"North Central" spotters thread

Yes sir.

 

Spotted a black aerial atom on I-196.

 

Some of my best photos in a while
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Yes they are . Meadowbrook ?

 

partially. We spent about 40 minutes there before driving down to Stony Creek metropark. Finished up around 1:20pm...

 

Awesome shots Isaac. Your photography is breath-taking.

Chris

 

Saw a gold 612 in Windsor, ON Friday afternoon, along Riverside drive. It is the 3rd time I've seen it over there.

 

Red F430 spider w/ challenge grill in Brighton. Looked like a Football player

 

If you are ever in the small city of Allen Park(my home-town ), make sure you drive past the Detroit Lions practice facility. I have driven by there on several occasions and found Phantom's, Arnage's, an Exige, etc. This was only in the 2 times I have driven past, I am sure there are bigger and better cars to be found too.

Out to lunch at Buddy's Pizza on Michigan Avenue in Dearborn and saw a new Lincoln MKT, 2010 Camaro SS(2 of them actually), and my highlight was a White with Blue stripes 2010 Ford Mustang GT500. What a mean looking car. And the sound is incredible. I saw a Gulf Blue with Orange stripes one roaming around in Trenton last month.

Lastly, if you ever happen to drive by Dearborn Orthopedics, take a look around back. I have been there on several occasions and found a 612 Scaglietti, 550 Maranello, Aston Martin Vantage, and an old Volante. Not sure if these are all one doctors cars. All I have seen are Ferrari or Aston Martin. Great cars though.

Chris

 

Bet the Exige belonged to a kicker!

Anways, this past weekend there were some Ferraris around Birmingham, but the most unique spot was a Tech Art GTStreetR with Florida plates valeted at Somerset. Pic soon to come.

 

Lol Does Somerset really generate exotics? I have never seen one there. Are they usually parked in one spot? Or do you just have to search the isle's?

Chris

 

Over the years, Somerset has been one of the best places to see exotics. The most noteworthy cars I've seen are an Enzo on multiple occasions, MC12, 8C, Fisker Tramonto, LP540, etc. They're always valet parked under the Skywalk in front of J Alexander's / Capital Grille.

 

Wow. I didnt even know 3 out of 4 of those cars resided in Michigan. Minus the Enzo of course. How are the valet with taking pictures and that? Also, where are the best places to spot in Birmingham? Anywhere in particular?

Thanks!
Chris

 

The valets don't seem to mind, but I still like to take pics as quick as I can. Pretty much anywhere in downtown Birmingham is good. My favorites places would be Mitchell's, Chen Chow, the Townsend, all of Old Woodward, etc. As long as you go when the weather is nice on a Friday, Saturday, or even Thursday, you'll be guaranteed to see something nice. Fish in a barrel! But Ocean Prime is still king for me.

Tonight there were a lot of Bentleys out, as well as a red 360 Spider with Challenge grille at Ocean Prime, black Maserati Gran Turismo on the south side of Somerset, and a dark gray F430 Spider at a restaurant on Old Woodward, I believe the address is 442. Oh yeah, and a Lotus Super Seven on 14 Mile and Woodward.

 

check out this sweet spot. Okay, it was in Cali, but whatever.
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Pretty good day today

Yellow Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano on Old Woodward
Red Ferrari F430 Spider on Main Street in Rochester
Black Ferrari F430 on Old Woodward
Dark Gray Maserati Gran Turismo on Woodward
Blue Corvette ZR1 leaving Somerset
Aston Martin V8 Vantages and Bentleys scattered around

 

Spotted a 288 GTO near Westfield parked in a jewelry store parking lot with a pair of 599s and a couple of others. I almost fainted. The 288 GTO is such a beautiful car.

 

I'm not sure if any of you went to the Downriver Cruise today, but it was a great day. I spent the day from around 8AM to 6PM up there. No true "exotics", but there were definatley some decent cars. Even a few Ferrari's were out!

-Rosso Corsa/Tan Ferrari 512TR(Why do I have a funny feeling this belongs to someone on here? Had the license plates "FORZA 1".)
-Nero/Nero Ferrari 512TR
-Nero Daytona/Tan Ferrari 360 Modena
-Nero/Black Ferrari 355 Spider

Other highlights include a White/Black Ford GT with blacked out tail-lights and stripes along with the rims. Liscense plate "GT GUY."

Btw, "LATRLGS", I hope that wasnt you in the Orange Elise that got pulled over in front of me by the Michigan State Trooper.

Chris

 

Last night I saw an orange Lamborghini LP640 on Woodward

Tonight:
Black Aston Martin DB9 on Maple
Blue Aston Martin V8 Vantage from Montana at Somerset
Blue/White Ford GT parked by itself on Old Woodward
Black Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano on Big Beaver going toward Somerset
Silver Maybach which I saw this morning at the Radisson, and then saw tonight on Long Lake and Woodward. The car had a Kid Rock novelty plate on the front, I thought it might be Kid Rock's car, but he doesn't seem like the type that would buy a foreign car.
The spot of the evening was a silver Saleen S7 driving down Woodward, and then later was parked at Northern Lakes Seafood Co. This was an amazing car to see in person, internet pictures really don't capture the true presence of this machine.

 

saw a white countach in saint clair shores tonight.

 

Wow. I did my rounds through Birmingham/Big Beaver 3 times and didn't see anything except for a Ford GT on Woodward that got pulled over and a new Bentley Azure at Cameron's.

Friday night there was a yellow F355 GTS by Hunter House.

 

I talked with the owner of the orange lp640 at autozone. He didn't have it there, but I told him to bring it by one saturday. He is a good guy.

 

Does he own any other exotics?

 

Finally got the picture off-loaded to the computer. I have seen the Nero F355 Spider at least 4 or 5 times throughout the Downriver area. That 512TR's plates sound really familiar too..

Anyone know these Ferrari's?

Chris
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Blue R8 V10 at Square Lake/75. Was stuck on the other side of the median in traffic. Turned around ASAP, but wasn't sure where it went. Would have been nice to compare V8 to V10.

Probably was a manufacturer car.

BTW, whose Enzo? Didn't know there was more than one around these parts.