Lazy spotters thread

[Yoss]

Arrived in Munich this afternoon. Not much chod around as you'd imagine but I found a couple of things. 

An Anglophile Munchener. 

[Yoss]

But this deserves it own post. 

A calender shot, if I do say so myself. 

[Amishtat]

[Yoss]

I assume the Punto was abandoned in the layby when somebody realised it was just easier to walk. 

[Amishtat]

No, I've seen it around for a while but not had the chance to get a picture before. Can't be arsed to look up when they came out here but that's the oldest I've seen in ages. Despite being an Essex native I misspent my college years in Coventry so I like it a little more for having a Coventry plate too. My Gazelle is YDU

Edited July 8, 2019 by Amishtat
Needless pedantry

[Yoss]

Didn't know that was a Coventry plate. The only Coventry regs I know are KV and VC as that's what all the Triumph prototype/publicity cars were. 

[Amishtat]

RW and HP too, they appear in a lot of Rootes archive photos. Saw this earlier and secretly like it a bit. 

[LightBulbFun]

one for the ford escort lickers  not sure who owns this one, but like the Rover SD1 its been on the council estate since the year dot

[Schaefft]

On 6/15/2019 at 6:07 PM, Tadhg Tiogar said:

It wasn't there.

But this afternoon's Shabbat walkround gave us all of these kosher finds:

 

'91 Caprice! This is a euro model made to look like a taxi. The want is strong!

[Tadhg Tiogar]

24 minutes ago, Schaefft said:

'91 Caprice! This is a euro model made to look like a taxi. The want is strong!

Come to little Tel Aviv, where this particular (Dutch-registered) car has been living for the last couple of months.

[flash]

Spotted this outside a garage. I was making a delivery next door so thought I'd get a photo.

[flash]

The owner of said garage noticed me taking photo's of the carina and asked me if id like to see his old volvo he'd acquired. I must admit i'd never seen one of these before, its had one previous owner and was purchased in 1982. The owner says it will be restored.

[GrumpyCat]

Spotted in my local Sainsburys car park...

 

 

[Aston Martin]

I apologise for the accent, I apologise for the swearing, I apologise for the song. (Jeremy Vine played it not me.)

 

However, 1 of fucking 3!!!

 

https://streamable.com/kj7la

[Amishtat]

[Amishtat]

[Yoss]

Here's a few more from Munich and the surrounding area from the last couple of days (got home this morning). 

The Merc had a bodyside that looked liked it was made of crisp packets and hand painted matt silver. 

 

 

These were in Mittenwald near the Austrian border. Lovely place, took the train from Munich, a trip I can fully recommend. We're 3000ft above sea level here and still the mountains tower over the place. 

This looks standard but the rear wheels are wider and with a bit of camber. Subtle. The two door Land Cruiser must be a bit of a rarity too. 

Mobile home? 

This was buzzing round the town, saw it a couple of times. but I love this:The woman was trying to help her husband get this barge (not even sure what it is - new Omega?) into the same size space the 500 was in. The contrast is fabulous isn't it? 

[anonymous user]

Shame about the wheels, but it has got a V8 under the bulging bonnet.

[Dannyk]

All i've seen for a while, apart from a nice mk2  XR2 the other day but was driving so no pic. 

[puddlethumper]

A few I've seen lately. Didn't get one of a D reg maroon Scrote estate

that came alongside at the lights and asked what mine was.

Nice bit of gafferage on the Merc and I never knew there was a Toyota Voxy.

[MorrisItalSLX]

 

Bloody hell! That is a full load of old tat, and the skip bin needs emptying too.

[Aston Martin]

Living the dream.

[puddlethumper]

Spotted today.

[Dannyk]

[Asimo]

Nice shape, the first A4, looking good here as a 1.6 basic and an actual colour.  

The Acclaim was at a horse show in Abergavenny, last owner 14 years, and it was a real credit to him too. In CD spec with Triomatic ( a 3 speed + torque converter autobox that cannot change gear itself, the driver has to make all the decisions about which ratio to use.)

[Aston Martin]

On 7/11/2019 at 3:42 PM, Aston Martin said:

I apologise for the accent, I apologise for the swearing, I apologise for the song. (Jeremy Vine played it not me.)

 

However, 1 of fucking 3!!!

 

https://streamable.com/kj7la

 

[sutty2006]

Couldn’t see much ?

[Tadhg Tiogar]

20 hours ago, Asimo said:

.....The Acclaim was at a horse show in Abergavenny, last owner 14 years, and it was a real credit to him too. In CD spec with Triomatic ( a 3 speed + torque converter autobox that cannot change gear itself, the driver has to make all the decisions about which ratio to use.)

Clutchless manual, then. Just like the Ro80.

[Asimo]

Not like an Ro80 ( or a C-Matic Citroen) at all actually.  

Downstream of it's torque converter the NSU has a clutch and conventional 3 speed manual gearbox but the HondaMatic / Triomatic has all the makings of a true autobox, selecting the ratios with solenoid operated valves operating various clutch packs just like Honda's full automatic transmissions. The gear selector is just a numb T bar.

[Amishtat]