Subject: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
09/08/2017 @ 01:23:18: shlc647: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
Just saw a dark green 1995-99 Buick Riviera, seen it around town a few times. Keep forgetting to grab my camera when I see it.
09/08/2017 @ 02:10:44: Baube: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
we're chasing the same whale , with the exception that the one here is white :wink:
09/08/2017 @ 22:01:11: shlc647: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
I just saw a beautiful silver 1998 Toyota Supra, it was stock. By the time I got my camera out it was too far away. :cry:
11/08/2017 @ 02:58:01: Reg1992: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
#1 unknown

http://i.imgur.com/5kBZZr5.jpg

#2 1955-56 Ford Customline Fordor Sedan

http://i.imgur.com/pzBKert.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/lVJ4RWQ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/VTDvd5e.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ZifyRyo.jpg

#3 1965 Chevrolet Malibu

http://i.imgur.com/rGHFWZ9.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/uMrZfzX.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/oI1fEvV.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Abv4gZb.jpg

#4 Volvo unknown

http://i.imgur.com/oHwq50C.jpg

#5 1986 Toyota Cressida

http://i.imgur.com/23Fevbs.jpg

#6 1988 Toyota Corolla

http://i.imgur.com/Tp595HK.jpg

#7 1989-95 Plymouth Acclaim

http://i.imgur.com/pgFJh83.jpg

#8 1990 Volkswagen Corrado

http://i.imgur.com/x3ktbfI.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/x0YSPhW.jpg
11/08/2017 @ 13:31:41: rjluna2: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
#2 1955-56 Ford Customline Fordor Sedan

That is 1955 version.

#3 1965 Chevrolet Malibu

Curiously, it doesn't have beltline trim here :think:
11/08/2017 @ 16:40:29: Baube: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
i don't remember.. was the hood optional on the VW Corrado ? :grin:

As for the Volvo.. 242 ?
11/08/2017 @ 16:56:07: night cub: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
The Volvo looks like a 1976-77 242 model with the amber turn signal and diagonal grill stripe going from corner to corner
11/08/2017 @ 20:59:23: shlc647: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
Just saw a 1986-87 BMW 325e in a rather wealthy part of town.
12/08/2017 @ 18:10:20: Gamer: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
Spotted a Toyota Estima with French plates today. Plate was W-2?0-GJ for those who like to use the illegal site. :grin:
12/08/2017 @ 20:35:24: Ddey65: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
I didn't know that Mahindra's vehicles were sold in Europe.

It wouldn't surprise me if they were, because they are sold in the USA... but just the tractors.

I should get a picture of a nearby dealership that's selling them, but I think I'll post this video of a commercial instead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlmjEDGQ_nA
13/08/2017 @ 02:33:19: shlc647: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
Saw this clean 1989 Lincoln Town Car at my grocery store earlier today:
13/08/2017 @ 03:24:19: night cub: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
but does anyone know if they are sold elsewhere on the "old continent"? The corporate website doesn't give any information about it...



There is a Mahindra Europe website:

http://www.mahindraeurope.com/

Looks like they started with Mediterranean Sea first.
14/08/2017 @ 01:51:34: Reg1992: interesting/funny/special cars sightings

That is 1955 version.


Curiously, it doesn't have beltline trim here :think:

I should have said Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu :whistle:
i don't remember.. was the hood optional on the VW Corrado ? :grin:

As for the Volvo.. 242 ?


I saw it again and the hood was back on, but the hood is black... :lol:

The Volvo looks like a 1976-77 242 model with the amber turn signal and diagonal grill stripe going from corner to corner

Thanks! I knew it was 70s (thanks to CHiPs) but didn't know anything else :grin:
Saw this clean 1989 Lincoln Town Car at my grocery store earlier today:


That makes two of us:

http://i.imgur.com/2yBcZR4.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Oybj8aU.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/JlWCRou.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/lR5myGk.jpg

Also this old Chevy pickup:

http://i.imgur.com/gE4qmlI.jpg
14/08/2017 @ 03:03:15: shlc647: interesting/funny/special cars sightings


That makes two of us:


I guess there is a currently a demand for late 1980s Town Cars here in California.
14/08/2017 @ 09:07:41: Baube: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
I saw the extensive damage around the sunroof only after taking the pic.. but just the effort to keep it stock ( not to mention , when is gonna be another one ? ) is almost enough for the pic
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4425/35724330954_3d3c3792fc_b.jpg
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4401/36421023881_3c73ca93b5_b.jpg
15/08/2017 @ 09:13:05: Reg1992: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
:think:
http://i.imgur.com/NCfOJCJ.png

(nice CRX, Baube)
16/08/2017 @ 03:20:05: shlc647: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
^ Ah yes, the rare and elusive Buick Century edition Crown Vic. Only -200 were made.
16/08/2017 @ 03:54:06: night cub: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
Went out to dinner and ran into a car cruise:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4395/36430033412_ef2ae15348_c.jpg IMG_0817
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4339/36430030122_50fca3b67c_c.jpg IMG_0818
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4404/36430026962_8789c5ed1a_c.jpg IMG_0819
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4389/36430023502_8d11abdd53_c.jpg IMG_0820
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4332/35763056224_5ab3196273_c.jpg IMG_0824
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4353/36460720781_ff2efc14ac_c.jpg IMG_0828
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4367/36598562795_61e259932e_c.jpg IMG_0832
16/08/2017 @ 04:00:06: Baube: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
i think its a pseudonym.. i mean, if i was that Buick and i had those horrible wheels, i wouldn't want to be recognize either.. :grin:

Seen today
1991-1992 Chevy Camaro RS
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4408/35763113374_bbfc31fe6c_b.jpg
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4394/36598606155_059a10ac87_b.jpg

and one for the Saab fans here, 1993-1997 9000 CSE
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4397/36460763691_1ba8b4ffdc_b.jpg
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4428/36430058572_889b1f8bc9_b.jpg

At first i thought it was an european version because there is only one reverse light.. turns out its not, looks like i missed a detail for over 20 years... :whistle:


night cub : nice, very interesting dining place :smile:
16/08/2017 @ 05:38:37: eLMeR: interesting/funny/special cars sightings
Spotted a Toyota Estima with French plates today. Plate was W-2?0-GJ for those who like to use the illegal site. :grin:

No need for any illegal site :wink:
W means a garage's plate, meaning the car has just been sold and is awaiting its normal registration (sorry, I confused with WW) belongs to the manufacturer / a garage. The registration number is renewed each year but stay the same: this plate was therefore given in January 2015.
This doesn't mean that the car is a 2015 model: unlike the other SIV registration numbers, a W belongs to the garage and is not related to a specific vehicle, so a plate can be used on different vehicles as long as it used on one at a time.

[...] Looks like they started with Mediterranean Sea first.

Thanks.
"Mahindra Europe Srl since 2002 is the official importer of Mahindra vehicles in Europe".
Clearly not a best-seller in France, as I never saw any of them before this Spanish one :grin:


[...] Also this old Chevy pickup:

http://i.imgur.com/gE4qmlIm.jpg

If with a genuine hood badge, then a 1956 only Task-Force. The medium bed (long footstep with only one small reinforcement above the rear wheel arch) makes it then a long ½-ton 3200 or a ¾-ton 3600.


Rare model: the Suburban Carrier is the GMC sibling of the Chevrolet Cameo Carrier, forerunner of both the Fleetside / Wide-Side bed style and the Chevrolet El Camino...
This said, this one is more likely a late 1955 model, as the "grille extension panels" (once more, if genuine) were removed for the 1956 model year.
... 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 ... 272 
Back