Lazy spotters thread

[Yoss]

This was far rattier than the photo suggests. It had had a dodgy blowover in a slightly different shade of white, most of which had fallen off again, plus numerous scuffs and scratches and a missing boot spoiler. Proper shite. 

And a Renner hub cap to finish it off. 

[DVee8]

[N19]

Badly lit, and I know next to nothing about Hondas, but this lives near me... 

[catsinthewelder]

Both spotted yesterday and fairly near home.

[Spiny Norman]

A few randoms from sunny* Glasgow.
 

[Three Speed]

Horsham this morning.

[DVee8]

Asda this morning 

 

[motorpunk]

[LabRat]

Minty fresh 190d spotted whilst out with the dog.

[Asimo]

In Sunny Herefordshire this afternoon

A transverse Passat. I had forgotten these completely.  And a VW post office van!  Whatever next?

From my "I would* if they weren't (ruined by being) convertible" list.  Does look nice in black, quite delicately proportioned. 

Tidy arse, Y tho needs better number.

 

**If they weren't so expensive - most seem to be around £$€ 18000. Odd for an obscure USA car to be valuable here.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

A few from my trips to France in the summer.

 

This was in a service area, took the picture from the pumps, by the time I’d finished it had gone, probably one of the only cars I’d rather have been driving. Is a brown w108 ca.b. Cooler than a brown Corniche ? Discuss.

Fellow millionaire Brit gave me a wave as he stormed past.

Theres a few of these in Antibes, I suppose next best thing if you can’t find a Mehari or Moke ( there’s loads of both)

This lovely hasn’t moved for a couple of years, I’d love to buy it and make a camper.

Z8 snapped from the terrace of the villa, lots of exotica driving round the Cap but I have to pretend to be cool when working , the boss was out and I was relaxing with a beer when I took this- it’s a tough job, but somebody has to do it.o

This is great, twin wheel axle tipper that’s about as big as my wheelbarrow , snapped at robbing tyre place that charged €50 to fit a tube that I’d brought from the UK- you think Fords have scenetax.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Sorry the last 2 snuck in and the edit button seems to have gone.

The Espace taxii was at Gare d’Lyon and was one of many, I of course  ended up in a boring Merc C Class Uber from Gare du Nord

[Madman Of The People]

On 9/14/2020 at 4:32 PM, jmsguzzi said:

Horrible 90s Buick in Allendale 

 

 

1992-95 Buick Skylark.  Built on the front-drive GM N-Body platform.  Utter dreck, even by lowly 1990's American standards.

 

 

[Madman Of The People]

On 9/20/2020 at 2:27 AM, DVee8 said:

 

 

Gold convertible is a 1996-2000 Chrysler Sebring.

 

White car is a 1990-92 Oldsmobile Toronado, the curvier facelift of the unpopular, boxy-looking 1986-89 Toronado.  It shared it's platform, and much of it's bodywork, with the Buick Riviera and Cadillac Eldorado.  This was the era of GM's cookie-cutter, look-a-like cars.  Part of the reason these expensive coupes failed was because they bore a too-close resemblance to a plethora of much cheaper GM offerings.  The 1990 facelift was meant to help visually distance the car from those less prestigious GM models and justify the higher price of the Toronado and it's Riviera and Eldorado siblings.  Evidently, the facelift didn't help woo customers back into Oldsmobile showrooms as the Toronado quietly died in 1992 without being replaced.

 

[Asimo]

15 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said:

Sorry the last 2 snuck in and the edit button seems to have gone.

The edit button is hiding behind the three little dots at the top right of each post.

And that MB 100 is ace, would like it as well.

[Zelandeth]

Our own little recreation of a late 90s/early 00s management car park today...

Though the spot of the day I sadly haven't got a photo of because I was driving.  Saw an FSO Caro heading away from MK Centre, pretty sure on a V plate.  I would have given chase to get a photo but sadly by the time the traffic lights changed it was long gone.

[Marina door handles]

Spotted on the way to work, had a bit of a time warp momment

Nice 928 out in the sticks.

But this is more Autoshite, a totally unexpected Peugeot 306 base model in nice nick heading into the horror that is Reading.

[Cheggers]

Portsmouth/ Southsea perchance?

[motorpunk]

Just now, Cheggers said:

On 9/20/2020 at 9:39 PM, motorpunk said:

Portsmouth/ Southsea perchance?

Yeah! Was on a wobbly bike ride and got a bit lost.

[Cheggers]

Yeah! Was on a wobbly bike ride and got a bit lost.

Easily done in Portsmouth...

[crad]

the first one i already put in the news thread, but its an astra campervan. the bloke was selling it (although he had just been into Aldi buying 2euro cigarillos). a nice golf and a couple of festering XM estates. then spot the 3 mk2 golfs in the local scrappie.

[motorpunk]

18 minutes ago, Cheggers said:

20 minutes ago, motorpunk said:

Yeah! Was on a wobbly bike ride and got a bit lost.

Easily done in Portsmouth...

Bikeshite 

[Cheggers]

Bikeshite 

Camber Dock, by The Bridge pub. My old apartment used to overlook it. Are you local?

[motorpunk]

39 minutes ago, Cheggers said:

40 minutes ago, motorpunk said:

Bikeshite 

Camber Dock, by The Bridge pub. My old apartment used to overlook it. Are you local?

Girlfriend from there, I kinda like it, too.

[Vantman]

Rare spot today!!

 

[Zelandeth]

1 hour ago, Vantman said:

Rare spot today!!

 

Sweet... whereabouts?  Seeing a Xantia at all is pretty rare nowadays but an Activa is nigh on unheard of... especially in S2 form.  Looks to be sitting at the right height too which points at one that lives a charmed life!

...As does the fact it doesn't have scraped bumpers.  Virtually every Xantia I've ever seen has a scuff on at least one corner.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

1 hour ago, Zelandeth said:

Sweet... whereabouts?  Seeing a Xantia at all is pretty rare nowadays but an Activa is nigh on unheard of... especially in S2 form.  Looks to be sitting at the right height too which points at one that lives a charmed life!

...As does the fact it doesn't have scraped bumpers.  Virtually every Xantia I've ever seen has a scuff on at least one corner.

Probably belongs to a CCC member

[Vantman]

8 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

Sweet... whereabouts?  Seeing a Xantia at all is pretty rare nowadays but an Activa is nigh on unheard of... especially in S2 form.  Looks to be sitting at the right height too which points at one that lives a charmed life!

...As does the fact it doesn't have scraped bumpers.  Virtually every Xantia I've ever seen has a scuff on at least one corner.

Seen local to me at Bethersden near Ashford,Kent,i did hang around for a while for the owner but no luck. I go that way a couple of times a week so will keep a lookout for it.

[motorpunk]

Mint E30 Baur. Just about zero rust, lovely wheels, not fucked about with in any way. Want.

[Asimo]

1 hour ago, motorpunk said:

 lovely wheels

The Art World agrees.  http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O114256/car-wheel-trim-bmw/