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From the past week or so:

Nismo 350Z
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New Honda Fit
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Chinese Buick Minivan..GL8 maybe?
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Focus SVT, fairly rare although still surprisingly cool
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Finally, an Audi R8, driven by some d-bag admin from school. He saw me checking out the car and came over, asked me if I liked it and said in the cockiest voice I've ever heard "this is why you stay in school", got in the car and drove away quite quickly.
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How come the rear bumper comes out more in the US when compared to the same car in the EU. Im refereing to the Focus SVT you posted and also the EP Civic has larger bumpers in the US compared to the EU. Is there a regulation you have to meet or something?
 
Seems like the EU would have stricter standards with their pedestrian bumpers.
 
I've seen a small group of them running around my area... definitely look like a prototype something. I'm saying next-gen BMW 3 Series, but I might be wayyyy off on that.

Do you have any pictures? I'm not exactly out and about from Hope all that much to see these all around.
 
It looks like there is some prototype car or something running around Holland here, or there was. I saw it last night, but wasn't able to give it a good look because it was dark and it was going the other way and I was concentrating on something else.

Anyway, it had kind of a cow-pattern paint job, which looked like it was stickered on because I could see through the parts that were covering the lights. I tried to think of what it looked like in the short time I saw it but all I could come up with is the current new Honda Accord.

Anybody know anything about something like this? Or could it just be somebody who decided their car looked better like a cow?

I think it's the Chevy Cobalt replacement (Cruze innit?)

Saw a bunch of them buzzing down Telegraph. Right around I-96 to be exact.

Seems like the EU would have stricter standards with their pedestrian bumpers.

Yes but human-to-car is different from car-to-car.
 
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I think it's the Chevy Cobalt replacement (Cruze innit?)

Saw a bunch of them buzzing down Telegraph. Right around I-96 to be exact.

Ah the Cruze. That would make sense. Thanks!

And having the same GT2 in the same spot two posts apart is pretty.... interesting.
 
I only saw it thanks to his tip!


Hahaha I can see that… “Dude, there’s a GT2 in the bling shop” –“Holly #$&&%!! *drops what he’s doing and grabs the camera*

Yeah, I would have probably done so.

Post from me, maybe the last in a while as a string of no-mercy work comes for me.

Recent find on a 1941 (I think) GMC 3-ton truck, in surprisingly good shape for being a work truck because this is still in the daily commute for a construction company. Way to live.
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From across the street of the truck, this Mexico-only 1980 Super Bee with a 150 hp (-_-) 360 ci engine, think US Road Runner with Super Bee livery; its in fantastic shape, in fact I knew this car a while back, the owner is a nice guy, I’d so love to grab it and leave it as is on the outside with the stock trim and American S200s but churn up the drivetrain, you know, 400 hp, 5 speed, the bits.
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Wow, rare car. A 1947 Chevrolet Fleetline, check out that roof line, so sleeeeeek!!!
This car was deemed as the poor man’s coachworked or streamlined car, and for good reason, the profile is astonishingly swoopy for a cheap ’47 car.. This one seemes to be a stalled work in progress, check out the newspapers on the windows… shame, I’d so drive that daily.
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More Mexico Super Bees, this one is a 1972 in pretty original shape, that’s the original paint… a little tattered but come on, 1972!! Note the hood tach and strobe stripes on the top; 318ci/4-speed car. I’d drive it sooooooooooo…
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Renault 4 CargoVan, the best one I’ve found (the others are piles of rust) and even so, look at it, its abandoned!! Cool little boxes on wheels, these.
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Common as hell 1968 Mustang Coupé that’s been sitting there for as long as I an remember… hell, been six years since I first saw it and it had been there long before that, sad, although coupe and maybe six cylinder, they are still nice project cars.
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1959 Ford Ranchero!!!!! What the heck is this doing here? They were not sold here, but it was a oh so welcome sight, these things are cool, they have the most Buck Rodgers-esque rear lamp design ever. Bad shape, but restorable.
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Karmann Ghia!!! With Empi Spiders (knockoffs) no less, the screaming yellow colour suits the mild-custom car well, it just needs a severe drop.
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But wait, there’s more, I presume these were form the same owner because they were like 5 meters apart, ANOTHER Karmann Ghia… who is this guy anyway? This one a stocker in much elegant black or dark green; yeah, in the BG you can see a VW Thing that was as good as this Karmann, to this day I still don’t know why I did not take its picture.
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And wait, there is MORE! I also presume this 1951 Mercury more-door was also the same owner’s. It was parked in front of the Karmanns and Thing, and was in pretty damn good shape. Like I said, who is this guy? It needs a chopped top.
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Very nearby, this race-car-looking Renault 8… it was cool but tattered, but hey, what’s wrong with that? Coilovers, a 2-litre with Webers, a cage and a big spanking number on the door and hood… yeah, so easy -_-
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1951 Pontiac two-door, very rare car but I’d say almost unsaveable. This car is the one that has the famous round taillights that are so used on hot rods.
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I don’t know what the hell with Ford Kas over here… take a look and tell me what’s wrong with this one.
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1947 Plymouth 2-door coupe I had posted earlier, these are more recent pictures of the same car in the same place, only in worse shape. It’s a good looking car, so its even more sad.
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Way old shots of a gigantic, BIIIG Pontiac Bonneville I found about 5 years ago… the car is still in the same place but it’s way tattered now, I cant seem to understand why people have a car they wont fix because there are no parts for it, as this one never sold officially in Mexico.
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Also very very old shots, about 5 years ago, but it was cool… a 1965 Mustang fastback!!!! One of the rarest pieces I’ve found because, as I’ve said before, no fastback ponies were sold in Mexico and they are extremely sought after; check out how good, how absolutely perfect this one was!! When I showed it in the website, tons and tons of mails came asking where it was but when I got there again, it was gone; I later found out the owner was a Mustang nut who already had a 66 Hardtop, and that he was restoring the car; after five years I’d assume it’s finished, but I haven’t had any news about it ever since.
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Welcome the rice back, and again, WTF with Ford Kas? Check out the skulls!!!!!!
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more later, WAY later ):
 
