Car Spotting

[Mike Harte]

Not exactly loved, though!

[Adam43]

Seems a normal thing to go to the supermarket in

[broadrun96]

Question is, does it drive home with a pack of hot dog buns in the rear side window? Gotta use every inch of space

[Adam43]

Maybe there is enough room in the 2+2 that they don’t have to display their buns?

[BertMk2]

Originally Posted by Mike Harte

Not exactly loved, though!

It certainly has more 'patina' than most E Types you see, I quite like that though.

Originally Posted by Adam43

Seems a normal thing to go to the supermarket in

We live in very different worlds

Originally Posted by Adam43

Maybe there is enough room in the 2+2 that they don’t have to display their buns?

There's a "displaying my buns" joke in there somewhere but I can't think of it right now

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by Adam43

Maybe there is enough room in the 2+2 that they don’t have to display their buns?

Well played sir

[broadrun96]

Just another guy getting new wheels and tires for his McLaren. I've seen one every day this week now. Always something interesting at this wheel shop

[Mike Harte]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

Just another guy getting new wheels and tires for his McLaren. I've seen one every day this week now. Always something interesting at this wheel shop

Are you certain that it isn't the same car you see, just needing to replace the tyres after a day's burn outs and traffic light grand prix!

[broadrun96]

Most McLaren guys in Atlanta are pretty quiet with them, there's chargers and challengers for that other nonsense

[JHamilton]

Is that Butler Tire?

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by JHamilton

Is that Butler Tire?

Well done car nerd, Butler Tire on Roswell. La Fonda across the street is also good for car spotting

[JHamilton]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

Well done car nerd, Butler Tire on Roswell. La Fonda across the street is also good for car spotting

Yeah! I am a nerd but I lived over there when I was cool. That was a very, very long time ago and also a lie. I was never cool.

[fieldodreams79]

It's a Ram Charger
You can tell by how that it is....

[JHamilton]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

It's a Ram Charger
You can tell by how that it is....

How much? It's brown, tell me know. How much?

[joeb]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

It's a Ram Charger
You can tell by how that it is....

It's real and it's spectacular.

Those rear windows are the size of my entire car!

[broadrun96]

Guy who manages our Sunday market bought one, red and every time I see it I want it

Usually have Wing Wed but now we can introduce Spoiler Saturday

[Gerard C]

I wonder if he can see something in the mirror… other than the spoiler.

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

I wonder if he can see something in the mirror… other than the spoiler.

I checked, no, no he cannot. Or at least I couldn't see the mirror

[E.B]

My racing partner got a Zed soft top as a nice day car last year. Loves it. So does his dog. First pic is in good company at Rob Roy Hillclimb. Nice I think T-Bird parked behind in top pic. I Like the little raised humps (?) behind your head on the Zed. Or should that be Zee for you US folks? .

[Gerard C]

Z or Zee looks like an inspiration (Speedster 964 and on for the humps and 968 for the soft top). The dog looks great, dingo inspiration may be? I remember you're a great fan of Simca productions, Facel designed and built the Aronde Océane Grand Carrossier much inspired from the T-Bird of your pic. https://www.simcafacel.levillage.org...php?article209

[Mike Harte]

Surely like an Audi TT; don't remember which came first, though. Or the Peugeot thing.

[E.B]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

I remember you're a great fan of Simca productions, Facel designed and built the Aronde Océane Grand Carrossier much inspired from the T-Bird of your pic. https://www.simcafacel.levillage.org...php?article209

Great link. Lovely looking car. Thanks Gerry. I love the aluminium steering wheel. Not sure I would like to drive with it, too skinny, but it looks the bee's knees.

PS Standing kilometre in 42 secs means its no getaway car

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by Mike Harte

Surely like an Audi TT; don't remember which came first, though.

Forgot about this one, well done. I think the 911 came first if you except race cars like D-Type and 718 RSK for instance (https://newsdanciennes.com/modeles-a...rsche-718-rsk/).
Yes, Dave, was not that fast and if you ask me why I'll tell you its all about the crappy Solex carb'!

[Gerard C]

As to Peugeot inventing something in the cabriolet field, Mike, I think you were thinking about the first ever CC's -aka Coupé Cabriolet-, the pretty '37 402 Eclipse being the most famous. The only Pug of the modern era I can think of is the RCZ Roadster. The only Peugeot I can appreciate is the RCZ coupé, a tribute to Zagato: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_RCZ One picture shows an example racing at Bathurst in 2013.
https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fich...,_Ratingen.jpg

Back to ol'days, I'm convinced that E.B will appreciate the 601 picture.

https://www.carjager.com/blog/articl...es-paulin.html

[Mike Harte]

To be brutally honest, Gérard, most modern cars by which I mean anything after the early 80s, pretty well all look the same to me and most look pretty awful as well.


This is why since the 90s I haven't bought a brand new car because I just can't justify purchasing something that costs so much but is then devalued by probably up to 30% or maybe more when you drive it off the dealer's forecourt. Yes, I know that for those cars where demand exceeds supply, that there could even be a premium for them, but that's not type of cars that we are talking about.