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lazyaznguy 04-29-2004 06:41 PM

I saw a Silver Nissan Skyline the other day. I wish I had my camera, that car was looking good.

noblejr 05-02-2004 08:56 AM

I got to see one of these up close almost every day for 2 months. Vector W-8

ftp://ftp.team.net/ktud/pictures/Vector/vectrwx3.jpg

http://www.fast-autos.net/photoarchive/vector/w8.jpg


I came very close to getting to drive it too. Unfortunately, another employee got first dibs since he had worked there a lot longer than I had.

bobo27 05-02-2004 10:10 AM

I live in Ann Arbor so its close to the auto capital of the world and i've seen a lot of sweet cars. Also the Car and Driver editorial studio is next to my house.
Here is a list and i got pics if anyone doesnt belive me.
Ferrari 360 Challange Stradalle
Acura NSX (2 of them)
Lotus Elise
Caterham
Porche GT3
Merc SL 55 AMG
Ferrari 575M
Lotus Espirit

For pics go to the Car and Driver section of my Yahoo album

Ive seen others around town and in Detroit
Ferrari Enzo (Sergei Federov)
Ferrari 360
Ferrari F355
Lamborghini Diablo
A few Testarosa's
Vipers

I've also seen cars on the streets before u could buy em.
The new Vette
Dodge Magnum
New Mustang

I'm yet to see these
Porche Carrera GT
Ford GT
McLararen F1
Koineggseg CC8

Ramega 05-04-2004 08:27 PM

I'd say that Vector is about as rare as it gets, nice find.

chef001_2003 05-05-2004 08:12 PM

I see viper's every few weeks, with the leading viper dealer in the country a mile away.
along with prowler's (a little more rare)
found 4 viper's with keys in them one weekend.
saw a ram srt-10on the road today
and also saw a chevy SSR today
saleen mustangs on ocassion

brandon11983 05-05-2004 09:39 PM

I see a silver Audi RS6 on a somewhat regular basis. Its a beautiful machine with a nasty exhaust note for such a refined car.

Scorps 05-06-2004 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by bobo27
I live in Ann Arbor so its close to the auto capital of the world and i've seen a lot of sweet cars. Also the Car and Driver editorial studio is next to my house.
Here is a list and i got pics if anyone doesnt belive me.
Ferrari 360 Challange Stradalle
Acura NSX (2 of them)
Lotus Elise
Caterham
Porche GT3
Merc SL 55 AMG
Ferrari 575M
Lotus Espirit

For pics go to the Car and Driver section of my Yahoo album

Ive seen others around town and in Detroit
Ferrari Enzo (Sergei Federov)
Ferrari 360
Ferrari F355
Lamborghini Diablo
A few Testarosa's
Vipers

I've also seen cars on the streets before u could buy em.
The new Vette
Dodge Magnum
New Mustang

I'm yet to see these
Porche Carrera GT
Ford GT
McLararen F1
Koineggseg CC8


does the new Mustage look nice in person?

BrassSteve 05-07-2004 04:20 PM

almost every italian car ever, and tons of other exotica's. I've seen lotta F40's, F50's, 3 Enzo's, McLaren F1, couple Saleen S7's, Porsche 959, etc etc so many at car shows. but by rare sightings, you mean on the road, not as much

couple lambo murcielago's
that italidesign corvette concept
NSX's
porsche GT2's
lotus elise
lotta mercedes SL55's
TVR Tuscan
and more

Tester123 05-07-2004 04:29 PM

I saw a Alfa Romeo GTV from the early 70s today, nice car!

MSD 05-07-2004 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bobo27
I live in Ann Arbor so its close to the auto capital of the world and i've seen a lot of sweet cars. Also the Car and Driver editorial studio is next to my house.
Here is a list and i got pics if anyone doesnt belive me.
Ferrari 360 Challange Stradalle
Acura NSX (2 of them)
Lotus Elise
Caterham
Porche GT3
Merc SL 55 AMG
Ferrari 575M
Lotus Espirit

For pics go to the Car and Driver section of my Yahoo album

Ive seen others around town and in Detroit
Ferrari Enzo (Sergei Federov)
Ferrari 360
Ferrari F355
Lamborghini Diablo
A few Testarosa's
Vipers

I've also seen cars on the streets before u could buy em.
The new Vette
Dodge Magnum
New Mustang

I'm yet to see these
Porche Carrera GT
Ford GT
McLararen F1
Koineggseg CC8

You forgot to list the Lotus Super 7
edit: nevermind, looked over it again and saw the Caterham. I missed it with as little sleep as I had.

