Spotters Thread

Red F430 spyder in S.F. at fisherman's warf around 2. Was putting on an engine noise show for the tourists as he went past pier 39. I overheard someone next to me say 'What is that?' and his friend say 'I've no idea'. heh.

Also saw a blue Elise at The Cliff House in S.F. a few hours later.

 

Red F430 with Ferrari of SF plates on it. It was outside of the Roclin Mercedes Service Center.

 

Rosso Rubino 360 Spyder on Saratoga Ave and Prospect about 4PM. Too quiet, could barely hear the car.

 

so i guess there was something big going on in healdsburg or maybe it was just a great day to drive around, but i saw a red 575 at the hotel healdsburg, a yellow 348 spider, a red 360 and a red 355 spider in a matter of about 10 minutes. anyone know anything about what was goin on?

 

Actually, I only stop driving when I need to run inside to add to the spotter's thread...then back behind the wheel as fast as possible.

The F430 in front of me was my brother in his 360 (for some reason it's frequently spotted as a 430...the mistake doesn't seem to bother my brother!) I can go one worse though...I pulled into a Chevy dealer once and the sales guy thought my car was the new Mustang. Ouch.

 

Sunday afternoon, spotted a beautiful red Ferrari F50 on De Anza Blvd trying to back onto the highway. What a sight.

 

Got onto the freeway (highway 99, Modesto) yesterday afternoon, heading north, saw a brand new (no plates) Maserati Quattroport in front of me. Tried for about a mile to pull up next to him (in my Modena) and say hi, but for some strange reason, it was all he could do to prevent that from happening. He finally saw an opening and took off. Have no idea what's up with that.

 

hahaha,
i never got a clean visual but it has something to do with the rear glass, thats what made me think of the 430. i was sitting passenger at the time as the A8 is the wifes car.

when i was turning into the shoping center on friday afternoon off eldorado blvd. i spotted you going by, i stopped for gas then onto silva via the theaters. from there it went down hill, i had a new deputy in his last days of training get all worked up over the noise level of the exhaust. he pulled me over strictly based on how loud the car was, i politly noted to thim that there wasn't anything i could do about it and he agreed but it gave him a reson to stop me and look for a reason to ticket me. which he did, for lack of prrof of insurance. and it was written as a fix it ticket. i had my insurance but it was in the glove and on the mondi the glove wont open unless you start the car and with the newbie being trigger happy and nervous i wasn't about to start the car on him.

i'll have take the time to do a write up on the stop as it was very entertaining and took 30mins. in the end i had my nieghbor swat guy sign off on the ticket and he was amused by the incedent also.

 

Thanx for the spot at Blue Ravine last monday. We need to see you more in your beaut of a 328. I'll be going down to my office in Silicon Valley tues-thurs w/ the Mondi. 49er Charity golf weds at Coyote Creek. No doubt I'll see a number of the Fchat cars along the way.

 

4/30/06 Westbound on Castro Valley Blvd. and northbound Crow Canyon Rd. in Castro Valley - silver 250GT Calif spider. Looked spectacular. Looked genuine. Just...WOW!!! Didn't have time to catch up and bug the guy...

5/1/06 Southbound on Sand Hill Rd., Menlo Park - followed a silver 612 from 280 all the way down to Stanford campus.

 

I have a dumb question: what does it mean when someone says "I had an officer sign off on a ticket"? I presume it gets rid of the ticket, but how does it work? Do they just find it in the files at the station and tear it up? Or, do they actually sign something? I might need to know someday (I would like to be prepared just in case).

 

not usre as it's a first for me. on the back of the ticket is a plce for the officer to sign and put his info. beyond that i assume i mail the ticket back to the court.

 

When someone violates a "non-moving" offense of the CA. Veh. code: i.e. loud exhaust, no front plate, tinted front windows, not carrying proof of insurance, or anything that can be "fixed" or corrected, then the officer has the discretion to write a "fix-it" ticket which is merely a regular ticket with the box checked off next to the violation cited that usually reads "correctable". When this happens, then whoever is receiving the ticket can show proof of the correction to any other officer and ask him/her to "sign it off" or verify that the correction has been made. All you need to do after that is send the ticket to the local traffic court, usually with a $12 processing fee and the violation is taken care of. If you get a cool officer that is more concerned with if someone is or is not going to take hostages and commit multiple random acts of murder (like a SWAT cop), then they sometimes sign it off without you actually "fixing" anything outside of a large mocha frappucino.

Hope that helps.

And finally, to keep this in line with the thread: Red TR Friday 4-28 in SF North Beach

 

Just got home from having dinner in Burlingame. Spotted a few exotics on the way there.

Saw a red/tan 360 spider on 280N near San Bruno.

Then when I got to downtown Burlingame, I saw a red F430 and red Diablo both parked on Burlingame Ave.

After 10 minutes I saw a red 360 spider drive by Straits Cafe.

Craziness!

 

6:35 PM, Fair Oaks Ave. and Morse, by Loehmann's Plaza in Sacramento - Silver Carrera GT! First one I've ever seen not in an auto show.

LOVELY sound - any chance the owner wants to trade for my Elise?

Orrie

 

I've seen that Silver CGT here and there as well. Looks sweet in person. Pics don't do the car justice.

SPOTTED! TODAY
White Ford GT with Blue stripes cruising down Macaroni Blvd

 

Saw it last week at Jesuit HS; I was in a small car show going on for the students and somefriends and I had out Ferraris there. Some great cars.

 

Thanks for the info on "signing off" on a fix-it ticket...hopefully I won't need it.

White Bentley Flying Spur on El Dorado Hills Blvd today.

 

The day before yesterday, I pulled up to a red F355 spider traveling west along Stoneridge Blvd. in Pleasanton. Two gorgeous honies (looked like mom and daughter) honked, smiled and waved. Cool!

 

5/2: 7-8:30pm while having dinner, curbside were:

Red 360 spyder -top down
silver 360
blue Mondi Cabrio- top down (OK, so it was mine- ha)

many overheard positive comments about the extra seats in the Mondi- yes!

 

Hello neighbor! Lodi here...

 

Spotted!!!

Ford GT that was Blue with White Stripes. Going down White Rock Road in El Dorado Hills today. (He was going fast, he needs to slow down a bit. (J/K) I tried to keep up. Not going to happen in my friends Honda Though.

 

Hey you're gonna get me busted, my wife reads the forum too you know!

Seriously, did it really seem like I was driving fast? I thought I was just going normal speed...the last thing I need is a bad reputation in my home town (lived here 39 years). Actually a bad rep anywhere isn't a good thing now that I think about it...I try to stay off the gas if there's anyone in sight or earshot.

 

Hey Ernie, were you also on Tiburon today? My girlfriend and I spotted a blue GT with white stripes as we were heading down to Guaymas.

 

Nah, I was just kiddin around... Your car is LOUD though. There were actually quite a few cars though. We were behind that mini van that looked like it was tailing you...

Also, were you stretching out the gears?? That think sounded like a monster.