Spotted. Saleen S7 04/17/10

[Kona9]

On 17th mid afternoon. Looking for a patio, admiring the ladies strutting their stuff, and came upon this.

Colorado plates with ZR plate trim. Pretty humble guy.

[pf0sh0]

oooooooooooo weeeeeeeeeee. thats sick

[HondaKid]

That is one long ass car, check out the real estate from the seat back. Is that rear wheel way larger than the front one? Real nice spot.

One nice thing Calgary has, a shit load of exotic cars. I was waiting at a long red light last week, directly in front was a Lambo, it felt like I was directly in front of a Marshall amp. Those pipes were buzzing with sweet sounds and vibes.

To hear an Saleen S7:

[signature7]

WOW Nice spot.

[Kloubek]

One of my fav cars. Very nice.

Bet he spends a fair amount of time at the pumps....

[schocker]

Cool spotting. I believe I have seen that one before on a flatbed years ago with the colorado plates coming into calgary on highway 1.

[MGCM]

how come i never see the fun cars, all i seem to ever come across is Lambo's and rly they kinda get old after u've seen too many of them. Tho, I did see an R8 a few weeks back can't go wrong with an Audi R8

[JustinGTP]

Awesome

[RickDaTuner]

This S7 is on its 3 or 4th Engine, i can't remember. Saleen made a cool looking car but the reliability of it is just piss poor

[MGCM]

Originally posted by RickDaTuner
This S7 is on its 3 or 4th Engine, i can remember. Saleen made a cool looking car but the reliability of it is just piss poor

....................proof of said statement? I find it hard to believe the engine on that S7 has been replaced 3 times already.

[RickDaTuner]

Originally posted by MGCM


....................proof of said statement? I find it hard to believe the engine on that S7 has been replaced 3 times already.

You are hearing right form the horses mouth. I used to work for ZR. It blew once on a run to BC, blew another time on a trip to the US, Once at the track, and I can't remember if there was another time, might have just been a blown turbo.

Each time the car has been Sent back to Saleen as it still under warranty.

here is the vid for the US run



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[SCHIDER23]

Great spotting, about the engine reliabilitythat's not cool.

[94boosted]

That's an awesome spot, never seen one of those in Calgary.

[beyond_ban]

I've seen that one twice now. Cool car to spot, thats for sure. It used to be parked in the ZR showroom so i was able to get a close up look to it. I couldn't believe how horrendous the paint was. I guess its better to see these cars get used then to be garage queens their entire life.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Good spot!

[B20EF]

Originally posted by beyond_ban
I guess its better to see these cars get used then to be garage queens their entire life.

He drives all his cars as they were designed to perform, or at least the best he can.

[AndyL]

Spotted it in canmore at the visitors center...


Grabbed a couple shots - for a spotted thread - wanted to ask if that wing was actually a saleen addition (i hope not!) or rice...

[LMVantage]

Originally posted by MGCM


....................proof of said statement? I find it hard to believe the engine on that S7 has been replaced 3 times already.

That's correct regarding the engines. Those things are horribly unreliable - or at least that one is.

As for the wing, from what I remember it's a Saleen piece.

[AndyL]

Oi, can't believe Saleen would add that...

Its mounts looked well done, and effective (was expecting double sided 3m tape when I first spied it) and seemed to match the front lip - I just couldn't see it being a Saleen piece...

Nice to see the cars getting used...

[scat19]

SEX.

Great spot.