BeBogus 05-07-2004 10:56 PM

around my area here in chicago there is a prestigous leasing place were you can rent an aston martin DB7 so i ahve seen it on the road every once in a while. sweet looking car when its crousing along

Scorps 05-08-2004 11:59 AM

I saw a Old Gremlin the other day...looked mint, it was parked and looked damn nice for its age...don't know the exact year this one was made...not good with years!

kcross 05-08-2004 03:09 PM

i live in southern california in a place called huntington beach. newport is right next to me and my fathers friend is a race car driver and a collecter so ive seen nearly everything including:

ferrari 365 gtb
lambo merchalanjfa... i cant spell
two (count 'em two) nissan skyline r33 gtr's (one belonging to my ex-neighbor paul walker)
a few limited edition bently's
more ferrari's than you can shake a stick at (newport is filled with them)
many porsches including a new gt3
my neighbor has 2 pantera's
a billion classics from '32 roadsters to hemi-cuda's (i go to a place called Donut Derilicts saturday mornings, look it up)
a few vipers (today that is)
and about anything else you can think of (no mclaren yet though)

and i have a 2002 corvette Z06 myself

admh 05-10-2004 01:37 PM

This is a funny story. My wife went out for lunch one day when she said she saw a really neat sports car. I asked her what kind (Vette, Viper, Porsche maybe even a Ferrari or Lambo) She said that it wasn't any of those that it began with an Mc. I asked do you mean an MG or some little roadster like her dads car (Austin Healey 3000) No it was new and looked very fast. I racked my brain (this goes back about 5 years). I asked her if maybe it was McLaren? She said that was it. I told her she had probably seen one of maybe 20 of these in the entire United States. She just shrugged and said it was nice. Yeah their OK.... women!

Scorps 05-11-2004 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by admh
This is a funny story. My wife went out for lunch one day when she said she saw a really neat sports car. I asked her what kind (Vette, Viper, Porsche maybe even a Ferrari or Lambo) She said that it wasn't any of those that it began with an Mc. I asked do you mean an MG or some little roadster like her dads car (Austin Healey 3000) No it was new and looked very fast. I racked my brain (this goes back about 5 years). I asked her if maybe it was McLaren? She said that was it. I told her she had probably seen one of maybe 20 of these in the entire United States. She just shrugged and said it was nice. Yeah their OK.... women!

Oh man days you wish you had a camera in your car:D

ikewando 05-16-2004 07:55 PM

In Nasvhille, TN:

2 - 360 Modena's - One silver, one red

Last year the Vette Anniversary was here and there was a parade with one from every model year. My favorite: 1973.

See a few NSX's around

H2's are all over. I see people that drive them that probably spent more for the H2 and the gas than their house. Weird.

Porche Cayenne is not seen much around here, but saw one the other day. Don't see much of the 7 series BMW's either, but caught a glimpse of one the other day. On a smaller scale, a first for me was the new Scion xB. Some guy had it a killer system in it.

Favorite car is that McLauren F1 above. Absolutely breathtaking.

clonmult 05-17-2004 05:36 AM

The McLaren F1 is my all-time favourite too.

Rowan Atkinson (Mr Bean, Blackadder, etc.) has (had?) one years back. He was driving somewhere north of my sisters place, and drove into the back of an Austin Maestro (old pile of rust). It got taken into a garage near my sisters place.

It was in the local press - half a million quids worth of car drives into the back of something worth less than a pack of cigarettes.

A friend worked at a car tuning place many years back - they were running around a circuit here in the UK testing some suspension mods to the bosses Bentley ... and McLaren were doing some of the early production testing for the F1. It blew their minds at the time, and its still probably the all-time greatest road/race car. Nothing beats it. Period.

brandon11983 05-29-2004 03:24 PM

I saw an H2 stretch yesterday on Michigan Ave. Booooring. About another block down I did see a mid 90's (??) Lambo go by me. Nice exhaust growl that machine has!

Zoom 05-29-2004 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by admh
This is a funny story. My wife went out for lunch one day when she said she saw a really neat sports car. I asked her what kind (Vette, Viper, Porsche maybe even a Ferrari or Lambo) She said that it wasn't any of those that it began with an Mc. I asked do you mean an MG or some little roadster like her dads car (Austin Healey 3000) No it was new and looked very fast. I racked my brain (this goes back about 5 years). I asked her if maybe it was McLaren? She said that was it. I told her she had probably seen one of maybe 20 of these in the entire United States. She just shrugged and said it was nice. Yeah their OK.... women!

