Spotted's Spottings (2025 France holiday #11 07/09/2025)

[Spottedlaurel]

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Belgian S-Class makes for a neat comparison with the LS400.

A beige 104, just parked-up. Fantastic. Looks like it might have sat somewhere for a while - I think that spray on the wheel and tyre would have extended down to the ground, and is used by the authorities to tell whether a car is in use or has been abandoned.

Just an everyday car.

Tidy facelift Safrane. Saw a pre-facelift model on the road, but they certainly weren't as common as XMs this year.

Do like these Accord Coupes, but maybe not this one...

 

Couple of vans parked-up in the same hilltop village.

Funky paintwork.

Don't remember seeing a Santana with this front end styling before.

406 was rather battered. Didn't see too many others, nor 405s for that matter.

This final batch for today all at the same rural garage:

18!

 

This would end up being the only BX I photographed.

Hmmm, now wondering about the angular car beyond the recovery truck.

[mk2_craig]

1 hour ago, Spottedlaurel said:

the angular car beyond the recovery truck

305 break?

[Spottedlaurel]

30 minutes ago, mk2_craig said:

305 break?

Looks like it!

[Spottedlaurel]

Had to have a break in proceedings due to getting a new PC, but all back up and running and old drives transferred so I can carry on......

Another of those bits of exotica that we didn't get in the UK, 5-door Corolla hatchback! But they may have missed out on the swoopy Liftback version that we had?

Looked tidy for a Mk3.

Terrible photo, but I can assure you there is a 1980s Civic in here.

Didn't see a huge amount of Lagunas.

This worked out nicely for a hastily taken shot out of the car window by one of my passengers, with Mont Ventoux in the background of a smart Coupe.

Fuego!

A few Nivas seen during the two weeks away.

Carina E used for taxi duties one evening and found another old car friend.

What I think is a Maserati Mistral sounded great driving through a village, just managed to jump and get a couple of photos as we sat and had a meal.

K10 at a place that seemed to have one or two other older/more unusual cars around, like the 156.

Seen the odd one of these over the years, but vastly outnumbered by the French competition.

Saw one or two others at various garages on our travels, good that they're still around and in use.

Nearly at the end now, just one more episode to come.

[bangernomics]

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Belgian S-Class makes for a neat comparison with the LS400.

A beige 104, just parked-up. Fantastic. Looks like it might have sat somewhere for a while - I think that spray on the wheel and tyre would have extended down to the ground, and is used by the authorities to tell whether a car is in use or has been abandoned.

Just an everyday car.

Tidy facelift Safrane. Saw a pre-facelift model on the road, but they certainly weren't as common as XMs this year.

Do like these Accord Coupes, but maybe not this one...

 

Couple of vans parked-up in the same hilltop village.

Funky paintwork.

Don't remember seeing a Santana with this front end styling before.

406 was rather battered. Didn't see too many others, nor 405s for that matter.
This final batch for today all at the same rural garage:

18!

 

This would end up being the only BX I photographed.

Hmmm, now wondering about the angular car beyond the recovery truck.

Looks 305 ish

[Spottedlaurel]

Last instalment of the non-show spots, basically the journey home:

Only other Carina E seen during the fortnight away.

4-door Mk1 Escort and Mini Cooper S were the main things that caught my eye here, but the angular creation on the parking lift is an oddity, maybe something used in film/TV work?

@Schaefft comes to mind with this one. Saw it at the services with its bonnet up, seemingly just a precautionary measure on a hot day. Good-looking car aren't they?

They left only just before us but it took a fair while to catch them up.

 

Honda City that we didn't get.

 

Last couple of proper French spots. RG 106 not something I've seen very often, if ever?

As seems to have happened a few times, the last thing seen at the (very busy) tunnel terminal was UK-registered. This van was one of a number of 2CVs that were heading back.

At some point I'll get a few of the show/meet photos on here, otherwise that's it for 2025. Accommodation already booked for 2026 and plans are being made for a week's travelling either side as there are so many things we want to see that we've missed on previous years.

[Schaefft]

Chrysler Vision, one day I might still own one.

[Spottedlaurel]

13 minutes ago, Schaefft said:

Chrysler Vision, one day I might still own one.

Let's hope so! Front end styling quite similar to the 1991-96 Prelude.

[wuvvum]

On 06/09/2025 at 07:37, Spottedlaurel said:

 

Saw one or two others at various garages on our travels, good that they're still around and in use.

I saw one of these with a horsebo11ox body driving through Wroxham a couple of months back.  First one I'd seen on the road here for years.