v15ben Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 OK folks, what are the best cars you have ever been lucky enough to see. The supercars and the rare vehicles that really made you smile. Photos would be cool and I will try and find a few. This is the list I came up with but I am sure there are more around somewhere! McLaren F1 x3 250GT Enzo x7 F50 x2 F40 several Ferrari 330GTC Ferrari Daytona Pagani Zonda x2 Jag XJ220 x2 Lambo Miura S Lambo Diablo SVO (1 of 25) Original Bentley Blower, Jag D Type racers, early Astons etc Merc SLR EB110 Most 2005 F1 cars at a test day Ford GT and several original GT40s Carrera GT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 It'd be alot easier to list the exotica I haven't seen. I don't think I've seen a Pagani Roadster. But I have seen a Zonda F, which kinda makes up for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotRodSaint Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 I saw a Honda Beat once on an LA freeway. That was actually a more exotic spotting than the F40 I saw casually parked at a curb. Almost the same curb I saw a Porsche GT3 parked at last week. And it's not even in Beverly Hills!! In Beverly Hills, Conti's are a dime a dozen. You are guarunteed can see at least one Maybach, a Rolls, a Lamborghini and a Ferrari on each visit too. But between my visits to the concourse show in Pebble Beach, and my having visted the now defunct "Hill and Vaugh" restoration facility, among some other restoration shops, I've seen some pretty rare and very beautiful machines. I got up close and personal with the XKSS formerly owned by Steve McQueen. The owner was a real ****er, and wouldn't let me ride in it during the rally. I rode in a Lancia Flavia instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HotRodSaint Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 I did get to see the McLaren F1 on the McClaren showroom floor in London!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saab Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 The only interesting car I've seen recently is one I have forgotten the name of. It is a sleek slightly retro-looking coupe which I think is based on the Z3M Coupe or the M3 - they tested one on TopGear a year or 18 months ago. Any ideas? Spotted in Javea on the Costa Blanca. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v15ben Posted February 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Weismann maybe? Probably is easier to list the ones you haven't seen... for me I have seen most modern exotics except the Ferrari 288GTO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saab Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Weismann maybe? [/ QUOTE ] Bingo! That's what it was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Enzo x loads, common as muck Phantoms x 20? Mayabach x 10 EB110 Pagani x3 SLR lots in london and showrooms Carrera Gt x 6 Ford GT x 2 Konigzigg x 2 Macca F1 GTR Macca F1 road car x 2 Venturi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snail Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 What was the mental maserati at goodwood last year? That was a real big moment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 This is easy for me. For one you don't see a mass of exotica in the Northeast and secondly anything I ever seen on a trip to London is usually just parked up. However, in 1990 I went on a holiday to Austria. On a trek outside of our resort (Kitzbuhel) I was lucky enough to see a Ferrari F40 being thrashed up a mountain pass, around a hairpin and off into the distance. It was an incredible sight and an audio treat. It's a memory that has stayed with me since, and still very vividly. It's also the main reason an F40 would be the first supercar on my list of purchases if I ever I were to win the lottery! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P_G Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 The best for me have been an original Rolls Royce Silver Cloud and an Aston Martin DB5. Of the modern cars a McLaren F1 GTR, Liam Howlett's (of Prodigy fame) to be precise and the original 7.7 litre Speed Twelve TVR on the road rather than track. [image][/image] Would love to see a Murcielago Roadster or a Veyron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v15ben Posted February 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 In light of other posts, I forgot: Koenigsegg CC8S x2 (including the first in the UK!) Millions of Maybachs and Phantoms Jay Kay's Miura S and I saw 4 F40s in one place today (Graypaul showroom is the place to go right now! ) The mad Maser at Goodwood was the Birdcage driven up the hill by the boss of Maserati no less! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Sat in a humble XJ220 once. Bit ordinary compared to some of the other stuff listed here ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 [ QUOTE ] Sat in a humble XJ220 once. Bit ordinary compared to some of the other stuff listed here ! [/ QUOTE ] Ooo no, I think they're very very special. Dials in the doors - now that's what I call cool!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Actually, I used to do a lot of work in the automotive industry and was one of the first people to see the following cars (which are all pretty dull) - Mini (new one), saw the first UK built one being made. New V50 (saw it as a focus shell) donkeys years ago in Gothenburg. I loved working with Volvo, great place, great guys. They wanted a glass flip hatch at the time I recall. Ford Cougar (looked fat dull and american even before the wraps were taken off) Lotus Elise (the chassis to be exact, won a nice order from the guys doing that), nice car. Ford focus saloon (hideous, really hideous) Spent loads of time at Porsche, BMW and Mercedes too (few years back), but don't remember seing anything spectacular. Porsche museum is an interesting little place (and free). Hummer (h2 ?, the 'little' one), in the US. They asked me what I thought ... I told 'em it was a heat of poo. Fiat Brava/o (zzzzzzzzzz) Skoda VRS (nearly forgot that one). I have been to nearly every car plant/design centre in Europe, but my job has changed and I miss that side of things. Ermm, feel like I'm showing off now, so I'll stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Yikes... have seen all sorts. A few Mclaren F1s Loads of Bentleys of MANY varieties. (I used to work there ) As a result of the above I got to see a lot of very nice cars quite a lot. Oh how they loved to turn up in their other smart cars. Seen an Alfa SZ they are quite rare. Bugatti EB110 was on sale in Mancheter Bentley fairly recently don't see too many of those. When I was in Switzerland I must have seen 30-40 Ferrari's ove various types on a drive. Now that was special. Too many to mention, And working in Wilslow at the moment around the corner from the Aston dealership thats set to continue. There is Mega money around there, what is it more millionares per square mile than anywhere else in the country I think it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theduisbergkid Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Bugatti EB110, nice ! Alfa SZ, never ever seen one in the metal, love 'em too ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdiesel Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Its the old racing cars with some history that I get excited about. Like the AM DBR1 that won LeMans in 1959 driven by Roy Salvadori and Carrol Shelby. Which I have had the pleasure of seeing on a number of occasions. Last year I saw the Aston DB4 Zagato 1VEV that Jim Clark raced in 1962, parked up at Silverstone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponge Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 I did a stint at MIRA in 1994/95 and it was there I first saw the McLaren F1 in the flesh. I'll never forget that day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chazzy Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 An Ascari road car. about 2 years ago at donington, probably a pool car runaround for the racing team Exotica spotting is nice esp if its a new car, but i still remember seeing my first (whisper) VX Calibra, those lights mmm. PS second the comments re the Alfs SZ,not a hairdressers car. chas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malagus Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 I have been guided around a TVR Tuscan speed 6 racer from teh 'tuscan challenge' by its driver a few years ago - that was special - a bloke i'd just seen haring about on track telling me all about the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian_C Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 [ QUOTE ] I did get to see the McLaren F1 on the McClaren showroom floor in London!! [/ QUOTE ] Just out of interest, why did you spell the manufacturer two different ways in the same sentence? Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v15ben Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Lol also an Alfa SZ, Alfa RZ (the Spider version), Ascari, Farboud and Invicta road cars (on the roads too!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotdog Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 I was lucky enough to see Lagoo's Porsche in action on a rolling road day. I didn't think Porsche's were anything special until that day. I now want a C4s so badly its unreal. I'll keep the R32 though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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