I've seen two '09 GT-R's in three days. I thought these things were "rare". I didn't take any pics because one was raining and the other was at night.

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I swear they set this up for me. Guy walked out, late 20s, hipster/designer style. Seemed like a fun dude, was flattered that I was taking shots of his car infront of his house (dead gorgeous combination). He said to swing by again, it's his daily driver. He seemed impressed that I knew style and design as well. He puttered off. Any ID on the car? He said it was a 1947.

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Difference between a wider lens ^ and a long lens \/

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Then a turd-brown X1/9. These things are getting rarer and rarer. I was about a half hour early for the good light, but I needed dinner and had a pile of schoolwork so I couldn't really stick around. I don't think House of Spices would keep the storefront open for much longer either.

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I see at least 3 996 GT2s per day

Unless they're the same ones, I hiiiiiiiiighly doubt that. They only sold 317 in the USA, so that's probably around 1,000 worldwide. Fewer than the F40 or Carrera GT. Hell, fewer than the 300SL Gullwing!
 
But Alex study's near Silverstone, doesn't he?!

Anyway, ironically - tonight... (Crappy cellphone pics)

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Damn not having a proper camera. I can't believe what I saw tonight. Just sitting having a drink in a bar on the Island I saw a white Lambo Diablo SV, a black CLK55 DTM cabriolet (1 of only 80 in the world), a black 430 Spider, red 360 Spider and a silver DB9. In the space of about an hour. The Lambo and the CLK55 were just jaw-dropping. These and an SLR two days ago, plus a GT2 and a Murcielago last night? Right, I'm going to buy a new camera tomorrow...
 
I swear they set this up for me. Guy walked out, late 20s, hipster/designer style. Seemed like a fun dude, was flattered that I was taking shots of his car infront of his house (dead gorgeous combination). He said to swing by again, it's his daily driver. He seemed impressed that I knew style and design as well. He puttered off. Any ID on the car? He said it was a 1947.

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Difference between a wider lens ^ and a long lens \/

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OH MY GOD.

You, dude, just outdid yourself and that is FREAKING saying something. Your best shots ever as I reckon, the light, the setting, everything is PERFECT, PERFECT. You lucky SOB, how a place like that helps, and the car too, incredibly intresting. You HAVE to post the gigantic versions of these.

It’s a 1947 Packard Clipper. Daily driver 1947 Packard Clipper. Oh god.

Dude, Exige, you HAVE to swing by again, take his word for it and ALREADY do a freaking photo shoot! there, in that exact same spot. You don’t even have to look for a location. Do it, do it, do it or I’ll be obnoxious about it forever.

And post the big ones.
 
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Damn not having a proper camera. I can't believe what I saw tonight. Just sitting having a drink in a bar on the Island I saw a white Lambo Diablo SV, a black CLK55 DTM cabriolet (1 of only 80 in the world), a black 430 Spider, red 360 Spider and a silver DB9. In the space of about an hour. The Lambo and the CLK55 were just jaw-dropping. These and an SLR two days ago, plus a GT2 and a Murcielago last night? Right, I'm going to buy a new camera tomorrow...


Hah! I knew you wouldnt last long. Welcome back to vice (:
 
Unless they're the same ones, I hiiiiiiiiighly doubt that. They only sold 317 in the USA, so that's probably around 1,000 worldwide.

I'd say 1 or 2 per day are the same, some may come back from previous weeks etc. There is a unit at silverstone who I swear service the majority GT2's (aswell as many turbo S's and GT3's)or something, there is very often 3 or even 4 on their car park.
. Fewer than the F40 or Carrera GT. Hell, fewer than the 300SL Gullwing!

There has also been a yellow CGT and red F40 at the unit across from me(Ferrari GB) :)(F40 was still there today)
 
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Alex, are you sure some of those GT2s aren't replicas? There's been some pretty nasty deals when people have tried to sell GT2s that are nothing more than a regular Turbo or so.
 
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Alex, are you sure some of those GT2s aren't replicas? There's been some pretty nasty deals when people have tried to sell GT2s that are nothing more than a regular Turbo or so.

I'll give them a check on tuesday. Speaking of that, there was one with a Turbo S exhaust quad design yesterday.:nervous:
 
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Alex, are you sure some of those GT2s aren't replicas? There's been some pretty nasty deals when people have tried to sell GT2s that are nothing more than a regular Turbo or so.

I presume Alex's spots are from outside Fearnsport. They specialise in servicing tuning and race preping the hard-core Porsches. They're one of very few places in the UK who'll do that. I'm sure they're the real deal that he's spotting.
 
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