"Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever" (superchan7)
07/26/2016 at 23:45 • Filed to: Hong Kong, Carspotting | 8 | 10 |
Not sure if there is an upload limit, but I lost the first half so this was originally the earlier of the 2 posts (the other post is !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ).
Family emergency sent me to Hong Kong again. Without going into tedious details, I ended up staying a whole month. Not a problem, as it’s my old hometown and I know most of it like the back of my hand.
I prefer to spot rare or quirky cars, which cannot be found where I normally live and work (California). To me they are more interesting than the typical Ferrari/Lambo/exotica that are commonly seen.
Honda Mobiolio, Nissan Elgrand
Evo X, C63 AMG
FJ Cruiser
Skyline Oppo. The best sunset I have caught in Hong Kong
Toyota’s smaller JDM Corolla Axio
VIP’d Nissan Cedric
My hometown in the New Territories has changed so much......anyway, a Toyota Noah
Toyota Crown Comfort LPG, the most common model of Taxi as seen in Japan and Singapore
Grey-market JDM Toyota Estima Aeras (also sold officially in Hong Kong as the Previa Aeras)
A few of the Peninsula Hotel’s record-breaking fleet of custom-ordered RR Phantom EWBs
Morris 1100
Alexander Dennis Enviro400 single-decker
Alexander Dennis Enviro 50D, facelift (L) and pre-facelift (R). KMB livery.
The non-US Camry looks great. Why did the US car get the ugly stick??
Nissan Serena Highway Star
At the airport to pick up relatives. An Enviro 50D in airport livery
....and again in First Bus livery
Mercedes-Benz GL 3-door. Impressive car in person, sorta like the Defenders in old-school appeal
Toyota Sienta
Mercedes-Benz V250d MPV
Toyota Vellfire, a rebadged “athletic version” of the Alphard luxury MPV
Toyota Town Ace
Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG
The new Range Rover Sport SVR
Toyota Mark X, a RWD Lexus GS equivalent
Renault Sport Clio RS
Typical traffic jam, all bus
Smog Oppo
Boat Oppo.....an actual 19th-century Norwegian ship was docked at the Maritime Museum that week. Highly recommend visiting this museum.
Toyota Alphard, Bentley Mulsanne
The yellow placard translates to “Okinawa babe on board”........not kidding.
WRX STI
Hawt pink Cayenne S!
Subaru R2 kei-car
Toyota Spade
Lotus Exige
Bentley Arnage
Speed trap
A6 Avant of the Police’s Traffic Division. The Battenburg markings came in several years ago
An older Toyota Sienta
Audi A1 sporting an R8-aping rear blackout
FD Civic Type R
Brand new MB Sprinter ambulance. Driver was too ambitious.
Daihatsu Copen
Daihatsu Mira Gino
LR Discovery Sport
Suzuki Every Landy
Honda Crossroad
Toyota Corolla Rumion (sold in the US as the Scion xB)
Ford Transit Connect taxi
Alfa Romeo Giulietta
Toyota Alphard, 2010 vs. 2015
Train Oppo. One of the few remaining stations without screen doors
Another Daihatsu Mira Gino
Scania K230UB, a relatively small order of just 20 or so units in revenue service.
Boat Oppo. A catamaran-style ferry for island hopping. Some routes to Macau use hydrofoil-type boats.
Cheung Chau is a small island that doesn’t allow normal passenger cars on its narrow streets. This ambulance is tiny
Fire “truck”
Another fire “truck”
An auxiliary vehicle for the local hospital
Boats racing back to Hong Kong Island
Toyota Estima Hybrid
An Alphard from mainland China. Foreign cars bear a temporary Hong Kong plate marked “FV”
Spotted this way up in a parking garage. Can’t be good. Management claims they’re “aware of the situation.”
Honda Stepwgn Spada
Svend
> Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
07/27/2016 at 02:18 | 0 |
You didn't mention the Ford Transit Custom in front of the Daihatsu Mira Gino.
Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> Svend
07/27/2016 at 02:27 | 0 |
Doh! Nice catch.
Svend
> Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
07/27/2016 at 02:52 | 0 |
The Ford Transit Custom (van) and Custom Tourneo (9 seater) are great looking vans.
Birddog
> Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
07/27/2016 at 03:20 | 1 |
The cars are awesome but the background steals the show in every shot. The Architecture, Landscape, Cityscape and Roadways are so fascinating.
Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> Birddog
07/27/2016 at 03:27 | 0 |
Yes, Hong Kong is a unique city with a unique history, in an even more unique natural setting. People grow to love it, even the grimiest nastiest parts.
pjhusa
> Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
07/27/2016 at 07:31 | 0 |
Smog
Dru
> Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
07/27/2016 at 08:55 | 0 |
So how hard would it be to navigate HK if you don't speak the language at all? Fantastic photos also, thank you.
carcrasher88
> Svend
07/27/2016 at 09:09 | 0 |
Or the Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG/Mercedes-AMG A45 (can’t tell which is it is) two cars ahead of the Copen.
Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
> Dru
07/27/2016 at 12:43 | 0 |
The more obscure your destination, the more Cantonese helps.
If you’re just looking for a particular area, road, mall, park or other landmark, all signage is bilingual and most people know the English names.
But if some sketchy peddler told you his shop is in a building named “Fortune Joy Garden,” chances are it’s an anonymous decrepit place and locals won’t be able to recognise the English name. Google Maps for this one.
InfinityAero
> Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
08/04/2016 at 09:12 | 0 |
I never knew I wanted a Daihatsu Mira Gino... now I know :)
Cool to see shots of HK— I haven’t been since 1997, about a month before the transition happened.