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12/06/2013 @ 22:13:23: Lateef: interesting/funny/special cars sightings

Yesterday I saw the strangest taxi ever (considering where I live) - a ten-year-old re-registered (DP-plates) Mitsubishi L-200 Double Cab operating for Oslo Taxi.

And today I was followed by something you don't see every day - an Opel Sintra. Later, when I was heading to the fitness center, I saw a Volvo 940 with Vermont plates coming out of a garage.

13/06/2013 @ 01:37:11: Gag Halfrunt: interesting/funny/special cars sightings

Quote From: antp

I saw a car with an unusual plate this morning:

http://i.imgur.com/MntP1Os.jpg

A Toyota Yaris Verso, but as it was RHD, I would guess that it is a Toyota Fun Cargo, with a Japanese licence plate?

It's a special Japanese plate for foreign travel:

Because the Japanese writing system, particularly the kana, is unique to Japan, standard-issue Japanese license plates are considered unacceptable for international travel. If a motorist wishes to bring their vehicle with them while traveling abroad, the Ministry of Transport will issue to them a plate with the hiragana and kanji scripts replaced with roman letters. The hiragana prefix is replaced by a Kunrei-shiki romanization of that character. The kanji prefecture/office code is replaced by a two- or three-letter abbreviation, the first two letters representing the prefecture, the third (if present) representing the office within the prefecture. All the numerical portions of the plate remain the same.

Wikipedia: Vehicle registration plaes of Japan

13/06/2013 @ 11:11:33: antp: interesting/funny/special cars sightings

Thanks for the detailed info :wink:

I asked Exiv96 yesterday and he replied me the same :grin:

(but with less details)

13/06/2013 @ 20:36:14: Mudflap2: interesting/funny/special cars sightings

Can you upload a photograph to the forum using the in-site upload system?

13/06/2013 @ 20:46:03: Sandie: interesting/funny/special cars sightings

No but you can upload a file to the forum. (If you click on the Add Reply button at the bottom left of the thread there's an option to attach a file below the reply box that appears on the Add Reply page).

13/06/2013 @ 21:02:27: Mudflap2: interesting/funny/special cars sightings

Thanks!

13/06/2013 @ 21:34:56: antp: interesting/funny/special cars sightings

Quote From: Mudflap2

Can you upload a photograph to the forum using the in-site upload system?

Technically you can but you are not supposed to do so (and pics not used on the site itself get deleted after a few time).

For the forum there is indeed the "Attach a file" option, or else you can use www.imgur.com which is fast.

14/06/2013 @ 23:46:11: Mudflap2: interesting/funny/special cars sightings

OK, how do you paste the code onto your message from the 'Attach a File' page?

:computer:

14/06/2013 @ 23:56:59: Sandie: interesting/funny/special cars sightings

Don't do anything. Just hit send as normal when submitting a post on the add reply page and it should appear in your post like it does here in ventrilo's post: http://forum.imcdb.org/forum_topic-7438-53807-done_Tango.html#p53807

15/06/2013 @ 00:18:23: Mudflap2: interesting/funny/special cars sightings

Thanks once again!

15/06/2013 @ 00:32:49: Mudflap2: interesting/funny/special cars sightings

Sorry to annoy again, it appears that the file size is too large. Should I simply resize the picture?

Seen recently: http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/90054193@N02/8911531041/in/search_QM_q_IS_SAAB_AND_p- refs_photos_IS_1_AND_mt_IS_all_AND_w_IS_90054193@N02

15/06/2013 @ 00:43:08: Sandie: interesting/funny/special cars sightings

Yes, do that. (Bear in mind I haven't used this means of uploading pics since I was uploading pics via the forum over three years ago though).

15/06/2013 @ 20:26:58: antp: interesting/funny/special cars sightings

Nice Saab

Here is a Subaru XT seen this morning:

17/06/2013 @ 03:06:36: night cub: interesting/funny/special cars sightings

Testing to see what code works for Flickr to answer Mudflap's question. I used the BBcode under the share feature. Try that.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3713/9061094279_aff4fc3e3d.jpg

2012-02-10_205754 on Flickr

18/06/2013 @ 20:24:45: CougarTim: interesting/funny/special cars sightings

I saw a 1978 Ford Thunderbird and, much more noteworthy, a late '70s Datsun 200SX [S10] today. I very rarely see Japanese cars of that era around here.

18/06/2013 @ 20:39:48: ingo: interesting/funny/special cars sightings

Today, when I've used my lunch-break for a swim in the canal, I saw a Mercedes 300 SL [W198] passing.

18/06/2013 @ 21:13:01: rjluna2: interesting/funny/special cars sightings

Today, I saw Smith electric truck at the street today. At first, I thought it was an illegal truck without the 5 lights clearance roof :confused:

I checked at the Wikipedia and turned out it is the electric powered truck :tongue:

20/06/2013 @ 21:43:41: weasel1984: interesting/funny/special cars sightings

MB 230 CE/W123 reg. as "vintage vehicle":

Never liked this model, but you do not see them everyday.

And nice Volvo "Amazon":

Recently I saw also a 70s Corvette C3 and MB W111/W112 cabriolet - both in mint condition, but they were too fast to take the pic.

EDIT: Imageshack lost the pics - dead links have been removed.