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Paris - near Champs-Élysées
« on: September 14, 2018, 12:12:33 »
Spotted Today - 14-Sept close to the Champs-Élysées.
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Re: Paris - near Champs-Élysées
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2018, 13:25:31 »
Looks like my car, color code 903H, except my interior is blue.

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Re: Paris - near Champs-Élysées
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2018, 19:54:00 »

Looks metallic to me...

No...?
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Re: Paris - near Champs-Élysées
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2018, 20:06:24 »
I agree.  A good looking color.  396G perhaps?
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Re: Paris - near Champs-Élysées
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2018, 22:25:54 »
Another great "Pagoda Spotting" Oz. You are a magnet for these car's either in Paris or down in Southern CA and quick with the camera too :D

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Re: Paris - near Champs-Élysées
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2018, 02:03:13 »
Nice one, especially with the hard top on. Brave owner!
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Re: Paris - near Champs-Élysées
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2018, 06:58:41 »
Another great "Pagoda Spotting" Oz. You are a magnet for these car's either in Paris or down in Southern CA and quick with the camera too :D

John

It’s been a summer of Pagodas in the wild in the Los Angeles area, I have seen several that I did not post as I was not quick enough on the trigger to snap a shot.  Two signal reds and a powder blue escaped the lens.
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Re: Paris - near Champs-Élysées
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2018, 21:13:24 »
Must be bodies in the trunk. Lot's of sag.
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Re: Paris - near Champs-Élysées
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2018, 06:12:36 »
Champs-Élysées might just be the most perfect place in the world to drive a Pagoda.
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Re: Paris - near Champs-Élysées
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2018, 16:55:10 »
Must be bodies in the trunk. Lot's of sag.

.....in Paris traffic it is sometimes necessary to “appuyer sur le champignon” in order to avoid being hit from behind!

Nice shots Oz!
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Re: Paris - near Champs-Élysées
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2018, 17:48:50 »
 I, for one, was very happy when they put the tunnel under the Arc de Triomphe heading NW on the Champs-Élysées. When I first drove on the Champs-Élysées back in the 60's there was no clear center to the Boulevard and it was kind of a "majority rules" traffic pattern with cars in the center "lanes" going both directions usually avoiding each other ;D. Better now but I still don't think I would drive my Pagoda there but do love to see someone else's there.

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Re: Paris - near Champs-Élysées
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2018, 17:53:51 »
pj
No, it's not, it's terrifying.
I've tried it...
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Re: Paris - near Champs-Élysées
« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2018, 07:25:00 »
Maybe we need to clear the traffic first :-)
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Re: Paris - near Champs-Élysées
« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2018, 18:44:33 »
At the top of the Champs Elysees is the Place de l'Etoile, which is a huge round about around the Arc de Triomphe. People  entering the round about have right of way, and it's quite terrifying. After a while, my technique was to press the gas pedal to the metal and close my eyes while entering the round about, and try to open them early enough to avoid crashing into an incoming driver using the same technique as me. Still alive to tell the tale.

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Re: Paris - near Champs-Élysées
« Reply #14 on: November 16, 2018, 04:30:07 »
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