Supercars spotted, some rarities (vol 6)

Supercars spotted, some rarities (vol 6)

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Johnd52

101 posts

115 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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ollie j said:
I am also very confused by this. V-spec, I see from your profile you live in Belgium so please elaborate as I'm interested.

Surely the following document states that TMC for the S8 would be EUR4,957 and not 50k+ as you state:
http://finances.belgium.be/fr/binaries/Verkeersbel...
Possibly EU employee with tax exemption.

mattdaniels

7,353 posts

281 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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Had the pleasure of seeing a DeLorean on Sunday lunchtime, burbling down the A508 towards the Stoney Stratford roundabout. Gutted I couldn't grab a pic of it. Looked fab.

ERIKM400

115 posts

131 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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ollie j said:
Quhet said:
V-spec said:
Funnily enough me too! On the Brussels Ring. On normal Belgian plates. He would have paid 100 euro per bhp to register it. That's more than 50k in tax!
How does that work?
Surely this would make even the sttiest cars massively expensive?
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I am also very confused by this. V-spec, I see from your profile you live in Belgium so please elaborate as I'm interested.

Surely the following document states that TMC for the S8 would be EUR4,957 and not 50k+ as you state:
http://finances.belgium.be/fr/binaries/Verkeersbel...
If this is an early V10 5.0 S8 then you're correct: tax would be about 5000€
If you would want to register a car with this kind of engine brand new right now you would be paying double this amount.
The Belgian tax system for cars is crazy (and changing all the time).
However there are still some holes in the system, which make that I've payed "only" 1040€ in taxes for the Noble :-P

9six4

1,356 posts

172 months

Wednesday 24th December 2014
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I’m currently in Guam, Micronesia for a Christmas/New Year break...

If you've never heard of Guam I'm not that surprised - it's an American dependency of about 150,000 people, approx. 2,600 kms from Japan, approx. 2,500 kms from the Philippines and approx. 2,100 kms from Papua New Guinea. There's a large US military base, beautiful white sand beaches with lagoon blue seas, and…err...well, not a lot else.

So I wasn't expecting to see much in the way of supercars or rarities.

But in the secure parking of a beachfront apartment block I found these two...

A 308GTS QV and W113 SL Mercedes:


As far as I can work out, there is only one prestige car dealer in Guam which sells BMW, Land-Rover, Lexus and Subaru. There definitely isn't any Ferrari distributor, nor does there seem to be any Mercedes agent.

Nor Porsche. So I was amazed to find this rather unloved Strosek Porsche 964 Speedster sat outside different apartment block. It doesn’t appear to have moved in over 2 1/2 years and clearly has rust and bodywork damage:





A quick google suggests it may be this former Californian car:



I guess servicing, repairs and obtaining parts must be a challenge, but a shame to see the 964 gradually rotting away…


Edited by 9six4 on Wednesday 24th December 07:26

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

195 months

Wednesday 24th December 2014
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Top spot on the speedster! God I'd love that car cloud9

Schermerhorn

4,342 posts

188 months

Wednesday 24th December 2014
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9six4 said:
I’m currently in Guam, Micronesia for a Christmas/New Year break...

If you've never heard of Guam I'm not that surprised - it's an American dependency of about 150,000 people, approx. 2,600 kms from Japan, approx. 2,500 kms from the Philippines and approx. 2,100 kms from Papua New Guinea. There's a large US military base, beautiful white sand beaches with lagoon blue seas, and…err...well, not a lot else.

So I wasn't expecting to see much in the way of supercars or rarities.

But in the secure parking of a beachfront apartment block I found these two...

A 308GTS QV and W113 SL Mercedes:


As far as I can work out, there is only one prestige car dealer in Guam which sells BMW, Land-Rover, Lexus and Subaru. There definitely isn't any Ferrari distributor, nor does there seem to be any Mercedes agent.

