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

[lpb-nissan-gt-r]

The Challengers owner should be kicked in the nuts, until he realises how much of a idoit he truly is, make him take them wheels off, and ban him from owning a vehicle of any kind.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Cool Vorsteiner tuned E46 M3!

ewww

Completely ruined

 

[lpb-nissan-gt-r]

Is anyone in Michigan going to the dream cruise?

 

[nk4e]

Somewhere around LA, there is a Ferrari that literally sits in a hotel garage that just collects dust...its kind of sad though..

 

[Cano]

Cool posts, Erak and AstrosDude!! the Oantera with kinesis wheels is pretty neat. Also, is that Alfa SZ the first one of it's kind in the thread? or do I have a bad memory?

 

[NISM0_SKYLINE]

Is anyone in Michigan going to the dream cruise?

Duh . I'm probably leaving in the next hour or so, if anyone cares.

 

[oskierox]

Hey astros, when you go sight-seeing , what is that car park you are in? Is that a Galleria car park??

 

[lpb-nissan-gt-r]

Duh . I'm probably leaving in the next hour or so, if anyone cares.

Have a good time I heard it's awesome.

Paris.

 

[Roo]

Spot from a few months back that I'd forgotten about:

Talbot Sunbeam.

 

[NISM0_SKYLINE]

That Talbot is awesome, how much do they want?

Here's a few pictures over the past few weeks. Some from Michigan and some from Ohio.

Michigan spots

And now Ohio

 

[TopHat]

Not so much "today" per se, but last year when I was in Berlin.

Veyron (in a dealership, shush)

Gallardo Supperleggera

 

[E RaK]

Cool posts, Erak and AstrosDude!! the Oantera with kinesis wheels is pretty neat. Also, is that Alfa SZ the first one of it's kind in the thread? or do I have a bad memory?

I've looked at almost every post without seeing one! Spotted it at Pebble Beach after an old lady in a big hat got out of the passenger door.

 

[harrytuttle]

Top down GTC:
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h198/astrosdude91/gtp non photo comp/DSC01953.jpg

Not just that, but a GTC Speed. 👍




misc kit car

So very ugly. Why do people buy kits that can't look any better than this on the cover of the cereal box they come in?


misc hot rod

Don't know what the base car is, but the giant blower intake and exposed engine get a thumbs up from me. ( 👍 )


Morgan Plus 4

The only car in the world where a trunk rack looks acceptable.


Volkswagen Karmann Ghia

So extremely blue. It really is that color, too.


Chevrolet Impala 1962

Wonderful restoration. Not sure about the "Cry Baby" bit on the back, though.


Chevrolet Corvette C4 two-tone

I have never seen a two-tone C4 Corvette, and I'm not sure I care to see it again. Duo-tone's should have been left in the C1/C2 era.


Pontiac Firebird Trans Am 6.5L 1979

Six-and-a-half litres for a whopping 200HP...maybe. Looks badass, but it's going to have a tough time living up to that image.


Hyundai Genesis 4.6

It's a shame they changed the logo for the Genesis. The brand has enough positive image that they can get away with the standard H logo. This isn't 1989 and that isn't Honda.


Saab 9-3 Viggen

Torque steer your way up any country lane!


Mercedes-Benz SL63 AMG 2008

Not all that special, but I haven't seen one in a while. I actually haven't seen too many of this generation SL of any version. Recession? Not as big an improvement over the previous version?


Mercedes-Benz SL55 & 560SL

The juxtaposition was too good to pass up. If the 190E was a 2.3-16v, it'd be just that more impressive.


Mercedes-Benz SLK55 AMG 2008

This guy took off on me. Camera shy, I'm sure.


Ferrari 612 Scaglietti

Out for a test drive, but I'd swear this car had at least one owner before.


Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet 2007

That's not a strange reflection, the S is really broken. I wonder if someone tried to steal it for their Cayenne V6.


Porsche Cayenne GTS fleet

If there was ever any proof that Porsche was right to lighten the new Cayenne and ditch the serious off-road ability, it's this: three GTS's down one stretch in Greenwich at the same time.


BMW Z4 M 2008

'BAD CAT' makes no sense to me, unless the owner had this applied to a Jaguar at some point.


BMW M Roadster 2001

A rather striking car, I think. Too bad my photo isn't....


BMW Alpina M10 3.6

Either rare or not sold in the US. Perfect condition and loud as anything. Except for the (glaringly obvious) tags on the back, you'd never know it was anything other than a basic E34.

