Sightings (Post all sightings of rare cars here!)

Kr0n

20 Oct 04, 01:53

Wow thanks for the tip seenoup! Didn't think that these guys might have that kind of trick up their sleeves! Haha, the sound was really convincing though.

I recall seeing another GT2 in Bukit Timah, near Balmoral in 2002. It was silver and driven by some older looking guy. Is that the lucky owner?

D16Z6: Yeah it's those up-up-up-down-down-down "ooh yeah i'm one step closer to being like Michael Schumacher!" kind of shifter paddles heh. Apparently, the designer chose paddle shifters over a conventional stick because it would mean much faster shift times, which was what they were aiming for.

Theatre Of Dreams

20 Oct 04, 02:16

Originally posted by Kr0n:
Wow thanks for the tip seenoup! Didn't think that these guys might have that kind of trick up their sleeves! Haha, the sound was really convincing though.

I recall seeing another GT2 in Bukit Timah, near Balmoral in 2002. It was silver and driven by some older looking guy. Is that the lucky owner?

D16Z6: Yeah it's those up-up-up-down-down-down "ooh yeah i'm one step closer to being like Michael Schumacher!" kind of shifter paddles heh. Apparently, the designer chose paddle shifters over a conventional stick because it would mean much faster shift times, which was what they were aiming for.

does this kind of transmission conveniently save up driver's clutch control?

Kr0n

20 Oct 04, 03:54

Hahaha what a nice way to put it, and yes it would save "clutch control". Nevertheless, there is still the stick, only with up-shift and down-shift, reverse and neutral. I think both would be fun actually.

Oh and for you Hachiroku fans, I saw what looked like an AE86 in HV as well. number 7909. =p

Cheers

seenoup

20 Oct 04, 11:23

Originally posted by Kr0n:
Wow thanks for the tip seenoup! Didn't think that these guys might have that kind of trick up their sleeves! Haha, the sound was really convincing though.

I recall seeing another GT2 in Bukit Timah, near Balmoral in 2002. It was silver and driven by some older looking guy. Is that the lucky owner?

No surprise there, with sports exhuast and gear in tiptronic mode, it is quite easy to fool most people.

Yes, its silver. But the owner is no white hair lao heero. Too bad I've lost the mag.

Dun tink we will have much chance to see the car " in action". The few rare occasion I 've seen the car, the owner was driving with much considerable restrain, abeit like a cruising Lexus !!!!

seenoup

20 Oct 04, 11:58

Originally posted by Kr0n:

Anyway, he let me take a photo of his interior and told me that there're about 5 E39 M5s on the road, and that his was the last one to be bought in Singapore before they stopped production, and there's 1 E34 M5 too. My God I am sooooo lucky!

Anyway, the pics are still in my phone and I need to upload them to my laptop before I can have them posted here. Does anyone know where I can get a free and simple webby to host them? Pleaaase let me know I'm sure there're some of you hardcores who might love the M5 as much as I do =)

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minus one. ONe of the M5s kenna KIA( Killed in Action) a few years back. Crying or Very sad

TOTAL LOSS. was sitting in IDAC for a while ....insurers wrote off the car.

bunny2002sg

20 Oct 04, 13:02

Originally posted by seenoup:
minus one. ONe of the M5s kenna KIA( Killed in Action) a few years back.
TOTAL LOSS. was sitting in IDAC for a while ....insurers wrote off the car.

ouch...

HENG@

20 Oct 04, 13:04

Originally posted by seenoup:
minus one. ONe of the M5s kenna KIA( Killed in Action) a few years back.
TOTAL LOSS. was sitting in IDAC for a while ....insurers wrote off the car.

whoa....

Kr0n

20 Oct 04, 13:08

OMG! Tears my ass apart to hear that... on www.wreckedexotics.com you can even see a crashed Enzo, Zonda and Murcielagos. Pain. Dreadfully painful. Oh and even a Mclaren F1 XP4. =( I want to cry...

Anyway, does anyone know whether we have any GT3RSes in Singapore or any other very rare sports cars? Although I'm not a particularly big evo fan, I'm hoping to see the VFQ400 on our roads. Heh.

HENG@

20 Oct 04, 13:09

Originally posted by Kr0n:
OMG! Tears my ass apart to hear that... on www.wreckedexotics.com you can even see a crashed Enzo, Zonda and Murcielagos. Pain. Dreadfully painful. Oh and even a Mclaren F1 XP4. =( I want to cry...

Anyway, does anyone know whether we have any GT3RSes in Singapore or any other very rare sports cars? Although I'm not a particularly big evo fan, I'm hoping to see the VFQ400 on our roads. Heh.

near as i know, VFQ400 is meant for UK only

haowee

20 Oct 04, 13:39

Originally posted by Kr0n:
OMG! Tears my ass apart to hear that... on www.wreckedexotics.com you can even see a crashed Enzo, Zonda and Murcielagos. Pain. Dreadfully painful. Oh and even a Mclaren F1 XP4. =( I want to cry...

