W/NW - Classic Cars

Austin Mini Countryman​
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Photographer: Yokosuka Mike
Sony A7III camera
Sigma 90mm f2.8 DG DN Contemporary lens
January 2024 - Yokohama, Japan​
 
Jay Leno has one, ( so it must be... Classic ✔ )

Lambo Gallardo

Arcadia, Los Angeles County, USA

Img by Taipei-metro

Panasonic mFT G6,
Zuiko 14-42
 
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AlwaysOnAuto said:
I'm curious as to how those parking space devices work, Mike. My daughter never mentioned them when she was living in Japan.
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When the parking space is empty the diamond tread plate between the two blue things lays flat on the ground.

After a car is parked in the space it is detected by a sensor and the diamond tread plate rises up to a near 90 degree angle. If the car is low to the ground the plate will stop before pushing into the bottom of the car. Anyway, once the plate is up it’s impossible to move your car out of the space.

When a person is ready to leave the parking lot there is a control box near the entrance of the parking lot. Input your parking space number and your ticket and it will tell you (digital screen) how much money you owe.

Pay the money into the control box and the diamond tread plate goes down to the ground thus allowing the car to leave the space.

I may have left something out but that's the gist of it.

All the best,
Mike
 
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Yokosuka_Mike said:
When the parking space is empty the diamond tread plate between the two blue things lays flat on the ground.

After a car is parked in the space it is detected by a sensor and the diamond tread plate rises up to a near 90 degree angle. If the car is low to the ground the plate will stop before pushing into the bottom of the car. Anyway, once the plate is up it’s impossible to move your car out of the space.

When a person is ready to leave the parking lot there is a control box near the entrance of the parking lot. Input your parking space number and your ticket and it will tell you (digital screen) how much money you owe.

Pay the money into the control box and the diamond tread plate goes down to the ground thus allowing the car to leave the space.

I may have left something out but that's the gist of it.

All the best,
Mike
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That's kind of what I thought might happen, but man oh man I can see all kinds of problems with that system if it doesn't work as intended.
 
Mercedes-Benz 280SE
I love it when the hubcaps and the car body are the same color - And, unfortunately strong winter sunshine bothers the pictures.
Oh well, one takes what one can get.​
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Photographer: Yokosuka Mike
Fujifilm X-E4 camera
Fujinon XF 27mm f2.8 R WR lens
January 2024 - Yokohama, Japan​
 
Michael Markey said:
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This one really brings back memories!

My dad had driven a series of MGs, from 1951 to 1968: TD, TF 1500, MGA, and MGB. He turned 50 in Dec 1967 and the next month traded in his MGB on a new Rover 2000 TC. (I might note that I turned him on to the car.)

I got to drive it, too, and it was a helluva car! A true sport sedan, with incredible roadholding, and possibly the most crashworthy car on the road at the time.

- Murray
 
CMur12 said:
This one really brings back memories!

My dad had driven a series of MGs, from 1951 to 1968: TD, TF 1500, MGA, and MGB. He turned 50 in Dec 1967 and the next month traded in his MGB on a new Rover 2000 TC. (I might note that I turned him on to the car.)

I got to drive it, too, and it was a helluva car! A true sport sedan, with incredible roadholding, and possibly the most crashworthy car on the road at the time.

- Murray
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Certainly were lovely cars Murray.
Your dad had some classics .
That one registered 1970 by the number plate.
H was `70 ... they missed i out so J was `71 etc.
 
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