Category: dots (Page 12 of 21)

DOTS: Nissan 200SX S14 in fall (the end?)

October 14, 2010 / banpei / 5 Comments

Down on the street on Thursday? Why?
Because it is a sad day for the Nissan 200SX S14 rustoseum:

Nissan 200SX pushing the daisies
The 200SX passed on! This car is no more! He has ceased to be! The S14 expired and gone to meet his maker! He is a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace! He be pushing up the daisies! HIs metabolic processes are now history! He is off the twig! He’s kicked the bucket, He’s shuffled off ‘is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin’ choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-CAR!!
* sorry for misuse of the dead parrot sketch *

When I returned to take beautiful fall pictures of the S14 yesterday it had vanished. As you can see the dead leafs even cover the spot where it once stood:

Nothing but dead leafs
I checked the RDW (Dutch license plate registration) to see if it was now re-registered by someone else, but its entry has been removed from there meaning it is no longer a valid registration. That can either mean it has been sold off to some foreigner or has ended up at some junkyard. I fear for the latter…

DOTS: Nissan 200SX S14 in fall (part II)

October 10, 2010 / banpei / 2 Comments

Last week I realized I haven’t posted about the Nissan 200SX S14 rustoseum since the end of March. Would it still be there?
Yes it is still there:

Nissan 200SX S14 in October 2010
It is only the beginning of fall, so not many leafs are on it yet…

But the low sun gives a great opportunity to shoot pictures like this:

Nissan 200SX S14 in October 2010
A bit dark and gloomy looking S14! ;)

Summer didn’t do the car much good either, just take a look at this:

Nissan 200SX S14 in October 2010
It is not only birdcrap that is on there, there is also mold on the steeringwheel. You will have to focus on the top of the steeringwheel to actually see it… I’ll take my manual lenses with me next time to be able to capture the mold better.

Also the left mirror has been smashed now:

Nissan 200SX S14 in October 2010
That means the same thing as with the Legend: things will only get worse from now on. :(

I’ll see if I can shoot some pictures of the car covered in leafs upcoming weeks. Would be cool to compare with last years picture. :P

DOTS: Two Lexus SC430

September 26, 2010 / banpei / 0 Comments

Or should it rather be Lexi?

Anyway, they barely have been pulled from production and they are rarer than coming across a Nissan Skyline R35 and still I managed to take a picture of two Lexus SC430s!

Lexus SC430
The SC430 superseded the Lexus SC400 (and the JZZ30 Soarer) and it supersedes it in many ways! I’m no SC400 nor a SC430 expert, but I think that if I could drive one of them one day my life would certainly be a bit more complete! ;)

The SC430 above was shot somewhere in the back of a villa-park and was parked next to a bungalow like house. Must have been some TV celeb living there I guess…

The one below was parked in front of a very expensive manor:

Lexus SC430
Probably the nouveau-riche…

Funny though how the rick people are picking up brands like Lexus as if they are in the same social status as Mercedes or Rolls Royce… But maybe Lexus is finally becoming an icon for the rich and famous…

DOTS: Honda Legend KA7

September 19, 2010 / banpei / 2 Comments

A few months ago I already spotted a second generation Honda Legend with UK license plates parked somewhere in town. So I decided to go back a few days later, but completely forgot about it. Until I passed it again earlier this week and decided I had to go back:

Down on the Street: Honda Legend KA7
Not that the second generation Legend is that special, and not because it is a four door (there is a 2 door coupe driving around in town!) and not because it is parked only 300 meters from the S14. No mainly because someone killed its rear window:

Down on the Street: Honda Legend KA7
I really don’t get it: why demolish someones car? Especially if the car is parked there for some time, does that give you the right to smash its rear window?

Down on the Street: Honda Legend KA7
It must have happened quite recently since there are not many leafs inside the car.

Down on the Street: Honda Legend KA7
Even though the interior is made of fake leather, getting it soaking wet will probably mean a complete write-off when left here for another few weeks… Besides that, if it stays like this it will probably be demolished even more. Seen that way too often in my old neighborhood in Amsterdam…

DOTS: Miata hunting! (part eleven)

September 12, 2010 / banpei / 4 Comments

Earlier this week I passed this MX5 during my lunchbreak. It was parked around the corner of the office building where I work and apparently it really stood out. Yet again I have to apologize for the crappy quality of my phonecam, but I didn’t have anything better with me on my after lunch stroll…

1994 Red Mazda MX5 NA

Looking a bit more closeup you can see it has been lowered and modified extensively:

1994 Red Mazda MX5 NA
From this side you can already detect an aftermarket spoiler, bumper and sideskirts…

And even closer you can see it has got an aftermarket exhaust, rollbars and you can also recognize the MIM 5400 rims:

1994 Red Mazda MX5 NA
Even though I’m not a big fan of these MIM rims I certainly think they look great on this car!

DOTS: 1997 Subaru E-Wagon (Sambar)

September 5, 2010 / banpei / 1 Comment

Back in the 80s the keitora were flooding the Netherlands, including the mother of all keitoras: the Subaru E-Wagon. Also known as the Subaru Sambar (Japan), Libero, Sumo and Domingo. Most of the Keitora were used as delivery vans by the Dutch Joe the Plumber, but the E-Wagon was mainly used as family transportation.

Subaru E-Wagon SDX (Sambar)
This immaculate example really looks like a great way of transportation and if it would have aircon it would make a great car for daily transportation! It even has a 3 cylinder 1.2 liter engine in it that outpowers the homemarket supercharged 658cc EN07Y! Now if it only looked good as well it would have been a good option, but to be honest: I would never ever want to be seen driving such a thing… :o