Cars in Hong Kong - June 2016 photo dump 1/2

"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7) 07/26/2016 at 04:50 • Filed to: Hong Kong, Carspotting

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Scania R400 Streamline. Love these beasts

Novice drivers must now mount this placard for one year.

FD RX-7 outside a junkyard

Daihatsu Materia (also sold as the Toyota bB)

Roads toward mainland China

Some new-ish Isuzu minibus.

Defenderrrrrr

Gundam fan

Fiesta ST 3-door

Peugeot 5008

Toyota Alphard Hybrid

Facelifted Previa Aeras

Another Scania R400

Honda Mobilio, Alfa Giulietta, Toyota Previa

Newer Sprinter police vehicle (the default model now, it seems, replacing the old Ford Transits)

A vintage stretch W123 (identified by a commenter as type V123). Getting photobombed by the Ferrari 458 was so Hong Kong.

Abarth 500. Outside the US, Abarth is a separate brand under Fiat.

Old and new Honda Stepwgn.

3-door Land Cruiser Prado

Fiat Doblo (a fleet car owned by the Swire Group, per the small emblem on the right)

Very clean 997.2 Targa 4S

Has Hong Kong ever had speed limits in MPH??? Seen at a private parking garage.

Newer buses have full destination displays as opposed to just the route number on the rear.

Facelifted Tesla Model S. Teslas are everywhere due to no registration tax.

Is FE-Schrift even a legal plate font here??

VW Scirocco

Toyota Mark X

Bus-ted

Didn’t even know the Ford Focus RS was already out! Here we have it...

Another Arnage

Another 300GL 3-door.

Train Oppo.

Plane Oppo. I counted three A380s (Emirates, Lufthansa, BA).

Svend > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/26/2016 at 05:20

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Nice to see the battenburg livery on the police Audi there.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/26/2016 at 05:22

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Hong Kong is easily my favorite city in the world. If I didn’t absolutely despise the 16 hour flight to there from JFK, I doubt I would go anywhere else on vacation.

kanadanmajava1 > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/26/2016 at 05:30

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That old M-B is actually a V123 model and it came like that from the factory. After that M-B gave up on the idea of making roomy Lang versions for normal people. Wealthy people of course could still by S-class models but the extra length in those was quite short in those.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/26/2016 at 07:36

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did u see an F150 or something like that? I’m guessing there are not there. It looks like vans are the only larger vehicles there

scoob > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/26/2016 at 10:16

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If it weren’t for all the sexpats/filth, HK would be a much better place.

Berang > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/26/2016 at 11:17

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I’m guessing the speed limit was painted up there in the 90s or earlier.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > OPPOsaurus WRX 07/26/2016 at 13:12

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Pickup trucks are not common. Even if there are, they are all Isuzus.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > scoob 07/26/2016 at 13:15

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This is the police! Step away from the Nathan Road. Step away from the Wanchai.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > kanadanmajava1 07/26/2016 at 13:27

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Amazing, can’t believe I saw it! Thanks for helping me identify it.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/26/2016 at 13:33

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The city will entertain you for a few days, then it will quickly become tiring for dear suburbanites. People are oblivious, timid, rude, or all of them combined. But I suppose New York probably isn’t much better...

What HK does have over other cities, is a stunning natural setting on rocky islands and deep harbours. The hiking trails can get you nearly anywhere, and some of them can get crowded in good weather. Exploring nature here can last you weeks.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Berang 07/26/2016 at 14:04

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Did HK ever use English speed limits? My parents have only owned Japanese and German cars, and none of them had MPH gauges.

Berang > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/26/2016 at 14:14

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Wikipedia says they began the change to metric measurements in 1976.

gawdzillla > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/26/2016 at 14:25

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I hope you had the chance to ride one of those green / red 15 passenger van

they are on par with F1 drivers I swear

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > gawdzillla 07/26/2016 at 15:49

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I used to ride them on occasion, but I will not willingly take my son on one. They have the worst reputation on local roads.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Berang 07/26/2016 at 16:49

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Hmm. I’m probably too young to have been able to see any MPH measurements. By the mid-80s everything was already in km/h so this find surprised me. Amusingly, body weight is still in pounds and Chinese groceries are in catties.

gawdzillla > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/26/2016 at 16:57

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what are you talking about, they are the safest (compared to the pokemon go / texting drivers)

Honeybunchesofgoats > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/26/2016 at 17:47

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I’ve spent most of my life living and working in New York and Philadelphia, so that doesn’t bother me at all.

The landscape definitely has a lot to do with why I like it so much, but I also just more generally like the feel and look of the city.

The worst thing I can say about Hong Kong is that my experience has been that it’s impossible to go at drinking in Kowloon without getting harassed by drug dealers/pimps. It’s not that I’m not used to be approached by drug dealers, it’s that they usually go away if you say you’re not interested, not follow you for blocks no matter how many times you tell them to fuck off.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/26/2016 at 17:54

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Yeah, if you’re looking to drink, Lan Kwai Fong square in Central is a much cleaner and friendlier place (thus its popularity).

Not that I’ve ever done so, but I can imagine trying to have fun in Kowloon or Wanchai can be underwhelming. It’s lower-key for sure, but you have to know your places to avoid the slime.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/26/2016 at 18:07

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I tend to prefer quieter and divier bars, especially when I’m in a place where I’m less likely to get robbed at gunpoint.

I never really bothered trying to find bars in Kowloon outside of Tsim Sha Tsui, but it has some nice places to drink. As a huge jazz fan, I’m really fond of Ned Kelly’s Last Stand, which is really tiny inside and has a great and friendly band.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Honeybunchesofgoats 07/26/2016 at 22:36

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The name sounds vaguely familiar. Is it in the Centennial Square garden with the large fountain, in East TST? Lots of bars there, and I have family living close by.

scoob > gawdzillla 07/27/2016 at 00:00

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I rode one once.

Damn they throw those things around lol.

pjhusa > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever 07/27/2016 at 07:27

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One thing I love about HK is all of the cool, forbidden JDM fruit on the roads. I spotted multiple Sientas, a Levorg, two R34 Skylines... I also spotted a Huracan Spyder. Oh, and so many Teslas...

Pics are on my camera and I'm too lazy