New seven picture

[bigdog]

As per the title. Photo was done using DxO optics pro & DxO film pack.

[MightyMike]

Old timey - I like it!

[JohnK]

Really excellent, in several respects. The photo really captures the look of what I think of as a 'true' Se7en. Aesthetically it just looks very cool - 'though I know little about photographic technique. But also, it makes it really clear that the 'ur-Se7en*' is a very tiny car,emphasized by the (obviously and rightfully proud) owner posing in front of it. I've had any number of driving experiences over the many years spent on the road, especially on a motorcycle (cafe racer back in the 60's and beyond, sport bike recently) that reinforced my habit of being very paranoid as a guard against becoming suddenly very dead. Unhappily I've noticed that, even with the protection of a frame, the larger size of a Se7en, and the ability to drive off the road in an emergency, a Se7en is considerably lower than one finds oneself on a motorcycle - which diminishes the ability to see ahead to avoid hazards, and my Se7en is aparantly quite a bit taller than a Caterham (as reported by Kitcat's assessment after driving it). While my Se7en is absolutely the most wonderful thing I've ever enjoyed driving, I do find myself occasionally on the verge of freaking out over the vulnerablity that comes from one's being out in traffic with its poplulation of idiots paying attention to anything other than controlling their car. Kind of like scuba diving when you get down below 60 feet or so and look up and it dawns on you how far the surface is away and wonder what you'd do if 'somethining' happened and you suddenly couldn't breathe. Under water there's "spare air" and training exercises and all, but texting adolescents forgetting completely where they are in 70 MPH traffic and only waking up when they're off the road ... In my 20's I remember toasting the demise of Wolfgang VonTripps at Imola with a buddy wishing for "A quick and firery death before the age of 25." So maybe it's just that a Se7en offers, in one of its many facets, another blessing in disguise. Gotta be better than lingering expensively in a hospital.

 

 

* "ur" is a German prefix that indicates that something is really, fundamentally original - like the original ancestor or the true, perfect, original source.

[bigdog]

How about a few more pic's. The first three were taken in my small village at the local bakeries car park.

 

The last one is of my Zed 4 which was sold to fund the seven. That was taken just outside Bitche, France about 40 minutes from my place. Sorry to brag, But the Zed photo was submitted for a UK BMW calender contest. My car was the July photo.

[lancylad]

Your seven has all the right colors....good looking ride!