London 'Supercar scene'

[y2blade]

BJG1 said:

Whenever I'm wandering about in London I'll get out the camera to take photos of some cars, although almost always parked.
Usually something classic or unusual rather than the 100 458s but that's just my preference. There's nothing wrong with driving a supercar in London and there's nothing wrong with taking photos of supercars in London.
There is a problem with people revving the nuts off them, driving like dicks and spotters holding up traffic. Just a minority that do it but they're quite a literally a very noisy minority.

Great post.

I'll highlight that last bit for the troll on here.
It is Exactly what this thread is about, and the sole issue "enthusiasts" are complaining about.

[boobles]

y2blade said:

Great post.

I'll highlight that last bit for the troll on here.
It is Exactly what this thread is about, and the sole issue "enthusiasts" are complaining about.

Now now Y2 no need to call people trolls just because they have a differnt opinion to you, although I have said all along that they are dicks for driving like that but you seem to have not read that bit & jumped on the "bandwagon" again.

[CraigyMc]

boobles said:

So people have come on here "a car forum" to slag off cars!
If people don't like watching videos of "supercars" driving "slowly" & "revving" their engines, then don't as nobody is forcing you. Some people don't get to see these things in the flesh very often so to see some driving slowly on a "real" street is pleasing for alot of people. Watching cars racing around a track is completely different so I fully understand why so many people enjoy either filming these cars on our streets or watching the videos.

boobles said:

Now now Y2 no need to call people trolls just because they have a differnt opinion to you, although I have said all along that they are dicks for driving like that but you seem to have not read that bit & jumped on the "bandwagon" again.

[y2blade]

CraigyMc said:

boobles said:

So people have come on here "a car forum" to slag off cars!
If people don't like watching videos of "supercars" driving "slowly" & "revving" their engines, then don't as nobody is forcing you. Some people don't get to see these things in the flesh very often so to see some driving slowly on a "real" street is pleasing for alot of people. Watching cars racing around a track is completely different so I fully understand why so many people enjoy either filming these cars on our streets or watching the videos.

boobles said:

Now now Y2 no need to call people trolls just because they have a differnt opinion to you, although I have said all along that they are dicks for driving like that but you seem to have not read that bit & jumped on the "bandwagon" again.

.

Indeed CraigyMc, indeed.

[boobles]

So that makes me a troll!

Once I realized my mistake & was corrected about their driving, I didn't defend them & I actually agreed that if they drive like idiots then there is no defending that. Hey ho.

Edited by boobles on Tuesday 29th April 15:54

[TimLambert7]

ORD said:

On the other point, if you don't think you would pass a driving test, get off the road!

Do you honestly believe you could get in a car and pass the driving test straight away?

Do you still feed the wheel through your hands and pull to a stop at every roundabout?

There are so many miniscule nuances to passing a driving test that I honestly believe the vast majority of PHers would fail.

[boobles]

boobles said:

I agree with ALL of you about driving like knobs. This is not big nor clever.

Just incase you missed it like you normally do.

[C.A.R.]

Save starting a new thread as this is 'sort of' related, this video in which a member of the public spots a Lamborghini Huracan in testing in Florida and proceeds to film it. Only he was continually filming it and an Audi A8 turns up to 'cut him off' and things kind of escalate...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qQKs3xakgQ

Reasonable / unreasonable? Not condoning the Lambo test driver at all, but the 'car spotter' was hardly just passing and proceeded to follow the Lambo...brought it upon himself?

[michael243]

C.A.R. said:

Save starting a new thread as this is 'sort of' related, this video in which a member of the public spots a Lamborghini Huracan in testing in Florida and proceeds to film it. Only he was continually filming it and an Audi A8 turns up to 'cut him off' and things kind of escalate...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qQKs3xakgQ

Reasonable / unreasonable? Not condoning the Lambo test driver at all, but the 'car spotter' was hardly just passing and proceeded to follow the Lambo...brought it upon himself?

The person who filmed it has done nothing wrong.

[y2blade]

michael243 said:

C.A.R. said:

Save starting a new thread as this is 'sort of' related, this video in which a member of the public spots a Lamborghini Huracan in testing in Florida and proceeds to film it. Only he was continually filming it and an Audi A8 turns up to 'cut him off' and things kind of escalate...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qQKs3xakgQ

Reasonable / unreasonable? Not condoning the Lambo test driver at all, but the 'car spotter' was hardly just passing and proceeded to follow the Lambo...brought it upon himself?

