RE: Gordon Ramsay's LaFerrari Aperta
Discussion
TerryThomas said:
DonkeyApple said:
TerryThomas said:
What pleasure is there in driving in stop start London traffic in a car that wide and that valuable? None! The only benefit is getting your ego massaged by all the people running through the streets after you taking pictures.
It's the same width as the Range Rover. Edited by TerryThomas on Wednesday 7th December 11:57
But I can see why you might struggle to find any pleasure in much as you come over as a right miserable sod but there are lots of happy people out there who like to do happy things like buying a nice car and actually driving it.
I drive a Lamborghini. Worth about a tenth of the Aperta. It's been in London twice. Once when I collected it (I will get my next one delivered) from Lamborghini London and once when my other car, a Range Rover at the time, was in the garage, and I had to visit my sister in the City.
Both occasions were absolute nightmares. People actually blocking your progress after traffic lights had changed to green because they hadn't finished taking pictures. Running alongside you. Knocking on the windows asking me to rev it hard enough so flames come out the exhaust. Running infront of oncoming cars to get ahead of me. Being jeered at by other drivers because their progress was impeded by the idiots chasing me. The list goes on.
Maybe some people enjoy that but I detested it. People who court this attention over and over again are very different from me. That's the politest way I can put it.
I love my car and drive it a great deal. It's my pride and joy, but I will never drive it in London again.
But your saying that if you lived in London and had just bought this car you wouldn't drive it? I don't think so. Boys with toys and when you get a new toy you like to use it. If it transpires that he keeps it out of Town and drive in specifically to be seen then I would think it a very knobbish thing to do but that doesn't appear to be the case?Edited by DonkeyApple on Wednesday 7th December 12:58
DonkeyApple said:
There you go, you detest it, others enjoy it. And the scenario you paint so delightfully is completely melodramatic and not the case in reality. There's a bit of that, especially in the tourist areas but most of the time no one gives a flying turd what car you're driving in Town as they are tenapenny. Next time you have to drive to the City just swerve Knightsbridge on a Saturday evening. But your saying that if you lived in London and had just bought this car you wouldn't drive it? I don't think so. Boys with toys and when you get a new toy you like to use it. If it transpires that he keeps it out of Town and drive in specifically to be seen then I would think it a very knobbish thing to do but that doesn't appear to be the case?
It not melodramatic. All those things happened as I described them. Driving the car I do, I'm hardly a shrinking violet. It gets attention everywhere, but the manner of what happened in London really surprised me. Especially when I collected it. They were waiting outside the showroom FFS. But your saying that if you lived in London and had just bought this car you wouldn't drive it? I don't think so. Boys with toys and when you get a new toy you like to use it. If it transpires that he keeps it out of Town and drive in specifically to be seen then I would think it a very knobbish thing to do but that doesn't appear to be the case?Edited by DonkeyApple on Wednesday 7th December 12:58
On which side of the argument do you fall? I'm sure the Typhon is a beauty and an attention magnet. Do you use it to massage your ego or it as intended? FWIW I'm sure you use it properly. Piece of TVR history that. I used to have a Tuscan. Loved it.
TerryThomas said:
Unfortunately for your little rant you don't know me or what you're talking about.
I drive a Lamborghini. Worth about a tenth of the Aperta. It's been in London twice. Once when I collected it (I will get my next one delivered) from Lamborghini London and once when my other car, a Range Rover at the time, was in the garage, and I had to visit my sister in the City.
Both occasions were absolute nightmares. People actually blocking your progress after traffic lights had changed to green because they hadn't finished taking pictures. Running alongside you. Knocking on the windows asking me to rev it hard enough so flames come out the exhaust. Running infront of oncoming cars to get ahead of me. Being jeered at by other drivers because their progress was impeded by the idiots chasing me. The list goes on.
Maybe some people enjoy that but I detested it. People who court this attention over and over again are very different from me. That's the politest way I can put it.
I love my car and drive it a great deal. It's my pride and joy, but I will never drive it in London again.
I had an SLS for a while and got similar responses - I live and work in London. I think that if those of us fortunate enough to afford these cars allow other people to have a little bit of joy brought to their day by seeing something they don't usually get to be around then it's all good really; I never had anything but super-positive responses from people (ok, maybe not Porsche drivers!). I have no desire for personal attention in daily life, neither do I need my ego massaged, I just like nice cars (and the experience of driving them both in and out of the City). That's all.I drive a Lamborghini. Worth about a tenth of the Aperta. It's been in London twice. Once when I collected it (I will get my next one delivered) from Lamborghini London and once when my other car, a Range Rover at the time, was in the garage, and I had to visit my sister in the City.
Both occasions were absolute nightmares. People actually blocking your progress after traffic lights had changed to green because they hadn't finished taking pictures. Running alongside you. Knocking on the windows asking me to rev it hard enough so flames come out the exhaust. Running infront of oncoming cars to get ahead of me. Being jeered at by other drivers because their progress was impeded by the idiots chasing me. The list goes on.
Maybe some people enjoy that but I detested it. People who court this attention over and over again are very different from me. That's the politest way I can put it.
I love my car and drive it a great deal. It's my pride and joy, but I will never drive it in London again.
TerryThomas said:
It not melodramatic. All those things happened as I described them. Driving the car I do, I'm hardly a shrinking violet. It gets attention everywhere, but the manner of what happened in London really surprised me. Especially when I collected it. They were waiting outside the showroom FFS.
