Jan 26, first pics from Monaco, F430, 996 GT2, E55, 4200GT..

[TT]

Ok, finally some of the pics taken in Monaco are slipping into my updates :D I still post them in chronological order, so this update is still 50/50 ;) and since inside the post I like to go in alphabetical order, it will be a mess and you won't escape my long and boring comments to explain what was where :D

CLICK ANY PIC TO BE TAKEN TO THE PAGE WITH ALL THE HIGH-RES VERSIONS (2O PICS)

Right away with the first pic, we are in Ticino, the italian part of Switzerland where I was born and where my family lives.. it's nothing special, just an Alpina B3 I saw while taking my own Bimmer to the garage for a checkup
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/83Alpina_B3S_05-med.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/updates/updates057.html)

And now at warp speed in Monaco and look at this :D a twin sister :D
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/83Alpina_B3S_06-med.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/updates/updates057.html)

And Lausanne now, for an Arnage I see on a daily basis
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/83Bentley_Arnage_009-med.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/updates/updates057.html)

But if you want to see Arnages, Monaco is the place to be:
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/83Bentley_Arnage_024-med.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/updates/updates057.html)
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/83Bentley_Arnage_025-med.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/updates/updates057.html)

An E39 M5 with winter wheels
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/83BMW_E39_M5_037-med.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/updates/updates057.html)

And you already saw this one.. in Italy, at the sea, Santa Margherita Ligure where I spent a couple of days earlier this month! My first F430 on the road for real, the others where at the dealership or in front of it ;)
I almost missed it! I was at a bar sipping an Ice tea with my grandma, I heard it coming, I saw the red shape, I jumped up and said bye, I will come back soon! I run but even if it's impossible to speed there because of the traffic and narrow road, I lost it.. the driver was looking for a parking place, I was almost sure since he was even slower than usually there.. so I waited a little bit and he came right in front of me to park there where the pics were taken! Sadly my two tripods were at the Hotel.. 5 minutes away but I didn't want to risk a miss, so I used a flower pot for the rear shot and the ground for the front ones
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/83Ferrari_430_129-med.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/updates/updates057.html)
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/83Ferrari_430_131-med.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/updates/updates057.html)
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/83Ferrari_430_130-med.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/updates/updates057.html)

This 4200GT was in Lausanne, very well placed I think, strangely my camera refused to focus no matter how many times I tried.. so I had to do it manually wich is never easy on a digital camera.. still an ok picture :D
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/83Maserati_4200GT_053-med.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/updates/updates057.html)

Now for the Mercedes fans a couple of CLS.. a shape I absolutely love.. the first one again in Ticino
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/83Mercedes-Benz_CLS_060-med.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/updates/updates057.html)

This one in Monaco, with a nice dog pee on the side :?
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/83Mercedes-Benz_CLS_061-med.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/updates/updates057.html)

And same crossroad, different color
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/83Mercedes-Benz_CLS_062-med.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/updates/updates057.html)

We have to quickly come back to Lausanne for this sexy E55!
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/83Mercedes-Benz_E55_AMG_041-med.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/updates/updates057.html)

But the best has to come and as you can guess it was not in Lausanne or Ticino.. it's Porsche time and in this picture a 996 Cab / 996 C4S combo
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/83Porsche_996_Cabrio_and_996_C4S_001-med.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/updates/updates057.html)
And on the background you could see..

A pretty fucking gorgeous GT2 with bare carbon rear wing (another pic will for sure be in one of the next updates!)
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/83Porsche_996_GT2_130-med.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/updates/updates057.html)

In Ticino a sexy 996TT with some good sunset light too
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/83Porsche_996_Turbo_220-med.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/updates/updates057.html)

This one passed us in Italy while traveling toward Santa Margherita Ligure in my grandma's Honda Civic 1.6 LOL.. I was at the wheel but as always, read to snap a pic :D
a 997 Carrera just in case ;)
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/83Porsche_997_Carrera_034-med.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/updates/updates057.html)

And last but not least, a simple Cayenne Turbo in Monaco.. same hotel as the 3 previous 996
http://www.jabbasworld.net/photopost/data/504/83Porsche_Cayenne_Turbo_102-med.jpg (http://www.swisscarsightings.com/updates/updates057.html)

[Pimp Racer]

Great pictures TT! I love this one - http://www.swisscarsightings.com/ferrari/Ferrari%20430%20130.jpg

[dodo]

great pics dude!
the color of the gt2 is very nice... :D

[|Nuno|]

Great pics TT! :D That F430 looks so damn sexy! :mrgreen:

[budagboy2]

Nice pics, the GT2 looks amazing. Did that color have hint of blue in it, or was it just sliver?

[dingo]

those pics alone are sensational.....but to know more are coming is amazing :shock:
The F430 is an amazing sight, I like it more everytime I see it :D THe GT2 is pretty sexy....especially with 2 more 911's around it :P

THanks for the pics dude :D

[nurbrun]

:shock: fuckin lucky bastard :shock: Awsome pics :twisted:

[SilviaEvo]

that GT2 is AWESOME!!! also that F430 is sensational

[possessed_beaver]

awsome pics indeed.

to bad you missed that R34 GTR :(
the F430 looks stunning!

[ferrari550]

Fantastic pics as usual TT, the f430, gt2, cls...... are all marvelous!
Wish i was there

[Toronto]

Great pics, I would love to live in the part of a the world we you can go on a quick drive and see 3-4 different cultures of poeple,
well I guess I have to travel more often or move.

