PieSpots: Shite Photos of Shite

[Pieman]

Last couple of weeks...

Wolseley 16/60 outside my local social club.

205 GTi spotted through the window while paying for petrol.

Next three were seen within a couple of minutes of each other.

Not many early Vectra V6s about now.

Literally as I turned round from taking the above pic, this appeared.

Beefy Beemer, dunno if the lights and plate are smoked or just mucky.

Snapped cos it had no badges and I wasn't sure at first what it was.  (Daihatsu Sirion.)

[MiniMinorMk3]

That Wolseley reminds me of what all the old giffers used to do come the frost, wrap the grille in foil in readiness for cooking the turkey, or in other words, it's a make-do-and-mend grille muff.

[High Jetter]

Was common. For some, a fitted textile (leather?) version was available, sometimes with zips so you could peel down the middle portion. (Wolsely/Riley 1.5s come to mind)

You have a problem with muffs? 

[MiniMinorMk3]

18 hours ago, High Jetter said:

 

You have a problem with muffs? 

I find exposure to them causes me some stiffness.

[Pieman]

Let's have an update...

Penistone Plastic Pig - note the stickers on the shop window in the background, I think they used to sell Reliant spares.

Next few from around Kent (Aylesford/West Malling area).

Badly parked Caddy.

Crusty Crapri.

Austin graveyard.

Patchwork Scrote.

Quantum kit car.

Bus.

Erm....no I don't know either.

Tidy 205 GTi.

Back to the Midlands - T25 outside my local railway station.

Misery Machine.

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Pieman said:

Erm....no I don't know either.

I suppose it's one way to sort a leaky Mitsi

[Pieman]

Very nice Mk2 Scirocco - passed me after I'd walked further along the road and sounded quite fruity too.

My phone clearly doesn't like taking photos at dusk, which is a shame cos this Volvo was mint.

Not seen a Carina E in years.

[Pieman]

A few recent spots...

A Disco-theque.

106 had at least two large dogs inside.

Merc lurking near my girlfriend's place.

Barried Bluebird.

Pair of posh Beetles waiting to board the Eurotunnel.

Belgian Mini estate, also at Eurotunnel.

I think this is the same 205 GTi I posted earlier in the thread.

[Pieman]

Now some spots from Poland over the weekend.

First a small convoy of Polski-Fiats, showing my inability to take good photos from a moving car (I was passenger, don't worry).

Mk2 Golf in Leszno.

Mercedes van nearby, with hot air balloon.

Jelcz truck, possibly an ex fire engine, watering the speedway track at Ostrow (where I was working).

Iveco/Magirus fire engine.

E28(?) 5-series.

E36 wagon alongside.

Chrysler Sebring soft top.

Ukrainian Lada Samara.

Saw a few others but wasn't able to snap pics, including another Jelcz fire engine in much better condition.

 

[Pieman]

Couple of local spots....

Reliable old S70.

Corolla outside the local pub.

Fez and monster truck.

[Pieman]

Been a few months....

Nice Porsche spotted at Donington Park.

Couple of spots from Portugal - I admit I didn't know what this one was at first, turns out it's a Ford Taunus 12M.

Also from Portugal - this could have been one for the "Cars you didn't know existed" thread - a Chevrolet Alero, sold outside Europe as an Oldsmobile.

And some cool trucks spotted at Donington Park back in August at Convoy In The Park.

[Captain Mainwaring]

Hang on a minute, W202 on a H plate?

Great spots!

[sdkrc]

Shit private plate. It's a 94 Merc and the DVLA have it down as such 

[Pieman]

Let's have an update shall we?

Nice P4 in Tamworth.

This was delivering potatoes to my local chip shop.

Love an XJ.

Barried E36.

Traveller travelling.

Another XJ.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Renault.  (Based on a Master ambulance I believe, the local Rotary Club have been using this every Christmas for years.)

Delectable Delica.

340 in the car park at Mallory Park.

