Have You Seen Any Interesting Cars On The Road Lately?

[A.J.]

 

[KillerHERTZ]

Erm... A Discovered 3?


(I take it you thought you were posting in the numberplate thread?)

 

[A.J.]

Erm... A Discovered 3?


(I take it you thought you were posting in the numberplate thread?)

Yes I was, can you delete it and I will post it on the correct thread

 

[davymead]

Thanks for the reminder about the Buddle Inn, where the car park today included:

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Always an amazing amount of interesting cars about, and surprisingly how many are Island based. The DL plate gives them away.

 

[Steveml63]

Hi,
saw an interesting metallic red sports car coming towards me this afternoon.
As it was approaching - I thought it was some sort of McLaren - but as it got nearer I noticed a very small prancing horse on the front.
Back was very Jaguar F-Type.
Turned out that is was the new Ferrari Roma - it looked absolutely stunning!
It looked like this:-


Cheers
Steve

 

[Gollom]

Hi,
saw an interesting metallic red sports car coming towards me this afternoon.
As it was approaching - I thought it was some sort of McLaren - but as it got nearer I noticed a very small prancing horse on the front.
Back was very Jaguar F-Type.
Turned out that is was the new Ferrari Roma - it looked absolutely stunning!
It looked like this:-
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Cheers
Steve

Mmmmmm. That is one pretty car!

 

[davymead]

Front very F-type too ...

 

[Darrell]

Cough. Strictly an Aston Martin DB2/4 MkII. They've recently sold at auction for just shy of $400k - that's actual, not asking - but in 2021 you'll be able to pick one up for less than that.

Used to be capable of a ton in 1958, but you might struggle to achieve that these days.

Looks great but like the Bond's DB5 (at twice that price), you really wouldn't want to drive one. Clumsy, heavy, running hot, unreliable, not something you'd trust to do a couple of hundred miles.

But awfully pretty - "most desirable of cars."

 

[Darrell]

Pictured above is it’s better looking Italian half brother.

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

Hi,
saw an interesting metallic red sports car coming towards me this afternoon.
As it was approaching - I thought it was some sort of McLaren - but as it got nearer I noticed a very small prancing horse on the front.
Back was very Jaguar F-Type.
Turned out that is was the new Ferrari Roma - it looked absolutely stunning!
It looked like this:-
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Cheers
Steve

Awfully pretty car, but Harry wasn't impressed when he played with it.

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[MikeInWimbledon]

Always an amazing amount of interesting cars about, and surprisingly how many are Island based. The DL plate gives them away.

So here's a question for you: why do there seem to be so many independent used car dealers on the Island?

I've spent the last two weeks zigzagging over the Island and there seem to be far more than I'm used to seeing in Sunny Surrey.

Because land is so cheap, or because it's a pain to get off the Island to source a used car ?

 

[davymead]

So here's a question for you: why do there seem to be so many independent used car dealers on the Island?

I've spent the last two weeks zigzagging over the Island and there seem to be far more than I'm used to seeing in Sunny Surrey.

Because land is so cheap, or because it's a pain to get off the Island to source a used car ?

Boycie still seems to be alive and well over here
The reason Sunny Surrey is free of him is undoubtedly down to car supermarkets.
Car Supermarket free IOW means that for Mr & Mrs Bland, Boycie can still fill his boots.
Not forgetting that these days most punters prefer not to travel any farther than the end of their proboscis to buy anything.

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

Boycie still seems to be alive and well over here
The reason Sunny Surrey is free of him is undoubtedly down to car supermarkets.
Car Supermarket free IOW means that for Mr & Mrs Bland, Boycie can still fill his boots.
Not forgetting that these days most punters prefer not to travel any farther than the end of their proboscis to buy anything.

Thought as much.

To be fair, it’s expensive to get off the Island, which must create that local market for certain types to fill.

 

[davymead]

Thought as much.

To be fair, it’s expensive to get off the Island, which must create that local market for certain types to fill.

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Just an extra thought. Lots of Islanders are proud of their unique number plate, so will only buy an Island registered vehicle with it’s HW or old DL reg.

 

[Dippo]

Just an extra thought. Lots of Islanders are proud of their unique number plate, so will only buy an Island registered vehicle with it’s HW or old DL reg.

Is it just pride? When I was involved with AFRL, the IOW had to keep a distinctive plate because it qualified them for discounts on the ferries.

 

[Steveml63]

Hi,
Following on from yesterday’s spotting of the Ferrari Roma - I downloaded a few stills from my dashcam this morning - so you can see it approaching and being difficult to work out what it was, from a distance (apologies for the quality - but I compressed the files to upload them)

Cheers
Steve

 

[123andAway]

During the week I saw an Alviz rather like this one in south-east London

 

[Sam87]

Today on the A40 going towards uxbridge way, I saw 2 beautiful looking cars within a min of each other. First one was a black series CLK in silver with a private plate. I didn't manage to see what the plate said as it had a small plate at the front

Next one I saw was a beautiful W124 500E, facelift model with the evo 17's alloy wheels.
Two dream cars for sure!

 

[Darrell]

Today on the A40 going towards uxbridge way, I saw 2 beautiful looking cars within a min of each other. First one was a black series CLK in silver with a private plate. I didn't manage to see what the plate said as it had a small plate at the front

Next one I saw was a beautiful W124 500E, facelift model with the evo 17's alloy wheels.
Two dream cars for sure!

Did the 500E have a private plate on it?
Reason I’m asking is that I saw a lovely 500E with tasty alloys on it last Saturday in Rdgdnts Park.

 

[davymead]

Caught my eye yesterday. Can’t remember seeing one of these before ....