Spottings and Jottings - 22/4

[willswitchengage]

Since Sky honours our subscription by offering an online streaming service that fails to work when over six people are using it, and all the free streaming sites are jammed up too, I thought I'd get round to posting my own finds on here...

 

So, various phone-camera snaps and more recent photos, in no particular order:

 

Buick Roadmaster, Berlin

 

BMW Fabia Type-R

 

Classic giffermobile

 

Style.

 

Tyre fitting fail.This Fiesta also had a sticker saying "ZOMG LOWER THAN UR GRANDMAS NIPPLEZ" on the back. What an interesting, informed and cool owner it must have.

 

Vanette camper

 

R5 that I have seen being driven once since I moved in down the road two years ago. Giffer spec.

 

Tradesman's Montego O-series that I often see

 

Express harlequin as posted elsewhere before

 

Fail.

 

Slovakia-shite, do love the crap cars like this that migrants tend to bring with them

 

Rover P-fizzle

 

Smart Orion

 

More Favorit grimness

 

BX turbodizzle in Brizzle

 

Rusty 2CV opposite, could be same owner?

 

Volvo Amazon

 

Supercrappy.

 

Spanish Trafic

 

Not shite, but still half a £million's worth of supercars in the back of an Atego!

 

Smart E28

 

DeLorean in cadburyland car park

 

And finally the lovely W123 pez that lives round the corner and never seems to move.

[eddyramrod]

Style.

Absolutely! Well done that man. Who needs an X5?

 

Tyre fitting fail.This Fiesta also had a sticker saying "ZOMG LOWER THAN UR GRANDMAS NIPPLEZ" on the back. What an interesting, informed and cool owner it must have.

That tyre has to be both illegal and dangerous.

 

Fail.

Definitely an "Oh shit!" moment.

 

 

Smart Orion

Until you look at the angle of the front number plate, yes, and shouldn't it have a back bumper?

 

 

Smart E28

Isn't the E28 a 5-series? I thought that was what I had?* Surely this one is a 7? Same colour as my old beast though.

 

*

(This is an E28 grabbed from The Peacemaker, therefore not mine!)

[CYANIDE STEVE]

The DeLorean just doesn't look right without a Flux capacitor on the back.

[Spiny Norman]

Isn't the E28 a 5-series? I thought that was what I had?* Surely this one is a 7? Same colour as my old beast though.

 

Think that shape of 7 is E23 in BMW-speak. Nice looking car these old 7s.

[willswitchengage]

Oops, my bad!

[Ross_K]

Tyre fitting fail.This Fiesta also had a sticker saying "ZOMG LOWER THAN UR GRANDMAS NIPPLEZ" on the back. What an interesting, informed and cool owner it must have.

That tyre has to be both illegal and dangerous.

 

That's the style with the young folk these days.

 

Banded steels, stretched tyres, "stance". As usual it's the VAG retards who started it.

[Split_Pin]

Love that 7.

 

The Astra forum I use all get a lob-on about these stretched tyres. They call it 'stance', 'Euro's or 'Clean'. I think its boring and shit.

[Lord Sterling]

Classic giffermobile

 

Tradesman's Montego O-series that I often see

 

Smart E28

 

DeLorean in cadburyland car park

 

And finally the lovely W123 pez that lives round the corner and never seems to move.

 

Will - I think you live around the corner from me then. Literally.....

 

Sierra:

 

I know exactly where that Montego was parked, I was there a few weeks ago doing some shite spotting. I never seem to be able to capture the Montego though...

 

BMW:

 

Merc:

 

I have seen it move aswell, I saw it being parked up and sort-of well-to-do type old bloke who lives in that kind of area get out of it, I think there is another one on a driveway nearby, possibly the same owner.

 

Where the DeLorean was parked:

[willswitchengage]

I know exactly where that Montego was parked, I was there a few weeks ago doing some shite spotting. I never seem to be able to capture the Montego though...

 

That's my road in case you fancy spotting my shite one day, although I'm moving out in a couple of weeks! There's a phenomenally noisy Maestro van that also frequents that car park, yet it also manages to continually evade my camera.

 

Hall Green is also a good place to go spotting - Metros, SD3s, Bluebirds and even on one occasion OMGZ HOLY GRAIL F REG PROTON

[willswitchengage]

Latest, in the order that Flickr decided to update it all...

