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Old Jul 4, 2025 | 01:00 PM
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A few from the local July 4th parade












The C5, pretty sure it's turbocharged, he gave a couple revs & some turbocharged whistle with it.
The Opel GT was on the drive home. Never seen one before, like a baby C3 Vette.
Need to find the Houston MG chapter, try to get the Midget in next year's parade.
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Old Jul 4, 2025 | 01:04 PM
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Lol at British cars in parade
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Old Jul 4, 2025 | 01:35 PM
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but wait there's more - a few more snaps of this gorgeousnessss








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Old Jul 6, 2025 | 10:35 PM
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GUYS. Check out this GEM I spotted today! I wonder if he is on here?











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Last night -


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Old Jul 7, 2025 | 11:13 AM
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for Saturdays cars and coffee.












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Old Jul 7, 2025 | 11:41 AM
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Love a slantnose
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Old Jul 7, 2025 | 11:42 AM
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Costco yesterday


Been meaning to catch this B7 at our church for a while

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Old Jul 7, 2025 | 02:01 PM
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that white slantnose....
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Old Jul 7, 2025 | 03:44 PM
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another angle - funny thing - off in the distance down the street there is a red Huracan and red 488 - but I kinda forgot to take pix of those.

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Old Jul 7, 2025 | 03:53 PM
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nice 488 over the weekend


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Old Jul 7, 2025 | 04:07 PM
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very rare color!






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Old Jul 7, 2025 | 07:11 PM
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Compared to the majority of CT out there that are plain white, not bad.
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Old Jul 7, 2025 | 08:59 PM
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Isn’t that similar to the Phoenix yellow for the E46 M3?
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Old Jul 8, 2025 | 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by srika
nice 488 over the weekend

that’s basically the pics I take lol!
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Old Jul 8, 2025 | 08:43 AM
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mannnnnn I was slowww on the drawwwwww and ummm yeah.
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Old Jul 8, 2025 | 08:43 AM
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It looks artsy though. I should sell it as a print. Probably sell.

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Old Jul 9, 2025 | 06:12 AM
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Some late 4th of July shots from Homestead Miami Speedway where they run Nascar races






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Old Jul 9, 2025 | 02:29 PM
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Did you get to drive the track too?
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Old Jul 10, 2025 | 09:20 AM
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Did you get to drive the track too?
Nah, you couldn't even walk it.
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Old Jul 10, 2025 | 10:11 AM
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F-Pace SVR


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Old Jul 13, 2025 | 02:06 PM
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Not in the best shape, but I do love a W123

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Old Jul 16, 2025 | 11:01 AM
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at Whole Foods yesterday... boi





right outside my work yesterday - love the chalk look






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Old Jul 16, 2025 | 11:51 AM
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Nice shots. That said, and nothing personal, but . . . I really don't like ("hate" is probably too strong a word) any sort of SUV, CUV, etc.

Of course, they clearly have their place and purpose in people's lives.
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Old Jul 16, 2025 | 11:55 AM
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Was thinking kinda similarly about the Urus upon seeing that, I mean, it's just a done up Audi.
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Old Jul 16, 2025 | 12:15 PM
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July 4th parade - US Army Weasel M29

70HP, 36MPH top speed

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Old Jul 16, 2025 | 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by nanxun
Nice shots. That said, and nothing personal, but . . . I really don't like ("hate" is probably too strong a word) any sort of SUV, CUV, etc.

Of course, they clearly have their place and purpose in people's lives.
yeah, I don’t like them either. I don’t mind the engine having muscle, but the sport suspension, low profile and wide tires are not something I would want in a vehicle that type.
Also, carbon fiber bits always amuse me on 5500+ lbs vehicles.

im gonna add another thing to my dislikes, the very popular chalk color.
back in my days that was the primer or bondo repair color…

a friend of mine has g87 m2 in chalk and I can’t say it grew on me, but my dislike isn’t as severe. Personally, I would have gone with a different color.
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Old Jul 16, 2025 | 01:37 PM
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yea im not a fan of the chalk color. Just too plain.

prefer the skittles colors.
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Old Jul 17, 2025 | 04:27 PM
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Spotted while working at a (Yemeni) coffee shop today. Only the little boys and grown men seemed to take notice. The women couldn't care less.

From what I could gather, the owner of the car (Huracan EVO) was also that of a new chicken and gyro restaurant that was having it's grand opening next door (see balloons on left of 3rd shot).

Restaurant's name is "Blazin Chicken and Gyros," hence the license plate, I suppose. (But are they really only selling chicken and gyros??? I mean . . . that's gotta be a LOTTA chicken and gyros.)

Reminds me of Gus Frings and El Pollo Loco. Although Gus would never splash and flash like this.






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Old Jul 18, 2025 | 01:39 PM
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Sick car. Ain't no way a small chicken joint is making that much $$$ though. I agree it's probably a cover like El Pollo Loco in BB
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Old Jul 19, 2025 | 06:50 PM
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Waseem Rana is the owner of that location. He was/maybe still is a senior account exec at Dynatrace (total comp is $220k-340k/yr) and previously Salesforce, plus time at Oracle and a few others. You need about $500k to become a franchisee. He's just playing the game right
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Old Jul 21, 2025 | 11:27 AM
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Damn, I stand corrected!
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Old Jul 21, 2025 | 12:31 PM
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wooooo at the green Huracan

what a setup!
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Old Jul 21, 2025 | 08:23 PM
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This may be my new "if I won the lottery" car... (I'd still love a Land Rover Defender though)
Lexus GX550 Overtrail +



And then I saw this parked, 30 yards away from that GX550

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Old Jul 21, 2025 | 08:34 PM
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That's a good looking GX, always been a fan of them.
The Aston, I'm 50/50
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Old Jul 22, 2025 | 09:53 AM
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SU7 dressed up as Initial D

SU7 has drift mode, so I guess it makes sense.

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Old Jul 23, 2025 | 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by civicdrivr
Waseem Rana is the owner of that location. He was/maybe still is a senior account exec at Dynatrace (total comp is $220k-340k/yr) and previously Salesforce, plus time at Oracle and a few others. You need about $500k to become a franchisee. He's just playing the game right
A $300k TC is enough to get a Lambo???
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Old Jul 24, 2025 | 04:09 PM
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A $300k TC is enough to get a Lambo???
He spends a lot of time in Dubai, so...
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Old Jul 27, 2025 | 02:13 PM
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A $300k TC is enough to get a Lambo???
Depending on the position at some of those prior jobs he might have had RSU or Stock Options. Perhaps he was one of the lucky ones on the stock market or crypto as well.
But even without those, I think it’s doable on that income if you save up and live below your means and you were lucky enough to buy a house before the market went nuts. On the low end of the range posted, of 220k, that’s roughly 180k in hand after federal income. I think the Hurrican is 300k, so with a few years of saving up, definitely doable.
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Old Jul 27, 2025 | 08:55 PM
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How (and for how much) does one insure a Lambo? For that matter, what are it's running costs? Crazy AF (from a middle class perspective), I'd imagine.

Thought I'd ask since I'll never ever learn from personal experience.
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