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Fri Aug 01, 2025 6:14 am

^ ooh, harsh! :lol:
it was a good day for odd motor spotting - saw this alpine in french racing blue and was pleasantly surprised by its size (petite). also saw a triumph tr6 at the roadside (hopefully just parked up) and a classic mini that had been cut down to make a moke type thing from the A posts back. however I wasn't able to take snaps of those :roll:

Fri Aug 01, 2025 8:00 am

finster wrote: ^ ooh, harsh! :lol:
it was a good day for odd motor spotting - saw this alpine in french racing blue and was pleasantly surprised by its size (petite). also saw a triumph tr6 at the roadside (hopefully just parked up) and a classic mini that had been cut down to make a moke type thing from the A posts back. however I wasn't able to take snaps of those :roll:

Those Alpine’s are one good looking car, especially in that blue.
There is an old (1950’s) Sunbeam Talbot Alpine that shows up at our local Cars & Coffee in the same color although they have a similar name, they are different manufacturers.

Fri Aug 01, 2025 12:23 pm

my brother in law has a new alpine (he pronounces it 'alpeener' for some reason) and it has to keep going back to the dealer to get fixed :roll:

Fri Aug 01, 2025 1:36 pm

finster wrote: my brother in law has a new alpine ... and it has to keep going back to the dealer to get fixed :roll:

That'll be the Renault DNA coming through.

https://www.renaultgroup.com/en/our-brands/alpine

Had a Megane for a while. Only car I regret owning.

Sat Aug 02, 2025 2:54 am

^ struth the guff is strong on that website! rac(h)er?#-o

I did glimpse a new renault 5 ev on the road the other week, it looked good but...a renault and an ev =;

Sun Aug 03, 2025 1:49 am

finster wrote:
I did glimpse a new renault 5 ev on the road the other week, it looked good but...a renault and an ev =;

Yeah, I like the look of the Renault 5 EV and it has had rave reviews. It looks like it could be great as an around-town car (and it's not hideously expensive by new car standards), but having owned a Renault I'd just struggle to trust it. Seems like they failed to learn anything about reliability from Nissan.

Sun Aug 10, 2025 4:15 pm

Stopped to pick up some blueberries and cherries after paddleboarding today and this beauty pulled up next to us.

Sun Aug 10, 2025 7:36 pm

Shonandb wrote: Stopped to pick up some blueberries and cherries after paddleboarding today and this beauty pulled up next to us.

Nice car. If I was a betting man. I’d wager the owner is from PROC or LA area. That’s not a slight to either.
Many cool super cars in the Vancouver area.

Edit: stop driving with your jalousie windows open :D

Sun Aug 10, 2025 10:01 pm

Xevin wrote: Shonandb wrote: Stopped to pick up some blueberries and cherries after paddleboarding today and this beauty pulled up next to us.

Nice car. If I was a betting man. I’d wager the owner is from PROC or LA area. That’s not a slight to either.
Many cool super cars in the Vancouver area.

Edit: stop driving with your jalousie windows open :D

The driver reminded me of Rodney Dangerfield and had too bright and colourful clothes. Nice guy, had a quick coversation with him and his wife/girlfriend. He was visiting from Calgary and had Alberta plates. Lot's of Supercars in Vancouver though so not all that rare.

Was in the low 90s F out in the valley today so we were driving the back roads with all the windows open. I may have dual zone A/C in the Bus on Tues if all goes well and won't need to open the back windows while driving anymore unless camping. We'll see.

Mon Aug 11, 2025 3:45 am

caught a glimpse of a triumph tr7 in traffic today, sounded like a v8 engined one that we flogged to the US back in the day...it was 70s turd brown which stood out amongst the silver/grey/black/white suvs.

Mon Aug 11, 2025 9:44 am

Triumph TR7 with V8 engine = Triumph TR8.

Mon Aug 11, 2025 12:40 pm

I saw a Toyota HiAce in Lancaster PA a few weeks ago. I didn't know it exists.

It was decked out to be off-road or a camper. It looked like it may have been a 4x4 and had a roof rack with a ladder. Looked pretty cool. I was following it and didn't take a picture but it looked a little like this one.

Oh, and it also had foreign license plates but I can't remember where from.

Mon Aug 11, 2025 12:55 pm

air_cooled75 wrote: I saw a Toyota HiAce in Lancaster PA a few weeks ago. I didn't know it exists.

It was decked out to be off-road or a camper. It looked like it may have been a 4x4 and had a roof rack with a ladder. Looked pretty cool. I was following it and didn't take a picture but it looked a little like this one.

Oh, and it also had foreign license plates but I can't remember where from.

That Toyota is pretty cool in my book.

If I wasn't already paying off a Tundra, I might consider looking for one of those HiAce vans.

I dig the, almost complete exoskeleton.

Tue Aug 12, 2025 6:01 am

Quote: That Toyota is pretty cool in my book.

If I wasn't already paying off a Tundra, I might consider looking for one of those HiAce vans.

I dig the, almost complete exoskeleton.

The one I saw didn't have the full exoskeleton setup but it was build up to be pretty robust with roof rack, ladder and beefy tires. Didn't get a good look at the front but it looked like it had a brush guard/bull bar or something.

Tue Aug 12, 2025 7:12 am

Seen at our Volksfest Saturday in Columbus Ohio.

SP2

1949 Hebmuller
Also our Best of Show.

Tue Aug 12, 2025 5:48 pm

Bug seen parked I had to stop and take pictures. The detail and talent in the painting and the upholstery is amazing.
Made me smile, and I usually dont smile!!! :D

Wed Aug 13, 2025 1:23 am

zerotofifty wrote: Bug seen parked I had to stop and take pictures. The detail and talent in the painting and the upholstery is amazing.
Made me smile, and I usually dont smile!!! :D

Too bad it isn’t a SuperBeetle!

Nice work, though. 15k large? Maybe.

Wed Aug 13, 2025 9:17 am

Almost as big a creepy factor as a white panel van...

Wed Aug 13, 2025 12:16 pm

TVR

Some weird JDM Toyota 4x4 diesel minivan

Sun Aug 17, 2025 3:09 pm