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Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 10:51 am
by ZedLeg
Mito Man wrote: ↑Fri Aug 30, 2019 5:20 pm
This 355 is mint and another car which is usually covered up. I looked it up and it’s only done 18,000 miles.
The Mclaren is a 650. There’s a FF in the corner but no longer joined by its GTC4 mate. Old Bentley in the background. Usually there’s 2 360’s parked by each other - summer is awesome.
Love the dickhead parking with that McLaren. At least they've got a cover to make it harder for someone to key
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Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:03 am
by Zonda_
I don't tend to view that as dickhead parking these days, more like protecting their pride and joy in spaces that haven't increased in size the way cars have. The 355 is a tiny car and look how tight it sits in that bay.
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:05 am
by Mito Man
It won’t get keyed here, you just get an automatic £60 per day fine added to your reg plate - the carpark barrier won’t open till you’ve paid it.
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:10 am
by Mito Man
On this weeks episode of what will the MG dealership do next...
It’s a fucking cake shop now. The fridges were also packed with MG branded cakes. What the actual fuck.
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 1:09 pm
by ZedLeg
Zonda_ wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:03 am
I don't tend to view that as dickhead parking these days, more like protecting their pride and joy in spaces that haven't increased in size the way cars have. The 355 is a tiny car and look how tight it sits in that bay.
The Superfast is wider and almost fits in 1 space, 650S guy would've been fine. I calls it likes I sees it.
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 1:37 pm
by Swervin_Mervin
ZedLeg wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 1:09 pm
Zonda_ wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:03 am
I don't tend to view that as dickhead parking these days, more like protecting their pride and joy in spaces that haven't increased in size the way cars have. The 355 is a tiny car and look how tight it sits in that bay.
The Superfast is wider and almost fits in 1 space, 650S guy would've been fine. I calls it likes I sees it.
Is it public parking? Maybe he's paid for two spaces
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 1:40 pm
by ZedLeg
Didn't realise I'd get so many people leaping to the defense of some guy and their McLaren
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Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 2:26 pm
by Rich B
It’s the private carpark under mitoboys dads flat in Chelsea isn’t it. Presumably Mclaren guys two spaces to do what he wants with.
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 3:09 pm
by Mito Man
Most people rent a space on an annual basis, but the spaces aren’t numbered and you will get a fine if your wheels are even slightly out of the parking line. If you look at the back of the picture (where the Previa is) can see a fenced off bit - those are individual spaces, they cost £150,000 each though so not many people bother buying them.
Anyway found out what the car under cover behind the Mclaren is
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2019 2:40 pm
by Jobbo
Swervin_Mervin wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:43 am
A Tesla 3. In fact, over the last couple of days, lots of Tesla 3s. Did they time the UK release/collection date with the 1st Sept new registrations or something?
They're incredibly bland aren't they? I didn't even notice the first one, until a few seconds after it passing my brain processed that no, it wasn't an S, as it was a little shorter and a little more ugly.
The wheeltrims on the lower-end Tesla3s don't do them many favours either. Oddest view I've had of one was approaching it in traffic; the bonnet line is really low and the windscreen really deep so it looks like the Mekon of cars:
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2019 2:42 pm
by ZedLeg
Amazingly obscure reference there Jobbo
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2019 2:43 pm
by Jobbo
Everyone else here is in their 40s and will remember Dan Dare FFS
OK, the Ant McPartlin of cars.
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2019 2:46 pm
by NotoriousREV
Jobbo wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2019 2:43 pm
Everyone else here is in their 40s and will remember Dan Dare FFS
Wasn’t Dan Dare the 50s? I’m only aware of it because the creator was from our region and there have been various failed attempts to reboot DD over the years.
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2019 2:50 pm
by Swervin_Mervin
Jobbo wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2019 2:40 pm
Swervin_Mervin wrote: ↑Tue Sep 03, 2019 9:43 am
A Tesla 3. In fact, over the last couple of days, lots of Tesla 3s. Did they time the UK release/collection date with the 1st Sept new registrations or something?
They're incredibly bland aren't they? I didn't even notice the first one, until a few seconds after it passing my brain processed that no, it wasn't an S, as it was a little shorter and a little more ugly.
The wheeltrims on the lower-end Tesla3s don't do them many favours either. Oddest view I've had of one was approaching it in traffic; the bonnet line is really low and the windscreen really deep so it looks like the Mekon of cars:
It's the grille that's not a grille I don't get (the equivalent of the Mekon's top lip if you like). Tidy it up ffs, rather than leave some strange flat frontal area.
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2019 2:51 pm
by Jobbo
Dan Dare first appeared in 1950 but was in Eagle magazine until 1994, and was the subject of a successful series of computer games in the 80s.
Batman first appeared in the 1930s, but I remember him from my childhood like I do Dan Dare.
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2019 2:57 pm
by Rich B
Obviously the reference was way older than me (80s child) - but I got it and it is spot on!
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2019 3:04 pm
by Jobbo
The photo I found doesn't do it justice - I want to see another Model 3 from the same angle now
But I did think perhaps this is the future and we'll get used to it quickly.
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2019 3:27 pm
by Mito Man
The flat blunt frontal area is a big aero efficiency boost. Most electric cars have something like it but disguise it with a fake grill. I’m not sure which is worse though, a fake grill or just nothing.
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2019 4:00 pm
by IanF
All black Senna at the “McLaren Triangle” cafe. Looked like it’d driven straight from Le Mans, few sticky bits around rear - GTR to come?
Re: Teh Spotted Thread
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2019 4:03 pm
by dinny_g
Jobbo wrote: ↑Wed Sep 04, 2019 2:51 pm
Dan Dare first appeared in 1950 but was in Eagle magazine until 1994, and was the subject of a successful series of computer games in the 80s.
Batman first appeared in the 1930s, but I remember him from my childhood like I do Dan Dare.
probably due it's on thread but I used to have a sub to Tiger and Speed and my brother had one to Roy of the Rovers. Comic day was my favourite day of the week.