London Spottings

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#1 Jun 23, 2009, 8:21 am Hide

andrew

This place is insane! I've seen an Enzo, 4 Audi R8s, 3 F430s, 3 360s, 8 Maseratis, 12 Aston Martins, 3 Gallardos, and way too many Bentleys to count, and I've only been here 36 hours

And of course, I got a ride in a baby blue Continental GTC from a complete stranger within 6 hours of arriving Only I could pull that off. I was lost and asked him if he knew where my street was, he looked it up on his GPS but couldn't find it, and drove away. 30 seconds later he pulls up beside me and pushes the door open, says he found it and tells me to hop in man that car was nice, and really friendly guy too

I'll post pictures later, no time now
#2 Jun 23, 2009, 4:07 pm Hide

SMS

Watch out for strangers in baby blue anythings!
Don't want you to dissapear and cause some international crisis.

Promote the website, maybe someone will ship an Enzo over for a drive.
#3 Jun 23, 2009, 4:35 pm Hide

DC33

WOW
now you just need to find the Stig
#4 Jun 24, 2009, 12:53 am Hide

andrew

Saw an orange Diablo 6.0 with wing today Dan The plate was D14BLW
#5 Jun 24, 2009, 4:30 am Hide

andrew

Some pictures are up, here's the full album:
http://www.midwestscc.com/gallery/albums/197/london/




My "neighbor"'s Aston Martin







I've seen this one a few times, he must enjoy driving it


and here's my ride
#6 Jun 24, 2009, 5:17 am Hide

tony513

I am truely jealous!
#7 Jun 24, 2009, 12:09 pm Hide

DC33

London is where the pimps is

wheres the Diablo??
#8 Jun 25, 2009, 2:39 am Hide

andrew

Just added a ton more, here's a sampling:









#9 Jun 25, 2009, 2:56 am Hide

SMS

The yellow 360 Ferrari looks like a taxi cab. Sort of

What is the main purpose of the trip?
#10 Jun 25, 2009, 6:05 am Hide

Pars

SMS wrote
The yellow 360 Ferrari looks like a taxi cab. Sort of

What is the main purpose of the trip?

From the looks of all the pictures, it was apparently to spot cars Definitely nicer cars in London than Dayton/South Bend!

Great pictures Andrew!
#11 Jun 25, 2009, 8:02 am Hide

Duz185

Wow! Looks like I need to plan to trip to London. For the cars that is, not a ride in the blue Continental.
#12 Jun 25, 2009, 10:32 am Hide

andrew

SMS wrote
The yellow 360 Ferrari looks like a taxi cab. Sort of

What is the main purpose of the trip?
classes for six weeks. But I do spend just about every minute of my free time walking around and looking for cars
#13 Jun 25, 2009, 10:58 am Hide

andrew

Added more






#14 Jun 26, 2009, 3:19 am Hide

SMS

Only the Diablo and white RR are left hand drive cars.
What kind of plate is that on the RR?
#15 Jun 26, 2009, 5:17 am Hide

andrew

SMS wrote
Only the Diablo and white RR are left hand drive cars.
What kind of plate is that on the RR?
I noticed that too. I'm not sure where that one's from.


Notice the plates on these two 360s: guess they were confused


#16 Jun 26, 2009, 12:34 pm Hide

andrew

Added a lot more of course



I'm in love with this car.. first GT3 RS I've ever seen



Finally, a V8 Vantage that wasn't gray or silver







Cayenne, XKR, Superamerica, Veyron, Phantom, 599 GTB, Cayenne, and 997



Unfortunately the manager of the Dorchester is a dick and I only got this one crappy shot of the Veyron before he told me not to take pictures and that it was private property..... the valets at the Hilton even offered to take a picture of me standing next to the Diablo! What does he expect, with all of those cars lined up?! I saw lots of other people take pictures without getting told off. Some day I'll drive up there in my F50 and say, "OH wait, I'm going to stay at the Hilton instead since they weren't pricks to me when I was in college"

#17 Jun 26, 2009, 4:54 pm Hide

DC33

nice eclipse!! lol

they probualy dont like yah cause youre a Yank, dont let it bother you
#18 Jun 27, 2009, 4:30 am Hide

andrew

Yeah. Again today, tons of people taking pictures so I slipped in and got some. Two Veyrons this time, an SLR, and a Drophead Coupe

But other than that I've failed at spottings today.. I've seen a black Gallardo Spyder, gray 360 Modena, black F430 Spider x3 (probably the same car), blue V8 Vantage convertible, and white vintage Bentley, and didn't get pictures of any of them
#19 Jun 30, 2009, 7:30 am Hide

SMS

What is the pink car on page 7 of the Gallery photos?

Also, when can we expect our first forum member from London?
#20 Jun 30, 2009, 8:37 am Hide

andrew

It's a Nissan Figaro.. they are all pastel colors. I've seen pink, yellow, blue, and green. I don't think it's sold in the US
I don't think we'll get any members
#21 Jul 1, 2009, 2:47 am Hide

andrew

Sixth Veyron I have seen in my life, a Centenaire edition




I've added a few others too. I'm not walking around looking for cars anymore like I did the first few days.

anybody know who this is? Dressed and acted like a celebrity.. pulled a guitar out of his Gallardo so he might be a famous musician. Also had a few guards watching his car. I don't recognize him though
#22 Jul 11, 2009, 3:45 am Hide

andrew

matte black V8 Vantage



LP670-4 SuperVeloce



Drophead Coupe



and some lucky guy upgrading his Gallardo to an LP640. He also had a 360 Modena and Countach



also saw a black Carrera GT drive by but didn't get any pics
#23 Jul 11, 2009, 10:53 am Hide

DC33

how was the SV in person?

and how does it compare to the LP640 in person aside from the wing?
#24 Jul 11, 2009, 2:16 pm Hide

andrew

I think the normal LP640 looks much cleaner and better than the SV
#25 Jul 11, 2009, 5:50 pm Hide

tony513

I don't like that grey on the SV... I feel like it should be yellow or something else flashy just because of what it is