 

C165 LOJ 1986 Saab 900 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

G694 FON 1989 Volkswagen Passat by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

N77 DAS 1996 Buick Riviera by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

P1030813 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

MODZ

 

A925 UHB 1983 JBA Falcon by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

K480 KWV 1992 Volvo 480 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

K355 XFD 1992 Rover Maestro by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

NGH 346V 1979 Datsun 140Y by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Saw plenty of West London tat after picking up a new bike on ebay, got bored after the first few!

 

H281 BYF 1991 Honda Civic by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

F155 FNX 1989 Peugeot 205 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Saw this being driven the other day, by a very lovely looking lady! [/infatuated]

 

K994 MMF 1992 Ford Sierra by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

H595 WWV 1990 Citroen BX by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

A153 JFA 1983 IVECO/Magirus Deutz ??? by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

J354 NLR 1992 Tiffin Allegro by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

WINNING

 

B424 RLP 1985 Volkswagen Polo by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Probably the most "original" breadvan left in the country

 

C116 SFG 1986 Toyota Carina by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

C383 TFG 1990 Mitsubishi Lancer by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

C43 CYP 1986 Porsche 911 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

P1030815 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Legend!

 

UCA 557V 1980 Land Rover 109 & ODA 784R 19?? Peugeot 504 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

H697 MOJ 1990 Renault 5 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

SEA 59W 1980 Mercedes-Benz W123 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Photo0181 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

What happens when the motorway closes and your village forms a convenient by-pass for everybody

 

Photo0179 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

What happens when you jump up and down on a stubborn socket

 

Safari Park fail by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

What happens when you take a Rover to West Midlands Safari Park - sadly not in the Lion enclosure but they surrounded it with Land Rovers pretty quickly!

 

G785 BBK 1990 Isuzu Elf by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

What happens when you order things poorly - a tragic anticlimax.

[Lord Sterling]

Latest, in the order that Flickr decided to update it all...

 

C165 LOJ 1986 Saab 900 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

G694 FON 1989 Volkswagen Passat by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

N77 DAS 1996 Buick Riviera by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Aha! I've been meaning to get these cars for some time now, but I never seem to have time when I pass there, I only live around the corner too!

 

Managed to sort of speak to the owner of the Saab at one point, an old duffer who seemed rather flummoxed that I took an interest in his car.

 

The Buick house usually has some other interesting Yank shite too.

[barrett]

Lots here from my neck of the woods, that 'orrible JBA thing is quite liderally round the corner from me, I have never taken a photo of it in protest at its ugliness. Well done on the Sierra and Carina, I must have trodden the streets around here hundreds of times and I've seen neither of those before. Quite tempted to pop out and grab a shot of the Sierra now actually....

[worldofceri]

What happens when you order things poorly - a tragic anticlimax.

You're right. The Datsun should have been last. Or the Peugeot/Land Rover combo. Qualz, those.

[willswitchengage]

Lots here from my neck of the woods, that 'orrible JBA thing is quite liderally round the corner from me, I have never taken a photo of it in protest at its ugliness. Well done on the Sierra and Carina, I must have trodden the streets around here hundreds of times and I've seen neither of those before. Quite tempted to pop out and grab a shot of the Sierra now actually....

 

You aren't the gentleman at the end of Haywards Road are you who always seems to have 56 restorations happening at the same time are you? Until Tuesday my dream-machine will be parked down Sunnydale Close if you fancy a cheeky perv...

[barrett]

Not guilty. I've never even been down there before, so I popped down today and he's got a gold Mk10 Jag in the back garden but nothing else of interest. Bit disappointing considering how good it looks on google maps! Loads of people around too so I didn't take a photo as I'd have had to walk right up his drive and squeeze past another car to get a decent shot. I'll be back though, thanks for the tip!

 

I guess this is you then

DSCN3332 by barrogance, on Flickr

[Lord Sterling]

You got the front, I got the back...

 

[Captain Mainwaring]

WHOA! Epic papping skillz!

 

 

I'll bet that checkerplate isn't there for purely superficial reasons.

[willswitchengage]

Not guilty. I've never even been down there before, so I popped down today and he's got a gold Mk10 Jag in the back garden but nothing else of interest. Bit disappointing considering how good it looks on google maps! Loads of people around too so I didn't take a photo as I'd have had to walk right up his drive and squeeze past another car to get a decent shot. I'll be back though, thanks for the tip!

