RE: Video: Rolls-Royce in a field. Erm... what?
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ScoobieWRX said:
If it was someone in a Subaru, or cossie or EVO all the chav comments and worse would be being used to their fullest.
Because it's some hooray henry a brand new roller it's suddenly cool, good on him, nothing wrong with that, etc...etc... Give me a break!!
I can guarantee from experience that the vast majority on here would just enjoy the show and wish they had RWD or 4WD to join in, right up to the point where a jumped up little American security guard comes and moans about it.Because it's some hooray henry a brand new roller it's suddenly cool, good on him, nothing wrong with that, etc...etc... Give me a break!!
As far as "treating a car with respect" is concerned, not even a £300k car has feelings, so it's not as though you're going to upset it if you treat it like a crack w
e.I doubt it's done the car much damage anyway: I'd guess it has a better life than the ones I see in London with kerbed wheels spending their days in stop start traffic.
I've done the same thing in my car and it was great fun: on the same day I also took it off road and accidentally drifted it into a hedge and after a quick detailing session it looked just the same as before.
I've done the same thing in my car and it was great fun: on the same day I also took it off road and accidentally drifted it into a hedge and after a quick detailing session it looked just the same as before.
A3tdi said:
I dont think you understand what 'relative' means.
Average man spends 20-50% of yearly salary on car (excl. pistonheads). Rich man (i.e one in video who has over £370m) spends 0.1% of his money on rolls royce. The rolls royce in that sense is a product relative to his wealth as much as a Pencil from WHSmith is to the average man.
Your opinion of what he does is skewed because you view from YOUR situation. Most of the the people in this thread are making opinions what he does based on what they would do if in HIS situation. Hence there are comments of it being 'cool' because its something many could only wish they could do in what is regarded as the pinnacle of driving luxury. Doing the exact opposite of what that particular vehicle is made to do.
A chav in a corsa doing the same doesn't have the same effect as its basically what you expect to happen when a chav buys a corsa.
...and in this case excess has certainly IMO brought out the worst in him and no doubt would do the same to some of us with that sort of dosh. Average man spends 20-50% of yearly salary on car (excl. pistonheads). Rich man (i.e one in video who has over £370m) spends 0.1% of his money on rolls royce. The rolls royce in that sense is a product relative to his wealth as much as a Pencil from WHSmith is to the average man.
Your opinion of what he does is skewed because you view from YOUR situation. Most of the the people in this thread are making opinions what he does based on what they would do if in HIS situation. Hence there are comments of it being 'cool' because its something many could only wish they could do in what is regarded as the pinnacle of driving luxury. Doing the exact opposite of what that particular vehicle is made to do.
A chav in a corsa doing the same doesn't have the same effect as its basically what you expect to happen when a chav buys a corsa.
However, i imagine very few to none of us on PH have £370m to worry about, and i really couldn't imagine what it would be like to have quite so many millions, although maybe a few million is perhaps well within my realm of imagination, but not £370m.
The cost of this roller may well be the tiniest drop in his ocean but but it still doesn't make it right to treat the car as he has done, and it certainly isn't cool. He clearly has absolutely no feelings for this car as for him it's just a tool therefore he treats it, like a tool.
ScoobieWRX said:
...and in this case excess has certainly IMO brought out the worst in him and no doubt would do the same to some of us with that sort of dosh.
However, i imagine very few to none of us on PH have £370m to worry about, and i really couldn't imagine what it would be like to have quite so many millions, although maybe a few million is perhaps well within my realm of imagination, but not £370m.
The cost of this roller may well be the tiniest drop in his ocean but but it still doesn't make it right to treat the car as he has done, and it certainly isn't cool. He clearly has absolutely no feelings for this car as for him it's just a tool therefore he treats it, like a tool.
In your opinion. However, i imagine very few to none of us on PH have £370m to worry about, and i really couldn't imagine what it would be like to have quite so many millions, although maybe a few million is perhaps well within my realm of imagination, but not £370m.
