Supercars spotted, some rarities (vol 7)

[Petrus1983]

Even if not ‘real’ it still looks superb. Someone will know if it is or not.

Eta - MoT history suggests it’s done around 19,000 miles and first registered in July 1973.

Edited by Petrus1983 on Tuesday 2nd June 13:05

[anonymous-user]

giblet said:

Washing cars

They do a tad more than that and usually with seriously high end metal. Granted I’m of the view that a lot of it is more down to the marketing but clearly they are good at what they do

So he got a degree in car washing then?

Always funny when people hype up menial jobs.

[giblet]

Argleton said:

So he got a degree in car washing then?

Always funny when people hype up menial jobs.

Paint correction is a *tad* different to just washing a car. PPF is a different kettle of fish too. This isn’t the same league at a £5 hand car wash. When they are charging thousands for it then I guess they can hype it up as much as they like.

Granted I’m not in their target market and even if I had that kind of cash I’d rather use a local detailer who would do the same job for a lot less money.

I get that some people regard the detailing scene as a load of bks but properly detailed and swirl free paint is a million miles away from ‘car washing’.

[anonymous-user]

giblet said:

Argleton said:

So he got a degree in car washing then?

Always funny when people hype up menial jobs.

Paint correction is a *tad* different to just washing a car. PPF is a different kettle of fish too. This isn’t the same league at a £5 hand car wash. When they are charging thousands for it then I guess they can hype it up as much as they like.

Granted I’m not in their target market and even if I had that kind of cash I’d rather use a local detailer who would do the same job for a lot less money.

I get that some people regard the detailing scene as a load of bks but properly detailed and swirl free paint is a million miles away from ‘car washing’.

Some will say it's highly skilled work but it can be picked up pretty easily and hardly rocket science. The rates are due to the materials used and the amount of time taken. I'm all for keeping a car clean and I'm not doubting the result goes beyond car washing but it still is massively hyped up and hard to justify the price I reality

[Blown2CV]

Argleton said:

giblet said:

Argleton said:

So he got a degree in car washing then?

Always funny when people hype up menial jobs.

Paint correction is a *tad* different to just washing a car. PPF is a different kettle of fish too. This isn’t the same league at a £5 hand car wash. When they are charging thousands for it then I guess they can hype it up as much as they like.

Granted I’m not in their target market and even if I had that kind of cash I’d rather use a local detailer who would do the same job for a lot less money.

I get that some people regard the detailing scene as a load of bks but properly detailed and swirl free paint is a million miles away from ‘car washing’.

Some will say it's highly skilled work but it can be picked up pretty easily and hardly rocket science. The rates are due to the materials used and the amount of time taken. I'm all for keeping a car clean and I'm not doubting the result goes beyond car washing but it still is massively hyped up and hard to justify the price I reality

well it's like any other trade. There are lots of youtube "i'll give it a go" dicks, and then there are those who have done a bit more training and do an average job (valeters who want to up their rate), and then there are a few who are genuinely brilliant and incredibly detail (hence the name) oriented. The guy i use is definitely one of the latter. The expensive companies aren't inherently in the minority of amazing places, and may well just be expensive products applied in an average way. Cost doesn't guarantee quality.

There is no possible way I'd be able to achieve the correction results my guy gets. I follow his work on social media as I am fascinated by what he can fix. Very little of the work is washing... unsurprisingly.

[Its Just Adz]

Great posts from Alderley Edge.

The yellow Integrale and the V Spec GTR would be my choice.

[giblet]

Blown2CV said:

Argleton said:

giblet said:

Argleton said:

So he got a degree in car washing then?

Always funny when people hype up menial jobs.

Paint correction is a *tad* different to just washing a car. PPF is a different kettle of fish too. This isn’t the same league at a £5 hand car wash. When they are charging thousands for it then I guess they can hype it up as much as they like.

Granted I’m not in their target market and even if I had that kind of cash I’d rather use a local detailer who would do the same job for a lot less money.

I get that some people regard the detailing scene as a load of bks but properly detailed and swirl free paint is a million miles away from ‘car washing’.

Some will say it's highly skilled work but it can be picked up pretty easily and hardly rocket science. The rates are due to the materials used and the amount of time taken. I'm all for keeping a car clean and I'm not doubting the result goes beyond car washing but it still is massively hyped up and hard to justify the price I reality

well it's like any other trade. There are lots of youtube "i'll give it a go" dicks, and then there are those who have done a bit more training and do an average job (valeters who want to up their rate), and then there are a few who are genuinely brilliant and incredibly detail (hence the name) oriented. The guy i use is definitely one of the latter. The expensive companies aren't inherently in the minority of amazing places, and may well just be expensive products applied in an average way. Cost doesn't guarantee quality.

There is no possible way I'd be able to achieve the correction results my guy gets. I follow his work on social media as I am fascinated by what he can fix. Very little of the work is washing... unsurprisingly.

Having been on a group detailing course and a full one to one session with my own gear and car I have some idea of the skill and effort required to get a car to the levels that a decent detailer achieves.

