What I saw today....

wheelsportaddict · 2 Apr 2012, 22:22 (Ref:3052596)

Let's start a new thread!
Seen something unusual on the road? Post it on here.
Better still post a pic if you have one.

I'll start things off.

Today I saw......

A Honda Odyssey - All I can say is "no wonder you don't see many."

**Peter Mallett** · 3 Apr 2012, 06:44 (Ref:3052696)

There's five in the car park outside my office right now. What's so strange about them?

**Peter Mallett** · 4 Apr 2012, 09:42 (Ref:3053329)

How about one of these on my walk to Starbucks at lunchtime today.

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White flag man · 6 Apr 2012, 13:43 (Ref:3054475)

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Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

How about one of these on my walk to Starbucks at lunchtime today.

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Very nice Peter.
I'm fortunate enough to work in an office that overlooks the Cromwell Road in Kensington & Chelsea (London). Some days it can look like supercar heaven (Ferraris, Maseratis, R8s) and I cycle home past the McLaren showroom.
It's good to dream!

***MagnetON*** · 4 Apr 2012, 11:52 (Ref:3053389)

I was overtaken by a DeLorean a few weeks back. Something ya don't often see on a motorway in Dublin.

Graz · 11 Apr 2012, 17:54 (Ref:3057281)

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Originally Posted by MagnetON

I was overtaken by a DeLorean a few weeks back. Something ya don't often see on a motorway in Dublin.

I saw a DeLorean a few months back, must've been the same one.

nicanary · 13 Apr 2012, 09:40 (Ref:3058262)

Saw my first M-B SLS roadster last night , parked up outside Specsavers.

God it's huge, really wide like a Testarossa. Dread to think what the rubber costs to replace. It was a plain maroon colour - surely they must do another colour more interesting than that. Still, each to his/her own.

Urgentemente · 19 Apr 2012, 12:59 (Ref:3062020)

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Originally Posted by Graz

I saw a DeLorean a few months back, must've been the same one.

.. . but for the driver only a couple of minutes had passed between you both seeing it

**Peter Mallett** · 4 Apr 2012, 12:19 (Ref:3053406)

Er, you were overtaken? Were you walking at the time?

***MagnetON*** · 4 Apr 2012, 12:42 (Ref:3053433)

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Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Er, you were overtaken? Were you walking at the time?

Nah, I was in the middle lane, all three lanes were basically in a traffic queue (told you it was Dublin!), just happened that lane 3 moved before lane 2.

wheelsportaddict · 4 Apr 2012, 18:14 (Ref:3053608)

Quote:

Originally Posted by MagnetON

I was overtaken by a DeLorean a few weeks back. Something ya don't often see on a motorway in Dublin.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Er, you were overtaken? Were you walking at the time?

That's time-travel for ya!

JHamilton · 5 Apr 2012, 15:57 (Ref:3054139)

I saw a Nissan (I pronounced it "Neice-awn" btw) Leaf today. Good luck to you fella, I won't be helping you when you're stranded on the side of the road. Better wear sneakers and leave the Birkenstocks at home.

chillibowl · 5 Apr 2012, 18:49 (Ref:3054185)

im not sure if you guys had these in the UK, but i saw an original Pontiac Aztec parked in my backlane the other day.

obviously i was offended to see such an ugly car so close to my home but then i tried to sympathize with the owner who has been driving around in that rolling steaming pile for the past 10 years!

wheelsportaddict · 6 Apr 2012, 08:51 (Ref:3054387)

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Originally Posted by chillibowl

im not sure if you guys had these in the UK, but i saw an original Pontiac Aztec parked in my backlane the other day.

obviously i was offended to see such an ugly car so close to my home but then i tried to sympathize with the owner who has been driving around in that rolling steaming pile for the past 10 years!

I so wish I hadn't Googled that!!!

JHamilton · 6 Apr 2012, 14:24 (Ref:3054483)

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Originally Posted by chillibowl

im not sure if you guys had these in the UK, but i saw an original Pontiac Aztec parked in my backlane the other day.

obviously i was offended to see such an ugly car so close to my home but then i tried to sympathize with the owner who has been driving around in that rolling steaming pile for the past 10 years!

Maybe he's a fan of plastic body cladding? Maybe he bought it for the tent? That car is really a shame... Unbelievable that made it to market and as a Pontiac fan and owner, embarrassing.

On the plus side, you can pick up one with low miles for very cheap.

Raspberry · 14 Apr 2012, 00:40 (Ref:3058683)

Quote:

Originally Posted by chillibowl

im not sure if you guys had these in the UK, but i saw an original Pontiac Aztec parked in my backlane the other day.

obviously i was offended to see such an ugly car so close to my home but then i tried to sympathize with the owner who has been driving around in that rolling steaming pile for the past 10 years!

'Breaking Bad' introduced me to these beasts...seriously, what were they smoking, I mean thinking...I think.

johnh875 · 14 Apr 2012, 02:51 (Ref:3058717)

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Originally Posted by JHamilton

I saw a Nissan (I pronounced it "Neice-awn" btw) Leaf today. Good luck to you fella, I won't be helping you when you're stranded on the side of the road. Better wear sneakers and leave the Birkenstocks at home.

I saw one last week, which is unusual because they haven't officially gone on sale here yet, I think that is a month or two off yet.

nicanary · 15 Apr 2012, 15:32 (Ref:3059600)

Went to Tescos and passed a smart Jag Mk2 on chrome wires - a sort of sky blue colour, quite unusual.

Apparently there's a McLaren MP4-12C in the province. i'll have to look out for that one.

**Adam43** · 6 Apr 2012, 09:44 (Ref:3054411)

What a looker!

wheelsportaddict · 9 Apr 2012, 17:03 (Ref:3055895)

Yellow Ultima GTR on the A14 (westbound) a week ago.

nicanary · 10 Apr 2012, 09:24 (Ref:3056275)

last night (I drive at night for a living) a black Maserati 4200GT. Mmmm..nice, as in "Jaaaaaaz club".

***MagnetON*** · 10 Apr 2012, 09:28 (Ref:3056277)

There's hardly anything "exotic" floating around Dublin these days, well not that I've seen recently.

**Peter Mallett** · 10 Apr 2012, 09:51 (Ref:3056305)

I went out of the office this lunchtime and saw a blue Mustanfg convertible with red viper stripes. Great car, crap styiling. Didn't take a pic because it probably belongs to one of the sheiks here.

Then I saw a red Dodge Challenger following a Camaro SS.

garcon · 10 Apr 2012, 10:02 (Ref:3056318)

I never let the mention of a Pontiac Aztec pass without repeating the age old story...

There was a big fancy motor trade event on a yacht moored up at a dockside somewhere in the US of A. Making the keynote speech was the Ford CEO, and part way through he was handed a note...

"I've just been passed this from the harbourmaster. He says this is parked on the quayside. [He holds up a photo of the latest Pontiac Aztec.] It's not causing an obstruction or anything - he just wants to know what the **** it is."

garcon · 11 Apr 2012, 07:19 (Ref:3056964)

I had a SsangYong Rhodius for a day once. It was so remarkably hideous I actually took some photos of it.

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