Cars of Coolhaven

An exploration of extraordinary cars in an ordinary neighborhood

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Mini John Cooper Works GP

December 18th, 2007 · 4 Comments

This car has been on my ‘to spot’ list for quite some time now, and finally: here it is. The little racing monster they call a Mini GP. I have stumbled across number 311 in a series of 2000, if the various sites are to be believed. How handy that they write its serial number [...]

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Tags: Mini · Nice cars

BMW M6

September 10th, 2007 · 2 Comments

My trusted and loved waterproof digital camera (a Olympus mu770 SW) was expecting some heavy duty photo action. I was on my way to the beach for a surf session with some kayaking buddies, but as it turned out I shot way more pictures of cars than of exciting surf kayaking… Figures. Before I even [...]

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BMW 2002 Coupé

August 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment

This small BMW is the predecessor of the well-known 3-series. The ‘New class’ line was the first set of cars of BMW that could pay the bills since WWII. This little orange car certainly has lost its spark, but it is a piece of motoring history which has surely earned its place here! The car [...]

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Tags: BMW · Oldies

wishlist for christmas

August 4th, 2007 · No Comments

i wish these were in my garage, or were parked in my street! the cars you’re seeing here are highly exclusive custom build estate cars from Aston Martin and Jaguar. On the right it is a Jaguar MK2 4door estate car in the middle it is an Aston db5 shouting break. it is called a [...]

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Tags: Aston Martin · Jaguar · Nice cars · Oldies