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

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I was here last week, and will be back in a few days. Any picture requests? They have cooler cars than I had been expecting.
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Get anything you can, primarily, that Veyron.

That is also, a very artisticly-made dealership. I love the design and how the interior of elevation was done. đź‘Ť
 
Here's an interesting little find. I was on my way down to the Race Retro exhibition over the weekend with my dad. We were on the M1 near Leicester, in the middle lane doing about 80ish. All of a sudden a matt black sports car flys past doing a good 30mph more than we were. I recognised it straight away, unfortunately my camera was in my jacket pocket on the back seat and i'd never have time to 'pap' it before it disappeared into the distance. Anyhow, we carried on for a couple of junctions before we turned off towards Coventry. As we headed down the slip road i noticed waiting at the roundabout at the bottom, about half a dozen cars infront of us, the same matt black sports car. Camera out, i got ready to snap it (car mags and websites pay good money for shots of these things) The car was heading in the same direction we were, we joined the que of cars behind it and waited for the traffic to thin as we joined the dual carriage way. The car was on a mission and we were never going to get close enough for some decent shots so i caught it whilst i could. Sure enough, seconds after i got this pic it found some empty road and booted it - that thing seriously shifted!.



And what is the mystery matt black sports car?



A Noble M15 test mule!



This very car infact.
 
Good spot! Also, I don't think I have ever seen so many silver hatchbacks in one photo!
 
Ah, the slip road to the M69 for Coventry...been there many a time (I think, judging from the picture)

Anyway, I do live near where the Noble car manufacturers are, or their headquaters anyway. They do drive around fairly regularly around the area and when I have ever been lucky to see them around, they do not disappoint....:D. However I've not seen that one around at all...:(.

Cracker, was it pretty loud? And kudos for snapping that picture before it scooted off! :D:D

Noble seems to require drivers that canes the car at all times, as the last time I saw one, the driver was doing well over 50 mph (limit) in a short blast before a roundabout...alas, that was the last I saw of it. (Noble M12)

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Ah, the slip road to the M69 for Coventry...been there many a time (I think, judging from the picture)

Anyway, I do live near where the Noble car manufacturers are, or their headquaters anyway. They do drive around fairly regularly around the area and when I have ever been lucky to see them around, they do not disappoint....:D. However I've not seen that one around at all...:(.

Cracker, was it pretty loud? And kudos for snapping that picture before it scooted off! :D:D

Noble seems to require drivers that canes the car at all times, as the last time I saw one, the driver was doing well over 50 mph (limit) in a short blast before a roundabout...alas, that was the last I saw of it. (Noble M12)

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I only heard it as it passed us on the M1, it wasn't all that noticeably loud though.

It must have turned off the M69 about halfway down and headed back towards Barwell, probably doing a wide circle from the factory and back, doing some B road tests and including a few miles on the M1.

Funnily enough, the next day i saw only my second Noble on a Motorway, an M12. It had been pulled over by the Police, for speeding i presume. :sly:

I used to see Nobles regularly in Sheffield. Gordon Lamb Motorsport used to be a Noble dealer, after they closed or rebranded i've not seen them again since.
 
I saw 3 seperate 911 Turbos today, all 996.

It's becoming apparent that most 911 buyers in my area buy the Turbos, as the number I see far outweighs the regular Joe 911s.
 
ultrabeat
I saw 3 seperate 911 Turbos today, all 996.

It's becoming apparent that most 911 buyers in my area buy the Turbos, as the number I see far outweighs the regular Joe 911s.
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That's crazy - I see a fair number of 911 Turbos, but regular models prevail distinctly. I see literally hundreds of Porsches with Porsche being headquartered here. It's lovely.
 
Holdenhsvgtsr
seen a brand new (less than a day old as yesterday the owner had a db9) black CL63 AMG :drool: taking my camera into glasgow tomorrow just for that :lol:
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Are you sure it wasn't a last-gen. CL63? I don't think the brand new ones are entirely out yet, and even so, Mercedes is debuting a special AMG at New York's Auto Show that looks like a CL.
 
*McLaren*
Are you sure it wasn't a last-gen. CL63? I don't think the brand new ones are entirely out yet, and even so, Mercedes is debuting a special AMG at New York's Auto Show that looks like a CL.
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1. The new one has just debuted.
2. The old one was called either the CL55 AMG or the CL65 AMG - there was no previous-generation CL63.
 
*McLaren*
Are you sure it wasn't a last-gen. CL63? I don't think the brand new ones are entirely out yet, and even so, Mercedes is debuting a special AMG at New York's Auto Show that looks like a CL.
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its a new cl63,like i said less than a day old as yesterday the owner had a DB9,ill stalk him tomorrow and get pictures as i know where he works and the car is utterly stunning (and thats something as i think the normal cl is god awful) :lol: he changed his car every year and its parked where i always got off going to my old college,first year when i went he had a db7,the next year an sl55,last year a db9 and now this year a cl63 :) good taste in cars
 
I saw a Lotus Elise today. In NYC. Driven by a black male in late teens early 20s.
As a 19 yr old black male soon to be 20, it makes me think of what Ive done wrong with my life...
 
Diablomonkey
hmm I think I should have put little things that say "sarcasm" up.......
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Yeah, I was kidding anyway.

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BMW Bavaria

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BMW 325ix

The 325iX ran '88-'91 if memory serves, while the Bavaria - whose codename is E3 - came out in the late '60s and ran through the late '70s. So they're not similar. Clearly
 
have any of you ever heard of a KAmborghini? it seems to be a Ford Ka modified to look like a Lamborghini .... saw it last Thursday and tried to search to net for it but all i could find was this http://www.ford-board.de/jgs_galerie_userbilder.php?userid=61&bildid=9205
which seems to be the exact car i saw

today i spotted a beautiful Fiat 2000 Spyder, a couple of Porsches, about 10 Z3 (i tell you, this might be the most common car here in Germany right after the VW Golf :ouch: ), a nice looking Rover 75 and some other semi-interesting stuff (like i had any idea what's interesting and what isn't :sly: ). Going to put up some pics of the Fiat on Friday (or maybe tomorrow), not sure if any of the others are interesting enough ;)
 
hydr0x
have any of you ever heard of a KAmborghini? it seems to be a Ford Ka modified to look like a Lamborghini .... saw it last Thursday and tried to search to net for it but all i could find was this http://www.ford-board.de/jgs_galerie_userbilder.php?userid=61&bildid=9205
which seems to be the exact car i saw
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Wow, it does look just like a Lamboghini đź‘Ť - i'd have difficulty telling the two apart. Are you sure it's not the new lightweight Gallardo?

 
While I was in London earlier this year I spotted this, sorry for the poor picture as it was taken from my phone camera.

 

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