Car Spotting: What You Saw Recently!

[zo6dude]

@ Queen: Well put:)

[Camel]

I couldn't really agree more than what The Queen said. I know I'd be pissed if somebody was running around my car with a camera like a school kid but wouldn't mind at all if they were stood on the pavement and took one or two photos like normal people.

[ScoobSTi]

I can never get pics but trust me I saw these two!

 

Ferrari F430 Spider

Aston Martin DB9

 

I spotted the 430 from a block away because in NYC, bright red or citrus-y colored cars are usually exotics. DB9 was hidden behind some trees, it was black/dark green.

[T0M722]

I agree with all these points. Being harassed like in the video isn't very nice. I guess it depends on the person. Maybe some people just love being raped by 12/13 year old children and getting all the attention. :rolleyes:

[dredgy]

I couldn't really agree more than what The Queen said. I know I'd be pissed if somebody was running around my car with a camera like a school kid but wouldn't mind at all if they were stood on the pavement and took one or two photos like normal people.

 

Here driving an expensive car is pretty much a deathwish. This town is a mix of young people who love cars and older people who are very anti-progress and rather environmental, and want all cars dead. Plenty of stories of carspotting which irritate the drivers, it's why I never take pictures of cars when someone are in it. American cars are always a horrible target here, for both teenage car spotters and anti-development wackos (all the expensive cars here are generally driven by developers or construction magnates or whatnot).

 

I've beared witness to a few incidents:

A Corvette C1 Convertible was mobbed by about ten teenage boys with cameras on main street, grinding traffic to a halt unti security from a nearby shopped moved them on.

 

My neighbour drove me to the shops a few months back to get a new battery for my Camry and after leaving his Viper alone in the car park for about 10 minutes, it was surrounded by teenagers and one of them had climbed into the drivers seat for a photo opportunity.

 

When the Dodge Dealership opened here, they had to hire security to stop people going in for photographs of the cars. Which was strange since they never sold Vipers or any other decent car. Having a similar problem with the new Porsche Dealership at the moment, though no one's actually game enough to buy a 911 or Cayman, so the streets are awash with new Cayenne's.

 

And my mates Hummer H2, he parked that at the shops and had the sides beaten with a golf club and one of the windows knocked out. Nothing stolen though.

 

Plenty of stories I've heard about but not witnessed in any way including people spray painting a 370Z...letting down the tires of Audi R8's was qutie popular here for a bit, but they've stopped selling R8's at the local dealership now and everyone who had one has either moved or sold theirs.

[cis4care]

-big text-

 

Geez, those kids should be tied up and kept in the basement. That's just out of control.

 

But really, it's true, Latvia's no better when it comes to mobbing expensive exotics. There's literally 50 4th graders pushing each other out of the way to take a photo of a Lamborghini with their camera phones. Same goes for ruining cars. Nobody dares to drive an AM anymore, because they get stripped from their headlamps, wheels, mirrors etc., and I think this has happened to almost every AM here. And we only have like 5. And now all the Bentleys are taking all the crap. Just park it in the wrong spot and it's done for. The jealousy never settles.

 

And nobody takes kindly to car spotters over here, as I'm not one of them, it doesn't affect me, but the way other people (not the drivers) treat them here is a little too hard.

[mistermojo]

Red Audi R8 just outside Monmouth/Redbrook (Reaper and GTA will know where that is) would you believe. Didn't have my camera so here's a picture from google. It drove past so quickly I couldn't actually figure out what it was before it went, hence why I had to look on google :p

 

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b22/Kiwa25/vegas%20adult/P1130503.jpg

[T3hReaper91]

Nice Spot Mojo.

 

Mine is

 

Bently Continental GTC

+ Loads of classic Rolls Royce's & Bently's

[tdu66]

Red looks good :)

[Penfold]

Had another awesome day today ;) No rides this time though.

 

 

More to come when i've finished sorting through them :)

[zo6dude]

Wow nice colour:)

[Koenigsegg]

Bugatti Type 51 ((:

[cis4care]

He thinks the colour is gross xD

[Penfold]

:)

 

3 Scuds, one with the worst stripes i've ever seen :lol:

 

Really really really busy :( Rubbish for trying to take photos..

 

So I moved to the exit and watched all the cars leave for the next 2 hours :lol:

 

White 458, it's starting to grow on me now..

 

722

 

F1 :drool:

 

Yellow Enzo

 

1 of the 3 Gullwings there :nuts:

 

Nice scud

 

Bugatti EB 100 :drool:

 

OM NOM NOM

 

Balboni

 

Grandsport

 

Nice Duo

[T1M]

:aah: Amazing spots Penfold! I love this and this for obvious reasons, but all of them are amazing! :thumbsup:

[t.]

Awesome spots, love the 458. Nice to see a lack of front plates too, they ruin the look of supercars. Fight the DVLA!

[zo6dude]

Wow nice spots and photos to:)

[DoMw94]

This weekend, ive seen 2 Ferrari F430s, 1 Ferrari F430 Scuderia, 1 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, 1 Ferrari F355, 2 Nissan GTRs, 1 Bentley Continental GT Supersports, 2 Ginetta F400s, 1 of only 250 Porsche 911 Sport Classics, BTCC driver Jason Plato's Porsche 911 Turbo, 1 Mercedes Benz C Klasse AMG, 1 Aston Martin DB9 Volante, 1 Vauxhall VXR8, 1 Vauxhall Monaro VXR8, 1 Porsche Pannamera 4s, 1 Ford GT, 1 MG Xpower, 1 Vauxhall Monaro, 1 Aston MArtin DB7 GT, 2 or 3 standard Bentley Continental GTs, 2 Maserati Gransport (new and old), 1 Rolls Royce Phantom, 2 Aston Martin V12 Vantages, 1 Honda NSX, 3 Ford Focus RSs (1 in every colour!!!) the list goes on and on! below are a few of the pics I have.

 

On a side note, I also saw a Spitfire and a Eurofighter Typhoon flying!!!

 

(All at Oulton Park BTCC)

[Penfold]

http://forum.turboduck.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=12798&d=1275855456

 

Farbound/Farbio/Genetta GTS! I love these! :nuts:

[Lambo91]

saw this parked next to the new Superleggera.

 

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[CarMadMike]

I've seen a spitfire (On the back of a truck), An '07 GT500 and a Ford Cortini today :)

[T1M]

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4673614073_b581dc3c18_b.jpg

saw this parked next to the new Superleggera.

:omg: Oh my... That ass is just.. :drool::drool::drool:

[t.]

That SV pic is fantastic.

 

In total contrast that MG is horrible, why did they build that heap.

[T0M722]

Awesome spots Penfold, they look as if your best yet. Also, nice rear end shot Lambo. It's fantastic :)

[ScoobSTi]

Lamborghini Murcielago LP560 (2 side by side)

Riced out 350Z's but they actually looked good

Convoy of police motorcycles.

 

I didn't know what was happening but they were blocking all entrances to the highways