Ferraris seen on the road.

Picked up my car on Saturday from Fullbridge Restoration.
They had:
a Rossa 246GTS - undergoing a fair bit of cosmetic surgery from the door pillars forward.
a Rossa 575 - not sure what that was in for as it looked mint
a Rossa 348 - this car was rear-ended into a ditch at the beginning of the year. The new owners insurance didn't start until midnight that day & so was uninsured. The whole engine subframe was a mess. The owner is getting it repaired in steps as the money becomes available

Plus numerous Jags mainly e-type barn finds being restored/rebuilt

 

Went to the Spitfire Anniversary Airshow at Duxford today. I saw one Ferrari - a Black Enzo EU05 xxx driven by a young-ish Indian/Sri-Lankan (?) couple. It was parked up at the airshow but I saw it as I left being driven.

I cannot honestly say it sounded impressive - it was leaving as 8 Spitfires with 37 litre Merlin engines were doing their bit! The earlier Tornado GR4 was awesome - there was some talk that it had been fitted with a Tubi

 

Some of my sister's spottings, she is in London for the semester. I'm going to keep a high-res gallery regularly updated at
http://webby.dkmhosting.com/london
Just 6 pics now but as she sends me pictures there will be a ton.
These ones aren't as good quality because she saw the speedster and rolls while on a tour so didn't really have time to stop, and the F430 was driving by.

Porsche 997, Opel Speedster, Ferrari F430, Rolls Royce Silver Wraith
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Don't want to be a complete pedant but in England the opel's a Vauxhall Vx220

 

Are they the same car, just different names in different places? Or are they different cars? I didn't even know the Vx220 existed but it looks a little different. I just assumed it was a Speedster because that's the only thing I knew that looked like that
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Although like I said, she didn't have time to take good pictures so they are a little blurry

 

Pretty much the same car, Opel is Vauxhall in the UK.....all part of GM

 

Anyone cruising around park lane sunday afternoon/evening? Saw a load of Rossa F430's, 360 spyder, Silver 612 Scaglietti, Black F355 oh and that orange souped-up TT

 

Not all ferrari's but worth a shout

All in 1 day, on work experience in n around Cardiff

orange gallardo, P-reg crusin with a black continental gt and a dark blue db9 volante
rosso f430 spider, reg ,9 FLY and a gold V8 vantage in a small buisness park
2x dark blue 360, 1 coupe. 1 spider, 2006 bentley arnage, bentley flying spur
silver quattroporte, gold 612, and what im pretty sure was a yellow audi RS4.

How lucky can i get, especially in Cardiff.

 

Another 550 in Billericay at Waitrose yesterday S50 **M silver with red leather....

PS .. always nice to park in the family part of the car park getting those frowning stares from people until they see you get your child out of the babyseat once parked up...he he he ...I don't think I'll ever grow up...

 

Webby, your Sis WILL send you thousands of photo's if she's sending pics of 911's in London. They're very very popular over here. In fact, earlier on this year, I was cycling to work and stopped at a red light. There was 6 cars at the lights....5 911's and I think the other was a Boxster. Seriously, they're are rediculously common in London.

As for the VX220/Speedster, although they're rare in the US, they're pretty popular here and, IMO, not considered a rare spot.

Nice pics though.

All the best
Jamie

 

Red R plate 355 on the roundabout where the A3 meets the M25, Sunday morning c8.20am.

 

I've seen that Silver 550 in Billericay many times.

 

SAw many Ferrrais on Saturday in that area. One that stood out was a Creamy/White 612 Spaghetti with Dubai plates.

 

I don't mind getting thousands of 911s and vx220s in the email But I'll keep that in mind when I share with you guys. Thanks
Also, can you guys tell me where some good places to look for cars are in London?

 

Park Lane/Mayfair, The Dorchester Hotel on Park Lane.
(currently an orange Veyron parked outside)

 

My 1000th post on Fchat and hopefully it'll be a useful one

-Park Lane - nice hotels, top end dealerships, plenty of cars driving past
-Mayfair (W1) - plenty of embassies, dealerships, exotics on the road
-Knightsbridge
-Kensington
-Sloane Street - most expensive shops in London, plenty of exotica
-Wandsworth - Joe Macari and other top dealerships, always something nice
-Piccadilly Circus
-Holland Park
-Maida Vale (Warwick Ave tube station) - nice houses around this area

Just to give an idea of what is around I have added a list of roughly what I saw during an overnight stay in London a few weeks back. There are plenty of Middle Eastern owned exotics in town at the moment including Veyrons, Lambos, Ferraris and pretty much any new model supercar you would care to describe.

-Black Gallardo (LJ04***) and TDF 360 Spider (**02FUN) in Parliament Square

-Grey 575M (GO**BLO) and Red 355 on a T reg at Buckingham Palace

-In and around Sloane Street/Knightsbridge on Saturday night; Black 612, Red 355 Spider, another Black 612 on German plates, Red 360 Spider (OOO*), 04 plate Red 575M, 05 plate Red 430 Spider. Also a Black Porsche 997 Turbo on Bahrain plates and a white DB9.

-Black 430 Spider and Red 355 at Piccadilly Circus.

-Orange Diablo VT at East India Docks, Docklands.

-Sloane Street: Red 430 (UK**RED), Red 360 Spider (LJ04***), Black 360 and a stunningly loud Green Aston Martin Vanquish!

-Red 430 Spider, Mayfair

-Black Murcielago

That is just 24 hours worth of wandering around and we only spent perhaps 6 hours outside

There are plenty of interesting dealerships with real top end exotics hidden away around London - just PM me for more info.

I will be in London again in October with camera at the ready and hopefully I can add a few pictures to this thread.

Cheers
Ben

 

Johnny5's??


Spotted an S plate 355, Rosso/Crema parked on a driveway in Richmond. Seen it there a couple of times recently (so not quite 'seen on the road').

Jamie

 

It was indeed Jonny's VT. I posted up on Club Scuderia and it eventually transpired that the Lambo was his. There is another almost identical orange 6.0 VT Diablo that can often be seen around Docklands. That is owned by a guy called Tony, also a poster on Pistonheads!

I will be in London in a few weeks with work so hopefully I can spot a stack of Ferraris

 

I'm in London every day!

 

Saw this old friend yesterday, dropping a guy off at Liverpool Street, Station.
He gave it some beans as he pulled away - still sounds good...


Also a LHD Silver 360 - Billericay High Street this evening.
Sounded very subdued.

 

It snapped these "grab shots" just off Park Lane in London on Wednesday, September 6. Sorry about the quality, but the car seemed to have a pearlescent paint job and I though that justified the posting. The car had an Arabic number plate.

Cheers, MARK
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Blurrrrrry...
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Rare sighting of a 512TR in Bradford late this afternoon.

 

Would anyone know the roaming grounds of any London based F40? Its been my favourite car since I've been 6 and I'm just oh so longing to hear its voice, to glimpse that crazy tail... It seems I'm seeing all the supercars except the F40 in London - Enzo, Zonda, Veyron, LP640... just not that beast on wheels

 

My sister has been doing well! I plan to go to London next fall, and I CAN'T WAIT!
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