Car-spotting thread

[mwlikesbikes]

I was at the NY auto show last Friday, lots of good stuff but here’s some of the standouts for me.
There’s a Chiron & a P1 behind the ladies. Ford GT in heritage colors.GT 500!

 

[mwlikesbikes]

The best car there though was this Ferrari 250GT SWB flanked by a couple cheap Rollers

 

[rick81721]

Smallest pickup I ever saw in Hopewell. Morris Minor 1000

 

[rick81721]

I was at the NY auto show last Friday, lots of good stuff but here’s some of the standouts for me.
There’s a Chiron & a P1 behind the ladies. View attachment 94149Ford GT in heritage colors.View attachment 94150View attachment 94151View attachment 94152GT 500!View attachment 94153

I'll take the GT and the GT500 please!

 

[mfennell]

Catching way up...

This is what annoys me about the latest crop of MT cars. For most of us, the whole point of driving a manual is the art of rev matching, heel and toe, etc. Having the car do it for you just takes some the fun out of it. Thankfully my F83 has one of three modes in which rev matching is off. I will admit though in the other modes the car rev matches seamlessly, far better than someone with 40 years of MT experience

I took it for a spin last night and tried heel-toe downshifts. I can't tell if it ignores my throttle applications OR they supercede the auto function, but I could still feel like I was doing something. My wife does not heel-toe so it's perfect for her.

Congrats, mini looks great! However if M4 too big why not M235i convertible?

The M235i/240i was certainly on my list but the pickings that met the criteria were really slim. Like ship-it-from-Florida slim. And, in reality, she's wanted a MINI 'vert since the BMW MINIs appeared more than a decade ago. Factor in 3 years of not-my-problem and an extra year of not-really-my-problem (3yr maintenance, 4yr warranty) plus a car right there in front of us and I started to come around.

 

[mfennell]

@mfennell
Super classy 360!
You also had an egolf?! Where the hell you been during e car convos?

Still have it (it's at World VW now, figuring out a front sensor problem after the repair). I had a very early Volt too. I think I logged in after the e car thread had run its course.

 

[knobbyhead]

Mercedes R500. don't see these too often.

 

[Monkey Soup]

Still have it (it's at World VW now, figuring out a front sensor problem after the repair). I had a very early Volt too. I think I logged in after the e car thread had run its course.

Are e-convos actually a thing?

 

[qclabrat]

Zero fucks given
View attachment 93719
Edit: it should be noted each of those stacks of tickets were at least 8 deep.

Hops delivery?

 

[jmanic]

Hops delivery?

Likely!

 

[qclabrat]

Couldn't get a pic as I was on bike coming home from 6mr but saw a black benz, S600 on the left of the trunk and I thought it said "Bauer" on the right side. Never heard of that variant and google finds nothing so maybe it was something else, but def not Maybach. Had quad exhaust but not very loud.

Pretty sure you mean Brabus
They are pretty popular in China
https://www.brabus.com/en

 

[rick81721]

Pretty sure you mean Brabus
They are pretty popular in China
https://www.brabus.com/en

Perhaps mystery solved.

 

[mfennell]

Are e-convos actually a thing?

I think Manny was asking why I didn't participate in the conversations about EVs (which were actually in this thread, I guess).

As long as I'm typing, I love EVs. They are friggin' great for a bunch of little reasons that have nothing to do with saving the whale forests or whatever. They're silent and completely smooth. You always wake to a "full tank". Most of them let you start the heater remotely, even in the garage. Around town, even slow ones like my e-golf have super quick response because there's no waiting for a downshift. It's like you're in 2nd gear all the time. I accelerate faster in the "slow" golf than my other cars because it's so drama-free. The only maintenance I've done in 3.5 years is rotate the tires a few times. Brakes last forever. I think that underhood parts are also going to last forever because nothing gets hot.

 

[qclabrat]

Perhaps mystery solved.

The biturbo S600 is older already, they are now on the S900, here's some samples of 850s

 

[Carson]

$30 Shitbox Spring Detail
Adam's Sealant

 

[Magic]

$30 Shitbox Spring Detail
Adam's Sealant

View attachment 94261View attachment 94262

Nice rimz.

 

[iman29]

I think whoever this guy paid to wrap his Cadillac SLS got ripped off

Don’t worry I wasn’t driving when I took the pic I was the passenger with my son who is learning to drive and he started laughing so hard I almost had to make him pull over.

 

[Carson]

My Turo rental for the day. 2018 Cayman. It handled awesome and the shifter and clutch were really nice, but it was tight inside for me and the turbo lag is really noticeable. For my money the M2 is a better choice. It was a nice way to tour Lancaster County though.



This thing was really nice but also $119,000 used. I'd love to drive one some day. 2018 911 GTS with PDK and PCCB.





I saw this in Lititz. This was for @jimvreeland.

 

[rick81721]

I saw this in Lititz. This was for @jimvreeland.

Lititz - where I bought the GT350

https://www.kbford.com

 

[iman29]

Outside Marty’s shop in Randolph today.

Audi with a V8 Turbo