Supercars spotted, some rarities......

Supercars spotted, some rarities......

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Kees

1,184 posts

215 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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tigerkoi said:
où ont plus tard été entrées? I swear Kees had written something?
Gone!
Apologies... I'd googled byebyelondon.com and added more background info on their launch event for Dubai. But decided against posting it to avoid diluting the thread.

absolutely

3,168 posts

207 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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Fox- said:
euroboy said:
Whilst its great for spotting cars, I cant help but think there are a lot of very sad b@stards around if all they do all day is drive round and round Harrods in circles.
I'd like to be a sad b@stard if it means I get to own a Lambo.
It apparently happens in Glasgow too, young men driving about picking up young women around one of the biggest clubs in the city. Guys with TVRs. Ferraris, Porsches etc, well it happened up until my Brother finished uni in 2000.

Bjoern

14 posts

203 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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hey,

has anyone seen a zonda from UAE the last days in london?

SleeperCell

5,591 posts

257 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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andrew. said:
SleeperCell said:
is this a trick of the light, or does this really have WHITE wheels ???
your eyes do not deceive you, they are indeed white wheels

absolutely

3,168 posts

207 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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SleeperCell said:
andrew. said:
SleeperCell said:
is this a trick of the light, or does this really have WHITE wheels ???
your eyes do not deceive you, they are indeed white wheels
UK registered? Must be a German lving in the UK! Apparently Ballack used to drive a white Ferrari around London.

Why so many Arabic plates around London at the moment?

SleeperCell

5,591 posts

257 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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absolutely said:
SleeperCell said:
andrew. said:
SleeperCell said:
is this a trick of the light, or does this really have WHITE wheels ???
your eyes do not deceive you, they are indeed white wheels
UK registered? Must be a German lving in the UK! Apparently Ballack used to drive a white Ferrari around London.

UK registered, the guy driving looked more oriental.

Goughie

616 posts

204 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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SleeperCell said:
absolutely said:
SleeperCell said:
andrew. said:
SleeperCell said:
is this a trick of the light, or does this really have WHITE wheels ???
your eyes do not deceive you, they are indeed white wheels
UK registered? Must be a German lving in the UK! Apparently Ballack used to drive a white Ferrari around London.

UK registered, the guy driving looked more oriental.
Am I allowed to say that I think those wheels on that car look stunning? (Flame suit on!)

absolutely

3,168 posts

207 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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Goughie said:
SleeperCell said:
absolutely said:
SleeperCell said:
andrew. said:
SleeperCell said:
is this a trick of the light, or does this really have WHITE wheels ???
your eyes do not deceive you, they are indeed white wheels
UK registered? Must be a German lving in the UK! Apparently Ballack used to drive a white Ferrari around London.

UK registered, the guy driving looked more oriental.
Am I allowed to say that I think those wheels on that car look stunning? (Flame suit on!)
You can say that but, you don't have to be right! Its like a dinner jacket/ kilt regalia with trainers on!

White wheels are fine on vintage/classic American cars or on Japanses racers.

shirt

24,369 posts

216 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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oriental? sure it wan't jay kay - his is black

was in london over the weekend. tigerkoi's mint mk1 capri spot seems to live a few streets away from my OH. i saw it and she told me how she'd seen it parked there a lot and she really like it!

my parents were also in town and i met up with them at their hotel [hyatt, portman sq.]. parked up in outside the foyer was a CGT, a white murcielago, a black porsche gt2 and a maybach smile

what was truly rare is that the CGT was dirty and looked like it had been driven properly - plenty of dead flies attached and dirt straking from the 'arches!

the murci was either tuned or was monogrammed, as it had FRV or similar on the rear end.

no pics sorry, but my dad was all over them as we got out of the taxi. all on arabic plates of course, but it was clear when i bought a round in the hotel that you'd need oil money at those prices laugh

PS - also in the parking garage on crawford place was a classic 911 in full rally livery. very nice

SleeperCell

5,591 posts

257 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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shirt said:
oriental? sure it wan't jay kay - his is black

was in london over the weekend. tigerkoi's mint mk1 capri spot seems to live a few streets away from my OH. i saw it and she told me how she'd seen it parked there a lot and she really like it!

my parents were also in town and i met up with them at their hotel [hyatt, portman sq.]. parked up in outside the foyer was a CGT, a white murcielago, a black porsche gt2 and a maybach smile

what was truly rare is that the CGT was dirty and looked like it had been driven properly - plenty of dead flies attached and dirt straking from the 'arches!