[Schwalbe]

Really nice pictures like always ! The first F430 pics and the 996 GT2 pics are my favorite. :D

[duko]

Great pics. Thank you very very much, especially for the F430 pics :D :D

[komotar]

Good morning.

The pictures are awesome.

I'm sure all that warp speeding made you dizzy. :wink:

The f430 are phenomenal.

And I love the E55, I never get tired of it. It's so impressive...

And the Maser pic............ah.....it brings back sweet memories.....

btw, got the maser 300d pics today, but are not that good.Next time I'll take that camera and give my minolta to that guy...... :cry: All the close up shots were shitty... ok, better stop before stealing this topic...sorry :oops:

[mclaren_Gt]

wowwwwwwwwww, so sweet

very nice imgs, sweet f430 =)

[Dirk]

Nice pics, where does the Bentley stand every day then? What kind of building (just to know what you'll have to do to be rich enough to buy an Arnage :D)?

[stmoritzer]

wow, awesome pic from the F430, interesting viewpoint-angles
(personally, I prefer a yellow one)
http://www.swisscarsightings.com/ferrari/thumbs/Ferrari%20430%20079.jpg

the GT2 is also great!

[TT]

Nice pics, the GT2 looks amazing. Did that color have hint of blue in it, or was it just sliver?

You are right, there was a hint of light blue in it

...
to bad you missed that R34 GTR :(
...

Yes, just caught a glimpse of it and was unable to catch up :(
You can see it in somebody else's picture here:

http://img181.exs.cx/img181/7921/skylinegtr34fqogil3ph.th.jpg (http://img181.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img181&image=skylinegtr34fqogil3ph.jpg)

Great pics, I would love to live in the part of a the world we you can go on a quick drive and see 3-4 different cultures of poeple,
well I guess I have to travel more often or move.

Indeed, Europe is already great for this, but beeing in Switzerland make it even better.. from Lausanne basically, France is a 40 minutes drive, Italy too, Germany 1 hour to 90 minutes, Austria is a bit far since I am in the westernmost part of Switzerland but still you can reach it from here in 4 or 5 hours :)
Those 4 days were pretty nice.. I drove the 400 km to my parents, then we picked up granma's car, another 300 km and we were in Italy on the sea.. from there, 200 km and I was in Monaco (and France obviously).. pretty nice :)

Nice pics, where does the Bentley stand every day then? What kind of building (just to know what you'll have to do to be rich enough to buy an Arnage :D)?

Well it's just one of those medium businness building with some sort of can't-remember-what-exactly business in them :) the Arnage owner uses it as a daily drive obviously, winter or summer

wow, awesome pic from the F430, interesting viewpoint-angles
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HAHA, thanks, they were really the only ones I could use, beeing too dark to take pics with the camera in my hands :D

[dons5]

omg F430 just amazing

[Wutputt]

Some great sightings. Those pics of the 996 GT2 and 996 TT look realy great (exept for the white Mitsu(?) break ruining the view a bit in the turbo pic). And of course the F430 sight is great. Some nice pics you shot of it.

[racer_f50]

nice pics of the F430, thanks for posting them :D

[raphaelws]

F430 is always welcome!!
thanks TT

[neilo63]

Awesome pics. But i bet the people in monaco dont get excited by much anymore.

[TT]

True, and I admit that, after 20 CLS for instance I stopped taking pics of them :D same goes for the likes of M3 or Cayennes.. too many actually :D

[davide]

You bring amazing pictures to my computer! I'm stunned!

I love taking pictures but my camera isn't the best one, and they cost like 1000 Euros for a GOOD digital camera... The focus and lighting on that first F430 picture is amazing. Wallpaper? yes please!

Love you pictures, got one nature-shot to over slazburg I think... gorgeous.

[TT]

Thanks Davide.. Sadly you are right, "good" cameras are expensive, but it's not like it isn't worth the money IMO. It's true that you can take already good pics with 300 € ones, but spending 700 more, also bring more and definitely should be considered if possible ;)

[adamwich]

WOW! Beautiful TT! Thanks a lot

[salegosse]

GT2 is pure beauty, i wish i could have shot it :|

[Dirk]

Nice pics, where does the Bentley stand every day then? What kind of building (just to know what you'll have to do to be rich enough to buy an Arnage :D)?

Well it's just one of those medium businness building with some sort of can't-remember-what-exactly business in them :) the Arnage owner uses it as a daily drive obviously, winter or summer

Was it in your home town then or in Monaco?

[TT]

GT2 is pure beauty, i wish i could have shot it :|

At least one car I got in Monaco that you didn't :P

Nice pics, where does the Bentley stand every day then? What kind of building (just to know what you'll have to do to be rich enough to buy an Arnage :D)?

Well it's just one of those medium businness building with some sort of can't-remember-what-exactly business in them :) the Arnage owner uses it as a daily drive obviously, winter or summer

Was it in your home town then or in Monaco?

It was in Lausanne, 1 km from home

[salegosse]

At least one car I got in Monaco that you didn't :P

But i saw it ! :cry:

[TT]

Shit and why no pic?

[sentra_dude]

Dang TT! That 430 looks gorgeous...but is no where near as badass as that 996 GT2! 8)

Too bad you missed that Skyline...:P