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

Pops_20

FTO

mhackett102

The new Mazda MX5. Those alloys aren't getting marked anytime soon

Amazing looking car, apologies for the poor photo.

tc20

In Greystones yesterday, on English plates.
Its a McLaren, I don't know what model. The P1 is the hybrid isn't it? This one was definitely on full petrol power I can tell you - the sound was awesome :cool:

Oral Surgeon

tc20 wrote: »

In Greystones yesterday, on English plates.
Its a McLaren, I don't know what model. The P1 is the hybrid isn't it? This one was definitely on full petrol power I can tell you - the sound was awesome :cool:

Not a p1, but nice!!

morritty

Tis the MP4-12C alright. Newer McLaren's dont have body coloured bumpers

goochy

Saw a new model top of the range Range Rover with steering wheel lock on it in , Park lane London at w end.
Thought these had , had their day and would only be used on older vehicles ?
Assume owner is afraid of someone over riding alarm or have a spare key for it ?

cullow123

BMW M3 Convertible:

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colm_mcm

davycc

what a waste of a nice set of enkies...

Mitch Buchannon

A4 TDI - taken today in the Erneside shopping centre in Enniskillen. This thing must be running on air shocks or something as I have no idea how he managed to get over the ramps on the way into the car park .

el diablo

Mitch Buchannon wrote: »

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A4 TDI - taken today in the Erneside shopping centre in Enniskillen. This thing must be running on air shocks or something as I have no idea how he managed to get over the ramps on the way into the car park .

Looks ridiculous.

buzzard

Autosport wrote: »

That's my goal

Just checking.....the silver haired old lady or the Dodge Ram

Autosport

buzzard wrote: »

Just checking.....the silver haired old lady or the Dodge Ram

Both

RVP11

Just a few cars I saw in Paris last week.

RVP11

FreeFallin

Great pictures, cheers!

Marcinek_55

Can't believe you saw that many supercars in Paris at this time of the year. I've been there couple of years ago in April and all I saw was Ferrari 458 and few 599 GTO cse they were just driving to some event. Nothing over that. Pity you didn't go to that carpark where all nice cars are parked.

RVP11

Marcinek_55 wrote: »

Can't believe you saw that many supercars in Paris at this time of the year. I've been there couple of years ago in April and all I saw was Ferrari 458 and few 599 GTO cse they were just driving to some event. Nothing over that. Pity you didn't go to that carpark where all nice cars are parked.

I would've gone to that car park but didn't want to drag the girlfriend around car spotting. These were just cars we saw on the way to places.

I saw an F40 and a 991 GT3 RS too but didn't get photos

Marcinek_55

RVP11 wrote: »

I would've gone to that car park but didn't want to drag the girlfriend around car spotting. These were just cars we saw on the way to places.

I saw an F40 and a 991 GT3 RS too but didn't get photos

Really lucky you, I can count on fingers supercars I saw in Paris. Good there was Tour Auto Optic that time so we were not too boring there.

And now here is what I saw today:

Greg81

Portmarnock today.

CharlieCroker

Have to laugh at the steering lock on the Maserati.

Autosport

CharlieCroker wrote: »

Have to laugh at the steering lock on the Maserati.

If the Maserati was mine it would have its own bodyguard nevermind a steering lock

fancy pigeon

Saw a silver Aston Martin Rapide (English reg) in Navan and a Rolls Royce Silver Seraph in Maynooth today. Couldn't take pics as was driving.

The Rolls was near Tesco if anyone wants to take a snap, if its still there!

colm_mcm

a long way from leitrim

Red Kev

CharlieCroker wrote: »

Have to laugh at the steering lock on the Maserati.

The brother of a friend of mine in Germany works in office, home and motor security, he deals with high end stuff. He said it's the newest thing for some high end cars. It seems the electronic alarms on many of them can be cracked and if they can, it's a 5-10 second job to nick one.

With the steering lock it buys valuable extra seconds, the better locks can take several minutes to pick, if they are at all pickable and some insurance companies are demanding them as standard.

He's worked in the trade with his Dad for a few years, they both reckon the "old fashioned skill" of picking a car lock has essentially died out as they are relying on technology to crack the cars now. Thefts of S-Class, 7er, A8's, G-Wagons, Porsches etc are back on the rise in Germany again.

vibe666

nice little collection.

Red Kev

OSI wrote: »

Would trackers not be a more affective and assuring alternative? Wasn't that long ago they had lads on the TV showing you a £200 steering lock dismantled in less than a minute.

Trackers can be disabled while the car is being stripped and in many cases found and removed.

The steering lock is a deterrent, a visual as well as physical one. Yes, some steering locks are crap, some wort htheir money.

FWIW, the guy I mentioned has an E34 M5 Touring as his private car (I think I posted photos of it a while back). Chain and top quality lock through the steering wheel, which is run through a bracket in the floor. It's been broken into, but never stolen, Has a tracker too, but he doesn't put a huge amount of faith in it.

Wibbs

Red Kev wrote: »

The steering lock is a deterrent, a visual as well as physical one. Yes, some steering locks are crap, some wort htheir money.

Physical deterrents slow the scum down alright RK. However most steering locks and chains are very easy to bypass. Maybe they're a deterrent now because the modern scum aren't used to them? Most trackers tend to be placed in the same sites on a car. There's a limit to where you can position them, so the scum know this. And I'd agree with your mate, good to have, but wouldn't rely on one. Plus they only come into play after your car is stolen. It's far better to try and stop the scum before that point. Back in the day and still with older cars third party alarms were also nearly always in the same place in the car running the same engine cutoffs(this could include some very expensive Clifford and the like setups. One crowd I remember used always put the clifford brain under the drivers seat), so again easy enough to bypass for the experienced and even not so experienced scum.

RichyX

There are some seriously classy footballers living in Reading.

bear1

And with no taste too it seems.