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Published 28/10/2017 @ 08:32:03, By Baube
seen yesterday , first thought was Escape with a broken tail light . As i passed it my brain finally recognized the circle as a Mercury badge
Sorry for blurred pic, took a pair of the rear and its the less horrible of the two ( front only needed one.. )
Sorry for blurred pic, took a pair of the rear and its the less horrible of the two ( front only needed one.. )
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Published 30/10/2017 @ 09:45:37, By Gamer
I think I saw a VW Variant (chinese Passat B6 wagon) yesterday. It had some Chinese script on the back (though that's also a way to tune your car) and the instrument panel was surrounded by a large hunk of silver plastic, which I don't recall seeing on the European Passats. Unfortunately, I simply cannot find a rear view of a Variant to confirm.
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Published 30/10/2017 @ 20:51:32, By Baube
Seen today, the front part that goes with this previous sighting :
last one of its kind, a 1990
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last one of its kind, a 1990
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Published 31/10/2017 @ 12:12:59, By Reg1992
Nice Custom Cruiser!
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Published 31/10/2017 @ 21:24:03, By Ddey65
I actually spotted an Austin Cambridge in the Richmond Hill section of Queens, last month.
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Published 01/11/2017 @ 07:12:01, By Reg1992
1988 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Wagon
1973 Chevrolet Caprice Classic [/i]Coupe[/i]
1973 Chevrolet Caprice Classic [/i]Coupe[/i]
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Published 01/11/2017 @ 07:28:38, By Baube
Sadly, turning them into dancing cars seems to be a Classic now...
i'd like to Coupe ( coupe also means cut in french ) some pieces out of it to put it back to its original state..
Anyway, i guess it has to follow its owner's Caprice..
But apart from the dancing bits, very nice car
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i'd like to Coupe ( coupe also means cut in french ) some pieces out of it to put it back to its original state..
Anyway, i guess it has to follow its owner's Caprice..
But apart from the dancing bits, very nice car
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Published 01/11/2017 @ 18:57:13, By Gamer
I saw the Chinese Variant again, and this time, I was able to photograph it. Unfortunately the other two pics turned out crap, so all I have is this:
EDIT: The Chinese Variant doesn't have anything written on the back, so just a pimped B6 Kombi...
Latest Edition: 01/11/2017 @ 20:00:59
EDIT: The Chinese Variant doesn't have anything written on the back, so just a pimped B6 Kombi...
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Published 03/11/2017 @ 21:08:52, By Purzel89
This generation of Magotan (Passat in Germany) was not sold as a wagon in China anyway. They tested it, but it never got on sale:
https://carnewschina.com/2010/05/18/volkswagen-passatmagotan-wagon-to-be-imported-in-china/
And the letters are the logo from Shanghai-Volkswagen, but the Magotan was built by FAW-Volkswagen.
Latest Edition: 03/11/2017 @ 21:13:56
https://carnewschina.com/2010/05/18/volkswagen-passatmagotan-wagon-to-be-imported-in-china/
And the letters are the logo from Shanghai-Volkswagen, but the Magotan was built by FAW-Volkswagen.
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Published 03/11/2017 @ 22:13:36, By Gamer
I'm still pissed that I couldn't get the photo of a real 2010+ Jetta Wang which was idling next to me.
A bit pimped, but still, a real Chinese Jetta!
A bit pimped, but still, a real Chinese Jetta!
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Published 04/11/2017 @ 12:11:32, By ingo
@Gamer: you are living in the Volkswagen-Land, but you shouldn't be too sure about the originality of such cars.
I have a funny anecdote: in 2003, when I visited my friend Hiroshi in Japan, he had put Chinese badges on his brand new (3 days old) VW Polo (made in Slovakia).
He is that freaky, that he even said to the VW sales manager, that he want to keep the litte foam-plastic for protection on the doors, also the paper on the carpets and the plastic foil on the seats.
So we cruised along Yokohama and no kidding(!) two days later in the evening, he found a discussion in a Japanese Audi online forum, that someone has spotted a Chinese Polo-prototype, driven by a Japanese test driver and a German engineer on the passengers seat
I have a funny anecdote: in 2003, when I visited my friend Hiroshi in Japan, he had put Chinese badges on his brand new (3 days old) VW Polo (made in Slovakia).
He is that freaky, that he even said to the VW sales manager, that he want to keep the litte foam-plastic for protection on the doors, also the paper on the carpets and the plastic foil on the seats.
