RE: PH Blog: supercars - what's the point exactly?
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It's about 'The Event' and 
x 11 !
Everytime my bud takes his Murci out he gets attention everywhere, from smiles, to thumbs up, via copious cameraphone shots - and not least the amount of car windows that drop to get an earfull of the noise, especially in tunnels.
Hitting the nail on the head with: 'causing a fuss and brightening up everyone's day'
x 11 !Everytime my bud takes his Murci out he gets attention everywhere, from smiles, to thumbs up, via copious cameraphone shots - and not least the amount of car windows that drop to get an earfull of the noise, especially in tunnels.
Hitting the nail on the head with: 'causing a fuss and brightening up everyone's day'
Edited by STiG911 on Tuesday 12th June 12:43
namnol said:
Pointless article in my opinion.
Name a BIG lambo that drives well?
Muira - no
Countach - no
Murcielago - no
Aventador - no
But does this make any of them bad cars? No.
They are purely about, power and noise and being big, that's what makes them a lambo.
does it mean Diablo drives well or you just missed it? Name a BIG lambo that drives well?
Muira - no
Countach - no
Murcielago - no
Aventador - no
But does this make any of them bad cars? No.
They are purely about, power and noise and being big, that's what makes them a lambo.
Denorth said:
namnol said:
Pointless article in my opinion.
Name a BIG lambo that drives well?
Muira - no
Countach - no
Murcielago - no
Aventador - no
But does this make any of them bad cars? No.
They are purely about, power and noise and being big, that's what makes them a lambo.
does it mean Diablo drives well or you just missed it? Name a BIG lambo that drives well?
Muira - no
Countach - no
Murcielago - no
Aventador - no
But does this make any of them bad cars? No.
They are purely about, power and noise and being big, that's what makes them a lambo.
Yes. All about the "feel".
My Esprit makes me giggle every time i drive it. My GF now has a Toyota Supra. That cost a grand and is just as much fun in its own way.
Is the Esprit practical? Err, no. I have a Range Rover for practical duties. Any Supercar should be outrageous in looks, noise etc. Tunnel? Open the windows and floor it! Even if it's only up to 60mph. The Lambo is the pinnacle of everything a Supecar should be.
My Esprit makes me giggle every time i drive it. My GF now has a Toyota Supra. That cost a grand and is just as much fun in its own way.
Is the Esprit practical? Err, no. I have a Range Rover for practical duties. Any Supercar should be outrageous in looks, noise etc. Tunnel? Open the windows and floor it! Even if it's only up to 60mph. The Lambo is the pinnacle of everything a Supecar should be.
Great article, car enthusiasm is all about variety. We may not always agree on topics (e.g: the FF, FR, 4WD camps) but without it things would be pretty dull.
Re supercars, they are all pretty pointless in reality but its a great thing that they achieve different aspects of pointlessness! Long live BECAUSE RACECAR!
Re supercars, they are all pretty pointless in reality but its a great thing that they achieve different aspects of pointlessness! Long live BECAUSE RACECAR!
There are two basic measures when evaluating a car:
First, there's the practicality, functionality, it's environmental credentials, depreciation and cost per mile.
Let's summarise all those things into a single generic, quantifiable metric we'll call...
...MILES PER GALLON
Then there's the more subjective aspects. The sound, the image, the smell, the emotions, the pure entertainment value, how it makes you feel, how it makes others feel and perhaps even how (un)obtainable such a car is.
And those can be aggregated into another generic measure. Let's call that...
...SMILES PER GALLON.
A few cars can deliver a healthy number on both counts. Most can't, erring on the side of the Miles per Gallon.
Fortunately the world is made a better place by those cars with high Smiles per Gallon values.
First, there's the practicality, functionality, it's environmental credentials, depreciation and cost per mile.
Let's summarise all those things into a single generic, quantifiable metric we'll call...
...MILES PER GALLON
Then there's the more subjective aspects. The sound, the image, the smell, the emotions, the pure entertainment value, how it makes you feel, how it makes others feel and perhaps even how (un)obtainable such a car is.
And those can be aggregated into another generic measure. Let's call that...
...SMILES PER GALLON.
A few cars can deliver a healthy number on both counts. Most can't, erring on the side of the Miles per Gallon.
Fortunately the world is made a better place by those cars with high Smiles per Gallon values.
It's the pointlessness that makes them so desirable.
Take my TVR 450se wedge:
It's rubbishly built tbh
Has panel gaps you can get your fingers into
Has wooden brakes
Is twitchy and nervous on a bumpy B road
I always have a list of 'to do' jobs (and mine's a good 'un)
But, i feckin luv it because:
It's retro 80's styling polarises opinion, but to me is uber cool
It sounds like nothing else
Given the chassis/brakes capabilities it's more than quick enough
It grab attention all the time
In fact, here's a gratuitous link to us in action.......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detail...
Jimbo
Take my TVR 450se wedge:
It's rubbishly built tbh
Has panel gaps you can get your fingers into
Has wooden brakes
Is twitchy and nervous on a bumpy B road
I always have a list of 'to do' jobs (and mine's a good 'un)
But, i feckin luv it because:
It's retro 80's styling polarises opinion, but to me is uber cool
It sounds like nothing else
Given the chassis/brakes capabilities it's more than quick enough
It grab attention all the time
In fact, here's a gratuitous link to us in action.......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detail...
Jimbo
Stew2000 said:
Denorth said:
namnol said:
Pointless article in my opinion.
Name a BIG lambo that drives well?
Muira - no
Countach - no
Murcielago - no
Aventador - no
But does this make any of them bad cars? No.
They are purely about, power and noise and being big, that's what makes them a lambo.
does it mean Diablo drives well or you just missed it? Name a BIG lambo that drives well?
Muira - no
Countach - no
Murcielago - no
Aventador - no
But does this make any of them bad cars? No.
They are purely about, power and noise and being big, that's what makes them a lambo.
They will all make you smile but none of them are claiming to be "great to drive"
s off the socialist labour supporters and the green party that would be enough satisfaction in my book! Being (semi) realistic I lust after a 997.2 GT3. Its my real world supercar and offers everything that I would ever need.
Does that mean that I wouldn't rush out and buy a 288 GTO, F40, F50, Zonda, 458 Spider and a few other cars if I dropped the big one on the Euro millions? No of course not.
Does that mean that I wouldn't rush out and buy a 288 GTO, F40, F50, Zonda, 458 Spider and a few other cars if I dropped the big one on the Euro millions? No of course not.
I have never liked any Lambo - I couldn't get with the programme at all. Much rather a 911 or R8 than some Italian monster.
Then this bally Aventador thing - suddenly I'm a drivelling fool with lust in his heart!!
Can I tell you why? Not even slightly and I think there in lies the point!!
I'm in love!!
Then this bally Aventador thing - suddenly I'm a drivelling fool with lust in his heart!!
Can I tell you why? Not even slightly and I think there in lies the point!!
I'm in love!!
Well the lovely wife has bought me an Italian Supercar driving experience at Thruxton in 2 weeks time, during which I get to drive the Italia 458 and the Aventador, so I'll let you all know if they're cars you can use to do the weekly shop at Tesco's although I think I already know the answer to that!!!!!
alidude said:
Well the lovely wife has bought me an Italian Supercar driving experience at Thruxton in 2 weeks time, during which I get to drive the Italia 458 and the Aventador, so I'll let you all know if they're cars you can use to do the weekly shop at Tesco's although I think I already know the answer to that!!!!!
Now there's some reasonably top lurking, right there Enjoy Thruxton - it's a brilliant track!
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