Not really shite but worth a spot - lurking Austin 7.

Not many ZT estates about these days.

OMGMGB with its roof down on a January evening, brave man!

Clown car.

Very clean Ka in the same car park as the XJ above.

[Pieman]

I really should update this more often - here's some from the last few months...

Pumas are less common these days.

Rubbish night spots of an AX...

...and a Fiesta which was some sort of special edition, but it's a long time since I took this pic and I've forgotten what.

I remember seeing a Nova saloon on TV and commenting that there must be virtually none left nowadays, then a couple of days later I spotted this in my home town!

Romahome.

Proper Range Rover spotted outside a pub in Yorkshire.

Ovlov at dusk.

Chippy Merc.

French plated Lagoona in southern Germany near the Austrian border, quite a trek!

Slightly crusty Almera.

The next few are from another trip to Germany, at a classic car dealership not far from Munich that despite having this wide selection offered for sale looked like it hadn't been open for some time.

Big Beemer.

Lifted Pajero.

Opel Ascona aka Mk2 Cavalier.

Very rare Mazda 929 saloon.

Rotary goodness.

Audi 60!

Alfa 75 complete with flat tyre (apologies for my reflection in a few of these!)

Baby Fiat.

Matra Bagheera!

Fiat of some sort.

Kriedler 125 bike, plus a Taunus behind it (my pic of that didn't come out for some reason).

Abarth 595.

911 and retro petrol pump.

Merc.

Breadvan.

147 GTA,

Coupe (there was a G40 Coupe further along but I don't seem to have snapped that one).

E28.

Back in Britain - Shitroen wagon.

And two for the price of one.

[Pieman]

Time for an update (those on my Facebook will have already seen these)...

Pooloo saloon at Silverstone.

These two were on opposite sides of the same car park.

Car park at Donington during the World Superbikes - tell me you're a Toprak Razgatlioglu fan without telling me you're a Toprak Razgatlioglu fan.

Number plate removed at owner's request.

South Wales Mini.

Long range spot from a hotel window.

These things have been following me around lately - not long after taking the second photo at Brands Hatch I was followed by a white Integrale on the motorway!

Been laid up locally to me for a while.

And finally....erm, ok then.

[chaseracer]

Sankeys Corner!  

Wonder what motive power is under the back of the giffertrike...

[Missy Charm]

21 minutes ago, chaseracer said:

Sankeys Corner!  

Wonder what motive power is under the back of the giffertrike...

Of all things, a 1,870 cc diesel engine!  The trike is registered as a 'Pegasus Specialberry' on that plate, with a date of manufacture of 2015.  It is down as a three-wheeler, so all looks present and correct.  A poke about suggests that the engine is a Renault - they made a diesel of that size.  Bizarre.  

[Lord Sterling]

On 13/12/2022 at 18:42, Pieman said:

Not many early Vectra V6s about now.

😍

The mad difference between these 2 cars (apart from the alloys and year of reg) the W-reg one is a 2.5 and mine is a 2.6! 

[Pieman]

/\ I walked past the estate I pictured above on the same day I photographed that weird trike thing - it's still in the same position and appears to be full of rubbish.

[Missy Charm]

20 hours ago, Pieman said:

/\ I walked past the estate I pictured above on the same day I photographed that weird trike thing - it's still in the same position and appears to be full of rubbish.

Curiouser and curiouser...  

Seems odd that someone would go to such effort then abandon the thing.  

[Pieman]

Update from the last couple of months...

First few are from the Czech Republic when I went to the Golden Helmet speedway meeting.

TAZ/Skoda van.

Buick Centurion.

BMW 328 (I think).

Bugatti lookalike kit car on the left, and a rare Czech-built Aero on the right.

Original Skoda Superb, on display in the departure lounge at Prague airport.

Truck shite spotted in Hungary, possibly a Tatra.

Toyota Crown with comedy sticker in the pits during a banger meeting at Standlake.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Renault bringing Father Christmas for his annual tour of my hometown.