'Supercar season'
Discussion
Durzel said:
Seriously guys where should I be going in London to get these "business cards"? Asking for a friend.
My friend is getting no action at all doing laps of the town centre here, and he had to wait by the car all aloof for ages yesterday before anyone came over, and when they did they just wanted their bloody kid to sit in it. No hotties whatsoever. This is not what he was promised when he bought it. Apparently. I wasn't there, remember.
Have you tried KFC drive through, that's where it's at these days. init. My friend is getting no action at all doing laps of the town centre here, and he had to wait by the car all aloof for ages yesterday before anyone came over, and when they did they just wanted their bloody kid to sit in it. No hotties whatsoever. This is not what he was promised when he bought it. Apparently. I wasn't there, remember.
This is true...
I very good friend who I ride motorbikes with drives a lot of supercars through friends and business. He constantly gets women asking for a ride or chatting him up. He even gets young 20 somethings following him and asking for a ride.
Its sad but we are a material society.
I very good friend who I ride motorbikes with drives a lot of supercars through friends and business. He constantly gets women asking for a ride or chatting him up. He even gets young 20 somethings following him and asking for a ride.
Its sad but we are a material society.
Unfortunately, I don't, and probably never will own a supercar. However, a friend of mine (yes a real one) has a GT40 kit car, which is er, very loud. Has been known to start conversations up with attractive females, and then, half way through, starts it up !!! The resulting reaction is hysterical, especially if he chooses to keep the conversation going !!
Rangeroverover said:
finally they can behave in a way that wouldn't be tolerated at home
This.I went to private A level college that had ties with the governments of Brunei and Malaysia. A lot of the very wealthy and public figures used to send their kids over here so they could do what normal kids of that age usually do without causing any family embarrassment.
The Bruneians were really nice but nuts. One turned up on his first day in a new Chauffer driven Rolls.
He used to disappear for the odd week to go and party with the Bruneian royals who were living and being schooled in The Dorchester.
Being a bit more serious.. you could look at this stuff in different ways really. Clearly for the Arab contingent its about coming over here and doing stuff they would get chastised for at home, but is that so different from what Brits do in Lagos et al? There's just more money involved.
The only real losers in this are the "poor" folk who live on these London streets having to put up with these cars doing laps and revving away. Everyone else involved has a symbiosis with one another and are easily ignored.
The only real losers in this are the "poor" folk who live on these London streets having to put up with these cars doing laps and revving away. Everyone else involved has a symbiosis with one another and are easily ignored.
whp1983 said:
Now I love seeing a supercar as much as the next man and indeed can but dream of owning such a toy. However, when I see the legions of cars flown in to London each summer, surely I can't be the only one thinking.. What a waste!
These chaps have all the money in the world and clearly love cars should they not spend their summers spanking them across race tracks in Europe or on continental drives through stunning scenery which is what I would do.
...or am I missing something (blatant exhibitions of wealth aside)?
Have you ever been to the Gulf? They cannot drive well enough to tour European race tracks. Revving in traffic jams in Knightsbridge is the limit of their abilities.These chaps have all the money in the world and clearly love cars should they not spend their summers spanking them across race tracks in Europe or on continental drives through stunning scenery which is what I would do.
...or am I missing something (blatant exhibitions of wealth aside)?
whp1983 said:
Now I love seeing a supercar as much as the next man and indeed can but dream of owning such a toy. However, when I see the legions of cars flown in to London each summer, surely I can't be the only one thinking.. What a waste!
These chaps have all the money in the world and clearly lovecars posing should they not spend their summers spanking them across race tracks in Europe or on continental drives through stunning scenery which is what I would do.
...or am I missing something (blatant exhibitions of wealth aside)?
EFAThese chaps have all the money in the world and clearly love
...or am I missing something (blatant exhibitions of wealth aside)?
As somebody else said, these cars do little more than rev in traffic. I've not seen one outside of Knightbridge, where to be honest they're only irritating other Qataris anyway. More irritating are the Maseratis and 458s around South West London, which seem to all have been supplied with 2-speed gearboxes.*
- This exludes the chap driving the black 355 with what sounds like a Tubi exhaust. I love you.
Hangcheck said:
bennyboysvuk said:
Slightly OT, but I once met a distant relative like this, who asked if he could have a passenger ride in my M3. I wanted to drive him on B-roads, but all he wanted to do was drive through the city centre. I refused.
Also a bit OT; a mate had one of the first ever Audi TTs in the country and picked me up at lunch for a beer and catch up. The attention it got from people when driving through my town made me feel uncomfortable. Not sure I could put up with the supercar attention.
Most supercars are wonderful pieces of engineering, and a real treat to behold for those that love cars and machinery.
They are developed and designed by people with like mind sets too.
For most of us they are something that we will never be able to afford, and from observation, they are absolutely wasted on the majority of those that can afford them.
During the limited exposure I've had to such machines, I've shared the same self-conscious embarrassment from being seen in them as written about above - the exact attention that most are bought for, in fact.
I've also been frustrated with how little space there is on our roads to use their potential, to the point that most are seen as being largely pointless.