Anyway, does anyone know whether we have any GT3RSes in Singapore or any other very rare sports cars? Although I'm not a particularly big evo fan, I'm hoping to see the VFQ400 on our roads. Heh.

GT3 yes, but GT3 RS don't think so.
They are all left hand drive so far.

Kr0n

20 Oct 04, 14:21

Ohh..sad then. Oh well, let's just hope that Ultimate Rally will use the Singapore route. Check out www.ultimaterally.com If they do use the nominated Singapore route, that will mean we'll have a parade of Enzos, Carrera GTs, SLRs and a whole lot of other mad stuff on our roads for a while =) Will be quite mad but I really doubt LTA would be keen on unleashing them here haha Very Happy

HENG@

20 Oct 04, 14:23

Originally posted by Kr0n:
Ohh..sad then. Oh well, let's just hope that Ultimate Rally will use the Singapore route. Check out www.ultimaterally.com If they do use the nominated Singapore route, that will mean we'll have a parade of Enzos, Carrera GTs, SLRs and a whole lot of other mad stuff on our roads for a while =) Will be quite mad but I really doubt LTA would be keen on unleashing them here haha

LTA is never keen on anything. those guys are just anal.

Kr0n

20 Oct 04, 14:42

Hehehehe....shhhhh...*cough* you're being watched *cough*

LH83

20 Oct 04, 15:25

Not as if they can do anything about it... Heng@'s over in UK.... so... say more Heng@!!! They can't do a thing! Freedom of speech!!! Ahahahaaaa.... Mr. Green

Kr0n

20 Oct 04, 16:03

Hahaha..revolution!!! Yaaay! oops.. Rolling Eyes

Anyway, can anyone tell me where I could get free hosting so that I can put up some pics here? I have a couple of pics of a yellow Murcielago as well. Gonna have them put up together with the M5's =)

D16Z6

20 Oct 04, 16:29

i think 928 isnt dat rare...
saw it quite a number of times liao... Laughing

Theatre Of Dreams

20 Oct 04, 17:51

Originally posted by Kr0n:
Hahaha..revolution!!! Yaaay! oops..

Anyway, can anyone tell me where I could get free hosting so that I can put up some pics here? I have a couple of pics of a yellow Murcielago as well. Gonna have them put up together with the M5's =)

i randomly found this once, not sure if it's the best

www.villagephotos.com

TwinTurbo_Supra

20 Oct 04, 17:53

Originally posted by LH83:
This isn't much... but today, I was going home from Holland v and was at the traffic light at the junction near Buona Vista... saw this BMW 3 series coupe convertible right next to this SLK.. hee... both driven by men about 40+ yrs old... for a moment, I tot they would want to challenge each other until I saw the drivers....

The SLK is the previous one, before the newest one... I kinda like the side vents on it... and its cute small antenna... hee...

Buona Vista also has a few nice cars... NUS alone has 2 350Zs, 2 Z3s, saw one SL55 driving around, as well as the new SLK, 2 CLKs, a whole lot of Beetles, including one or 2 convertibles... One old celica, think that's driven my an MO... saw it coming out of NUH... One black Silvia S15... which, surprisingly, has an undercar neon kit... hee... saw it driving out today...

Oh yeah... there's a pink beetle in NUS... totally pink... including the seats, dashboard and 2 furry pink dice at the rearview mirror... hee...

Oh, and numerous new Celicas, and one Rx8 too... some students are really rich... or have rich parents... one of the Z3s are driven by a female student...

1 of the 350Z is in Sheares Hall right???

TwinTurbo_Supra

20 Oct 04, 17:55

Originally posted by Kr0n:
Hahaha..revolution!!! Yaaay! oops..

Anyway, can anyone tell me where I could get free hosting so that I can put up some pics here? I have a couple of pics of a yellow Murcielago as well. Gonna have them put up together with the M5's =)

haha... i noe where to find a yellow Murcielago!!!! Mr. Green

LazerLordz

20 Oct 04, 18:32

I sat in this car when I was still in Sec School..Power is simply phenomenal..4.5L V8 with 310HP.My mum adored the car lots Razz

LazerLordz

20 Oct 04, 18:36

Originally posted by D16Z6:
i think 928 isnt dat rare...
saw it quite a number of times liao...

The 928 is a very underrated car in SG.No thanks to our exorbitant tax stucture.. Mr. Green

LazerLordz

20 Oct 04, 18:43

LazerLordz

20 Oct 04, 18:44

Another car that has passed on sadly...I miss it Sad

bismarck

20 Oct 04, 19:58

anyone can email the pics to [email protected] and i upload to an acc of mine then u post or something.

but do me a favour, blank out the plates can? spare me the trouble

bismarck

20 Oct 04, 20:44