Here's what I saw today, mark 3 (don't quote pictures, 24h ban!)

Graham_B18C

Went to the Nitro drags today, 4.7 second quarter miles. Seriously awesome stuff










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ION08

New civic Type R in Smithfield.

Young lad and his bird driving :P guess they don't get ripped off for insurance up north like we do



New Beetle GSR on UK plates at Blanchardstown Shopping Centre

Only 100 of these limited edition models made it to the UK so quite a rare model... Nice reg too

Cheensbo

NS-Xy,

Have only seen a few of these in my life, looked damn good on the works too, near jumped out my seat when I saw it, have had a deep love for these since the days of gran turismo 2..

Edit: further away shot, god I'd love a go..

Vicxas

Cheensbo wrote: »

NS-Xy,

Have only seen a few of these in my life, looked damn good on the works too, near jumped out my seat when I saw it, have had a deep love for these since the days of gran turismo 2..

Edit: further away shot, god I'd love a go..

Probably fresh off the boat. I seen one before but not moving. Fell instantly in love

CianDon

That NSX is in the country about 3/4 months. Brought in from Japan by a guy in Tipperary. Same guy has brought in a high horsepower Supra and a very very rare E24 BMW Alpina.

Anyway, less talk, more car photo's. While ye all enjoyed the 'heatwave', us in cork had a right miserable old day








Event winner today, 12-year old (and no, thats not a typo!!!!) Conor Shanahan

26000 Elephants

A drifter sponsored by Nankang tyres.

No need to weld the diff so.

shietpilot

26000 Elephants wrote: »

A drifter sponsored by Nankang tyres.

No need to weld the diff so.

I'm sure their race-spec tyres are better than the budget road tyres

Special Circumstances

shietpilot wrote: »

I'm sure their race-spec tyres are better than the budget road tyres

I was working with a guy who said they'd use em for drifting events on grippy surfaces.

Now, to be fair that was back in the days before clean diesel so maybe Nankang have improved just as much.

conzy

A Jaaaag F Type looking mean outside RCSI. "Only" the 3 litre V6

smash

conzy wrote: »

A Jaaaag F Type looking mean outside RCSI. "Only" the 3 litre V6

I recently saw a black F-TYPE S. A thing of beauty!

shietpilot

Special Circumstances wrote: »

I was working with a guy who said they'd use em for drifting events on grippy surfaces.

Now, to be fair that was back in the days before clean diesel so maybe Nankang have improved just as much.

I've heard them mentioned a bit at the Irish Drifting Championship rounds by the commentator saying they're a very grippy tyre so it must be decent.

Having said that I've had Nankangs on my Yaris and they didn't wear at all and gripped like skis on the wet. Maybe the race-spec tyres are really race-spec

CianDon

shietpilot wrote: »

I've heard them mentioned a bit at the Irish Drifting Championship rounds by the commentator saying they're a very grippy tyre so it must be decent.

Having said that I've had Nankangs on my Yaris and they didn't wear at all and gripped like skis on the wet. Maybe the race-spec tyres are really race-spec

That very commentator is the guy driving the car, and the man who runs Irish Drift Championship & the British one now aswell.

dodderangler

161 mustang in tallaght hospital car park

GvidoR

colm_mcm wrote: »

Murican spec Corolla (California)

I wonder what's it doing here!? :eek:

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Nothing madly exotic or anything but here it goes...

vintagevrs

GvidoR wrote: »

I wonder what's it doing here!? :eek:

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Nothing madly exotic or anything but here it goes...

Glencar waterfall?

GvidoR

vintagevrs wrote: »

Glencar waterfall?

Yup!

CharlieCroker

In Killarney today. Droooool!!!!!

CharlieCroker

CharlieCroker

PrettyBoy

Wow, incredible collection of cars there :cool: Any more pics of the Stradale in the background here?

CharlieCroker wrote: »

CharlieCroker

Sorry, thought I did.

Top Dog

CianDon wrote:

Event winner today, 12-year old (and no, thats not a typo!!!!) Conor Shanahan

Shanahan Car Sales - younger brother to Jack?

dudara

A BMW i8 parked outside my hotel this morning. First time seeing one out in the wild. Lovely looking machine

Big Nasty

Looks a lot better that colour.

smash

Big Nasty wrote: »

Looks a lot better that colour.

Agreed. Most of the two tone colours look cheap and nasty.

CianDon

Top Dog wrote: »

Shanahan Car Sales - younger brother to Jack?

Yes indeed. Quite a talented family

Quazzie

CianDon wrote: »

Yes indeed. Quite a talented family

Talented or well funded?

smash

Quazzie wrote: »

Talented or well funded?

That's a bit bitchy...

NickDunne

CianDon

Quazzie wrote: »

Talented or well funded?

More a case of pure and utter dedication to a sport like any athlete and the balls to put every last thing you have on the line in the quest for success at the highest level. What people need to realise is that we have a motorsport here on our hands where the Irish are right up there at the cutting edge both in terms of competing and staging events. The work going into cars up and down the country in small sheds and lockups is staggering, and the days of the snobbery of 'thats a load of boy racers doing skids' is long gone. Long gone are the days that circuit racing of any kind will attract the 10,000 plus attending events in Mondello for IDC these days