The 2017 Yorkshire Spotted Thread

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Kermit green V12 Vantage round the corner from the Playhouse this evening, superb colour.

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That Vitesse

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I've spotted a 850 with the full BTCC livery in Headingley a few times recently. I'm planning on doing something similar when I finally head down to Le Mans next year.

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Maserati GranSport in Headingley this morning, lovely looking and sounding car.

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Orange 675LT with a grey stripe in Horsforth this afternoon. I think it belongs to a PHer as I recognised the reg.

High vis Exige on Kirkstall Rd this evening.

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Yellow Huracan convoying with a white 458 spider in Kirkstall earlier. Both making some lovely sounds.

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Never understood the whole tarting a car up to make it look like a better spec thing.

Saw a M760LI in Kirkstall this afternoon. Very very subtle for a £130k 600 odd bhp twin turbo V12 uberbarge.

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janesmith1950 said:

Outside a Sheesh Mahal?

Yup

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The LaF is very similar to the Enzo in that it makes a lot more sense in the flesh compared to photos.

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I was behind this lovely F Type SVR in Beeston yesterday evening.



Spotted a 991 GT3 at one of the hand carwash places on Dewsbury Rd this evening.

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Saw that on Twitter a few mins ago and logged in to post the link. The engine for the Porsche seems to be sat way up the road. Mental

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Spotted all sorts of nice and questionable metal out today on the way to and the way back from Harrogate. DB11 in Harrogate, looks nicer in the flesh. Caterham/Westfield with a full cage making progress around Harrogate. Loads of stanced stuff near Harewood and a very clean Evo 9 near there too.

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Vaud said:

The Ripon event, maybe? A cluster of TVRs on the A659 sounded lovely.

ubbs said:

Fuelled society show at Harewood hill climb some decent cars there me and my son went

escortcab said:

'Sports cars in the park' Newby Hall today.

That explains most of the spots then. I'm guessing the stanced stuff was at Fuelled Society. Somehow I managed to miss out on both events and ended up at the BBC Good Food Show in Harrogate.

Spotted a similar spec Evo to mine in Kirkstall yesterday. That explains why I've had a few mates say they spotted me about in places where I wasn't.

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TheBALDpuma said:

I've seen an angry looking white evo about Calverly/Rodley/The ring road a bit lately. Not sure if it was you or not, havent seen it for a while.

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My non identical twin -


A few differences in terms of carbon tat and roof colour but easily mistaken.

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Lhasa said:

2006 Dodge Viper spotted on A1079 tonight.

Mr Sonicbloo?

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sonicbloo said:

That's me alright! Thanks for the spot, good to see an actual 'on the road' picture

Still have fond memories of following behind you on an early morning drive out a few years back. The presence your Viper has is mental.

v15ben said:

I think I might have seen Giblet in the Evo (or one of the doppelgangers) a few times around Wortley/Armley and saw Olly in the M4 by the Town Hall earlier this week.

Doppelganger I think. Ended up alongside him on Regent Street tonight. Odd

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J6MYU said:

486BHP seen in Collingham this afternoon, about half 2 ish, I get the hype about F40s now

Believe the hype. There is something special about spotting an F40 in the flesh, even more so if it's on the move. Seen a handful in Leeds over the years and they always make me feel like a little kid.

There was a chap who lived a few miles away from me who owned one along with a few other toys. Not seen him around for a while sadly.

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Martin_Hx said:

I've only seen one on the road, it was about 15 years ago around hipperholme/balif bridge but i still remember it!

I had a red (with gold wheels) large scale model as a child and i've loved them since then

Seen quite a lot at shows and a handful on the road. Was lucky enough to have a passenger ride in one a few years back before the charity supercar day that a fellow PH'er organised was shut down. The owner was a top bloke and the car was bonkers.

Had a white RS6 thunder past me near West Park a short while ago, now I want a V8 again.

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It was the 60th Anniversary day at Silverstone for me when I overdosed on them. 70th this year, wonder if they will have a similar event on.

I seem to spot an RS6 or two regularly, you are right about them being common given the price tag. I wonder if there was a cheap lease deal going round. I was lowering the tone on St Pauls street at lunchtime today in my sheddy Rover 216. Sadly there wasn't any exotica parked up.

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Red F430 spider in Beeston this morning.