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Looks like a DB9 
No but really, that little thing is awesome... I want one
No but really, that little thing is awesome... I want one
Did You See Anything Good Today? [Read First Post]
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- benzoboy
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Graham Goode Racing Focus RS
285bhp at the crank and 296lb-ft at 4125rpm. 0-60 in 5.5s and 100mph in 13.3. Bit of a beast, these.
You mean those are special cars?
Seen a couple of them before, thought they were just slightly chavved-up ones. Haha.
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Yup.
Nope. I first saw/heard of them in the old, now sadly defunct Cars and Car Conversions (the "triple C") magazine. When they're featured in a magazine like that alongside other profesionally tuned road cars like Autodelta Alfa Romeos and Abbott Racing Saabs then you know it's a proper job and not a chavved-up affair.
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Forgot to put my memory card in my camera so had to use the internal memory which means all my pics were lo-res.
Before we start, the spot of the day was something I didn't get a chance to photograph as it came out of nowhere. A black Ultima GT-R! A crazy sighting for Hong Kong roads and I am gutted I wasn't quick enough to get a shot. I will be keeping my eye out for it in the coming days.
Lotus Exige (not the same one as I have posted before) and in the background the reason why Hong Kong is known for having the most Rolls-Royces and Bentleys per capita in the world. That's a Bentley GT, a Phantom LWB and a Silver Seraph all in one picture (I only noticed when I came to cropping the image!). That's the reason why I don't photograph contemporary Bentley/Rolls' - my camera arm would get sore!
Ferrari 348 GTS
360
612 Scaglietti HGTC
F430
Mugen Civic Type-R RR
Porsche 997 GT3 RS (heavily modified) I couldn't get a good picture of this as there were security guards around, but next to the GT3 RS was a Ferrari 512 BBi and a new GTR, behind was a Lamborghini Diablo and a R33 GT-R Z-Tune and a couple of other things I don't even remember.
White with black wheels seems to be de rigeur for the coming summer...
The beautiful weather is back so I hope I can get out and get more pics for the thread...
Before we start, the spot of the day was something I didn't get a chance to photograph as it came out of nowhere. A black Ultima GT-R! A crazy sighting for Hong Kong roads and I am gutted I wasn't quick enough to get a shot. I will be keeping my eye out for it in the coming days.
Lotus Exige (not the same one as I have posted before) and in the background the reason why Hong Kong is known for having the most Rolls-Royces and Bentleys per capita in the world. That's a Bentley GT, a Phantom LWB and a Silver Seraph all in one picture (I only noticed when I came to cropping the image!). That's the reason why I don't photograph contemporary Bentley/Rolls' - my camera arm would get sore!
Ferrari 348 GTS
360
612 Scaglietti HGTC
F430
Mugen Civic Type-R RR
Porsche 997 GT3 RS (heavily modified) I couldn't get a good picture of this as there were security guards around, but next to the GT3 RS was a Ferrari 512 BBi and a new GTR, behind was a Lamborghini Diablo and a R33 GT-R Z-Tune and a couple of other things I don't even remember.
White with black wheels seems to be de rigeur for the coming summer...
The beautiful weather is back so I hope I can get out and get more pics for the thread...
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Nice Mugen Civic up there, I've still yet to see one in the UK.
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Seen an ultima
Also had a go in a 1.2 corsa with a c20let from the famous corsa vs evo video, I want one! thought the guy was having a laugh when he said as soon as he puts it in forth to hold it in forth for him...
Also had a go in a 1.2 corsa with a c20let from the famous corsa vs evo video, I want one! thought the guy was having a laugh when he said as soon as he puts it in forth to hold it in forth for him...
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Thanks mate! Yes, my Photobucket (see my sig.) has a lot of gems from the past couple of years. There are still many I have never got round to uploading though. I'm proud to promote Hong Kong and it's car culture. If you ever decide on a visit let me know and I'll give you some pointers.
I took a shedload of pics today, but it's going to take me a while to get through them all. There were a lot of run of the mill cars and nothing too special but perhaps I'll put up the highlights first.
EDIT: Ok, so here are the highlights from today. I have left the Ferraris out because there was so many of them I will post them at the same time, although every Ferrari I saw bar 1 Scaglietti was mid-engined V8.
Spyder vs Spider - I have better shots of each car I will post later
Immaculate E-Type Coupe
Disappointing photo of an evil Diablo SV
Gallardo LP560-4
Murcielago 40th Anniversary (1 of only 50 made)
AMG SL63 - Amazingly I have only ever seen three of these here (including this one) I have no idea why there are so few in the Mercedes capital of the world
Rare MG RV8
Amazing 964 Turbo - Check out the width of the rear wheels and the hood pins
Perfect 993 Turbo
GT3 RS's - That's 4 in 2 days
Toyota MR-S with what looks like a JGTC GT-300 full wide-body kit - Shame I couldn't get a better picture
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Looks like an SL55 to me. Those headlights are the oval ones instead of the newer car's full headlights, and the wheels are the ones with a bunch of spokes, while the 63 has a 5-spoke design.AMG SL63 - Amazingly I have only ever seen three of these here (including this one) I have no idea why there are so few in the Mercedes capital of the world
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It's an sl55 safety car.
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Right, I was looking purely at the bumper.
Cool! Is that rare?
Come to think of it, I think I've had this conversation before with Doug and someone else. Will dig out the photo...
Yes, we couldn't work out whether this was a 65 or a 55 but there was talk of it being a safety car like holden said. Any Merc experts here?
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I'm not a Mercedes expert but judging by the wheels that one looks like a 65. Looking at GT4, which has 500, 600, and 55 and 65 AMGs, the 500 has a plain five-spoke design, the 600 has slightly wider spokes, the 55 has that many-spoked design you posted earlier, and the 65 has the wheels you just posted.Yes, we couldn't work out whether this was a 65 or a 55 but there was talk of it being a safety car like holden said. Any Merc experts here?
EDIT-CyborgGT, that's not a Skyline. Just GT-R.
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Yes, the intake in the front bumper is the obvious giveaway but some people pointed out some other things that made it questionnable as a SL65.
As Holden mentioned, the SL55 Safety Car (from F1 a couple of years ago) does have the same bumper as the SL65.
As Holden mentioned, the SL55 Safety Car (from F1 a couple of years ago) does have the same bumper as the SL65.
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oh come on guys!!There is what - maybe 3 SL55 safety cars in the world - and on top of that, I don't think they are even road registered. The chances of it being a safety car are extremely slim and not even worth taking into consideration IMO
Yes, indeed it would be stupid to imagine that. We are not saying that. The point is that if they are not SL65's then I think they made some limited number SL55's which had the same spec/trim/body as the safety cars in the F1 GP of a few years back (at least that's what I remember from a discussion a year or so ago). For me both these cars (that I have photographed) are bog-standard SL65's, but people have questioned that.
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oh come on guys!!
It's not rare I've seen at least 3 in Glasgow alone.
Easiest way to tell the difference the SL65 AMG will say V12 Twin Turbo on the side, the SL55 AMG with the safety car performance pack will say V8 Kompresser but that's abit like stating the obvious...
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So are we saying that a Sl55 has a safety car option to make it look like a safety car? I never knew that if that's the case.
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