Heb jij al bedacht wat je wilt gaan doen met de €3.000,- die binnen een paar maanden van jouw kan zijn? Een bezoek aan spotstad Singapore of Dubai, welke gaat het worden? Of kies je toch voor wat anders? De meeste fanatieke spotters zullen dat vast wel voor zichzelf weten. Deze spotters deden dan ook hun inzending om wat meer over zichzelf te vertellen zodat jij je stem kan uitbrengen op iemand. Tijd voor een nadere kennismaking!
Spotter Lennard de Ruiter
1. Wie ben je en uit welk land kom je?
Mijn naam is Lennard de Ruiter en ik kom uit Nederland
2. Hoelang ben je al actief als spotter en waar ben je actief als spotter?
Actief vanaf 03-10-2010 maar sinds dit jaar spotter met spiegelreflexcamera. Ik spot altijd in regio Zwolle (Wat overigens goed te doen is, Librije etc.) en woon zelf in een dorp vlakbij, waar ook redelijk leuke auto's staan en rijden. (Spotten in en rondom een dorp maakt het helemaal tot een uitdaging)
3. Wat maakt het spotten voor jou zo leuk?
Het is en blijft elke keer weer een uitdaging, soms heb je niks, soms onverwachts een topspot en het blijft een sport om de foto's zo mooi mogelijk te maken.
4. Wat is de mooiste ervaring die hebt meegemaakt als spotter?
Het zelf rijden in een Maserati Gran Tursismo (Artikel is gepubliceerd op Autogespot)
5. Welke droom als spotter laat je uitkomen als je €€3.000,- wint? In mijn vakantie spotten in Dubai voor een aantal dagen en misschien spotten in Monaco. Ook lijkt het mij erg gaaf om richting Beverly Hills en omstreken eens te spotten, dus echt een droom.
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Spotter Big_Marx
1. Who are you and what country are you from?
My name is Mark Koščak also known as Big_Marx here on Autogespot. I'm 19 years old photograhper who is mainly focused in automotive photography. I'm from little country in Europe, Slovenia.
2. How long are you active as a car spotter and where do you normally spot cars?
Well my first official spot which I posted on Autogespot was back in 2011 in Greece when I was there on holidays with family. But of course this was not my first spot because before that I was already taking pictures of interesting cars but when I came on Autogespot there were certian rules you had to follow so almost all pictures were useless for AG but I used them for my website.
Normally I spot cars in my home town Ljubljana, mostly at expensive hotels but it's almost always empty because we are really small and our economy is not really good so almost no one can afford some sportscar. 90% of my spots are tourist cars so I doing my best to travel as much as possible.
3. What makes car spotting fun to do?
Well if you are car fanatic and you like taking pictures this is perfect combo because it's not just like ''oh I see Ferrari'' it's more like ''Oh I see Ferrari 599 GTO!'' :) So what makes it fun to do, well you can see some rare exotic cars in real life which you saw before only on pictures on internet. And from my expericences you also travel a lot more than usually because car spotting was the reason for me to visit some cities I wouldn't go normally. At the same time you can also spot some rare cars you never saw before even on internet so you actually learn something new. So far it's a lot fun and I love doing it, mostly because I love photography, cars and traveling. And I think that I will never stop carspotting because you can't get enough of this :)
4. What’s your best experience as a car spotter?
Well me and my brother are big fans of Nurburgring and we went there with 2 goals 1 was that we drive on the best race track in the world and second was to go spotting. I never imagined I would spot so many cars. It was amazing experience and I will be back soon! I probably saw some cars I won't see ever again in my really poor town of Ljubljana, unless I travel my whole life :)
5. What dream do you want to realize when you win the €3,000,- price?
Definitely I would spend a lot on gear because I really wish to have some better lens and some other stuff considering photography equipment. Other part of price I would spend on trips to Monaco, St. Tropez, London, Dubai and other really stunning cities perfect for car spotting around the world!
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Spotter Patrick Timmermans
1. Ik ben Patrick Timmermans, 31 alweer, woon in Vught en werk als lease consultant bij Alphabet in Breda. Hartstikke leuk werk en ben nog veel met auto's bezig ook, laatste nog iemand van een Panamera af gepraat en naar een M6 Gran Coupé bewogen. Heb er een klant tussen zitten met een leuke collectie auto's waar ik een goede band mee heb. Vorig jaar een 997 GT3 3.8 Mk2 van meegehad. Staat ook op de site in Vught gespot. Wat een geweldenaar; alleen ik ging failliet bijna aan de brandstof: 250,- euro voor 850 km:) Ik reis letterlijk heel Europa af voor auto's en ben zelfs speciaal naar Parijs gereden toen daar de Gemballa Mig-U1 stond. Maar toppunt was speciaal naar Genève rijden voor DE rit van mijn leven: namelijk meerijden met de McLaren F1. Als ik terug denk aan dat geluid van die geweldige BMW V12 krijg ik nog kippenvel...Ik ben dus autofreak in hart en nieren.
