Here's what I saw today - Part II (Please read the rules before posting)

veetwin

E39MSport wrote: »

smash wrote: »

It's a sad state of affairs compared to a few years ago when this thread now consists mostly of people holiday photos and the likes of an A7, a 9yr old XK8 or a Phaeton.

this recession sucks

Disgaree.

Good riddance to the days of people driving cars they can't afford on credit.

More cash is King Phaetons, M5's and the like

Have to disagree with you there mate. All these high end motors that were bought on credit will mean a good supply of second hand exotica that can be got at bargain prices.

porsche959

smash wrote: »

It's a sad state of affairs compared to a few years ago when this thread now consists mostly of people holiday photos and the likes of an A7, a 9yr old XK8 or a Phaeton.

this recession sucks

You young whippersnappers thought the bubble was the new norm, it never was. Believe it or not, the standard of motors on the roads is still a lot better than in the 1980s or early 1990s.

kwalshe

An (ahem !! cough cough! ) AMG with a roof rack and a towbar. What in jesus christ is the world coming to?

dharn

maybe it is just using borrowed badges otherwise it could be owned by a travell..

kwalshe

Mr Magners

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Anyone else spot where that RS5 is parked, check out the pillar to the LHS of the first picture

Berty

Mr Magners wrote: »

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Anyone else spot where that RS5 is parked, check out the pillar to the LHS of the first picture

Spotted that as well but thought of being pedantic and saying "It's not an A5 per se" (Oh well, I just said it)

smash

E39MSport wrote: »

Disgaree.

Good riddance to the days of people driving cars they can't afford on credit.

More cash is King Phaetons, M5's and the like

I don't want to take it off topic, but the Phaeton was a uk reg, M5s are cheap as chips these days, and there's nothing to say any of the cars ever posted on this thread both now or years ago were bought with borrowed money :rolleyes:

dharn

its not an amg though no twin tail pipes

Marcinek_55

CianRyan wrote: »

Yes for buying but no for car spotting.

That's true. Few years ago when i went for car spotting to Dublin city centre there was always something nice like Ferrari or Aston Martin. Now there is a lot of S-Class or BMW 5er. There is few supercars always parked in the same place: Audi R8 on Naas road oposite BMW Garage, White 10D Maserati GranTurismo in Grand Canal Quay and Ferrari 599 in the parking oposite US Embassy but how many times can i take picture of the same car in the same location. I don't know why owners of supercars are not driving by them as often as few years ago. This is why i post pictures from my holidays

Btw u can spot some Irish supercars when you are on holidays:

Photo taken in Spain (not my photo):


As big fan of AMG i have to say that S-Class few post back is not AMG... it's only S500.

dahamsta

For the record, I hate the holiday snaps. I'm only interested in seeing cool cars on Irish roads here, that's why I'm not subbed to the thread.

Cool cars are ten a penny elsewhere, if I want to look at pics of them I can go to supercars.net, and get better quality to boot.

The only exception would be really, really rare stuff.

ofcork

That slr was on the cannonball 2 years ago so he gets around!

kuro2k

Fiat Barchetta in Cork

Big Nasty

kuro2k wrote: »

Fiat Barchetta in Cork

For some reason I love those little cars plus the Suzuki Cappuccino, especially when they've a sizeable spoiler stuck on the rear. Reminds me of those little toy cars when I was a kid that you would pull back and release and there was a little slot where you would stick in a penny to make them wheelie all over the place.

Cute little things!

(Fcuked if I'ld be seen dead or alive in one mind )

smash

MCMLXXV wrote: »

For some reason I love those little cars plus the Suzuki Cappuccino, especially when they've a sizeable spoiler stuck on the rear.

Always wanted a little Honda beat, for the craic

AJ21

HungryJoey

kwalshe wrote: »

An (ahem !! cough cough! ) AMG with a roof rack and a towbar. What in jesus christ is the world coming to?

Is that an e30 M3 to the left? (looks to be on 18" alpina's)

L-M

HungryJoey wrote: »

Is that an e30 M3 to the left? (looks to be on 18" alpina's)

No.

TheBazman

porsche959

dahamsta wrote: »

For the record, I hate the holiday snaps. I'm only interested in seeing cool cars on Irish roads here, that's why I'm not subbed to the thread.

Cool cars are ten a penny elsewhere, if I want to look at pics of them I can go to supercars.net, and get better quality to boot.

The only exception would be really, really rare stuff.

Personally I like the mix of both. Certainly wouldn't want the thread to be purely holiday snaps.

porsche959

Marcinek_55 wrote: »

That's true. Few years ago when i went for car spotting to Dublin city centre there was always something nice like Ferrari or Aston Martin. Now there is a lot of S-Class or BMW 5er. There is few supercars always parked in the same place: Audi R8 on Naas road oposite BMW Garage, White 10D Maserati GranTurismo in Grand Canal Quay and Ferrari 599 in the parking oposite US Embassy but how many times can i take picture of the same car in the same location. I don't know why owners of supercars are not driving by them as often as few years ago. This is why i post pictures from my holidays

There are at least two 599's in the Ballsbridge area - one is the one you've mentioned, the other I regularly see driven into town by a well known businessman who is known to collect Ferraris. In the past few weeks, I've spied a yellow Northern Irish registered 355 (definitely not a replica, I can always tell from the engine sound) on the quays, and a gorgeous nearly new 458 (UK or NI registered) in Ballsbridge. Also have seen an Irish registered R8 on numerous occasions in the same area. Was in a taxi the other day behind a 2003 Irish registered 911 Turbo.

I won't deny the number of exotica on the roads in Ireland has declined in recent years, but if you keep your eyes open there are still a few around. At the risk of repeating myself, for us old timer carspotters the situation is still a lot better than 15/20 years ago!

porsche959

smash wrote: »

and there's nothing to say any of the cars ever posted on this thread both now or years ago were bought with borrowed money :rolleyes:

A huge % of them were bought by property developers. So, yes they were bought either on borrowed money and/or by people living unsustainable lifestyles.

AltAccount

And for those remaining who have shed loads of money (and there's plenty of them), it's just not a good time to be swanning around in brand new Astons.

TBH I'd say there are less supercars on the roads because crass consumerism itself has gone out of fashion at the moment.

porsche959

AltAccount wrote: »

And for those remaining who have shed loads of money (and there's plenty of them), it's just not a good time to be swanning around in brand new Astons.

TBH I'd say there are less supercars on the roads because crass consumerism itself has gone out of fashion at the moment.

That is a factor as well for sure.

Chriscl1

Mr Magners

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Looks like loads of empty seats there, is it just because it was early in the day?

Chriscl1

Chriscl1

Chriscl1

Mr Magners wrote: »

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Looks like loads of empty seats there, is it just because it was early in the day?

Yeah that was early. It's not great tbh. Badly organised and loads of people standing on the seats when there is no need to. The mclaren f1 car was bloody amazing though.

Chriscl1

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll155/ChrisCL1/2adcda30.mp4