Nor Porsche. So I was amazed to find this rather unloved Strosek Porsche 964 Speedster sat outside different apartment block. It doesn’t appear to have moved in over 2 1/2 years and clearly has rust and bodywork damage:


A quick google suggests it may be this former Californian car:



I guess servicing, repairs and obtaining parts must be a challenge, but a shame to see the 964 gradually rotting away…


Edited by 9six4 on Wednesday 24th December 07:26
I'd heard of Guam before but never knew where it was - talk about being bang smack in the middle of nowhere!

No wonder that Porsche is rotting away - getting hold of parts must be a nightmare!

In Europe, that thing would be worth an absolute fortune. Maybe you should try contacting the owner to see if he'd let you buy it off him and then ship it to Europe? I know it would cost a fortune but that is potentially a six figure car just rotting away.

Edited by Schermerhorn on Wednesday 24th December 10:08

Butter Face

30,191 posts

159 months

Wednesday 24th December 2014
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I'd also never seen where Guam was, google maps is ace.

That's a beautiful car to see just wasting away frown

DannyScene

6,596 posts

154 months

Wednesday 24th December 2014
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Not really a looker that porsche is it

iva cosworth

44,044 posts

162 months

Wednesday 24th December 2014
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A dodgy spotted as it's at a dealer but I haven't Seen an FF in this orange mustard colour before.

Pesty

42,655 posts

255 months

Wednesday 24th December 2014
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The ff gets a lot of stick on ph. I think they look fab.

Lottery win its going to be my dog transport

Fantastic value having cost 268k eek that depreciation would pay off my mortgage

http://www.romansinternational.com/car/1029/ferrar...

Edited by Pesty on Wednesday 24th December 12:54

Escy

3,906 posts

148 months

Wednesday 24th December 2014
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DannyScene said:
Not really a looker that porsche is it
I think it looks awesome.

melvster

6,841 posts

184 months

Wednesday 24th December 2014
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shake n bake said:

I spotted this little beauty casually parked outside a screw fix shop today, stunning to look at in the flesh.
Beautiful cloud9

Lordbenny

8,575 posts

218 months

Wednesday 24th December 2014
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iva cosworth said:




A dodgy spotted as it's at a dealer but I haven't Seen an FF in this orange mustard colour before.
Takes me 5 minutes to drive to Romans...I could take my camera there whenever and do lots of spots! wink

iva cosworth

44,044 posts

162 months

Wednesday 24th December 2014
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I only post pics from there when I see something a bit different.

They have an MC12 in the showroom too.

R17PMB

127 posts

148 months

Wednesday 24th December 2014
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Just landed in Cheltenham...smile






HTP99

22,443 posts

139 months

Thursday 25th December 2014
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Escy said:
DannyScene said:
Not really a looker that porsche is it
I think it looks awesome.
I'm a Porsche fan; that thing looks hiddeous.

Escy

3,906 posts

148 months

Thursday 25th December 2014
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HTP99 said:
Escy said:
DannyScene said:
Not really a looker that porsche is it
I think it looks awesome.
I'm a Porsche fan; that thing looks hiddeous.
I'm not a Porsche fan which is probably why I like it.

CRA1G

6,500 posts

194 months

Thursday 25th December 2014
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Escy said:
HTP99 said:
Escy said:
DannyScene said:
Not really a looker that porsche is it
I think it looks awesome.
I'm a Porsche fan; that thing looks hiddeous.
I'm not a Porsche fan which is probably why I like it.
I think that looks fantastic a little quirky may be but I also own/love the look of the BMW Z3 M Coupe (breadvan) which stirs opinions with the styling.... cloud9

McAndy

12,336 posts

176 months

Thursday 25th December 2014
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iva cosworth said:
I only post pics from there when I see something a bit different.

They have an MC12 in the showroom too.
Your next challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to take and post MC12 photos. Ta. smile

iva cosworth

44,044 posts

162 months

Thursday 25th December 2014
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Challenge accepted.

Let's see how long it takes me to walk to and from Romans,then post the pics.......nerd
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