"There's a bloke/lass down the road with...."

[JaguarsportXJR]

Every Friday night I'll be sat outside the local(ish) country pub with the missus and I see a red Saab 900 with what looks like a Carlson body kit of some sorts go by, heading back toward Wolverhampton. I refuse to drink up and leave until I've seen it as it's become a kind of ritual!

[Twoshoe]

jamieduff1981 said:

Twoshoe said:

By way of contrast, my neighbour has possibly one of the least interesting car collections: 2 old Peugeot 406 estates (both diesel, natch).

Did he forget he already had one?

Presumably! They're fairly forgettable cars.

[Captainawesome]

I live in the same village as Tuthills porsche so there are usually a few rally spec and very loud porsches being 'tested'. Unfortunately my neighbour is very much a volvo man.

[GetCarter]

My neighbour drives a Citroen Berlingo.

He's just designed the new TVR.

'There's a bloke down the road with....' some quiet class.

[Iva Barchetta]

Don't know where they live but an old bloke goes past mine regularly in a purple Indy 500 pace car replica Vette C5 .

I think his wife has a new shape Camaro too,has a similar reg.

I live near Romans anyway so get all their exotica coming past too..

[Mike_Mac]

Twoshoe said:

By way of contrast, my neighbour has possibly one of the least interesting car collections: 2 old Peugeot 406 estates (both diesel, natch).

I'll bet he has impressively ripped and over-developed frontal lobes though...

[FN2TypeR]

A chap who lives a few doors away from me has an E39 M5 that is simply pristine, very tidy indeed and a real credit to him, I wish I had the patience to look after a car like that!

I'm not sure what sort of exhaust it has fitted to it but it sounds pretty bloody lovely too

[anonymous-user]

Bloke (ok, Supercarsoflondon, I think?) has a red Merc AMG GT-S with the reg P7 WSX near me.


A chrome wrapped GTR (Another youtuber, my son said he was called Ezekiel or something?) with an Armytrix exhaust lives even closer.


Audi TTS, Porsche 911, and Huracàn belongs to yet another youtuber (!!!) lives near me.



Other than youtubers,

M4, Golf Ed 30, belongs to one person a street down.

Bright orange McLaren regularly passes my kids's school.

Alfa Romeo Spider, Alfa GTV and 147 GTA belongs to an enthusiast near the school too.

[anonymous-user]

jamieduff1981 said:

Twoshoe said:

By way of contrast, my neighbour has possibly one of the least interesting car collections: 2 old Peugeot 406 estates (both diesel, natch).

Did he forget he already had one?

Well, beat this.

THREE Vauxhall Corsas, (63 and 64 reg, in base spec) a 2005 Clio, and a 1993 Nissan Micra. Oh dear.

[Piers84]

Tailgater said:

Well, beat this.

THREE Vauxhall Corsas, (63 and 64 reg, in base spec) a 2005 Clio, and a 1993 Nissan Micra. Oh dear.

Fiat multipla...

[anonymous-user]

GetCarter said:

My neighbour drives a Citroen Berlingo.

He's just designed the new TVR.

'There's a bloke down the road with....' some quiet class.

I'll bite, I have a deposit down for one. Ask him when we're going to see it please!

[Twoshoe]

Tailgater said:

jamieduff1981 said:

Twoshoe said:

By way of contrast, my neighbour has possibly one of the least interesting car collections: 2 old Peugeot 406 estates (both diesel, natch).

Did he forget he already had one?

Well, beat this.

THREE Vauxhall Corsas, (63 and 64 reg, in base spec) a 2005 Clio, and a 1993 Nissan Micra. Oh dear.

Yup, pretty awful!

Until I moved a couple of years ago there was a guy in the village who had three Maestros, all old (obviously), all tatty, but all still running and road legal.

[GetCarter]

thecook101 said:

GetCarter said:

My neighbour drives a Citroen Berlingo.

He's just designed the new TVR.

'There's a bloke down the road with....' some quiet class.

I'll bite, I have a deposit down for one. Ask him when we're going to see it please!

I'm seeing him later this month (he's away). I'll ask. I generally post stuff re this on the TVR 'still under wraps' thread. He gives me all the info that can be posted without pissing others off.

[InductionRoar]

oilspill said:

everyone else? no just the ones removing cats and fitting straight through pipes than can be heard from "miles away"

There aren't many owners driving around with catless straight pipes surely?

[_Neal_]

Tailgater said:

jamieduff1981 said:

Twoshoe said:

By way of contrast, my neighbour has possibly one of the least interesting car collections: 2 old Peugeot 406 estates (both diesel, natch).

Did he forget he already had one?

Well, beat this.

