Supercars outside ordinary houses

[tomic]

So my walk home takes me along an ordinary suburban street in Lewisham, SE London. I've noticed a low car under a heavy cover for quite some time. I've been trying to guess what it is for ages. I was thinking NSX. I finally saw the car uncovered and it turned out to be this!

http://platewave.com/F3ERO/photos/16483/lamborghin...

The f3ero plate made me think it was a Pontiac Fiero based Replica but according to totalcarcheck it's the real deal.

It's parked right opposite another 3 bed semi with a V8 Vantage on the driveway. It got me thinking - are there any better examples of spectacular motors parked on the driveway of dull suburban houses?

[4U2P]

Hilarious how some people plough money into a depreciating asset like a car, but won't put a penny into a decent appreciating asset like a house. Still who am I to tell folk what to do with Their paper.

And not exactly super cars but it does amuse me how on many council estates you'll always see many flash Mercs, audis bimmers Porsches etc.

[Sump]

It's really cute isn't it?

[Du1point8]

4U2P said:

Hilarious how some people plough money into a depreciating asset like a car, but won't put a penny into a decent appreciating asset like a house. Still who am I to tell folk what to do with Their paper.

And not exactly super cars but it does amuse me how on many council estates you'll always see many flash Mercs, audis bimmers Porsches etc.

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/list/26/diablo+sv/

I wouldn't expect to see deprecating asset and diablo SV in the same sentence.

Especially when they were £50k about 7 years ago... Invest £50k and its now worth nearly £200k in 7 years... not bad for a depreciating asset.

[daveofedinburgh]

I live in Hertfordshire (ignore the username) and see numerous examples of this quite often.

The most notable of which is a black McLaren MP4-12C that sits on the drive (not even garaged!) outside a fairly modest bungalow near Costco in Watford.

As a PHer, I have no problem whatsoever with the implications of this. We tend to think of growing up as meaning more financial responsibility/ prioritising etc. Didn't most of us dream of having a supercar on the drive when we were younger? What value do you place on owning your dream? A bungalow ain't that bad imho...

[4U2P]

Du1point8 said:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/list/26/diablo+sv/

I wouldn't expect to see deprecating asset and diablo SV in the same sentence.

Especially when they were £50k about 7 years ago... Invest £50k and its now worth nearly £200k in 7 years... not bad for a depreciating asset.

That's the exception rather than the norm though.

[poppopbangbang]

4U2P said:

That's the exception rather than the norm though.

Not really, that's the norm not the exception. The right Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini etc. not to mention anything "classic" have all seen big appreciation in recent times. Certainly way more than bricks and mortar have gained over the last few years. A reasonable 996 Mk1 GT3 for example was 25 - 30K 5 years ago, try finding one for less than £60k now.

[Colonial]

4U2P said:

Hilarious how some people plough money into a depreciating asset like a car, but won't put a penny into a decent appreciating asset like a house. Still who am I to tell folk what to do with Their paper.

And not exactly super cars but it does amuse me how on many council estates you'll always see many flash Mercs, audis bimmers Porsches etc.

If they are happy in the house and area, who cares?

I don't want a massive house and live in a nice area, so why change that?

[Dave Hedgehog]

4U2P said:

Hilarious how some people plough money into a depreciating asset like a car, but won't put a penny into a decent appreciating asset like a house. Still who am I to tell folk what to do with Their paper.

And not exactly super cars but it does amuse me how on many council estates you'll always see many flash Mercs, audis bimmers Porsches etc.

Not everyone is a sad money obsessed scrouge

Some people would rather have fun than leave a huge amount of money for their relatives to fight over when they are dead

[bobbo89]

4U2P said:

Hilarious how some people plough money into a depreciating asset like a car, but won't put a penny into a decent appreciating asset like a house. Still who am I to tell folk what to do with Their paper.

And not exactly super cars but it does amuse me how on many council estates you'll always see many flash Mercs, audis bimmers Porsches etc.

Some people spend their money to enjoy life, if I had £150k in my back pocket I wouldn't be going on Right-Move to add to my 'portfolio'

[Royce44]

Theres a fairly average house, probably a 3 bed, not too far from me and that has a lovely black ferrari 458 and a porsche boxter s on the drive.

I wont say where incase the owner is on here but its a 10 minute drive from chatham which is the craphole of all crapholes!

[p1stonhead]

Near me -

He must have really low self esteem

[M3333]

p1stonhead said:

Near me -

He must have really low self esteem

I don't get the point of this or see what the issue is. That looks pretty awesome to me.

Let's have a look at a picture of your house and what's on the drive?

Are people with big houses only allowed nice cars?

[Fleckers]

tomic said:

So my walk home takes me along an ordinary suburban street in Lewisham, SE London. I've noticed a low car under a heavy cover for quite some time. I've been trying to guess what it is for ages. I was thinking NSX. I finally saw the car uncovered and it turned out to be this!

http://platewave.com/F3ERO/photos/16483/lamborghin...

The f3ero plate made me think it was a Pontiac Fiero based Replica but according to totalcarcheck it's the real deal.

It's parked right opposite another 3 bed semi with a V8 Vantage on the driveway. It got me thinking - are there any better examples of spectacular motors parked on the driveway of dull suburban houses?

I guess it depends where in lewisham

There are houses in the lewisham suburbs that are £800+ K for a 3 bed semi nowadays

[p1stonhead]

M3333 said:

p1stonhead said:

Near me -

He must have really low self esteem

I don't get the point of this or see what the issue is. That looks pretty awesome to me.

Let's have a look at a picture of your house and what's on the drive?

Are people with big houses only allowed nice cars?

I wasnt having a go I love it! It was a reference to a similar thread where someone said that only people with low self esteem would ever have a car like that.

Really lame pistonheads reference!

[M3333]

p1stonhead said:

M3333 said:

p1stonhead said:

Near me -

He must have really low self esteem

I don't get the point of this or see what the issue is. That looks pretty awesome to me.

Let's have a look at a picture of your house and what's on the drive?

Are people with big houses only allowed nice cars?

I wasnt having a go I love it! It was a reference to a similar thread where someone said that only people with low self esteem would ever have a car like that.

Really lame pistonheads reference!

Sorry, I got the wrong end of the stick then. I wish more of my neighbours houses were like this.

[Mr_Tickle]

I really don't see the issue with this if you've already paid off your house, or maybe you're happy where you are, then why change? I live in a 3-bed with my wife, if I had a large payrise I would buy a nicer car before buying a larger house with space and 20-year mortgage I don't need.

[hoppo4.2]

You say ordinary house but how much is a 3 bed semi in se London these days?

750000-1m+?

If there was a Lambo out side a £1m house round hear it would be out side a country manner.

[POORCARDEALER]

I sold a customer a F50 in the 90s, he lived in a modest small detatched house in london.

[AshBurrows]

How about this classic?