.........and Wyclef Jeans owns about 3 of them

BadNick 06-01-2004 07:56 AM

I was driving past the local Ferrari dealer in Rosemont PA a couple weeks ago and thought I saw something that I was not expecting to see for a long time if at all. So I went around the block, pulled into their front lot, parked and got out to look closer and lo and behold, there it was, a new Porsche Carerra GT, silver, gorgeous. This is one of my favorite cars of all time. I walked around it about ten times just oogling all the stuff I could see, the top was open/off. Nobody even came out to see what I was doing so I just said wow a lot and left. One of those times I wish I had a camera. My 9yo son was with me and asked if he can get me one for Father's Day ...so I got my fingers crossed ;)

zizdog69 06-01-2004 09:49 AM

Working at a high scale resort here in AZ, I see numerous amounts of nice cars. I remember living in the High Desert of CA and getting all excited when we would see any type of Mercedes. I remember, right when I moved, that an NSX had just moved into town. Anyway, so I work in a resort and I have helped with valet service every once in a while. I've seen lots of BMW's and Mercedes (including AMG models), sat in a Lambo once, tons of Ferrari’s, a BMW Z8, Corvettes, Bentleys, Vipers, Porsches, and Rolls. I wish that I had a digital camera during the last three years that I have worked here. Now I will be working with my brother at his company and driving the company cars, 2 '99 Corvette C5's and a Porsche Carrera. Woot!

matteo101 06-01-2004 04:31 PM

You luckey bastard, im so jealous.

jhk451 06-02-2004 01:14 AM

I live in LA, so "rare" sports cars are pretty abundant.

Rarest I've seen?

A nice yellow Enzo on Coldwater and Ventura. I screamed. The other non-car enthusiasts in my car thought I was having a heart attack.

About 15 Murcielagos in the past year (tried to get a black one on 22s to race me in my stock G35 so I could hear it let loose in person. Succeeded and was killed thoroughly, but i think I busted in my pants when i heard that V12 scream with my windows open.).

There are a couple Maseratis here and there. Seems like i see Ferraris at least every 2 weeks or so. Porsches and BMWs are a dime a dozen, as are those AMGs, but they're still all amazing cars, so it's quite fun to drive through the Hills of Beverly just to watch them go by.

However, it's the WORST when you see somebody driving a car fast enough to break the highway speed limit in 4 seconds or less traveling 5 mph under the speed limit. While I am an advocate of safe driving (most of the time), I can't help but be frustrated at putting a muzzle on beasts like that.

iamii 06-02-2004 03:44 AM

Was in New York the past weekend, and right next to me a Rolls Royce Phantom 2004 rolled up. It was definetly a site to see.

BTW has anybody seen a VW Phaeton on the road, I personally have not come across any.

Ilow 06-02-2004 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by iamii
Was in New York the past weekend, and right next to me a Rolls Royce Phantom 2004 rolled up. It was definetly a site to see.

BTW has anybody seen a VW Phaeton on the road, I personally have not come across any.

yeah, I saw a Phaeton about two weeks ago outside of Boston, pretty nice looking, but I always feel like they're a little over their head competing with the BMW's and Mercedes of the world. It's a damn impressive drivetrain, though, from what I've read.

Cynthetiq 06-02-2004 10:45 AM

In NYC I saw a Maybach just outside of the Nasdaq center.

http://www.libero.co.kr/upload/tmc_psd/maybach.jpg

on 57th street the other week I saw one of these...with a GIANT dump truck right behind it. He kept about 2 car lengths behind this SMART car because he could not see it under his hood.

http://www.photo.net/photo/pcd0796/s...h-car-38.3.jpg

FastShark85 06-03-2004 01:24 PM

Saw my first Enzo on the street last week. Niiiiice.


Cynthetiq 06-04-2004 06:34 PM

today....

http://www.rolls-roycemotorcars.com/...ge_wide_p2.jpg

http://daniel.glazman.free.fr/weblog/images/segway.jpg

drewh 06-06-2004 02:33 PM

hehehe I just saw my first Segways... Peter Gabriel and his daughter were riding them in his concert :)

brandon11983 06-06-2004 05:04 PM

I was absolutely astonished to see a beautiful silver Gallardo drive right in front of our apartment about 10 minutes ago. I sat there in awe, jaw on the floor, exposing partially chewed bratwurst in my mouth. It had an odd sound to it, a noticeable blowing sound, and then it finally accelerated away.

clonmult 06-07-2004 03:32 AM

Lol @ that smart - they are so common over here (in the UK) now. When I first saw one, kinda thought it was cool, but quickly realised they are an overpriced adults version of a Little Tikes kiddy car.

