OT - For Car Lovers: Some Recent Exotic Spottings

nolaegghead

Battleborn said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Cornholio said:

Lambo cop car spotted near my office. 

@Battleborn: You should make a case for one of these!

Any department that does something like that should be defunded. We get our a$$ handed to us if we scratch our 2010 explorers with a 150k, duct taped interior and spotlights held on with zip ties. I can only imagine what would happen if I even looked at that thing. 

Even if that Lambo was a seizure, it costs a fortune to maintain.  Not a great fleet vehicle when you're at city hall trying to justify your budget.

Sheldon_Nigel

Sorry,removed to not blow up this awesome thread.

alaskanassasin

@Battleborn maybe a drug seizure? Regardless tires and maintenance on the lambo would be outrageous

Cornholio

Battleborn said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Cornholio said:

Lambo cop car spotted near my office. 

@Battleborn: You should make a case for one of these!

Any department that does something like that should be defunded. We get our a$$ handed to us if we scratch our 2010 explorers with a 150k, duct taped interior and spotlights held on with zip ties. I can only imagine what would happen if I even looked at that thing. 

It’s not an actual in service police car nor does the city maintain it at all. A local sponsor just wraps their car to let the police department use for promotional and charity events. 

Sheldon_Nigel

Cornholio said:

Battleborn said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Cornholio said:

Lambo cop car spotted near my office. 

@Battleborn: You should make a case for one of these!

Any department that does something like that should be defunded. We get our a$$ handed to us if we scratch our 2010 explorers with a 150k, duct taped interior and spotlights held on with zip ties. I can only imagine what would happen if I even looked at that thing. 

It’s not an actual in service police car nor does the city maintain it at all. A local sponsor just wraps their car to let the police department use for promotional and charity events. 

Worth it for the 180mph runs the owner gets to do now!

JohnInCarolina

Cornholio said:

Battleborn said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Cornholio said:

Lambo cop car spotted near my office. 

@Battleborn: You should make a case for one of these!

Any department that does something like that should be defunded. We get our a$$ handed to us if we scratch our 2010 explorers with a 150k, duct taped interior and spotlights held on with zip ties. I can only imagine what would happen if I even looked at that thing. 

It’s not an actual in service police car nor does the city maintain it at all. A local sponsor just wraps their car to let the police department use for promotional and charity events. 

That makes sense.  The only cops I've ever seen driving a supercar were working undercover on the vice squad in Miami.  

Cornholio

Sheldon_Nigel said:

Cornholio said:

Battleborn said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Cornholio said:

Lambo cop car spotted near my office. 

@Battleborn: You should make a case for one of these!

Any department that does something like that should be defunded. We get our a$$ handed to us if we scratch our 2010 explorers with a 150k, duct taped interior and spotlights held on with zip ties. I can only imagine what would happen if I even looked at that thing. 

It’s not an actual in service police car nor does the city maintain it at all. A local sponsor just wraps their car to let the police department use for promotional and charity events. 

Worth it for the 180mph runs the owner gets to do now!

Pretty sure it’s a local dealership but I imagine the owner or person in charge of the relationship would possibly get a pass, or reduction of speed on a ticket. 

I am sure kids get excited to sit in it, I know mine would.

Heres my grandfather’s hot rod, not a true restoration but fun to drive around town. 

frazzdaddy

JohnInCarolina said:

Cornholio said:

Battleborn said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Cornholio said:

Lambo cop car spotted near my office. 

@Battleborn: You should make a case for one of these!

Any department that does something like that should be defunded. We get our a$$ handed to us if we scratch our 2010 explorers with a 150k, duct taped interior and spotlights held on with zip ties. I can only imagine what would happen if I even looked at that thing. 

It’s not an actual in service police car nor does the city maintain it at all. A local sponsor just wraps their car to let the police department use for promotional and charity events. 

That makes sense.  The only cops I've ever seen driving a supercar were working undercover on the vice squad in Miami.  

Beware the unmarked corvettes on I40 sir. They like German cars that go fast.

kl8ton

thetrim said:

@thetrim

I'm on my second one.  I've heard rumors that Ford is thinking of producing them again.  I'm crossing my fingers that they will and there will be a diesel option.   GM botched the 3/4 ton suburban by not offering a diesel IMO.

Battleborn

Cornholio said:

Battleborn said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Cornholio said:

Lambo cop car spotted near my office. 

@Battleborn: You should make a case for one of these!

Any department that does something like that should be defunded. We get our a$$ handed to us if we scratch our 2010 explorers with a 150k, duct taped interior and spotlights held on with zip ties. I can only imagine what would happen if I even looked at that thing. 

It’s not an actual in service police car nor does the city maintain it at all. A local sponsor just wraps their car to let the police department use for promotional and charity events. 

That makes sense, however, there are plenty of departments that show off their seizures. Which I find pretty stupid. 

