Tornado]

Appropriate plates on the ugliest Maserati in history...

I dunno. They certianly went all out when they replaced it.

Montana tags. Montana has no sales tax so a lot of exotics get registered there - lore is that it's got more Ferraris per capita than any other US state.

Well, even though they do now have speed limits, they hardly have any police.

Ferrari 365 GT4 BB - the rarest of the three incarnations of the Berlinetta Boxer (other two being 512BB and 512BBi). Only 387 of these were made from '73 to '76. Crazy cool. The guy opened it up so I could have a look. Rarest Ferrari thus far in 08!

I always preferred the 365 GT4 over the 512BB, even though it was slower, handled worse and had poorer driving manners. But I do think it looks better. Neither of them top the Testy (the 365 comes close), but what does?

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

I always preferred the 365 GT4 over the 512BB, even though it was slower, handled worse and had poorer driving manners. But I do think it looks better. Neither of them top the Testy (the 365 comes close), but what does?

I would rather have the 288 GTO or even the 308.