The cost of this roller may well be the tiniest drop in his ocean but but it still doesn't make it right to treat the car as he has done, and it certainly isn't cool. He clearly has absolutely no feelings for this car as for him it's just a tool therefore he treats it, like a tool.
To say he has no feelings for the car because of what he has done would be ridiculous, has he caused any damage to the vehicle in doing what he did? Once its cleaned you wouldn't have a clue that it has been ploughed through a muddy field. People treat cars in different ways, he's enjoying his cars in every way possible, clearly.
ScoobieWRX said:
...and in this case excess has certainly IMO brought out the worst in him and no doubt would do the same to some of us with that sort of dosh.
However, i imagine very few to none of us on PH have £370m to worry about, and i really couldn't imagine what it would be like to have quite so many millions, although maybe a few million is perhaps well within my realm of imagination, but not £370m.
The cost of this roller may well be the tiniest drop in his ocean but but it still doesn't make it right to treat the car as he has done, and it certainly isn't cool. He clearly has absolutely no feelings for this car as for him it's just a tool therefore he treats it, like a tool.
I think we need to move on now, this guy isn't a cock nor a tool. He's basically driving a car in a controlled manner on his own grass. However, i imagine very few to none of us on PH have £370m to worry about, and i really couldn't imagine what it would be like to have quite so many millions, although maybe a few million is perhaps well within my realm of imagination, but not £370m.
The cost of this roller may well be the tiniest drop in his ocean but but it still doesn't make it right to treat the car as he has done, and it certainly isn't cool. He clearly has absolutely no feelings for this car as for him it's just a tool therefore he treats it, like a tool.
There's no difference between this and when my father allowed me to drive his brand new Carlton on the beach when I was a wee pup.
If I would have binned it then it wouldn't have been a big issue, as he wouldn't have let me do it if he was worried.
I treat all my cars like they should be driven, yet I've never blown and engine or smashed a prop.
But yet you might call me a cock for drifting my Aston on a gravel filled car park. But let's just call it for what it is, a bit of fun.
Some people might have a thing to say about all the money you've spent on your Subaru, but not many on here I'd imagine. Why? because you're doing something you love and it makes you happy.
I applaud that, just like we should with the RR chap and his use of time.
ScoobieWRX said:
...and in this case excess has certainly IMO brought out the worst in him and no doubt would do the same to some of us with that sort of dosh.
However, i imagine very few to none of us on PH have £370m to worry about, and i really couldn't imagine what it would be like to have quite so many millions, although maybe a few million is perhaps well within my realm of imagination, but not £370m.
The cost of this roller may well be the tiniest drop in his ocean but but it still doesn't make it right to treat the car as he has done, and it certainly isn't cool. He clearly has absolutely no feelings for this car as for him it's just a tool therefore he treats it, like a tool.
If I`ve bought a car and paid for it with my own money then it is mine to do what I like with.However, i imagine very few to none of us on PH have £370m to worry about, and i really couldn't imagine what it would be like to have quite so many millions, although maybe a few million is perhaps well within my realm of imagination, but not £370m.
The cost of this roller may well be the tiniest drop in his ocean but but it still doesn't make it right to treat the car as he has done, and it certainly isn't cool. He clearly has absolutely no feelings for this car as for him it's just a tool therefore he treats it, like a tool.
Up to the point of destruction if I feel like it as long as I`m not putting anyone at risk.
If it gets destroyed in the process then that`s the owners prerogative and, at worst, he has to shell out for another one.
So what? It`s another £300K going back into the economy.
Feelings? Not everyone develops an emotional attachment to their cars, Dubai is full of examples of this.
A car IS a tool, it's a machine. Attaching emotional value to a machine is a weakness, and will end up with the machine, a possession, possessing you. You will worry about where you park it, if someone will scratch it and for what? It's only a toy and we all end up in the same place.
Saying he is treating his car disrespectfully is not a valid argument. It is simply a machine for the owner to do with it what they like and calling someone a cock because of it communicates that you have a hate towards the person because of they way they choose to live their harmless life and that is wrong.
You may well want to stick to your opinion because you have an ego like every one of us does and to accept any different would cause turmoil in your head, but it doesn't make your opinion right.
