Lazy spotters thread

[Three Speed]

Apologies for the blurriness of this photo of a nicely faded yellow E or F reg Maestro City van I followed yesterday.

 

[catsinthewelder]

South London?

I was parked by a house there over the summer with a yellow Maestro van like that and a red hatchback outside.

[Three Speed]

48 minutes ago, catsinthewelder said:

South London?

Ealing

[xkjagnz]

[myglaren]

On Christmas Day in the morning.  Broadband has been off since I took it?

[willswitchengage]

Spotted in Reading.

[catsinthewelder]

Contains Vauxhall Nova

[spartacus]

A few recent spots...

BMW made fine looking cars back then.

[spartacus]

I don't think I'm going to top this for a while...

[The Vicar]

London yesterday morning. I had to drop my shopping bags in the middle of the street to get this one!

[Stinkwheel]

Thinking of stuff on loaders, I saw this the other day...

[Zelandeth]

7 minutes ago, Stinkwheel said:

Thinking of stuff on loaders, I saw this the other day...

I always forget how small these cars are until I see one with anything alongside it again for scale!

2 hours ago, spartacus said:

I don't think I'm going to top this for a while...

Now that's just lovely.  So nice to see one in such unmolested condition, and so much nicer than the half-heartedly modernised mess that currently wears the badge.

Cannot quite believe the prices they fetch though! 

[Soundwave]

A Legend-ary spot from today's walk. 

[Shite Ron]

I see this occasionally on my morning walk, but saw it in daylight this week:

This seems to have replaced a 90’s Japanese car, there is also a Rover 620 and early Aldi 80 cabriolet nearby but I feel a bit self conscious taking pictures. There are also a couple of Xantia’s and a Renault 16 on my walk but again difficult to photograph discreetly.

 

[HMC]

Early r8 saloon this morning. It was a bit of an oddity; I thought saloons were H - on, it had what looked like leather seats under the covers, no badges but a a body kit on the sills. Maybe someone more knowledgable about r8s can fill in the blanks @Ghosty

[HMC]

On 12/31/2020 at 3:52 PM, Stinkwheel said:

Thinking of stuff on loaders, I saw this the other day...

Was the bonnet white, On a B suffix? I was looking at that on e bay if so.

[barrett]

On 12/31/2020 at 1:52 PM, The Vicar said:

London yesterday morning. I had to drop my shopping bags in the middle of the street to get this one!

That's weird, I saw that several months ago, just being loaded or unloaded on to a truck. I wonder if it ever travels under it's own steam, or does it just move around between a succession of beavertails?

[NorfolkNWeigh]

 

These have been on this drive for years , only about 2 miles from me, but I’ve never noticed them.Ive spoken  to someone who tried to buy them. Yes, it’s a real Lotus and an urQuattro under the Cat Piss Tarp. The owner won’t sell- he’s “ Going to do them up”

[Ghosty]

3 hours ago, HMC said:

Early r8 saloon this morning. It was a bit of an oddity; I thought saloons were H - on, it had what looked like leather seats under the covers, no badges but a a body kit on the sills. Maybe someone more knowledgable about r8s can fill in the blanks @Ghosty

 

 

That's certainly seen better days, however the MOT history suggests it's very well used - MOT'd every year with steady mileage increases, going on for 150k.
Weirdly it appears to have Rover Sport sill spats. 

Comes back as a 414SLI registered March '90 - launch was April, however G platers are very rare. I used to own an H plate 400. 
Leather seats were an option (I think they should be blue on this one??) and the bodykit, if geniuine Rover Sport, was also an option and worth a bit now. Bit weird to see one with just the side skirts, mind. 

That's definitely one of the oldest surviving 400s on the road.  

[Mr Laurence]

9 minutes ago, Ghosty said:

That's certainly seen better days, however the MOT history suggests it's very well used - MOT'd every year with steady mileage increases, going on for 150k.
Weirdly it appears to have Rover Sport sill spats. 

Comes back as a 414SLI registered March '90 - launch was April, however G platers are very rare. I used to own an H plate 400. 
Leather seats were an option (I think they should be blue on this one??) and the bodykit, if geniuine Rover Sport, was also an option and worth a bit now. Bit weird to see one with just the side skirts, mind. 

That's definitely one of the oldest surviving 400s on the road.  

Would the grille also have been an option? I thought that only the later cars had those, or was that just for 200s?

[Ghosty]

15 minutes ago, Mr Laurence said:

Would the grille also have been an option? I thought that only the later cars had those, or was that just for 200s?

That didn't even occur to me. That was a DIY some people did to 'modernise' when the facelifts added those grills to the range, or if you asked your Rover dealer nicely... 

[DVee8]

[DVee8]

[500tops]

7 hours ago, Shite Ron said:

I see this occasionally on my morning walk, but saw it in daylight this week:

This seems to have replaced a 90’s Japanese car, there is also a Rover 620 and early Aldi 80 cabriolet nearby but I feel a bit self conscious taking pictures. There are also a couple of Xantia’s and a Renault 16 on my walk but again difficult to photograph discreetly.

 

7 hours ago, Shite Ron said:

 

This was owned by a chap in Plymouth for years!

[HMC]

[Squirrel2]

Spotted this on a used car dealer’s line-up on the London Road, Pembroke Dock. It has a Pembrokeshire reg number so possibly local to here all it’s life. No MoT from 2018 but that’s probably because someone is taking advantage of the exemption. Goodness knows what horrors may be lurking... 

It’s for sale too.

 

Squirrel2

[High Jetter]

That's a rare beast. I wonder if it had that detatchable front end like the other one?

[Zelandeth]

Rare one from today...sorry I only caught it just leaving the carpark...

Bloody rare sight in the UK!

[Austat]

My old man spotted this lovely MK1 Cortina today:

[Willy Warpit]

Willenhall this morning