Rarest car you seen - on Irish roads.

Kersh

Well, what is the rarest car you have seen on the road - not on the news or in a pic, but actually on the road. This doesnt include the Enzo at the Park 2 years ago either. Or anything in the UK/europe/states etc.
For me its gotta be a RR Phantom, in Ballsbridge. Or perhaps a ferrari 288gto a few years back in Dublin (irvines maybe).

jozi

I think maybe a delorian.

Cant really think of anything else at the min. Everything ive seen that was expensive/fast/nice i have seen more than once.

There's RR at citywest, that about the only big RR ive ever seen

leeroybrown

A 2005 Lamborghini Murcielago in Galway a couple of weeks ago.

Kersh

I was going to put in a delorean, but ive seen 4 of em, so i reckon a phantom, well dome leeroy, ive not seena murcielago yet. or an eb110.

hawkmoon269

Ferrari F40

Lamborghini Diablo (in a garage in Monkstown)

Lamborghini Countach

Bentley Continental

Aston Martin Virage

Porsche 911 flat nose convertible

Renault Alpine

Bristol

top that list:)

lomb

damon hills yellow lamborghini diablo off moore street with the wheels spinning.
the rolls in citywest, loads of ferrari 360s. aston martin db9s, bentley coupes etc.
all the 'real' cars are usually seen in casino square, monte carlo;)

lomb

hawkmoon269 wrote:

Ferrari F40

nice...

junkyard

I got a spin in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang up and down the duel carriageway out of Cork about 12 or 15 years ago, I'd say thats as rare as it gets. Even though there were 4 or 5 cars built for the film there's only one on the road.
It was brilliant the man who owns/drives it was cursing the roads back then too.:D

hawkmoon269

two more I just thought of

BMW Z1

http://www.bmwz1.co.uk/


Marcos Mantara

http://www.beckfordcars.com/carlists/classic/default_5.html

mike65

I saw a Ferrari F50 on, of all places the road between Kilkenny and Urlingford years ago.

Mike.

lomb

also seen several steam cars, jimmy boland owns a few. dont think anything improves ur street cred more than a stanley steamer:D

Litcagral

jozi wrote:

I think maybe a delorian.

A DeLorean used to be parked daily in the Dublin fruit market early in the morning usually in Little Britain street. I don't know if it's still there as i don't be in regularly now.

lomb

Litcagral wrote:

A DeLorean used to be parked daily in the Dublin fruit market early in the morning usually in Little Britain street. I don't know if it's still there as i don't be in regularly now.

it sure is, i saw it the other day:)

AJ!

Saw a blue italian registered Ferrari F430 in Donnybrook earlier this year and a black 04 D Gallardo on the Grange Road in Rathfarnham but the rarest i've seen on the road is the Carrera GT that Des Cullen had for sale last year.

Abelloid

junkyard wrote:

I got a spin in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang up and down the duel carriageway out of Cork about 12 or 15 years ago, I'd say thats as rare as it gets. Even though there were 4 or 5 cars built for the film there's only one on the road.
It was brilliant the man who owns/drives it was cursing the roads back then too.:D

I didn't think roads would be a problem for a car that can fly:D

Litcagral

A BMW 760 - don't think there are too many in the country.

jozi

I just remembered ive seen one of these in Blanch Village




And i also think people sould post pics :P some cars here ive not heard of yet

EDIT: pics fixed

mondeoman

i saw a 'MAYBACH at the lights at bakers corner(dun laoghaire) last year,hav'nt seen it since,Irish reg too:eek:

junkyard

It wasn't flying that day Justin, he was driving around the potholes, the tyres are only about 3 or 4 inches wide.:)

Litcagral

mondeoman wrote:

i saw a 'MAYBACH at the lights at bakers corner(dun laoghaire) last year,hav'nt seen it since,Irish reg too:eek:

I've heard that there are three registered here.

AJ!

Here's pics of the blue F430 I saw. I didn't take these. Des Cullen had it for sale earlier this year. Someone from Liverpool FC was supposed to be buying it but that never happened. The 'Revo 250' supercar club have it now. Its on the cover of this months 'Evo' magazine.

mike65

You mean Everton shirley?

Mike.

Litcagral

Does anyone know if the Vehicle Registration Office releases statistics of vehicles registered? Can one find out how many of a particular model are registered? I'd love to know how many Bentley Continentals there are as they seem to be everywhere.

PowerHouseDan

Posted some Pictures of it about 6 months back,
Ferrari Enzo

Kersh

Class, so some of you have seen some top motors, the f40 would be top of my list so far.. but like i said im waiting to see an eb110 - someone has one somewhere i reckon.

qz

SL65 AMG
DeLorean
Phantom
Gallardo

drdre

lambo gallardo thats all i can think of at the moment.:D
also maybach,and phantom in donnybrook a while ago.

hawkmoon269

The F40 was UK registered, I saw it stopped at the traffic lights on O'Connell Bridge over a decade ago.

Kersh

360s, gallardos arent all that rare, a murcielago is though... or an f anything. Must say that vantage looks savage.

Inspector Gadget

Are we talking about rare _new_ cars?

If so, I'd imagine the silver '04 Maserati Quattroporte that's around Galway now and then is reasonably rare (because most people who can afford a Maserati will buy a Ferrari or something else instead )

If we're talking rare cars, well, there's a 70-ish reg Opel GT (white with black "racing stripes") nipping through Galway relatively regularly, which I'd say is pretty rare at this stage?

