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Lancia need to lose the Banana rear lights and back end style, The delta back end needs to look more aggressive.
 
Nice spot on the Delta Serge. 👍 There aren't for sale yet are they....? But I do agree with the others, it does look kinda ugly in a way, and another failed attempt at parking...... :lol:👍
 
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I was thinking of a more permanent solution.

I want to call it ugly, but it looks so cool.

No, no it doesn't. On the Playground of Ugly, that hideous Lancia thing has just given B9 Tribeca an Indian burn and a noogie, then taken its lunch money.
 
No, no it doesn't. On the Playground of Ugly, that hideous Lancia thing has just given B9 Tribeca an Indian burn and a noogie, then taken its lunch money.

Maybe cool isn't the right word, but I do like it to be honest.
 
Nice spot on the Delta Serge. 👍 There aren't for sale yet are they....? But I do agree with the others, it does look kinda ugly in a way, and another failed attempt at parking...... :lol:👍

Thanks Muza. :)👍
I think the sale of the car started in Septembre.
 
That's the license plate wiper.

hahahahahaahah

absolutely classic.

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Yep. 000-AAA now.

The Netherlands (which is the first ever country to issue out license plates) is 00-AAA-0 now.

How does a country w/ 10 million people use AAA-000 for what seemed like absolut decades with no issues? Colorado which has like 4 million people ran out in 10 yrs. Do they reuse old #s?
 
How does a country w/ 10 million people use AAA-000 for what seemed like absolut decades with no issues? Colorado which has like 4 million people ran out in 10 yrs. Do they reuse old #s?

Could it be the license plate goes with the person rather than getting a new plate for every transfer of ownership?
 
How does a country w/ 10 million people use AAA-000 for what seemed like absolut decades with no issues? Colorado which has like 4 million people ran out in 10 yrs. Do they reuse old #s?

In Belgium license plates are linked to persons, not the cars. And there are also old plates with A-000 and AA-000 - driven by very old people in Suzuki Alto's.
 
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Guys, I found a vid that summarises Puerto Banus in a short time. This is where I see my cars :)
 
In Belgium license plates are linked to persons, not the cars. And there are also old plates with A-000 and AA-000 - driven by very old people in Suzuki Alto's.

Ohh! Interesting. Same deal in the vast majority of the USA except that most people switch their plates anyway not knowing they can keep their old ones. I guess in Belgium you must keep your old ones. So in Belgium the plates can be used to date the DRIVER not the CAR like in UK? Haha...

BTW last night I got some AWESOME shots of a yellow 550 on the highway:

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That car in that color is unbelievably dramatic. An awesome shape.
 
I never realized how far back the C-pillar goes. How's visibility from the inside?

The 550/575 is probably the only Ferrari I'd ever own as well. I like them, and you got some good photos too.
 
I never realized how far back the C-pillar goes. How's visibility from the inside?

Actually quite good - the problem is not rear three-quarters visibility but instead full on rear visibility because the rear window is rather high. Thanks all for the comments on the photos - that car is unbelievable.
 
What I caught today. Sorry for the quality, though. Shot with my phone.

2009 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MR.
Belonged to Don Herring Mitsubishi, but one of the very first to hit Plano.
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Mazda Mazdaspeed 6.
Haven't seen one of these in ages.
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2009 Acura TL Tech-optioned.
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It may have been at McDavid Acura, but I figured I'd post the pics of the car outside the terrible press release shots. Sad to say, the rear doesn't look good in person. The front isn't that bad, imo. Black though, hides the rear's terrible lines more than any other color. But, I also await the upper model, the TL SH-AWD, which actually gets rid of those pointless lights located right above the fog lights.

However, despite ugly looks, it drives very well. The shop was able to get me a test drive in this so I can see whether or not I would like to talk trade-ins in late 2009. I'll post my full thoughts soon.
 
