By far my best 'on the road' spotting ever

"cletus44 aka Clayton Seams" (cletus44)
08/18/2015 at 09:28 • Filed to: None

I remember it so clearly. I was in my teal 1969 Chrysler sitting at a red light with the 383 burbling away while the single speaker radio played Fred Astaire off of some forgotten AM channel. As I gazed listlessly into the distance a flash of red caught my eye.

It was a bright red Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona on wire wheels approaching from my left side across the intersection. Concours condition. It was so much cleaner than the gritty road and surrounding bland cars. How could such a beautiful thing be real?

And then it was gone.

No echoing V12 roar, no lingering smell of oil or tire smoke, just gone. The light turned green. I idled stationary, flabbergasted, for a few seconds and continued my journey. I never expected to see that. A Ferrari Daytona used like a car? On the roads? The same roads that I drive on. I half expected these to nly drive on red carpet lanes laid out precisely for the rich and prestigous.

It was like seeing Emma Stone, just being a regular person, waiting in line for McDonalds. I’ll never forget that fleeting glimpse of grandeur that day on Yonge St at 8:30 AM.

DISCUSSION (7)

Rainbow > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
08/18/2015 at 09:37

Mmmmm, nice!

My best happened in Germany. I was in a bus on the Autobahn, leaning my forehead against the window and watching the cars go by. Occasionally a Ferrari, several R8s, some other things, but nothing too special. Then, suddenly, an EB110 in the fast lane. As soon as I saw it, it was gone. But it was so beautiful.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
08/18/2015 at 09:55

While it’s not overly exotic, my best spot imo was a completely stock Mk.IV Supra Turbo on Sunday. It was very well used, but unmodified. It made me look quicker than any Italian I’ve seen.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
08/18/2015 at 10:02

That’s so cool! Stock wheels too? Sadly, most of the stock turbo Supras I see are either automatics or freshly imported from Japan and awaiting modification.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
08/18/2015 at 10:04

Stock wheels even. It was a sight. This is only the second one I’ve seen, and the first one was F&F on a budget style.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
08/18/2015 at 10:23

I remember walking down to town one day and I suddenly hear the sudden carbureted V12 burble of a downshift. A blue Daytona Spider rolls past me. I stood there for about 5 seconds completely motionless because I just saw a freaking Daytona Spider. And I’m used to seeing supercars on a regular basis.

Then there was the time I saw an Escort Cossie. Something vaguely resembling an epileptic squeal erupted from my body then.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
08/18/2015 at 10:25

I saw a Vehicross once. Yeah. Yours was better.

RallyWrench > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams
08/18/2015 at 13:11

A rare feeling, that is. I don’t remember the last time I saw a car on the road that struck me like that.