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Hard to establish which was worse tonight - my sightings, or my photography. Either way, this was my take:
September 28, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
September 28, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
Also caught another Continental GT and a Flying Spur, but was unable to photograph them. The DB9 was piloted by two ~30s black women who became extremely impatient while leaving the valet area and honked at a cab loading passengers in front of them; the public, some of whom had gathered to watch the vehicle drive off, was very critical of that.
September 28, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
September 28, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
Also caught another Continental GT and a Flying Spur, but was unable to photograph them. The DB9 was piloted by two ~30s black women who became extremely impatient while leaving the valet area and honked at a cab loading passengers in front of them; the public, some of whom had gathered to watch the vehicle drive off, was very critical of that.
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Yes, it comes in Imola Red:
and there's a body shop not far from where I took that picture (hidden amongst a group of other, lesser body shops) that can spray all the trim on X5 4.6/4.8's body color. A friend of mine had his 4.8is done there, all Le Mans Blue (best color available on that car, I think). I'll try and get pictures of his X5 soon.
Today's theme: Fordy, Fordy, Fordy. Four Fords for ffffffHarry.
Thunderbird ~1962
Thunderbird ~1965 - for sale to a good home.
F-150 SVT Lightning - the only F-150 on which that skull is acceptable.
Contour SVT - I thought these all rotted away somewhere in trailer parks.
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I saw the same DB9 that I always see, the one the wheels got nicked off of a few months back. Also a black Ferrari 360, I love the way when one of them is coming along the road from behind you and you can hear straight away the it's something special, there's notihng on the road that sounds like a Ferrari.
I also saw a BMW M3, an E30 one and it could have been an Evolution, I'm not sure though. On the rear spoiler it had an extra lip on top of the regualr spoiler if anyone can tell me what it was exactly I'd be interested.
I also saw a BMW M3, an E30 one and it could have been an Evolution, I'm not sure though. On the rear spoiler it had an extra lip on top of the regualr spoiler if anyone can tell me what it was exactly I'd be interested.
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I think so Viper. I'm pretty sure it always had DB9 wheels but they were stolen.
BTW the E30 M3 in Slicks post above, the one I saw looked like that but it had another little lip on top off the normal wing.
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Finally today I decided to take a camera along, didn't get as many nice models as I hoped for, keep in mind most of these pics were taken very suddenly without using the viewfinder, just snap shots.
Bentley Continental GT
Honda Integra type R (also saw a DC5 type R but didnt get a shot of it)
Lotus Elan, too bad about the pole in the way.
FPV GT (BF model)
This was a very rare find, old Nissan Cedric
Lots of these getting around now but I just snapped this one for the American crowd that is interested in their upcoming Zeta platform cars. Holden Commdore SV6
60's Pontiac Parisienne, they were sold here by GM imported from Canada.
Normally I wouldn't photograph a Mazda 6 but this is a Mazda 6 MPS
Just a un-restored Datsun 1600 (P510)
Suzuki GSX 1300R Hayabusa
Mustang convertable
Nothing special really about this car, except its a Subaru WRX (GC) with some questionable mods
This is a fairly rare HSV Commodore, this is a early VT HSV GTS which still featured the Australian build Holden V8 of 195kw's (last of the Aussie V8), not long after this car was launched they switched to LS1 V8's, so most VT's are LS1.
A VY series HSV Clubsport, with another FPV GT in the background, I never noticed the bonnet (hood) looks alittle open when I took the picture.
Another Mustang convertable, I did say in another post that we have quite a lot of Mustangs in Australia.
Bentley Continental GT
Honda Integra type R (also saw a DC5 type R but didnt get a shot of it)
Lotus Elan, too bad about the pole in the way.
FPV GT (BF model)
This was a very rare find, old Nissan Cedric
Lots of these getting around now but I just snapped this one for the American crowd that is interested in their upcoming Zeta platform cars. Holden Commdore SV6
60's Pontiac Parisienne, they were sold here by GM imported from Canada.