So we cruised along Yokohama and no kidding(!) two days later in the evening, he found a discussion in a Japanese Audi online forum, that someone has spotted a Chinese Polo-prototype, driven by a Japanese test driver and a German engineer on the passengers seat
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Published 06/11/2017 @ 23:50:24, By Purzel89
So we cruised along Yokohama and no kidding(!) two days later in the evening, he found a discussion in a Japanese Audi online forum, that someone has spotted a Chinese Polo-prototype, driven by a Japanese test driver and a German engineer on the passengers seat
How did they know it was a german engineer? Okay, of course you dont look japanese. But why not french or italian?
I guess it was random guessing. As if Volkswagen only employees german engineers.
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Published 07/11/2017 @ 00:04:18, By ingo
How did they know it was a german engineer? Okay, of course you dont look japanese. But why not french or italian?
I guess it was random guessing. As if Volkswagen only employees german engineers.
Well, the blokes in the Audi forum assumed, that I was a German, because it was a VW.
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Published 07/11/2017 @ 00:14:40, By Baube
like they would assume you would be French if it was a Renault , Italian if it was a Fiat or American if it was a Chevrolet..
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Published 07/11/2017 @ 06:59:39, By shlc647
Haven't seen many rare cars in the past few weeks, but here are two that I was able to get a picture of:
2002 Lincoln LS V8:
There are 3 or 4 of these in the area.
2004 Volvo V70 R Wagon:
Had the 6 speed manual. Took this at a school's parking lot in Fremont, CA. Unfortunately the girl who owned it was not very nice when she saw me taking a picture of it.
Vehicles missed were a 1991-95 Chrysler Town & Country and an all stock 1978 Chevy Malibu Classic Coupé (4NBW910). The latter was when I was getting on Highway 680 in Danville, it sped past me pretty quickly and it was raining so I decided it wasn't worth pulling my phone out for a picture.
2002 Lincoln LS V8:
There are 3 or 4 of these in the area.
2004 Volvo V70 R Wagon:
Had the 6 speed manual. Took this at a school's parking lot in Fremont, CA. Unfortunately the girl who owned it was not very nice when she saw me taking a picture of it.
Vehicles missed were a 1991-95 Chrysler Town & Country and an all stock 1978 Chevy Malibu Classic Coupé (4NBW910). The latter was when I was getting on Highway 680 in Danville, it sped past me pretty quickly and it was raining so I decided it wasn't worth pulling my phone out for a picture.
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Published 07/11/2017 @ 10:12:57, By Reg1992
Had the 6 speed manual. Took this at a school's parking lot in Fremont, CA. Unfortunately the girl who owned it was not very nice when she saw me taking a picture of it.
That's happened to me too. One girl saw me take a picture of her car in an apartment complex (I can't remember what it was anymore as this was years ago), she came up to me, fully-tatted and looked like she just got out of bed, insisted I was working for the government and demanded that I delete the picture.
I've been a lot more careful about taking pics of cars ever since.
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Published 07/11/2017 @ 12:30:57, By Gamer
Ah yes. In 2012 I revisited the US and took some photos of 90s cars you wouldn't see over here. Then I was too hasty and photographed a silver 2000-01 Nissan XTerra pulling into a parking lot. Guess what happened then...
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Published 07/11/2017 @ 23:36:24, By ingo
That's happened to me too. One girl saw me take a picture of her car in an apartment complex (I can't remember what it was anymore as this was years ago), she came up to me, fully-tatted and looked like she just got out of bed, insisted I was working for the government and demanded that I delete the picture.
I've been a lot more careful about taking pics of cars ever since.
It's a question of dexterity, experience and training. You can excercise it.
As we licence plate freaks do have this problem more often than car spotter and photographers, it's recommended to train taking photos quickly and offhanded in passing.
Before I traveled to Northkorea, where there are restrictions about photographing, I trained that more intensively.
Thanks to the modern digital photography it's much easier than back in the analog times.
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Published 09/11/2017 @ 14:40:17, By Purzel89
That Volvo is beautiful! Why is that girl so bothered about it?
Is this car stolen?
Ford F-Series Super Duty
Is this car stolen?
Ford F-Series Super Duty
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Published 10/11/2017 @ 07:12:47, By shlc647
That Volvo is beautiful! Why is that girl so bothered about it?
Is this car stolen?
Is this car stolen?
I'm not sure, people get upset for the dumbest reasons nowadays.
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