Scott805

I have a very bad habit of scanning the auctions on Bringatrailer.com!

stlcharcoal

kl8ton said:

thetrim said:

@thetrim

I'm on my second one.  I've heard rumors that Ford is thinking of producing them again.  I'm crossing my fingers that they will and there will be a diesel option.   GM botched the 3/4 ton suburban by not offering a diesel IMO.

Keep hearing that too......would order one in a heartbeat as I don't like the new Expedition.

GM discontinued the 3/4 ton Suburbans about 5-6 years ago, then the 1-ton last year--can't even order them for fleet sales anymore.

GMC just opened up ordering a 3.0lt duramax on the Yukons......it was only available on the Escalade as of a few weeks ago.  Haven't seen it unlocked for the Suburban yet, but I'm going to run by the GMC dealer later this week with my dad and look at the Denali XL.  MPG is about 27, but gotta take the DEF and higher diesel price to see if that's gonna save money.

I've always wondered why Dodge didn't make a full size SUV.  I've seen coach builders do it with Ram bodies.  They look bad ass.

Sheldon_Nigel

stlcharcoal said:

kl8ton said:

thetrim said:

@thetrim

I'm on my second one.  I've heard rumors that Ford is thinking of producing them again.  I'm crossing my fingers that they will and there will be a diesel option.   GM botched the 3/4 ton suburban by not offering a diesel IMO.

Keep hearing that too......would order one in a heartbeat as I don't like the new Expedition.

GM discontinued the 3/4 ton Suburbans about 5-6 years ago, then the 1-ton last year--can't even order them for fleet sales anymore.

GMC just opened up ordering a 3.0lt duramax on the Yukons......it was only available on the Escalade as of a few weeks ago.  Haven't seen it unlocked for the Suburban yet, but I'm going to run by the GMC dealer later this week with my dad and look at the Denali XL.  MPG is about 27, but gotta take the DEF and higher diesel price to see if that's gonna save money.

I've always wondered why Dodge didn't make a full size SUV.  I've seen coach builders do it with Ram bodies.  They look bad ass.

Occasionally in the Southwest we see full size Ram (Dodge) SUVs from Mexico.  Even seen some badges Ramcharger.  Really wish they would bring them to the US market.

alaskanassasin

They pushed the Bronco back again.  That thing better be Focking awesome, if they made us wait this long and it is a turd, that will be hard to forgive!

TEXASBGE2018

alaskanassasin said:

They pushed the Bronco back again.  That thing better be Focking awesome, if they made us wait this long and it is a turd, that will be hard to forgive!

I ended up cancelling my reservation after my dealer called me and told me it would be 2022 before I would likely see mine show up. I’ll just go with a JLU or another 4runner

RRP

GrateEggspectations said:

Cornholio said:

Lambo cop car spotted near my office. 

@Battleborn: You should make a case for one of these!

never mind - I hadn't read the subsequent posts of speculation.

kl8ton

stlcharcoal said:

kl8ton said:

thetrim said:

@thetrim

I'm on my second one.  I've heard rumors that Ford is thinking of producing them again.  I'm crossing my fingers that they will and there will be a diesel option.   GM botched the 3/4 ton suburban by not offering a diesel IMO.

Keep hearing that too......would order one in a heartbeat as I don't like the new Expedition.

GM discontinued the 3/4 ton Suburbans about 5-6 years ago, then the 1-ton last year--can't even order them for fleet sales anymore.

GMC just opened up ordering a 3.0lt duramax on the Yukons......it was only available on the Escalade as of a few weeks ago.  Haven't seen it unlocked for the Suburban yet, but I'm going to run by the GMC dealer later this week with my dad and look at the Denali XL.  MPG is about 27, but gotta take the DEF and higher diesel price to see if that's gonna save money.

I've always wondered why Dodge didn't make a full size SUV.  I've seen coach builders do it with Ram bodies.  They look bad ass.

The closest you can get right now that I know of is to have a new one built from a donor truck. 

2016 excursion



http://www.customautosbytim.com/9675.html

2020 F650 six door 



http://www.customautosbytim.com/F650XXl.html

fishlessman

kl8ton said:

stlcharcoal said:

kl8ton said:

thetrim said:

@thetrim

I'm on my second one.  I've heard rumors that Ford is thinking of producing them again.  I'm crossing my fingers that they will and there will be a diesel option.   GM botched the 3/4 ton suburban by not offering a diesel IMO.

Keep hearing that too......would order one in a heartbeat as I don't like the new Expedition.

GM discontinued the 3/4 ton Suburbans about 5-6 years ago, then the 1-ton last year--can't even order them for fleet sales anymore.

GMC just opened up ordering a 3.0lt duramax on the Yukons......it was only available on the Escalade as of a few weeks ago.  Haven't seen it unlocked for the Suburban yet, but I'm going to run by the GMC dealer later this week with my dad and look at the Denali XL.  MPG is about 27, but gotta take the DEF and higher diesel price to see if that's gonna save money.