Normally I wouldn't photograph a Mazda 6 but this is a Mazda 6 MPS
Just a un-restored Datsun 1600 (P510)
Suzuki GSX 1300R Hayabusa
Mustang convertable
Nothing special really about this car, except its a Subaru WRX (GC) with some questionable mods
This is a fairly rare HSV Commodore, this is a early VT HSV GTS which still featured the Australian build Holden V8 of 195kw's (last of the Aussie V8), not long after this car was launched they switched to LS1 V8's, so most VT's are LS1.
A VY series HSV Clubsport, with another FPV GT in the background, I never noticed the bonnet (hood) looks alittle open when I took the picture.
Another Mustang convertable, I did say in another post that we have quite a lot of Mustangs in Australia.
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I went to a rally yesterday. Nothing too serious, but it was fun, and I got so sunburned it's not even funny. There was a nice collection of cars. Sadly, there was also a classic car rally and we were under the impression it had the same route, but it didn't so I just got shots of the more modern cars.
I saw this BMW 2002 at the petrol station before going to the race.
Some nice ricers arriving.
Peugeot 205 Rallye
A nice M3 (is this an E30?). This guy did a massive donut, at the moment of the pic he was getting started and I was learning how to take fast pics. Sadly, I never learned
Opel Manta 
Impreza and Evolution. Many Evos went by, all of them had noisy brakes. Is this standard on Evos?
How artistic of me. The rear of the previous Evo with a Renault 5 Turbo in the background.
This guy got massively booed for bringing his riced 2F2F 3000GT to the venue. He swiftly (but not quickly) left.
This Starlet looked nice and sounded even nicer
Now the rally. It was 90º turn to the left, just after an uphill straight. Most cars were FWD and very few were above 4-cyl engines. Still, the oversteering and understeering were common occurances because of the dirt on the curve.
My first five pics sucked because I was fighting with the autofocus which took approximately 2 seconds to work after I had pushed the picture button. For example,
VW Polo
Civic Type R
Evo VII (I think)
Renault Megane
Early 90s M3
Citroën Saxo
Another Megane
An early 90s Civic VTEC
Pug 206
Corolla Twin Cam
Dual carb Pug 309
Nissan Micra
Seat 124
BMW 320
Toyota Yaris
Opel Manta
Don't remember really
Corolla GT
This Corolla Twin Cam went a bit too much into the curve
He ended up doing a donut
Renault 5 Turbo
Ugliest car in the rally
I saw this BMW 2002 at the petrol station before going to the race.
Some nice ricers arriving.
Peugeot 205 Rallye
A nice M3 (is this an E30?). This guy did a massive donut, at the moment of the pic he was getting started and I was learning how to take fast pics. Sadly, I never learned
Opel Manta Impreza and Evolution. Many Evos went by, all of them had noisy brakes. Is this standard on Evos?
How artistic of me. The rear of the previous Evo with a Renault 5 Turbo in the background.
This guy got massively booed for bringing his riced 2F2F 3000GT to the venue. He swiftly (but not quickly) left.
This Starlet looked nice and sounded even nicer
Now the rally. It was 90º turn to the left, just after an uphill straight. Most cars were FWD and very few were above 4-cyl engines. Still, the oversteering and understeering were common occurances because of the dirt on the curve.
My first five pics sucked because I was fighting with the autofocus which took approximately 2 seconds to work after I had pushed the picture button. For example,
VW Polo
Civic Type R
Evo VII (I think)
Renault Megane
Early 90s M3
Citroën Saxo
Another Megane
An early 90s Civic VTEC
Pug 206
Corolla Twin Cam
Dual carb Pug 309
Nissan Micra
Seat 124
BMW 320
Toyota Yaris
Opel Manta
Don't remember really
Corolla GT
This Corolla Twin Cam went a bit too much into the curve
He ended up doing a donut
Renault 5 Turbo
Ugliest car in the rally
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Nice pictures!!
I took the dog out this morning and caught a guy driving by in an old Monte Carlo..
Thats all.
I took the dog out this morning and caught a guy driving by in an old Monte Carlo..
Thats all.
The thread asks the question, "Did you see anything good today?" As I look back on yesterday, I think I will consider it the best car-spotting day of my entire life. I'm going to give it in order; there are a lot of pictures so be patient. Here goes.
