Wasn't This Car on here last year ?

mgbgt1978

This piece of automotive art is now regularly seen on the streets of Limerick. Wasn't there a thread about it last year when it was for sale?
I tried a search but couldn't find it.
Anyway it is now owned and (proudly) driven by an ex nightclub owner.
He has(had) a few classics pn the go, but his daily drivers seem to be this and a Renault Avantime.

carchaeologist

Think the one on here may have been a different car. Who buys such ugly cars!

_Conrad_

carchaeologist wrote: »

Think the one on here may have been a different car. Who buys such ugly cars!

i'd buy it, BECAUSE it's ugly and weird, you'd feel like a comic book gangster driving around in that it'd be hilarious

kev1.3s

Renault Avantime is a fantastic piece of automotive art that didn't get the appreciation it deserved, that however is an piece of **** that if there was no celtic tiger would not and should not of made it here in the first place!

68deville

those neo-classiccars are an aquired taste or either ur a big Liberace fan!!:D:D

mgbgt1978

You don't happen to know the owner 68deville ?:D:D
Even looks a liitle bit like Liberace.......

Sids Not

Ahhh come on mgbgt1978....i've just had me dinner FFS....a little warning before you post offensive material........:pac:

Max_Damage

Registration 91D49173
Make MITSUOKA
Model VIEWT
Description RAY 03DR A
Fuel Type PETROL

VolvoMan

There was a dealer that opened around Bray/Greystones for a short while which specialised mainly in Japanese obscurities. This car was for sale with them for a short while and it is based on a Nissan 300ZX if my memory serves me right.

G Luxel

They are still making cars....the latest include MX-5 morgan, Corolla Daimler and an update Limerick car built on the Mustang.......

http://www.mitsuoka-motor.com/english/

unkel

Max_Damage wrote: »

Registration 91D49173
Make MITSUOKA
Model VIEWT

I don't know what the hell that piece of sh1t is, but it is not a Mitsuoka Viewt. That's even worse:

tuxy

VolvoMan wrote: »

There was a dealer that opened around Bray/Greystones for a short while which specialised mainly in Japanese obscurities. This car was for sale with them for a short while and it is based on a Nissan 300ZX if my memory serves me right.

Registration: 91D49173
Engine: 650CC
Fuel Type: Petrol
Colour: Purple

A Nissan 300ZX with a 650cc engine?
Also how come this car qualifies to use classic style black plates?

mgbgt1978

It doesn't qualify for black plates...



But they do help the vehicle to blend in with other cars:rolleyes:

tuxy

I think this is what it is

http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z5873/Mitsuoka-Le-Seyde-A-type-20.aspx

So if you get a really obscure car imported can you lie about name and engine size to reduce your tax?

VolvoMan

tuxy wrote: »

Registration: 91D49173
Engine: 650CC
Fuel Type: Petrol
Colour: Purple

A Nissan 300ZX with a 650cc engine?

Pretty sure that's what it said in the advert at the time. Actually, now that I think of it, it might have been a Silvia.

I can't explain why it's registered as a Mitsuoka Viewt with a 650cc engine.

mb1725

That looks like something designed in Photoshop!

unkel

VolvoMan wrote: »

I can't explain why it's registered as a Mitsuoka Viewt with a 650cc engine.

I can't either, but maybe an eager Garda reads this forum

mgbgt1978

The current owner is definitely not short of €€€€'s.
I would imagine he bought this simply because he liked the idea of driving it around.
Whether it was registered as a 650cc or 3500cc V8 wouldn't make much of a difference....
Next time I'm passing I will have a look at the tax disc just to confirm what it's registered as.

mb1725

A set of wire wheels and a chrome cat later and you could turn up at a Jaguar Owners Meet !

Max_Damage

I like those Micra based things in an odd type of way! That said, I still wouldn't buy one. I'm probably the only one!

G Luxel

Its built on a Nissan 200 SX or 240 ZX but not a 300 ZX. Anyway the last of them was built about 5 years ago.....and the right name for the car is Mitsuoka LeSeyde..