What is nice on the smarts is how much kit you can option on them ... to the point of almost doubling the price by just adding on a nice set of wheels.

I saw a Ferrari F50 several years back in a quiet little town in the north west .... I had just come out of the newsagents in this sleepy little (cheap, must say cheap, 'cos no-one in the place really had much money) town, to see an F50 come cruising down the road to stop at the lights in front of me. I missed more than just a few breaths.

Now that looked seriously good in person.

Cynthetiq 06-07-2004 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by clonmult
Lol @ that smart - they are so common over here (in the UK) now. When I first saw one, kinda thought it was cool, but quickly realised they are an overpriced adults version of a Little Tikes kiddy car.

What is nice on the smarts is how much kit you can option on them ... to the point of almost doubling the price by just adding on a nice set of wheels.


that doesn't sound so smart...

choskins 06-07-2004 06:31 PM

http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/...8702020008.jpg

This is the rarest I see (everyday). It is a 1996 Grand Sport with Callaway body kit and engine package over the original LT4. 1 of 4 in existence.

clonmult 06-07-2004 11:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cynthetiq
that doesn't sound so smart...
The Smart definitely has a place in the market (at least in the UK). Parking is hardly ever a problem for them. You get pretty good mileage out of them (50+ mpg out of a petrol ain't too bad).

My only problem with them is how they handle an accident. You have practically no crumple zones. Which scares the living crap out of me.

Choskins - does that Corvette come with the Hooters girls each time you see it????

DDDDave 06-08-2004 06:15 AM

Took these the other day....Name this car...

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/Da...89_06Jun04.jpg
http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/Da...90_06Jun04.jpg

Cynthetiq 06-08-2004 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by DDDDave
Took these the other day....Name this car...

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/Da...89_06Jun04.jpg

Masarati Spyder
http://www.maserati.com/esImages/200...yder03_eng.pdf

yakimushi 06-08-2004 02:51 PM

Saw an '04 Viper a couple days ago, that silver color thats almost white.

I heard it before I saw it and thats what made me look for it. Then I spotted it... and promptly nutted.

DDDDave 06-09-2004 11:36 AM

Cyn,

Good call.

I'm sure you know the spot too. That's eastbound on the Howard Franklin entering Tampa.

hosti|e 06-09-2004 08:02 PM

Well its not the rarest in this thread, however living in a country with only 4 million people, with a size smaller than all of the states of the US, in a town with aobut 150,000 people. You kinda take what you can get.

The best we can get in my town is this
http://www.odt.co.nz/cgi-bin/search-...a&DB=Editorial

Its driven past me twice as ive been on foot and my god, the engine has to be heard to be believed. This car tells you what its all about right from the first second it comes into earshot and it looks the part too.

Definitely made my day both times :)

Rippley 06-13-2004 11:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jhk451
...However, it's the WORST when you see somebody driving a car fast enough to break the highway speed limit in 4 seconds or less traveling 5 mph under the speed limit. While I am an advocate of safe driving (most of the time), I can't help but be frustrated at putting a muzzle on beasts like that.
I disagree. The worst is some 60-year old guy, with a huge retirement fund, who decides a Ferrari 360 Modena is the perfect to learn how to drive a manual in... I swear to God, the noises coming from that transmission almost made me cry...she was in sooo much pain...

Halx 06-14-2004 01:03 AM

Today on the freeway I saw a red Ferrari 550 Barchetta and a yellow Lambourghini Murcielago. I was so stoked to see them... truely amazing works.

castex 06-15-2004 05:44 AM

A Barchetta? Wow, that is rare!

Halx 06-15-2004 03:44 PM

If anyone sees a Bugatti Veyron... let me know... I cant wait till those start popping up.

R3d 06-15-2004 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Halx
Today on the freeway I saw a red Ferrari 550 Barchetta and a yellow Lambourghini Murcielago. I was so stoked to see them... truely amazing works.
my gf's dad has one in the Long Island area.. gorgeous car.. he has the older ferrari red for it.. little deeper red.. love it..

Quote:

Originally posted by Halx
If anyone sees a Bugatti Veyron... let me know... I cant wait till those start popping up.
i think hes pondering getting the Veyron

DDDDave 11-09-2004 10:54 AM

Not exceedingly rare but still a nice ride.