Saying he is treating his car disrespectfully is not a valid argument. It is simply a machine for the owner to do with it what they like and calling someone a cock because of it communicates that you have a hate towards the person because of they way they choose to live their harmless life and that is wrong.
You may well want to stick to your opinion because you have an ego like every one of us does and to accept any different would cause turmoil in your head, but it doesn't make your opinion right.
The only question I have is why did they go to so much trouble to disguise the plates????
1 - removing them would have been easier than all that pixellating
2 - is it not their car????
3 - is it not their land they're ripping-up????
I'm OK with people cocking about with their own goods and on their own land - I'd be less impressed if they'd hired/borrowed/stolen the car and decided to plough up the local stately hall's lawn...
1 - removing them would have been easier than all that pixellating
2 - is it not their car????
3 - is it not their land they're ripping-up????
I'm OK with people cocking about with their own goods and on their own land - I'd be less impressed if they'd hired/borrowed/stolen the car and decided to plough up the local stately hall's lawn...
carter711 said:
A car IS a tool, it's a machine. Attaching emotional value to a machine is a weakness, and will end up with the machine, a possession, possessing you. You will worry about where you park it, if someone will scratch it and for what? It's only a toy and we all end up in the same place.
Saying he is treating his car disrespectfully is not a valid argument. It is simply a machine for the owner to do with it what they like and calling someone a cock because of it communicates that you have a hate towards the person because of they way they choose to live their harmless life and that is wrong.
You may well want to stick to your opinion because you have an ego like every one of us does and to accept any different would cause turmoil in your head, but it doesn't make your opinion right.
Sanity on PistonHeads!Saying he is treating his car disrespectfully is not a valid argument. It is simply a machine for the owner to do with it what they like and calling someone a cock because of it communicates that you have a hate towards the person because of they way they choose to live their harmless life and that is wrong.
You may well want to stick to your opinion because you have an ego like every one of us does and to accept any different would cause turmoil in your head, but it doesn't make your opinion right.
You are a rare thing Carter.
Well said.
carter711 said:
A car IS a tool, it's a machine. Attaching emotional value to a machine is a weakness, and will end up with the machine, a possession, possessing you. You will worry about where you park it, if someone will scratch it and for what? It's only a toy and we all end up in the same place.
Saying he is treating his car disrespectfully is not a valid argument. It is simply a machine for the owner to do with it what they like and calling someone a cock because of it communicates that you have a hate towards the person because of they way they choose to live their harmless life and that is wrong.
You may well want to stick to your opinion because you have an ego like every one of us does and to accept any different would cause turmoil in your head, but it doesn't make your opinion right.
There's no turmoil whatsoever in my head. I'm quite clear about my opinion. There is no right or wrong, it's just an opinion like all the others on here Saying he is treating his car disrespectfully is not a valid argument. It is simply a machine for the owner to do with it what they like and calling someone a cock because of it communicates that you have a hate towards the person because of they way they choose to live their harmless life and that is wrong.
You may well want to stick to your opinion because you have an ego like every one of us does and to accept any different would cause turmoil in your head, but it doesn't make your opinion right.
ScoobieWRX said:
carter711 said:
A car IS a tool, it's a machine. Attaching emotional value to a machine is a weakness, and will end up with the machine, a possession, possessing you. You will worry about where you park it, if someone will scratch it and for what? It's only a toy and we all end up in the same place.
Saying he is treating his car disrespectfully is not a valid argument. It is simply a machine for the owner to do with it what they like and calling someone a cock because of it communicates that you have a hate towards the person because of they way they choose to live their harmless life and that is wrong.
You may well want to stick to your opinion because you have an ego like every one of us does and to accept any different would cause turmoil in your head, but it doesn't make your opinion right.
There's no turmoil whatsoever in my head. I'm quite clear about my opinion. There is no right or wrong, it's just an opinion like all the others on here Saying he is treating his car disrespectfully is not a valid argument. It is simply a machine for the owner to do with it what they like and calling someone a cock because of it communicates that you have a hate towards the person because of they way they choose to live their harmless life and that is wrong.
