Performance cars driven by non petrolheads?
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Harji said:
yonex said:
Harji said:
If I was going to edit it to correct the punctuation I would have said so, as it goes I didn't. As much as it hurts you, there are an awful lot of 911's 4s's driven by people who got sold the bulls
t because they had the money but have no clue about what they are buying and why, they wanted the badge and prestige.
Why else would anyone buy a 4s over a 2s? And an auto for that matter. They are uglier, heavier, and do we buy a 911 for rwd or 4wd, which we hardly need in this country.
Why is it bullst because they had the money but have no clue about what they are buying and why, they wanted the badge and prestige.Why else would anyone buy a 4s over a 2s? And an auto for that matter. They are uglier, heavier, and do we buy a 911 for rwd or 4wd, which we hardly need in this country.
t? If they like the car and it makes them feel good then what concern is it of your or anyone elses? As much as it hurts you I fear that you are just another jealous guy. Why did you buy an RX8, slower and thirstier than many of its peers and likely to go pop at any moment...oh, that's right, it was your choice, the same choice you scoff at when considering other people's cars. Not jealous at all mate (why does every Porker owner think that?!) . I chose my car because it handles a lot better than any many other cars I have driven (including a 911 C2s, though I may have needed more time in it to fully compare) for the b-road driving that I do a lot of but less than 5k miles a year. When/if it goes pop I know I have driven that car hard and got the best out of it and not given a damn about the mpg. I knew all about the car before I bought it. Being unconcerned about mpg is not solely the domain of 911 owners, many enthusiasts drive cars with terrible mpgs, but why give a f
k if you knew that?You'd be surprised how many ppl can afford far more expensive cars but choose for whatever reason not to so I'd be a bit careful about the jealousy comment.
First off I am not a 'Porker' owner. Secondly, I don't, 'give a f
k' what you drive. Harji said:
there are an awful lot of 911's 4s's driven by people who got sold the bullst because they had the money but have no clue about what they are buying and why, they wanted the badge and prestige.
I'll ask again, why is it bullst because they had the money but have no clue about what they are buying and why, they wanted the badge and prestige.t that people buy a car based on a badge and the perceived prestige of the brand. It is a nonsensical statement, if not driven by jealousy then it's just plain stupid. People buy into marketing every day, it makes them feel nice. donnydave said:
Crikey what would some people on here have thought of my mrs if they had seen her in her dax cobra the other day... driving way below the speed limit, couldnt keep a constant speed, wrong gear selection, going nowhere near full throttle.
She was actually on a data gathering mission with a newly fitted AFR gauge and logging system trying to dial in the cruise circuit on the carb, looking at vacuum and fuel mixture at various loads and revs to then decide if rods/jets needed changing or the idle mixture needed a tweak, then back to base to twiddle with the timing.
All that and she still managed to get my tea on the table spot on 5pm
While I think lots of people are making assumptions in this thread I highly doubt that every pootling boxster with a young lady behind the wheel is doing data logging She was actually on a data gathering mission with a newly fitted AFR gauge and logging system trying to dial in the cruise circuit on the carb, looking at vacuum and fuel mixture at various loads and revs to then decide if rods/jets needed changing or the idle mixture needed a tweak, then back to base to twiddle with the timing.
All that and she still managed to get my tea on the table spot on 5pm
Jaaack said:
There's an elderly lady that often enters RWYB at Santa Pod in a stripped out Rover 75 V6 with nitrous....
OT but it shows anyone at any age can be a petrol head.
She’s 74 and regularly attends the RWYB events at Santa Pod. Supposedly the car and nitrous kit was brought as a mother’s day present.
I think it’s brilliant, live and let live. Most of the older people spotted in this thread driving M/AMG/RS cars may well still be petrolheads but will enjoy the car for different reasons to us, speed isn’t everything.
My Mum drives a stage one mapped Audi TT with circa 260bhp, she very rarely uses the car to its full potential but love the way it looks, the build quality and the fact that if needed the power is there.
Lost soul said:
Harji said:
It's not a concern, I've just seen more women driving auto 4's which meant they or hubby got sold it rather than wanting
You really should do some comedy club gigs
Audi S/RS models, 911's, Boxsters and SL's must be the worst for this sort of thing because they have the highest pose factor. It's rare to see one in the hands of a capable driver.
