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finster
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 Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2025 6:14 am Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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^ ooh, harsh! 
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 
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2025 8:00 am Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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| finster wrote: |
^ ooh, harsh!
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
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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.
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finster
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2025 12:23 pm Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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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
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Who.Me?
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2025 1:36 pm Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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| my brother in law has a new alpine ... and it has to keep going back to the dealer to get fixed |
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.
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finster
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| Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2025 2:54 am Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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^ struth the guff is strong on that website! rac(h)er?
I did glimpse a new renault 5 ev on the road the other week, it looked good but...a renault and an ev 
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| Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2025 1:49 am Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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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.
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Shonandb 
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2025 4:15 pm Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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Stopped to pick up some blueberries and cherries after paddleboarding today and this beauty pulled up next to us.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2025 7:36 pm Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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Stopped to pick up some blueberries and cherries after paddleboarding today and this beauty pulled up next to us.
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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 
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Shonandb
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2025 10:01 pm Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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| Xevin wrote: |
| Shonandb wrote: |
Stopped to pick up some blueberries and cherries after paddleboarding today and this beauty pulled up next to us.
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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.
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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.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 3:45 am Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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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.
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Triumph TR7 with V8 engine = Triumph TR8.
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air_cooled75
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2025 12:40 pm Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2025 6:01 am Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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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.
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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.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2025 7:12 am Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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Seen at our Volksfest Saturday in Columbus Ohio.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2025 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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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!!!
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2025 1:23 am Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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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!!!
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Too bad it isn’t a SuperBeetle!
Nice work, though. 15k large? Maybe.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2025 9:17 am Post subject: Re: What out of the ordinary cars did you see today |
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Almost as big a creepy factor as a white panel van...
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TVR
Some weird JDM Toyota 4x4 diesel minivan
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