the murci was either tuned or was monogrammed, as it had FRV or similar on the rear end.

no pics sorry, but my dad was all over them as we got out of the taxi. all on arabic plates of course, but it was clear when i bought a round in the hotel that you'd need oil money at those prices laugh

PS - also in the parking garage on crawford place was a classic 911 in full rally livery. very nice
I dont think it's Jay Kays, apparently his plate is V17 JET and this one was NI NVN (or similar)

Was that Carrera GT in the Hyatt a red one? That's always there, I have a photograph of it somewhere from a year or two ago. There's a street just near there where one of those supercar clubs is based, usually has some interesting exotica in the window or nearby, I've seen F40, SLR722, Enzo, Ford GT etc there before.

sstein

6,249 posts

269 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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That Alfa 8C

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Stuart

tigerkoi

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2,927 posts

213 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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Hey kees - yeah i can understand that. Like just now, I noticed the post count had gone to 940, now back to 939 - should be 940 with mine......weird

Bjoern - hmmm, well if you read the thread from the beginning you will see Zondas. However, I haven't noticed any on Arabic plates in the past few weeks. Therefore I suggest two reasons:
1) I, and the others have just missed it/them....
2) Amongst the Arab gang they just aren't flavour of the month at the moment.

I suspect the latter. For whatever reason the 599, Murcielago, SLR and Phantoms are the key wheels this year for the guys....

Hey now I remember what post is missing! It had a line of four supercars (Enzo or F40 at the back I think), taken round Berkeley Sq possibly....why did it go?

shirt

24,369 posts

216 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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SleeperCell said:

Was that Carrera GT in the Hyatt a red one?
no it was black with red centre nuts on the alloys. looked standard and mean


Diablo SVTT

285 posts

217 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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I saw a 997 yesterday badged as a Turbo S, it had all the normal 'Turbo' kit (wheels, bodykit etc) but it had quad pipes. Thing is, is there even a 997 Turbo S, because I had no idea that there was one, so maybe the guy rebadged it. I would have taken a picture, but my trusty LG phone decided it was out of battery.

Anyone shed any light on this?

tigerkoi

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2,927 posts

213 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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I've only ever seen a 993 Turbo S (captured in thread ages ago). Hold on, let me get one of my Porsche mags...........

Haven't heard of a 997 Turbo S.........

John D.

19,291 posts

224 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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tigerkoi said:
I've only ever seen a 993 Turbo S (captured in thread ages ago). Hold on, let me get one of my Porsche mags...........

Haven't heard of a 997 Turbo S.........
There was a 996 Turbo S. I've seen several examples. Never heard of a 997 version either.

Diablo SVTT

285 posts

217 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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Yeah, there was a 964 Turbo S also, an example of which I saw last night, along with a Carerra GT, but I had no battery mad

Kees

1,184 posts

215 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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tigerkoi said:
I've only ever seen a 993 Turbo S (captured in thread ages ago). Hold on, let me get one of my Porsche mags...........

Haven't heard of a 997 Turbo S.........
I had the same thoughts...so couldn't resist some quick research.

964 Turbo S was a 1990 version of the 964 Turbo which boosted power from 320hp to 355hp (or optional 381hp).

993 Turbo S was a 1997 limited edition (200 examples) version of the 993TT which boosted the power from 400hp to 424hp and incorporated some bodywork changes.

996 Turbo S was the European name for the initially US-market only X50 package which boosted the power from 415hp to 450hp. Later on the Turbo S name was also used in the US.

997 Turbo S doesn't seem to exist (yet)

Edited by Kees on Monday 25th August 22:54

Callughan

6,312 posts

207 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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In terms of Carrera GT's the Jumeriah at the moment has a yellow, red, white and the Gemballa mirage one which is black/sparkly gold. It's whoever gets a space first outside!

There was a 996 turbo S main difference was ceramic brakes, yellow callipers and as mentioned bigger turbos which the regular turbo could have called the X50 pack. There are so many fake badged turbos in London, who even when confronted claim it's an S. Like there is anything wrong with having a regular turbo?

I can confirm that there is no 997 Turbo S at the momentthumbup

Edited by Callughan on Monday 25th August 23:06

tigerkoi

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2,927 posts

213 months

Monday 25th August 2008
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I must have a 'meeting' at the Jumeirah soon...... wink

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