On which side of the argument do you fall? I'm sure the Typhon is a beauty and an attention magnet. Do you use it to massage your ego or it as intended? FWIW I'm sure you use it properly. Piece of TVR history that. I used to have a Tuscan. Loved it.
I can imagine you get those muppets lurking outside the showrooms just like they are round the back of Harrods. But you can go almost anywhere else in London and not be cursed by kids from Earth's outer regions who'd be mind-fOn which side of the argument do you fall? I'm sure the Typhon is a beauty and an attention magnet. Do you use it to massage your ego or it as intended? FWIW I'm sure you use it properly. Piece of TVR history that. I used to have a Tuscan. Loved it.
ked by a flushing toilet. 
Re the Typhon, as I live in central London in order to go anywhere in the car I often have to drive through London. It's a ball ache in my car as you'd know from your Tiv but modern cars with auto boxes and all mod cons are much easier.
Luckily, few people know what it is so the only time I get people coming up to the car is when you cross paths with another Tiv owner. So it's pretty good.
And if you want to know what the absolute worst car for attracting people while driving through London was I can assure you that it was a Peugeot 405D. If you thought driving a supercar was bad then imagine driving something that everyone thought was a minicab and would just leap out in front of you to flag you down or try and get in the car at every set of lights!!!! 2 years of living in London with one of those and I have f
k all sympathy for someone in a car that's actually a nice place to be and just has the odd speccy tt stand in its way now and then. jhonn said:
Who knows? The only information in the article is showing him driving/parking in central London getting lots of attention from celeb/supercar spotters (and yeah, that includes the author).
I actually came across his Aperta in South London, far from Knightsbridge or Mayfair where you might expect to see one showing off. I believe he had just had it delivered to his home and had then gone to visit a friend with his daughter. It's not just shooting fish in a barrel outside Harrods, sometimes it's by pure coincidence that you see these cars DonkeyApple said:
TerryThomas said:
It not melodramatic. All those things happened as I described them. Driving the car I do, I'm hardly a shrinking violet. It gets attention everywhere, but the manner of what happened in London really surprised me. Especially when I collected it. They were waiting outside the showroom FFS.
On which side of the argument do you fall? I'm sure the Typhon is a beauty and an attention magnet. Do you use it to massage your ego or it as intended? FWIW I'm sure you use it properly. Piece of TVR history that. I used to have a Tuscan. Loved it.
I can imagine you get those muppets lurking outside the showrooms just like they are round the back of Harrods. But you can go almost anywhere else in London and not be cursed by kids from Earth's outer regions who'd be mind-fOn which side of the argument do you fall? I'm sure the Typhon is a beauty and an attention magnet. Do you use it to massage your ego or it as intended? FWIW I'm sure you use it properly. Piece of TVR history that. I used to have a Tuscan. Loved it.
ked by a flushing toilet. Re the Typhon, as I live in central London in order to go anywhere in the car I often have to drive through London. It's a ball ache in my car as you'd know from your Tiv but modern cars with auto boxes and all mod cons are much easier.
Luckily, few people know what it is so the only time I get people coming up to the car is when you cross paths with another Tiv owner. So it's pretty good.
And if you want to know what the absolute worst car for attracting people while driving through London was I can assure you that it was a Peugeot 405D. If you thought driving a supercar was bad then imagine driving something that everyone thought was a minicab and would just leap out in front of you to flag you down or try and get in the car at every set of lights!!!! 2 years of living in London with one of those and I have f
k all sympathy for someone in a car that's actually a nice place to be and just has the odd speccy tt stand in its way now and then. Chris Stott said:
Pommygranite said:
TerryThomas said:
Pommygranite said:
ChilliWhizz said:
TerryThomas said:
Unfortunately for your little rant you don't know me or what you're talking about.
I drive a Lamborghini.
I call custard I drive a Lamborghini.
He was flexing his keyboard muscles and calling me out as liar, but now it's just a giggle.
Funny that...
TerryThomas said:
He was flexing his keyboard muscles and calling me out as liar, but now it's just a giggle.
Funny that...
I wasn't doing anything of the sort... If you had a sense of humour you'd have recognised that... I don't know you, I've never met you, why would I call you a liar... You're making this into something it isn't
People call for custard when they don't believe what someone has posted. Simple as that. What other meaning does it have?
As for my sense of humour, please point out the hilarity in your custard post. Thank you.
Do you still require a picture of my car? I will provide one if necessary.
As for my sense of humour, please point out the hilarity in your custard post. Thank you.
Do you still require a picture of my car? I will provide one if necessary.
TerryThomas said:
People call for custard when they don't believe what someone has posted. Simple as that. What other meaning does it have?
As for my sense of humour, please point out the hilarity in your custard post. Thank you.
In the box next to the post you'll see Chilli's name. That's proof enough. As for my sense of humour, please point out the hilarity in your custard post. Thank you.
He drives his MG above the club limit of 55 mph. The man's a reckless maniac living on the edge.
thomasjonny69 said:
Charlie Michael said:
thomasjonny69 said:
pfsv427sc01 said:
Front number plates not required on supercars ?
Why do these people think it's OK to have no front number plate? They should have to follow the rules like all the rest of us. Tossers!Why should a millionaire super-car owner be any more "exempt" from the rules as me or any other road user?
Edit: shouldn't post before reading remainder of thread ....
Edited by MDL111 on Wednesday 7th December 19:35
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