What's The Coolest Car You Have Ever Seen?

"Jdrentarol" (jdrentarol) 02/01/2016 at 13:25 • Filed to: None

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For me it was a blue Lotus Esprit V8

Spotted at C&C KC, January 2016

OPPOsaurus WRX > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:28

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i’ve seen a couple of these in person

$kaycog > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:30

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I was given a ride in it.

Party-vi > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:30

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Rows and rows of Duesenbergs.

TheHondaBro > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:30

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Ferrari 599XX at Sonoma. Pretty cool seeing it on the track.

djmt1 > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:32

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One of these, I’ll let you pick.

CB > OPPOsaurus WRX 02/01/2016 at 13:32

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I saw one of those cruising around Ottawa in early December. Great car.

Also, as is tradition, you’re not a true Ottawa Opponaut unless you’ve seen the white Countach that cruises around.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:33

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For me, possibly the Napier-Railton. 24L W12 power, dawg.

Jdrentarol > $kaycog 02/01/2016 at 13:33

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I have never seen one, but it is like a dream car to me.

Your boy, BJR > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:34

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This because license plates and street driven.

Jdrentarol > TheHondaBro 02/01/2016 at 13:34

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I saw a 918-Spyder colored 599GTB once. Black with green trim all ovah

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > $kaycog 02/01/2016 at 13:34

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They just look even better in person

spanfucker retire bitch > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:34

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A C63 AMG Black Series. I mean, if we’re talking about what we’ve seen on the road.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:34

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Ferrari f40

Jdrentarol > OPPOsaurus WRX 02/01/2016 at 13:34

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Holy crap!

CB > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:35

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Either this...

Or this, being driven on Christmas Eve.

$kaycog > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:35

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Indeed!

Mr. FiSTer of Team FiST Fetish > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:35

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MLGCarGuy > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:37

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It was a masterpiece in person.

64Mali > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:37

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Ralph Lauren’s 1938 Type 57SC. Saw it at the MFA Boston when they exhibited his car collection.

cletus44 aka Clayton Seams > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:38

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A completely haggard beater Maserati Khasmin hauling ass along the highway. World’s coolest daily

Blondude > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:42

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It sucks that my camera’s battery was dying so I had to turn it on and quick snap a photo before it shut off again making the shots look terrible. That second photo was taken a lap before the infamous crash.

Also this one but it wasn’t racing.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:42

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Ferrari 250 GTO at portland International racway on display at the CART race, 1997 or so. I got emotional, it was amazing in person.

AntiSpeed > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:44

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The Donnington Collection. One of my favorite places in the world.

Justin Hughes > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:45

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This car.

No, really, I mean this specific car. I saw it in the early 2000s driving through the paddock at Lime Rock days before the Memorial Day races. It belonged to Frank Selldorff, who was working with Turner Motorsports at the time.

RX > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:45

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1954 Ferrari 250 Europa TdF. 1 of 4 built, 1 of 2 remaining.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > OPPOsaurus WRX 02/01/2016 at 13:50

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I’ve only seen one in person, which was randomly attending a small-town 4th of July parade. I was all “wut”. Silver, of course.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > AntiSpeed 02/01/2016 at 13:51

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I didn’t make it to Donington when I was over there, just Brooklands. Seems I need to make it next time.

mazda616 > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:55

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I once rode in a freshly restored ‘63 Corvette Stingray, split rear window and all. My then 8-year-old self didn’t appreciate it as much as my 26-year-old self, which is probably a good thing. I’d have fainted.

Sn210 > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 13:56

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Sir Glickenhaus’s Dino 206 Competizion prototype. I spent a looooong time just staring

not for canada - australian in disguise > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 14:01

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Saw an early Pantera at a car show once. At the same car show there was also a Citroen DS, several 2CVs, and an Esprit.

sonicgabe > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 14:28

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I came across this one night. Possibly a ‘67. It was like a real-life Hot Wheels!

OPPOsaurus WRX > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/01/2016 at 14:51

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i saw one on Newbury St (the ‘so fancy’ street of Boston) and another sitting at a random gas station a couple towns over.

Jdrentarol > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 02/01/2016 at 15:00

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My grandfather went to a car museum- I was not invited because I was ‘underage’, too young to be trusted. There was an F40 there. GodDAMNIT

Jdrentarol > CB 02/01/2016 at 15:01

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You must live in a place with no cool cars ever. I see both of those DAILY

Jdrentarol > Mr. FiSTer of Team FiST Fetish 02/01/2016 at 15:02

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Is that second photo a Bentley Mulsanne? I don’t know euro cars, so I have no clue.

Jdrentarol > MLGCarGuy 02/01/2016 at 15:03

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Jdrentarol > cletus44 aka Clayton Seams 02/01/2016 at 15:03

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Wow. Reminds me of the old Ghibli and Bora.

Jdrentarol > Blondude 02/01/2016 at 15:05

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Aa, no! I have seen a Factory Five Daytone Kit Car in person, but I had no idea a real one crashed! Must have been soon after the corkscrew.

Jdrentarol > AntiSpeed 02/01/2016 at 15:08

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I don’t watch F1 ever, so I don’t really care about most of those photos, but the last two really interest me.

Jdrentarol > Justin Hughes 02/01/2016 at 15:08

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I dun love dat MicLern

Jdrentarol > RX 02/01/2016 at 15:08

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so... beautiful...

Jdrentarol > sonicgabe 02/01/2016 at 15:10

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OH MY GOD. That reminds me!

I saw the Mako Shark!

CB > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 15:12

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I live in a bureaucrat town. Also, both of these cars are pretty damn cool. I’d rather the Mustang over a Lamborghini.

