Tag: down on the street (Page 21 of 32)

DOTS: Ice cold Germans

December 5, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

Last monday I cycled to my work and saw these two ice cold Germans parked on the opposite sides of the street:

Ice cold Germans: Audi TT and Porsche 911
In one way they are both great German workmanship and could be seen as friends, but on the other hand they are in the same segment and could be seen as rivals. Nevertheless a nice sight!

When I returned from work it had snowed during the day, the two Germans were still parked on the opposite sides of the street so it gave me the opportunity to shoot the same picture again but this time both covered in snow:

Ice cold Germans: Audi TT and Porsche 911
I know: in the meanwhile the amount of snow fallen in the Netherlands was way more than this, but the next day I found the TT parked somewhere else and the nice duo shot was not possible anymore.

I believe the Porsche is owned by one of the people living on the opposite side of the street (so the Audi side ;) ) and the TT is owned by someone a few blocks away, at least, that’s where I see it parked when I pass it on my way to work. The Porsche is bone stock and the TT is tuned to the full extend and is groundscrapingly low.

BTW: both photos were shot with the Helios 44-2 lens. The second picture “failed” due being taken at 1/4th of a second (so that is 4 on your camera display!) without having anything steady to support the camera except my two legs.

DOTS: doing it wrong with a Sunny N14!

November 28, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

This Nissan Sunny N14 was parked right next to my house and immediately caught my attention. Made a small U-turn (I was on my bike) and took a few pictures. Can you guess what is wrong with this Nissan Sunny?

DOTS: Nissan Sunny N14
Take good notice of the position of the steering wheel (yes, LHD).

And then compare it with this close-up picture:

DOTS: Nissan Sunny N14
You probably already guessed it: there is a Recaro seat in that Sunny and it is on the passenger side!
WTF?! You are doing it wrong! The driver should sit in the Recaro and the passenger on the normal seat! :D

BTW: both pictures were shot with my Helios 44-2 lens on f2.8, hence the big amount of bokeh.

DOTS: 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSi

November 27, 2010 / banpei / 5 Comments

Found this 1998 Mitsubishi Eclipse mk2 parked a few blocks away a few weeks ago:

Down on the Street: Mitsubishi Eclipse mk2
This Eclipse is a late type Eclipse and, as you can see, a bit tuned up. The wheels are ~~Nissan GT-R Nismo lookalikes~~ Work Emotions and just a tiny bit too small for the car but that doesn’t ruint the looks at all…

And at the rear it features a very small spoiler (edit: OEM spoiler) as well:

Down on the Street: Mitsubishi Eclipse mk2
I must say that, apart from the wheels, the whole style looks well balanced.

DOTS: Mysterious old racecar

November 21, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

This mysterious old racecar wasn’t particularly Down on the Street, it was more or less on a roof:

Mysterious old racecar
I passed it several times when I went to work on a different route but never actually took the time to have a good look at it. It really looks like a small old racecar from the early 50s.

But this time I had a better look at it and brought along my camera. As you can see from this angle there is a figure sitting in it:

Mysterious old racecar
Eventhough I do think some original parts (e.g. shocks and such) were used it is probably a sculpture! ;)

DOTS: Nissan Fairlady 350Z

October 31, 2010 / banpei / 2 Comments

This Nissan 350Z may not be a classic Japanese car yet but it surely will be, just like its older sisters, within 20 years!

Nissan Fairlady 350Z
Found it creeping around the corner while having a stroll with my son through the neighborhood.

DOTS: Miata hunting! (part 12)

October 24, 2010 / banpei / 1 Comment

I just realized I almost skipped the Miata Hunt this month! :o

So here they are: a silver NB and two red NAs!

2009 Silver Mazda MX5 NB
Yes, you read that right: 2009! When I looked it up I also had a big WTF…
I always look up info on the Dutch licenseplate registration, but that database contains weird things from time to time. My best guess is that the MX5 was registered in late 2006 (entries next to its registration show late 2006 as well) and when the car switched owners the record was wrongly updated in the database. However the NB was only produced till 2005, so there must have been some slow selling of the old stock due to the introduction of the new model. Still very confusing. :P

Another confusion was this 1991 red MX5 NA: it was parked about 10 meters from the spot normally another red Miata NA is parked!

1991 Red Mazda MX5 NA
The only reason I noticed was that this red NA is a MX5 and the other one is a Miata. Curious how I could make that difference so quickly? The Dutch law bides all domestic cars should have long plates, while import cars can have smaller plates if long plates do not fit (see also below). The MX5 clearly has the longer plates and that was quite unexpected when you pass the same car every day. ;)

Last but not least: another confusing Miata!

1992 Red Mazda MX5 NA
This one is another red Miata. You can see this one has smaller US-like plates.
First of all: this is about 500 meters from the one parked above, so I expected it to be the one that is normally parked at the spot in the picture above. It was not the same car, so that was another confusion…
Then when I was just about to leave I noticed the car was being used by some dad to pickup his son from cram-school. How cool is that?