Pieman

There's a couple of them appeared in my (usually quiet) home town recently, one in a Fiesta passed me a few weeks ago as I was out for a walk and gunned it for a short distance just so it would make the machine gun barrage noise as he lifted off. As there were no other pedestrians about I shouted "WANKER!" after him but of course there was no chance he heard me as he sped off. I think these idiots are the new generation of Barries - if any more start appearing round here I think I'll try and buy one of the Broadmoor sirens and tow it behind my car, that'll scare them off!

Spotted a nondescript SUV thing in Italy today badged as a DR 4.0 Googling reveals it is an Italian-built rebadging of some Chinese thing.

Dark green Austin Maestro on Dutch plates spotted this morning in Hampton-in-Arden, Warwickshire. Also spotted this 1967 Plymouth Barracuda on the A446 - https://musclecar.uk/classic-cars/plymouth/1967-plymouth-barracuda-4-5-v8-coupe-auto/

FTFY. Have driven my parents' Jazz a couple of times recently, and the behaviour of other road users towards me is totally different to when I'm in my Focus, especially people pulling out of junctions in front of me. They see a Jazz and automatically assume it's being driven by a 90-year old and won't be doing more than 12mph.

Massively barried Vauxhall Corsa.

This Mazda has been outside some shops round the corner from my place for some time now, it appeared there one day with a flat tyre and no other visible damage, the tyre has now come off the rim. Still taxed and tested so not sure what's going on with it.

A Daewootermelon.

Been down again for me for the last hour or two, seems to be the same time every day.

That reminded me - when my dad's boss's son turned 17, he thought he was going to be given his mum's car for nothing, but because he hadn't gone out and got a job, his dad decided it wasn't happening. So I bought the car!

Does everyone get a BMW Mini/Fiat 500/Ford Fiesta with a personalised number plate for their 17th birthday these days? My first car was my mum's old Metro, and I had to pay her for it and help her find a replacement. If I'd asked for a car or anything to do with one for my 17th I'd have been told to fuck off and stop acting spoilt.

Oddly coachbuilt Bentley Continental?

What is the cream coupe? Wheels suggest Fiat but I don't recognise the model.

/\ Now that I like. Did someone see a photo of a Dymaxion while drunk and decide to have a bash at copying it?

That is incredible!

Couple of local spots.... Reliable old S70. Corolla outside the local pub. Fez and monster truck.

As a Mk2 Focus owner this will be very interesting and I might learn something along the way. Following.

Now some spots from Poland over the weekend. First a small convoy of Polski-Fiats, showing my inability to take good photos from a moving car (I was passenger, don't worry). Mk2 Golf in Leszno. Mercedes van nearby, with hot air balloon. Jelcz truck, possibly an ex fire engine, watering the speedway track at Ostrow (where I was working). Iveco/Magirus fire engine. E28(?) 5-series. E36 wagon alongside. Chrysler Sebring soft top. Ukrainian Lada Samara. Saw a few others but wasn't able to snap pics, including another Jelcz fire engine in much better condition.

A few recent spots... A Disco-theque. 106 had at least two large dogs inside. Merc lurking near my girlfriend's place. Barried Bluebird. Pair of posh Beetles waiting to board the Eurotunnel. Belgian Mini estate, also at Eurotunnel. I think this is the same 205 GTi I posted earlier in the thread.

In Poland over the weekend with a colleague, hired a Kia crossover of some sort to get around in. All went well until on a fairly rural road we happened upon a section of road where a muck spreader had clearly had a major malfunction, and for what must have been at least half a mile the road was fucking covered in farmyard shit! My colleague managed to rally-drive through it without incident, but it was only when we stopped later on that we realised that the wheel arches and underside were pretty much coated in the stuff, and it fucking STANK. Sadly we had no time to find a jetwash before we returned the car to the airport that evening - if the person from Europcar at Poznan airport who picked up that car happens to be reading this, we are extremely sorry and we hope you didn't lose your dinner on encountering one of the worst things I have ever smelled in my life!

If I'd been in your shoes, at that point I'd have pulled over, told him to get the fuck out of my car and walk home, and driven off. What an absolute wanker! Drop me a DM if ever you need to rant further dude.

Is that the one owned by the roller skating rink in Derby? I think they still have it, based on a VW Beetle (as are 90% of the creations in this thread I think!)

I'm sure @chaseracer and the team would have that running again in a few weeks

£2975

Correct - only one Mini entered.

If you didn't get to watch live today, click the link above and go and watch the races back - they were SUPERB.