Drive-by Snapshots | Germany
Feb
28
Sunset Snapshots After leaving my office and clocking out, I decided to go for a little sunset drive before heading home. I didn’t have any camera equipment with me – just my mobile phone, a Samsung Galaxy S5 2017.
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Silvester Blues
Silvester Blues | Erinnerungen an schöne Zeiten Ein paar Stunden noch bis die Zukunft beginnt Es ist der letzte Tag des Jahres. Nach dem obligatorisc[...] Read More»
Barn find | Mercedes-Benz W201 2.3-16 Vorserie (pre-series)
Which old car enthusiast has never dreamed of a barn find? How would it be to open the gate to an old garage and finding something long forgotten? Jus[...] Read More»
Chance and coincidence
“The world is so unpredictable. Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly. We want to feel we are in control of our own existence. In some ways we ar[...] Read More»
Yellow and Blue | Day six
While digging through my picture archives, I became aware of having many pictures that have one thing in common: matching color schemes. It really is [...] Read More»
Yellow and Blue | Day five
While digging through my picture archives, I became aware of having many pictures that have one thing in common: matching color schemes. It really is [...] Read More»
Yellow and Blue | Day three
While digging through my picture archives, I became aware of having many pictures that have one thing in common: matching color schemes. It really is [...] Read More»
Yellow and Blue | Day two
While digging through my picture archives, I became aware of having many pictures that have one thing in common: matching color schemes. It really is [...] Read More»
Citroën 2CV | Chopped Duck Sweet & Sour
A hot summer day in 2014. Heading towards the Nürburgring for the annual Oldtimer Grand Prix, we decided to stop at a rest area to buy refreshments. [...] Read More»
Volvo P1800 | Schloss Freudenhain Passau
“You recently posted a picture of a beige car on Facebook. I don’t know what kind of car it is, but the picture is so beautiful that I loo[...] Read More»
3rd Classic Car Day | Passau Freudenhain
My friends from Passau Classics sent me an invitation to their 3rd annual Classic Car Day, held at Schloss Freudenhain. The one-day event is open to a[...] Read More»
Land Rover Defender variations. No happy end, unfortunately.
Being regular exhibitors at the Abenteuer Allrad in Bad Kissingen, the Off Road Center guys always showcase their skills with a couple of great Land R[...] Read More»
Matching Backgrounds | Three Flavours of Rover
Over the years, I have taken quite a few pictures where the subject and the background match perfectly – be it color, style or period correct se[...] Read More»
BMW 318is E30 | Double the fun
The big portal crane in the Regensburg harbor didn’t only make a great location for the BMW E30 photo shooting, but also paid hommage to the 3-s[...] Read More»
Volkswagen Käfer Cabrio | Fasten your seat belts!
My friend Gerd and his wife Claudia started the drop-top season rather late this year. After collecting the Volkswagen Beetle convertible from storage[...] Read More»
Sleeping Beauties | Golden Brown
Frequent readers know that most posts here at Drive-by Snapshots feature multiple pictures of a certain subject, most often accompanied by a little st[...] Read More»
Ford 20M Coupé | A golden helmet and a matching car
Found this a couple of years ago in Berlin, in front of the MeilenWerk. The place is now called Classic Remise. The BMW K100 motorcycle sculpture itse[...] Read More»
Skoda S100L | Stanced Sunday Sundae
A hot Sunday in early summer 2010 with a thunderstorm looming at the horizon. I was craving a sundae while driving on the speed limited part of the A6[...] Read More»
Lost Places | Berlin Dreilinden
Living in West Germany and having relatives in Berlin made it necessary to drive through German Democratic Republic (GDR) frequently. I remember sitti[...] Read More»
Porsche powered VW T3 | Triple the fun
Putting up a tent in the paddock at the Nürburgring at a VLN racing weekend isn’t really an option. Instead, you might want to have something m[...] Read More»
Volkswagen 412 Variant | The Ugly Duckling
Hans Christian Andersen wrote a fairy tale called ‘The Ugly Duckling’. The story revolves around a little bird that suffers abuse from the[...] Read More»
Vita Popcorn
2009 wasn’t such a good year for funfairs. With the financial crisis hitting the economy hard in 2008, many people didn’t have a lot of mo[...] Read More»
Ford GT | A rare beauty at the Nürburgring
First seen from a distance across the road. Later on up close in the paddock area. Did I like the Ford GT? You bet! Would have never thought it could [...] Read More»
Renault 16 TS | Add elf oil and it runs like a Le Mans legend!
Advertising is sometimes… weird. Create a new version version of a Renault 16 called TS, add a Le Mans racecar sticker to the rear window and a[...] Read More»