I've always wondered why Dodge didn't make a full size SUV.  I've seen coach builders do it with Ram bodies.  They look bad ass.

The closest you can get right now that I know of is to have a new one built from a donor truck. 

2016 excursion



http://www.customautosbytim.com/9675.html

2020 F650 six door 



http://www.customautosbytim.com/F650XXl.html

i like the looks of that 650, but my 650 is absolutely the worst truck ive ever driven in snow

TechsasJim

Funny, a guy at the club tows his Porsche golf cart (you read that right) with his Bentley SUV.    I'll take a picture of it next time I run into him, likely Saturday morning.

One neighbor has a Nissan Skyline (garage kept and I don't have any pics) and his neighbor has a 911 that's been modified for road/track (also garage kept).

I'll try to get pics of all the above this week if possible.

WeberWho

A cool video if you have some extra time. 

https://youtu.be/32I0Qso4sDg 

The_Buffalo

If you guys are into Cooks & Cars we just put together a new podcast/show called (wait for it) Cooks & Cars! The first show was this past weekend and we had special guests #BGETeamGreen's The BBQ Buddha and race car driver Juan Pablo Montoya. The is every Saturday at 10AM EST. 
Here is the link https://youtu.be/f7PCoYxoTO0
There were some technical issues but still good content. 

QDude

WeberWho said:

A cool video if you have some extra time. 

https://youtu.be/32I0Qso4sDg 

That was awesome!

blind99

RyanStl said:

It happened so fast there was no time for a picture, but this year I saw the nicest, rarest car in the wild than previous.  A Porsche 918 turned left in front of me.  Pretty cool because it was the same color as the lego version I have.

Most expensive car was at a car show a couple years ago and saw a Bugatti Chiron.  I was even lucky enough to hear it do a cold start 

There’s a video of lebron passing some guys while driving his 918
hope this works:

https://apple.news/AGFJIrCXuQOe9JLL8exKd3g

ColbyLang

alaskanassasin said:

They pushed the Bronco back again.  That thing better be Focking awesome, if they made us wait this long and it is a turd, that will be hard to forgive!

The new Defender is a turd based on every buyer review given. Will be interesting to see if Ford can actually produce the Bronco to compete with the Jeep products. Also heard Jeep dropping a V8 option into the Wranglers and Gladiators 

TechsasJim

@ColbyLang
 Agreed.   My wife is due for a new vehicle in the next year and she has (almost) always driven Land Rovers or Hummers.    The Defender seems to be a fail (not what we hoped for) so we are waiting to see what the Bronco looks like---when it materializes.

I will never buy another Chrysler/Jeep product.   Had to threaten Lemon Law on the one Jeep I ever owned it was such a POS.

lousubcap

TechsasJim said:

Funny, a guy at the club tows his Porsche golf cart (you read that right) with his Bentley SUV.    I'll take a picture of it next time I run into him, likely Saturday morning.

One neighbor has a Nissan Skyline (garage kept and I don't have any pics) and his neighbor has a 911 that's been modified for road/track (also garage kept).

I'll try to get pics of all the above this week if possible.

@TechsasJim - nice parking lot at the club.  Living the life for sure.  Hope you are able to grab some pics-I only dream about those rides (not the golf cart...) anymore.  

TechsasJim

@lousubcap

Yep, they are living the life.    I just get lucky to be near them and know them, I certainly don't live life that grand.

I'll work to get pics of my neighbor's vehicles (the Porsche and Skyline) and those at the club.   The first time I saw a Bentley SUV towing a Porsche golf cart I did a WT...?!

nolaegghead

ColbyLang said:

alaskanassasin said:

They pushed the Bronco back again.  That thing better be Focking awesome, if they made us wait this long and it is a turd, that will be hard to forgive!

The new Defender is a turd based on every buyer review given. Will be interesting to see if Ford can actually produce the Bronco to compete with the Jeep products. Also heard Jeep dropping a V8 option into the Wranglers and Gladiators 

All Land Rovers are status symbols.  Insofar as your ownership tells the world you:

1. Have money to burn

2. Do not subscribe to product reviews

3. Have plenty of leisure time to spend trying to find alternatives to arriving at your destination

4. Enjoy hanging out at the dealership

5. Don't care about resale and residual value (see number 1 above)

6. Do not mind oil stains in driveway or garage

7. Want to one-up your neighbor with Audi A8 or BMW 7 series sedan

8. Miss Lucas electronics

9. Are are hopelessly romantic vehicular Anglophiles

alaskanassasin

@ColbyLang the only Jeep I would consider is a wrangler. Everything else jeep makes seems to fall apart prematurely IMO 

GrateEggspectations

alaskanassasin said:

@ColbyLang the only Jeep I would consider is a wrangler. Everything else jeep makes seems to fall apart prematurely IMO 

I take no personal position with respect to Jeeps (as I’ve never owned one; but I do love my B-I-L’s Trackhawk); However, consumer satisfaction surveys I’ve seen put Jeep at the very bottom of the heap.