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| My Trip to Paris: The Cars -
09-09-2007, 10:07 AM
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| Re: My Trip to Paris: The Cars -
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| Re: My Trip to Paris: The Cars -
09-09-2007, 10:12 AM
And finally a car that I was totally surprised to see on the road… sorry for the quality but I was atop a moving double-decker tour bus when I saw it and had to use full digital zoom which isn’t great.
That same evening, I saw it (I assume the same one) parked in front of the Hôtel de Crillion but had no fresh batteries to take photos  | | | | | The Following 8 Users Say Thank You to siko For This Useful Post: | | | Banned
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| Re: My Trip to Paris: The Cars -
09-09-2007, 10:14 AM
DAMN Siko! I never new Paris was the car mecca?  | | | | | Super Moderator
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| Re: My Trip to Paris: The Cars -
09-09-2007, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by RICHBOY DAMN Siko! I never new Paris was the car mecca?  | It really is... to give you an idea, I only took some pics since I was there on vacation and my wife was getting annoyed. There were also many cars I missed in pictures (notably a couple of Maybachs & Murcielagos) and many would-be duplicates (I think we saw at least 5 Gallardos and good few Maseratis).
And to think those pics @ the Champs-Élysées were taken only on 2 occasions... and we were there maybe one whole hour combined. I imagine if we stayed longer we'd see a sh** load more cars. | | | | | The Photo Phanatic
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| Re: My Trip to Paris: The Cars -
09-09-2007, 10:29 AM
Nice finds.
How did you and your wife like Paris?  | | | | | Super Moderator
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| Re: My Trip to Paris: The Cars -
09-09-2007, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by cawimmer430 Nice finds.
How did you and your wife like Paris?  | We both enjoyed it alot... we're both fans of architecture and art so we had a blast. We've both been there before but only for a few days, this time we had 8 days to fully enjoy the city. | | | | | The Following User Says Thank You to siko For This Useful Post: | | | Moderator
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| Re: My Trip to Paris: The Cars -
09-09-2007, 10:40 AM
There are a lot of S-Classes...  Great spottings. I really like the Carrera GT...and this one is great: Quote: |
Originally Posted by siko | The chaffeurs venerate the V12 (I think) of the S 600...  ...
edit: It looks like an AMG - so supercharged V8 or V12 Biturbo...  | | | | | Super Moderator
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| Re: My Trip to Paris: The Cars -
09-09-2007, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by ree There are a lot of S-Classes...  Great spottings. | The avenue was loaded with limo-taxis... 90% of them were brand new S-Classes, the rest were mostly E-Classes, a few of 7er & some W220 (sadly no A8s).
Without exageratting, there were about a hundred of them at one time parked on both banks of the Champs-Élysées and driving by on the avenue. Quote:
Originally Posted by ree The chaffeurs venerate the V12 (I think) of the S 600...  ...
edit: It looks like an AMG - so supercharged V8 or V12 Biturbo...  | I don't remember seeing any AMG version so I think it was an S600... most of the massive S-class fleet were S320 CDIs though. | | | | | Devotee
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| Re: My Trip to Paris: The Cars -
09-09-2007, 11:19 AM
Champs elysée is the best parisian place to see the great cars but i saw more of them in cote d'azure, specialy in Saint-tropez, but the real place that i advise you to vist even if it's not in france is Monaco. | | | | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes | Linear Mode |
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