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Today I saw a classic and took a pic thread! Part 2

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  • #5492
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,086 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Photo isn't loading for me

    Is it a green Tipperary (TS reg) example by any chance?


  • #5493
    Type 17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,731 ✭✭✭Type 17


    No, a grey one on a UK suffix K-reg (1972/3)


  • #5494
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,086 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    Ah, right. I'm thinking of this delightful example I've seen a few times

    34951992295_c1741470ca_z.jpg


  • #5495
    JabbaTheHut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,228 ✭✭✭JabbaTheHut


    Duke O Smiley wrote: »
    Ah, right. I'm thinking of this delightful example I've seen a few times

    34951992295_c1741470ca_z.jpg

    Looks like quiet a seriously large trailer for that car to be pulling


  • #5496
    m17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,321 ✭✭✭m17


    Galway
    9D6p24R.jpg


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  • #5497
    hoodie6029
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,291 ✭✭✭hoodie6029


    It may be period correct but the red plates really don't suit red cars. I put one on my maroon car and it looks terrible. Will swap it for a white one in the future

    This is water. Inspiring speech by David Foster Wallace https://youtu.be/DCbGM4mqEVw?si=GS5uDvegp6Er1EOG



  • #5498
    Garzard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,333 ✭✭✭Garzard


    Howth today

    512322.jpg


  • #5499
    MrCostington
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,327 ✭✭✭MrCostington


    St Annes Park yesterday (Lotus Esprit)

    lotus1.jpg

    lotus2.jpg


  • #5500
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,508 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    The James Bond car?


  • #5501
    jozi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,391 ✭✭✭jozi


    MrCostington wrote: »
    St Annes Park yesterday

    Spotted him driving around Clontarf also around 4-5pm


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  • #5502
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,223 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Lotus is gorgeous. Also the design looks remarkably fresh for a 30 year old car, it has aged well.

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #5503
    MrCostington
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,327 ✭✭✭MrCostington


    Agreed! It's not OTT either. I'd taken my 80yo mother to the park at the designated 1.30-3.30 time and even she was impressed! My 123 is just 4 cars up, pity it was not beside it, would have been a good pic.


  • #5504
    RWD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 216 ✭✭RWD


    Cork yesterday


  • #5505
    raehogan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41 ✭raehogan


    The other day on Dawson Street

    512656.jpg


  • #5506
    RobAMerc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,845 ✭✭✭RobAMerc


    unkel wrote: »
    Lotus is gorgeous. Also the design looks remarkably fresh for a 30 year old car, it has aged well.

    totally agree.
    My W124 is 87-D-120047, but it looks 20 years older than that Esprit !


  • #5507
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,223 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    And the W124 came out nearly a decade after the Esprit!

    Didn't know you had one BTW, you had it long, what is it, hopefully a petrol automatic? :D

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #5508
    Seweryn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,493 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    RobAMerc wrote: »
    totally agree.
    My W124 is 87-D-120047, but it looks 20 years older than that Esprit !
    They are both rather... different cars for different purposes. It would make sense to compare the Lotus with a C111 that was over a decade older than the Esprit yet looking just as modern if not more.

    The W124 keeps its engineering under the skin. Surprisingly, the brick shaped saloon has a similar drag coefficient to the Esprit that looks half as tall as the Benz.


  • #5509
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60,223 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    Seweryn wrote: »
    They are both rather... different cars for different purposes.

    Sure. But most other mid 70s sports cars look rather dated now (although still gorgeous)

    Y08lDhwtQJm9s5rFGyW2nw?w=1200&h=675&fm=webp&auto=compress&lossless=true&fit=crop&crop=faces

    1978_ferrari_308_gts_02_m.jpg

    "Make no mistake. The days of the internal combustion engine are definitely numbered" - Quentin Willson, 1997



  • #5510
    Garzard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,333 ✭✭✭Garzard


    Outside Bushy Park earlier

    512799.jpg


  • #5511
    tc20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,520 ✭✭✭tc20


    local MG aficionado - I think I've posted some of his others previously.


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  • #5512
    Duke O Smiley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,086 ✭✭✭✭Duke O Smiley


    I think I bought parts from him for my own Midget a few years ago


  • #5513
    IrishPlayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 766 ✭✭✭IrishPlayer


    Dublin 15

    VE3ilhO.jpg

    74ZjJeU.jpg


  • #5514
    MrCostington
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,327 ✭✭✭MrCostington


    Saw the Esprit again today, no pic this time. Turned onto the Malahide Rd from Clontarf, must be a local car.

    Looked good going up the road, and was pretty quiet.


  • #5515
    kev1.3s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭kev1.3s


    https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/lotus-esprit-s2/24768732
    Isn't this one by any chance?


  • #5516
    kev1.3s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,358 ✭✭✭kev1.3s


    kev1.3s wrote: »
    https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/lotus-esprit-s2/24768732
    Isn't this one by any chance?

    No. Sorry I just seen the pic


  • #5517
    salamander27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 124 ✭✭salamander27


    Spotted in Gort today. 79 Reg.
    513209.JPG


  • #5518
    jozi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,391 ✭✭✭jozi


    kev1.3s wrote: »
    https://www.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/lotus-esprit-s2/24768732
    Isn't this one by any chance?

    Not if it's the same one I spoted last weekend, it's one of the late one (I think).


  • #5519
    jmreire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭jmreire


    salamander27 wrote: »
    Spotted in Gort today. 79 Reg.
    513209.JPG

    I wonder what the story behind that one is??? Its a fine example.


  • #5520
    jmreire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,208 ✭✭✭jmreire


    sligojoek wrote: »
    AUDI100-C1--1508_3.jpg

    And a great car they were too.


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  • #5521
    zetecescort
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 5,501 ✭✭✭zetecescort


    salamander27 wrote: »
    Spotted in Gort today. 79 Reg.
    513209.JPG

    not up on Land Rovers but surely the exhaust won't last long off road like that.


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