Lewis Hamilton (Vol. 2)

[angrymoby]

vaud said:

It is a bit odd to post a pic of changing a wheel on a car that has no spare wheel.

probably in an entourage & steeling the spare from one of those so he/they can all keep going

[MarkwG]

angrymoby said:

vaud said:

It is a bit odd to post a pic of changing a wheel on a car that has no spare wheel.

probably in an entourage & steeling the spare from one of those so he/they can all keep going

That would be my interpretation - if the tyre is trashed, a can of gunk won't fix it. Sometimes people seem desperate to see a conspiracy when there's a simple answer they just hadn't thought of.

[M5-911]

vaud said:

It is a bit odd to post a pic of changing a wheel on a car that has no spare wheel.

If you are talking about the mercedes EQC, it comes with a spare from what you can read on the official Mercedes web site.

[vaud]

M5-911 said:

If you are talking about the mercedes EQC, it comes with a spare from what you can read on the official Mercedes web site.

No, it comes with Tirefit, a puncture kit + compressor per the UK spec brochure.

Also:

https://practicalmotoring.com.au/car-reviews/2019-...
https://www.caradvice.com.au/843394/2020-mercedes-...

• Spare Repair kit and/or runflat tyres
• Does it have a spare?: There’s no spare tyre, only because there isn’t room for one beneath the boot floor. Instead, it comes with a repair kit to take care of minor punctures. Run-flat tyres are optional, providing the ability to drive to a tyre repair shop.

Now unless the UK brochure is incorrect, and if the 2 Australian review sites are reviewing a different model that has found space for a large spare wheel and tyre...

[paulguitar]

Why does any of this matter?

[HTP99]

paulguitar said:

Why does any of this matter?

Lol, I was just reading the post above yours and thought "who the fk cares".

[Exige77]

vaud said:

M5-911 said:

If you are talking about the mercedes EQC, it comes with a spare from what you can read on the official Mercedes web site.

No, it comes with Tirefit, a puncture kit + compressor per the UK spec brochure.

Also:

https://practicalmotoring.com.au/car-reviews/2019-...
https://www.caradvice.com.au/843394/2020-mercedes-...

• Spare Repair kit and/or runflat tyres
• Does it have a spare?: There’s no spare tyre, only because there isn’t room for one beneath the boot floor. Instead, it comes with a repair kit to take care of minor punctures. Run-flat tyres are optional, providing the ability to drive to a tyre repair shop.

Now unless the UK brochure is incorrect, and if the 2 Australian review sites are reviewing a different model that has found space for a large spare wheel and tyre...

Was Lewis in U.K. ?

That garage doesn’t look it’s in U.K..

We call LPG, LPG. In Euroland they call it GPL.

Maybe other countries spec have a spare ?

Does it matter ?

[C70R]

vaud said:

M5-911 said:

If you are talking about the mercedes EQC, it comes with a spare from what you can read on the official Mercedes web site.

No, it comes with Tirefit, a puncture kit + compressor per the UK spec brochure.

Also:

https://practicalmotoring.com.au/car-reviews/2019-...
https://www.caradvice.com.au/843394/2020-mercedes-...

• Spare Repair kit and/or runflat tyres
• Does it have a spare?: There’s no spare tyre, only because there isn’t room for one beneath the boot floor. Instead, it comes with a repair kit to take care of minor punctures. Run-flat tyres are optional, providing the ability to drive to a tyre repair shop.

Now unless the UK brochure is incorrect, and if the 2 Australian review sites are reviewing a different model that has found space for a large spare wheel and tyre...

Wow. This thread took a very weird, and borderline obsessive, turn.

It's curious that Lewis gets criticism for anything he does (no matter how innocuous it seems), yet Jenson Button (who I personally think is great) seems to fly under the radar for:
- Having a tarty Playboy bunny wife
- Whoring himself out to advertise expensive/elitist ski gear on his Instagram (a tie-up like Lewis does with Tommy)
- Showing off his dogs and kid (including its own account!) on social media
- Living in LA and not paying tax in the UK
- Launching his own line of cycling gear (a sport for rich people)
- Sharing pictures wearing expensive watches
- ad nauseum

Now some of that is used to make a point, but the criticism of Lewis is all a bit predictable, isn't it?

