Cioda Di Roma

[Sloth in a bowl]

So I have spent the last 7 days in Rome and now the 500 odd holiday snaps have finally dragged themselves into Flicker, I can present a selection of Italian chod (Cioda)

 

We will start with a classic

DSCF3244 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

Which also comes in yellow

DSCF3273 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

and Blue

DSCF3523 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

Moving on and small Lancias are seen with regularity if not abundance

DSCF3263 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

as are Fiat Pandas

DSCF3307 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

Not a sign of a proper Uno or Tipo all week though I was surprised by this device

DSCF3474 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

Finally for the first post I will leave you with a Roman carpark in the rain

DSCF3467 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

[Sloth in a bowl]

For our next set of pictures I will look at the sub-car class.

 

Rome has loads of these 3 wheelers

DSCF3299 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

and when I mean loads, I mean loads

DSCF3237 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

They also seem to have 101 variants of the diesel mini car like

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and

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and

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and

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though smart cars are massively common, I only saw one of these

DSCF3509 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

[Sloth in a bowl]

Now for a few working cars

 

To start with Roman taxis are all white

DSCF3241 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

They come in many varieties and only one of them was a Mk1 Octavia

 

The police have a bunch of schemes, I missed the flying squads light blue with tiger motive but got this.

DSCF3358 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

and the worlds most camp 'snatch' landrover

DSCF3427 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

while they also have proper Landrovers in town

DSCF3302 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

I also got a poor picture of a dust cart

DSCF3492 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

and the Lancia Thema that seemed to be working as a limo

DSCF3736 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

[Guest yelookinit]

I have been to Rome twice in last year i love it there. Got a lot of old car pics, really should upload them.

[Sloth in a bowl]

For the next set we have some random pictures.

 

Renault Twizzies have a small following and one was seen at night with a lady driver and her boyfriend in the back

DSCF3270 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

Little and Large with more taxi action in the background

DSCF3327 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

A few of these were about

DSCF3334 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

And somebody couldn't stand convention and drove about town in this

DSCF3338 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

High quality parking skills were in evidence (and a lot of modern Minis)

DSCF3345 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

Cinqicentos and Secento's are still about in small numbers

DSCF3471 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

As are Renault Twingos

DSCF3528 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

though I can only remember seeing one Escort

DSCF3689 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

[hairnet]

its not ape its ah pay

 

oddly them ligiers and aixams are regd as scooters - i have one of those plates in the garage.........

 

moar weird lancias please late 90s delta if you saw one......

[Sloth in a bowl]

For my final selection we have a few special moments.

 

Firstly the only 2CV we saw all week.

DSCF3563 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

Then this van

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A Fiat 500 estate in hot axle reach action

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A bit of scooter shite

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DSCF3527 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

 

 

And I will leave you with a Porsche (yawn) in one of the poshest garages in town, the statue is probably worth quite a few multiples of the car

DSCF3540 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

[Sloth in a bowl]

its not ape its ah pay

 

oddly them ligiers and aixams are regd as scooters - i have one of those plates in the garage.........

 

moar weird lancias please late 90s delta if you saw one......

 

No 90's Lancias were noted at all, neither were Alfa 155s or similar Fiats, Tipo, Marea etc

 

I have been reminded to put in one last picture taken from the train near Ostia of a scrapyard

DSCF3695 by Sloth in a bowl, on Flickr

[pompei]

Loving all the 500 pics (naturally).

 

We had a week in Croatia at the beginning of the month.  Virtually no interesting motors except one Zastava 750 (fFat 600) but loads of Twingos and a fair smattering of Renault 4's.