THREE Vauxhall Corsas, (63 and 64 reg, in base spec) a 2005 Clio, and a 1993 Nissan Micra. Oh dear.

Wow. Not possible to beat that, but there's a house around the corner with two Vauxhall Mokkas, same age, one blue, one black. And no other cars.

On the other side of slightly unimaginative car choices, another local has a Defender 90, a Defender 110, a diesel Q5, a Cayenne Turbo and (I believe) a black F430 coupe tucked up in the garage (although I've never seen it out and about).

[Hungrymc]

GetCarter said:

thecook101 said:

GetCarter said:

My neighbour drives a Citroen Berlingo.

He's just designed the new TVR.

'There's a bloke down the road with....' some quiet class.

I'll bite, I have a deposit down for one. Ask him when we're going to see it please!

I'm seeing him later this month (he's away). I'll ask. I generally post stuff re this on the TVR 'still under wraps' thread. He gives me all the info that can be posted without pissing others off.

I don't really get the "quiet class" comment.

You'd assume the guy is an enthusiast (its unlikely but possible his interest is general product design or something, not specifically automotive). But as an enthusiast, why not have something interesting if possible, and why would that be less classy?

[anonymous-user]

Hungrymc said:

GetCarter said:

thecook101 said:

GetCarter said:

My neighbour drives a Citroen Berlingo.

He's just designed the new TVR.

'There's a bloke down the road with....' some quiet class.

I'll bite, I have a deposit down for one. Ask him when we're going to see it please!

I'm seeing him later this month (he's away). I'll ask. I generally post stuff re this on the TVR 'still under wraps' thread. He gives me all the info that can be posted without pissing others off.

I don't really get the "quiet class" comment.

You'd assume the guy is an enthusiast (its unlikely but possible his interest is general product design or something, not specifically automotive). But as an enthusiast, why not have something interesting if possible, and why would that be less classy?

If he is who I think he is then the Berlingo will be a daily runaround and he has some serious rockets tucked away.

[GetCarter]

Hungrymc said:

GetCarter said:

thecook101 said:

GetCarter said:

My neighbour drives a Citroen Berlingo.

He's just designed the new TVR.

'There's a bloke down the road with....' some quiet class.

I'll bite, I have a deposit down for one. Ask him when we're going to see it please!

I'm seeing him later this month (he's away). I'll ask. I generally post stuff re this on the TVR 'still under wraps' thread. He gives me all the info that can be posted without pissing others off.

I don't really get the "quiet class" comment.

You'd assume the guy is an enthusiast (its unlikely but possible his interest is general product design or something, not specifically automotive). But as an enthusiast, why not have something interesting if possible, and why would that be less classy?

Because has has 23 garages full of (probably) the best cars ever produced, worth many millions. Yet he is cool enough to drive a Berlingo as his daily drive. (FYI... he drives all the others too).

I think 'enthusiast' is underestimating the man mind you - he did design the McLaren F1.

[AClownsPocket]

suffolk009 said:

p1stonhead said:

bobbo89 said:

Going back about 10 years or so ago a guy who lived just up the road from me would regularly drive past my house in an orange Murcielago.

I suspect he used to be a writer for Evo magazine or at least a contributor with a regular column. I seem to remember something about him driving down to Italy in the old orange car to pick a new white LP640 with the orange one being demoted to doing experience days etc.

Any old readers remember anything along those lines?

Yes. I think it's the 6th Gear experience car.

And I think he's on here.

IIRC the orange one got to something ludicrous like 200000 miles.

Was that the one that needed some chassis repairs? Vague memory, and I don't feel like getting all the old magazines out...

Simon George?

I've driven that LP640 on an experience day and saw the orange one at Elvington. Wonderful things.

EDIT: Knew i had pictures somewhere

[Hungrymc]

oilspill said:

The last time I was interested in manipulating pure exhaust noise (and ignorant to engineering) was when I was 17, and frontal lobes hadn't developed.

Recognising that this is all OT and apologies for

You do seem a little obsessed with "low self esteem". I really don't mean to be rude but you have to see that this might be more of a reflection? You could even table the accusation that competing at motorcross or anything else is an attempt to full-fill a need to test yourself, to win, to build the ego etc.... I Don't by the way, I really don't, but its the same argument you have used with the exception that it may annoy less people (although you've explained how it has already been targeted).

On the topic of noise levels, I tend to agree that some cars are too noisy. And I agree the consequences are likely to be a hardening of legislation. BUT, noise is just one aspect, general driving behaviour is a bigger concern to the population (look at the size of the campaigns against speed).

Interesting cars on my road :

Gen2 997 turbo (topically, its extremely quiet)
Lovely Mk1 Focus RS
A Wide bodied Supra Turbo (its not to every taste, but its an interesting car).