 

My Granddad's garden backs onto his - there's also an elusive and dusty car in his garage but I can never work out what it is from its tiny window... I can see what you mean about the Google Earth picture though!

[willswitchengage]

L281 NTW 1994 Ford Mondeo by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Mangled Mondeo

 

E988 NMD 1987 Austin Montego by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

This has been appropriately added to a group "How are they still on the road?". A peer through the window showed 150k iirc.

 

YBJ 47X 1982 Citroen HY by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Look carefully and you can see my old car in the background

 

G625 XFA 1989 Fiat 126 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

H361 GBK 1991 Toyota Carina by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Where Carinas go to die

 

B5 OFU 1993 BMW E31 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Photo0234 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Fail

 

C244 NCP 1983 Ford Capri by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

BMW E28 hoarder by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

The famous E28 hoarder of Berkshire

 

Burghfield hoarder by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

These are all in use I think as they tend to move around whenever I go past

 

J563 VRD 1992 Ford Escort by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

G171 DLV 1990 Volkswagen Golf by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

OMGZ LOWERED HOW ORIGINAL WHERE DID U GET THAT IDEA FROM??????//// I do like the decal though, and the fact that it overtook my pushbike later and had a rather fruity lady at the wheel

 

M190 UEV 1994 Ford Granada by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

H391 FLH 1990 Volvo 760 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

2.8 apparently, speed machine

 

B812 KUX 1984 Rolls-Royce ?? by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

HUV 604W 1981 Mercedes-Benz W123 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Spot the XC90 hoarder in the background. This was taken in Chelsea, predictably

 

SOR 384S 1978 Mercedes-Benz SL by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

J673 UOC 1992 Renault 25 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

55bloke's car

 

P1030901 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

D446 JUM 1986 Honda Civic by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

B497 MKF 1985 Saab 900 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

L805 GUU 1993 Citroen XM by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

J218 PPL 1992 Honda Concerto by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

C6 SPW 1986 Toyota MR2 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

HGW 313K ???? Land Rover 88 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

YNF 23S 1977 Sabre Sprint by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

This is well papped on the interwebs!

 

UKE 248 ???? MG TF by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

H636 FLB 1990 Volkswagen Scirocco by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

A589 VYH 1984 Chevrolet Suburban by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

G465 CPG 1989 Toyota Corolla by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

G472 PAP 1989 Nissan Bluebird by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Pap on tow...

 

K43 AJH 1992 Daihatsu Applause by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

DAP 242B 1964 Ford Thunderbird by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

***

 

Aaaaaaand to polish things off, I've saved the best until last:

 

P1030926 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

[vulgalour]

 

I'm trying to grasp why someone would go to that much effort to replicate a Mk3 Escort that badly.

[worldofceri]

I've never heard of them before. For some reason I thought it was come sort of Citroen when I first glanced at it.

 

Quality spots there. Loving the odd-doored Saab also.

[willswitchengage]

Latest dispassionate installment, in no particular order...

 

C798 WLH 1986 Ford Fiesta by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

F708 MLM 1988 Nissan Bluebird by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Evidence that spotting can still occur whilst wearing beer goggles. Neva seen an estate before, either

 

P1040133 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

H83 DNJ 1991 Chevrolet Corvette by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

The small willy crew arrive

 

HY53 EGC 2004 Cadillac EXT by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

C66 TPF 1986 Citroen 2CV by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

These were all outside-ish the same house in Brizzle, possibly related...

 

B447 FUJ 1985 Mercedes-Benz 240D by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

C645 BEA 1986 Renault Trafic by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

A678 VRL 1983 Renault 4 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

M992 WAV 1994 Renault Master by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

6x2 Master with bonus E24!

 

D17 TOY 1991 Toyota J40 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

This is logged as a 1991 but I thought they stopped making them yonks ago? Puzzling

 

C203 JGA 1986 Mercedes-Benz 300E by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

On life support with solar battery charger and high security wheel locking device

 

G683 ATF 1990 Volvo 340 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

D815 PAT 1992 Volkswagen Passat by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Interesting... potential Passat hoarder?

 

B493 VBH 1984 Vauxhall Cavalier by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

H497 YYK 1991 Citroen BX by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

The plot thickens! Streetview

 

NAN 208X 1981 Ford Fiesta by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

SIL 6353 1985 Mercedes-Benz 230E by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

This had no tax disc but was gone a week later. Naughty!