I think a shipment of 2005's must have come in because I saw two on the same day last week.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...82_07Nov04.jpg

2005 BMW 645Ci

silent_jay 11-09-2004 11:22 AM

Saw a Murceilago in my town, which only has 15,000 people living in it, I think it might have been an out of towner. Also around town are the usual, Viper, Prowler, Vette, SVT Mustangs, NSX, oh and like an 89 Ferrari 328. None are really rare, except the Murcielago.

1slOwCD8 11-09-2004 12:50 PM

The rarest car ive seen on the road would be a Ferrari, ive never seen one in real life until then, and wow, those are loud, just idle. Come to think of it, ive actally seen a lot of rare cars, for illinois. Ive seen a Viper parked outside a gym, a Lotus on the road, an NSX, a Shelby, a lamborgihini diablo on the street, and a Supra in Chinatown.

avhg1 11-09-2004 01:05 PM

I live in Nevada for a while, so I've seen lots of Ferraris and Lamborgihinis. The rarest car I've seen in the US was when I got lost on Long Island, NY and saw an imported Skyline. One of the few times I didn't have my fricken camera. I was sure it was not a 240SX conversion because the steering wheel was on the wrong side.

shadowalker 11-10-2004 07:11 AM

this was in the back of a workshop near my brothers shop.

http://membres.lycos.fr/mgcgt/Italiennes/Enzo.jpg

Globber2000 11-10-2004 08:00 PM

OMG, only 399 of those are to be made in total, there goes one

/cries

Jimellow 11-10-2004 09:17 PM

I've seen the same Acura NSX in the area twice now. It's black and looks nice, but I'm not a big fan of the car personally.

We went to Florida a few winters ago, and the Miami Beach area has tons of fine rides. We visited a dealer there and they had Lotuses and Porsches on the lot. Inside they had one of the purple Lamborghini Jotas, Vanilla Ice's white Porsche, a few Bentleys, and some Ferraris.

While at Virginia Beach I saw an Aston Martin DB7, and one of the doctors at a local hospital drives a Lexus SC, which I think is really nice.

Lastly, in the parking lot at work there is occasionally an orange Nissan Z, and while they aren't rare or super-expensive, they are easily one of my favorite cars right now.

McG 11-10-2004 11:14 PM

Saw an Enzo not too long ago. I see Ferraris, Mazeratis and Porsches on a daily basis, all parked at the building i work in.

TheClarkster 11-11-2004 12:36 AM

Someone at my school, Cal State Northridge, drives a Rumble Bee Viper.
I didn't even know they made Vipers with the rumble bee tag...

BoltedDown 11-11-2004 03:39 AM

Whilst on my way to the (Newport) beach, I drove down a very small street. The kind where cars must take turns traveling down them. Anywho... I saw three Lambos on the same street, all parked at the curb infront of different houses.

Destrox 11-11-2004 04:45 AM

About 1 week ago, I saw one of these:

http://www.disp0sable.org/images/la00sv1.jpg

It was a Lamborghini Diablo SV, but it was more of a purple metallic color. The sound that was comming from that thing was just orgasmic.

It also had a cop car following it since in my state you cannot have cars that low to the ground. :)

The key important fact of this is that where I live, anything better then your average BMW is impressive. Tons of muscle cars tho.

Rippley 11-12-2004 05:34 AM

I don't know if it counts, but I wa at an unofficial launch of the nem BMW M5 here in Copenhagen yesterday. It doesn't gon sale before May next year. Sooooooo hot... The sound of those 10 cylinders is awesome!!!! No, really, I got wood from listening to it.

Gabbyness 11-12-2004 06:19 PM

I always enjoy seeing the Daloreon (sp?) running around. Complete with flux capacitor!

Ramega 11-12-2004 07:11 PM

OK, living in Atlanta I see a lot of exotics, so I've seen most of the cars in this thread. There's actually a Ferrari/Aston Martin/Maserati dealership not far from my house (not bragging, it's just the facts).

But <i>this</i> is pretty rare. My buddy took a picture of one at the casino in Monaco.

