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

[nsa]

anxious_ant said:

Lovely

Owning such cars aint cheap in HK, the parking itself could cost tens of thousands of pounds a year.

£1-6k. I pay £4,500 to park in my building, and another £1,200 to store a car in the New Territories.

[rupro]

emix said:

Any pictures updates for this most wonderful of threads?

Season's greetings! Yes, certainly can do. How about a few Christmas bumper posts for Xmas Eve, Xmas Day and Boxing Day? Anything in particular you're keen to see?

nsa said:

anxious_ant said:

Lovely

Owning such cars aint cheap in HK, the parking itself could cost tens of thousands of pounds a year.

£1-6k. I pay £4,500 to park in my building, and another £1,200 to store a car in the New Territories.[/quote

Beautiful NSX in your profile. Is that yours? Great to see them frequently on our roads these days. Absolutely love them.

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[CallThatMusic]

[rupro]

CallThatMusic said:

Nice! Love the 993 GT2 RS. Supposing it is a real one, I wonder how many RHD GT2 live in HK. I have seen at least 3 authentic ones and that is the first time I believe I've seen the red one. Didn't Porsche only build a dozen or so in RHD?


OK, so here is a random assortment of what we feel are some of the most Pistonheady cars from back in April-May when one of us was stuck in Lockdown in the UK and the other was still in HK shooting the action. Enjoy!

Who killed Kermit?


Zenos E10 (are we right in thinking Zenos owned by a HK group)


All mod cons


Brute force


Seriously, BMW ... what happened to you?


Nissan Pao


Running in the 90s


Purple people eater


Perfection


Late model FD3S


Loads of modified S2Ks around these days


A real rarity out here


Horse for courses


Do BBS look bad on anything?


Weapons-grade WRX TS


One for the Ones That Got Away file


Fruity!


Definitely aged well these


Gruntage


No words.


Weissach Scaffolding Co.


Classic colour


Should have bought when cheap ...


Over jump


NSXy - there are so many of these around HK now - and we are not complaining!


You sunk my battleship!


Forced multiplier


Ace in the pack


Japanese muscle


Looks can be deceiving


Pocket rocket


Timeless


For those that know


NAs have a big following here now


Pure


Street brawler


Facelift


Rumble in the jungle


Hiya!


Could eat your dinner off this


All aboard the Gravel Express!


Honda Today Humming


Midship Runabout


Wonder if Jonny Smith reads these?


Iconic


Woof woof!


HK has plenty of Elises/Exiges per square KM




Did you know 'Mugen' translates as 'No limit' from Japanese to English?


S203


Vroom


Barging on a Sunday in a twin-turboed Vertex


Just too cool


Interesting throwback stone chip guard


RR - So many of these limited beasts ended up in HK


One for Hoovie

1. roadpresence

If it's good enough for Senna ...


Actual car as mentioned on 'Behind the Glass' podcast recently


Well, we hope you enjoyed that little selection. Will post more in coming days!

[Macron]

Epic stuff, can't wait to see more!

[rupro]

Macron said:

Epic stuff, can't wait to see more!

Thanks mate! Will post some more tomorrow and on Boxing Day. Merry Christmas!

[Bobberoo99]

Always love seeing this thread updated, thanks!! Merry Christmas and a happy new year!!

[heisthegaffer]

Fascinating post. A really nice mix of classics and modern.

Lovely alfas and lovely jap stuff. Good to see a fair bit of euro over there.

Why no American cars I wonder?

[TommoAE86]

rupro said:

Late model FD3S

Anytime I see an FD RX-7 I can't help but smile, such a achingly beautiful car.

rupro said:

Japanese muscle

Oh yes, my dream car - maybe one day.

[alorotom]

Amazing pics ... I miss HK

I dont think Ive ever seen such deep and reflective paint on a 206 at the GTi above!


And what is this ... I need this in my life :

[Gameface]

Honda Mugen S660.

[Gameface]

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=15...

[thiscocks]

Cool stuff. I like the 206 'Rallye' and the pasenger in the white Exige!

[TommoAE86]

Gameface said:

Honda Mugen S660.

Torque GT brought a regular one over: https://www.torque-gt.co.uk/blog/post/honda-s660

[samoht]

Thanks for sharing, the variety and quality of the cars, the road scene and your excellent photography make this a fantastically enjoyable thread to peruse

Special love for the RX-7s here, looking great as ever.

[epom]

Expecting a lot of Yaris GR content here in the new year.

[CallThatMusic]

[emix]

rupro said:

emix said:

Any pictures updates for this most wonderful of threads?

Season's greetings! Yes, certainly can do. How about a few Christmas bumper posts for Xmas Eve, Xmas Day and Boxing Day? Anything in particular you're keen to see?

Any pictures taken in the city? HK is a great backdrop. Your latest pictures are most satisfactory, otherwise. Thank you!

[rupro]

Thanks for the kind comments! Merry Christmas, everyone!

heisthegaffer said:

Fascinating post. A really nice mix of classics and modern.

Lovely alfas and lovely jap stuff. Good to see a fair bit of euro over there.

Why no American cars I wonder?

Mainly because LHD cars are not able to be registered, so they'd have to be driven on limited-use permits, so there are a few but not many. Also, lack of road and parking space plus sky-high fuel prices, and limited knowledge of mechanics to work on them here don't help.

epom said:

Expecting a lot of Yaris GR content here in the new year.

We are expecting there to be looooads. Have photographed one already (the first in HK): https://www.instagram.com/p/CImSmTqHQka/?utm_sourc...

Here are some more images from the middle part of 2020. I typed a few words for each image, and then in an inspired move, accidentally closed the tab ... So, sorry it's just the images this time. Enjoy!








































































































































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[rupro]

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