London 'Supercar scene'
Discussion
BJG1 said:
I've met Tim a couple of times and he's a great chap, I also enjoy a lot of his content, don't really see any harm in what he does and it isn't his problem if there's a load of copycats out there who aren't quite as considerate as him.
There are some f
king annoying car spotters though, as well as some tttish drivers. Some anecdotal evidence includes...
The "spotters" who were hanging about the Dorchester when my Old Man's Zonda was parked next to that "Tron" Aventador. We opened the boot for them so they could see the engine, almost as soon as I'd done on my side, one of them was barging me out of the way to get his photos, which I was pretty put out by - they weren't asking questions about the car either, just straight in for their photos then buggering off.
The Red Maserati MC Stradale driver in Chelsea - I gather he's a regular of the tt laps around Harrods scene, probably about my age (25). A few weeks ago I was driving through Chelsea in the Sagaris and he followed me around, revving the absolute tits off his car encouraging me to do the same. I was cringing in embarrassment anyway as after an hour in London, the clutch starts to have a paddy and I have to use a bit of revs to pull away in first, but there's this guy just making a complete racket behind me, with legions of shoppers staring at him thinking "who is this prick?" I don't see the appeal of that at all. A little later I was at some red lights and one of the spotters was stood in the middle of the road taking photos, when the lights went green, he didn't move and was just holding me up whilst he got another dozen pictures.
You do see some proper dhead style driving too, getting the arse out at junctions around Harrods. What concerns me most is a lot of these people are very clearly terrible drivers and they're happy to be goaded into driving unsafely. I watched a bloke outside Harrods spend literally 5 minutes trying to reverse into a 4-car space in his Veyron. Just find it very sad that someone who can barely drive is buying a 250mph car just to do tt laps round Kensington/Knightsbridge and never get out of 3rd gear
I did try to make it apparent that I have only ever heard good things about Tim/Shmee and none of this was aimed at him directly.There are some f
king annoying car spotters though, as well as some tttish drivers. Some anecdotal evidence includes...The "spotters" who were hanging about the Dorchester when my Old Man's Zonda was parked next to that "Tron" Aventador. We opened the boot for them so they could see the engine, almost as soon as I'd done on my side, one of them was barging me out of the way to get his photos, which I was pretty put out by - they weren't asking questions about the car either, just straight in for their photos then buggering off.
The Red Maserati MC Stradale driver in Chelsea - I gather he's a regular of the t
t laps around Harrods scene, probably about my age (25). A few weeks ago I was driving through Chelsea in the Sagaris and he followed me around, revving the absolute tits off his car encouraging me to do the same. I was cringing in embarrassment anyway as after an hour in London, the clutch starts to have a paddy and I have to use a bit of revs to pull away in first, but there's this guy just making a complete racket behind me, with legions of shoppers staring at him thinking "who is this prick?" I don't see the appeal of that at all. A little later I was at some red lights and one of the spotters was stood in the middle of the road taking photos, when the lights went green, he didn't move and was just holding me up whilst he got another dozen pictures. You do see some proper d
head style driving too, getting the arse out at junctions around Harrods. What concerns me most is a lot of these people are very clearly terrible drivers and they're happy to be goaded into driving unsafely. I watched a bloke outside Harrods spend literally 5 minutes trying to reverse into a 4-car space in his Veyron. Just find it very sad that someone who can barely drive is buying a 250mph car just to do tt laps round Kensington/Knightsbridge and never get out of 3rd gearIt's interesting to hear the opinion from someone who just happens to drive a nice car round London. The mug in the Maser sounds very funny though.
Can I congratulate you on owning a Sagaris. I absolutely adore those things and am yet to have a proper poke around one.
TimLambert7 said:
I did try to make it apparent that I have only ever heard good things about Tim/Shmee and none of this was aimed at him directly.
It's interesting to hear the opinion from someone who just happens to drive a nice car round London. The mug in the Maser sounds very funny though.
Can I congratulate you on owning a Sagaris. I absolutely adore those things and am yet to have a proper poke around one.
I wasn't getting at you with the Tim comments, don't worry! Just trying to clarify my view first and make sure I didn't offend someone I happen to like!It's interesting to hear the opinion from someone who just happens to drive a nice car round London. The mug in the Maser sounds very funny though.
Can I congratulate you on owning a Sagaris. I absolutely adore those things and am yet to have a proper poke around one.
And thanks! It's certainly an attention-grabber in London, makes a bit of a change from the oh-so-common Ferraris, Astons and Maseratis
Doesn't just happen in London. I've seen the same scenario occurring in Paris and Dusseldorf and to a lesser extent cities in the USA.
If young men want to show off to other young men who film them who am I to comment on their motives for doing so although I suspect it might be safer for the general population if they just cut to the chase and met each other in public toilets/gay bars.
If young men want to show off to other young men who film them who am I to comment on their motives for doing so although I suspect it might be safer for the general population if they just cut to the chase and met each other in public toilets/gay bars.
JDMDrifter said:
The people who film these videos just glorify the willy waving and idiotic behaviour of these spoilt rich kids. Take the P1 onboard that Shmee did, how was that being driven? 
It wasnt that bad! A bit fast at times, but never really unsafe, IMV (apart from a couple of times when he could have let others sort themselves out before moving past). I see much much worse and even more dangerous driving at much lower speeds every day.Motorrad said:
Doesn't just happen in London. I've seen the same scenario occurring in Paris and Dusseldorf and to a lesser extent cities in the USA.
If young men want to show off to other young men who film them who am I to comment on their motives for doing so although I suspect it might be safer for the general population if they just cut to the chase and met each other in public toilets/gay bars.
this just made me do a genuine laugh out loud!If young men want to show off to other young men who film them who am I to comment on their motives for doing so although I suspect it might be safer for the general population if they just cut to the chase and met each other in public toilets/gay bars.
It's videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXp7pZUoaZU and this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynBpsvM-zg0 that piss me off. If I lived in one of those flats that camera would be going up the driver's arse.
BJG1 said:
It's videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXp7pZUoaZU that piss me off. If I lived in one of those flats that camera would be going up the driver's arse.
Nice thing to do with a hire car michael243 said:
BJG1 said:
It's videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXp7pZUoaZU that piss me off. If I lived in one of those flats that camera would be going up the driver's arse.
Nice thing to do with a hire car BJG1 said:
It's videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXp7pZUoaZU and this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynBpsvM-zg0 that piss me off. If I lived in one of those flats that camera would be going up the driver's arse.
The people 'starring' in those videos are knobs.... the people filming and uploading them to Youtube are just as bad as they're giving them the audience they crave. I'm relieved to see that the general consensus is of a similar opinion to me!
BJG1 said:
I wasn't getting at you with the Tim comments, don't worry! Just trying to clarify my view first and make sure I didn't offend someone I happen to like!
And thanks! It's certainly an attention-grabber in London, makes a bit of a change from the oh-so-common Ferraris, Astons and Maseratis
No problem at all I didn't think you were; however this is quite confusing as I am also called Tim. And thanks! It's certainly an attention-grabber in London, makes a bit of a change from the oh-so-common Ferraris, Astons and Maseratis
KFC said:
BJG1 said:
It's videos like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXp7pZUoaZU and this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynBpsvM-zg0 that piss me off. If I lived in one of those flats that camera would be going up the driver's arse.
The people 'starring' in those videos are knobs.... the people filming and uploading them to Youtube are just as bad as they're giving them the audience they crave. Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff