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Small Blog V8
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Writer, car nerd, music enjoyer.
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Spotted a classic Morgan Aero 3-wheeler at my local Tesco of all places!
A very old, unpainted Morgan Aero 3-wheeler parked next to a Tesco ATM, possibly against the rules as it says ‘BUS LAYBY’ underneath it. Doubt this would make a great bus. The Morgan’s rear bodywork (shaped around a rear-mounted spare wheel that isn't there) says SMAUG in red military-stencil font for some reason. The owner wasn't around to ask. This old Aero is powered by a J.A.P V-twin engine mounted in front of the bodywork, because it was designed in an era when safety hadn't been invented yet. The horn looks like a dragon’s head. A good match for the ‘Smaug’ nickname.
April 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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I spotted Brian the Extra Terrestrial earlier.
An Audi A8 L with the registration ‘BR14 NET’ re-spaced to read like it says ‘Brian E.T.’ instead. Coincidentally, Classic FM played the E.T. movie theme about 10 minutes before I saw this.
April 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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10/10 concept and a lovely spec, but I always think it looks like the rear quarter windows were put in upside down.
The Radford DB5 looks tidier to me.
April 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Happy 4/4 today.
April 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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I went to an Autism Awareness Day event put on by the local council. In one room was Brickies, a Lego-based social/wellness initiative for all ages, who had several (colour-coded👌) trays of random bricks on tables.
As soon as I saw a double-axle piece, I knew my mission. Quite happy with the result!
A spontaneously built LEGO replica of a Tyrrell P34 using bricks from various buckets in a room at the event. A real Tyrrell P34 Formula 1 car.
April 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Apparently it's not just Tokyo that features cars parked in the tightest spaces they'll fit.
A silver Saab 9000 parked in a space between a fence and a big caravan, that's only just long enough for it.
March 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Very much enjoying that Gran Turismo has decided to be quirky again and add, of all things, a Unimog 411 with *many* customisation options.
Hilariously, adding the hay bales gives it 100 points of rear downforce!
February 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Also at Race Retro was this gorgeous little Mazda R100 Coupé 💚
A very left-field choice for promoting a trailer/transporter business!
A dark green Mazda R100 Coupé looks down on the humans from atop a trailer, its forward-hinged bonnet open. The teeny tiny rotary engine in the Mazda R100. The classic steering wheel and some other bits of the interior, photographed through the side window. The rear corner of the Mazda R100, featuring the badge of charming font and a look across the rear fascia.
February 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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I've never been to Race Retro before but it was a pretty good little show. Here are four randoms.
Nicky Grist (right) in the process of promoting his rally gear business. A Toyota Celica GT-Four WRC (ST185) looks on. Ric Wood standing near a Ric Wood prepared Capri on the Ric Wood stand, as he explains Ric Wood Motorsport to someone (or talks about his appearances on Car SOS, for all I know). A Lancia Beta Coupé in full Alitalia livery, parked outside Race Retro. A Triumph TR7 V8 bursting out of a slow corner, in full song. Glorious.
February 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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This caught my attention during idle browsing today, because, well, how could it not? 💛💙
www.classicdriver.com/en/car/porsc...
February 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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I saw this Yaris today and it struck me how noticeable it is that the number plate is mounted too low. How much it singularly makes the whole rear end look ‘wrong’.
February 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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I haven't been on here in a while, so here's a stranger’s dog.
A foot-tall white curly-haired dog looks through between green-ish fenceposts, sat under its owner’s perimeter hedge, hoping I could work out what it wants. Regrettably, despite a moment’s pause for thought, I did not. A little girl and her grandmother walked past me in the opposite direction shortly afterwards, so hopefully they said hello to it.
February 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Spotted a nice honest old Merc today. Slightly ‘algal’ but it adds to the authenticity.
A light-blue Mercedes 220TE (S124) with dark blue Sacco Panels and mild algae is parked outside Waitrose in Caversham, Reading. The prefix-K registration would suggest it’s from 1992.
February 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Would it be wrong to wish violence on the neighbour’s cat?
Dirty cat paw prints on the bonnet of my car. They were also visible on the windscreen and roof. Small vertical-ish scratches on the side of my car. I did not cause these, leading me to hypothesise that the cat dropped off the side of my car and scratched it on the way down.
January 31, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Nice to see an honest-to-goodness small pickup being used as designed.
A green Mitsubishi L200 of the early 2000s, not on big wheels or lifted suspension but in good-looking condition, parked kerbside on steel wheels with a mucky wheelbarrow in the bed.
January 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Scrolled a long way to find one that wasn't a tuned JDM car, just for a *bit* of variety.
January 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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To distract myself from real life, I decided to actually build a model car kit I got for Xmas. The attention to detail is very impressive considering the medium (I think I avoided getting any splinters!) and it's impressively secure despite zero glue. It made me wonder how long it took to design.
A completed ROKR wood model kit depicting a generic 1910s Grand Prix car, parked proudly atop its box. A completed ROKR wood model kit depicting a generic 1910s Grand Prix car, in plan view. A completed ROKR wood model kit depicting a generic 1910s Grand Prix car, particularly a shot of its partially exposed mock V8 engine. The underside of a completed ROKR wood model kit depicting a generic 1910s Grand Prix car. I particularly admire the huge bellhousing (not a euphemism) that joins the floor panels together so solidly, plus the illustrated sump and the inclusion of possible structural bars or mock suspension arms that are only visible when the car is turned over.
January 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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When you start getting rid of graffiti but then decide you can't be bothered
January 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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I'm not the first to say it, but Honda’s 0 Saloon concept immediately took me back to 2003...
2025 Honda 0 Saloon concept 2003 Honda Kiwami concept 2025 Honda 0 Saloon concept side profile 2003 Honda Kiwami concept side profile
January 8, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Just a couple of BTCC title-winning model platforms, hanging out (in a badly framed phone pic 🤦)
January 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Ah, this must be that snow everybody's talking about.
A view from a bedroom window of a Honda Integra Type-R (DC5) lightly dusted with snow, at night. We’re not in the north, so the snow will be gone by morning but the car will still be here.
January 4, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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They still exist!
Had I still been in full-time employment when this went on sale, I might’ve bought one for daily/errand duties and kept the Integra for fun stuff only. Alas...
December 21, 2024 at 6:19 PM
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In fact, here are some photos of other things, since I'm here.
A large, stylised star decoration hanging from the ceiling of the Oracle shopping centre in Reading. The entire outer structure of the star is lined with golden-coloured lights. A colour statue of Paddington Bear, holding a sandwich he will never finish eating. He has his back to a branch of Waterstones, but I'm sure it's nothing personal. A poster frame containing a T-shirt design. It depicts a cartoon ‘funny car’ dragster and retro typography which reads “You Drive Me Fucking Insane.” I was tempted, but did not buy the T-shirt. A sign on the ceiling of Royal Berkshire Hospital (context: I had a blood test today). Overlooking the Jamaica Blue café, it reads: “Blue Mountains on the island of Jamaica ➡️ 4663 miles south west of Royal Berkshire Hospital, UK.”
December 19, 2024 at 9:30 PM
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It's been a while since I posted here (again) so here's a photo of me parked next to a fellow fun car (again).
I promise that I take photos of other things too.
A blue Honda Integra Type-R (DC5) two parking spaces away from a white FIAT 124 Spider (the 2010s one based on an ND Mazda MX-5) in a particularly uninteresting part of Reading.
December 19, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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Another fellow JDM import spotted 🧊
My Honda Integra Type-R (DC5) parked next to a Nissan Cube (Z11)
December 6, 2024 at 1:40 PM