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nuttinnew wrote: Sun Aug 05, 2018 9:06 pm Image
This thread will not be complete until someone spots those alloys on a Golf.
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Saw an i8 roadster in orange - still don’t like it.
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What was the contrast colour of the 911 that it was passing through its rear end?

Must say there is nothing I really like about them either.
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It was still orange, with surrounding trim in black.

At least the roadster looks less cramped and more in proportion with only 2 seats. I’d love to rip the drivetrain out of one and stick a proper engine and fat tyres on to see what it’s like.
If Aston managed to shoehorn a V8 in a cygnet then I don’t believe BMW that they couldn’t fit/cool a straight 6 as the car was originally planned with :lol:
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Popped into town earlier and parked next to a Rover 800 Vitesse fastback. Don't see many of those around now! Howmanyleft lists both a Vitesse and a Vitesse Sport, and I didn't know which it was, but even then there's only 85 licensed total between them.

What was amazing is that the 800 was a big car in its time. However, the Mondeo is bigger. Also what's really telling is just how small the doors are compared to mine. It's a real area of obvious growth over the years. One wonders how anyone could fit through the apertures!
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Jobbo wrote: Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:01 am
nuttinnew wrote: Sun Aug 05, 2018 9:06 pm Image
This thread will not be complete until someone spots those alloys on a Golf.
Or a t5 transporter
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Saw a Maserati Levante in Kelso yesterday. It looked large and not that tall in a sort of jobbie brown metallic.
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I saw a Conti GT3-R still wearing its Gumball 3000 livery driving through Farnham the other day

Thought it was quite cool, in a crass sort of way
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I had one of those awkward “want to look at how awful the car is, but don’t want him to think I’m looking at his awful car because I like it” moments earlier - it was a grey kit, looking a little like a somewhere between a XK120 and an Excalibur but clearly based on an MX5.

So bad.
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McLaren 720S yesterday.

At least I think it was - they all look the same. The number plate read '720 [something]' and it was very low and black, very stealthy looking.
No photos as I was too busy admiring it and trying to see if I could work out what it was.
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Im assuming SL55s have air suspension? And that this one had fucked air suspension?

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It looked even funnier in real life!
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Rich B wrote: Wed Aug 22, 2018 7:27 pm Im assuming SL55s have air suspension? And that this one had fucked air suspension?

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It looked even funnier in real life!
That is the extreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemely rare Allroad version of the SL! Owner has removed the plastic side trim for stealth I guess.
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Saw a Ferrari Mondial in white on the M25 and some kind of road legal (I assume) track thing that I couldn't identify. Looked a bit like an Ariel Atom, but with body panels. It was going the other way so it was a very brief look. Any ideas of what it could be?

Could have been a single seater. Single, central, raised "hump".
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BAC Mono?
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Do you spend your time touring industrial estates these days?
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It’s prime stomping ground for my Urban Warrior Spackerwagon (TM). But no had to dash out to Braintree, can honestly say it’s the most deprived town in the UK that I have ever been to - it makes Dover look classy!
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Peterlplp wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:52 amBAC Mono?
Bingo!
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Mito Man wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 11:17 am It’s prime stomping ground for my Urban Warrior Spackerwagon (TM). But no had to dash out to Braintree, can honestly say it’s the most deprived town in the UK that I have ever been to - it makes Dover look classy!
Dartford has to be up there too. Jesus its rough and I'm from the North.
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DeskJockey wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 11:41 am
Peterlplp wrote: Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:52 amBAC Mono?
Bingo!
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