Motors Seen anything cool on the road lately?

Saw a Porsche Boxster Spyder and a Ferrari FF on the A46 today.


And saw a Mercedes SLS Convertible on the A607 going towards Melton yesterday.

 

More today.

Lovely Aston DB4 and a White Lambo Gallardo.


And of course the GT6, three griffiths, chim, tuscan, S and Delorean at the garage where I'm helping atm.

 

There's an immaculate blue MKII Focus RS parked outside a hotel that I drive past every day. It's quite high on my 'drive before you die' list!

 

*Pics not my own*
We were driving back from Manchester Airport through Cheshire and saw a whole collection of vintage cars leaving an event at Cholmondley! Including the following:

Triumph TR6 (multiple)


Mark 1 Escort


Two scimitars


and my Dad's favorite, a Dropsnoop Firenza:

 

I saw lots and lots of mk1 escorts and cortinas today and an estate cortina. Oh, and a few old corvette's, no idea what they were.

 

Fuus - All these cars were at Oulton Park's "Gold Cup" over the bank holiday weekend.
I'll post pics in the photo thread when I get home from San Antonio next week. (including an extremely rare Iso Grifo Series 1* that was parked near me)

* - Wikipedia says only 322 were ever made.

 

There was an event on at Cholmondeley that most of them will have gone to rather than the Gold Cup.

ETA: The catchily-titled "25th Festival of 1000 Classic Cars & North West Classic Bike Day".

 

Not quite 'on the road', but near one, and pretty cool; the Case STX500 Quadtrac (as featured on Top Gear)


Tracks! by rinsewand, on Flickr

 

In my hotel's parking garage, a Tesla S with Texas license plate "FNORD"

 

hah thats ace!

 

Here's that Iso Grifo:-

Iso Grifo by Ian A Worrall, on Flickr

I also saw these whilst I was there:-


Chopped Capri by Ian A Worrall, on Flickr


Weissmann GT by Ian A Worrall, on Flickr


Suddenly, Porches everywhere! by Ian A Worrall, on Flickr

 

Whatever the hell that was.

 

It's a 1925 3 Litre Bentley.

 

Spotted a Tesla Model S in Amsterdam last Friday - Didn't realise they had made it this side of the Atlantic yet.

Sadly I was unable to grab a pic, as it's a ridiculously beautiful car.

 

I was in San Francisco a few weeks ago and that Tesla was everywhere, they've clearly sold a lot to the rich people in Silicon Valley. Great car, but I hate the look of the enormous screen in the dash. Great range though - around 260 miles on a charge, but only because it has a lot more batteries than most other electric cars making it pretty heavy and big.

 

Weight for distance that it can travel? I certainly ain't got a problem with that

 

Saw a real GT40 yesterday. I could literally taste the exhaust fumes. ****ing gorgeous, and so fast for an oldie!

 

Sure it was a real one? There's many times more reps than real, the best ones are nut-and-bolt copies of a real one when it's being restored.

Awesome though, whatever it was.

 

There was a GT40 in Putney yesterday too. Stunner.

I've also seen three different F12 Berlinettas recently.

 

I had no easy way of telling, but I was alongside it in traffic for about five minutes and it convinced me. Also it pulled out of Wilton House, the owner of which is a car nut with a Veyron. That might lend additional credibility if they are mates!