Supercars spotted, some rarities (vol 6)

Supercars spotted, some rarities (vol 6)

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AMG Merc

11,954 posts

253 months

Sunday 11th December 2016
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Blown2CV said:
pLiDeX said:
Honestly I don't think that Wraith is so bad, yeah, the vents are too much, but it's not an abomination like some Hamann and Mansory cars.
even RR gives you an option for a sparkling starry night headlining
Indeed. Was in the factory in the summer. Chatted to a lady making said roof with hundreds of Leds. Very intricate work. And, they'll design a roof showing the exact star system on the day you were born, etc.

Re the design, think her rear's not her best view But like it. Ultra luxury really.

Blown2CV

28,831 posts

203 months

Sunday 11th December 2016
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AMG Merc said:
Blown2CV said:
pLiDeX said:
Honestly I don't think that Wraith is so bad, yeah, the vents are too much, but it's not an abomination like some Hamann and Mansory cars.
even RR gives you an option for a sparkling starry night headlining
Indeed. Was in the factory in the summer. Chatted to a lady making said roof with hundreds of Leds. Very intricate work. And, they'll design a roof showing the exact star system on the day you were born, etc.

Re the design, think her rear's not her best view But like it. Ultra luxury really.
i've no doubt it is exquisitely crafted, but it just feels a bit more mansory than RR... except it's RR offering it!

yellowjack

17,078 posts

166 months

Sunday 11th December 2016
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Spotted this very A610 parked locally on Friday. Not saying exactly where, as it might be the owners home.

Not my photo (linked from Google images) but it stood out like a beacon in a sea of modern mediocrity. If it's there next time I'm passing I'll try to get a picture. Likewise the Ford Edsel that I swear I passed in a driveway a couple of weeks ago when I was cycling past. Although that'd probably be a better fit on the Classics Spotted thread...

K50 DEL

9,237 posts

228 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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BlueHave said:
F1GTRUeno said:
I didn't think a Wraith could get any tackier and vile.
The Middle Eastern folks certainly have a acquired taste in mods than the rest of the world.

I was going to say developed world but some countries they even let woman drive cars or go out.
Umm... you do know that the Wraith is from Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE where they most certainly do let "womEn drive cars and go out"
Perhaps a few seconds of Google before posting such garbage wouldn't hurt

AMG Merc

11,954 posts

253 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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Without the skill of reading arabic, how can on tell from that number plate? scratchchin

K50 DEL

9,237 posts

228 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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AMG Merc said:
Without the skill of reading arabic, how can on tell from that number plate? scratchchin
I have the slight advantage of having lived just down the road from there (Dubai) for 5 of the last 6 years so the plates are more familiar to me than UK ones, but if you look at the plate it clearly says in English "UAE AD" so no Arabic skills needed.

AMG Merc

11,954 posts

253 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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K50 DEL said:
AMG Merc said:
Without the skill of reading arabic, how can on tell from that number plate? scratchchin
I have the slight advantage of having lived just down the road from there (Dubai) for 5 of the last 6 years so the plates are more familiar to me than UK ones, but if you look at the plate it clearly says in English "UAE AD" so no Arabic skills needed.
Thanks for that, needed some enlarging though. What does the 7 mean?

K50 DEL

9,237 posts

228 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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AMG Merc said:
K50 DEL said:
AMG Merc said:
Without the skill of reading arabic, how can on tell from that number plate? scratchchin
I have the slight advantage of having lived just down the road from there (Dubai) for 5 of the last 6 years so the plates are more familiar to me than UK ones, but if you look at the plate it clearly says in English "UAE AD" so no Arabic skills needed.
Thanks for that, needed some enlarging though. What does the 7 mean?
Sadly nothing obvious like a date code, they're just series numbers, originally series 1 was issued, then 2 etc etc but nowadays they're just using previously unissued numbers. So you will have the "500" plate with series 1, 2, 3, 4 etc series numbers.

Dubai has a similar system but using letters for the series issue

The plate shown is actually a private one (all 1,2,3 and 4 digit plates are private) and a fairly valuable one at that.

Like cherished plates here in the UK you can take your plate with you when swapping cars (confusingly even if it's not a valuable private plate like the one shown)
The plate on my first UAE car was 95621, I chose to keep that for all subsequent cars, even though it wasn't strictly "private"
One of the cars I subsequently purchased had a private plate on it left by a previous owner... I still own that, on retention even though I don't live there anymore!

