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Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:51 pm
by zaxrex
Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe in front of the Mayflower across the street.
It is actually kinda ugly in person. But then again, how much beauty can you buy for $400,000?
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Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:56 pm
by Mr Kleen
It's not about beauty, it's about getting people to notice you have a $400,000 car.

Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 6:25 pm
by Mr Kleen
spotted a classic Chrysler Imperial on 8th street Sunday night. never did see the owner. it was very clean but not so clean that it looked like a restoration, I think this one's a survivor.
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Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2010 6:36 pm
by scheherazade
Saw a silver CR-Z hybrid today. First one for me.

-scheherazade

Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 12:57 pm
by complacent
scheherazade wrote:Saw a silver CR-Z hybrid today. First one for me.

-scheherazade
whoa. how did it look in person?

Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 2:04 pm
by Raven
complacent wrote:
scheherazade wrote:Saw a silver CR-Z hybrid today. First one for me.

-scheherazade
whoa. how did it look in person?
As much as I don't like to admit it, this car makes a lot of sense considering the way I drive. I just wish it had two little back seats instead of what appear to be storage bins.

Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 9:31 pm
by scheherazade
complacent wrote:
scheherazade wrote:Saw a silver CR-Z hybrid today. First one for me.

-scheherazade
whoa. how did it look in person?
I really liked the look of it.

I floated around it so I could get a few good angles on it (was on 234 bypass), and I gotta say, it looks sharp.
I instantly noticed it. The styling is strangely aggressive (like in an evo x meets r8 meets civic sort of way - yeah, I can't explain it).

I looked up some stats on it, and that's when I was more disappointed. 10 sec 0-60 isn't that great, considering a prius gives you that and a lot more mpg.
Although the 5th gear review (iirc) said it handled 'fun' for what it was.

-scheherazade

Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 7:17 pm
by Mr Kleen
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Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 8:07 pm
by PGT
Saw a black CR-Z on the Greenway today. As a former owner of a CRX, MEH!

Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 8:55 pm
by scheherazade
PGT wrote:Saw a black CR-Z on the Greenway today. As a former owner of a CRX, MEH!
It's a bit outer-spacy.

I'm sure it'll be very love-hate.

-scheherazade

Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:21 am
by sirwilliam
Dark blue Lamborghini on the toll road...

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Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:26 am
by sirwilliam
And the next day I saw an Audi TTRS...I thought those weren't in the states?

Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 9:07 am
by complacent
Mr Kleen wrote:
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oh god yessss!
:pimp: :banana2: :hitit:

Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 12:57 pm
by PGT
sirwilliam wrote:And the next day I saw an Audi TTRS...I thought those weren't in the states?
VAG HQ in Herndon. Did it say "HQ" on the left side of the plate? There's an RS6 Avant here too...not sold in USDM. I've also seen a Veyron convertible, also with HQ tags

Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 1:16 pm
by sirwilliam
PGT wrote:
sirwilliam wrote:And the next day I saw an Audi TTRS...I thought those weren't in the states?
VAG HQ in Herndon. Did it say "HQ" on the left side of the plate? There's an RS6 Avant here too...not sold in USDM. I've also seen a Veyron convertible, also with HQ tags
I don't remember seeing the HQ on the tags but wasn't looking too closely as it went by weaving through traffic. Wish I had gotten a pic of it. Very nice car even though overpriced.

Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 11:04 pm
by ElZorro
1980 Lotus Esprit in Tysons.

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Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:01 pm
by PGT
passed a black Panamera Turbo on the toll road today. They look nice in person...pictures though, BLEH.

Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:26 pm
by complacent
PGT wrote:passed a black Panamera Turbo on the toll road today. They look nice in person...pictures though, BLEH.
They've got a few on the lot at the dealer on Rt 1 and Glebe in Arlington. I'm torn.

Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:51 pm
by Mr Kleen
I've seen several in person (1 turbo and a few non). I think it looks exactly like the pictures. If you like the Cayenne you'll probably like the Panamera.

Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:54 pm
by PGT
I saw one a year and a half ago at the Stuttgart airport and thought it looked good (that was passing it at about 100...). It doesn't look terrible to me in person but I do think they missed the boat on what could have been a killer design. I'm more interested in the thought of supercar performance and four doors....

Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 9:07 pm
by WRXWagon2112
I realize that a Prius is not a rare car, but you certainly won't find this semi-homemade version around often...

--Alan

Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 9:28 pm
by WRXWagon2112
First off, I apologize for the really crappy quality of the picture. But I'm not sure what to make of this (clearly) viral marketing campaign. The van is painted up to look like a franchised zombie eradication service (kinda like an exterminator). The company is called "Wuz Dead" and it's web site is http://www.888wuzdead.com .

If you check it out, it's a real website for a supposed zombie killing service. Any guesses on what this could be?

--Alan

Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:58 am
by complacent
WRXWagon2112 wrote:I realize that a Prius is not a rare car, but you certainly won't find this semi-homemade version around often...

--Alan

what the :censor: is that :censor: ??!?!

Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:22 am
by WRXWagon2112
WRXWagon2112 wrote:If you check it out, it's a real website for a supposed zombie killing service. Any guesses on what this could be?

--Alan
Upon further examination of the web sit, it looks like a T-shirt company with a very expensive guerilla marketing campaign.

--Alan

Re: Rare Car Spotted!

Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:07 am
by brentcombsphoto
Saw a black Lamborghini Gallardo over in Georgetown last night.