"Icons by the Lake" Virginia Water Lake - Sun 16th October

[Kyodo]

f1ten said:

Weather is not going to be too good but think I will be going along

Hmm.. I saw a car with a number plate that reminded me of you. My guess is you made it, good stuff

We just got back. Bloomin' horrible weather for a while but a great turnout regardless. Plenty of umbrellas but also plenty of lovely machinery. It would've been rammed if the sun had been shining from the outset. Ours is now sat on the drive drying off...

[BlackpoolRock]

Great event this morning even if the weather was crap. Lots of very special cars braving the weather for everyone to see. No issues with parking at all and certainly no snobbery. The local dog walkers and runners were actually walking round enjoying the cars parked up. I think this thread just shows what PH has sadly become now when someone tries to put on a free supercar event for everyone and it turns into a bandwagon jumping thread.
Thanks for organising Lee

[revs to 9000]

awful weather.....but great day, lovely motors and enthusiastic fans and owners......what's a bit of rain and oh yes no problems with the parking whatsoever

[fatboy18]

Sadly, one or two did not read the brief about revving engines and Parking crap cars in the Supercar area

But worth getting up for. Due to my car being low, I did have to get out of my car and push it over the rubber exit ramp, Hate speed ramps

[MEZGER6]

You mean the idiot in the a3 or the other tw8t in the Subaru station car.....

Lovely viper btw!!

[fatboy18]

MEZGER6 said:

You mean the idiot in the a3 or the other tw8t in the Subaru station car.....

Lovely viper btw!!

Thank you, its all clean again now, all four wheels off this afternoon, chassis cleaned and ready for the next outing, whenever that is?

I did apologize to a couple of locals who's Dogs were upset by the noise from a couple of the cars. But they seemed to be reasonably happy which is cool.

[100 IAN]

oh yes, everyone was very well behaved.....?

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t50.2886-16/1468...

(not my video, I came across it when I did a quick google)

[fatboy18]

100 IAN said:

oh yes, everyone was very well behaved.....?

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t50.2886-16/1468...

(not my video, I came across it when I did a quick google)

Wow, what a great supercar

[yellowjack]

fatboy18 said:

Wow, what a great supercar

Doesn't matter that it isn't a supercar. What matters is that this video is now, and therefore always will be, associated with 'Icons By The Lake' (poster said he found it "with a quick Google"). And let's face it, we've all seen evidence that shows that the great and the good of PH supercar owners can demonstrate equally poor behaviour and complete lack of judgement.

One particular video of "proper supercars" tailsliding away from a meet directly into a bank of thick fog springs to mind. So like I say, no matter what pleas the organisers make to 'their' participants, the behaviour of some knuckle dragging oaf, who bought some warmed-over saloon car because it's drop in value put it within reach, WILL be associated with even the best run event if it takes place near that event.

I hope that this was an isolated incident, and that otherwise, the morning went well for any and all that attended.

[fatboy18]

yellowjack said:

fatboy18 said:

Wow, what a great supercar

Doesn't matter that it isn't a supercar. What matters is that this video is now, and therefore always will be, associated with 'Icons By The Lake' (poster said he found it "with a quick Google"). And let's face it, we've all seen evidence that shows that the great and the good of PH supercar owners can demonstrate equally poor behaviour and complete lack of judgement.

One particular video of "proper supercars" tailsliding away from a meet directly into a bank of thick fog springs to mind. So like I say, no matter what pleas the organisers make to 'their' participants, the behaviour of some knuckle dragging oaf, who bought some warmed-over saloon car because it's drop in value put it within reach, WILL be associated with even the best run event if it takes place near that event.

I hope that this was an isolated incident, and that otherwise, the morning went well for any and all that attended.

Agree with all points raised in your post.

[e600]

Would the BIB take any action if presented with this video? It may just stop this sort of nonsense.

[sssdu01]

Don't worry about this sort of behavior impacting future events as you may find the next one will be an invite only secret event. So well done to the wker in the BMW

[Kyodo]

100 IAN said:

oh yes, everyone was very well behaved.....?

https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t50.2886-16/1468...

(not my video, I came across it when I did a quick google)

Don't they normally reserve that kind of behaviour for Max Power meets in a Matalan car park, surrounded by groups of teens with one hand holding their phone and the other down their pants. What a prick.

On the upside, the video shows his plate and perhaps the good people directing cars next time will turn him away.

Edited by Kyodo on Monday 17th October 09:20

[mikearwas]

e600 said:

Would the BIB take any action if presented with this video? It may just stop this sort of nonsense.

The guy in the BMW was an idiot and misunderstood his surroundings but shopping him in is a bit far. He was clearly yet misguidedly trying to put on a show for the array of spotters. The amount of snobbery displayed on this thread leads me to believe that if it was the Koenigsegg or the Zonda doing it then none of you would bat an eyelid. Comments like 'wow, what a great supercar' indicate as much. Lots of cars that aren't supercars are iconic to as many if not more people than a supercar itself. No need to put down other cars - focus on the behaviour.

Edited by mikearwas on Monday 17th October 09:43

[RichB]

mikearwas said:

e600 said:

Would the BIB take any action if presented with this video? It may just stop this sort of nonsense.

