Here's what I saw today, mark 3 (don't quote pictures, 24h ban!)

hoodie6029

Love the sign-writing on the Minor van

GvidoR

hoodie6029 wrote: »

Love the sign-writing on the Minor van

I came across it earlier this month as well. Pretty mad little van.

26000 Elephants

Alpina look like they buy the letters for their badges in Halfords.

Foxhole Norman

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Motorcheck neither confirms nor denies. I'm no BMW enthusiast, but I suspect it's not.

Yep, real deal, I know the owner, was that around Ballincollig direction?

Greg81

A little bit off topic.

Gumball 3000 this weekend and according to Josh Cartu (guy who is taking part in a race) Facebook post his team arrive Dublin today. They are staying in The Marker Hotel so if anyone would like to see Ferrari f12 tdf, RR, Ferrari 458gtb, mclaren 650 you know where to find them.

Special Circumstances

26000 Elephants wrote: »

Alpina look like they buy the letters for their badges in Halfords.

De-badge fo sho if I had it.

Donnelly117

Special Circumstances wrote: »

De-badge fo sho if I had it.

Yea, I think the round Alpina badge in the middle is enough to differentiate it from a "normal" BMW. Not big on the rest

dodzy

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

Motorcheck neither confirms nor denies. I'm no BMW enthusiast, but I suspect it's not.

Cartell do (confirm)

4.6Ltr Alpina - €1810 yr tax rate. Jasus.

EDIT: Missed h3000's post

Oral Surgeon

Looked savage in the flesh!!

mhackett102

Greg81 wrote: »

A little bit off topic.

Gumball 3000 this weekend and according to Josh Cartu (guy who is taking part in a race) Facebook post his team arrive Dublin today. They are staying in The Marker Hotel so if anyone would like to see Ferrari f12 tdf, RR, Ferrari 458gtb, mclaren 650 you know where to find them.

Are they still all meeting at the 3Arena on Saturday? Im in Dublin that day so I may call by if they are!

AMGer

mhackett102 wrote: »

Are they still all meeting at the 3Arena on Saturday? Im in Dublin that day so I may call by if they are!

think it's Merrion Sq. this year, no?

smash

OSI wrote: »

It is Merrion Sq yeah.

Wonder if the Gardai will be waiting around the corner to take cars without tax or NCT again?

Marcinek_55

mhackett102 wrote: »

Are they still all meeting at the 3Arena on Saturday? Im in Dublin that day so I may call by if they are!

AMGer wrote: »

think it's Merrion Sq. this year, no?

smash wrote: »

Wonder if the Gardai will be waiting around the corner to take cars without tax or NCT again?

Looks like you guys talking about Cannonball not Gumball 3000... This year ?? IT's first time ever if I know when Gumball starts in Dublin and yes they start from Merrion Square

Garda can do nothing to all those cars as there will probably be none irish cars so none of them need road tax or nct while visiting Ireland for 1/2 days.

See yous there on Saturday and Sunday

vintagevrs

Where would be a good spot to see them between Dublin and Belfast? I assume pulled in at the north side of the toll booth on the motorway would be a good spot, but you can't pull in on a motorway. I'v more interest in seeing them blasting down the road than parked up in Dublin. Cheers

conzy

Was wondering why the 458 has 3 exhaust tips...

On the 458, at low speeds, only the centre pipe(s) is used, the outer 2 are connected to the bypass valve.

The racing version has no need to meet noise regulations and so does away with the device completely, which is why it only has 2 pipes, as seen here:

http://coversure.tumblr.com/post/30390101159/why-does-the-ferrari-458-italia-have-3-exhaust

Today I learned

R.O.R

vintagevrs wrote: »

Where would be a good spot to see them between Dublin and Belfast? I assume pulled in at the north side of the toll booth on the motorway would be a good spot, but you can't pull in on a motorway. I'v more interest in seeing them blasting down the road than parked up in Dublin. Cheers

I reckon here would be a good spot - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir//53.5329599,-6.2084204/@53.5326884,-6.2085199,192m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

Bridge over the M1 but not on a major route so shouldn't be in the way if you stop on the bridge to have a look. Think I've only ever seen one car on the bridge and I travel that stretch everyday.

nd

Not sure if they've been many pics of these posted yet. Sorry if so









At Cavanaghs in Charleville.

Seth Brundle

nd wrote: »

At Cavanaghs in Charleville.

Wouldn't it be awful for them to lose it in the wet on the first day!

Donnelly117

I know posts without pics are annoying but there is an a rally livery'd quattro in Audi Cork at the moment which looks pretty awesome!

Also saw a G63 AMG in matte black in work for the second time today, will try get a pic if it comes back!

Autosport

Isn't that the mustang that's on done deal?

Special Circumstances

kbannon wrote: »

Wouldn't it be awful for them to lose it in the wet on the first day!

Be only doing 60kph anyway on that road. 3 mile convoy behind yaris. I'd be more worried about losing it in a hole in buttevant.

smash

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Be only doing 60kph anyway on that road. 3 mile convoy behind yaris. I'd be more worried about losing it in a hole in buttevant.

If the vids and pics from US cars and coffee meets are anything to go by, you could lose it at any speed.

Greg81

First car in Dublin for Gubmall 3000.

Mercedes-Benz G 500 4X4²

Dia1988

Autosport wrote: »

Isn't that the mustang that's on done deal?

no, it's a different one

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/ford-mustang-fastback-2-3-ecoboost-320ps/11743005

I want one!!!

TheBigGreen

shietpilot

TheBigGreen wrote: »

*snip*

Relevant username :pac:

CorkMan_

nd wrote: »

Not sure if they've been many pics of these posted yet. Sorry if so

Someone in Michael Murphy's in Newbridge has one exactly the same as this. Keeps it parked behind hoarding at the back of the building. You'll see it if you look down the alleyway when going into the main enterance of Whitewater. Looks savage in the flesh.

R.O.R

Wonder when they got the rest of them there. Red convertible turned up at lunchtime on Monday.

The V8 is rather nice to drive and handles the track very well. Great noise out of it under full load :-)

tc20

not the best pic, but first I've seen, I had to google the model type - its the Jaguar F-Pace (in Leopardstown this morning)

MetzgerMeister

I'm not a fan of the red or yellow in the Mustang but the grey looks awesome. There's one of those in my town.