Other than that, don't know, offhand (though got some pretty unexpected results when I googled the Porsche 356 just now out of idle curiosity - children, avert your eyes :rolleyes: ) ... ehm, would the black BMW 850 CSi I see from time to time around town count?

Gadget

hawkmoon269

Inspector Gadget wrote:

Are we talking about rare _new_ cars?

I think Kersh means either new or old. A lot of people seem to be picking
just the most expensive cars they have seen. For example, as apparently there are 5 or 6 Maybachs in Ireland already, can it truly be considered that rare?

Kersh

Heres an EB 110 for those who havent seen one





Well obviously a model T would be rare, or a Renault 16.. But millions were made.
Say, unusual rare cars, like has anyone seen a Porsche GT1 - I have, or a Pantera, what i mean is, cars that werent too plentiful, - enzos, A gullwing merc.... yis get the gist.

junkyard

A neighbor of mine has a 1971 De Tomaso Pantera sitting in his garage for the last 20 years, he got it for his 21st birthday but won't sell it. When he starts it up the windows of our house vibrate, its like thunder.:D

Kersh

^^^^ Sweeeeeeeeeet^^^^
Did ya ask him for a go??

junkyard

It never seems to run right, its either missing or it runs out of fuel, we've spent many a Saturday playing around with it and it always wins in the end. I'd say it needs a major tune-up all we ever done is clean the plugs and heat them up and it always starts but never has enough power to move on its own. Its got a Ford 6.9 or 7.2 V8 engine its been a while since we've been messing with it. Good fun though.:)

Litcagral

Saw a Dodge Viper pickup (8 litre V10) and a Rolls Royce Phantom tonight in short term car park in Dublin Airport.

SouperComputer

A neighbor of mine has a 1971 De Tomaso Pantera sitting in his garage for the last 20 years, he got it for his 21st birthday but won't sell it. When he starts it up the windows of our house vibrate, its like thunder.

*picks jaw up from ground*

Thats one of my favourite cars, any pics?

ds20prefecture

Kersh wrote:

Heres an EB 110 for those who havent seen one

There's an EB110 in Ireland?

The rarest car I have seen in Ireland was a Tatra T613.

I regularly see 2 different Maybachs, I've seen 2 Ferrari 430s in the last month. Bentley Continental GTs seem to be as common as Mercedes SLs.

stratos

rarest car i have seen was triumph tr7...... in my garage lol.
Hillman Avenger in a ditch.
Triumph sprint in a driveway in Dublin.
Rusting triumph 2000 in a driveway.
Merc sl280 under a tarpaulin.

Kersh

DS20, I reckon someone has to have one, somewhere, what with all the money flying around, and the exotic car population growing.

Squirrel

I used to see a Maserati Ghibli quite regularly in a garage in my Granny's back garden, she used to rent it out to a guy who had a good few classics, here's some of 'em

The Ghibli wasn't there the day I had the camera

BrianD3

Saw an F40 in Kinnegad about 3 years ago. Nordie reg.

Saw another rare Italian in Naas a few years ago. Slightly less exotic that the F40 - a Fiat Argenta

Running Bing

junkyard wrote:

A neighbor of mine has a 1971 De Tomaso Pantera sitting in his garage for the last 20 years, he got it for his 21st birthday but won't sell it. When he starts it up the windows of our house vibrate, its like thunder.:D

:eek: :eek: :eek: A pantera for his 21st whos his father John d Rockafellar.

ds20prefecture

Squirrel wrote:

I used to see a Maserati Ghibli quite regularly in a garage in my Granny's back garden, she used to rent it out to a guy who had a good few classics, here's some of 'em
The Ghibli wasn't there the day I had the camera

Jesus. Where are these now?

Abelloid

I saw a Glanza today that didn'y have "for sale" in vinyl letters in the back window, you don't see them very often

Squirrel

ds20prefecture wrote:

Jesus. Where are these now?

My granny used to have a large shed/garage in her back garden, and the guy who owned these cars rented it out. He used to race a Navy Ghibli. Since her house has been done up the cras are gone unfortunately. I used to go out and look at them every time I was visiting her, and even got a ride through her back garden in the passenger seat of the Ghibli

G Luxel

The rarest car I have seen in Ireland was a Tatra T613.

yes ive seen one as well, a black 89 D, big car, looks like a Renault 20.

I also have seen a black phantom with a Northern Irish Regd.
Ive also seen an Irish Regd Phantom V, well its second hand import,
Its a huge car too.

ds20prefecture

G Luxel wrote:

The rarest car I have seen in Ireland was a Tatra T613.
yes ive seen one as well, a black 89 D, big car, looks like a Renault 20.

Same one - see? That is rare!

PowerHouseDan

Forgot Actually saw a DB9 about 2 months back. almost crashed looking at it...

PowerHouseDan wrote:

Posted some Pictures of it about 6 months back,
Ferrari Enzo

junkyard

I've seen that Tatra around Midleton too, I think we mentioned it a few months ago but I havent see it for a few years.I thought it looked a bit like a Talbot Tagora at the back.

elexes

hmm ive only seen one tvr im pritty sure i saw a Pantera in dundalk one sunny day last month .i pointed it out to embee and said she would love it ... i was supprised when she said no it was very boring