As a PHer do you find yourself less excited by Supercars and such like....

[toon10]

I still sometimes act like a kid when I see an interesting car. Not specifically a supercar but just something different on the roads. I walked past a new bright green Focus RS last week and was thinking how horrible the colour was and then parked behind it was an immaculate mallard green Escort Cosworth and I went all "wow, lovely motor mate..." He seemed happy to talk about the car while his mate blanked me for ignoring his :-)

[jamieduff1981]

I still like to see supercars. Some I may be able to afford one day, others probably not. I always appreciate seeing and hearing interesting, rare or exotic stuff though.

[anonymous-user]

Working in Central London and living in a fairly affluent village/area, I've become rather blase to the latest offerings from Ferrari, Aston, etc as I'm seeing many of them on a daily basis. It has to be something a touch different and rarer - perhaps a Zonda or K'egg to get any attention from me nowadays.

Classics and more intresting moderns up to the 1980's however are a different matter - they will always get far more of my attention.

[CrutyRammers]

More interested in classics, kits, and specials, but then I always have been.
Always nice to hear a supercar go past, but I've never been that bothered about them. Too out of reach I suppose.

[RDR 838]

0a said:

I think this is down to identifying with the cars you lusted after in your teens, with anything built after you were in your mid twenties unacceptable.

This would explain why I'm still interested in 348's/355's/964's etc and have zero interest in 458's and 991's but then again, I could buy 2 or 3 335i's for the price of a 348 which is why I won't be buying one anytime soon. I know they're very different cars but bang for buck would be important to me at that kind of money.

I always find Best Motoring's lap battles between more normal cars like the Golf, 205 and Sunny Gti's more entertaining than a Zonda review but that's just me.

[V8RX7]

RDR 838 said:

I always find Best Motoring's lap battles between more normal cars like the Golf, 205 and Sunny Gti's more entertaining than a Zonda review but that's just me.

It's not just you.

[deltashad]

Supercars are way too common nowadays, I saw an f458 on the way to the restaurant I'm sitting in now in a crappy part of Romania. I gave it a glance but there was no glow, then again if it was being driven by a hot chick I may have held the glance into a long stare....

[stain]

I've just bought a mint 1 owner 205 1.9 with only 60k miles and a history file bursting with receipts. This to me is far more exciting than posing about in any modern supercar.

[fitz1985]

They have strangely never done anything for me! to own at least anyway, I'll more than happily pour over the engineering / design with interest.

As a genre it lost something for me when they stopped being very dangerous. I don't know why but there was some serious respect in something driving a 70s / 80s supercar where one mistake could catapult you through the pearly gates.

If I had a lotto win / Ended up CEO or something like that, my personality would probably not fit that well with it.

I'd...

- Build a row of garages and fill them with fun cars from the past that would probably include as a few..
- Escort Xr3i
- Cavalier 4x4 turbo
- MK1 Focus 1.6 Zetec (my first car)
- Fiat Panda 100HP
- Micra 1.2 DIG-S tuned a bit
- Mondeo ST200

I'd also happily keep my current Vectra, give it a respray to take it back to factory condition, and use that to go to work! (or one of the others on a friday). I'd much sooner have a range of different cars, from different makes, all with a little history / quirks etc than one Lambogini SuperTurboFragilistic 4500. I would probably have one of those slightly terrible looking V12 4 seat Ferrari's from the 80s, just because I like to be different!