Mind you, I'm not arsed that loads of them get bought by middle aged people with no interest in driving them properly. As long as these mugs are stumping up the cash to cruise from Guildford to Canary Wharf in the latest 911 Turbo, means Porsche can keep building cars that others can enjoy.
Put it this way, if you told them they couldn't have their blingy RS5 anymore, but could have a diesel A5 or an MR2 Turbo, which would they choose? Only one will appeal to a petrolhead, but the feckless poser will want the diesel A5...
Mind you, I'm not arsed that loads of them get bought by middle aged people with no interest in driving them properly. As long as these mugs are stumping up the cash to cruise from Guildford to Canary Wharf in the latest 911 Turbo, means Porsche can keep building cars that others can enjoy.
Put it this way, if you told them they couldn't have their blingy RS5 anymore, but could have a diesel A5 or an MR2 Turbo, which would they choose? Only one will appeal to a petrolhead, but the feckless poser will want the diesel A5...
Lost soul said:
Baryonyx said:
Put it this way, if you told them they couldn't have their blingy RS5 anymore, but could have a diesel A5 or an MR2 Turbo, which would they choose? Only one will appeal to a petrolhead, but the feckless poser will want the diesel A5...
some people are just too bitter
That does not mean that most RS5 owners are posers who should just buy diesels, and nor does it mean that proper petrolheads should save money and all drive old Toyotas. It simply means that a large number of contributors on this thread have not/will not ever have the earning capacity to afford cars like a new RS5 and therefore assume that most such cars are driven by unworthy people. Much like the fast car=small dick cliche used by poor people, the notion that wealthier people must be worst drivers is, I strongly suspect, another defense mechanism for those with no money to avoid feeling inferior to those who have been more successful in life. Like the penis size, driving skill is never going to be proven and therefore those making the bizarre assertions just nod to themselves and claim victory.
Ironically that sort of logic probably has a lot to do with why they can't seem to make any money...
ORD said:
I know a lot of people who drive 911s and (aside from one douche) each and every one of them is a bit of a petrolhead. I expect that Porsche probably has a bigger proportion of petrolhead followers than most (if not all) other mainstream "sports car" brands - more than Aston, Jag, Maserati, etc. (I leave TVR and Lotus out of this as they would have a much much higher proportion!)
Completely off topic, but what did you think of the engine in the 330i? I'm thinking of getting a 3er estate from that period.
I just think of a 911 as the affordable sports car and each to their own of course but its just not for me! Nor do i think of a driver of one a 'petrolhead' unless they are in the Turbo / classic - merely my opinion.Completely off topic, but what did you think of the engine in the 330i? I'm thinking of getting a 3er estate from that period.
Lovely and smooth i thought, lively above 5k RPM, 21MPG around town, 35+ on a run, 272 N/a RWD - nothing not to like!
Just get rid of the run flats ...
Fish66 said:
Whenever I see an elderly person driving a performance car that doesn't seem right for their age I think good on them, it's like a two fingered salute to the people who think you should conform to a certain way just because of your age. Doesn't matter how fast they drive it.
+1 - I saw a 70+ couple in glasgow the other day in a S class AMG (not sure if it was S63 or S65) and i thought thats teh way to do it in style!As you said - F*** the Micra / Jazz brigade.
BRMMA said:
the most popular typical petrolhead cars i've noticed being driven by people i've met that aren't into cars are the Porsche Boxster or 911 or anything M/AMG/S/RS
i also once saw a woman that must have been in her 70's driving an immaculate R5GTT, i have no idea if she was a petrolhead or not but it was being driven very sedately and my only real thought was i wanted to buy it off her
A lady in her 70s.i also once saw a woman that must have been in her 70's driving an immaculate R5GTT, i have no idea if she was a petrolhead or not but it was being driven very sedately and my only real thought was i wanted to buy it off her
Immaculate R5GTT.
Not exactly poseurville is it? Far more likely in fact that she was most likely driving these things properly in her prime back in the day when you were still in nappies. And what's more could quite probably still spank you senseless across say the A262 should she so choose.
Trexthedinosaur said:
ORD said:
I know a lot of people who drive 911s and (aside from one douche) each and every one of them is a bit of a petrolhead. I expect that Porsche probably has a bigger proportion of petrolhead followers than most (if not all) other mainstream "sports car" brands - more than Aston, Jag, Maserati, etc. (I leave TVR and Lotus out of this as they would have a much much higher proportion!)