You may well want to stick to your opinion because you have an ego like every one of us does and to accept any different would cause turmoil in your head, but it doesn't make your opinion right.
(Edited for a fat finger)
Edited by carter711 on Sunday 16th December 21:29
My Jag just got an e-mail from the Rolls Royce, it reads as follows:
"Woohoo!
Man have you seen the video my owner put up? I had such a hoot. While all my family potter about ferrying wealthy and celebrity types about and never having fun I've been playing.
I had no idea what he was up to when we pottered onto the grassland but he let me go as fast as I wanted, I went sideways and everything! Lots!! It felt dirty but at the same time good. Let's face it I've got huge power and never get to go potty and do anything different. I felt so free
We splashed through some massive puddles and then he let me smoke my tyres a bit too. It was fabulous. The GTO is really miffed as he's just a bit too old and precious to be allowed such fun.
I hear you went a bit sideways on some wet cobbles last week, bet that made you smile a bit too
I need a good bath now, snow foam and at least two buckets with any luck!
Keep it fun, RR
"
There you are, who says cars have no souls
"Woohoo!
Man have you seen the video my owner put up? I had such a hoot. While all my family potter about ferrying wealthy and celebrity types about and never having fun I've been playing.
I had no idea what he was up to when we pottered onto the grassland but he let me go as fast as I wanted, I went sideways and everything! Lots!! It felt dirty but at the same time good. Let's face it I've got huge power and never get to go potty and do anything different. I felt so free
We splashed through some massive puddles and then he let me smoke my tyres a bit too. It was fabulous. The GTO is really miffed as he's just a bit too old and precious to be allowed such fun.
I hear you went a bit sideways on some wet cobbles last week, bet that made you smile a bit too
I need a good bath now, snow foam and at least two buckets with any luck!
Keep it fun, RR
"There you are, who says cars have no souls
ScoobieWRX said:
If it was someone in a Subaru, or cossie or EVO all the chav comments and worse would be being used to their fullest.
Because it's some hooray henry a brand new roller it's suddenly cool, good on him, nothing wrong with that, etc...etc... Give me a break!!
If it was someone in a Subaru, cossie, or Evo tearing up a bit of public grass or drifting around a public carpark with the public in it (as happens all too stereotypically often) then yes, they'd be an example of some scummy tBecause it's some hooray henry a brand new roller it's suddenly cool, good on him, nothing wrong with that, etc...etc... Give me a break!!
t in a chavmobile behaving like a cock. And in that setting a Rolls would be no better. It's cool because it's (presumed to be) his car and his lawn.
If that's the case, then yeah, hooray for Henry.
carter711 said:
ScoobieWRX said:
carter711 said:
A car IS a tool, it's a machine. Attaching emotional value to a machine is a weakness, and will end up with the machine, a possession, possessing you. You will worry about where you park it, if someone will scratch it and for what? It's only a toy and we all end up in the same place.
Saying he is treating his car disrespectfully is not a valid argument. It is simply a machine for the owner to do with it what they like and calling someone a cock because of it communicates that you have a hate towards the person because of they way they choose to live their harmless life and that is wrong.
You may well want to stick to your opinion because you have an ego like every one of us does and to accept any different would cause turmoil in your head, but it doesn't make your opinion right.
There's no turmoil whatsoever in my head. I'm quite clear about my opinion. There is no right or wrong, it's just an opinion like all the others on here Saying he is treating his car disrespectfully is not a valid argument. It is simply a machine for the owner to do with it what they like and calling someone a cock because of it communicates that you have a hate towards the person because of they way they choose to live their harmless life and that is wrong.
You may well want to stick to your opinion because you have an ego like every one of us does and to accept any different would cause turmoil in your head, but it doesn't make your opinion right.
I don't hate the man i just think he's a cock. End of.
ScoobieWRX said:
The cost of this roller may well be the tiniest drop in his ocean but but it still doesn't make it right to treat the car as he has done, and it certainly isn't cool. He clearly has absolutely no feelings for this car as for him it's just a tool therefore he treats it, like a tool.
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