The 2016 Yorkshire Spotted Thread

The 2016 Yorkshire Spotted Thread

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DannyScene

6,596 posts

154 months

Tuesday 17th May 2016
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White mercielago going diwn pool bank earlier tonight, cant be many round here

mato

36 posts

179 months

Tuesday 17th May 2016
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andburg said:
Hopefully noone here, blue focus St a636 heading into Wakefield. Car being loaded onto a lowloader after segment being hit by a truck
Was my friends Focus RS, thankfully both himself and the passenger were fine...

WebboVXR

16 posts

137 months

Wednesday 18th May 2016
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50th anniversary aventador lp720-4 spotted in Horbury Saturday night absolutely beautiful

lavaJava

103 posts

107 months

Thursday 19th May 2016
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White 458 heading into Harrogate at about 5:50pm yesterday. Black convertible 'Stang heading up Spen Lane 20 mins later; and best of the lot, a bronze coloured Citroen DS Pallas wafting gently up Kirkstall Road past the abbey cloud9

robsco

7,822 posts

175 months

Thursday 19th May 2016
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Shnozz said:
N7GTX said:
Had my Cerb for over a year and no problems wink But that was down to me fixing all the stuff previous idiots hadn't bothered to repair rolleyes Had the Chimaera now for 18 months and it all works as it should wink Another car that previous idiot owners never kept to mad
Yes they have niggles but most of these are easily preventable. Judging by some comments may as well scrap mine then.......getmecoat
BTW counted 50+ Trevors at Newby.smokin
N7GTX: Occupation: Mobile mechanic

I'll say no more wink

Seriously chaps - never known why you TVR boys are so defensive. I truly am a TVR fanboy but I see all these hewn from granite Tiv folk talk and wonder where these cars were when I owned mine and 50% of my car mates at the time also had TVRs in various states of mobility. As I say, amazing cars and nothing I have ever driven has the same sense of occasion. Perhaps the frailty in some cases assisted. A Cerb at 150+ certainly kept you alive and the infamous windscreen wipers peeling themselves off the screen and the bonnet catch bending as it attempted to reach for the sky helped that. I've seen body panels flying off, targa panels of a chim launching 100m north, rear windows blowing out at Bruntingthorpe, the 2 race cars failing to complete 1 lap of the LM24Hr, a 3 wheeler being overtaken by an escaping wheel, doors opening involuntarily around bends and the usual disco mix of odd electrical gremlins. And that's before the Speed 6, for which one mate had 3 rebuilds in under 10k miles across 2 cars, the permanent battle against rotting outriggers etc etc. As I say, part of the charm perhaps, but it does seem there is almost a policy line of denial. Love them to bits, but would go in eyes open.

Anyway, pleased to see 50+ TVR's enjoying Newby Hall. Still smile when I see one on the roads and will go back to my spotteds now and shut the fook up about anything else smile
I spent two long hours recently writing up an advert to sell my Cerb through PH - and I backed out. I've spent circa 12k on this one, covering just over 3000 miles in the process (just shy of three years ownership with this particular Tiv). It did get to the stage where virtually every time it went out, it either needed recovering or in certain instances didn't even make it from the garage to the driveway. Three TVRs over five years of ownership have rushed me well over 20k in maintenance alone.

Would I consider buying any other marque? Absolutely not. Whichever way you look at it, they're special.

Martin_Hx

3,951 posts

197 months

Thursday 19th May 2016
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Couple of spots today while out at lunch, 2 separate incidents of black RS6's in Brighouse around 1:05, one brand new i think, common as muck! biggrin

Also on the way back to work from Elland i saw a nice shiny black 300ZX! Not seen one on the roads for years

Shnozz

27,422 posts

270 months

Thursday 19th May 2016
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Red 458 Spider parked up on the pedestrianized section at the top of Albion Street at the minute, roof off and running as presumably the chap is waiting to pick someone up. Top attention whoring from where its parked.

