Lazy spotters thread

23,786 · April 12

To continue with the Z3 theme, here's the worst one I've ever seen. Spotted in Corbridge today:

7,795 · April 13

Sainsbury's, Helston this afternoon

33,054 · April 13

It's not a classic but this is in the car park of a care home a few doors down, it's been there for 4 years now, unmoved. Showing as untaxed since it was 2 years old and never being moted?!

I presume it belongs to a resident in the home but you'd thought a family member would have took it home or at least sorned it?.

18,088 · April 13

1 hour ago, 500tops said:

Helston

Had a great weekend in a holiday home there, years ago. The pub was fun.

1,140 · April 14

Spotless:

Tuesday at 16:48

Crusty 104 at my local auction house. They often have a couple of Spec D cars, but this is a bit unusual.

It wasn’t in the last auction so might be in an upcoming one- I think at the end of the month.

32,083 · Tuesday at 17:28

38 minutes ago, aotb said:

Crusty 104 at my local auction house. They often have a couple of Spec D cars, but this is a bit unusual.

It wasn’t in the last auction so might be in an upcoming one- I think at the end of the month.

@loserone likes Peugeots and owns a welder.

Tuesday at 17:31

Herefordshire is a fair trek from him, but I’ve done that trip picking up other French tat.

23,177 · Tuesday at 17:33

Think this belongs to one of my local petrol station staff. Ex @RetroShite IIRC.

6,298 · Tuesday at 20:48

3 hours ago, captain_70s said:

Think this belongs to one of my local petrol station staff. Ex @RetroShite IIRC.

Yeah, we had this one 2 years ago!

7,795 · Thursday at 09:58

No pics sadly as it all happened too quickly. But I've just spotted this early Metro on the A361 North Devon Link road heading towards Tiverton.

It has odd coloured front end panels, black rims and the wonkiest suspension I've ever seen.

Great to see it on the road and being used!

30,618 · Thursday at 10:49

That's - in rougher condition - the 1300 splitting image of the one I had back in the early 2000s.

Still the car I regret selling (in a fit of common sense) the most.

7,795 · Thursday at 12:33

Barnstaple

30,360 · Thursday at 14:44

Thursday at 15:42

Found some rather sad looking German friends for @egg's Mondy today...

2,507 · Thursday at 18:42

Spotted on a recent trip to France....Well, it HAD to be be, didn't it?

There's a company who offer tours of Paris in these, rather like the "Trabbi Tours" of Berlin. This was taken near the Eiffel Tower-where else?

2,507 · Thursday at 18:54

Slightly off-topic, but I noticed the garages in France sell "E85" fuel, at about half the price of normal E10:

Has anyone any idea what (if any?) cars can run on this and what is it....? This was a Total station on the outskirts of Paris, by the way!

11,997 · Thursday at 19:37

35 minutes ago, Andrew353w said:

Has anyone any idea what (if any?) cars can run on this and what is it....?

High ethanol content pezz (actually low pezz content ethanol) - super 'green' stuff as the ethanol is plant based . You need a 'flexfuel' car (Citroen C4 is one I met) or you can get a black box to piggy back on the ECU on a 'normal' pezz motor. It's said to be less efficient than E10 (20 - 25% less MPG iirc) but the prices you have there would suggest it's worth a punt?

23,786 · Thursday at 20:03

E85 is/was quite popular in the US so a lot of American domestic market stuff, particularly from GM iirc, was made to run on it.

18,718 · Thursday at 23:17

3 hours ago, Schaefft said:

E85 is/was quite popular in the US so a lot of American domestic market stuff, particularly from GM iirc, was made to run on it.

Our Bini (71 plate) can use E25 as I expect most newer cars can . I’ve never seen it anywhere but it’s probably coming fairly soon.

2,123 · Friday at 09:38

Before I returned a rental Fiat 500 Twinair at Lyon airport I filled it with that stuff. Not sure if I was supposed to. It made it as far as the rental company. I suspect previous renters had done the same thing. Or are all Twinairs totally gutless?