NLC: Unusual Spots

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:47 pm

Dominic wrote:
rossybee wrote:
Dominic wrote: A certain SE'r of interesting and varied car history use to have one....
I can admit to having been on their Yahoo forum for a while
Why does it come as know surprise that you have been a member of some, erm, questionable forums?

Dunno what you mean

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:49 pm

istoo wrote:
douglasgdmw wrote:Managed to spot a Renault Avantime last night when I was coming through Edinburgh airport.

Suspect that there are not too many around as very little people wanted a "plush" people carrier.

George
Very few around, my business partner has one. This effectively put Matra out of business, its the last thing they built. Some really stunning bits of design / engineering in it. simple things seem to get them written off so I would put these in the future classic category!

Door hinges are something else...

ISTR even back when I was in the yahoo group, certain parts were getting very scarce/hard to obtain...

douglasgdmw · Post by **douglasgdmw** » Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:11 am

Up in Aberdeen this weekend catching up with family/friends and managed to some unusual car spots:
Lanci Fulvia in Banchory
Rover SDi (period brown) in Westhills

Of the more modern variety Sandra did see a new 981 Boxster Spyder.

George

Corranga · Post by **Corranga** » Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:51 am

I saw a fairly bright green Dodge Viper in Dundee on Friday during my morning commute. Looked a bit comical turning up a side street and stopping for a bin lorry...

DJ · Post by DJ » Mon Mar 21, 2016 7:42 pm

Parked at the local train station the other week was a little Fiat Barchetta. Or is it a Bruschetta ? In either case it was small, red and Italian.

douglasgdmw · Post by **douglasgdmw** » Mon Mar 21, 2016 9:21 pm

DJ wrote:Parked at the local train station the other week was a little Fiat Barchetta. Or is it a Bruschetta ? In either case it was small, red and Italian.

Did think of one a while back as they were nice and cheap and a little bit quirkier than an MX-5, however it looks like the prices have firmed up by £1-2k

George

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 3:26 pm

Quite pretty wee cars, but is it not just a fiat bravo or punto under the skin?.. FWD anyways, and only LHD so not much more than a pretty frock IMHO.

mwmackenzie · Post by **mwmackenzie** » Tue Mar 22, 2016 4:13 pm

I saw my car last week for 3 days without a bash on it! That was properly unusual! It was bashed in December when some git rear ended me, Got it back end of last week, spent 2 days polishing it so it wasn't used and looked as close to new as a 15 year old shed could, first day of use some Git reverses into the front of it and buggers off without leaving a note so once again I have a bashed car

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Wed Mar 23, 2016 2:31 pm

mwmackenzie wrote:I saw my car last week for 3 days without a bash on it! That was properly unusual! It was bashed in December when some git rear ended me, Got it back end of last week, spent 2 days polishing it so it wasn't used and looked as close to new as a 15 year old shed could, first day of use some Git reverses into the front of it and buggers off without leaving a note so once again I have a bashed car

You are joking????

pshanks76 · Post by **pshanks76** » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:13 pm

mwmackenzie wrote:I saw my car last week for 3 days without a bash on it! That was properly unusual! It was bashed in December when some git rear ended me, Got it back end of last week, spent 2 days polishing it so it wasn't used and looked as close to new as a 15 year old shed could, first day of use some Git reverses into the front of it and buggers off without leaving a note so once again I have a bashed car

WTF!?! That really does suck!

douglasgdmw · Post by **douglasgdmw** » Fri Mar 25, 2016 6:36 pm

Nice day of spotting in St Andrews today. Managed to spot:
Austin A11
McLaren MP-12C
Big bumper 80's Golf GTi

But the favourite was definitely the black Porsche 356 Coupe

douglasgdmw · Post by **douglasgdmw** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 9:59 pm

Out walking the dogs tonight and hear an interesting V8 rumble, turn around and see something similar to this:

Uber cool wagon and last time I saw probably saw something like that was watching "The Rockford files" as a kid.

George

Corranga · Post by **Corranga** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 10:40 pm

douglasgdmw wrote:But the favourite was definitely the black Porsche 356 Coupe

I passed that on Sunday on Sunday morning on the Coupar Angus road, great looking car

The Fiat Barchetta was a Punto HGT underneath. I had one (the Punto that is) I quite liked it in a silly little hatch way, but it was nothing all that special to drive.

Chris

rossybee · Post by **rossybee** » Mon Apr 11, 2016 10:46 pm

douglasgdmw wrote:Out walking the dogs tonight and hear an interesting V8 rumble, turn around and see something similar to this:

Uber cool wagon and last time I saw probably saw something like that was watching "The Rockford files" as a kid.

George

Skylar White had a red one in Breaking Bad

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 10:12 pm

douglasgdmw wrote:Out walking the dogs tonight and hear an interesting V8 rumble, turn around and see something similar to this:

Uber cool wagon and last time I saw probably saw something like that was watching "The Rockford files" as a kid.

George

That is an over weight, yank tank, with fake wood stuck on the sides and probably has something like a seven litre engine producing 40BHP. Yet I am strangely drawn to it...

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