Toftdale Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 42 minutes ago, johnlambert said: That looks like an Apollo 500GT, Hi John, I take my hat off to you sir, once again you've proved that you're knowledge of obscure cars is second to none. This was another vehicle I'd never heard of, but with the benefit of Google you quite clearly correct (again 😉) - Andy 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickframe Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 @johnlambert, Hi John, Thanks for the information! quite an interesting car indeed! I should have made more effort to talk with the guy. I'm familiar with that Buick V8 - and considering the big, circular air cleaner, it sure appears to be a good candidate for what's under the hood - Cheers Nick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 5 hours ago, Vince1159 said: I haven't seen a road going Escort of any Mk for a looooong time.... We still get the odd one out here, I saw one just a few days back, I know its local because I see it from time to time, Mk 2 Sport in Silver Mist, I think that is the colour, I had one the same back in 1980-81 but with vinyl roof , not my first choice but what was on the floor after my first one was written off. This one is immaculate with the correct spots & a black boot lid spoiler. I get a bit excited every time I see it. Steve. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six97s Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Hot Rod magazine tested one of those Apollos, I think it was in some time in '65. I can't remember if they were impressed or not... I'll have a look for it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Cohiba Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 21 hours ago, johnlambert said: @Stickframe Hi Nick, That looks like an Apollo 500GT, an obscure car with Italian styling and American V8 power. That's what I call expertise, I'm impressed. And what a rare bird. Myself I had to google he Ferrari Shooting Brake I just saw when went for dinner with my beloved wifey, wait, it's the, Wikipedia, Google, give me a sec... it's the 612 Scaglietti. And there was a 348. Or, my favourite, the 308, in silver - what a colour. And some Maserati convertible.... I live nearby Schloss Schönbunn in Vienna, and there's a lot of beautiful cars here. I won't post a simple Ferrari here in the future, but if maybe there would be, say, a Jensen Interceptor... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stef N. Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 One of my neighbours has a Mustang Mach E sitting in his drive. Not sure about the big brute to be honest. No engine rumble either.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Stef N. said: No engine rumble either.😀 Yeecchh, not a real car then Ok I know, luddite me, but cars that can spontaneously do this sort of thing have no place in my future hopefully. Steve. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 A black Chevrolet C4 Corvette Coupe yesterday, plus a local Rover P6 in brown. There is a garage near me that seems to specialise in maintaining and testing classics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR2Don Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 2 hours ago, stevehnz said: cars that can spontaneously do this sort of thing Pretty terrible and frightening, but I'm intrigued by the dashboard message "Can't continue journey, contact dealership immediately" - sounds a bit like the dog might do if it was tired on a walk, but not a very explanatory message! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 Yesterday evening, in traffic coming towards me, a very menacing all black Aston Martin Like this one; https://www.motor1.com/news/495749/aston-martin-vantage-f1-edition/ I think it was this 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 23 minutes ago, MR2Don said: Pretty terrible and frightening, but I'm intrigued by the dashboard message "Can't continue journey, contact dealership immediately" - sounds a bit like the dog might do if it was tired on a walk, but not a very explanatory message! A masterly piece of understatement isn't it, when "stop now & bail out, the car is about to erupt in flames" would sound more appropriate. Apparently when an E vehicle battery (Li-ion?) has a runaway reaction, nothing short of dumping it into a swimming pool will contain it. Not for me, especially seeing that the best I'm likely to afford will have been around the block a couple of times. 4 minutes ago, Black Knight said: Yesterday evening, in traffic coming towards me, a very menacing all black Aston Martin Like this one; https://www.motor1.com/news/495749/aston-martin-vantage-f1-edition/ I think it was this That thing just looks evil, I like it. Steve. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted June 23, 2021 Author Share Posted June 23, 2021 1 hour ago, stevehnz said: Not for me, Me neither, but it doesn't look like we're going to have any choice in the matter in 5 years or so..... 4 hours ago, stevehnz said: but cars that can spontaneously do this sort of thing TBF, I've seen petrol cars do that - with no dashboard warning either!! And that ''Mustang'' - absolutely flippin' awful thing. Keith 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 5 hours ago, stevehnz said: Yeecchh, not a real car then Ok I know, luddite me, but cars that can spontaneously do this sort of thing have no place in my future hopefully. Steve. I'm glad everyone's ok but these modern electric and plastic cars make it easy for the recovery vehicles,going by what's left in the last photo all you need is a pickup/shovel and couple of dustbins.... 