It’s hard to justify the prices of Topaz in reality but look at their clientele. The types of people dropping that sort of money on a car can easily justify (or be sold) the packages they offer. They don’t operate in the same kind of reality that us plebs do.

There is a lot of marketing behind what they do too. Topaz skin is a prime example. The actual product used is an off the shelf one that they now have the exclusive rights to. Prior to this I knew of a decent bodyshop who offered the same product at a much cheaper cost. Again however when you have folks with things like 1 of 1 Singers or LFA Nurburgrings who want to change their paint colour for a while then to them a few grand is worth it.

Clearly it pays well if they can afford to drive such metal as the Porkers pictured above

[456mgt]

Chubbyross said:

Black Carrera GT today just outside Baldock. I was going too fast, as was he, for any photos. Anyone on here own that beauty?

That was me doing an, ahem, tunnel sound check of the Kreisseg switchable system on the car. https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5ru50g0I3/

[AstonZagato]

giblet said:

Blown2CV said:

Argleton said:

giblet said:

Argleton said:

So he got a degree in car washing then?

Always funny when people hype up menial jobs.

Paint correction is a *tad* different to just washing a car. PPF is a different kettle of fish too. This isn’t the same league at a £5 hand car wash. When they are charging thousands for it then I guess they can hype it up as much as they like.

Granted I’m not in their target market and even if I had that kind of cash I’d rather use a local detailer who would do the same job for a lot less money.

I get that some people regard the detailing scene as a load of bks but properly detailed and swirl free paint is a million miles away from ‘car washing’.

Some will say it's highly skilled work but it can be picked up pretty easily and hardly rocket science. The rates are due to the materials used and the amount of time taken. I'm all for keeping a car clean and I'm not doubting the result goes beyond car washing but it still is massively hyped up and hard to justify the price I reality

well it's like any other trade. There are lots of youtube "i'll give it a go" dicks, and then there are those who have done a bit more training and do an average job (valeters who want to up their rate), and then there are a few who are genuinely brilliant and incredibly detail (hence the name) oriented. The guy i use is definitely one of the latter. The expensive companies aren't inherently in the minority of amazing places, and may well just be expensive products applied in an average way. Cost doesn't guarantee quality.

There is no possible way I'd be able to achieve the correction results my guy gets. I follow his work on social media as I am fascinated by what he can fix. Very little of the work is washing... unsurprisingly.

Having been on a group detailing course and a full one to one session with my own gear and car I have some idea of the skill and effort required to get a car to the levels that a decent detailer achieves.

It’s hard to justify the prices of Topaz in reality but look at their clientele. The types of people dropping that sort of money on a car can easily justify (or be sold) the packages they offer. They don’t operate in the same kind of reality that us plebs do.

There is a lot of marketing behind what they do too. Topaz skin is a prime example. The actual product used is an off the shelf one that they now have the exclusive rights to. Prior to this I knew of a decent bodyshop who offered the same product at a much cheaper cost. Again however when you have folks with things like 1 of 1 Singers or LFA Nurburgrings who want to change their paint colour for a while then to them a few grand is worth it.

Clearly it pays well if they can afford to drive such metal as the Porkers pictured above

I have been using the lockdown to detail some of my cars. It is a boring ballache - clean/clay/swirl removal/polish/wax/clean glass/black tyres/plastic restore. And that is just the outside. Days of work. Also, I don't think I'd do anything other than wash/wax my Aston. Set myself loose with a DA machine polisher? Er, not on that car. Given the value of that, it is worth paying a skilled person to do it.

[Doofus]

Or just not bothering.

[Chubbyross]

456mgt said:

Chubbyross said:

Black Carrera GT today just outside Baldock. I was going too fast, as was he, for any photos. Anyone on here own that beauty?

That was me doing an, ahem, tunnel sound check of the Kreisseg switchable system on the car. https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5ru50g0I3/

You have a beautiful car. I was in the somewhat less dramatic silver turbo cab just by the service station. Stunning sound by the way!

[smithyithy]

456mgt said:

That was me doing an, ahem, tunnel sound check of the Kreisseg switchable system on the car. https://www.instagram.com/p/CA5ru50g0I3/

Your fleet is rather good!

[Master Bean]

A very yellow Aventador heading towards Lechlade from Swindon.

[tberg]

On a Sunday morning canyon run in the Santa Monica mountains, my Pantera, my friend's NSX, and a few other friend's cars.

[tberg]

[tberg]

[Its Just Adz]

A few nice bits in Lytham today






Also, AMG GTR, S63 AMG, Tuscan that I didn't get pics of.

[Adrian250]

Been out cycling this afternoon and seen a McLaren MP4-12C in that orange launch colour, a 17 plate Honda NSX in white, and a brilliant looking blue Lamborghini Aventador SVJ on some country back roads stuck behind a van

[Isimmo]

G plate Ferrari F40 through Storrington at 1630 today. We were out in the Ur Quattro going east as it passed west.

[TCX]

California 330 being used as run about,parked up in front of my owld astra van Haverstock hill way