Category: down on the street (Page 11 of 13)

Down on the Street: Black 1981 Toyota Tercel AL11

December 11, 2011 / banpei / 2 Comments

I found this little black bugger parked on my way to work and since it was black I thought there could be no better way than to post this in black and white. ;)

The car was imported into the Netherlands in 2005, meaning it registered just one year before becoming an oldtimer, just like my Carina did in 2006. The Tercel features the 1.3 liter engine, so it must feature the 2A engine under its bonnet. Imagine swapping that for a 4A-GZE! Would just create insane tiresmoking front wheels at each and every traffic light!

It was parked at this spot for only a few days and then disappeared into thin air.

Down on the Street: Nissan Skyline GTS-t ER33

December 4, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

Last week I posted up the first generation Honda Prelude I spotted and this week I won’t bother you with the Honda S2000 but rather with the Skyline GTS-t ER33:

The presumable owner of this Skyline used to drive the USDM 240SX I spotted many times before when I still lived in that area. However he did own a Corolla GT AE86 before he owned the 240SX and it was the first time I saw an AE86 in real life. ;)

Down on the Street: first generation Honda Prelude

November 27, 2011 / banpei / 2 Comments

Yesterday was a very fortunate day for me: I walked through my old neighborhood and spotted a Honda Prelude, a special Nissan Vanette, Honda S2000 and a Skyline ER33 GT-S only within ten minutes time! Obviously I did take pictures of all of them, so here is the first generation Prelude:

The funny thing is that around when I moved houses this Prelude appeared in the parkinglot four houses away from me. Apparently the owner still lives there. ;)

DOTS: Real Mistubishi Lancer Evolution!

November 20, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

Mitsubishi assigned a number to each evolution of the Lancer rally car with four wheel drive and a 4G63T engine (after 2008 the 4B11T), so the EVO VI would actually be the sixth evolution of the Mitsubishi Lancer rally car.

I found this seventh generation Lancer powered by the 1.3 4G13 parked around the corner earlier this summer but never actually placed the pictures here.

However the time is right: as you can see this Lancer isn’t ready yet. It only had some striping, vinyl cut banner and some alloys distinguish it from how it looked when it left the factory.

Last Saturday I thought I spotted an actual EVO but found to be surprised it was the same car! I followed it and managed to take a snapshot of it while taking a roundabout: Continue reading

DOTS: Miata hunting (part twentyone)

November 13, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

Normally I only spot a Miata once every two weeks. Sometimes I’m lucky and spot two in the same week. Sometimes I’m even luckier and I spot two on the same day. So how lucky was I this week when I spotted these two Mazda MX5 NAs behind each other at the traffic light?

Actually only the top one is a MX5 because the silver NA below the red NA is an imported USDM Miata.

DOTS: bright white Daihatsu Copen

November 6, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

Even though the Daihatsu Copen is currently still in the showrooms as a brand new car (available till 31st January 2013) it is actually a very rare sight in the Netherlands. Daihatsu’s mix and match of the VW Beetle and the Nissan Figaro suffers from an image problem that perhaps has something to do with some TV presenter? Or could it be something else?

Only two have been sold in the Netherlands in 2010, but this example is from a far more popular year: 2006 when an astonishing 112 were sold!

I must say that the mini Beetle lookalike looks better from the rear than the front. Continue reading