Supercars spotted, some rarities......

[Callughan]

evo801 said:

Sharief said:

tigerkoi said:

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4.

I think this belongs to Robert Tchenguiz, does it not? (will wait to be corrected........)

1. Love the colour of that CL next to it.
2. Oh look it's similar to this S8 Guy in an S8 a few weeks ago for some reason seemed to want to race me in my Panda 100HP, we got to a roundabout and he pulled away and wheelspun :O In an automatic that's got to be pretty impressive.
3. I used to see a 545i in Surrey quite often (predecessor to 550i). Think this was before the M5 was out/petrol prices were stupid. Always thought it looked pretty cool though, was a grey kind of colour and had tinted back windows. If it was debadged I'm sure it would shock some people.
4. Sorry, it belongs to Peter Singh Virdi.

Fantastic pictures BTW.

The Veyron is owned by Peter Singh Virdee, property tycoon.

Robert Tchenguiz has a series of V number plates too

[Callughan]

steadyrock said:

Callughan said:

Steadyrock I believe they tune the SL500 so the 50 badging may be correct.

Oh, but the engine is 3724cc. Is it still a 50?

Oh and they also offer to tune SL350 on their site.

Edited by steadyrock on Monday 22 December 10:35

I think the 50 designation applies to the 500 conversion, suspension looks very high for it to be anything too powerful, saying that they have adjustable suspension.

Edited by Callughan on Tuesday 23 December 18:42

[moleamol]

clumpy said:

Fantastic thread, taken me 2 days at work to go through it all, some brilliant cars on here but some of the photos are excellent, i want to buy myself a good camera now

heres a couple of cars ive spotted out and about, cant really tell you too much about them though..

I don't know why but something doesn't look right about that.

[BoxxerUCI]

v15ben said:

A few photos old and new that I have dragged out of my old mobile phone (excuse the 2MP fine art quality!) and also my new and much better 5MP Sony Ericsson phone!

A real rarity to start with, the Farbio GTS400:

Isn't the owner of that Farbio a member of PH?

[clumpy]

Vr6er said:

I was thinking that - rear bumper and ride height???

I've been tracking down an E28 M5 for ages - beaten to it!!!

The Plymouth Prowler looks genuine to me! I've thrashed one of those around for an afternoon on an airfield - not as great as it looks!!

im sure the guy said it had a granada engine in it, mind you it was 6 years ago and i cant remember what i had for tea last night

the escort was genuine, very clean example

Edited by clumpy on Tuesday 23 December 19:53

[tigerkoi]

Hola.......

PD9 said:

MK4 Ibiza Cupra and Aston Martin DB9 Coupe

Quick question? Is that a spot, or is it your car? Spotted thread dude.........!

JenkinsComp said:

I went for a walk this morning to collect some dry cleaning and found some classics littering the streets.

Found a rather fine condition MGB next to my Z06 this morning too.........

Hi, JenkinsComp......have you seen page 131? http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Seems like you've been spotted! [click click]

evo801 said:

Sharief said:

tigerkoi said:

I think this belongs to Robert Tchenguiz, does it not? (will wait to be corrected........)

1. Love the colour of that CL next to it.

4. Sorry, it belongs to Peter Singh Virdi.

Fantastic pictures BTW.

The Veyron is owned by Peter Singh Virdee, property tycoon.

Hey mate, keep up! Pays to keep reading through the thread. About 113 people said it belonged to Peter Singh Virdi after that post! But Callughan is right, Tchenguiz does have a number of V plates and he also has a Veyron. Also similar colour.

PurelyRetro said:

v15ben said:

Great catch. The GT is surely one of the best finds we've ever had. A real rarity with a lot of kudos. Not just a limited edition badge job, but a car, properly built to have more character from the standard offerings.

PD9 said:

Any guesses? Spotted in town on saturday - sounded awesome

This got me really stumped. The problem being is that late 50's to mid 60's, this was the American Automotive industry's heyday. So all the big players had multiple cars that looked or competed with something like this. I've been around the houses, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Pontiacs....Buicks, Edsels....Oldsmobiles....another issue is that identifying by headlights is awkward as it looks like there are 'skull & crossbones' stickers all over them! I started thinking a '64 Chevrolet Corvair Monza. But that's not quite big enough and the eyes are closer together on the 'spot' than the equivalent model. Then I thought, possibly a '62 Ford Galaxie 500. But the bonnet on the spot seems to be much edgier and pointed than the rounded downturn on a Galaxie.....
PD9, I have loads of unanswered spots throughout the thread, so maybe this is destined to be one of them too? I hope not.