V8soundRIOT- Now Has a V8 > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 15:17

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At NEFR

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 15:19

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This was at Cars and Coffee.

Vicente Esteve > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 15:44

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I’ve seen an i8 and an SLS AMG, but probably the one I was most surprised about was the V10 RS6 Avant

Blondude > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 15:46

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The brakes failed on turn 5. It’s been repaired since. It (along with the other 5) raced at Goodwood last year.

Jdrentarol > V8soundRIOT- Now Has a V8 02/01/2016 at 16:43

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I’m booking a flight right now

Jdrentarol > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 02/01/2016 at 16:43

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I knew it!

Jdrentarol > Vicente Esteve 02/01/2016 at 16:44

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I’m more surprised by the V10 too.

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 16:47

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What color 918 do you want to see pics of? I’ve seen 7 in total, all of them very, very cool.

Also cool stuff:

Biggest tires I’ve seen on a street legal car. i believe they were 435's (!!!)

A legal R33 Skyline GT-R V-Spec

An Alfa Romeo Type 33 Stradale with some Alfa Grand Prix cars in the background

While the Lambo is cool, the Porsche 911 RSR in the back is even better.

It is real and authentic. Getting the side graphics put on. The shell alone is worth $300k.

Jdrentarol > dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford 02/01/2016 at 16:48

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I have seen a 918 in black. Sexy cah

dtg11 - is probably on an adventure with Clifford > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 16:49

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I saw one of those too, sadly my phone was dead.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 17:07

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I actually saw one of these on a surface street. Just about broke my own neck with a double-take. The rear fender gills are a BIG clue that this isn’t just some 308 GTB.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 17:09

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In AL of all places.

TheNeonDriver - Now with More BMW! > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 17:13

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I visited NYC in 2004, and at the time in Rockefeller Center there were a line of of current Ferrari and Maserati road and Race cars, including an Enzo and one of these:

Jdrentarol > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 02/01/2016 at 17:17

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I have seen Koenigsegg pics at C&C. F40 would be small-scale there

Jdrentarol > TheNeonDriver - Now with More BMW! 02/01/2016 at 17:17

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MC-12!

Jdrentarol > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 02/01/2016 at 17:18

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So... is that a 308 GTO then?

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 17:24

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Those are at the big ones

Vicente Esteve > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 17:35

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When I saw it at the dealership, I completely ignored the Ferraris and Porsches besides it.

I was blown away that they even offered it in Mexico.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 17:42

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You poor soul...

How has anyone never heard of the Ferrari 288 GTO?

2.8 liter Twin Turbocharged DOHC V8 mounted longitudinally amidships, when 308/328 were transverse, and not turbocharged. It is derived from the 308 and R&D being done for the 328, but stripped out to basically be a wide-body fire-breathing race car for the road.

A group-B competitor that, like it’s rival, the Porsche 959, didn’t actually get to race before the racing class was cancelled, but made for halo hyper-sports cars for both brands.

288 GTO, and it’s literal evolution, the 288 GTO Evoluzione directly preceded and informed the legendary Ferrari F40, which under the carbon fiber front and rear unitized clamshells is mechanically similar to the 288 GTO predecessor, just more.

Jdrentarol > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 02/01/2016 at 17:47

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Sorry, I am not that knowlegable about my Ferraris. So many models......

TheNeonDriver - Now with More BMW! > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 17:49

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+1 Mako. I saw it and it’s twin brother in the GM heritage center.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 17:51

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It is ok... but 288 GTO is one of the crown jewels, so to speak. You are right, there are a lot of special Ferraris... which is kind of what happens when the only thing they ever do is build special sorts of cars for people with loads and loads of money.

banjo cat ghost of oppo past > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 18:28

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Oh hey, fancy seeing you here just hanging out betwixt trailers. This was unexpected...

I was going to elect a polished aluminum DB4GT Zagato that was heading out on track the same event I just can’t find the pic.

Übel > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 19:03

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GM Futurliner (not my picture)

GM Futurliner interior (My my picture)

NJAnon > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 19:20

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The cool Dodge Viper - I had thought I “could” imagine what its engine could look like but then I saw it realtime up close....

The cool Koenigsegg CCX - seeing those doors go up that way in person is surreal.

The cool Ford GT - Because that was the day I sat in that car & saw the materials and fit & finish & realized the crap I drove around in shouldn’t be called a car. Should be called “moving meh”.

sonicgabe > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 21:57

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Nice.

sonicgabe > Jdrentarol 02/01/2016 at 22:08

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Almost forgot about this...

If I remember correctly, the owner bought a wrecked ‘66 GTO in the early 70s. He contacted Ferrari about getting some sort of body for it. The mechanics were all intact, but the body was destroyed. Ferrari had the body from a ‘57 Testa Rossa racer that had been pulled off and replaced with an updated body during it’s racing career. So, this is the frame and mechanics from the ‘66 and the body and cockpit of the ‘57. When it fired up, it sounded like God clearing his throat.

Chasaboo > Jdrentarol 02/02/2016 at 00:38

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Pagani Zonda.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Jdrentarol 02/02/2016 at 05:09

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McLaren F1

Jdrentarol > Übel 02/02/2016 at 06:35

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Really? I got to see one at KC’s Art Of The Car Concours. Yaknow it costs $4,000,000?

Jdrentarol > Chasaboo 02/02/2016 at 06:35

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I haven’t seen anything CLOSE to that...

Nauraushaun > Jdrentarol 02/02/2016 at 21:45

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Once there was a Koenigsegg in Australia, and I saw it. Amazing.