The Cars Spotted Appreciation Thread

[RIC172]

Saw this today on a flatbed. When the flatbed drove off the suspension on the Ford Thunderbird wobbled like a jelly. Still looked cool though

 

[RIC172]

Also saw this beast earlier. Think it's a Clio 172

 

[Clio_fool]

Spotted a mitsubishi 3000 gt today. I know of one not far from me that's been on axle stands for about 6 years. Unfortunately this wasn't it!

 

[Mork of Ork]

A customer brought this XR3 that he's had since new into work for a service the other day. You don't see many of these.

 

[cat171]

I just saw a W reg Ford Cortina in what looked to be BRG with a gold stripe on it, it was mint! I wish I looked that bloody good for the age!

 

[Short Norman]

Snap!!! Just had the front of my M3 painted at this place he had five XR3's that he's doing up. All owned by him and all low mileage and low owners but in need of restoring.

A customer brought this XR3 that he's had since new into work for a service the other day. You don't see many of these.
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[Short Norman]

Not a spot but with all the exotics in here I thought it relevant.

Reading an article in Evo about financing a £50k Ferrari. They show an example from a finance house called JBR.

£10k deposit
36x£518 (£18,648)
Final payment of £30k

So £8,648 in interest over three years, bollox to that. It must be a misprint surely.

 

[Scrooge]

Sounds an horrific deal.

 

[Gally]

My boss saw an escort superspeed yesterday at a detailers. 4door blue one. Must be one of the rarest fords in history.

 

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Nice C63 black in the hand carwash [emoji23]

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[Short Norman]

Nice C63 black in the hand carwash [emoji23]

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Nice, can't work out if it's got a Matt black wrap on it.

According to the internet its only done 15k miles

 

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It was matt black

I suspect its paint not wrap

Mileage seem right only seems to only do 3k a year , no doubt a wifes runabout judging by the woman driving

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[Clio_fool]

Damn that's an expensive runaround. She might be a racer? I'd have thought the black series pre dates crappy matte paint jobs, and that's not exactly the required care a matte paint needs!

 

[Jesse James]

Damn that's an expensive runaround. She might be a racer? I'd have thought the black series pre dates crappy matte paint jobs, and that's not exactly the required care a matte paint needs!

I have to agree. I am sure when they gentlemen graces your car with his stone clad sponge it looks spot on.

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[Feirny]

Snap!!! Just had the front of my M3 painted at this place he had five XR3's that he's doing up. All owned by him and all low mileage and low owners but in need of restoring.
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Which place is that?

 

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Damn that's an expensive runaround. She might be a racer? I'd have thought the black series pre dates crappy matte paint jobs, and that's not exactly the required care a matte paint needs!

That model 2012 colour options were

"Mercedes plans to offer six color options (silver, red, black, matte black, matte gray, matte white)."

For the c63 black series coupe

And reading reviews from car articles lots of the jurno cars were matt black

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[Clio_fool]

That model 2012 colour options were

"Mercedes plans to offer six color options (silver, red, black, matte black, matte gray, matte white)."

For the c63 black series coupe

And reading reviews from car articles lots of the jurno cars were matt black

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Oh. That one definitely isn't properly cared for then!

 

[v15ben]

A few rare bits at the Leeds Cruise tonight. Fiat 131 Mafiori, barn find Mustang and a minty Escort 1600 Sport.

 

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Oh. That one definitely isn't properly cared for then!

You would cry at what i see in that hand carwash every week , bentleys ,ferraris , Mclarens etc etc

Its at esher rugby club carpark



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[McGherkin]

f**k yeah.

 

[RIC172]

 

[aucky]

Original Blower Bentley, From my factory tour this morning.

 

[cat171]

Oh my! :hearteyes:

Slightly better than the metallic blue J reg Granada I saw just now. It was mint though.

 

[Short Norman]

Saw a 991 GT2 RS earlier, however it was in a god awful yellow colour. Made it look cheap somehow.

 

[Coby.]

Passed a 205 Cabriolet out enjoying the sun today.

 

[Clio_fool]

Spotted a mint split window camper today.

 

[Jesse James]

Saw this rs turbo. Not overly modded, nice little throw back

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[Chrisgti6]

I keep seeing a red Triumph GT6 driving down my street - will try and get a photo. Never seen one on the road until this one. Great looking and sounding thing!

 

[Stay Puft]

Saw this lovely motor in Southampton this morning.

 

[RIC172]

Saw one of these coming up behind me earlier down a dual carriageway so I gave the cup some welly to see how quick the F355 is. Actually not as quick as I thought it would be.
It did sound amazing at high revs though. Even better than my fatty induction kit

 

[McGherkin]

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Saw one of these coming up behind me earlier down a dual carriageway so I gave the cup some welly to see how quick the F355 is. Actually not as quick as I thought it would be.
It did sound amazing at high revs though. Even better than my fatty induction kit :wink:

It's a little depressing, but it doesn't matter a jot, because that there is the quintessential Ferrari. Would give my left bollock for one.

 

[RIC172]

It's a little depressing, but it doesn't matter a jot, because that there is the quintessential Ferrari. Would give my left bollock for one.

Yeah it was for me too actually, despite the 172 impressing me to say the least.

The F355 is one of my all time favourites.
They are absolutely stunning and sound glorious. In fact I drove miles out of my way to enjoy driving next to it :smile:

 

[CrippsCorner]

Saw this lovely motor in Southampton this morning.

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Those wheels are horrendous.

 

[cat171]

Cool story bro alert..
I saw a mint condition Renault 5 GT Turbo on Sat, the first I knew of it was when it came flying up behind me & attempted to sit on my engine 😧
I could see right away it had had some stuff done, front mount, blue samco's etc (plus a cage, big wheels, dump valve, twin headlights etc, I hate those) as the road wasn't busy I gave it some, he did too. I thought it was gong to pass me & f**k off up the road (it could have easily have done so) but he stayed behind. We got on to a dc with a 50 limit to start, before it goes to national, so I just sat in the left lane doing 50 listening to my 80's stuff & not taking the bait, the Vee's not fast, nor do I pretend it is. It sat there next to me for a few secs & then f**cked off up the road.

 

[RIC172]

968 CS. Always liked these!

 

[RIC172]

 

[Silent_Scone]

Mint looking white RS Turbo Cabriolet pulling out of a side road near my rents.

Looked pretty nice, I guess.

 

[cat171]

Must have been home made, sometimes I quite like them (if they look nice, other times I think they look pants lol)

 

[Short Norman]

I friend built one years ago with full RS turbo engine etc, his was painted pacifica blue full 90 spec and looked very nice.

Well back then it did..

 

[Mr R.]

Not really a spot but a chap who found my project thread on here and my picture's of Flickr. He is interested in buying a Spec C and wanted some info about theres car's.
Anyway he is a bit of a Skyline R32 nut, having owned 3 in total and the current one is a mint standard example but the one before that was a Zeni Tani tuned car in Japan running 600 bhp.

Utter monster and a car i would love to own one day (a standard R32 in grey will do, a Nismo or V spec would be epic)