Hong Kong, there be car-pawn here...

Hong Kong, there be car-pawn here...

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Dave G fsi

988 posts

130 months

Thursday 6th March 2014
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williamp said:
johnnymaestro said:
rupertprocter said:
Lovely. Barring those wing mirrors.
Yes and very, very clever and subtle numberplate. Love it!
Do you want to share what it means? Got me intrigued!

williamp

19,256 posts

273 months

Thursday 6th March 2014
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Dave G fsi said:
williamp said:
johnnymaestro said:
rupertprocter said:
Lovely. Barring those wing mirrors.
Yes and very, very clever and subtle numberplate. Love it!
Do you want to share what it means? Got me intrigued!
In goldfinger, one of the other numberplates the car has.

Dave G fsi

988 posts

130 months

Thursday 6th March 2014
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williamp said:
Dave G fsi said:
williamp said:
johnnymaestro said:
rupertprocter said:
Lovely. Barring those wing mirrors.
Yes and very, very clever and subtle numberplate. Love it!
Do you want to share what it means? Got me intrigued!
In goldfinger, one of the other numberplates the car has.
Ah cool, very subtle!

hondansx

4,569 posts

225 months

Thursday 6th March 2014
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Rupert's photos are amazing! Thanks for sharing; a pleasure to scroll through!

rupertprocter

Original Poster:

326 posts

132 months

Thursday 6th March 2014
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williamp said:
Dave G fsi said:
williamp said:
johnnymaestro said:
rupertprocter said:
Lovely. Barring those wing mirrors.
Yes and very, very clever and subtle numberplate. Love it!
Do you want to share what it means? Got me intrigued!
In goldfinger, one of the other numberplates the car has.
Aaaaah! Very cool indeed! Well spotted.

@hondansx - Cheers mate!

rupertprocter

Original Poster:

326 posts

132 months

Tuesday 18th March 2014
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Some photos from a busy weekend with a decent turnout of cars in the morning and the Aussie GP in the afternoon.

I'd like to say that I was never expecting to see a black XJ220 on Sunday, but someone had told me about it the night before. I was never really sold on the styling of the Big Cat, but in recent years I think has aged very well. For a big car there's a real elegance to it I feel.

Arriving, lights exposed and blazing:



Photoshopped out the T-plates on this one.



Seen this one about a couple of times and I just love it. You can't see the incredible three-piece split rims on it from this angle unfortunately. O.Z. made them iirc?



A mate's 964 30th Anniversary. Think there are three residing in HK.



Rather nifty Gulf liveried S3 Elise



Weird, there seems to be a handful of cars that I seem to always seem to get nice shots of and this particular Elise R is one of them.



Not one of the usual Sunday Morning Drive suspects, but refreshing to see a Tesla out on the roads. Looks good in the is ASBO orange.



Still one of the best looking mid-engined F-cars I reckon.



Have always thought the Cali to have some very awkward styling touches and I can't wait for the gorgeous replacement, but in this photo it does look pretty nice and the noise is always a pleasure to the old lugholes.



On the subject of noise... C63 at full chatter



Cayman Club were out in force. Must have been about 20 of them.



Pretty understated colour for a 430 Spider. Looks good!



The Scud really does leave me with a tingle. Three out on Sunday.



Daily-driven GT3 RS. Super colour!



Lots of friendly peeps out on these drives



360CS has aged soooo well



Approach bends with extreme caution! Love this position, it looks like a scene from the Swiss Alps of something.



Look up 'perfection' in the dictionary and this car might be there



Another one of the DD GT3 RS



Generations. I am firmly in the camp of the 996 being a good looking car.



Definitely not shy this one...



Discuss...

Dave G fsi

988 posts

130 months

Tuesday 18th March 2014
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Great pics, shame that the Jag and Pagani need those rediculous trade plates though

rupertprocter

Original Poster:

326 posts

132 months

Tuesday 18th March 2014
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Dave G fsi said:
Great pics, shame that the Jag and Pagani need those rediculous trade plates though
Yes, but without them we'd never even see/hear them...

Dave G fsi

988 posts

130 months

Tuesday 18th March 2014
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rupertprocter said:
Dave G fsi said:
Great pics, shame that the Jag and Pagani need those rediculous trade plates though
Yes, but without them we'd never even see/hear them...
Indeed!

I think out of this selection I would take home DL 67 cloud9

rupertprocter

Original Poster:

326 posts

132 months

Tuesday 18th March 2014
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Dave G fsi said:
rupertprocter said:
Dave G fsi said:
Great pics, shame that the Jag and Pagani need those rediculous trade plates though
Yes, but without them we'd never even see/hear them...
Indeed!

I think out of this selection I would take home DL 67 cloud9
Fight you for it!

Legacywr

12,127 posts

188 months

Tuesday 18th March 2014
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That is stunning! smile

Amirhussain

11,489 posts

163 months

Tuesday 18th March 2014
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Great pictures OP, loving your work

Stinkfoot

2,243 posts

192 months

Tuesday 18th March 2014
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Some great pics. Are all cars that clean in HK ?

Leithen

10,886 posts

267 months

Tuesday 18th March 2014
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Car cleaners come very cheap....

rupertprocter

Original Poster:

326 posts

132 months

Wednesday 19th March 2014
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Leithen said:
Car cleaners come very cheap....
Yeah, and wholly underappreciated by some ppl here if you saw that arse-hat Michael Lee in the news a few days ago. Sigh.

Some more odds and sods from the weekend...



Veeeery nicely turned out STi with subtle flared arches























Recently had an opportunity to pick up a 50,000 km single owner one of these in blue/cream for a shade under GBP2k... going to regret my decision not to for a long while.






















Leithen

10,886 posts

267 months

Wednesday 19th March 2014
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rupertprocter said:
Leithen said:
Car cleaners come very cheap....
Yeah, and wholly underappreciated by some ppl here if you saw that arse-hat Michael Lee in the news a few days ago. Sigh.
Back in blighty now, so hadn't picked up on that. Beggars belief, especially from this distance. Ho hum.

Keep the great pics coming - missing Happy Valley a lot....

RichTT

3,071 posts

171 months

Wednesday 19th March 2014
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Logged in for the first time in months to say this has to be photo of the thread. Just love it! Not just the car, not crazy over them, but the location, the atmosphere and the subject all work so well together. You should be really proud of this photo.


JiggyJaggy

1,451 posts

140 months

Wednesday 19th March 2014
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Fantastic photos. thanks

rupertprocter

Original Poster:

326 posts

132 months

Tuesday 25th March 2014
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RichTT said:
Logged in for the first time in months to say this has to be photo of the thread. Just love it! Not just the car, not crazy over them, but the location, the atmosphere and the subject all work so well together. You should be really proud of this photo.

This is one of my favourites too. Need to do more stuff like this really...

JiggyJaggy said:
Fantastic photos. thanks
Cheers mate!

This Sunday gone I went out to a different location where I know a lot of bikes can be found. It's called Route Twisk and I reckon it's got a bit of the Nordschleife about it. Hong Kong's very own Green Hell. So, anyway I didn't take many pics but the ones I got I really like.






























rupertprocter

Original Poster:

326 posts

132 months

Tuesday 25th March 2014
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Stumbled across this different looking 308 the other day and forgot to share. Love the wing mirrors.