Kurtblythman said:

Tatra 603-2

See Kurt? You can pick out the other stuff aside from all the endless exotica. Cool spot Your photography is consistently excellent, and I really hope one day, you'll make it work for you....Harnessed talent can = 'moolah'. However....sometimes it's good to do things because you enjoy them too. Your conundrum.

sleepercell, andrew., woodnut67, trommel, andrewW-G, athorby, steadyrock [The Scottish Chapter], beeej, ironictwist, F48Koenig, iluvmercs, skylinecrazy (get a camera! get a car!), purelyretro, V15ben, kees and quite a few more! (hey where's Nevyn and his RR knowledge??)......an army of eager spotters and ever ready 'thread advisers'. Fascinating it's been checking this thread EVERY day and seeing great pictures and even better information. Easily the best thing for me in the past 6 months. Easily.
Callughan (The Porsche/AMG pimp) (I got your message, hold on, I'll sort it!)

clumpy......welcome. I think you're something like the 18th person to make this their first posting stopoff on PH.

This is my 1000th post. Boom! I think I'm done. It's been spiritual.

Ciao.

Edited by tigerkoi on Wednesday 24th December 00:36

[Kurtblythman]

Mr 'Koi, that last line, your leaving? Please say i read that wrong?

[JuliaS]

dayum some SERIOUS cars out here

i think i need to hit central a bit more often

especially kensington was gonna do it on monday but only went west end

and even then i saw one DIFFERENT porsche cayenne and numerous done up Range's

[PurelyRetro]

Kurtblythman said:

Mr 'Koi, that last line, your leaving? Please say i read that wrong?

I'm prepared to take over

Edited by PurelyRetro on Tuesday 23 December 22:56

[skylinecrazy]

PurelyRetro said:

Kurtblythman said:

Mr 'Koi, that last line, your leaving? Please say i read that wrong?

I'm prepared to take over :boxein:

You'll need to improve your use of emotes then

[Kurtblythman]

PurelyRetro said:

Kurtblythman said:

Mr 'Koi, that last line, your leaving? Please say i read that wrong?

I'm prepared to take over

Edited by PurelyRetro on Tuesday 23 December 22:56

If Mr 'Koi is telling the truth then you can

[woodnut67]

tigerkoi said:

This is my 1000th post. Boom! I think I'm done. It's been spiritual.

Ciao.

Edited by tigerkoi on Wednesday 24th December 00:36

Come on Guys n Gals - Tiger isn't really leaving, he's getting in his seasonal pantomime role as a Genie(us) !

[clumpy]

tigerkoi said:

clumpy......welcome. I think you're something like the 18th person to make this their first posting stopoff on PH.

thanks, ive been browsing for a couple of months and couldnt resist posting in this thread

[JenkinsComp]

[quote=tigerkoi]Hola.......

Hi, JenkinsComp......have you seen page 131? http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Seems like you've been spotted! [click click]

[/quote=tigerkoi]

Aha! :-)

Pimlico is a spotters paradise, though perhaps Belgravia / Kensington are slightly better...

Edited by JenkinsComp on Wednesday 24th December 09:41

[PurelyRetro]

Kurtblythman said:

PurelyRetro said:

Kurtblythman said:

Mr 'Koi, that last line, your leaving? Please say i read that wrong?

I'm prepared to take over

Edited by PurelyRetro on Tuesday 23 December 22:56

If Mr 'Koi is telling the truth then you can

Thanks, Kurt for the comment. I'll do my best to maintain the standard that he left.

[Callughan]

Kurtblythman interesting what you say about Dubai, I lived out there so nice to hear someone elses view. Just like all places it has its good and bad places. However I still feel some of their top places still have some way to go until they reach European standards; for example there are not many Michelin star restaurants out there if any, and service wise I feel they are learning as they go along. They are however simply growing at an amazing rate, I also agree there is a strange atmosphere.

Car wise Dubai has hot cars but unlike Central London where you see exotica on a regular basis, it was hard to spot high end cars such as SLR, CGT's, Konenigsegg on a daily basis. (Could be the Royals are cautious around the locals?)

Monaco is also nice but is tiny and very touristy imo.

Merry Christmas,

C

[Kurtblythman]

Callughan said:

Kurtblythman interesting what you say about Dubai, I lived out there so nice to hear someone elses view. Just like all places it has its good and bad places. However I still feel some of their top places still have some way to go until they reach European standards; for example there are not many Michelin star restaurants out there if any, and service wise I feel they are learning as they go along. They are however simply growing at an amazing rate, I also agree there is a strange atmosphere.

Car wise Dubai has hot cars but unlike Central London where you see exotica on a regular basis, it was hard to spot high end cars such as SLR, CGT's, Konenigsegg on a daily basis. (Could be the Royals are cautious around the locals?)

Monaco is also nice but is tiny and very touristy imo.

Merry Christmas,

C

Yeah despite what my pictures might display, spotting exotica in Dubai is hard. To be honest i saw more exotica in Monaco one day that i did in a whole week of Dubai.

[steadyrock]

Found some more tuners(one found by my bro).

Techart 996 911 Turbo.


BMW E34 M5.


Techart Cayman S.



Kahn Range Rover Sport.

[skylinecrazy]

Merry Christmas to everyone who has contributed to this thread!

Will hopefully be able to join in when i get my new camera tomorrow

[L4MBOLUV3R]

dunno if this is rare. noticed it today with its green stripes. had venom edition written on it which kind of made me think it was a bit special lol