We (my girlfriend and I) took the shuttle up to the shopping district of Atlanta at noon for a little shopping and a little car spotting. First, we ate in a mall food court, then we began walking down to the Intercontinental, a luxury hotel which usually has some nice cars out front. "Nice" is an understatement for yesterday's cars - the real term is "unbelievably spectacular." This was the scene in front of the hotel:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
In that photo, you can clearly see the Phantom, Arnage, and Murcielago Roadster - not so easy to spot is the Continental GT hidden away close to the hotel. Some close-ups of the vehicles:
If you've been following my sightings, you'll note that I saw that Murcielago Roadster on September 9 as well. I know it belongs to a well-known rapper, but I'm still unsure which one. We left the Intercontinental and I was basically set for the day - I knew I'd probably see more cars, but if I didn't, I was completely happy.
Seconds after leaving the hotel, I heard a tremendous sound from the road, looked up, and was able to photograph this:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
We decided to sit on a bench facing traffic in the shade for a bit, and doing so provided me with some good shots, particularly this one:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
To my knowledge, that's not just the Quattroporte, it's the new Quattroporte Sport GT, which is both more expensive and a lot rarer than the "regular" one. Upon returning to the mall for some shopping, I saw the black Murcielago Roadster than had gone by about twenty minutes earlier:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
Temporary tags indicate the vehicle was just purchased - like, on Thursday. As always, everyone was milling around the vehicle and it made getting a photo hard. When some space cleared, I was able to get a good shot of the vehicle and the Bentley in front of it:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
While we shopped, we popped out periodically to check the valet area, and a few interesting things came up:
People in Atlanta have rims, ya know? The pickups were cool (the Ram is an SRT-10), but the old GM cars were really cool - each had a different type of Tennessee environmental license plate, and the purple convertible was running 28s. Yes folks - 28s. None of the cars were in great shape - the wagon was actually quite dented - but they gathered a HUGE crowd when they showed up. After some more shopping, we decided to go to a different mall nearby to see a movie and eat. Before we could get there, though, we saw this:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
We then decided to sit in the shade, fortunately (not coincidentally) near the busiest intersection in the district. As we sat down, I immediately saw a Bentley Continental GT, pleading "aren't there any Ferraris in Atlanta?!?!" In the next fifty minutes, I would find that the answer to that is a definite yes. First, it was this:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
That car was being driven really hard, and I was lucky to get such a nice picture of it. Next, we saw this:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
Unfortunately, turning cars prevented me from getting a good picture. I had been joking with my girlfriend that I wanted to see an Enzo, and she got really into it, pretending that every sports car was an Enzo (of course, every time she said it, I looked - I'm that desperate). When she saw a 2-door red convertible, of course she said it again - I looked, and immediately realized I was seeing possibly the only other Ferrari that would equal an Enzo in rarity:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
I was stunned. I waited in the island for a picture and trained my camera on the spot it'd be coming by; my camera did a fantastic job getting the picture and I will forever remember that sighting. They made only 559 Ferrari Superamericas; less than 200 came to the United States, and all sold out immediately. This one had Fulton County, Georgia plates (that's Atlanta). It's one of my best sightings this year - a year that includes three Murcielago Roadsters, an SLR, and a 365 GTS/4 on the road. It's that awesome.
It wasn't over yet though - this came about ten minutes later:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
And five minutes after that:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
I have to say, I love how the Viper looks. Truly - I adore it. We went into the other mall to eat and see the movie, and parked in its valet was this:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
Not only is it the seventh Phantom I've seen in six weeks in Georgia, it's the first black one of my life. After going to the 10:10pm movie and getting out at 12:30am, and walked out of the mall - to find this:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
That concluded the best car-spotting day of my life. An absolutely spectacular day - eleven Bentleys, four Ferraris, two Murcielago Roadsters, and two Phantoms. Oh yeah - I saw some Continental GTs too:
We saw eight in total - one I did not photograph, and one you can see in the shots from the Intercontinental.
Jealous? I am - and I lived it!
