A.R.S.E.

Thought we could have one of these threads here. Ash is, of course, banned from it though.

Saw my current dream car parked near work yesterday - AM V8 Vantage. Damn that thing is sexy. We don't get very many exotics around here at all, despite being right in the middle of Canberra so this was a nice surprise. I've seen it once before with no plates being fanged around one of our many lovely round-a-bouts but this was the first time I have had a good chance to check one out in the flesh.

A DB9 in the city yesterday.... I was really hoping he would put his foot down off the lights, I really wanted to hear it.... He didnt...
Looked nice tho!

Yesterday I saw a light purple Ford Festiva with a tailpipe that was shaped into a love heart

It also had a "Bigstoner" sticker that was made to look like the Bridgestone logo.

Classy.

Saw a BMW M5 (not quite sure, Ash could say for certain ) and a Lambo a couple of weeks back


And the number plate NT 8008 on an old school Toyota Hilux

Peptis wrote:Yesterday I saw a light purple Ford Festiva with a tailpipe that was shaped into a love heart

I see your love heart tailpipe and raise you this :

Only nice car i know of in town is a viper: which i haven't seen for a few years (although it came out for the makybe diva parades i didn't go to. Theres a 7-series and a Z4 currently doing the rounds, but there not nice

Last really nice car I saw was an M3 CSL

Apparently Australia only got about 6 or so. very low number anyway

fp wrote:

Peptis wrote:Yesterday I saw a light purple Ford Festiva with a tailpipe that was shaped into a love heart

I see your love heart tailpipe and raise you this :

You win!

Pinger$ wrote:Last really nice car I saw was an M3 CSL

Apparently Australia only got about 6 or so. very low number anyway

32 I believe. And I saw one last week too.

Absolutely shocking resale on those cars and it's amazing how many are always up for sale considering how few we have here. I guess after people spent $210,000 on an M3 CSL and found out it was far less practical and not much faster than the $70k less model they figured they'd get something else...

I saw a BMW Z4M Coupe the other day. I know alot of people think they are ugly, but put a love heart tailpipe on one of them, and I'd do it!

I mean, I think they are good looking car.

avaran wrote:I saw a BMW Z4M Coupe the other day. I know alot of people think they are ugly, but put a love heart tailpipe on one of them, and I'd do it!

I mean, I think they are good looking car.

I reckon they look mad. Don't see many cars with the classic long nose roadster thing anymore. The back is a bit of a mismatch for the front but they're very cool cars in my opinion.

Saw a new (not yet released) Mini Clubman with gaffer tape over the badges. Not sure how that's supposed to disguise it

And a DB7.

Exar Kun wrote:Thought we could have one of these threads here. Ash is, of course, banned from it though.

i LOVE spotters threads!!! i promise i won't post anything i don't just see candidly...

soooo... latest stuff, last night i saw a black Elise off Rundle (mate of mine but candid spot ) and then today a dark green elise on the west side of the CBD. and tonight i saw a golf-ball yellow X1/9 with ladder stripes, niiiice.

Big Kev wrote:Saw a new (not yet released) Mini Clubman with gaffer tape over the badges.

a few days ago i saw some car hooting about the backstreets of the east end covered in lots of stealth tape. either the new Honda Jizz/Mitsubishi Colt or some ricer was trying to hold his car together.

I saw a volvo beat a holden tonight

I remember back in the day (about 10 years ago), there was a volvo getting around Adelaide with a 1J in it... looked like a boonga, went like stink
Used to see it caning about on Saturday nights.

Saw a Ferrari Testarossa, & less notably after seeing that a Lotus Elise in Sassafras yesterday.










Oh, and a 1989 Honda Prelude with lots of *doof* *doofs*

A jet black Ford GT on the way home tonight.
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Saw a new Mustang up the street the other week. Other wise its the usual assortment of Porches, Range Rovers and Mercs we seem to have here.

Big Kev wrote:A jet black Ford GT on the way home tonight.
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Nice, never seen one in the flesh. They're not road legal over here (same with Enzos, Carrera GTs and anything else made in left hand drive only).

Pinger$ wrote:I remember back in the day (about 10 years ago), there was a volvo getting around Adelaide with a 1J in it... looked like a boonga, went like stink
Used to see it caning about on Saturday nights.

apparently someone put a 1000hp engine into a volvo 850 in sweden, got it up to 330kph....330KPH IN A VOLVO! how scared would a truck be going the other way!

Sambo wrote:apparently someone put a 1000hp engine into a volvo 850 in sweden, got it up to 330kph....330KPH IN A VOLVO! how scared would a truck be going the other way!

sheesh, an Elise starts to feel unstable at 180, a boxster at 220, a 360 at 250, a Gallardo at 280, a Murci at 300... i wonder where in the hell a vulva fits in the scheme of things

ashsimmonds wrote:

Sambo wrote:apparently someone put a 1000hp engine into a volvo 850 in sweden, got it up to 330kph....330KPH IN A VOLVO! how scared would a truck be going the other way!

sheesh, an Elise starts to feel unstable at 180, a boxster at 220, a 360 at 250, a Gallardo at 280, a Murci at 300... i wonder where in the hell a vulva fits in the scheme of things

I'd only be guessing, but probably somewhere between first and second gear

saw an orange diablo and light blue 360 spyder today on lonsdale st.

black Ferrari 360 Modena on Rundle tonight. seen it a bunch of times this year.