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DOTS: patient Mitsubishi 3000GT

January 9, 2011 / banpei / 0 Comments

I was cleaning up some old previous phonecam pictures and came across this Mitsubishi 3000GT I shot somewhere in September last year. It was patiently waiting at one of the railway crossings near my work:

Down on the street: Mitsubishi 3000GT
I could only shoot the picture from behind this van since it was blocking my way (I was biking)

When the railway crossing opened up I was able to follow it and was able to make this action shot:

Down on the street: Mitsubishi 3000GT
Even for a crappy (Nokia) phonecam I was amazed by the outcome of this picture! ?(´???)

The Mitsubishi 3000GT only sold in very low numbers in the Netherlands and this must have been the second time I saw one ever. Oh those fond memories of running this car in the first Sega GT against its Skyline GT-R rivals! (?????)

DOTS: Sheepish Porsche 911

January 3, 2011 / banpei / 2 Comments

Last week I spent a couple of days in Berlin. Of course I hoped to spot some nice JDM tin but the most interesting Japanese car I found was a rusty Corolla Liftback AE90. Either the Germans love their own cars so much that they don’t buy anything but Porsche, Mercedes or BMW, or it could have been that the center of Berlin (Charlottenburg and Mitte) are only occupied by the rich and famous.

Personally, given this example found in the street of my hotel, I think it was the latter:
Sheepish 911 (actually a 997)
Sheepish 911 (997 model)
Apparently owning a Porsche 911 (~~996~~997 model) is not enough anymore, but also a vanity plate with 911 in it is needed! The plate bleats 911 all over it. Would that have been on purpose? This ~~996~~997 isn’t particular a wolf in sheep’s clothing. ;)

DOTS: Polish Carina TA60

December 26, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

Okay, I have to admit: I cheated here… I did not spot this Carina at all. Instead David emailed some days ago me he has an extensive Toyota collection including a good looking Carina TA60:

Polish Carina TA60
So I cheated a bit to keep the DOTS in the Carina Week theme. :(

Polish Carina TA60
David’s Carina is a 1983 2T powered Carina with a manual gearbox.
And the good news: David’s Carina is for sale for only 700 euros! A bargain!
Drop me an email if you want to get in touch with him!

DOTS: Miata hunting! (part 13)

December 19, 2010 / banpei / 2 Comments

Would part thirteen bring bad luck? Let’s hope not!

This time I have this beautiful (imported) dark blue 2000 Mazda MX5 NB for you:

Blue 2000 Mazda MX5 NB
Not only was it lowered nicely, it also had a nice lip and some dished rims. Now that’s a Miata I’d like to drive! ;)

A few weeks later I photographed her sister, a green 2005 Mazda MX5 NB that was imported three days earlier (in January 2010) than the blue NB above.

Green 2005 Mazda MX5 NB
I presume it was the same company, otherwise it was one hell of a coincidence.

And last but not least, this nice red 1990 Mazda MX5 NA:

Red 1990 Mazda MX5 NA
It is owned by an employee in the building I work in. It could very well be the same owner as the one that left an note under the windshield of my AE86 four years ago. But I’ll probably never know…

Additional note: I got a new phone, so I had to clean out the SD card in it. I discovered I totally forgot about all the pictures I shot with that phone, so it turned out to be some sort of hidden treasure. Prepare for some more bad quality phone-cam pictures in the upcoming weeks! ;)

DOTS: snow covered Nissan Fairlady 350Z

December 12, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

A month ago I posted about this Nissan 350Z parked in my neighborhood. Apparently it is a regular or a new resident: I found it parked in the same parkinglot covered in snow!

DOTS: Nissan Fairlady 350Z
So I quickly took some nice snapshots with my EOS/Helios combo. :)

Everything gets more beautiful when covered in snow:

DOTS: Nissan Fairlady 350Z

The Z-logo looks even better when it is covered with a tiny film of snow:

DOTS: Nissan Fairlady 350Z
Unfortunately I focussed on the indicator light below the logo and not on the Z itself. :(

Also the mirror looks a bit lost when covered in snow!

DOTS: Nissan Fairlady 350Z

Last, but not least: what does the rear of the car remind you of? A Prius perhaps?

DOTS: Nissan Fairlady 350Z
Maybe a bit mean, but when I saw the rear covered in snow and I tilted my head a bit it really resembled the silhouette of a Prius. ;)

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.