The 2014 Yorkshire Spotted Thread

[Dog Star]

pauluspaolo said:

Not trying to take the pee with this post - just thought it may be of interest to some

And interesting it is! Personally I find stuff like this, as well as spots of PH stickered cars or old stuff like Capris and Metros far more interesting that pictures of some property developer's hypercar.

[DannyScene]

paulshears said:

"R8 style" white A5 coupe on Castle Street in Hull

Most likely has a German Whip sticker lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNnrW54xPaY

I feel I'm going to regret asking but what the heck is an "R8 Style" A5??

[Logbert]

pauluspaolo said:

I was on a Geography field trip yesterday (I work at Leeds Trinity University in Horsforth) & saw one of these in Hansons quarry just off the A59 near Pateley Bridge - the photo was taken from The Coldstones Cut viewing platform which gives a great view of the quarry, & the surrounding countryside, should anyone be interested.

It's a Komatsu HD605 &, according to the driver, it has a 23 litre straight 6 turbocharged engine with a 7 speed auto g/box, reckoned to produce 740(ish)hp. Economy is not its forte but it can carry 60 tons.



Not trying to take the pee with this post - just thought it may be of interest to some

Edited by pauluspaolo on Friday 17th October 10:27

Edited by pauluspaolo on Friday 17th October 10:31

I was luckey enough to have a guided tour of the quarry, interesting stuff

Heres my view from the bottom


And the beast that loads the trucks

[paulshears]

DannyScene said:

I feel I'm going to regret asking but what the heck is an "R8 Style" A5??

Like this ... maybe "better" or worse than that, I didn't get close to it

[benjj]

Saw mickeyveloce's red C36 AMG at Harrogate Showground today. Looked auperb, even with 3 kiddy seats in it!

[BlueMR2]

I've seen a white Impala with blue stripe saying SS350 on the side a few times on Street Lane parked opposite the new Bliss beauty place that is being fitted out.

Very clean from the outside, not heard it running yet though.

[Logbert]

Nice blue Subaru BRZ, kilnsey about an hour ago

[mickyveloce]

benjj said:

Saw mickeyveloce's red C36 AMG at Harrogate Showground today. Looked auperb, even with 3 kiddy seats in it!

Ha, my first spot.

Curse my incredible fertility, but the car does get pressed into family duties on occasion.

Eschewing Mrs Veloces generous offer of the Land Rover, me and my youngest two visited the (excellent) Countryside Live and then spent an hour later on washing the mud off the car...

Good to hear from you Benjj.

[benjj]

mickyveloce said:

benjj said:

Saw mickeyveloce's red C36 AMG at Harrogate Showground today. Looked auperb, even with 3 kiddy seats in it!

Ha, my first spot.

Curse my incredible fertility, but the car does get pressed into family duties on occasion.

Eschewing Mrs Veloces generous offer of the Land Rover, me and my youngest two visited the (excellent) Countryside Live and then spent an hour later on washing the mud off the car...

Good to hear from you Benjj.

Snap, my cars are always full of kids, smashed biscuits and all sorts of other crap

Took a pic as I wandered past. Your car and the dude who made a peregrine falcon fly past my head at about 70mph were the highlights of the day.

[telecat]

TheBALDpuma said:

Little Lofty said:

I was in Yorkshire yesterday for the Malton Big Breakfast so seen plenty of nice cars there, but on the way home on the A64 I spotted a white Mclaren 650s, thought it was a P1 at first, not sure if it was headed to Malton, looked amazing.

I saw this too. Figured it would have been a little late for Malton

Saw the Spider Version at Tesco's roundabout on the A64 on Sunday the 19th. Headed off down the ring road towards Wetherby Road. COming Back though Ilkley on Sunday there was a heavily camouflaged Car heading up the A65 towards Addingham. We originally though Jaguar but the XE would be undisguised by now surely?
And lastly Who is it who has a VXR8 in Barwick? It's very nice with a lovely noise.

Edited by telecat on Monday 20th October 14:19

[N7GTX]

In Wakey this morning a red SLK AMG, broken down at the side of the road. RAC in attendance. Registration number was S10 TDY if I remember right.
(DVLA show no tax and MOT expires in 3 days)

[Feirny]

Silver DBS in Scunny this evening on Queensway.

[ouninpohja]

Saw a horrendous looking Diablo roadster replica riding through York on Saturday afternoon the pathetic sounding engine and late reg plate were a bit of a give away and then a Charabanc in Boroughbridge on Sunday.

[Zad]

6pm-ish Saturday evening, saw a nice E-Type Jaguar convertible in red driving through Stanley of all places. Mature couple driving it. Making the most of the unseasonable weather I guess!

Frog green Focus RS RS59M** driving down Aberford Rd towards Wakefield at 5:30 or so on Sunday afternoon.

[Jordan Clarkson]

Zad said:

6pm-ish Saturday evening, saw a nice E-Type Jaguar convertible in red driving through Stanley of all places. Mature couple driving it. Making the most of the unseasonable weather I guess!

Frog green Focus RS RS59M** driving down Aberford Rd towards Wakefield at 5:30 or so on Sunday afternoon.

Seen that E-Type around Stanley a few times, driving by the Travellers pub and Stanley local, Series 2 or Series 3 model I think.

[DannyScene]

2 Rolls Royce Phantoms within seconds of each other at the bottom of Pool Bank around 5:45ish both on private plates

[pauluspaolo]

Logbert said:

I was luckey enough to have a guided tour of the quarry, interesting stuff

Heres my view from the bottom


And the beast that loads the trucks

Apologies for going off topic but I've also had a guided tour of the quarry along with 20 or so Primary Education students - in fact I'm off there tomorrow morning (final visit)& i found it interesting & the size/scale of the vehicles quite surprising (even though the truck was a tiddler in quarrying terms). The students, who are training to be Primary School teachers, weren't interested in the trip, couldn't see the point of the trip at all & thought it too dangerous for Primary school children. Hansons have links with local schools & have safely taken many groups of children round who have found it exciting & interesting. Surely one of the points of being a Primary teacher is that you get the children involved in things they possibly won't have seen or had access to before in order to get their brains/senses/imagination working?

On the whole the students have been pretty negative & not engaged at all - all a bit depressing for the staff member who's organised the trip & who has to teach them (fortunately I don't) - I suspect they're going to get a "talking" to before long

Anway I'm way off topic - so I'll shut up

[eikoorb]

White C63 AMG near Headingley station today.

[Feirny]

Orange MK1 Escort in Shorpe this morning. Looked immaculate.

[DMN]

A Ginetta G40R on the A1079 turning down into Dunnington. Looked tiny compared to the rest of the traffic.