Completely off topic, but what did you think of the engine in the 330i? I'm thinking of getting a 3er estate from that period.
I just think of a 911 as the affordable sports car and each to their own of course but its just not for me! Nor do i think of a driver of one a 'petrolhead' unless they are in the Turbo / classic - merely my opinion.Completely off topic, but what did you think of the engine in the 330i? I'm thinking of getting a 3er estate from that period.
Lovely and smooth i thought, lively above 5k RPM, 21MPG around town, 35+ on a run, 272 N/a RWD - nothing not to like!
Just get rid of the run flats ...
Re the 911 - I think you are stretching the concept of "affordable"!
It's strange how subjective these things are, as I think of the Turbo as the least PH of the 911s - AWD, heavy, crap engine note and too fast for public roads. I always think of the C2S as the proper 911 (below the GT3).DJRC said:
A lady in her 70s.
Immaculate R5GTT.
Not exactly poseurville is it? Far more likely in fact that she was most likely driving these things properly in her prime back in the day when you were still in nappies. And what's more could quite probably still spank you senseless across say the A262 should she so choose.
Where did i state she was posing? i thought the thread was about cars you'd associate with Pistonheads being driven by people you wouldn't assume were Pistonheads. like i said, i made no judgement on what level of enthusiast she was or wasn't and i don't care either. i just thought it was a rare site to see an immaculate R5GTT and i guess even more rare that it would be driven by an old lady.Immaculate R5GTT.
Not exactly poseurville is it? Far more likely in fact that she was most likely driving these things properly in her prime back in the day when you were still in nappies. And what's more could quite probably still spank you senseless across say the A262 should she so choose.
I also made no judgement on her standard of driving, she may have been a very good or very bad driver, neither you or I know, so it's best not to assume
Nice one for jumping in with the attitude though, i can imagine your immense sense of triumph as you pounded away at the keyboard, like the bitter, overly aggressive chimp that you clearly are
Lost soul said:
Why are people so wound up about who is and who isn't ,
assuming anything makes you a cock
I'm not wound up and i don't care who is or who isn't an enthusiast. i just don't assume an R5GTT is the typical transport of people in their 70's. not sure why people are getting offended by me saying this?assuming anything makes you a cock
Edited by BRMMA on Tuesday 30th September 15:04
BRMMA said:
Lost soul said:
Why are people so wound up about who is and who isn't ,
assuming anything makes you a cock
I'm not wound up and i don't care who is or who isn't an enthusiast. i just don't assume an R5GTT is the typical transpot of people in thei 70's. not sure why people are getting offended by me saying this?assuming anything makes you a cock
My MiL drives a mint, factory standard, G reg MR2 GT with full Toyota service history. She's recently had it re-sprayed and is currently getting quotes to get the wheels refurbished. She's 83.
Spot her driving around Guildford slowly and she may well fall into "old farts who got sold the wrong car category", but get to know her and you'll learn that she bought it from new, has garaged it every night since day one and spanks the nuts off it when she gets the chance on an open road. Oh, prior to the MR2, she had a Sunbeam Tiger and Citroen DS. Both from new.
schmalex said:
Why isn't it?
My MiL drives a mint, factory standard, G reg MR2 GT with full Toyota service history. She's recently had it re-sprayed and is currently getting quotes to get the wheels refurbished. She's 83.
Spot her driving around Guildford slowly and she may well fall into "old farts who got sold the wrong car category", but get to know her and you'll learn that she bought it from new, has garaged it every night since day one and spanks the nuts off it when she gets the chance on an open road. Oh, prior to the MR2, she had a Sunbeam Tiger and Citroen DS. Both from new.
ok, i'm clearly in the wrong, an R5GTT is obviously the choice of car for OAP's and i'm clearly not very observant for not seeing them driving round in them on a regular basisMy MiL drives a mint, factory standard, G reg MR2 GT with full Toyota service history. She's recently had it re-sprayed and is currently getting quotes to get the wheels refurbished. She's 83.
Spot her driving around Guildford slowly and she may well fall into "old farts who got sold the wrong car category", but get to know her and you'll learn that she bought it from new, has garaged it every night since day one and spanks the nuts off it when she gets the chance on an open road. Oh, prior to the MR2, she had a Sunbeam Tiger and Citroen DS. Both from new.
again, i never called her an old fart, never said she had been sold the wrong car. i just though it was a rare thing to see
some of you guys on here would quite happily have an argument with a mirror
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