 

D525 AAA 1986 Honda Civic by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

No demographic comment needed

 

P1040191 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

NEDCAR

 

E609 HLU 1988 Volvo 740 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

This had the most wonderful red interior. Cms206 wet dream

 

K221 KGH 1992 Saab 900 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Brown steering wheels are for winners, as are these:

 

P1040134 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

[r.welfare]

 

That thing has sat there for years man, possibly even before the pub was pulled down. Looks forlorn sat there in the rain at the moment...never seen it up close like this, doesn't look too rotten in the picture so I assume (primer aside) it's not too bad.

[RoadworkUK]

I presume that Suburban (Papped back in September) was the one just around the corner from Withdean Park And Ride?

 

I was on that manor a fortnight ago, Christmas Shopping 125 miles from home, in the worst downpour EVAR.

[willswitchengage]

^ Yep, I think I got it a bit wrong on flickr maps but yeah it's around there near Preston Parks station.

[HMC]

Great spots! That matt finish 2 tone saab 900 is brilliant

[barrett]

ONE MILLION CAMELS for finding the Porsche, which is now totally fenced in and invisible from the road. -500 CAMELS for not managing to find the green Fiat 900 camper which is sat between the Porsche and BOND, yet

 

Pop in for a cuppa next time you're down!

[willswitchengage]

You have mentioned this before and it DEFINITELY does not exist within the 100 yards radius I can be bothered to explore around my Grandfather's house.

 

Found yesterday, a tragic end to a tragic life but joyriding does look dead fun:

 

P1040242 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

[willswitchengage]

Monday is a slow evening, so here is the latest "installment" from the past few months:

 

K234 RAF 1993 Citroen ZX Volcane by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Really want a Volcane one day. I could reminisce about the 90s and how good Michael Owen used to be.

 

G388 XMH 1990 Ford P100 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

I don't really want one of these. Didn't Dreamworks make Toy Story and not silly cars?

 

R158 DPN 1997 Renault Master by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Late survivor from the "ruler generation".

 

F341 GPN 1988 Nissan Bluebird by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Keeping the local stationary store in good business.

 

P1040540 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

A few more years and it'll be completely invisible.

 

B109 ULJ 1985 Toyota Starlet by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Hiding...

 

R220 LHO 2013 Polski-Fiat 126 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

First reg'd 2013 - presumably on Polish plates for most of its life.

 

D314 JUC 1991 Renault 4 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

That Renault was apparently only on the road for six years. You can almost tell.

 

F223 SJH 1989 Peugeot 504 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

A525 ABL 1983 Land Rover 110 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

FUEL: HEAVY OIL

 

H523 EFW 1991 Fiat Ducato by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

A surprise non Talbot camper. petrol, too.

 

JJO 411W 1980 Mercedes-Benz W123 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

H755 EEU 2003 Ford Transit by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

N398 TNT 1995 Reliant Robin by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

P1040283 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Gets all the ladiez.

 

A765 RGE 1983 Volkswagen Golf by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

B316 LPH 1983 Mercedes-Benz W123 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

"original sills"

 

A658 SUL 1983 Audi Coupé by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

H231 MPR 1991 Alfa Romeo 75 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

"Could do with polishing up". Would, though.

 

P1040241 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Brownian motion. Toledo?

 

D296 TTW 1987 Vauxhall Cavalier by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

When the sun comes out...

 

K196 XVR 1992 Citroen BX by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Rare petrol injection "TXI"

 

P1040530 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

G718 VYN 1990 Citroen BX by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

P1040536 by willswitchengage, on Flickr

 

Bit of an odd one the last couple. So I was riding along, woz like ZOMG BX, XMs AND SOME PLASTIC AMERICAN THING!!1 So I stops to take a couple of photos. Old man with killer eyebrows comes storming out of the side gate yelling "WOTS UR PROBLEM M8?". I then offer him a sweaty handshake, which he refuses, tell him I'm interested in old Citroens etc and he colourfully replies saying he's "fed up of people like you", that he "has cctv covering his yard" is "watching me", that I should "go away and stay away" and that I should "fuck off", which I grumpily and puzzedly did after quickly clocking that if antagonised he was probably the kind of person who'd just go mental with a pen and stab my eyes out. Hrmph

[barrett]

LULZ! Those Cits and the purple Escort are on my 'must photograph one day soon' list but now I don't think I'll bother tbh. Wonder what's in the shed though??