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Pistonheads Sunday Service - Herts County Showground August 2014 by Bryan Janes, on Flickr
Pistonheads Sunday Service - Herts County Showground August 2014 by Bryan Janes, on Flickr
Pistonheads Sunday Service - Herts County Showground August 2014 by Bryan Janes, on Flickr
Pistonheads Sunday Service - Herts County Showground August 2014 by Bryan Janes, on Flickr
Pistonheads Sunday Service - Herts County Showground August 2014 by Bryan Janes, on Flickr
Pistonheads Sunday Service - Herts County Showground August 2014 by Bryan Janes, on Flickr
Pistonheads Sunday Service - Herts County Showground August 2014 by Bryan Janes, on Flickr
Pistonheads Sunday Service - Herts County Showground August 2014 by Bryan Janes, on Flickr
Pistonheads Sunday Service - Herts County Showground August 2014 by Bryan Janes, on Flickr
Pistonheads Sunday Service - Herts County Showground August 2014 by Bryan Janes, on Flickr
Pistonheads Sunday Service - Herts County Showground August 2014 by Bryan Janes, on Flickr
Pistonheads Sunday Service - Herts County Showground August 2014 by Bryan Janes, on Flickr
Pistonheads Sunday Service - Herts County Showground August 2014 by Bryan Janes, on Flickr
Pistonheads Sunday Service - Herts County Showground August 2014 by Bryan Janes, on Flickr
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Pretty decent from a 9 year old DSLR.
Body: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos5d/
Lens (for most): http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/canon_50_1p4_c16
Body: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos5d/
Lens (for most): http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/canon_50_1p4_c16
I was going to put this in Show Us Your Motors but seen as only 1/2 my car is in 1 pic it's probably best here! -
31st August 2014 - Popped down to Kemble Airfield (just to the west of Cirencester) for a PistonHeads meet at the AV8 cafe. For a small meet (8 cars) it was a nice eclectic range of cars from a Porsche 911 to a Lotus Evora and a Scimitar! It was a good little meet with a chance to swap stories with other like-minded people at a really nice venue.
After a few hours of swapping tales I headed off home and right into the Cotswolds Triathlon which explains the ridiculous amount of cyclists (30+) I nearly had to peel from the front of my car as I came around a fairly sharp bend and found them static and blocking the whole road (both lanes) at a crossroads figuring out where to go (I think) so I gave them a wee toot of the horn as I stamped on the brakes to remind them that's it's not a good idea for such vulnerable people to stay in the way of a 2 ton metal object doing 60mph, although judging from the friendly way they told me I was a masturbator via sign language, I'm guessing that they thought blocking an entire A road with their frail bodies just after a blind bend was perfectly OK!
There was an ambulance car flying the other way (easy 80+) about 30secs after I passed them which I flashed so hopefully they didn't smash into the cyclists.
Here's my pics taken with a particularly poor potato which doesn't like facing the Sun -
31st August 2014 - Popped down to Kemble Airfield (just to the west of Cirencester) for a PistonHeads meet at the AV8 cafe. For a small meet (8 cars) it was a nice eclectic range of cars from a Porsche 911 to a Lotus Evora and a Scimitar! It was a good little meet with a chance to swap stories with other like-minded people at a really nice venue.
After a few hours of swapping tales I headed off home and right into the Cotswolds Triathlon which explains the ridiculous amount of cyclists (30+) I nearly had to peel from the front of my car as I came around a fairly sharp bend and found them static and blocking the whole road (both lanes) at a crossroads figuring out where to go (I think) so I gave them a wee toot of the horn as I stamped on the brakes to remind them that's it's not a good idea for such vulnerable people to stay in the way of a 2 ton metal object doing 60mph, although judging from the friendly way they told me I was a masturbator via sign language, I'm guessing that they thought blocking an entire A road with their frail bodies just after a blind bend was perfectly OK!
There was an ambulance car flying the other way (easy 80+) about 30secs after I passed them which I flashed so hopefully they didn't smash into the cyclists.
Here's my pics taken with a particularly poor potato which doesn't like facing the Sun -
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Would have that 6 series over anything else on this page! What were the wheels like they look a little... Chrome?
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Unicorn car in work today.
1980s Porsche 911...............1.5l V6 TAG Turbo Formula 1 engine in it.
it. is. sexy!
Not my picture, but same car.
ok? everyone seems to love them, deal with it.
Indeed.
There was a company (actually a couple of guys i think) that took the delorean and shoved a V8 in it and uprated the suspension, breaks and other gumpf to make it a half decent car. That i would be interested in!
I think the DeLorean still holds an element of absolute fascination to a wide age range. Dad's are interested in them because of the Marty McFly and Doc Brown connection and their kids love them because their dads do. That's probably why they get the crowds at meets. From purely a petrol head point of view they aren't 'all that', but still worth a nose around I reckon.
That's probably why they get the crowds at meets. From purely a petrol head point of view they aren't 'all that', but still worth a nose around I reckon.I think the DeLorean still holds an element of absolute fascination to a wide age range. Dad's are interested in them because of the Marty McFly and Doc Brown connection and their kids love them because their dads do.
I used to live near the factory in Dunmurry. So I remember driving past it on a nearly daily basis after the company went bankrupt. It was just one more in a long line of failed enterprises in the sink hole of Northern Ireland at the time for me. And as you say, from a petrol heads point of view, it was a terrible car in its original form. Underpowered. Wallowy. Rode too high. I don't even think the styling was all that great, though it's certainly unique.
I was never particularly fond of the films either. Though I can understand that nostalgia aspect. But I'm more likely to get gooey eyed over a Trans AM tarted up like KITT or a GMC Vandura tarted up like the A-Team van regardless of how bad they were as vehicles.
The Lightroom 'film look' preset is making the difference in those photos.
Bet those images would have looked better with a 35 F1.4
Went for a drive and stumbled upon a rather unusual collection of cars. The place was a winery with a large garage next door, and the guy working there (who was from Hainult!) told me they were building up a collection to go in a museum. There were various cars in different states of repair: I didn't want to ask too many details but I suspect some were quite valuable.
Not sure what this was, perhaps a DB5? Had a Monaco numberplate and was absolutely mint.
A few others.....
Perhaps it was a ploy to entice people in so that they would buy some wine, if it was then it certainly worked on me
And finally a quick shot of some rather nice scenery I encountered on my drive today.
Not sure what this was, perhaps a DB5? Had a Monaco numberplate and was absolutely mint.
A few others.....
Perhaps it was a ploy to entice people in so that they would buy some wine, if it was then it certainly worked on me
And finally a quick shot of some rather nice scenery I encountered on my drive today.
Looks like a few Amilcars there. Very nice. No idea what the red one is, but it screams "art deco".
Edit: Just had a quick look on C&C.co.uk and there's a handful of Amilcars ranging from £20k to £40k and more in Euros for one.
Edit: Just had a quick look on C&C.co.uk and there's a handful of Amilcars ranging from £20k to £40k and more in Euros for one.
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