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

[1X83Z]

When does it never?

Those pictures Toronado posted hurt it, but it's absolutely impossible to make that car look anything other than ass-kicking. Post all the bad Diablo shots you want - I will always retaliate with this one:

The car's just sitting there, and it still looks like it could kill everyone and everything. Ever.

What are cars that are similar to the dimensions of a Diablo?

It's about as long as a Ford Escape, but it's damn near a foot wider, and two and a half feet shorter in height. In that photo you can easily compare it with the 01-06 Toyota RAV4 and the 01-present Volvo V70. To the RAV4, it's six inches shorter in length, nearly a foot wider, and nearly two feet shorter in height. To the V70, it's a foot shorter in length, nine inches wider, and more than a foot shorter in height. Radical changes like that just don't occur in the car world - for instance, every midsize sedan on the market is between 56 and 61 inches tall. The Diablo comes in at around 43.

The thing's crazy.

 

[McLaren]

The famous blue. Looks a bit strange with it's top on, but still gorgeous.

However, I could always go for the coupe as well.

 

[SkylineObsession]

Holey moley man, i had an incredible car sighting day today and saw two models of cars i honestly thought i'd NEVER see in real life.

(some of these were at a American car day or something i just happened across but still).

- Plymouth Superbird/Road Runner (first one i've seen in real life?)
- Lots of other Plymouths (Cuda's etc)
- Bajillions of Mustangs, more specifics further down. More Mustangs that i'd ever seen in one place before though
- Heaps of Ford Falcons/Fairmonts etc (including the American Fairmont)
- FPV GT (dark green)
- FPV F6 Typhoon (light green)
- Ford Mustang GT Convertable ('99-'04 shape - red)
- Ford Mustang GT ('99-'04 shape - red)
- Ford Mustang Rouch (?) ('99-04 shape - blue, best looking Mustang of that era i've ever seen and this is only about the fifth Mustang i've seen of this shape!)
- Ford Mustang GT (black LATEST MODEL - 2006!!!!!)
- Ford Mustang GT Convertable maroon, LATEST MODEL - 2006!!!!!)
Honestly NEVER thought i'd see that shape Mustang in NZ, it seriously made my day and by god do they look awesome in real life or what!!

- Chevrolet Corvette Convertable (blue C6!!!). Very first C6 i've ever seen, this also made my day (not as much as the Mustangs though ) as previously the newest Corvette i'd seen was probably an early 1990's model
- 997 Porsche Boxster S (first 'Ster S i've seen of this gen)
- Falcon XR6 Turbo's and FPV GT's/GTP's not at the show
- Porsche Speedster (holey c@rp is this thing tiny!)
- Ford F350 (holey c@rp is this thing gynormous!)
- Toyota Supra (late model - unsure of power source/model)

And others i've forgotten. Pics coming soon!

 

[Jay]

Maybe it's just me, but I don't see a picture.

Not only you, they don't work for me either.

 

[McLaren]

Holey moley man, i had an incredible car sighting day today and saw two models of cars i honestly thought i'd NEVER see in real life.

(some of these were at a American car day or something i just happened across but still).

- Plymouth Superbird/Road Runner (first one i've seen in real life?)
- Lots of other Plymouths (Cuda's etc)
- Bajillions of Mustangs, more specifics further down. More Mustangs that i'd ever seen in one place before though
- Heaps of Ford Falcons/Fairmonts etc (including the American Fairmont)
- FPV GT (dark green)
- FPV F6 Typhoon (light green)
- Ford Mustang GT Convertable ('99-'04 shape - red)
- Ford Mustang GT ('99-'04 shape - red)
- Ford Mustang Rouch (?) ('99-04 shape - blue, best looking Mustang of that era i've ever seen and this is only about the fifth Mustang i've seen of this shape!)
- Ford Mustang GT (black LATEST MODEL - 2006!!!!!)
- Ford Mustang GT Convertable maroon, LATEST MODEL - 2006!!!!!)
Honestly NEVER thought i'd see that shape Mustang in NZ, it seriously made my day and by god do they look awesome in real life or what!!

- Chevrolet Corvette Convertable (blue C6!!!). Very first C6 i've ever seen, this also made my day (not as much as the Mustangs though ) as previously the newest Corvette i'd seen was probably an early 1990's model
- 997 Porsche Boxster S (first 'Ster S i've seen of this gen)
- Falcon XR6 Turbo's and FPV GT's/GTP's not at the show
- Porsche Speedster (holey c@rp is this thing tiny!)
- Ford F350 (holey c@rp is this thing gynormous!)
- Toyota Supra (late model - unsure of power source/model)

And others i've forgotten. Pics coming soon!

It's weird how you get a bit giddy about some Corvettes, but I'm sure if I got giddy about a few Skylines, you'd think the same thing.

