Viewing: Can you find your car???

**BAD63R** · 13-03-2010, 01:55 PM

I'm sure by now there has been a few people check out Google Maps lately (not Google Earth). Well if you haven't as yet, go and check it out and see if you can find your motor

I followed the black Google Astra through a local industrial estate and then passed him which actually has a better shot. It was done at the time I had my Vectra GSi (my last car).

Here I am lol:-

So go and check it out and get a screen dump up. There is a full screen button on the top right of the picture for a better screen dump

Dont worry about street names, number plates etc. Pretty much all are blurred out by Google

**BAD63R** · 14-03-2010, 10:41 AM

no-one else?

**turbonutter69** · 14-03-2010, 11:46 AM

I had a gander and found my old Rover but couldn't find my Focus.

**davevm** · 14-03-2010, 02:33 PM

why is it allways gloomy in the UK ?

***herb*** · 14-03-2010, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by davevm

why is it allways gloomy in the UK ?

cause 90% of the year the weather is terrible

and BAD63R i cant figure how to get this streetview thing to work

**BAD63R** · 14-03-2010, 03:28 PM

What you do is find you street using the normal arial view. Then click and drag the little yellow man on the left, to right outside or next to your car, let it refresh the screen then you should be in street view. But if you can get it to work still, send me a PM with your car model and colour so i know what to look for and give me your postcode of where your car is and i'll put it up for you

Remeber to use Google Maps, not Google Earth. Earth is quite rubbish in comparison to quality of the shots. It's also world wide

**Nalderz** · 14-03-2010, 04:45 PM

Found mine. Its the 307 in the car park, totally standard so must have been a while ago. The greenish corsa next to it is my bros

***herb*** · 14-03-2010, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by BAD63R

What you do is find you street using the normal arial view. Then click and drag the little yellow man on the left, to right outside or next to your car, let it refresh the screen then you should be in street view. But if you can get it to work still, send me a PM with your car model and colour so i know what to look for and give me your postcode of where your car is and i'll put it up for you

Remeber to use Google Maps, not Google Earth. Earth is quite rubbish in comparison to quality of the shots. It's also world wide

well it turns out when google where doing this my road was shut for new water mains

but i did find a pic of a mg svr in the local garage

bit of a crap pic but still

this is what it looks like in real life

and a pic of the owners flip paint mg (75 equivalent?) v8

**pgarner** · 14-03-2010, 07:50 PM

found it
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&...242.69,,2,3.49
you can just see the top of it tho

**turbonutter69** · 15-03-2010, 12:33 AM

Didn't find my car but I did find one of my dogs on my mums yard.

**bgood12** · 15-03-2010, 03:34 AM

very fun I found my car from about 3 years ago I tried my current place, then my old place, then I tried the KU campus. and BING!

**Skullion** · 21-03-2010, 10:43 PM

Here's my Old Celica

**lutonmatt** · 21-03-2010, 11:07 PM

tryed to look for mine at work but i see teh van go past the garage but have cut out the high street on the map so i cant look in the grage to see what car i had at the time

**RobBentley** · 22-03-2010, 01:55 AM

Can't find mine

Tried at my current place, old place, parents place etc etc - It appears it managed to miss the Google van every single time!

**turbonutter69** · 22-03-2010, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by RobBentley

Can't find mine

Tried at my current place, old place, parents place etc etc - It appears it managed to miss the Google van every single time!

I've just found my Focus now you mentioned the van cause I remember passing it on a lane near me.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&so...237.31,,2,7.21

**RobBentley** · 22-03-2010, 11:35 AM

heh - awesome!

**BAD63R** · 22-03-2010, 12:41 PM

Hey hey well done. Seems to be quite rare for people to be spotted on the road. None of my mates have been snapped on the road, just at work or home mainly. But it's all good fun.

**turbonutter69** · 22-03-2010, 12:50 PM

I went past it 3 times in one day.

***HDi fun*** · 22-03-2010, 12:55 PM

Here it is. Clearly before 24 June last year.

**turbonutter69** · 22-03-2010, 12:57 PM

See these 2 are on the same day as the other one. I past it twice in 2 mins.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&so...16.21,,0,14.21

And here he is catching me up round the corner.
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&so...244.98,,0,5.15

**mlawson101** · 22-03-2010, 06:37 PM

hmph cant see into my drive =/ ah well.....