2. Ik spot eigenlijk pas actief sinds september 2008, redelijk laat dus gezien mijn leeftijd. Favoriete spotplaatsen zijn Londen en Nürburg. En in mijn omgeving rijd ik vaak rondjes door mijn woonplaats Vught, Den Bosch en Oisterwijk. Soms kom je werkelijk niks tegen en soms zie je de meest dikke wagens. Dat maakt het spotten mooi; het onverwachtte.
3. Spotten is leuk omdat je bij God niet weet wat je gaat tegenkomen. Ook reacties van mensen zijn weleens leuk "Is there someone famous in the car? No, it is just about that car". En men kijkt dan alsof ze water zien branden. Prachtig! Zwaaiende eigenaren achter het stuur doen het ook altijd goed.
4. Mooiste ervaring is dus ongetwijfeld het ritje in de McLaren F1 waarvoor ik speciaal naar Genève ben gereden. Dat wordt moeilijk te overtreffen. Alleen zelf rijden in de F1 kan het overtreffen:)
Onverwachts was dat ik in Nürburg twee rondes mee kon rijden in een Corvette Z06 dit jaar. Ik stond de auto te fotgraferen en d eeigenaar bood het me zelf aan zonder dat ik überhaupt iets had gevraagd. Ik stond perplex!
5. Als ik 3.000,- euro win dan zou ik toch in augustus naar Amerika gaan en al die geweldige events af gaan; tot de blaren op mijn voeten staan! Als er nog geld over is via Dubai weer terug naar huis.
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Spotter Philip Wendel
1. Who are you and what country are you from?
My name is Philip Wendel and i run Swedish Supercars with my girlfriend Johanna Nilsson. We are two super pationate car spotters with an eye for detail, we love going out around town and country to find the most exotic and exclusive cars to spot, it's our perfect way to explore and discover new things and places about the world we live in. Absoloutly love to travel but really can't stretch our legs since we both suffer from bad economy and hard times. Since we both are going to study and need jobs on the side there's not much time left for travelling, nor is there any money left for it either. Studying these days don't come cheap.
You can find our entry to the competition right below, we believe this is the most spectacular spot we've seen so far, it's far from the most expensive or exclusive car but it's a symbol for what we are doing and love, the pictures we took and edited for this spot was the best so far, i'm a perfectionist and i can sit for hours with a single picture and never really get it right, but this is a spot im proud off if i may say it myself. It was one of the first days we were out around town only for spotting and i was so happy we found this cold F430 in the parking lot all by itself, it looked to awesome next to the other normal cars. Keep in mind Helsingborg in Sweden is not really famous for car spotting or expensive cars so to say, sure there's usually something out and about but even a F430 is kinda rare here so seeing one on a day like that was just perfect and it really gets you going.
2. How long are you active as a car spotter and where do you normally spot cars?
We are active 24 hours and 7 days a week, usually what we do is that we listen for certain cars on the main street, we live in the middle of Helsingborg and right on the main street so keeping a window open always helps.
As soon as we hear something i always have to go out and look, i have been a car geek since as long as i remember so i usually hear if it's something worth going out for or not. But we are always ready with our cameras where ever we are and whatever the time is.
3. What makes car spotting fun to do?
It's a hard question to answer due to the fact that it's such a huge combination of things, like i mentioned before i have always been extremely into cars and want to know and learn everything about it, as i learn more i also love to share it with my friends and family, that's kinda how i got my girlfriend into it, as soon as i saw some exotic or special car i immediately started bombarding here with facts and specifications and such, she started to memorise this and loves photographing and the look of the cars so our interests kinda loverlapped and here we are today, two super dedicated car spotters with a huge love for it.
4. What’s your best experience as a car spotter?
Just going about and looking for the cars and finding places you normally would't go to or visit, just a simple thing like going into this or that alley or going all the way to the other side of town just to check for cars, you find such lovely and special places while you do this and the satisfaction of walking for hours and then finding a spot is priceless.
5. What dream do you want to realize when you win the €3,000,- price?
It would defenitely be to be able to go to a car spotting paradise like London, Monaco, Dubai, Cannes, Paris and so on.
We are extremely restriced right now like i mentioned above by economic problems so getting to travel to just one of these locations would be a dream come true, when i dont car spot i always watch youtubers like "Marchettino" and "Shmee150" (with many many more of course.) and what they get to experience in their daily basis is a dream and goal in my life and i hope to achive it or atleast get a little bit closer to it trough Autogespot and Youtube.
