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  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    ...gold Buick Lucerne CX - only three portholes per side.
  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
    a lot of cars today. A white Dodge Charger SXT, white Yaris sedan, silver Yaris hatchback, a black Hyundai Azera, a gold Ferrari 360. Also saw a white Mercedes S500 with AMG wheels, and an orange Escalade with some very wide tires.

    The best of all was the Mercedes CLS55 AMG that I saw, in black. It was the second I saw, the first one being in Egypt of all places. Anyway the car looked stunning as it blasted down the highway, and I know what I'd buy if I had $100K to spend on a car. ;)
  • odie6lodie6l Member Posts: 1,173
    It seems now I'm seeing xB's all over the place. I don't know if it's because of the gas rates or what, but I've also noticed that I have only seen 2 or 3 Mazda5's (the other vehicle I'm looking at) running around. Has anybody else noticed many Mazda5's, or is it a UTR vehicle.

    Odie
    Odie's Garage
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,415
    Today I saw a CLS55 too, silver. I am still not completely won over by that design, esp from the rear, but if I was to have one, I would certainly go AMG.

    Also spotted a dark grey S550 - they are becoming less unusual here now, I am sure I could see one daily if I looked.

    Also not new, but I saw a Bentley Arnage...it amused me because I could see it from some distance, it just looks BIG compared to most cars.
  • merc1merc1 Member Posts: 6,081
    For a while I didn't see any either, now they're everywhere! Saw a W221 S600 today with the optional 19 inch wheels, stunning.

    Downtown Chicago is just crawling with W221s now.

    M
  • merc1merc1 Member Posts: 6,081
    The CLS is no longer a rare sighting around here.

    Neither is the Bentley Coupe.

    I'm still waiting to see the Maybach 57S on the road though. Hopefully it will look a little better than the regular 57 and the truly ungainly 62.

    M
  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    one of my customers came in to pick up his Range Rover from service in his brand new Maserati Quattroporte Executive GT.

    I must say that was a stunning stunning car. Firt time I have had a chance to sit in one and check out the inside.

    All I can say is wow. He loves it and he is starting to get used to the funny F1 style transmission.
  • teds1teds1 Member Posts: 180
    Sorry to dissapoint, I've seen two 57s models (not in the wild) and they are pretty much the same as the regular ones. The badging is subtle and there really aren't any exterior styling cues. The interior is a pretty unique art deco looking piano black but I'm not sure I was my car to look like an industrial age skyscraper lobby.
  • chidorochidoro Member Posts: 125
    spotted an orange yaris hatchback last night on the way home from work. It's a pretty cool looking car but I too would never own a car w/ a center console. I guess I'm just getting too old and stodgy for that demographic (at only 36 :( ).
  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
    Today I spotted a silver Mercedes ML350, my second or third. Also yet another white Range Rover Sport.

    But the best was seeing the deep blue Porsche Cayenne Turbo S, the 520hp king of SUVs. I'd love to own one.....
  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    The Range Rover is the King of SUVs. The pepper is only a pretender.
  • merc1merc1 Member Posts: 6,081
    All shux.... :cry::(

    M
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    ...black Lincoln Zephyr followed by a red Mustang GT.
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Impala SS this morning. I had thought they were only sold in black.
  • teds1teds1 Member Posts: 180
    Saw the new XK Convertible last night... I haven't seen a coupe yet but they looked better to me at the auto shows than the convertibles. They seem to have lost the grace and sleeknes of the earlier models. It looks a bit more Db7 like now I think.

    Also Black Cayman S... wow Black is the color for this car. Red is awful, silver is generic, blue would be a waste. The Cayman is one of the most color sensitive cars ever, wait till you see a black one rip by at night... wow. Sounds great too.
  • chidorochidoro Member Posts: 125
    Spotted a new black M5 at lunch today. While I'd never purchase a BMW for personal reasons, it was a sharp looking car.
  • teds1teds1 Member Posts: 180
    I spent a significant portion of the weekend stuck in Subway Series related traffic so I saw a lot of cars. Coolest was a white Lotus Exige, not an Elise on the Long Island Expressway
    Also a few calibers (I just don't see the point), a fit (not really sure what all the fuss is about), the usual Long Island Bentley contingent, some S550s, a Maserati GT, and a DB7 Vantage Volante.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Spent the weekend in Ocean City, MD, and it was Cruisers weekend, i.e. all the hot rods were out. Saw a lot of like-new cars from the 60s and 70s, but also a few from the 40s and 50s. Very fun.

    Not many new cars, but I did see a new Escalade, an SSR, and a couple of Tribecas along the way.