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyas Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 19 hours ago, Chief Cohiba said: That's what I call expertise, I'm impressed. And what a rare bird. Myself I had to google he Ferrari Shooting Brake I just saw when went for dinner with my beloved wifey, wait, it's the, Wikipedia, Google, give me a sec... it's the 612 Scaglietti. And there was a 348. Or, my favourite, the 308, in silver - what a colour. And some Maserati convertible.... I live nearby Schloss Schönbunn in Vienna, and there's a lot of beautiful cars here. I won't post a simple Ferrari here in the future, but if maybe there would be, say, a Jensen Interceptor... Shooting brake ones... the FF? Or GTC4Lusso? The one Ferrari would buy if I can only buy one car for the rest of my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Cohiba Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 9 hours ago, Stef N. said: ... No engine rumble either.😀 I've heard that in sports mode (or whatever) they "play" V8 sounds in the cockpit, according to accelleration. Well, maybe there's a specific target audience for this very feature, but I do feel it quite hard to find words for this that are approbriate in this forum... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Cohiba Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Tyas said: Shooting brake ones... the FF? Or GTC4Lusso? The one Ferrari would buy if I can only buy one car for the rest of my life. One of these two, I can't remember. But these definitely are among the most beautiful cars build since, say 2010... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 37 minutes ago, Chief Cohiba said: I've heard that in sports mode (or whatever) they "play" V8 sounds in the cockpit, according to accelleration. I'd like to know what they're going to do about the outside,we all know pedestrians like to wonder out/cross roads whenever they feel like it so what happens when they can't hear what's coming towards them (i'm not going to mention cyclists because unlike pedestrians they don't walk around with a phone stuck to their ear or texting).... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 On the A11 heading towards Norwich this morning was a Marco Mantis, sorry no photos but rare enough to warrant a mention. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Cohiba Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 17 minutes ago, Vince1159 said: ...i'm not going to mention cyclists because unlike pedestrians they don't walk around with a phone stuck to their ear or texting.... ...at least not all of them. We have parts here in Vienna - just don't ask. I think it would rather be a decent hum rather than a subwoofer below the car recreating V8-rumble. 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, Chief Cohiba said: ...at least not all of them. We have parts here in Vienna - just don't ask. They just ride around with ear phones and thinking they own the road....Not sure about the hum from the car,the V8 would be nice for the outside and waste gates from a Turbo would be nice,the harder you floor it the louder it is (that'd wake up/terrify a few pedestrians)... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Six97s Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 On foot for a change, so I managed to get a photo. I looked it up and it's the base V6 model, so not a proper one. 😜 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Two classics today. Lotus Super 7 (proper, with a Lotus badge on the front, not a Caterham), and a red '68 Plate TR6 with chrome wires. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnlambert Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Six97s said: On foot for a change, so I managed to get a photo. I looked it up and it's the base V6 model, so not a proper one. 😜 Didn't know they did a V6 Challenger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR2Don Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 3 hours ago, Six97s said: On foot for a change, so I managed to get a photo. I looked it up and it's the base V6 model, so not a proper one. 😜 Somehow, that doesn't strike me as menacing looking as the SRT that lives round the corner from me. Must get a photo and post it so you can see what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 On 5/19/2021 at 1:33 PM, Bonhoff said: This monstrosity parked out the front of my house. You may remember this aesthetic horror from about a month ago? Now looking like this From this...... To this..... Apparently it still needs polishing! Quite frankly, I'd be nervous taking it out onto the Queen's Highway given the parlous state of the road network and all the twonks that use it... IanJ 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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