 

[Cano]

your misc. hot rod is a 1940 Chevrolet, Tuttle (:

 

[Nicksfix]

Getting back to the tossed out Lambo body. For those of you who called out "kit car / replica" , you are correct. It turns out that the owner of this Lambo body was attempting to put it together,until tragedy struck.If you look at the very last picture,you will see a pile of dirt sitting on a concrete pad.This spot,at one time,was a body shop,owned by this man.He had a fire in the building one night and it completely burnt down.This Lambo body happened to be sitting outside at the time.Sad,but at least he did salvage the body.The interior,frame,drivetrain,were all destroyed in the blaze,along with 7 other peoples cars who happened to be in the building at the time of the fire. Yikes,there goes his insurance rates.The owner is going to rebuild a new shop and finish this project.

 

[Carlos]

You guys see so many cool cars at one day it's almost normal.. If you see a Ferrari 360 here it's special.. Speaking of a 360.. I was driving to work when a 360 CS came by with mach 3! Damn what a beautiful sound

M3

RS4, seen this yesterday when I was going back to home from work..

You don't see this every day..

New CL500 wich I think is one bad ass car..
Need nice rims though..

American muscle, don't see this every day here.. Theres no market for this.

The new Peug.. I think it's pretty awesome! Needs a fast motor though.

 

[astrosdude91]

Hey astros, when you go sight-seeing , what is that car park you are in? Is that a Galleria car park??

Galleria area, Uptown/Uptown Park, and River Oaks area. That is where 99% of my spots come from. How bout we go spotting together and I'll show you. Bring the RX-8, I don't feel like driving.

Not just that, but a GTC Speed. 👍

Yeah, I realised that was a Speed after posting it, I just haven't changed it yet.

Ok, I went spotting on Saturday, and this is what I saw:

Audi R8 at the Shell Station near my house. It's always nice to spot things close to home!:

997 Turbo:

E60 M5:

Panamera:

Phantom:

California:

M6 a few spaces from the Cali:

Another California. The valet attendent was telling a woman that this was worth $800,000. Uh, NO!:

Another Turbo:

V8 Vantage:

A better Turbo, a 993 Turbo!:

WHAT!? A Mercedes R350 Brabus?? Wow!:

A row of Cadillacs including the new CTS Wagon and Coupe. Occationally these will be on display inside the Galleria, but when they're not, they get stored in this lot:

Bentley GTC:

Another GTC:

My first spot of the new GT3RS, along with a GranTurismo:

Burgandy Panamera:

Another Phantom:

Jacked up Tonka Wrangler!:

California turning onto a side street. I barely got it:

V8 Vantage. The owner was a nice guy:

Murcielago LP640! SLK55 AMG next to it:

928:

360:

DB9 Volante:

Turbo and Mercury Marauder:

V8 Vantage, again. This and the Continental GT are on the chopping block:

 

[Dac_Xint]

928:

That's gorgeous

 

[Vince_Fiero]

Honda Insight, first one I saw

Alfa Romeo Guiletta, first one I saw

BMW Z4 s-Drive 35i

BMW M3

Porsche Boxster

BMW Z1

Porsche GT3 with Cooper S and Abarth

Mazda MX5 with rack

Cadillac Crestmont Brougham d'Elegance

Reliant Scimitar GTE

I did the German Route 66

Old Audi

Old Citroen

Old Volvo

VW Scirocco R (Better shots then last time)

Buick 1956

Fiat 500

Daihatsu Copen

 

[NISM0_SKYLINE]

Malibu

Fixed up Mustang

Studebaker

New Cayenne

Chevy

Lotus at a Ford facility, UAW must be pissed.

Same with the M Coupe

Not too sure, but it's clean

Impala

Dodge

Ford Edge

Edsel, awesome

No clue

Chevy 2 and Thunderbird

Chevy Luv?

Cutless

M35 or M109

SL 55 AMG

Panamera 4S

Awesome M3

GT 500

No clue

Roush Stage 2

Durango me thinks

Plymouth I think

I should know this, but I'm going with Ford

Fairlane

Firebird

EDIT: More from today, 8.26.10

A4 with some cool lights, and a ladder

Pick up with NASCAR paint

New Cadillac

Opel

Galaxie

Aston

430

RS4

Ferrari at a European car repair place, hence the Morgan and Lotus badges

Super America

Viper

GTR

Ducato

New Jeep Compass

MiTo

Viper

New Jetta

S5

TTS

TDi Cup

Beetle

'55 Wagon

This was at a dealer, but I'll just throw it in at the bottom.

 

[Cano]

wow, such posts Vince and Nismo!
Vince, I happen to think your old Audi is a DKW... but it could be an Audi all right, at the time that car was produced both marques were part of Auto Union along with NSU and Wanderer. The Reliant is such an odd car!! I lbut the top spot for me is the big Buick with trailer!! Awesome americana in the least expected place.