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Spotter Filip Kovacic
1. Who are you and what Country are you from?
Filip Kovacic, from Switzerland. I have my own photography brand called Auto Pursuit Photography.
2. How Long are you active as a car spotter and where do you normally spot cars?
I'm now for a year active as car spotter and I spot normally cars around Lucerne.
But I also taking pictures of many events and I do also some photoshootings.
3. What makes car spotting fun to do?
I saw till now very much supercars and exotics, my favourite one was the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse WRC
that was in Monaco and I'd love to share my experience with other car fanatics. Because for me isn't it
like to take a photo and that's it. No for me it's a passionate! I really love to take photographs of cars and I try always
my best and then I want to share my photography with all people over the world who are also passionate for supercars &
exotics like how I am.
4. Whats you best experience as a car spotter?
I had for now in one year driven in some awsome cars like a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta Novitec Rosso with 800hp
or in a Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 LeMans. This experience was awsome and ofcourse to shoot this cars.
This feeling in this cars is unbeliveable! When the 800 or 640hp pushs you in your seat and you full enjoy the
ride in this Beasts out there!
5. What dream do you want to realize when you win the 3,000,- price?
I'm now using a Nikon D3200 DSLR (Starter DSLR). I would like to buy me new equipment. A Nikon D800 DSLR
and a NIKKOR objective 28-300mm and some extras like a Polarizer filter, rain cover for my Cam and things like
a new memory card for my new DSLR and much more.
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Spotter Mattia
1. Who are you and what Country are you from?
Hi! I'm Mattia (Manzodj on Autogespot) and I'm 18 years old.
I live in Italy, and Bologna is the place where I usually have the possibility to spot great cars; unfortunately, rich people in my city spend their money on everything but cars! So it often happens that I don't see any nice car for days... Fortunately, I'm half hungarian, and every time I go to Budapest, I feel like being in heaven, because anywhere I turn, I see some epic cars (it's the only place where I've seen a Koenigsegg!). I became a real car spotter last year, just a few months before knowing Autogespot (which is now a great reason to look for supercars).
The best thing about car spotting is running after cool cars, even on big roads, or chasing them by car when possible (you know, my Fiat Panda isn't strong enough to follow a Lambo on the highway) and shouting at my friends to run faster and faster to take as many shots as possible.
The best experience related to cars that I've ever had was this year: for my 18th birthday I was taken on a 30 minute ride in an Ariel Atom on the hills of Budapest. You can't imagine the beauty that the city gains when you see it from an Ariel ;)
I'm not sure at all that this e-mail will help me win the 3000,- prize, but if I were so lucky to win, I would surely buy a white piano to put in my living room, because playing the piano is the other great passion that I have together with car spotting.
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Spotter djfifty
1. Who are you and what country are you from?
I am djfifty (nickname from autogespot.com), I come from Poland.
2. How long you are spotter and where you are most active?
I take picture since 2008, the most active on exoticcars.pl
3. What makes do you get this so much fun?
Certainly their style, but also the sound is of course important, and the history of the model.
4. What is your best experience with spots?
The conversation and handshake with many owners of exotic cars (including Lamborghini LP640 and Ferrari 430 Scuderia).
5. What dream will allow you to meet the amount of 3000 euro?
Maybe buy new lenses, filters, photographic additives, or just buy a car (I think BMW E30) to travel to the car event.
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Spotter Mateusz Walenczewski
1. Who are you and what country are you from?
I'm student from Poland. I'm a great passionate about the motorization and photography. In my opinion the best option is connection of both.
2. How long are you active as a car spotter and where do you normally spot cars?
I take photos since about 7 years. Firstly, I've been photographing only in my hometown. Presently, I take photos in Poznan, because in this city are more exotic cars and it was a the most important reason for choice of my study.
3. What makes car spotting fun to do?
Spotting causes that I can forget about my daily life. I'm not scared of all my problems when I take a camera and I go outside with it. I feel as free and fulfilled man. Thanks Spotting I have possibility to meet a lot of great people, car owners willingly talk with me about cars. We can exchange contacts and it's the best thing what is possibility. Thanks our exchange our brief conversation becomes a deep knowledge. There is always a hope of meeting something very special, the only one which I will show on Autogespot for all world. Spotting it's my all life.
4. What'’s your best experience as a car spotter?
It was many years ago. I was walking on streets in my hometown and then I saw Jaguar XJR. In this time in my city it was something amazingly! I thought: maybe I should take photos. As I thought I did! After taking photos the owner came up to me and he proposed a ride. For me it was something incredible. He proposed it for me! He proposed a ride for small boy in THIS car! Without hesitation I was agreeing and then I loved spotting. For such a spontaneous adventures. Since then, many years have passed and rides other cars but this is still the most pleasant memories.
