Post Your Daily Encounter Pics Here

mattbill · 28 Mar 2011 at 16:19

... that's an insane amount of torque! No doubt go through clutches nicely, or is the standard clutch good for that amount?

More on topic, saw a lovely Aston Martin DB5 down the road too, but didn't have my phone/camera with me to take a picture. Lovely looking cars are the DB5's.

PMKeates · 28 Mar 2011 at 16:24

mattbill said:
... that's an insane amount of torque! No doubt go through clutches nicely, or is the standard clutch good for that amount?

BMW didn't have a manual transmission that could deal with the torque - all the 535d's are automatics! The auto is rated to 700 Nm, fortunately!

GhostlyPea · 28 Mar 2011 at 20:21

Best number plate ever

On a road near me

- Pea0n

Raikiri · 28 Mar 2011 at 20:50

At the gym tonight, want.

BennyC · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:09

I work next to a Nissan office so see GTR's dotted about. Spotted a lush one, dark blue with a personalised plate ending in GTR, do want.

They're also some electric cars on charge too. The end is nigh.

grudas · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:29

Raikiri said:
http://i.imgur.com/tWppC.jpg[IMG]

At the gym tonight, want.[/QUOTE]

plate is epic! :D

Chris1712 · 28 Mar 2011 at 21:52

Sat in traffic with this behind me. Sounded fantastic.

grudas · 28 Mar 2011 at 22:20

i think i saw the same one in haringey like 3 months ago.. remember the plate.. not 100% sure.. was driven by an old-ish man with gray hair..

-TA- · 28 Mar 2011 at 22:43

R666 VXR, on a red VXR!

Nice touch I thought.

mjt · 28 Mar 2011 at 22:49

NathWraith said:
Test drove this at the weekend, not an encounter as such but was great fun!

Polo GTI

Drove its big brother at the weekend, even better

G|mp · 28 Mar 2011 at 22:59

vonhelmet said:
Went to the council leisure centre earlier and there was a Ferrari 360 Spider in the car park. Surely you'd just get a private gym membership?

No pic as don't like leaving my phone in the lockers there!

Serious questions:

Have you ever posted a picture?

How many times have you posted saying you have spotted cars but "Schucks, didn't have a camera"

I'm not having a go, just curious.

Vonhelmet · 28 Mar 2011 at 23:34

G|mp said:
Serious questions:

Have you ever posted a picture?

Several times.

G|mp said:
How many times have you posted saying you have spotted cars but "Schucks, didn't have a camera"

Several times.

G|mp said:
I'm not having a go, just curious.

Fair enough.

In my defence, it's not like I'm posting that there was a Zonda at the leisure centre, and if we all just wanted to look at pictures of a Ferrari 360 Spider then we'd Google it. The more interesting point is surely that someone has seen these cars in real life, unless it's such an unusual specimen that even Google can't help you, but that's not the case.

If it bothers you or anyone else, petition a mod to make it an offence to claim to have seen a car without posting it, along similar lines to the random image thread in GD.

G|mp · 28 Mar 2011 at 23:48

It did try to make that sound ok, I guess I failed

Vonhelmet · 28 Mar 2011 at 23:50

G|mp said:
It did try to make that sound ok, I guess I failed

Maybe I'm just overly cautious... this is motors after all...

ZG002 · 29 Mar 2011 at 00:44

Easy guys, We don't want the mods in here. Place will be locked down quicker than said 360 spider can get to 60

MoNkEyMiKeY · 29 Mar 2011 at 01:37

Kind of an encounter today. I changed a customers policy from a carrera s to a 2005 F430 spider.

PMKeates · 29 Mar 2011 at 11:37

Today I nearly read a few articles on the 760Li. In the end, it was a close encounter of the third kind.

Jez · 29 Mar 2011 at 11:48

MoNkEyMiKeY said:
Kind of an encounter today. I changed a customers policy from a carrera s to a 2005 F430 spider.

Do you work on the phone lines of an insurance company?

Isnt the above therefore your job, and thus not a noteworthy encounter?

For me it would be an encounter if i changed somebodies insurance details, but then i have nothing to do with the insurance industry so it would be somewhat unexpected.

mark66 · 29 Mar 2011 at 11:55

Didn't get a photo myself, but saw this driving through Aylesbury on Friday:

F430 Scuderia with the number plate Panic :cool:

MoNkEyMiKeY · 29 Mar 2011 at 11:59

Jez said:
Do you work on the phone lines of an insurance company?

Isnt the above therefore your job, and thus not a noteworthy encounter?

For me it would be an encounter if i changed somebodies insurance details, but then i have nothing to do with the insurance industry so it would be somewhat unexpected.

Work for the biggest insurer in the UK and you don't get Ferrari's very often.