The guy in the BMW was an idiot and misunderstood his surroundings but shopping him in is a bit far. He was clearly yet misguidedly trying to put on a show for the array of spotters. The amount of snobbery displayed on this thread leads me to believe that if it was the Koenigsegg or the Zonda doing it then none of you would bat an eyelid. Comments like 'wow, what a great supercar' indicate as much. Lots of cars that aren't supercars are iconic to as many if not more people than a supercar itself. No need to put down other cars - focus on the behaviour.

What amuses me is that grown men stand around, watching and applauding this stuff!

Totally baffles me.

[DasChin]

wow some wheelspinz and smoky. never seen that before. well done M5 owner you first class dick. no matter what the car is then appreciate the surroundings, the nature of the event and you are about to enter a public road and a very busy junction. there is just no need for it.

go and do it on an airfield or on a track.

sadly you always get the owner of the 4 door shopping trolley with a big engine with sth to prove. or ruin the event for everyone. and its normally the sub 10k car or the noisy jap crate that does well in this regard.

that guy in the BMW is an absolute Pratt and exactly the sort of idiot you don't want to attend these events but you can't keep them away as you wanted a 'public' event yellow jack and this is what you get.

Edited by DasChin on Monday 17th October 10:44

[yellowjack]

DasChin said:

wow some wheelspinz and smoky. never seen that before. well done M5 owner you first class dick. no matter what the car is then appreciate the surroundings, the nature of the event and you are about to enter a public road and a very busy junction. there is just no need for it.

go and do it on an airfield or on a track.

sadly you always get the owner of the 4 door shopping trolley with a big engine with sth to prove. or ruin the event for everyone. and its normally the sub 10k car or the noisy jap crate that does well in this regard.

that guy in the BMW is an absolute Pratt and exactly the sort of idiot you don't want to attend these events but you can't keep them away as you wanted a 'public' event yellow jack and this is what you get.

Errm? Have I missed something? I don't "want" any kind of event. If it had been kept quiet, I'd not have been able to make a single post on the subject.

I frankly don't care whether someone wants to organise a public event, or a private event. Or even to mothball their car immediately after purchase as a speculative investment. None of my business really. But posting news of an upcoming event on what is essentially a public forum? That's when such things become fair game for a bit of healthy debate. Which is what I've attempted to engage in.

I didn't go on Sunday. I had other things to do, and it was raining. I never take the 'deo out in the rain anyway, because it's a bh taking the wheels off to clean the chassis before putting it away again. That, and it's got so much power through the rear wheels that it's close to undriveable at the slightest hint of a dew. But that's my cross to bear.

My point, which you seem to be willfully missing at any and every opportunity, has always primarily been that a public forum was used to announce a supercar meet, then PHers who have obviously failed at life on account of not owning a supercar themselves, were invited to not attend in order that spaces in a public car park were kept open for use by members of the public. If you can't see the absurdity of this, then I fear I'm just going to have to give up.

[Lynchie999]

yellowjack said:

has always primarily been that a public forum was used to announce a supercar meet, then PHers who have obviously failed at life on account of not owning a supercar themselves, were invited to not attend in order that spaces in a public car park were kept open for use by members of the public.

[fatboy18]

mikearwas said:

e600 said:

Would the BIB take any action if presented with this video? It may just stop this sort of nonsense.

The guy in the BMW was an idiot and misunderstood his surroundings but shopping him in is a bit far. He was clearly yet misguidedly trying to put on a show for the array of spotters. The amount of snobbery displayed on this thread leads me to believe that if it was the Koenigsegg or the Zonda doing it then none of you would bat an eyelid. Comments like 'wow, what a great supercar' indicate as much. Lots of cars that aren't supercars are iconic to as many if not more people than a supercar itself. No need to put down other cars - focus on the behaviour.

Edited by mikearwas on Monday 17th October 09:43

Please get off your high horse pal, For the record, there were one or two High end German Sports car owners that had not read the brief and started revving their engines, they were asked not to do it and stopped (although they did leave and then thought it would be fun to rev the engines again) . If a Zonda or Egg had done the same thing many of us would also have disapproved, but im sure the spotter kids would have enjoyed it.

Snobbery my friggin arse. The event is was Advertised as a "Supercar Event cars and coffee". IF you genuinely can not appreciate that, then there is no hope and I do hope the meets become secret.

[Kyodo]

fatboy18 said:

lease get off your high horse pal, For the record, there were one or two High end German Sports car owners that had not read the brief and started revving their engines, they were asked not to do it and stopped (although they did leave and then thought it would be fun to rev the engines again) . If a Zonda or Egg had done the same thing many of us would also have disapproved, but im sure the spotter kids would have enjoyed it.

Snobbery my friggin arse. The event is was Advertised as a "Supercar Event cars and coffee". IF you genuinely can not appreciate that, then there is no hope and I do hope the meets become secret.

+1

(nice Viper btw)

It wouldn't matter whether it was a BMW or a Ferrari. A tw@t is a tw@t, regardless of the vehicle. Snobbery? Where? I didn't see any of that, just a nice array of people, young and old, owners and otherwise (including general lake visitors) enjoying a wander around some nice cars.