The Cars Spotted Appreciation Thread

charltjr · Feb 23, 2026

Short Norman said:
You chose the wrong first car

Mine was a 1982 2.0 Sierra….it went everywhere sideways 😎

It was less a choice and more a “one of Dad’s friends is selling this and it would make a good first car” IIRC 😂

What a heap of s**t that car was. Although to be fair, at that time most cars over ten years old that had gone round the clock were on borrowed time.

Tighten My Nuts · Feb 23, 2026

R3k1355 said:
How entirely insufferable were the other owners?

I'm well over 5 years into owning a Porsche and I feel hugely proud to be able to say that I've only ever been to two Porsche specific meets.

The first was an eye opener. The second was to confirm what I felt from the first.

That was enough for me to never go to another.

Clio_fool · Feb 23, 2026

Tighten My Nuts said:
I'm well over 5 years into owning a Porsche and I feel hugely proud to be able to say that I've only ever been to two Porsche specific meets.

The first was an eye opener. The second was to confirm what I felt from the first.

That was enough for me to never go to another.

@SharkyUK being attacked again 🙄 😂

Trainerbrow · Feb 23, 2026

DC5 on the morning commute

R3k1355 · Feb 23, 2026

Short Norman said:
Saw this 1983 cavalier on Thursday

It looked tiny even compared to today’s supposedly small cars.

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Love the colour on that thing as well.

"Random Tuesday in February"

ForceIndia · Feb 23, 2026

Short Norman said:
You chose the wrong first car

Mine was a 1982 2.0 Sierra….it went everywhere sideways 😎

Lad at school was given one for his first car. Went sideways off a roundabout into a charity shop window. Opposite the police station👌🏾

SharkyUK · Feb 23, 2026

Clio_fool said:
@SharkyUK being attacked again 🙄 😂

He's not wrong. I am a member of the official Porsche Club GB and I went to one meet. And that was enough. And it was/is the reason I now run South Wales Porsche Owners club with a mate.

We do it proper, innit.

cat171 · Feb 23, 2026

I saw a silver W reg Vauxhall Tigra last night. It looked pretty clean! It also had a disklok on it, so they care about it, otherwise it would be gone in two seconds. I didn't get a picture of it as I was driving. I haven't seen one in years!

Trainerbrow · Feb 23, 2026

cat171 said:
I saw a silver W reg Vauxhall Tigra last night. It looked pretty clean! It also had a disklok on it, so they care about it, otherwise it would be gone in two seconds. I didn't get a picture of it as I was driving. I haven't seen one in years!

There's a white MK1 one near me that I see on most days when walking the dog. It's parked on a drive in front of an omega, neither have which have moved in more than 6 years. Sunroof is open on it too.

Then there's a Mk2 parked opposite. But they have a solar batter charger and a rain cover over that one.

cat171 · Feb 23, 2026

Trainerbrow said:
There's a white MK1 one near me that I see on most days when walking the dog. It's parked on a drive in front of an omega, neither have which have moved in more than 6 years. Sunroof is open on it too.

Then there's a Mk2 parked opposite. But they have a solar batter charger and a rain cover over that one.

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That's a shame! It looks like the white one was a project as they didn't come in white (that I know of) I think they're cool! That one looks like a mini Vectra Super Touring!

Trainerbrow · Feb 23, 2026

Trainerbrow said:
When was the last time you saw a MK1 tigra?

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A pic from the front @cat171

Starlet_gt · Feb 23, 2026

SharkyUK said:
He's not wrong. I am a member of the official Porsche Club GB and I went to one meet. And that was enough. And it was/is the reason I now run South Wales Porsche Owners club with a mate. We do it proper, innit.

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South Wales porsche owners club eh? How do I join?!

SharkyUK · Tuesday at 12:52 AM

Starlet_gt said:
South Wales porsche owners club eh? How do I join?!

Don't get too excited!

It's basically a FaceAche page that my friend started a handful of years back! He sold his Porsche and bought an Audi R8. And regretted it.

There are quite a few members but the page doesn't appear massively busy on Facebook. More often than not, we just get each other on WhatsApp and arrange smaller meets / drives of 4-5 cars rather than getting 50 cars all together.

Nickw88 · Tuesday at 9:44 AM

Trainerbrow · Tuesday at 9:51 AM

Trainerbrow · Wednesday at 9:58 AM

Beautiful

Scrooge · Wednesday at 11:20 AM

Off to a Ford meet?

Trainerbrow · Wednesday at 11:28 AM

Scrooge said:
Off to a Ford meet?

It was on my FB memories from 2011 lol. Seems from the MOT check it did not last long after that

CrippsCorner · Wednesday at 9:51 PM

Can't be a real Mondeo, the bumper's still intact.

Willo40 · Friday at 8:10 AM

Trainerbrow · Friday at 12:33 PM

Juke final boss

TC. · 2026-03-01T08:22:47+0000

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DaveDreads · 2026-03-01T16:21:08+0000

That looks like the NEC.

Chrisgti6 · 2026-03-01T16:39:55+0000

Spotted this abomination in Matlock Bath earlier today 🤣

TC. · 2026-03-01T18:25:46+0000

DaveDreads said:
That looks like the NEC.

Well spotted, called into the KBB show for a few hours to source lighting for a camper I’m building.

Ray Gin · 2026-03-01T18:32:39+0000

DaveDreads said:
That looks like the NEC.

It's an RS6

DaveDreads · 2026-03-01T19:00:25+0000

TC. said:
Well spotted, called into the KBB show for a few hours to source lighting for a camper I’m building.

I stapled the nameboards to the wooden stands in that show, I was over the other side today building Crufts.

TC. · 2026-03-01T19:05:26+0000

DaveDreads said:
I stapled the nameboards to the wooden stands in that show, I was over the other side today building Crufts.

Crazy amount of money spent building the stands at KBB compared to the Motorhome show last week.

DaveDreads · 2026-03-01T19:25:45+0000

TC. said:
Crazy amount of money spent building the stands at KBB compared to the Motorhome show last week.

It was a nightmare to build, all the large stands blocked all the isles with their pallets of building materials, none of us could do our jobs properly, people damn near building entire houses to display their products.

I much prefer the car shows I spend most of my time talking to the owners, one let me have a few blips of the throttle on his 80's Ferrari 308 GTS, that was a good day at work.

TC. · 2026-03-01T19:57:49+0000

DaveDreads said:
It was a nightmare to build, all the large stands blocked all the isles with their pallets of building materials, none of us could do our jobs properly, people damn near building entire houses to display their products.

I much prefer the car shows I spend most of my time talking to the owners, one let me have a few blips of the throttle on his 80's Ferrari 308 GTS, that was a good day at work.

Couldn’t believe the size of some of them for a few kitchen taps.

The crowds in both are night and day. Motorhome show demographic was 60+ with all the mobility scooters used, the kitchen show everyone in their 30s and 40s in designer suits.

DaveDreads · 2026-03-01T20:11:02+0000

Proper Wombles attend the Caravan and camping shows, it's all bobble hats and thermos flasks.

BIFCAIDS · 2026-03-01T22:31:37+0000

TC. said:
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On the subject of Black Alpinas.

Nipped to IKEA (Warrington) today and spotted this. Sadly quite tatty.

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