 

[Specialized]

I can assure everybody that that mclaren isnt fake (the blue one i posted) In fact it is the Mclaren F1 with the most amount of miles on the clock. Over 30,000miles. It has also featured in evo magazine a few times and recently in the 100th issue (if i recall correctly) Gordan Murry himself also suggested that this car would have more than the average Mac F1 in terms of power due to the engine being used and he guestimated at a figure of over 700bhp.

Ill find the issue and post what he actually said about the car later today or tomorrow.

Spec....

 

[McLaren]

I can assure everybody that that mclaren isnt fake (the blue one i posted) In fact it is the Mclaren F1 with the most amount of miles on the clock. Over 30,000miles. It has also featured in evo magazine a few times and recently in the 100th issue (if i recall correctly) Gordan Murry himself also suggested that this car would have more than the average Mac F1 in terms of power due to the engine being used and he guestimated at a figure of over 700bhp.

Ill find the issue and post what he actually said about the car later today or tomorrow.

Spec....

You sure it's the most-miled? Because I've read from Peleton that a black F1 w/ the aero kit has a lot of miles. Of course, maybe this one surpassed it.

I'll check.

*EDIT*

This is not the most traveled-F1. XP5 during it's 240.1Mph run had an odometer of 47,849 back in 1998. As for the power figure, may be due to an optional exhaust system fitted to the car. However, there must be work done to increase so much.

Credit to Peleton25 for the info.

 

[Supercar_Killer]

[cynical mode]
When was it taken?

And, yes, I know a camera can be set to the wrong date.

First post in this thread, with a photo of the best sighting ever. Bit convenient.

[/cynical mode]

Lol talk about picky, maybe his camera is a year behind? It was taken about then this year, lol i wouldn know, I surely wasnt thinking, gee! id better make sure that the date is correct so that i can post it with accuracy on the GTP forums! I was more like SH** GET THAT PICTURE NOW!!!!!!

 

[Supercar_Killer]

Pfft! that picture has nothing on my photo, i was walking down the street with my digital camera turned on facing down the road like usual and can you imagine the excitement that came over me when i saw this.....

I couldn't believe my eyes, just look at it, an unmodified, really clean Mk2 Vauxhall Astra, i think its a GTE too. I was dead chuffed

Spec....

lol i feel beaten

 

[Seanman]

Hm, how rare are Camaro Z28 convertibles?

While going out for lunch, I saw a white one with a white cloth convertible roof, with what looked like a white leather interior.

Pretty strange, as I've never seen a Camaro convertible before.

 

[TopHat]

Not very. They made them for the 1st, 3rd, and 4th generation. But I've never seen one with a white cloth roof...

 

[harrytuttle]

It's not a soft top - it's a pretend soft top known as 'landaus' in the States and 'vinyl roofs' most other places.

Quite why you'd want to try to fool people into thinking you own an ugly looking convertable 4 door Camry i don't know?

It's a holdover from late 60's and 70's American cars (Cadillacs, Lincolns), which I think is a holdover from the end of the coachbuilding era before WWII. It's popularity seems to come and go, and is almost always owned by someone over 60, trying to remember the "great-looking" cars of their youth.

Personally, I think it looks like total poop on current cars, and mediocre on 70's cars. It looks okay on pre-war cars, but they resemble horse-carriages more than modern cars anyway. I think people are actually confusing this:

with this:

Same year Cadillac, but one's a convertible, and one isn't.

 

[TopHat]

I think that a vinyl roof looks really good on a 70 Chevelle. And a Cadillac Coupe De Ville

 

[Jay]

Spotted this Ford Gran Torino 4 door today, not a real nice sight but a very rare sight in Australia.

And a Cadillac Coupe De Ville

I agree with that.

 

[1X83Z]

Hm, how rare are Camaro Z28 convertibles?

Depends which generation. Fourth-gen models are common. Third-gens are to-die-for rare.

Saturday yields more crazy car sightings, but I'll post them tomorrow. Nothing incredibly special, though.

 

[Seanman]

Ah, it was a fourth-gen. I guess they are more common than I thought.

 

[1X83Z]

Ah, it was a fourth-gen. I guess they are more common than I thought.

Alas, any third-gen Camaro convertible is crazy rare. The 6-cylinder models were made in the low four-figures, but the Z28 models were around 500 strong. I saw a 6-cylinder yesterday, in fact, and it's the first third-gen vert I've seen in seven months. The prior one was a Z28! But fourth-gen verts, while notably rarer than the coupe and T-topped models, aren't incredibly rare like the third-gens.