Edited by C70R on Thursday 22 October 14:20

[vaud]

C70R said:

Now some of that is used to make a point, but the criticism of Lewis is all a bit predictable, isn't it?

I rarely criticise Lewis. I think he is a genius, one of the best ever.

It was a staged event for instagram/social media likes; Lewis probably just went where he was told and waited for the photos to be taken as part of the advertising of that model.

I just make the point that the car in question does not have a spare wheel.

[768]

C70R said:

- Launching his own line of cycling gear (a sport for rich people)

Double checks the subforum name.

[RB Will]

C70R said:

Wow. This thread took a very weird, and borderline obsessive, turn.

It's curious that Lewis gets criticism for anything he does (no matter how innocuous it seems), yet Jenson Button (who I personally think is great) seems to fly under the radar for:
- Having a tarty Playboy bunny wife
- Whoring himself out to advertise expensive/elitist ski gear on his Instagram (a tie-up like Lewis does with Tommy)
- Showing off his dogs and kid (including its own account!) on social media
- Living in LA and not paying tax in the UK
- Launching his own line of cycling gear (a sport for rich people)
- Sharing pictures wearing expensive watches
- ad nauseum

Now some of that is used to make a point, but the criticism of Lewis is all a bit predictable, isn't it?

Edited by C70R on Thursday 22 October 14:20

Apart from the Living in LA, not sure much of that is entirely accurate. Its also the subtleties you need to look at. For example Jenson wearing and endorsing a perfectly normal ski jacket that anyone can buy and wear draws no attention, Lewis wearing the latest $10,000 technicoulour designer bin bag etc gets a bit more attention.
And the dogs for example Jenson just enjoys them and puts up stuff that any dog owner would, Lewis talks about his being vegan which is certain to make 99% of dog owners think he is a prat.
etc etc

[Catatafish]

RB Will said:

C70R said:

Wow. This thread took a very weird, and borderline obsessive, turn.

It's curious that Lewis gets criticism for anything he does (no matter how innocuous it seems), yet Jenson Button (who I personally think is great) seems to fly under the radar for:
- Having a tarty Playboy bunny wife
- Whoring himself out to advertise expensive/elitist ski gear on his Instagram (a tie-up like Lewis does with Tommy)
- Showing off his dogs and kid (including its own account!) on social media
- Living in LA and not paying tax in the UK
- Launching his own line of cycling gear (a sport for rich people)
- Sharing pictures wearing expensive watches
- ad nauseum

Now some of that is used to make a point, but the criticism of Lewis is all a bit predictable, isn't it?

Edited by C70R on Thursday 22 October 14:20

Apart from the Living in LA, not sure much of that is entirely accurate. Its also the subtleties you need to look at. For example Jenson wearing and endorsing a perfectly normal ski jacket that anyone can buy and wear draws no attention, Lewis wearing the latest $10,000 technicoulour designer bin bag etc gets a bit more attention.
And the dogs for example Jenson just enjoys them and puts up stuff that any dog owner would, Lewis talks about his being vegan which is certain to make 99% of dog owners think he is a prat.
etc etc

No it's all the same stuff, just skewed through whichever bias scope you're looking with.

[Muzzer79]

RB Will said:

C70R said:

Wow. This thread took a very weird, and borderline obsessive, turn.

It's curious that Lewis gets criticism for anything he does (no matter how innocuous it seems), yet Jenson Button (who I personally think is great) seems to fly under the radar for:
- Having a tarty Playboy bunny wife
- Whoring himself out to advertise expensive/elitist ski gear on his Instagram (a tie-up like Lewis does with Tommy)
- Showing off his dogs and kid (including its own account!) on social media
- Living in LA and not paying tax in the UK
- Launching his own line of cycling gear (a sport for rich people)
- Sharing pictures wearing expensive watches
- ad nauseum

Now some of that is used to make a point, but the criticism of Lewis is all a bit predictable, isn't it?

Edited by C70R on Thursday 22 October 14:20

Apart from the Living in LA, not sure much of that is entirely accurate. Its also the subtleties you need to look at. For example Jenson wearing and endorsing a perfectly normal ski jacket that anyone can buy and wear draws no attention, Lewis wearing the latest $10,000 technicoulour designer bin bag etc gets a bit more attention.
And the dogs for example Jenson just enjoys them and puts up stuff that any dog owner would, Lewis talks about his being vegan which is certain to make 99% of dog owners think he is a prat.
etc etc

As ever, it depends on perspective.

