Ferrari Sightings

Today, April 13th, saw a blue with white stripes SRT Viper heading west on US 64/US 264 between I-540 and I-440 at about 8:30 this morning.

 

Saw my first Miura today in Mooresville, going the opposite direction. I never realized how small of a car the Miura is.

Absolutely stunning cars.

 

This orange one? It was returning home from today's Cars and Cappuccino event in the Southpark area.
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Yep!

First one ever seeing in the wild. Very beautiful cars

 

Always great to see a 1.5+++++ million dollar car on the road. That is a special car awesome in person very nice owner.

 

I love that it comes to (seems like) every show in the area. Very generous and always a treat to see. My kids always ask if the "car with the eyelashes" will be there.

 

Silver Cadillac ATS-V today in Cotswold. First one I've seen on the road.

 

Image Unavailable, Please Login Koenigsegg One:1 in Greenville, South Carolina. It is inside for obvious security reasons.

 

WoW - would love to see one of those in person.

 

Holy moly! I think you won the Internet today (if anyone still says that). Where was it located at?

And speaking of insanely low volume cars, a couple of my friends saw a Pagani Huayra in Charleston, SC about a week and a half ago. It was the one known as 'The King'.

 

Whoa

 

The One:1 was at Michelin US Headquarters. They were testing the tires on the test track, as they had to develop new ones for the car.

The Huayra is down in Charleston because the owner has a house down there.

 

I don't think I can top the One:1, but I've caught a few notable cars lately....

Saturday, Apr 16th, in Charlotte:

-Started out with a bang, with my first spotting of the day going to a blue Ferrari 488 GTB at about 12:30. First 488 I've seen on the streets. I first saw it turn off of Colony Rd onto Roxborough Rd, then found it parked at Dick's Sporting Goods at the Southpark Mall a couple minutes later. I believe it was the one from QCDC.
-Next up was a grey Mercedes-AMG GT S behind Dean & Deluca at Phillips Place at 12:45.
-Just a couple minutes later, I found another Mercedes-AMG GT S, this one a white Edition 1 model that I have seen around that area a couple times. It was in the valet at the Southpark Mall next to a SC-plated blacked out Aston Martin V12 Vantage S.
-After I wrapped up some obligations, I decided to drive back through the Dick's Sporting Goods parking lot at the mall, just in case the 488 was still there. It wasn't, but a brand new orange Porsche 911 GT3 RS was pulling into the lot at that moment (about 4:00). It was the first new GT3 RS I have seen in person, so obviously I drove over to check it out. Owner was a nice gentleman who said he had a 991 Carrera (GTS I think) in addition to his GT3 RS, which only had about 80 miles.
-White Maserati GranTurismo MC [2014 refresh] at Dean & Deluca Phillips Place at about 4:20 right near where the AMG GT S was parked earlier.
-Black Aston Martin DB9 Volante on Barclay Downs Dr at Morrison Blvd at 4:45 or so.
-Grey Audi R8 V10 on Fairview Rd near Ben & Jerry's at like 5:00.
-Blue Ferrari 360 Spyder (same one I saw a couple weeks ago) driving around at the Southpark Mall at like 5:15.
-Black Aston Martin V8 Vantage at Phillips Place at about 5:30. Hadn't seen this one before, but it looked like it sure got driven a lot, which is a plus in my book.
-Grey Ford Mustang Shelby GT 350 (possible a very rare R, looked like it had the bigger wing) on Fairview Rd in front of Whole Foods at like 7:00.
-Black Tesla Roadster at Treehouse in Southpark at 7:30. I've seen this one around a few times.
-Matte grey Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder (possibly a Performante, but I didn't get a good look at it) heading north on Tryon S right near Camden Rd at about 8:00. I think it had a SC plate.
-Blue BMW i8 at Camden Rd and Tryon St a minute or so later.

Thursday, Apr 21st, in Raleigh/Cary:

-White Audi R8 V10 on Louis Stephens Dr at Morrisville Pkwy at like 6:30. Had a nice set of aftermarket wheels...not sure if they were ADV.1s, HREs, or what, but they looked great.
-White BMW i8 parked on Morgan St right near the Hillsborough St roundabout at 7:45.
-Grey Audi R8 V10 Spyder [2014 refresh] parked on St. Mary's St at Morgan St a couple minutes later. I've seen this one before.

Monday, Apr 25th, in Huntersville:

-Dark red Porsche Cayman GT4 at the Whole Foods plaza on NC 73 at 2:00.