5. What dream do you want to realize when you win the €3,000,- price?
I would like buy better camera. I could take a better photos and then any car would did not have fled. Now, unfortunately I can not afford it... When I will have this camera, I will take away it with me for my "spot of life". It would be week in Monaco. In my "temple". I know that it's obvious choice and probably you get a lot of more creatively choices, but it's my dream. In this time it's only dream. Unfortunately.
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Spotter CARLOS92
1. Who are you and what country are you from?
I confirm my participation in the " Promote yourself as a spotter and win €3,000,-!". Spotting is my passion and a way to spend free time. I love these fantastic cars. My name is Tomasz Żaroń, nick: CARLOS92 - I am a student from Poland, Warsaw. My hobby is spotting and fishing.
2. How long you are spotter and where you are most active?
I take pictures of exotic cars since 2003, most often in Warsaw - Poland, but I have my camera always with, even on holidays.
3. What makes do you get this so much fun?
First of all I love very much cars especially exotic. The sound of the engine is for me like a drug, and their shapes cause trembling of my heart, excites me the way passers look at these wonderful works of motoring.
4. What is your best experience with spots?
When I photographed Lamborghini Aventador of known Polish showman, then suddenly he came out of the restaurant and asked me whether I would not like to take pictures inside and drive a car. I did not expect he would be so nice, and the ride was fantastic not to mention of the sound mode "Corsa".
5. What dream will allow you to meet the amount of €3,000,- ?
First, I would buy better and more advanced camera and new lenses. Then I will go to the Casino in Monaco for spot :D
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1. Wie ben je en uit welk land kom je?
Ik ben Koen Smits ik ben 14 jaar en ik kom uit Groningen (Nederland)Een maand of twee geleden ben ik op Internet autogespot.com tegengekomen.
2. Hoelang ben je al actief als spotter en waar ben je actief als spotter?
Ik ben nu al ongeveer twee maanden actief op autogespot.com en ik heb al aardig wat spots geupload. In die twee maanden ben ik elk weekend non-stop auto's gaan spotten, elk weekend ga ik namelijk gemiddeld rond de 60KM fietsen om op zoek te gaan naar spotwaardige auto's. Ik fiets elk weekend naar de garage van het voetbalstadion van FC Groningen, het Casino, de stad, de garages bij mij in de buurt en de autodealers bij mij in de buurt. Elk weekend zie ik wel een spotwaardige auto. Ook zoek ik vaak auto's op die in mijn buurt zijn gespot op autogespot.com, zodat ik daarheen kan fietsen en de auto's kan spotten.
3. Wat maakt het spotten voor jou zo leuk?
Het leuke aan het spotten van supercars is dat je elke keer weer je ogen niet kan geloven van wat je dan weer tegemoet komt, mijn hart gaat sneller kloppen, mijn bloed gaat sneller stromen, en dat allemaal door auto die alleen sneller gaat wat duurder is en mooier is dan de gemiddelde auto. Meestal blijf ik net zo lang bij die auto tot dat de auto vertrekt zodat ik kan genieten van de geur en het geluid van de auto. Ik ben wel eens anderhalf uur bij een Lamborghini gebleven tot dat de auto wegreed want dat blijven fantastische ervaringen die jaren in je hoofd blijven hangen.
4. Wat is de mooiste ervaring die hebt meegemaakt als spotter?
De mooiste ervaring die ik heb meegemaakt is dat ik 6 jaar geleden in de zomervakantie naar Monaco was geweest. ik kon mijn ogen niet geloven, ik zag dan weer een Ferrari FF dan weer een 458 en dan kwam er weer een MP4-12C langsgereden ik was helemaal in dromenland. Het spectaculairste wat ik daar heb meegemaakt is dat ik een kwartier mee heb mogen rijden in een rode Ferrari F430 Spyder, met 150 kilometer per uur door de bebouwde kom en dat geluid, ik kreeg gewoon rillingen en ik begon het zelfs eng te vinden de hele stoel trilde mijn oren werden belazerd door een oorverdovend hard geluid, ik stond doodsangsten uit, maar ondanks alles was dat wel het kwartier van mijn leven, en dat zal voor altijd in mijn hersens geboord zitten. Ik heb van die ervaring tientallen foto's gemaakt. Dat was echt mijn ultieme spotervaring.
5. Welke droom als spotter laat je uitkomen als je €3.000,- wint?
Als ik €3.000,- win, zou ik weer naar mijn droomplek gaan: Monaco de enige echte stad van de supercars. Als ik daar ben zou ik sowieso nog een keer dat kwartiertje van mijn leven opnieuw willen beleven, maar dan zonder doodsangsten uit te staan. Dat is mijn droom, dat zal ik ooit nog eens moeten beleven. Dat is mijn "try before I die".
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