Discussion
northwest monkey said:
had ham said:
Dubai and Cancun.
Not convinced. I know lots of council folk - personally and professionally - and none of them have ever been to Dubai.Actually, most of them wouldn't know where either of those 2 places are if I'm honest.
So instead of Dubai & Cancun, I'm nominating ignorance.
See also:
White Range Rover on drip
Hot Tubs
Barratt homes
Fake tans
Michael Kors
Big Rod said:
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!Here's a good example...
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.
Big Rod said:
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!Here's a good example...
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.
A decade or so ago the wife used to babysit and house sit for a lovely couple who came from "old money"; husband was a lawyer, the wife worked but I don't know what she did, they had a huge cottage in Surrey with a pool, tennis courts, sauna, barn and paddocks the kids all went to top private schools, they had great holidays but drove an ancient Volvo and a snotty Carina, I should imagine they could walk into any dealership and easily handover £40k for a new car without batting an eyelid; they just weren't interested in cars.
I know others like the above too.
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I am glad one person is far away enough from Council to get that, you Sir are not 
ha ha as in the wall ???
Anyway talking of nice cars and poor houses. Was looking at a building job today in an inner city area. This area is 100% Asian. Terraced houses everywhere. In house mosques and learning places running from houses. Every house under 100 k in value. Wow the cars parked up, generally worth more than houses. My favorite being a Porsche panamara (?). Slewed across a disabled bay. But who am I to judge, live like a king for nothing in the family home and drive nice cars. If you want to live in an awful ghetto that is.
Stickyfinger said:
motco said:
Anyway talking of nice cars and poor houses. Was looking at a building job today in an inner city area. This area is 100% Asian. Terraced houses everywhere. In house mosques and learning places running from houses. Every house under 100 k in value. Wow the cars parked up, generally worth more than houses. My favorite being a Porsche panamara (?). Slewed across a disabled bay. But who am I to judge, live like a king for nothing in the family home and drive nice cars. If you want to live in an awful ghetto that is.
test heap of old hypermilage car known to man, yet my main interest in life is cars.All in one visit, (and yes I know I was there, so that makes me council).
Macdonalds, check.
Waiting 10 minutes in drive through when it would be quicker to park up and go inside, check.
Having been through the drive through, parking up in the car park to eat the meal, large fries, diet coke in your car, check.
Depositing rubbish on floor, check.
Macdonalds, check.
Waiting 10 minutes in drive through when it would be quicker to park up and go inside, check.
Having been through the drive through, parking up in the car park to eat the meal, large fries, diet coke in your car, check.
Depositing rubbish on floor, check.
ReaperCushions said:
northwest monkey said:
had ham said:
Dubai and Cancun.
Not convinced. I know lots of council folk - personally and professionally - and none of them have ever been to Dubai.Actually, most of them wouldn't know where either of those 2 places are if I'm honest.
So instead of Dubai & Cancun, I'm nominating ignorance.
See also:
White Range Rover on drip
Hot Tubs
Barratt homes
Fake tans
Michael Kors
northwest monkey said:
A lot of your examples are "Chav" and not "Council". Easy to confuse them to be fair as they share a lot of the same character traits, but they are different beasts. A lot of "council" folk aspire to be "Chav".
The other way round, surely?People can be council but not really be bad people, a lot of it is down to lack of money, taste, intelligence (without being too nasty) but most of it is pretty innocent.
Chav are the scummy type that give the council lot a bad name.
smithyithy said:
northwest monkey said:
A lot of your examples are "Chav" and not "Council". Easy to confuse them to be fair as they share a lot of the same character traits, but they are different beasts. A lot of "council" folk aspire to be "Chav".
The other way round, surely?People can be council but not really be bad people, a lot of it is down to lack of money, taste, intelligence (without being too nasty) but most of it is pretty innocent.
Chav are the scummy type that give the council lot a bad name.
A lot of scummy "council" folk aspire to be "Chav". In their eyes, a "Chav" with the 14 year old white RR and fake tan is "posh".
Zoon said:
ReaperCushions said:
New money council innit.
See also:
White Range Rover on drip
Do many people buy Range Rovers cash nowadays?See also:
White Range Rover on drip
I only know one person who has, the other is chucking £700 a month at one!
(I lease a white Range Rover, sorry)
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