Millionaire Boy Racers
Discussion
George29 said:
Is it just me who doesn't get why these people just drive their supercars around a city? I couldn't think of anywhere worse to drive!
Beacuse it's fun? The incongruity of it is alway a laugh, they sound great with the noise bouncing off the buildings and... it's fun 
Until you get stuck in traffic
Chris P Bacon said:
George29 said:
Is it just me who doesn't get why these people just drive their supercars around a city? I couldn't think of anywhere worse to drive!
They must feel some sense of inadequacy, with all that money its the only way the can draw attention to themselves. Sad really. George29 said:
So constantly during the day then? Or you can drive around at night pissing everyone off?
Give me a nice quiet B road any day
Absolutely, me too. But a couple of times a year, on a sunny Sunday morning when you don't want to go fast; pootling from Victoria to Parliament Square, up Whitehall, through Trafalgar Square, down the Mall, past the Palace, along Park lane to Marble Arch, back and along Piccdilly, stop for brunch at Richoux on South Audley St in Mayfair (free parking) then back home through Knightsbridge.Give me a nice quiet B road any day
Anyway, who are you to tell anyone where they should be driving their car? At least they ARE driving it
michael gould said:
well I wish i had been so "sad" to be driving round in a supercar in my twenties........I bet they are shagging for Britain and having a great time......what sad about that ? what the hell do you expect rich boys to do, drive a Smart car.....good luck to them
I think they are more likely shagging for Saudi or Kuwait, an activity I doubt would meet with approval with their local customs and laws. 
George29 said:
on a serious note crawling around town in a supercar can't do it much good can it?
In a Miura, Bora or a Mangusta... no, probably not, they are going to get VERY hot with their antiquated cooling systems. In a modern car, why not? They have properly working radiators, better material construction and are tested for tens of thousands of miles of crap like that.
A the risk of becoming the poster boy for crawling round town posing, I don't think I have even driven my DB9 through central London unles trying to get somewhere and taking the wrong route. Probably did in the Jag and DB7 when I lived in Bristol though, London was a treat back then!
k off CraigV12V said:
michael gould said:
well I wish i had been so "sad" to be driving round in a supercar in my twenties........I bet they are shagging for Britain and having a great time......what sad about that ? what the hell do you expect rich boys to do, drive a Smart car.....good luck to them
I think they are more likely shagging for Saudi or Kuwait, an activity I doubt would meet with approval with their local customs and laws. I saw a program on TV the other day where the Local Met Police are pulling over the Middle East Supercars, Lambos, Enzo's, Bugatti's etc and asking for their insurance. They can't produce it and they take the car. 
Looooove it .......
Apparently they tell me insurance in an Aventador for a 21 year old is expensive, hey ... who knew .....
I have heard that the cars are bought by their parents etc, and then they have to insure them, and at up to £50k for insurance, yes £50k ........ the young ones can't insure them, so they keep their foreign plate on and blag the insurance aspect.
Unfortunatley (for them) the local Plod have caught on to this and are pulling them over, they take the cars (because they can't prove insurance), impound the cars and wait for some rich parents to bail them out.
They don't get any bloody points on their licence though (assuming they have one)
Looooove it .......
Apparently they tell me insurance in an Aventador for a 21 year old is expensive, hey ... who knew .....
I have heard that the cars are bought by their parents etc, and then they have to insure them, and at up to £50k for insurance, yes £50k ........ the young ones can't insure them, so they keep their foreign plate on and blag the insurance aspect.
Unfortunatley (for them) the local Plod have caught on to this and are pulling them over, they take the cars (because they can't prove insurance), impound the cars and wait for some rich parents to bail them out.
They don't get any bloody points on their licence though (assuming they have one)
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