BMW E30 | An important birthday to be celebrated soon

Taking pictures of the diamond black 318is beauties on Sunday reminded me of something. A couple of weeks ago, while looking for Drive-by Snapshots in Strasbourg, I found an almost immaculate BMW E30 324d in an industrial area. The sign on the roof pointed to a used car dealership I would have otherwise missed. The silver car was for sale, but an old diesel isn’t really desirable to own in Germany due to high taxes… unless it is 30+ years old. Well this particular birthday will be celebrated in the not too distant future.

Classic Car Dealership Somerset West ZA | Drive-by Snapshots by Sebastian Motsch (2012)

Apr

14

Just a couple of minutes…

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Before writing anything meaningful about the pictures you see here, I must apologize for the bad quality. The pictures have been taken with an old compact camera, not really suitable to night-time shooting without utilizing a tripod. The area itself was a bit dodgy after sunset, so we didn’t waste any time digging out the better cam. Actually, I didn’t even look at the cars on display then and there. All in all it took no more than a couple of minutes to snap those pictures. Quite a nice display, I must admit. Would have been nice to drive stop by during opening hours.

Drive-by Snapshots Cover DeTomaso Pantera

Mar

31

Drive-by Snapshots | The first three months

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Drive-by Snapshots | The first three months

The motivation

Yes! I do love traveling by car. It all started when I was sitting in the back seat as a young boy, traveling long distance with my parents. Looking out of the window at the various landscapes, cloud formations, towns, cities and the odd church has been fascinating as a child. This fascination evolved over the years. I used to ride my bicycle everywhere to take pictures of classic vehicles – with my eyes, saving them to my memory because I didn’t have a camera back then. Eventually I acquired a camera, got my drivers’ license and bought my first car.

Honda Accord SJ Beirut Lebanon | Drive-by Snapshots by Hanna (2013)

Mar

30

Honda Accord Mk1 | A true survivor

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As promised in the last post, Drive-by Snapshots now features a guest blog. My dear friend Hanna currently lives in Beirut / Lebanon and found this Honda Accord Mk1. She likes my idea of blogging about (often overlooked) daily drivers and survivors. A survivor? Yes – if it was imported to the Lebanon when new. Back then in the late 70’s / early 80’s, the civil war was in full swing. When the war ended in 1990, this first generation Accord was already 20 years old! OK, we’ll probably never figure out if the car was actually imported later, but it certainly looks like it has seen a rough day or two in its’ life.

Mar

17

Volkswagen T1 & T2 | Ring Road Smileys

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Late Sunday afternoon. We are driving home from a pleasant weekend we spent near Oostende. Passing a couple of vintage air-cooled Volkswagen on the ring road around Brussels brightens up the slow and rather dull traffic. For some reason they always make you smile 🙂

I missed most of them, due to the camera bag being hidden under some stuff on the back seat. However, I did manage to take a few snapshots before the sun set. Please excuse the bad quality of the images. The ride on most new cars is not suitable for taking pictures in low light conditions.