One man's picture that any other dog owner would put up is another man's prat picture.

Fashion is subjective. Your designer bin bag is another man's refreshing break from the norm.

The point is whether it's genuine. I for one, believe that Hamilton wears the clothes he shows in social media and doesn't retire to one of his homes in grey slacks and a plain sweater.

Whether I agree with it or not, I believe he thinks his vegan diet works and works for his dog.

But that might all have been blown because Mercedes EQC's don't have a spare tyre

[C70R]

RB Will said:

C70R said:

Wow. This thread took a very weird, and borderline obsessive, turn.

It's curious that Lewis gets criticism for anything he does (no matter how innocuous it seems), yet Jenson Button (who I personally think is great) seems to fly under the radar for:
- Having a tarty Playboy bunny wife
- Whoring himself out to advertise expensive/elitist ski gear on his Instagram (a tie-up like Lewis does with Tommy)
- Showing off his dogs and kid (including its own account!) on social media
- Living in LA and not paying tax in the UK
- Launching his own line of cycling gear (a sport for rich people)
- Sharing pictures wearing expensive watches
- ad nauseum

Now some of that is used to make a point, but the criticism of Lewis is all a bit predictable, isn't it?

Edited by C70R on Thursday 22 October 14:20

Apart from the Living in LA, not sure much of that is entirely accurate. Its also the subtleties you need to look at. For example Jenson wearing and endorsing a perfectly normal ski jacket that anyone can buy and wear draws no attention, Lewis wearing the latest $10,000 technicoulour designer bin bag etc gets a bit more attention.
And the dogs for example Jenson just enjoys them and puts up stuff that any dog owner would, Lewis talks about his being vegan which is certain to make 99% of dog owners think he is a prat.
etc etc

That's the weird thing though. Button does lots of stuff that might make people think he's a prat (I don't personally), but there aren't 100s of pages about him...

ETA - Maybe there's an alternate-universe version of PH where the majority of posters are from ethnic minorities, and they all take the p*ss out of Button's Instagram for being a stereotypical preppy white boy?

[paulguitar]

C70R said:

That's the weird thing though. Button does lots of stuff that might make people think he's a prat (I don't personally), but there aren't 100s of pages about him...

ETA - Maybe there's an alternate-universe version of PH where the majority of posters are from ethnic minorities, and they all take the p*ss out of Button's Instagram for being a stereotypical preppy white boy?

I suppose Lewis gets a lot of attention in part due to his enormous success. Button was a fine racing driver, but I doubt many would consider him at Hamilton's level, including JB himself.

[RichB]

C70R said:

ETA - Maybe there's an alternate-universe version of PH where the majority of posters are from ethnic minorities, and they all take the p*ss out of Button's Instagram for being a stereotypical preppy white boy?

Indeed, or maybe another sub-forum of PH readers who have sons and grandsons who have long hair, wear chains or wacky clothes, like garage, grunge or rap music and generally do things differently to their dads and grandads. And... that the PH reader accepts that just because people are different they can be decent people. Or, perhaps they think their son is a pratt

[deadslow]

paulguitar said:

I suppose Lewis gets a lot of attention in part due to his enormous success.

partly that. and partly because he seeks it out incessantly

[C70R]

deadslow said:

paulguitar said:

I suppose Lewis gets a lot of attention in part due to his enormous success.

partly that. and partly because he seeks it out incessantly

Jenson has almost 50% more posts on Instagram than Lewis, and has accounts for his baby and dog.

Does that make him more of an attention seeker?

[deadslow]

C70R said:

deadslow said:

paulguitar said:

I suppose Lewis gets a lot of attention in part due to his enormous success.

partly that. and partly because he seeks it out incessantly

Jenson has almost 50% more posts on Instagram than Lewis, and has accounts for his baby and dog.

Does that make him more of an attention seeker?

don't know, couldn't care less.

[ddom]

C70R said:

- Launching his own line of cycling gear (a sport for rich people)

You ‘think JB is great’ yet wrote that?



What a plum. Clutching at straws