NAC: Spy photographers : myth or reality ?

[Ryan Moon]

I was on a drive with my 931 P-car fall '03 and ran into two test cars 
near Aspen. One was the new Mustang, and the other I'm sure was a Chevy 
Trail Blazer of sorts. I got pictures of the Mustang as the driver was 
putting a car cover on it.


Ryan
On Jul 18, 2005, at 1:45 PM, Keith Lawyer wrote:

>> 1- If they wanted, it would be real easy for a car manufacturer to 
>> "test"
>> their mule in a remote location where no Hans Lehmann, Brenda Priddy 
>> or Jim
>> Dunne are waiting, hidden in a cache with a 3 ft long zoom.
>
> I guess I'm not a cool kid 'cause I don't recognize any of the names 
> above, but I'm not so sure about this argument.  For one thing, it's 
> hard to find the variety of conditions they want for testing without 
> passing thru some civilization, unless they plan to trailer a fleet of 
> cars in between designated test areas (makes me think of something 
> like the Knight Rider semi LOL).
>
> Furthermore here in SW Colo I see test fleets quite freqently during 
> the summer months, all the time on Coal Bank and Molas 
> passes...........and I always figured they test in the mountains down 
> here _because_ it is sparsely populated compared to, say, Eisenhower 
> Tunnel around Denver.
>
> Some of the fleets I see are full-body-camo'd, others just have the 
> equipment, antennas, black boxes etc previously mentioned, and some 
> all have blue (MI?) plates that start with MT (which I always assumed 
> was Motor Trend, but these are of course not camo'd and are not likely 
> to be manufacturer tests).
>
> I still remember years ago ('97 or '98 maybe) when I saw a fleet of 
> what I could only describe as A3's.......two door Audis with rear 
> hatchback, 'bout the size of a Golf with boxes and wires all running 
> down the a-pillar.
>
> Keith L
> if I only carried a camera 24/7 (esp when on the 
> bike).....................
>
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