    -juice
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,415
    Not the newest thing...but I saw a grey STS today. It was a nice color and had nice-ish stock wheels, etc. But to ruin it all it had a black vinyl top. When will this end?
  • i_luv_toyotai_luv_toyota Member Posts: 350
    Saw a bright blue FJ Cruiser while I was in Park City, Utah visiting my sister last week. Only saw the back end of it, but from what I saw it looked as cool as it does in the pictures, maybe even better!

    I have yet to see one on the roads here in CT, though, only in dealership lots...
  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    I have seen several in CT. Even had one drive onto our lot because we have the offroad test course. He wanted to drive on it but for insurance reasons we could not let him.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    ...black VW GLI and dark gray Dodge Caliber.
  • rockyleerockylee Member Posts: 14,017
    Spotted a Yellow Toyota FJ Cruiser ;)

    Rocky

    P.S. 4 days ago I spotted a beatiful Black Legacy GT with a very pretty lady that reminded me of Kristie ;) I had to take a double take because I was like that's Kristie. :)

    Rocky
  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
    a white Bentley Continental Flying Spur on the highway. Also a grey Hyundai Sonata, and a white Dodge Charger.

    In addition, I saw a weird sight, a white Nissan Armada that was tricked out....it had huge rims, probably 24", a custom bumper design and a billet grille. Probably had TVs and a killer sound system inside too. IMO Navigators and Escalades look better when tricked out.
  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    That is cause the Armada is about the ugliest mass produced vehicle currently made with the Q56 being the ugliest one.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,415
    They look best when in the wrecking yard
  • rockyleerockylee Member Posts: 14,017
    Hey we agree. I can't stand the "tuning fork" effect one gets from shutting those plasticky doors. clunkzzzzzzzzzz lol :surprise:

    Rocky
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,415
    Today I saw a black CLS55 AMG and a blue Maserati coupe. The Maserati was memorable as it had Nevada plates.
  • chuck1959chuck1959 Member Posts: 654
    Today I saw a brand new black Rolls Royce Pheaton. I has just stopped at a red light and it came flying past me through the red light!
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    OK, the Audi was not new, but it's not every day you see an RS6 sedan. I heard the turbo whistle and it caught my eye, the fenders bulge out nicely. Pretty nice sleeper Q ship if you ask me.

    -juice
  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
    a new silver Nissan Pathfinder, which is I think the second one I've seen on the road. My friend remarked "It looks like a bus."

    Also saw a light green Yaris sedan.
  • derrado1derrado1 Member Posts: 194
    Damn, those Pathfinders look great in the metal! The old ones were pretty nondescript but the new ones are very muscular.

    I don't see many luxury/executive sedans around the 'burbs, but suddenly Australia's gotten into the lux-SUV culture. Saw an RX330 this morning, not to mention _another_ Discovery 3 (that makes about five within a few blocks of my home in a week), an X5 the other day, there's a new ML down by the new townhouses, and I'm sure there was an LX470 in there somewhere.

    This is in a suburb where you'd be hard pressed to see a 5-Series or E-Class or any of that ilk. Although a bright red new Saab 9-3 often resides a few blocks away.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    2 things kill the Pathy for me - my kids can't even come close to reaching the rear door handle (forget self-sufficiency), and gas mileage. I like it otherwise.

    -juice
  • derrado1derrado1 Member Posts: 194
    Spotted, as I pulled out of the parking lot at 6pm, a Porsche Cayenne. Silver, I think ('twas very dark)
  • stickguystickguy Member Posts: 53,345
    saw my first FJ cruiser out in public. Bright yellow. If nothing else, you notice it. It was also bigger (taller, and seemingly wider) than I expected.

    2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.

  • chuck1959chuck1959 Member Posts: 654
    I saw a blue one.
  • derrado1derrado1 Member Posts: 194
    First Crossfire in the metal. Saw it driving through the parking lot a few rows away. Black coupe and I must say, it looked a helluva lot better in the metal than in pictures. It has the whole long-front, short-back thing going and black's quite flattering. When I parked and was heading inside, I saw the driver had parked it by the entrance, so I walked past. My, it looks very small when you're close to it. Tiny little cabin. But it looks great! This is from someone who always thought it looked a little weird and disproportionate in pictures.
  • ghuletghulet Member Posts: 2,564
    I saw, in my own neighborhood (as opposed to downtown, where you'd expect to see it) a 120" stretch Porsche Cayenne. I almost lost my lunch.
  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    Prom season?
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,415
    I saw a CLS with a Brabus package today...it was a bit rice-racerish for my tastes.

    I also got behind a current CL55 in city traffic, and boy did it sound nice.