Nismo, in order:
Awesome Fox Mustang
The clean green car is a 1964 Galaxie with a custom grille and Astro Supremes. Sublime.
no clue = Willys, which in pick up trim is very rare.
Chevy Luv is actually a Datsun with a Chevy emblem, haha
no clue II is an unmistakably ugly 1939 Buick
Suposed Plymouth is actually a 1965 Buick, awesome BTW
you're going with Ford but it's actually a much rarer 1931 Chevrolet. Very nice too
aaaaand the 55 wagon is a 56. Close though. And pretty neat.

 

[Carlos]

TDi Cup

What the..? Never known this was on the market.. Looks pretty agressive, but I'm VERRY dissapointed by the specs.. 👎 2.0tdi with only 140bhp? I owned a 1.9tdi with 180bhp lol..

 

[Touring Mars]

I just spotted my first Bugatti Veyron about 20 minutes ago, as I was walking up University Avenue in Glasgow... Ironically, I spotted it in almost the exact same spot as I once saw an old Honda that some chav had painted to mimic the Veyron's distinctive dual-tone bonnet (which looked utterly ridiculous). This, however, was most definitely the real McCoy - gorgeous... the Sun even came out as a mark of respect!

I just spotted the Veyron again, in the exact same circumstances, exactly 4 weeks (almost to the minute!) of the first sighting. I must stake out that spot and try to get a photo next time, but atleast I clocked the reg this time and remembered to get a look at the driver I also saw a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti this morning, but again no camera. Glasgow must be coming up in the world

 

[Dan360]

Have i seen any good cars? Yes. I dont have pics but i can remember them. Today I saw a reliant robin, sadly it didn't flip over (top gear style) because it was going at around 5mph (just faster than walking speed). Anyway, here is my list of the best cars i've seen and where i've found them

Phillipines:

Loads of Evo X's (i saw them on a 2009 visit)

Rolls Royce Phantom (around the streets of Manila)

The UK:

Buggati Veyron (i saw this at 2006 twice)

Nissan Skyline 2000gt (the old one)

Lamborghini Murcielago LP640-SV (near harrods, a popular place in London for car sights)

The US:

Ferrari Enzo, driving round the streets of New York

Loadsss of Corvettes, mainly Z06, around Las Vegas

and a Shelby GT500 (like the one from gone in 60 seconds)



I have seen more, like ferraris and 50's cars, but im listing you the best ones.

 

[Holdenhsvgtsr]

I just spotted the Veyron again, in the exact same circumstances, exactly 4 weeks (almost to the minute!) of the first sighting. I must stake out that spot and try to get a photo next time, but atleast I clocked the reg this time and remembered to get a look at the driver I also saw a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti this morning, but again no camera. Glasgow must be coming up in the world

It's a Veyron Centenaire been around for a while usually spotted in milngavie

 

[NISM0_SKYLINE]

Nismo, in order:
Awesome Fox Mustang
The clean green car is a 1964 Galaxie with a custom grille and Astro Supremes. Sublime.
no clue = Willys, which in pick up trim is very rare.
Chevy Luv is actually a Datsun with a Chevy emblem, haha
no clue II is an unmistakably ugly 1939 Buick
Suposed Plymouth is actually a 1965 Buick, awesome BTW
you're going with Ford but it's actually a much rarer 1931 Chevrolet. Very nice too
aaaaand the 55 wagon is a 56. Close though. And pretty neat.

I knew as long as I posted the picture you'd know what it was. It's cool that some of them are pretty rare, makes finding more fun.

What the..? Never known this was on the market.. Looks pretty agressive, but I'm VERRY dissapointed by the specs.. 👎 2.0tdi with only 140bhp? I owned a 1.9tdi with 180bhp lol..

It was at the VW Headquarters or something around me. They had two out in the lot and a ton of other cars with Manufacturers plates.

 

[astrosdude91]

Fantastic spot with the Supermerica, Eric!

Man this page is really getting loaded up! I'll have to wait until the next page to post my spots from yesterday.

 

[Dac_Xint]

A few from Wan Chai yesterday:

Supersportsss

 

[astrosdude91]

Fantastic pictures as always!!!

 

[RandomUsername]

Went to see a movie with some friends today, and saw a HEMI CUDA parked at a petrol pump with some other classic cars on the way. we where told not to take pictures but i managed to quickly snap this one:

Sorry for the very rubbish picture. but this is one of the awesomest cars i've seen in Mumbai. i still can't believe i was actually standing next to it a few hours ago.