We (my girlfriend and I) took the shuttle up to the shopping district of Atlanta at noon for a little shopping and a little car spotting. First, we ate in a mall food court, then we began walking down to the Intercontinental, a luxury hotel which usually has some nice cars out front. "Nice" is an understatement for yesterday's cars - the real term is "unbelievably spectacular." This was the scene in front of the hotel:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
In that photo, you can clearly see the Phantom, Arnage, and Murcielago Roadster - not so easy to spot is the Continental GT hidden away close to the hotel. Some close-ups of the vehicles:
If you've been following my sightings, you'll note that I saw that Murcielago Roadster on September 9 as well. I know it belongs to a well-known rapper, but I'm still unsure which one. We left the Intercontinental and I was basically set for the day - I knew I'd probably see more cars, but if I didn't, I was completely happy.
Seconds after leaving the hotel, I heard a tremendous sound from the road, looked up, and was able to photograph this:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
We decided to sit on a bench facing traffic in the shade for a bit, and doing so provided me with some good shots, particularly this one:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
To my knowledge, that's not just the Quattroporte, it's the new Quattroporte Sport GT, which is both more expensive and a lot rarer than the "regular" one. Upon returning to the mall for some shopping, I saw the black Murcielago Roadster than had gone by about twenty minutes earlier:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
Temporary tags indicate the vehicle was just purchased - like, on Thursday. As always, everyone was milling around the vehicle and it made getting a photo hard. When some space cleared, I was able to get a good shot of the vehicle and the Bentley in front of it:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
While we shopped, we popped out periodically to check the valet area, and a few interesting things came up:
People in Atlanta have rims, ya know? The pickups were cool (the Ram is an SRT-10), but the old GM cars were really cool - each had a different type of Tennessee environmental license plate, and the purple convertible was running 28s. Yes folks - 28s. None of the cars were in great shape - the wagon was actually quite dented - but they gathered a HUGE crowd when they showed up. After some more shopping, we decided to go to a different mall nearby to see a movie and eat. Before we could get there, though, we saw this:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
We then decided to sit in the shade, fortunately (not coincidentally) near the busiest intersection in the district. As we sat down, I immediately saw a Bentley Continental GT, pleading "aren't there any Ferraris in Atlanta?!?!" In the next fifty minutes, I would find that the answer to that is a definite yes. First, it was this:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
That car was being driven really hard, and I was lucky to get such a nice picture of it. Next, we saw this:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
Unfortunately, turning cars prevented me from getting a good picture. I had been joking with my girlfriend that I wanted to see an Enzo, and she got really into it, pretending that every sports car was an Enzo (of course, every time she said it, I looked - I'm that desperate). When she saw a 2-door red convertible, of course she said it again - I looked, and immediately realized I was seeing possibly the only other Ferrari that would equal an Enzo in rarity:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
I was stunned. I waited in the island for a picture and trained my camera on the spot it'd be coming by; my camera did a fantastic job getting the picture and I will forever remember that sighting. They made only 559 Ferrari Superamericas; less than 200 came to the United States, and all sold out immediately. This one had Fulton County, Georgia plates (that's Atlanta). It's one of my best sightings this year - a year that includes three Murcielago Roadsters, an SLR, and a 365 GTS/4 on the road. It's that awesome.
It wasn't over yet though - this came about ten minutes later:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
And five minutes after that:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
I have to say, I love how the Viper looks. Truly - I adore it. We went into the other mall to eat and see the movie, and parked in its valet was this:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
Not only is it the seventh Phantom I've seen in six weeks in Georgia, it's the first black one of my life. After going to the 10:10pm movie and getting out at 12:30am, and walked out of the mall - to find this:
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
That concluded the best car-spotting day of my life. An absolutely spectacular day - eleven Bentleys, four Ferraris, two Murcielago Roadsters, and two Phantoms. Oh yeah - I saw some Continental GTs too:
We saw eight in total - one I did not photograph, and one you can see in the shots from the Intercontinental.
Jealous?
I am - and I lived it!
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September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
September 30, 2006 - Atlanta, Ga.
Jealous?
Amazing Doug!
I picked out my favourites, can you see a pattern?
Plus rep, and I urge others to do the same.
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I belive it's a TSi AWD, with aftermarket wheels on it. It's one of about five or six in the area (excluding mine) that I've noted recently.Doug
You forgot to mention the 300C SRT-8, although it is somewhat dwarfed by the awesomeness of the other cars in the picture.Doug
