Atlanta Spotters Thread

Saturday spots,

1. Ferrari 355 spider in red at Bluepointe
2. Ferrari F430 spider in black at Lenox valet
3. Ferrari 360 spider in red on West Paces Ferry

With most of the local gas stations out of fuel, it was nice to view three exotics.
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Hi Doug, The Morgan was parked in front of the restaurant 'Beluga' on Piedmont near 'Fogo de Chao'.

 

I saw the same gray 430 on friday night driving around in Buckhead, and my friend saw Bow Wow inside Lenox at around 7 p.m., also on Friday

 

Today was awesome!

Started with this
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Then this
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Then this was a treat...Usher driving his Carrera GT around Buckhead. I first saw him as I was turning from Peachtree (facing south) onto Piedmont. He turned from Piedmont and took off. I made an immediate U turn and saw him turning into Intercontinental, where I assumed he would park as we have seen it there several times. I was wrong, he just turned into there to make a U turn himself and head South on Peachtree. I followed him from there to the stop light at West Paces where I gave him the thumbs up and the "Nice car". This is where I took the picture in my rear view mirror in which you can make out that it's him. There were several other people that were stopped around him that were going nuts, there was a car of teenage girls in a Mini Cooper that I thought were going to overturn the car because they were going so crazy. He then turned into one of the side roads beside the ESPN zone and I figured he was gone. I kept making the rounds and eventually found where he was headed, Chops. I snapped a few pics of it there as well as the DB9 that was parked right in front of it and called it a day.
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...also saw a GT-R stopped at the light at Piedmont and Peachtree whilst U turning to go see Usher but didn't really care.

 

The night I found this car at "Houstons" I never thought it would be (Usher). Great job of identifying him!
I almost had a photo taken by ZonderF at Piedmont and Peachtree today. Usher stood in the way of us meeting.
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Wait, that was you in the GT-R? I did try to find you after chasing Usher for a while, but didn't have any luck. Awesome car though, I'd love to see it up close one day.

 

I wonder how common GT-Rs are going to get? Yesterday, while we were waiting outside Norman's Landing in Cumming for more of "our gang" to arrive, we saw one make a u-ey on GA-141. (A few other interesting cars went by as well, including my boss in his '87 Porsche 930! He came by later with his family in his Turbo Beetle to take a look at our group, though by then most of the cars had already left.)

 

I was at FOA today and saw that 599. I asked Mark about the color and it's an anniversary color that was made to match an old 275 color. I thought it looked nice, but I'm not sure it would have been my first choice. There are going to be two from FOA, one here and one in Florida.

 

Has anyone seen or taken pics of the 355 Challenge at FOA?

 

Just one from today

I've seen a few exotics in this same parking spot but this Phantom is the only one that has had a handicapped sticker.
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We've seen it... if I had to guess I'd say it hasn't been raced in a while as it still has "Speedvision" stickers on it

 

My pictures came out pretty terrible but here's an R8 that was at Blue Pointe tonight
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I shot these last weekend
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Sightings from the last week...

Thursday, September 11
- silver Maybach 57 on Texas plates in valet at Lenox Mall.
- black Rolls-Royce Phantom on Texas plates on Peachtree between Lenox and Piedmont.

Friday, September 12
- red Ferrari F430 in valet at Lenox Mall.

Saturday, September 13
- black Bentley Arnage in valet at Phipps Plaza.
- gray Dodge Viper GTS at Terminus valet.
- red Ferrari F355 Spider at BluePointe belonging to a certain forum member who decidedly did not register in Colorado!
- black Ferrari F430 Spider in valet at Phipps Plaza.
- white Ferrari Mondial cabriolet being driven on Peachtree heading towards Piedmont.
- black Rolls-Royce Phantom on Florida plate "BERTHA-2" in valet at the Intercontinental.

Sunday, September 14
- white Lamborghini Gallardo in valet at Phipps Plaza.
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This is me driving a Aston Martin Vantage convertible, following a new Maserati:
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I had a treat today to view the new 638 bhp Corvette ZR1. The price was at $165,000 dollars. Also today was a red Ferrari 355 spider with N. Carolina tags.
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Where is the ZR-1 at?

 

holy goodness! I wanna see the ZR1...dealership please!

 

BUSTED!!!!!!

I couldn't give in to the evil forces.....HAHAHAHA. You have to admit though, that plate looks pretty friggin' cool on that car!

 

Thanks a bunch. Obviously I'm biased, but I absolutely love the 355 Challenge cars.

 

Two from today, a 355 spyder off of Roswell Rd and a different Maybach 57s at Terminus with aftermarket wheels. It was there all day like the white one usually is so I wonder if the owner has two of them.
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I do like that plate - Montana has a ton of interesting ones. And it's so cheap and easy to register there, it's just a smart play to do so. Will you register each of your vehicles there, or just the 355?

It's an interesting question. Normally I'd say no, because the white one is on Georgia plates while the black one is on Florida plates, but I think they are owned by the same person, simply because I have seen both cars dozens of times, but never once in the same place. And (as you point out) given the frequency one or the other is at Terminus, sheer coincidence would have them running into each other once in awhile.

My 1,000th F-chat post will be dedicated to a very cool spot for me: a black Rolls-Royce Phantom spotted today at Lenox Mall's valet, made much more interesting by the fact that it's on Arkansas plates - the first exotic I've ever seen from Arkansas. That means I've now seen an exotic car from 26 different states - a majority!
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That particular car is an Evans 486 or 386, I'm not sure which. I spotted it in Chamblee one day and scowered the internet trying to figure out what the heck it was. I finnally found it on ************* I think. They were made here in Atlanta. I'm not sure if more than two exist. It has a tubular space frame construction, corvette V8, and carbon fibre body so it's definately not a kit car.

 

All of them....and I got a different plate for each one!!!

 

You're my hero - registering out of state to save money and then paying extra for special plates.

I must admit, it's hard for me to pick my favorite Montana plate, but it comes down to either the Horse Sanctuary design with the fish-colored horse, the Teepee Capital of the World one, or the famous "Call Before You Dig" plate with the shovel-wielding chipmunk. Gotta love Montana.

Spots from yesterday evening:
- Dark blue Aston-Martin DB7 Vantage Volante at Chops valet.
- Black Aston-Martin V8 Vantage Roadster at Chops valet.
- White Bentley Arnage at Corner Cafe on Piedmont.
- Silver Dodge Viper SRT-10 on California plates at Lenox Mall valet.
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