<IMG SRC="http://www.0-100.it/desktop/pagani/pagani_zonda_c12s_01.jpg">

Craven Morehead 11-12-2004 09:19 PM

I don't live in a large city, so when I saw one of these in front of the health club I belong to, I nearly crapped. Belongs to a 'personal injury' lawyer. In black, totally gorgeous.

http://alteraxion.typepad.com/movies...ental%20GT.jpg

And a few months ago I saw one of these a mile from my house and I think I've seen it a few more times. Also in black. Also gorgeous.

http://maserati.thenetlab.net/NewMas.../coup2_800.jpe


Also have driven my boss' M5 a few years ago and more recently his AMG E55. He has ordered a Corvette C6. He changes cars about once a year. Can't wait to drive the Vette.

orangeaidcow 11-13-2004 12:26 AM

Damn pagani... i plan to own one of those some day. i don't care how.
yea in my town of wilmington nc there are a few nice things here and there.
about 6 ferraris, a lambo, one guy in town has a bentley which is his daily driver(lincese tag: My wife) 360 (tag: my mistress) and i think the other is like a M5 (tag: my maid) seen a few NSX, shelby cobras, buddy has a mint 66 stingray that is nice, and cousin has a 66 GTO (not that rare just cool), some Ms and AMGs and once SL65 AMG about died at that, because who was driving but a 16 year old on her cell phone (could have killed her for that car), and my cousin and i where joking at two things we have never seen. a Ford Cobra R, and a oldsmoblie dealership (do they even exist?)

itch vaccine 11-13-2004 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shadowalker
this was in the back of a workshop near my brothers shop.

http://membres.lycos.fr/mgcgt/Italiennes/Enzo.jpg

?!?! That's from http://www.wreckedexotics.com

LoganSnake 11-13-2004 12:05 PM

I saw this car parked next to my dad's car last summer. No, it wasn't just the paintjob. It looked identical down to the last sticker. The only difference is that the number wasn't there. It was just a white square.

http://www.kingwoodclc.net/home/show...ru%20rally.jpg

1slOwCD8 11-13-2004 12:55 PM

Thats cool, but exactly where was it parked? At a Wal-mart? Im not calling you a liar, i just doubt that that exact rally car was just drving round the streets of illinois. Or was it parked at like a rally event?

LoganSnake 11-13-2004 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1slOwCD8
Thats cool, but exactly where was it parked? At a Wal-mart? Im not calling you a liar, i just doubt that that exact rally car was just drving round the streets of illinois. Or was it parked at like a rally event?

I live in an apartment building. It was parked next to the side of the building at about 7:50am My dad's car was parked right next to it. I couldn't get a chance to take a longer look because we were running late for work. It looked identical down to the last add-on (with those hood and trunk round calipers, I don't know what they're called). I live in Chicago suburbs, so I donno maybe he had business in the big city.

Scorps 11-13-2004 01:03 PM

I guess a Lamborghini Countach isn't seen everyday, there is one in town, but I think its a kit car it does have all the right tags.

I have also seen a Acura NSX and a done up Mini(new one)

Its not really rare but one with a body kit low profile rims/tires is rare in this city!

There is also a old Ferrari around here just don't know what make it is!

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoganSnake
I live in an apartment building. It was parked next to the side of the building at about 7:50am My dad's car was parked right next to it. I couldn't get a chance to take a longer look because we were running late for work. It looked identical down to the last add-on (with those hood and trunk round calipers, I don't know what they're called). I live in Chicago suburbs, so I donno maybe he had business in the big city.


Would have been sweet to get a pic of that car!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Destrox
About 1 week ago, I saw one of these:

http://www.disp0sable.org/images/la00sv1.jpg

It was a Lamborghini Diablo SV, but it was more of a purple metallic color. The sound that was comming from that thing was just orgasmic.

It also had a cop car following it since in my state you cannot have cars that low to the ground. :)

The key important fact of this is that where I live, anything better then your average BMW is impressive. Tons of muscle cars tho.

Why can't cars in your state be low to the ground?

BigTruck1956 11-14-2004 04:42 PM

Dude, Craven I saw one of those Bentley GT coupes on the freeway last weekend and it was one of the ugliest things i had ever seen. The back end doenst match the rest of the car very well.

mvassek 11-15-2004 07:11 PM

When living in San Diego. I saw a 1925 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost. The cool part was that the thing had been hotrodded and was painted White pearl, Street slicks on the back and skinny tires on the front. Followed the guy to his house to find out what the hell it was. The guy had more money than he could spend. He said he hot rodded it because no one else in history had the money to or if they had the money they didn't have the balls to do it.

MSD 11-15-2004 07:44 PM

Someone in town has a new NSX, and on Saturday night I saw a DeTomaso Pantera being driven slowly and loudly, as if to say to everyone, "Hey everyone, look at me, I'm driving this car, I have a hot woman in the passenger seat, and you don't have the car or the woman."

aliali 11-16-2004 01:44 PM

Saw two lamborghini countach's driving side by side, one black one red in a residential neighborhood last week. Quite when coming at you, loud when driving away.