The person who filmed it has done nothing wrong.

"911 Emergency"

[ORD]

TimLambert7 said:

ORD said:

On the other point, if you don't think you would pass a driving test, get off the road!

Do you honestly believe you could get in a car and pass the driving test straight away?

Do you still feed the wheel through your hands and pull to a stop at every roundabout?

There are so many miniscule nuances to passing a driving test that I honestly believe the vast majority of PHers would fail.

Yes. I would pass very easily indeed. I would hope that any experienced driver would, too, especially an enthusiast.

(You do not need to stop at roundabouts. Nor does the test mandate "push/pull" for all driving. I usually use that method anyway, as does any competent driver.)

[ORD]

michael243 said:

C.A.R. said:

Save starting a new thread as this is 'sort of' related, this video in which a member of the public spots a Lamborghini Huracan in testing in Florida and proceeds to film it. Only he was continually filming it and an Audi A8 turns up to 'cut him off' and things kind of escalate...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qQKs3xakgQ

Reasonable / unreasonable? Not condoning the Lambo test driver at all, but the 'car spotter' was hardly just passing and proceeded to follow the Lambo...brought it upon himself?

The person who filmed it has done nothing wrong.

You must be kidding, right? Playing around like that on a public road is extremely irresponsible and dangerous.

What does he plan to say to the police? "I was chasing a prototype car around so I could film it whilst driving. I tried to keep close to it despite being blocked off." Response - "Why on Earth were you filimg while driving, let alone racing a supercar?".

Edited by ORD on Tuesday 6th May 15:03

[michael243]

ORD said:

You must be kidding, right? Playing around like that on a public road is extremely irresponsible and dangerous.

What does he plan to say to the police? "I was chasing a prototype car around so I could film it whilst driving. I tried to keep close to it despite being blocked off." Response - "Why on Earth were you filimg while driving, let alone racing a supercar?".

Edited by ORD on Tuesday 6th May 15:03

In that case they are all as bad as each other.

[jdw1234]

Perhaps someone could make stickers to go in car windows informing the spotters/sad little virgins that the drivers don't want to be filmed.

The design could be a Thermos with a red line through it or something.

[KFC]

michael243 said:

In that case they are all as bad as each other.

The driving of the Lambo was fine - it was only when he pulled up and starting swearing at the guy that he came across as a dick. At least he wasn't doing anything dangerous, which you couldn't say for the guy filming and the a8 driver.

[Harji]

michael243 said:

The trill of seeing a car that's so rare is what keeps me going back to London, quite a few cars I have saw that are one of one or one of 5/10 etc, seeing them parked up on a road is much better then seeing them flying around a track, yeah revving the cars up and driving like dicks is sometimes annoying and dangerous but for many people they enjoy to see that, I enjoy being able to find things like 3 Aston Martin DB7 Zagato's within the space of 5 mins baring in mind thy only made 100.. Then there's being able to spot things like a 250SWB on park lane or a 166MM Barchetta.. Etc, or even the newer things like Veyrons, aventador roadsters, 458 speciales.

Many people go to take videos to make money or at least pay for their trips, some of those people are the ones that are ruining it by standing in the middle of the road, asking the drivers to rev up or speed down the road.. I just go to take photos and that's it, I don't go and ask the drivers to drive fast down a road so I can get a nice panned shot... I don't ask them to rev up and annoy everybody.. Some of the people who have commented on this thread don't see why many people go to London to see the newest supercars around or the classics, this is a car forum not a lets take the piss out of them because they like cars and videoing/photographing them.

I wouldn't go to London just to see cars, that is sad. And also I take issue with those saying not loving supercars are not enthusiasts (and when did every car become a super car?). I find the whole phallic car scene and super car spotters a little sad to be honest.

The only so caled 'Super' car I've photographed is an Alfa Romeo 8C at Goodwood car park a couple of years back, I also photo'd an RX-7 and the rest of the memory card was taken up by sport's cars at the show.

[michael243]

Harji said:

I wouldn't go to London just to see cars, that is sad. And also I take issue with those saying not loving supercars are not enthusiasts (and when did every car become a super car?). I find the whole phallic car scene and super car spotters a little sad to be honest.

