a bit council

[dannyDC2]

schmunk said:

dannyDC2 said:

Yes, WWFWCWWTF wrestling is very council indeed.

... but John Cena is King of the internet right now.

[Zoon]

Cliftonite said:

Thanks to Jez m for pic:

• Trade van
• Caravan
• Pebble dash
• Net curtains
• Dodgy number plate

I think that qualifies for the best one I've seen, only other was a brand new gallardo outside a terraced house. Although it didn't stay there long, after the owner was imprisoned for pharmaceutical offences.

[thismonkeyhere]

Zoon said:

I think that qualifies for the best one I've seen, only other was a brand new gallardo outside a terraced house. Although it didn't stay there long, after the owner was imprisoned for pharmaceutical offences.

There's a Gallardo near to my Aunt's house, in a street of town houses with no off street parking. Said car has to be parked in the street and has been bashed a few times, including the loss of a (very expensive) wing mirror.

I thought this was a bit 'council', but then discovered the owner is a senior consultant at the nearby hospital. He didn't want to move and did want a Lamborghini, so fair enough. Not sure I could relax enough to do that though!

[Martin350]

motco said:

Ah, driving without a driving license - very council!

[BorkFactor]

bobbo89 said:

I must be missing it too.
This however......

Replica alloys?

[SilverSixer]

motco said:

redrabbit said:

Cliftonite said:

Thanks to Jez m for pic:

• Trade van
• Caravan
• Pebble dash
• Net curtains
• Dodgy number plate

That's got to represent one of the highest 'cost of motor / cost of domicile' ratios I've seen (and I've seen a few round my way - including a nearly-new Evoque on the lawn of a similarly des res). A subject worthy of a thread of its own..?

There's also the other side of the coin, namely the members of the landed gentry who drive modest vehicles. I had cause to visit a vast estate in Norfolk some while ago and the Viscount (who shall remain un-named) was driving around in a five year old Saab while touring his thousands of acres.

Here's a good example...

She does live in the world's largest council houses.

[WD39]

505diff said:

Sounding one's horn as a greeting or farewell

Yesssssssssss. Also honking at someone you know who is walking along the high street. It's not just one honk either. They carry on until the person waves, or usually shouts, a greeting. Councillors all.

[BrabusMog]

thismonkeyhere said:

Zoon said:

I think that qualifies for the best one I've seen, only other was a brand new gallardo outside a terraced house. Although it didn't stay there long, after the owner was imprisoned for pharmaceutical offences.

There's a Gallardo near to my Aunt's house, in a street of town houses with no off street parking. Said car has to be parked in the street and has been bashed a few times, including the loss of a (very expensive) wing mirror.

I thought this was a bit 'council', but then discovered the owner is a senior consultant at the nearby hospital. He didn't want to move and did want a Lamborghini, so fair enough. Not sure I could relax enough to do that though!

I remember a good few years ago when visiting my ex's mum in Harbourne (Birmingham) and whenever we walked to the pub we would go past a black Gallardo that was parked on the street wearing a few battle scars. I always used to admire the guts of the owner.

[smithyithy]

There's a couple of houses round the corner from me on the route I walk my dog, past the front of my old primary school. Both modest bungalows that have been renovated, quite nice to be fair.

I estimate they're worth £175k each max, based on the rest of the street, yet the one has a brand new white Continental GT and A45 AMG - quite a car / house value ratio!

Although it's not the most extreme example and I can't really fault them, some people are happy with a modest abode if it means they can afford to drive something special.

[Ste1987]

motco said:

There's also the other side of the coin, namely the members of the landed gentry who drive modest vehicles. I had cause to visit a vast estate in Norfolk some while ago and the Viscount (who shall remain un-named) was driving around in a five year old Saab while touring his thousands of acres.

Here's a good example...

I find this very bizarre. I remember going to my cousin's wedding a few years ago and passing through a very nice estate, the houses must have been worth a million quid each, yet half of them had sheds on the driveway!

[thismonkeyhere]

smithyithy said:

There's a couple of houses round the corner from me on the route I walk my dog, past the front of my old primary school. Both modest bungalows that have been renovated, quite nice to be fair.

I estimate they're worth £175k each max, based on the rest of the street, yet the one has a brand new white Continental GT and A45 AMG - quite a car / house value ratio!