Thursday, Apr 28th, in Raleigh:

-Silver Fisker Karma heading north on Glenwood at Hillsborough St at 12:15 or so. Had a Michigan plate.
-Black Aston Martin DB7 Volante heading south on Glenwood at like 2:00. First DB7 I've ever seen.
-White Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Spyder on Salisbury St near the Wells Fargo building at 2:40. It had a couple parking tickets at the bottom of the windshield.

Tuesday, May 3rd, in Cary:

-Grey Porsche 997 GT3 parked near Marshall's at Crossroads Plaza at 2:30 or so. Same one I've seen around like eight times now.

Throw in a ton of other Maseratis, a few Bentleys, Polaris Slingshots, and a Rolls-Royce or two over the past couple weeks as well. I'm probably forgetting some cars but those were the highlights.
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Nick. I think that TdF 488 belongs to Queen City rentals in CLT. It was at Pinehurst last Saturday.

 

Yes, I think you're right. I saw one that looked just like at the Motori Italiani show in Charlotte last month.

 

Yes it was. The founder of Koenigsegg was there as well as Jay Leno.

 

Not a whole lot out lately until this afternoon, which was absolutely bonkers.

Monday, May 9th:
-Very dark blue Aston Martin DB9 at Biggs Camera on Kings Dr in Charlotte at about 10:15 am.
-White Mercedes-Maybach S600 in front of the Hyatt House on Trade St in Charlotte at about 12:30.

Thursday, May 12th:
-Blue Porsche Cayman GT4 at the urgent care office in Ballantyne outside of the Ballantyne Commons East shopping center.

Saturday, May 14th:
-Blacked out Bentley Azure on Jetton Rd at Catawba Rd in Cornelius at about 8:30 or so. Saw it right as I was turning into C&C.
-Red Lamborghini Huracan LP580-2 at Stein Mart in Cornelius at about 9:30 am. It had been at Cars & Coffee earlier that morning.
-Silver Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster on Tennessee plates at The Fresh Market in Cornelius at about 11:00.

Sunday, May 15th; all of the cars in the first part below occurred between exit 60 and 87 on I-85 from about 3:45 to about 4:30. Each car was part of the Gold Rush Rally that is going on tonight outside of the Charlotte Motor Speedway. I was headed north on I-85; The cars were headed south.
-The first car that caught my attention was a wrapped F12 stuck in traffic around exit 60 at about 3:45. There might have been some other stuff before that, but northbound traffic was too ridiculous for me to look over there very often. Can't remember the exact order, but I remember most of the cars. The F12 was eventually followed by three or four Aventadors, three or four Huracans (including one adorned with a bunch of GoPro cameras), an i8, two 12Cs (one of which had to have been doing at least 100 mph down I-85), two 650Ss, at least two 488 GTBs, two or three 458 Italias (couldn't tell if one was a 488 or 458), another F12, at least three new 991 GT3 RSs, a "regular" 991 GT3, a Cayman GT4, a Mustang Shelby GT350R, two or three GT-Rs, an SLS AMG Black Series, a C63 AMG Black Series, and probably one or two cars that have escaped my memory at the moment.
-Also saw a white Audi R8 V10 among the rash of Gold Rush Rally cars. The R8 didn't have any stickers, wraps, or GoPros, so I'm not sure if it happened to be passing through at random or was part of the rally.
-Caught a glimpse of a red Ferrari F430 Spider heading in the opposite direction from me on I-40 W/I-85 S east of Greensboro somewhere near Burlington. It was about 5:00 when I saw that.
-Silver Aston Martin V8 Vantage on I-40 near NC 54 east of Cary. Saw that at about 7:00. I think it might have been the same one I've seen in Cary once before. If it was, I've also seen the driver in a black and orange 997 Porsche 911 GT3.

 

Saw a light blue 458 on 321 today heading the opposite direction as me, while a new Viper was doing a WOT pull in front of me.

 

Saw a Tesla Model X parked at Earth Fare in Southpark this morning.

 

What'd ya think of it? I've seen a couple while driving around DFW. I like the sedan. Think it looks cool. The SUV, to me, is kind of clunky looking. Not a fan...T

 

Today, in Cary, saw a black Nissan GT-R heading east on US 64 near Laura Duncan Dr at about 12:20. Then, about an hour later, I caught sight of a Alfa Romeo 4C heading west on US 64 right at the US 1 interchange.

 

If I'm being honest I'm not a fan of the styling. I agree the sedan is cool. Very cool. But I doubt there will ever be Model X in my driveway.

 

Yeah, I'm not sure I've run into anyone who seems to like the X styling...T

 

The new Maserati SUV in Greenville, SC

 

Silver 911 GT3 RS in Southpark yesterday afternoon.