The 2017 Yorkshire Spotted Thread

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Lovely black Vanquish in St Pauls Street this lunchtime.

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Shnozz said:

Guessing its this one that frequents regularly...

There is a nice grey DB11 that often parks a little further down also.

Yup same one. There was a black i8 a few cars behind but no DB11 today.

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v15ben said:

A few from Leeds in the last week or so.
Another pair of Rolls Royces on Meanwood Road.

These chaps have a few nice motors. Previously had a F430, 456 and a 612. I think the Rollers are hired out for weddings etc

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Nice Exige in Stanningley.

Saw that a few weeks back. That wing is awesome.

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Memphis red 720S near the Pudsey roundabout this evening. At least I think it was a 720S. Definitely was a new Macca.

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White Alfa 4C on the M621 heading towards Leeds yesterday morning. I was heading in the opposite direction.

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B4rnst4ble said:

''twas me finally got a spot !!! Didn't see you though too busy hanging on as it was a little wet In Some parts !!

Saw you from a distance, those concrete central reservation barriers blocked my view annoyingly. Was on my way to Honley with a mate to collect his Elise after some work. Are you based around Mirfield by any chance?

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Yup, very common. Saw a coupe with the bug headlights on Claypit Lane this evening. I was waiting to turn onto Meanwood Road in mine.

Noisy SVR F Type making a lovely racket near TGI Friday last night in the rain. Grey R32 GTR on Meanwood Road on Tuesday evening and a loud black GT86 on the same spot this evening.

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Blue TVR Tuscan on Otley Rd this afternoon

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v15ben said:

I'm fairly sure I saw Giblet in the mighty Rover on Tong Road yesterday afternoon.

Sadly not, we sold that a couple of months ago. It has however been replaced with a 1986 Honda Civic but that’s not on the road yet so I’m stuck with the 4C as my only car.

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White 1M and a silver DB9 GT in the traffic on St Ann’s Lane this evening.

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Ghastly G reg 355 replica on Harrogate Rd on Thursday evening. Made a lot of noise but didn't actually seem to shift. Tried to engage me in a traffic light gp, thankfully I avoided it by turning left onto Street Lane

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Ouch



https://twitter.com/wyp_rpu/status/922012420691947...

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VictoriaYorks said:

I saw that tweet earlier, the gleeful comments from people who'll never afford one are depressing

I'm sure these kind of tweets get more attention because of the car, but looking in their tweet history people just seem to take glee in other people crashing whether it be an expensive car or some generic euro-hatch.
Still, I'm sure it is possible to drive one in the rain without crashing so something didn't quite go to plan whatever that may be and it may not even be the drivers fault (but I have no idea so I won't presume to say).

Yup the comments section are a car crash in itself. I’ve managed to get the 4C to slide a bit in the wet when I was a tad heavy handed with the go pedal, same with a XFR on a damp road with cold tyres. I imagine it’s a lot easier to do the same in a 488 given the power difference.

What amuses me is people assuming it’s a hire car. It’s not like a supercar owner isn’t capable of doing the same as we saw the the Scud in Sheffield recently.

Edited by giblet on Sunday 22 October 21:45

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andburg said:

Unusual spot today

N plate dark coloured BMW 8 series southbound on the M1 around Birdwell at about 7:45

Cant remember last time i saw one!

My mates dad still has his 850, owned it from new and racked some miles up on it.

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Blue Lotus Europa S near Victoria Gate this lunchtime. Not seen many of those about.

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adamc987 said:

Blue vx220 going past Sainsbury’s Petrol station towards Huddersfield uni earlier

Saw what was probably the same VX200 near Brighouse. Exchanged a wave with the driver of a red 308 or 328 (I think) on Meltham Rd this afternoon.

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Had a lovely YMB M3 parked next to me in the Costco Leeds car park this afternoon. Competition wheels looked nice but a pain in the arse to keep clean no doubt.

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janesmith1950 said:

Were you the Alfa? That looked great. 'Twas me in the M3.

My first ever spotted!

Yup, dropped in for a reasonably priced lunch. I think I've seen your car around before, the reg rings a bell.

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It appears that the garage across from my office had a XJ220 in there this morning, 2 digit numberplate on it. Lord knows what it was doing in Beeston!

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YMB M4 near Leeds Uni this lunchtime. Hat tip to the owner if you are on here, that was closer than I thought it would be