Any other questions, just ask.. I became something of the office expert of cars and registrations during my time there!

McAndy

12,464 posts

177 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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yellowjack said:


Spotted this very A610 parked locally on Friday. Not saying exactly where, as it might be the owners home.

Not my photo (linked from Google images) but it stood out like a beacon in a sea of modern mediocrity. If it's there next time I'm passing I'll try to get a picture. Likewise the Ford Edsel that I swear I passed in a driveway a couple of weeks ago when I was cycling past. Although that'd probably be a better fit on the Classics Spotted thread...
Lovely. On my real world short list.

McAndy

12,464 posts

177 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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CanAm said:
2172cc said:
got another from a different angle although my phone camera is not brilliant you still get the idea
It almost looks as good as this fifty year old Vauxhall design.

No it doesn't. Not even close. The Vauxhall is a wonderful caricature of curves; the Alfa is unbalanced, top heavy and ugly.

I'll accept a whoosh parrot if delivered. (Air mail, I hope.)

CanAm

9,219 posts

272 months

Monday 12th December 2016
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McAndy said:
No it doesn't. Not even close. The Vauxhall is a wonderful caricature of curves; the Alfa is unbalanced, top heavy and ugly.

I'll accept a whoosh parrot if delivered. (Air mail, I hope.)
Parrot can stay in its cage. I prefer the Vauxhall too.

neilbauer

2,467 posts

183 months

Tuesday 13th December 2016
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Not really a supercar, but love the old school look of the new targa.

Drive past it on way to work, Bramley cars.

MattHall91

1,268 posts

124 months

Tuesday 13th December 2016
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neilbauer said:


Not really a supercar, but love the old school look of the new targa.

Drive past it on way to work, Bramley cars.
Quite rare these - circa 100 around I think.

anonymous-user

54 months

Tuesday 13th December 2016
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McAndy said:
yellowjack said:


Spotted this very A610 parked locally on Friday. Not saying exactly where, as it might be the owners home.

Not my photo (linked from Google images) but it stood out like a beacon in a sea of modern mediocrity. If it's there next time I'm passing I'll try to get a picture. Likewise the Ford Edsel that I swear I passed in a driveway a couple of weeks ago when I was cycling past. Although that'd probably be a better fit on the Classics Spotted thread...
Lovely. On my real world short list.
Isn't one of these abandoned in a front garden next to the A59 on the way into Burscough? Might be under a cover now but I'm sure a yellow one was there for years.
Always used to think about stopping, there and the rotting Delta ( has twin exhausts but maybe 2wd ?) in the front yard of a house on Currock Road in Carlisle that I always drove past on the way to delivering to Travis Perkins. Its visible on street view, and nope, no idea how to do links.

Speed 3

4,573 posts

119 months

Tuesday 13th December 2016
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NorfolkInClue1 said:
Isn't one of these abandoned in a front garden next to the A59 on the way into Burscough? Might be under a cover now but I'm sure a yellow one was there for years.
Always used to think about stopping, there and the rotting Delta ( has twin exhausts but maybe 2wd ?) in the front yard of a house on Currock Road in Carlisle that I always drove past on the way to delivering to Travis Perkins. Its visible on street view, and nope, no idea how to do links.
FTFY


anonymous-user

54 months

Tuesday 13th December 2016
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Speed 3 said:
FTFY

Many thanks, I bet that was horrifically easy, I am mearly a Neanderthal truck driver but I know my place biggrin

Liokault

2,837 posts

214 months

Tuesday 13th December 2016
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MattHall91 said:
neilbauer said:


Not really a supercar, but love the old school look of the new targa.

Drive past it on way to work, Bramley cars.
Quite rare these - circa 100 around I think.
Saw one a while back with drivig with the roof mech stuck half up.

clarkmagpie

3,559 posts

195 months

Tuesday 13th December 2016
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Speed 3 said:
FTFY

I work with the lady that owns that.
It's no longer there.
Not sure what happened to it though.

Rich_W

12,548 posts

212 months

Tuesday 13th December 2016
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neilbauer said:


Not really a supercar, but love the old school look of the new targa.

Drive past it on way to work, Bramley cars.
Wait till you see the Targa bit working. It's quite a cool thing when it happens the first time in front of you biggrin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPWFJ426IyA

chilistrucker

4,541 posts

151 months

Tuesday 13th December 2016
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Sadly no pic, sorry.
Thought it was worthy enough though, near Richmond this afternoon a stunning Ferrari 288GTO cool
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