End User 11-17-2004 06:33 PM

I saw a Dodge Viper once.
Probably no big deal to you guys, but I live in Sydney, and all our cars are RHD. So this guy must have forked out a fortune to have it converted from LHD and complianced etc... unless it was a 'replica', in which case it would have still cost him a pretty penny.

Cynthetiq 11-19-2004 02:23 PM

http://alex.carpent.free.fr/bentley_...ntal_gt_03.jpg

I saw one of these last night... in silver...

today at lunch I saw one in metallic blue....

weird. 2 in 24 hours...

I wouldn't say it's drop dead gorgeous, but it is quite a stunning vehicle in person.

kajagoogoo 11-20-2004 07:47 AM

I had one of those pull up next to me at a light a few months ago and suddenly i felt small....the wheels are huge for a car!


edit: Forgot to add, this was black and still had dealer plates on.

superman4 11-21-2004 07:07 PM

I really like the Pantera, ya dont see many of those cars

powerclown 11-21-2004 07:48 PM

Ferrari something-or-other, from last week. Not sure what model. Maybe not so rare, but...

Speaking of the Bentley Continental, I was following one the other day, a silver one with dealer plates. It seemed more fancy than sporty, looks expensive. It just seems so stupid to have a Bentley in Michigan, with the saltspray winters, and the shitty, potholed streets.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...lown/Ferr2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...lown/Ferr1.jpg

It sounded nice and strong. And LOUD.

edit: lol, I just looked at the license plate.
I guess that would be what model Ferrari it is...year, too :lol:

kutulu 11-24-2004 03:18 PM

In North Scottsdale you can usually see a Ferrari or a Lamborghini if you drive around. You'll see a lot more during spring training time because of the influx of millionaires. I love how those things sound. Things that are much more rare are the NSX, Bentlies, and Rolls Royce. There is a Ferrari dealership in southern Scottsdale so you can see tehm a lot there but those don't really count since they are on test drives.

stingc 11-24-2004 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by powerclown
edit: lol, I just looked at the license plate.
I guess that would be what model Ferrari it is...year, too :lol:

Oddly enough, that's not a 355, nor was it made in 1999. It's a 360 Challenge Stradale. You can even see that written on the back of the car if you look close. Maybe the guy wanted the same plates he had on his previous car :confused:.

Anyways, I saw a Shelby Series One a few months ago in Philly. Really funky looking car (not in a good way).

BeBogus 11-26-2004 09:29 PM

Quite annoying I was coming back from work at around 4ish, and as soon as i get off the exit ramp I pulled up next to a 360 spyder. The annoying part wasn't the car, it was the driver who looked no older than maybe 19 or 20. I hope he is greatful for what he has cause it is one hell of an impressive car.

ElwoodBlues 11-26-2004 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clonmult
DeLoreans - 9,000+ made. Most people automatically think of the shiny bodied V8/Back to the Future models. I think most were V6 plastic bodied models, kinda crappy in comparison. Seem them on E-bay for a few thousand.

As a DeLorean afficionado, I have to intervene here

1. It was slightly over 8,000 DeLoreans that were produced.

2. There is no such "shiny-bodied V8 Back to the Future Model". Every DeLorean made had a V6, every model had the same Stainless Steel Body, with the exception of 3 cars, which were made from GOLD.

That is all

DDDDave 12-02-2004 03:42 PM

Name that tune.....

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/Da...96_02Dec04.jpg

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/Da...95_02Dec04.jpg

castex 12-02-2004 03:58 PM

A very carefully parked A-M DB7 Volante. Mmmmm! You dancing?

DDDDave 12-02-2004 04:07 PM

I knew when I took the photo that you would know this one. :) :)


BTW, just made my reservations for Lake Tahoe in January. They got a foot of fresh earlier this week. Shhhweeeeet.

Dirty 12-07-2004 02:47 PM

I once saw a Nissan Skyline. One of my favorite cars. Didn't see where the guy was from, but I almost had a wreck just staring at it.