My sightings, by make:

Aston Martin:
- DB9
- V8 Vantage

Bentley:
- Continental Flying Spur

BMW:
- M6
- M Coupe

Dodge:
- Charger "General Lee"
- Viper SRT-10

Ferrari:
- 360 Spider
- 550 Maranello
- 575M

Lamborghini:
- Gallardo

Maybach:
- 57S

Porsche
- 993 Turbo
- RUF GT (964)

Rolls-Royce:
- Phantom (1 2)
- Phantom
- Phantom

Volvo:
- 780

Highlights:

Finally caught a Ford Edge on the roads. Not one, but four - and it took forever to get a good picture:

Oh yes. Oh very much yes:

Even the valets were getting their pictures in today. This will go down as one of my favorite photos:

EDIT: indeed, all the Chargers involved in the filming of the show are in private hands now, and this is probably one of the legitimate ones.

 

[Danny]

I call first Renaultsport Clio 197.

Sorry for shakes.

And my dream car to top the day off

 

[Philly]

Nice work M5. I really like the angles on the Astons. Great looking cars. I'm just wondering how many of those cars have already found their way into this thread. Surely there can't be that many in Atlanta. Any veyrons there?

 

[Roo]

And I always thought Jordan had a Nissan...

 

[MarinaDiamandis]

That Charger is worryingly appealing to me
Yet again, great pictures Doug.

 

[1X83Z]

Nice work M5. I really like the angles on the Astons. Great looking cars. I'm just wondering how many of those cars have already found their way into this thread. Surely there can't be that many in Atlanta. Any veyrons there?

I can't speak for the thread, but in my own personal spotting history, I've seen four V8 Vantages, fourteen DB9s (7 convertibles, 7 coupes), three DB7s (2 convertibles, 1 coupe), and a V8 for a total of 22 Aston Martins. I've never seen a Vanquish on the street. My first DB9 sighting was May 28, 2005; my first DB9 convertible sighting was July 1, 2005, and my first V8 Vantage sighting came June 19, 2006, in Vail, Colorado. Based on frequency of spotting, I can say that Aston Martins aren't very common in Atlanta - certainly less so than they are in Denver.

Of the V8 Vantages, two were photographed in Colorado, and two in Atlanta. Of the DB9s, only five were seen in Atlanta; the remaining nine were photographed in Colorado. Two of the DB7s and the V8 were also seen in Atlanta; the remaining DB7 (a V12 Volante) was seen in Colorado.

As for Veyrons, we have none reported or assumed in Atlanta, although the first production model lurks less than an hour from my home in Colorado. We do have an Enzo here, though - owned by the proprietor of Ferrari of Atlanta.

And I always thought Jordan had a Nissan...

That Charger is worryingly appealing to me
Yet again, great pictures Doug.

Me too - and thanks. Not sure of the history of the Charger, but it appears to be a dead-on match with the one used in the show. I'd be really surprised if it was that one, but it's a very good replica.

 

[TopHat]

I saw a 575 Maranello today. Pics later.

 

[Tornado]

What are cars that are similar to the dimensions of a Diablo?

I'm gonna cheat and say the Cizeta. To not be as lazy, its about an inch or so bigger than the Countach in every dimension.

- 550 Maranello
- 575M

Oh. So Ferrari wasn't lying when they said they changed it on the outside. All that is left now is to see if Ford was telling the truth when they said they restyled the Lincoln LS in 2002.

 

[Casio]

Kinda hard to make out. But it's an E60 M5, only the second I've seen in Australia. Stupid thing got away before I could get closer.

 

[CDailey]

I've actually seen quite a few of the E60 M5's lately. Last week, I saw at least 3 different ones.

 

[1X83Z]

Same - I see them really frequently now.

 

[Jay]

Kinda hard to make out. But it's an E60 M5, only the second I've seen in Australia. Stupid thing got away before I could get closer.

Even E60 M5's are rather popular in Adelaide, I have seen 4 different coloured E60 M5's on the road here.

Also awhile ago I said I know a place where a Vanquish hangs out from time to time but I have never got a picture of it, today I went past and there was a V8 Vantage instead, hope the guy didn't sell the Vanquish for the Vantage, I liked the Vanquish better. (Sorry don't have a pic of it, will try to get one soon).

 

[GT Pro]

Plymouth 440 Cuda' (Oh yeah, not common over here)

 

[MarinaDiamandis]

I've only seen one E60 M5, but as a bonus it was locally and not at a dealership (and in that gorgeous deep blue!). Even when I went to London I didn't see one! I see plenty of M3s of every generation though (doesn't everyone?) one Current gen. M6 (in Maroon, at a local race circuit) and the old M5 (At the same local race circuit).

EDIT:
Better idea methinks ;

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q302/Imakuni_2007/BMWM6.jpg

and...

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q302/Imakuni_2007/BMWM5.jpg

Proof! Ha! If anyone could tell me the full name of each car (generation, engine etc) I'd be a very happy camper.

Jamie.

EDIT 2:

Saw this baby! What are the chances...
Camera was in B+W setting but I was unaware.

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q302/Imakuni_2007/VolvoClan-FrontBW.jpg

Sorted it out for this pic though...

http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q302/Imakuni_2007/VolvoClanthree-quartershot.jpg

Snazzy eh?

Jamie.