The one I do covet is the GT3 911. Not the RS in the tracksuit colour schemes, or the later cars with the shouty styling and look-at-me wheels ...... The 996.2 and 997.1 are the perfect cars in my eyes. Subtle, exploitable, enjoyable, and can pass largely unnoticed through a queue of traffic, apart from to those that know. For road cars, my lottery rollover funds wouldn't buy anything more flamboyant than that.
matrignano said:
Can't say that this has ever happened to me (well only once), although I've been driving an Aston as a daily in central London for the past 4 years.
There is probably a reason.Do you drive around Harrods, Hans Crescent, Sloane Street with your roof down, sunglasses on, revving the nuts off your car at 5MPH?
If you did that, believe me you'd get the attention but it takes a certain type and a certain type of car.
It doesn't just happen, you have to make it happen and thats what these guys want and why they do it.
This thread just seems to smack of wealth jelousy.
This guys come over here and import their cars to drive in circles.
They cant drive.
They dont deserve their cars.
They clog our roads.
They seek some sort of freedom from the shackles of their wealth from their home country.
What pish.
They are probably living lives you can only dream of. They proabably have track slags of lesser machinery such a 911 Turbo's and have probably done more tours of europe in their Grand Tourismo cars then you have had hot dinners.
Just be glad that they have brought these cars over for all of us to see and enjoy. So what they rev up their Zonda?! I am not going to say a revving Zonda is bad sound.
None of you live next to them anyway. Its other rich people complaining about these rich people.
They treat Harrods and the surrounding area as many treat the Ace cafe or the local Tesco hang out.
Stop the hate. Its f
king boring.
This guys come over here and import their cars to drive in circles.
They cant drive.
They dont deserve their cars.
They clog our roads.
They seek some sort of freedom from the shackles of their wealth from their home country.
What pish.
They are probably living lives you can only dream of. They proabably have track slags of lesser machinery such a 911 Turbo's and have probably done more tours of europe in their Grand Tourismo cars then you have had hot dinners.
Just be glad that they have brought these cars over for all of us to see and enjoy. So what they rev up their Zonda?! I am not going to say a revving Zonda is bad sound.
None of you live next to them anyway. Its other rich people complaining about these rich people.
They treat Harrods and the surrounding area as many treat the Ace cafe or the local Tesco hang out.
Stop the hate. Its f
king boring.I am in Manchester and we get this sort of thing on a main street called Deansgate, especially on a Saturday night.
Supercars, supersaloons and pumped up overfinch range rovers usually driven by 'gangsta' wannabes, with their mates hanging out of the windows, revving their engines and gunning their cars for a millisecond when a tiny gap in the traffic emerges before slamming on again inches from the bumper of the poor car in front.
Just seems like bellend behavior to me. I love spotting a nice car as much as the rest of us, but it totally cheapens the effect when the drivers and their passengers are clearly so desperate for the attention.
Supercars, supersaloons and pumped up overfinch range rovers usually driven by 'gangsta' wannabes, with their mates hanging out of the windows, revving their engines and gunning their cars for a millisecond when a tiny gap in the traffic emerges before slamming on again inches from the bumper of the poor car in front.
Just seems like bellend behavior to me. I love spotting a nice car as much as the rest of us, but it totally cheapens the effect when the drivers and their passengers are clearly so desperate for the attention.
matrignano said:
Can't say that this has ever happened to me (well only once), although I've been driving an Aston as a daily in central London for the past 4 years.
I assume this mainly happens with Hypercars, not Supercars. Unless you DD a One-77 (in which case I would be hugely impressed) then the Aston doesn't cut it.Renn Sport said:
He even gets young 20 somethings following him and asking for a ride.
Its sad
No it isn't sad. Why do you think males of most species have to do things to impress females to get mating rights with the most 'nubile' ones? What you've described is simply human biology/gynocentrism in its most basic form.Its sad
Man with wealth=status=attractive to many 20-somethings. Man who can afford excessively expensive car=man with surplus wealth=attractive to many 20-somethings. A man able to provide a lot will be sought after by many 20-somethings.
'Twas ever thus and ever thus shall be.
I still want to know how these guys seemingly get away with treating one of busiest places in the world like a race track/car show and get away with it, but a video yourself on a B road enjoying an atom - prosecuted, do a drift video with spotters at 4am - prosecuted. Meet up in a retail car park at night with modified/interesting cars - police called and quickly moved on.
I don't really care that much about these chaps, I'd just like to see some fairness and continuity shown if we are going to ban any and all "fun" use of motor cars in vaguely public surroundings.
I don't really care that much about these chaps, I'd just like to see some fairness and continuity shown if we are going to ban any and all "fun" use of motor cars in vaguely public surroundings.
breezer42 said:
matrignano said:
Can't say that this has ever happened to me (well only once), although I've been driving an Aston as a daily in central London for the past 4 years.
I assume this mainly happens with Hypercars, not Supercars. Unless you DD a One-77 (in which case I would be hugely impressed) then the Aston doesn't cut it.Aston = rich man's Jag
breezer42 said:
I assume this mainly happens with Hypercars, not Supercars. Unless you DD a One-77 (in which case I would be hugely impressed) then the Aston doesn't cut it.
I didn't want to give him the bad news :-( but you're right.A DB9 or Vantage would have to be coupled with a Hugh Grantalike to cut the mustard I'm afraid.
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