Cynthetiq 12-07-2004 04:06 PM

http://www.7verst.ru/old/pages/sera/s1.jpghttp://www.7verst.ru/old/pages/sera/s2.jpg

http://www.7verst.ru/old/pages/sera/s3.jpghttp://www.7verst.ru/old/pages/sera/s4.jpg

http://www.7verst.ru/old/pages/sera/s5.jpghttp://www.7verst.ru/old/pages/sera/s6.jpg

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for some reason I just remembered seeing a Toyota Sera in the 80s when I lived in LA...

bodypainter 12-08-2004 02:43 AM

It wasn't driving the streets but I saw the new Ford GT at the local dealer a couple days ago. Sweet!

xMetal 12-15-2004 07:54 AM

I saw a Noble M12 on the freeway in Akron, OH a couple weeks ago. Most folks in the US have probably never heard of it. It's a "low end" supercar from England, available here as a kit of sorts. Very very fast.

Check out http://www.1gracing.com for more info

I also saw a Gallardo and a new Elise on the same stretch of freeway.

Halx 02-26-2005 10:35 AM

Saw a Ferrari 360 Modena while I was walking along 18th street last night. Beautiful car, but it doesn't shake the ground like my mom's cousin's Shelby Series 1.. no siree.

theguyondacouch 02-26-2005 03:28 PM

There are 5 or 6 unimogs in my town. Theres a used car dealer that buys them at auction and sells them for 9k. God I wish I had 9k.

skinnymofo 02-26-2005 08:04 PM

saw the ford gt today parked in a crappy condo's parking lot was suprising seeing it next to a bunch of old cadilacs

jhkayakr 03-06-2005 07:47 AM

lotus elise....didnt even know they we out yet

Halx 03-06-2005 08:11 AM

I don't know if it's rare in Europe, but I had never seen a Vauxhall VX220 before.. and I saw one the other day in Helsinki.

http://www.bergoiata.org/fe/voiture-...er%20VX220.jpg

tspikes51 03-06-2005 10:10 AM

Saw a 355 Spyder on a back road in Ohio. Saw a Fairlady 350 Z (not that rare I guess) and a 50s Porsche 911 in Lexington last week.

degrawj 03-06-2005 10:21 AM

i saw a Lamborghini (sp?) on my way home from work a couple weeks ago. i took pictures of it with my camera phone, but attatchments aren't allowed in this thread. :-( i didn't know what kind it was, so i had to wait until i got home and checked it out on the net. it was the Diablo VT 6.0 litre. omg it sounded so freaking sweet. i had to turn my music off and roll down my windows (even though it was like 36 degrees outside) just so i could listen to it. almost gave me a hard on. :-)

brandon11983 03-06-2005 12:46 PM

I saw one of the new Saleen S281's in front of an Italian restaurant last week. It was damn hot looking. Everything was "tastefully raced up" from the front air dam to the middle exit exhaust in the rear.

510cut 03-06-2005 12:52 PM

Ok is it me or is nobody else amazed by the size of the rear wheels on the Pantera?? gooood god maybe its just the pic but those things look huggeee

Sage 03-06-2005 08:47 PM

Last weekend my father-in-law took me and my SO and my momsie-in-law to the Masserati/ferarri dealership in Greensboro, NC... So I got to drool over some of those, and my god, I creamed my pants just looking at them! Martel doesn't get the high end car thing, but by god, I've been salivating over a Lamborghini Diablo ever since I was six or so... and Aston Martin has this awesome black metallic glitter paint job that is just the sexiest thing EVER.

Anyway, in my old apartment complex, a guy owned a baby blue Rolls... actually in Ashvegas I see rolls about once every month or so... Tom Cruise has a house around here somewhere... oh, and one day, on my way to work, I saw a red ferrari go zooming by, which almost made me crash cause my jaw hit the floor, I mean, A FERRARI? HERE??

Cynthetiq 03-06-2005 09:06 PM

I saw a Lotus Elise on the Lower Eastside of Manhattan.... NJ plates on the thing... much smaller than I thought...

brandon11983 03-06-2005 09:55 PM

I saw a black Elise downtown last weekend. There is also a navy blue one that runs around Lincoln Park too. Those babies are gorgeous to look at!

skinnymofo 03-06-2005 10:20 PM

on the way up to Vancouver BC yesterday i saw a Shelby mustang (couldnt tell if replica or not but i was guessing so) and a ferrari something. on the way back saw the same kind of ferrari leaving seattle

0energy0 03-07-2005 12:46 PM

I've seen a yellow type-r integra. I'm not really sure of that is really rare. I've also seen an rx-7 only once in my life.

ElwoodBlues 03-07-2005 01:50 PM

I was driving around the other day, and I saw one of these. Not particularly cool or anything, but I believe only 10,000 were made, and I've never seen one on the road before

http://www.pickuptruck.com/IMAGES/20.../frontshot.jpg


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