Ohh! Interesting. Same deal in the vast majority of the USA except that most people switch their plates anyway not knowing they can keep their old ones.

Every state is different, Doug.

In Washington (the state), the tag stays with the car; so if you see an old car, you see an old plate. Drive around for a few days, and you see a couple of different designs. There's a few exceptions, for example, you might see a new plate on a really old car because the old one was unreadable or damaged.

In Florida, you get a new plate every five years, and it stays with the owner. It is transferable from car to car (unless for some reason you go from a motorcycle to a car, or from a car to a 5-ton truck). Regardless of the condition of the plate or what car you drive after five years, you get a new tag.

They enclose a little statement telling you "this is necessary because the reflective coating wears off", but I don't buy that. The coating looks the same on a 5 year old tag as it does on a new tag, at night. The real reason is that we have a lot of prisoners, and it's best to keep them working.

The other thing I've heard is that if your car is a certain age (I think 40 years or older), you can use any tag at all on it, as long as it's from Florida. Some of the tags were really colorful, although personally, I want the pre-1980 issue tags that are as boring as can be.
 
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Every state is different, Doug.

In Washington (the state), the tag stays with the car; so if you see an old car, you see an old plate. Drive around for a few days, and you see a couple of different designs. There's a few exceptions, for example, you might see a new plate on a really old car because the old one was unreadable or damaged.

not sure what the law is, but I do know they send out updated plates for one reason or another. all the plates here are pretty much the same now with exception of the custom ones.
 
AMAZING 550 shots Doug. God, I love that car!

New camera Serge?

Somethings from Friday...
V8V
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RS Cossie
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S500
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E5
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GTR
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GT3
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This morning's stuff later...
 
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Every state is different, Doug.

Not really - as I said in the vast majority of states the plate is issued to the owner. Indeed WA is an exception; CA is also. FL is not as you point out. If you wanted to take your old FL plate and put it on a new car you could do so, save for the fact that you guys get a new plate every five years.

In WA BTW you will no longer see old designed plates - the green ones are totally off the road and the original Rainier plates should be; the only ones that should be on the road now are the Evergreen State plates.

They enclose a little statement telling you "this is necessary because the reflective coating wears off", but I don't buy that. The coating looks the same on a 5 year old tag as it does on a new tag, at night. The real reason is that we have a lot of prisoners, and it's best to keep them working.

No trust me - the reflective coating wears off. It's already happening on the "new" CO plates which came out in 00. Old MA green plates are having that issue hence the Spirit of America tags. Connecticut had that problem & replaced all their old plates, some of which had been on the road 30yrs (lots of people complained). Illinois had that problem BIGTIME and replated a few years ago. I could go on. FL's 5 years is ridiculous but not as ridiculous as Nebraska which replates every THREE (!!!) years. Hey, they don't have anything else to do in Nebraska. Most states do it every 5-7yrs or whenever a new design comes out, which can last between 3ish years like in NE or never like in Delaware. AK, MI, CO and CT are famous for not changing designs also, though all four of those states recently switched. NC & MN have had the same design forever and refuse to switch. Why am I still discussing this? I'm just rambling.
 
Nice Cosworth spot, Rue!

C4 from about a week ago - I was going to wait to post this until I shot something else, but I haven't (and yesterday was finally warm enough to go car-spotting :indiff:. Most of the decent cars seem to have already been put away for the winter).

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I know what you mean, I don't think I'll really see anything good till next April when the weather breaks. We've already had snow flurries so it's only a matter of time before we get a blanket of the white stuff. Maybe I'll be lucky though, I'm still actively searching out the cars I posted about earlier (Fiat 500, French plated Peugeot and '10 Mustang).
 
In Belgium license plates are linked to persons, not the cars. And there are also old plates with A-000 and AA-000 - driven by very old people in Suzuki Alto's.

So if someone has two cars, do they have two different plates or the same plate on both cars? If it's the former, what happens when you go back to one car?
 
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