Although it's not the most extreme example and I can't really fault them, some people are happy with a modest abode if it means they can afford to drive something special.

I don't know what lies behind these people's decisions, but considering it's much easier these days to acquire a flash car than a flash house, some of them at least must be thinking that if they can't have one they might as well have the other.

'Easier' might also include self employed, cash dealers, undeclared income and the like.

Recognising of course that some couldn't much care what they live in, but do like cars!

[Cyder]

Moominator said:

Van on drive- I really really want a Vivaro. It'd be perfect for camping away, carring kit, bike -purely for family/lifestyle but we live on a TINY dead end road and it'd really inconvenience neighbours (yes I do care for my neighbours and their enjoyment of their environment). If I parked it at the end of the road it'd probably have the locks screwdrivered etc on a bi-weekly basis so its a no

Living in an area where your cars get vandalised is a little, umm, cahhhhncil isn't it?

[colonel c]

I didn't think there were any of these left in business:

[WD39]

Ste1987 said:

motco said:

There's also the other side of the coin, namely the members of the landed gentry who drive modest vehicles. I had cause to visit a vast estate in Norfolk some while ago and the Viscount (who shall remain un-named) was driving around in a five year old Saab while touring his thousands of acres.

Here's a good example...

I find this very bizarre. I remember going to my cousin's wedding a few years ago and passing through a very nice estate, the houses must have been worth a million quid each, yet half of them had sheds on the driveway!

Inverted council snobbery? I can afford any car, but I'll stick to the Ford Focus.

[handpaper]

HTP99 said:

dfen5 said:

Purchasing a vehicle and asking for £50 back for luck. Unbelievable.

That's not Council, that is "traveller"!

Also Northern. Yorkshire,Cumbria, Borders.

[Big Rod]

WD39 said:

Ste1987 said:

motco said:

There's also the other side of the coin, namely the members of the landed gentry who drive modest vehicles. I had cause to visit a vast estate in Norfolk some while ago and the Viscount (who shall remain un-named) was driving around in a five year old Saab while touring his thousands of acres.

Here's a good example...

I find this very bizarre. I remember going to my cousin's wedding a few years ago and passing through a very nice estate, the houses must have been worth a million quid each, yet half of them had sheds on the driveway!

Inverted council snobbery? I can afford any car, but I'll stick to the Ford Focus.

Not at all. Our old neighbours have just bought a smallholding in the countryside for a large fortune, their three kids go to private schools and everything else they buy is top of the line.

He drives an 02 plate Saab estate and she drive quite an aged XC90. They're just not motivated that way.

I could maybe say the same about myself TBH. While I'm not rich by any stretch of the imagination, we live in a nice area, I could quite easily afford something quite exotic on 'the drip' but because the business I'm in can peak and trough I'd rather not tie myself into something so we've an old Merc S-Class and a Shogun which is a bit battered on the drive but I own them outright.

[jamiebae]

Big Rod said:

Not at all. Our old neighbours have just bought a smallholding in the countryside for a large fortune, their three kids go to private schools and everything else they buy is top of the line.

He drives an 02 plate Saab estate and she drive quite an aged XC90. They're just not motivated that way.

This, exactly. Some of my family have a big estate in Scotland, and drive around in an assortment of Golfs, a 10 year old Subaru and a pickup for farm work. No interest in cars at all so they buy a nice nearly-new Golf, run it until it starts to become unreliable and trade it in for another one.

[dannyDC2]

Wires sticking out the front of aftermarket car headunits. IE Aux cables, USB sticks.

If wired connectivity is needed it must come from the rear and be hidden away somewhere tidy, otherwise council.

[soad]

colonel c said:

I didn't think there were any of these left in business:

"Nice" find.

[motco]

WestyCarl said:

motco said:

There's also the other side of the coin, namely the members of the landed gentry who drive modest vehicles. I had cause to visit a vast estate in Norfolk some while ago and the Viscount (who shall remain un-named) was driving around in a five year old Saab while touring his thousands of acres.

Here's a good example...

Clever media management. I bet she's got 3 Long tail F1's in her garage and a private race track in the back garden (at least I hope she has)

She does have a private drag strip...