The only so caled 'Super' car I've photographed is an Alfa Romeo 8C at Goodwood car park a couple of years back, I also photo'd an RX-7 and the rest of the memory card was taken up by sport's cars at the show.

Lol.

[AV12]

y2blade said:

Horse Pop said:

Fail to see the difference between that and Maccy D's carpark goonery tbh.

+1
There is no difference.

Exactly. Just because they have 100k plus supercars it's OK, and for Barry and his Corsa it isn't?

In my opinion, people will do things to excess and get the authorities interested.

If they do pass a law about speed, type of car in a certain area, or noise in a certain area then it will affect EVERYBODY who drives and it will be painful of us enthusiasts who understand how the world works.

Our hobbies and interests should not affect others and cause them grief. Have respect for the fellow person/people, FFS. The thing is the cars accelerate at such a rate that I can forsee a fatality from it and that's a nail in the coffin for our interest.

[yellowjack]

michael243 said:

C.A.R. said:

Save starting a new thread as this is 'sort of' related, this video in which a member of the public spots a Lamborghini Huracan in testing in Florida and proceeds to film it. Only he was continually filming it and an Audi A8 turns up to 'cut him off' and things kind of escalate...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qQKs3xakgQ

Reasonable / unreasonable? Not condoning the Lambo test driver at all, but the 'car spotter' was hardly just passing and proceeded to follow the Lambo...brought it upon himself?

The person who filmed it has done nothing wrong.

The Audi crew, and the Lambo driver even calling them in was way over the top.

BUT.

The Subaru driver comes over as a complete cock. Driving like that, swapping lanes without much evidence of him looking first, erratic changes of speed at both ends of the scale, and generally being a twunt by filming it all (there appears to be no-one else in the car) and failing to exercise proper control of a motor vehicle. That's a dangerous driving charge and a potential ban on this side of the pond. It also demonstrates all that is wrong with this cringeworthy side of the 'spotting' scene.

And 45 minutes? He already had plenty of video, so there was no need to start dueling with the big Audi when it arrived on the scene. By all means drive on the same stretch of road as the Lambo, but I can sort of understand why it's driver called in a second car, with the Subaru 'orbiting' him like that, because the longer the 'pursuit' went on, the more likely it became that there was a risk to the safety of the Lamborghini. FFS chap. Just run with the video you already had, and bow out gracefully, not continue to act like a tit and burst into tears when you got called up on it. Although the Audi driver's attitude was also fragrant to say the least, with a definite pot calling an obvious kettle black.

[ORD]

yellowjack said:

michael243 said:

C.A.R. said:

Save starting a new thread as this is 'sort of' related, this video in which a member of the public spots a Lamborghini Huracan in testing in Florida and proceeds to film it. Only he was continually filming it and an Audi A8 turns up to 'cut him off' and things kind of escalate...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qQKs3xakgQ

Reasonable / unreasonable? Not condoning the Lambo test driver at all, but the 'car spotter' was hardly just passing and proceeded to follow the Lambo...brought it upon himself?

The person who filmed it has done nothing wrong.

The Audi crew, and the Lambo driver even calling them in was way over the top.

BUT.

The Subaru driver comes over as a complete cock. Driving like that, swapping lanes without much evidence of him looking first, erratic changes of speed at both ends of the scale, and generally being a twunt by filming it all (there appears to be no-one else in the car) and failing to exercise proper control of a motor vehicle. That's a dangerous driving charge and a potential ban on this side of the pond. It also demonstrates all that is wrong with this cringeworthy side of the 'spotting' scene.

And 45 minutes? He already had plenty of video, so there was no need to start dueling with the big Audi when it arrived on the scene. By all means drive on the same stretch of road as the Lambo, but I can sort of understand why it's driver called in a second car, with the Subaru 'orbiting' him like that, because the longer the 'pursuit' went on, the more likely it became that there was a risk to the safety of the Lamborghini. FFS chap. Just run with the video you already had, and bow out gracefully, not continue to act like a tit and burst into tears when you got called up on it. Although the Audi driver's attitude was also fragrant to say the least, with a definite pot calling an obvious kettle black.

+ 1 on every word.

He was hanging around in order to trigger an incident. He triggered an incident (fortunately one in which nobody got hurt) and then cried about it. If it had been someone dear to me driving the Lambo, I'd have had a word with that guy, too.