Car Spotting

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

Went to drop off sausage at the bakery for next round of sausage rolls …

Firstly, what a euphemism

… and when I go to leave


Life goal right there, guy drove up to the bakery to get his weekend pastries, sweet car shirt, fedora ish hat but flat cap would be better, in his MG. She started up perfect and drove away like new

Look at the plate and where the steering wheel is. Proper.

[Gerard C]

Nice shorts broad. Almost Spring there? Surprisingly no oil spill under the little wonder. Must be a challenge to find a SU carbs specialist in the area!

[broadrun96]

Oh no full on spring here, maples ready, flowering trees abloom. It was low 20s yesterday and bright high sun. And cause Georgia spring it's low teens today and rain cause yeah. It brings out the fun cars on weekends again

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

Nice shorts broad. Almost Spring there? Surprisingly no oil spill under the little wonder. Must be a challenge to find a SU carbs specialist in the area!

I found one pretty easy round here. Within 5 miles of where I live! That’s 600 odd miles away from that MG, but I reckon you’d be OK. At least that one only has two of them to tune up.

[fieldodreams79]

In a dark London alley, I saw a beacon of light. "Is that a Samurai?!!", I exclaimed, with great excitement. Turns out, it be Suzuki Jimmy!




After all, Life is Jimmy. Why am I just now learning such things?

[Mike Harte]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

In a dark London alley, I saw a beacon of light.

How dare you; that's a main thoroughfare in London, not an alley! We don't have alleys, we have mews.

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

In a dark London alley, I saw a beacon of light. "Is that a Samurai?!!", I exclaimed, with great excitement. Turns out, it be Suzuki Jimmy!




After all, Life is Jimmy. Why am I just now learning such things?

Hey autocorrect, the car is Jimny, the truck is a Jimmy; learn accordingly Google

Forget who it was in Jersey but the car was Samurai here but Jimny inside and his spare cover. It was very odd in the era when the GMC Jimmy still existed and was common

[S griffin]

I just love the two shades of brown lines on the side

[Gerard C]

Yep mews. Even me know that . My favourite were Kensington's. A pure jewel in the middle of the town. Now gone I fear. Next to disappear, London zoo, a really poor place. Just keep the Camden locks please.
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[S griffin]

I’m sure there will plenty of great places in London still there

[Mike Harte]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

Yep mews. Even me know that . My favourite were Kensington's. A pure jewel in the middle of the town. Now gone I fear. Next to disappear, London zoo, a really poor place. Just keep the Camden locks please.
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As they say, great oaks grow from humble acorns. So it is with the mews; originally built as stables and to store the carriages of the rich who would live well away from the "sweet" smell of all the manure that came from those places.

And now converted into homes for the wealthy.

Can't comment on London Zoo as haven't been there for must be 40 years when my children were young. I believe that it is now more concerned with conservation and captive breeding for endangered species. Long gone are the chimpanzees tea parties.

[Gerard C]

You cant believe how many houses of joy they still have there! Not mentioning tents in the Park. Not an easy task to get rid of the fleas coming out from squirrels of Buck palace tho!

[bludvl_x19]

Originally Posted by E.B

Dont see a lot of these around these days.... an old Roller.

Plus a new M3 Competition. Ugly as crap at the front with its big Chinese style grill, but just photographed it because I could. I dont like the matt paint finish. Complete with a carbon fibre roof. It looks a bit shiny but its just reflection.
Totally flat dull paint finish. To think someone paid a premium for that..

Im a sucker for polish. I like my cars shiny!!

I see that Rolls rather regularly. I might have been the one who parked it there
It's a little different to most Rolls Royces, but its a bit hard to tell from that angle. One of the giveaways is the red diamond on the rego plate, the other is the towbar on the back.

[fieldodreams79]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

Hey autocorrect, the car is Jimny, the truck is a Jimmy; learn accordingly Google

Oh no, this was the complete end of a long day and a long trip. I thought it said J.I.M.M.Y.

Originally Posted by Mike Harte

How dare you; that's a main thoroughfare in London, not an alley! We don't have alleys, we have mews.

In fairness, I was in a 'mews' that "Tee'ed" into the thoroughfare.

[broadrun96]

Oh Google fully fought with me trying to say Jimny and then fought on the search with did you mean ...... No Google, no I didn't

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by fieldodreams79

I thought it said J.I.M.M.Y.

Try with G.L.O.R.I.A…
The Jimny's we have here are two seaters unlike the Samurai which was called… Jimny! Go figure.

[joeb]

Normal truck stop find in the first one, and no clue what these two busses were for.

[Gerard C]

The two Heineken busses are meant to travel to Canada to escape the new taxes on foreign beverages. Will work till the Canada is an independent country…

[E.B]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

The two Heineken busses are meant to travel to Canada to escape the new taxes on foreign beverages. Will work till the Canada is an independent country…

Heineken 0.0 might be foreign but itcant class as a beverage. Its wee-wee water

[Gerard C]

I see what you did there, Chris. In very old french language could be said "de la ****e d'âne "! Dont ask me why.

[broadrun96]

Can't say I've seen an STI marked wagon before here

[JHamilton]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

Can't say I've seen an STI marked wagon before here

That's a Forester. That's obviously a clone but they made STi versions back then.

[Gerard C]

Apologies time: sorry Mike, I forgot to thank you about your explanation some posts above. Of course I visited some of the remaining car sellers but never was curious enough to ask about mews origins. Thanks again!
PS: you'd be surprised to see that chimpanzees are called tourists now…

[Gerard C]

Is it the Forester that had a second final drive ratio? The very old Colt Mitsubishi had the same. Stange to see two gear sticks inside the car.

[broadrun96]

Originally Posted by JHamilton

That's a Forester. That's obviously a clone but they made STi versions back then.

The giant hood scoop caught my attention, estate property off of Paces Ferry so figured they probably built something