    Also a Ford GT, and not one but two Ferrari 550/575 (might not be new, but still not exactly hard on the eyes).
  • prosaprosa Member Posts: 280
    No, couldn't be ... not with the speed limit signs ;)

    I made about a round-trip drive of about 20 miles each way on the Long Island Expressway (I-495) this evening. Westbound traffic was quite heavy what with people returning from their holiday weekends in the Hamptons. And, as one might imagine, the cars were definitely on the upscale side. I saw so many Mercedes and BMW's that for a moment I thought I'd been teleported to Germany! Audis and Porsches (mainly Cayennes) were also in ample supply. Which isn't to say that all of the costly vehicles were German; Lexuses and, to a slightly lesser extent, Infinitis were common too, though there weren't too many Acuras. American luxury vehicles, in contrast, were a rare sight, with just a handful of Escalades and Navigators.

    The more I think of it, the single most unusual thing about the vehicles I saw was the unusually high number of Range Rovers. I wasn't counting them at first, but after seeing a steady progress of them I started keeping count. Believe it or not, I counted 17 of them in the space of 20 minutes.
  • teds1teds1 Member Posts: 180
    Yeah the LIE on a summer weekend can really skew your perspective of what an average car is. This weekend on my trips I saw an sl65, a couple of elises, and yes MANY Range rovers
  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    Range Rovers are very popular in that area. The trick is to spot the 2006 ones from the rest of them.

    2006 Range Rovers have clear upper tail lights instead of the orange from the 2003-2005. They have clear side markers instead of the orange from 2003-2005.

    The last bit is that their lower halogen headlights are set inboard from the main upper bi-xenon light cutting slightly into the grill. The 2003-2005 Ranges have the halogen lights are directly underneath the bi-xenon light.

    This morning already we have had three range Rovers, of course duh, but a truck did drop off our next Supercharged Range Rover that is of course already pre-sold.

    Also one of my customers came by to drop off his range for service and left in his brand new M6.

    That is a nice vehicle in everyway except the trunk looks like a total afterthought.

    It is almost like they got to the end of the vehicle and just got tired of drawing.

    Stupid bangel butt.
  • gsemikegsemike Member Posts: 2,412
    Seeing a new Sonata around here (Long Island) is no longer noteworthy because they're all over. However, I did see one yesterday that was the first one that I saw completely decked out with options. This car had moonroof, polished wheels, rear spoiler, etc. Every box was checked.

    I saw the car in a rather well to do neighborhood so I guess that's a good sign for Hyundai that they're gaining cred as a respectable car for the middles and upper middles.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    ...black Buick Lucerne with four portholes - probably a CXL or CXS! Nice! Three holers are rare.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,415
    I saw another CLS with an aftermarket bodykit (kind of vulgar) and a Maserati sedan, which is Buick-esque with its portholes.
  • prosaprosa Member Posts: 280
    Sure seems like one. While walking around lower Manhattan at lunch today I saw a S550 double-parked outside a very expensive apartment house, as a fat 50ish man put a suitcase in the trunk and then got behind the wheel. What a beautiful vehicle. It was a sort of metallic blue with what I believe were the optional 19" alloys. And the way it shone in the sunlight, it was almost painful to look at!

    Oh, as for the mobster bit ... as the driver was putting the suitcase in the trunk his suit jacket gaped open revealing a holstered pistol. Now, it's almost impossible to get a concealed-carry permit in NYC, and I'd rather doubt many cops could afford an S-class or to live in the adjacent apartment building (not to mention that he was at least 50 pounds beyond even the most lenient physical-fitness standards for law enforcement officers). The driver didn't seem to care that his pistol was visible, which seems to rule out an ordinary citizen carrying an illegal weapon or the average criminal type. Now, a top-level Mob boss wouldn't care, so that's who I think he was.

    Hmmmm ... now I'm wondering exactly what - or whom - was in that suitcase ;)
  • kyfdxkyfdx Moderator Posts: 265,586
    My first one.. Reminds me of the Mitsubishi Expo LRV, with the sliding doors..

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  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
    over the past few days.

    I saw three new Nissan Pathfinders, in black, beige and grey. I found black to be the best looking color.

    Also saw three new Mercedes S Class, two in maroon, one in beige.

    Three RAV4s, in beige, grey and red also.

    Also saw my first new Hyundai Accent, in white. Looks very plain to me, just like the full test said. Also saw a white Yaris sedan, and two Nissan Versas in red and beige.

    The best was seeing the black Rolls Royce Phantom, and the maroon Jaguar XK convertible yesterday. Wow! They both look great!! :D
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    ...spotted a Suzuki maroon Grand Vitara and a dark gray Honda Ridgeline yesterday. They're both quite scarce around here.
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