Car Spotting Thread

lol the list is endless, i saw a chrome bugatti veyron about 3 months ago while i was driving. i have developed a love for supercars. that was my most flash car spot. i saw a very lovely maserati MC12 the other day. have to say my fave marque is a mclaren though. beautiful. i have a hatred for porche drivers though, along with their cars.

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Reply 103

Original post by RobinK

Got quite a few pictures on my laptop (I'm a pretty big car enthusiast) but here's a car that's not been posted yet.

haha where were you! looks like we have seen the same car :wink:

or very similar.

Reply 104

Original post by Moura

haha where were you! looks like we have seen the same car :wink:

or very similar.

I think I was on Park Lane at the time :smile:

Completely agree with you about Porsches, I just can't bring myself to like them :frown:

As you mentioned McLaren...

Spotted on the same day.

Reply 105

Original post by RobinK

I think I was on Park Lane at the time :smile:

Completely agree with you about Porsches, I just can't bring myself to like them :frown:

As you mentioned McLaren...

Spotted on the same day.

aw ok maybe not the same one then, unless they travel around a lot. i wonder how many are in circulation.

and very nice!

Reply 106

Original post by Moura

aw ok maybe not the same one then, unless they travel around a lot. i wonder how many are in circulation.

and very nice!

Where abouts did you spot yours? :smile:

I suppose if I had one I'd be travelling in it whenever I could! :tongue:

I've wondered that too. With the losses Bugatti supposedly make on each car they sell there can't be too many...

Reply 107

Original post by RobinK

Where abouts did you spot yours? :smile:

I suppose if I had one I'd be travelling in it whenever I could! :tongue:

I've wondered that too. With the losses Bugatti supposedly make on each car they sell there can't be too many...

i would be too scared to drive it!

it was in monaco :smile:

they make losses? then why do they bother?

Reply 108

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Lol Mclaren MP4-12C doing tunnel runs today, sounded crazy! Saw 3x E60 M5s, Cls 63 AMG, Mercedes SLS AMG, lots of Astons (passed a dealership), and a Ferrari F430 today.

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Reply 109

Original post by Moura

i would be too scared to drive it!

it was in monaco :smile:

they make losses? then why do they bother?

Haha I must admit I'd be terrified every time my foot went any where near the accelerator :tongue:

Bet you saw a load of nice cars in Monaco! They supposedly sell veyrons for around £1million but spend £5million producing them - it's just a loss leader to generate media hype etc. When you think that Bugatti is owned by Volkswagen, it's just a drop in the ocean.

Reply 110

Hustler-1337

Original post by airdoc

I had a pretty brisk ride in this beast! The SLS Roadster is pure joy! Feels very fast indeed, and OH THE NOISE! :borat:

How did you manage to get a ride in that? :biggrin:

Original post by Moura

I don't have a hatred for porsche drivers, but I never understood the appeal with Porsche. They may be great cars, but aesthetically, I don't find any of the Porsches attractive at all - pretty ugly IMO.

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Reply 111

Original post by Hustler-1337

Couldn't agree more. They seem to have a pride in the fact that aesthetically their cars never really change, but to me it doesn't really show evolution.
... Unless you're Aston Martin - their cars are allowed to look the same :tongue:

beautiful things.

Reply 112

Original post by RobinK

Haha I must admit I'd be terrified every time my foot went any where near the accelerator :tongue:

that's a pretty good bargain then, next time i have 1 million floating around i know what i'm going to do with it!

i actually live near monaco right now so i have become kind of immune to seeing nice cars :P there are still some really beautiful cars around here though that make me go "wow!" :smile:

Reply 113

Original post by Hustler-1337

How did you manage to get a ride in that? :biggrin:

Belongs to friend of a friend :smile:

Reply 114

Original post by Moura

they are ugly and i don't like the unwarranted arrogance of porche drivers. i can understand "pride" in owning a car like a lambo or maserati or bently or ferrari etc. but not a porche. sorry but it is is not a classy car. porches seem somewhat tacky to me now, like they are trying too hard, i don't know.

I beg to differ..

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Reply 115

Original post by Moura

Also, having met and spoken to many drivers of different marques, Porsche drivers are among the friendliest! You can't judge all drivers by a few you might have had a bad experience with..

:wink:

Reply 116

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Reply 117

Original post by airdoc

I beg to differ..

2011-Porsche-911-GT3-RS-4.0.jpg

As car manufacturers go, I think Porsche (or at least their aesthetics) are quite polarising. For me, I'm really not a fan of that picture, but I know plenty who would be. I have to concede you do get quite a lot of bang for your buck with them though.

Reply 118

Original post by Moura

sorry but i think it is ugly.

ok well fair enough i appreciate your experience but mine is definitely different! maybe there's a difference between the fact that the porche drivers i have met are relatively well off blokes trying to fit in (and i mean relative to the average joe bloggs) in a place with many nice(r) cars... and car enthusiasts, whom i assume are the type you have met.

Haha, to each their own.. I don't find most of the older Porsches very attractive, but the newish ones don't look too bad.. The people I meet are generally enthusiasts, but there are a lot of very well off blokes, and generally, from what I've seen Ferrari owners are more stereotypically the ones to watch out for.. haha

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