Wills2

22,669 posts

174 months

Thursday 19th May 2016
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robsco said:
I spent two long hours recently writing up an advert to sell my Cerb through PH - and I backed out. I've spent circa 12k on this one, covering just over 3000 miles in the process (just shy of three years ownership with this particular Tiv). It did get to the stage where virtually every time it went out, it either needed recovering or in certain instances didn't even make it from the garage to the driveway. Three TVRs over five years of ownership have rushed me well over 20k in maintenance alone.

Would I consider buying any other marque? Absolutely not. Whichever way you look at it, they're special.
I think I'd have set fire to it! biggrin

Love seeing them on the road though, lovely cars.

VictoriaYorks

974 posts

141 months

Thursday 19th May 2016
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Fully liveried American ambulance going through Armley earlier. Shortly followed by a real ambulance with blue lights going that couldn't get through the traffic due to the new road layout on the bypass. Why did no planner consider that if you add a cycle lane to each side and just make the road lanes narrower to make up for it, that people won't be able to move out of the way to let emergency vehicles through?
PS the cycle lanes have actual kerbs marking them off, not just paint, and some of them are those really high bus access ones

gretsch drummer

622 posts

156 months

Thursday 19th May 2016
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White McLaren (MX14 ***) heading down Rocker Lane, Pudsey around 2:30 this afternoon. Very nice.

carlove

7,539 posts

166 months

Thursday 19th May 2016
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Saw a Caterham type car in heavy rain on the A64 near Fulford yesterday afternoon, my wipers went on full blast for a bit it was so heavy, The car was in the distance but I don't think it had a roof, brave.

TheLuke

2,218 posts

140 months

Friday 20th May 2016
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Red rx8 yellow ph stickers on rear hunslet morrisons.

visfix

68 posts

132 months

Saturday 21st May 2016
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Phantom Drophead (I think) in Baildon yesterday morning. It looked like a building moving toward me, with its monolithic front profile.

roystinho

3,767 posts

174 months

Sunday 22nd May 2016
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Dakar Z3MC at the BMW specialist in Yeadon - amazing

Bemmer

1,103 posts

201 months

Sunday 22nd May 2016
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roystinho said:
Dakar Z3MC at the BMW specialist in Yeadon - amazing
That will be one of Craig's Dakar collection.. I followed it on my way to Guiseley this morning,lovely thing but its so tiny compared to other cars now... don't see many around...!

roystinho

3,767 posts

174 months

Sunday 22nd May 2016
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Bemmer said:
roystinho said:
Dakar Z3MC at the BMW specialist in Yeadon - amazing
That will be one of Craig's Dakar collection.. I followed it on my way to Guiseley this morning,lovely thing but its so tiny compared to other cars now... don't see many around...!
You do round here, there's a red one that belongs to a guy who works at Halfords wink

Feirny

2,500 posts

146 months

Sunday 22nd May 2016
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roystinho said:
You do round here, there's a red one that belongs to a guy who works at Halfords wink
Didn't realise Tom still had that!

roystinho

3,767 posts

174 months

Sunday 22nd May 2016
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Feirny said:
roystinho said:
You do round here, there's a red one that belongs to a guy who works at Halfords wink
Didn't realise Tom still had that!
Unless he's sold it very recently... Saw it only a few weeks ago (may have been longer, time flies when you're having fun)

DMN

2,983 posts

138 months

Sunday 22nd May 2016
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Saw a red Corvette C5(?) and I think an older Vette on the A64 going past York eastwards on my way back from the tunnel run this morning at around 9am.

N7GTX

7,823 posts

142 months

Sunday 22nd May 2016
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Last Tuesday lunch time at junction 40 M1, a black Toyota IQ. It took off from the lights like a driver possessed. Managed to see the driver - elderly gentleman with glasses and a flat cap. Best bit was the modified tailgate badge. Underneath the IQ was a red Type R badge. laugh