London / A Brief Tuesday Evening Stroll
During the week Michelle and I spent most of the days working, so there wasn't too much exploring at the time, but after we were done we would still stroll around for someplace to grab some food. Here's a few shots of our neighborhood.
It's all about one-upping someone else.
Though you'll always find someone who's untouchable.
Piccadilly Circus, the mini-Times Square.
Invasion of the mediocre American chains!
Oh British Chinatown, why can't LA's be like this? Full of cheap restaurants, markets and bakeries.
The glamorous green hole-in-the-wall on the right has been our go-to spot for cheap Japanese food (and just cheap food in general).
Pork buns all day everyday!
The most hardcore MINI of them all, the John Cooper Works GP.
London / Getting Our Tourist On Pt. 3
Closing up on our day as London tourists, we went over towards Green Park, Dover Street specifically. As one can imagine, being located just behind Regent Street and Savile Row means it's still a pretty posh area and is full of several high end flagships.
Of course, with high end shops come high end cars too! This Infinit FX is in fact the limited Vettel edition. Of course, not everyone in the car community was impressed by it, and the staggering price tag of £100k ($160,000!!) certainly didn't help. Is it really worth $60k more than a new Range Rover that's more powerful, more capable, has more features, and holds higher "brand prestige"? Good thing it was limited to just 200 examples...
I'm a big fan of the Sebastian who races for RedBull, just not this one.
Gettin' that Quattro love set in early.
Finally! The first proper classic car I've shot while in the city. I mean, who wouldn't want to take a pic of an XKE? It's just one of those cars everyone can agree on being so pretty. Even Ferrari's proud and egotistical founder Enzo Ferrari was a fan of the Jag, quoted famously by calling it "The most beautiful car ever made".
I would have shot more pics of it and done a spotlight on it if the rather grouchy-looking owner wasn't sitting in it glaring at me. Be happy man! You have a great car!
BMW's Grand Coupes seem to be a hit over here. I see more of the 4 door variants than the traditional 2 door coupes. Personally, I'd take any version. I'm a big fan of this gen 6er.
Ok, last car pic. Never cared much about 80s/90s Bentleys (Sorry Jay-Z) but then again I rarely spot them in perfect condition like this. Knowing you can pic one up used for around $20k back home, it's something one can consider for having a timeless luxury car. Gotta be in a dark color though, bright colors make it look a little cheesy IMO.
AKIRA!!!! The front pillars of Dover Street Market, which was an interesting boutique to say the least. Unfortunately they were pretty strict with the photography inside, so no pics of that. Afterwards we headed to Regent Street to visit one more shop for Michelle's class project.
It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas...
Michelle with a few of her classmates.
Car Spotlight / Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3
A V12 powered Aston Martin built for endurance racing. Yeah, that sounds just about perfect to me.
Go Bruins!
Aston Martin races their V8 Vantages in GT3 as well, but only their V12 models have the cool fender gills, I presume to help assist with cooling down those extra 4 cylinders.
Of course wearing 007. It's not just for show either, Aston Martin actually uses the 007 number during racing as well, though last I remember seeing it was on the Prodrive DB9R. Maybe different series/class means there are multiple AM's out there racing with Mr. Bond's number?
I'm still more of a Porsche/BMW guy than Aston Martin, but I still love their cars and would jump to have the chance to race in one. #millionarewishlist
