Own a drivers car but no interest in cars!
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This always strikes me as a bit odd.
My friend has a very clean and well cared for 2007 Mk5 Golf GTI 5 door.
She has no interest in cars. She does only a few thousand miles a year preferring to walk or use her push bike.
The car was bought because VW’s are reliable and it was a ‘nice colour’ .
The car gets driven so sedately when what it really needs is a damn good thrashing.
It seems such a shame but there must be others out there who own/drive a car which is interesting to us petrolheads but the owner has little interest in it.
My friend has a very clean and well cared for 2007 Mk5 Golf GTI 5 door.
She has no interest in cars. She does only a few thousand miles a year preferring to walk or use her push bike.
The car was bought because VW’s are reliable and it was a ‘nice colour’ .
The car gets driven so sedately when what it really needs is a damn good thrashing.
It seems such a shame but there must be others out there who own/drive a car which is interesting to us petrolheads but the owner has little interest in it.
rustfalia said:
A 5 door mk5 Golf gti is hardly a drivers car.
Just a top of the range golf at the time.
Not like shes driving a lotus exige around.
I did expect something like a Lotus coming into the thread Just a top of the range golf at the time.
Not like shes driving a lotus exige around.
I guess what OP is saying is that it's an "enthusiast" car owned by someone who doesn't know anything or have any interest in cars.
It's more common that you'd think. Especially in the younger car owner community, it's seen as cool to have a modified car or a "enthusiasts" car.
xjay1337 said:
I did expect something like a Lotus coming into the thread
I guess what OP is saying is that it's an "enthusiast" car owned by someone who doesn't know anything or have any interest in cars.
It's more common that you'd think. Especially in the younger car owner community, it's seen as cool to have a modified car or a "enthusiasts" car.
Yes that is my point. The driver is in her 40’s. I guess what OP is saying is that it's an "enthusiast" car owned by someone who doesn't know anything or have any interest in cars.
It's more common that you'd think. Especially in the younger car owner community, it's seen as cool to have a modified car or a "enthusiasts" car.
Alfahorn said:
This always strikes me as a bit odd.
My friend has a very clean and well cared for 2007 Mk5 Golf GTI 5 door.
She has no interest in cars. She does only a few thousand miles a year preferring to walk or use her push bike.
The car was bought because VW’s are reliable and it was a ‘nice colour’ .
The car gets driven so sedately when what it really needs is a damn good thrashing.
It seems such a shame but there must be others out there who own/drive a car which is interesting to us petrolheads but the owner has little interest in it.
I really don't see the issue, people buy cars for all sorts of reasons.My friend has a very clean and well cared for 2007 Mk5 Golf GTI 5 door.
She has no interest in cars. She does only a few thousand miles a year preferring to walk or use her push bike.
The car was bought because VW’s are reliable and it was a ‘nice colour’ .
The car gets driven so sedately when what it really needs is a damn good thrashing.
It seems such a shame but there must be others out there who own/drive a car which is interesting to us petrolheads but the owner has little interest in it.
Besides what is a "drivers car" to you will not be for a lot of people.
I know a woman who has had a TTRS, SLK55, cayman GTS and now a GT4, she drives is 3 miles to Tesco and occasionally to Cardiff (about 11 miles)
She’s got it as her husband always buys what he’s offferdd from the dealer when he gets a new car (he’s has a California, 3 GT3s, 2 cayennes and a cayman in the last 2 years.
She’s got it as her husband always buys what he’s offferdd from the dealer when he gets a new car (he’s has a California, 3 GT3s, 2 cayennes and a cayman in the last 2 years.
Had a friend a few years back who's wife bought him a brand new Audi S4 convertible for his 40th. It was his money lol
He had no idea about cars and was showing it off to me and another car mad mate.
Took us for a drive. He might as well have been driving a Honda Jazz.
Just no idea of the car's capabilities, didn't know what the paddles on the steering wheel were for, and was shocked when I showed him that the screen on the dash was a sat nav.
He just liked the look of it and that it was a drop top, oh and that it was expensive.
He had no idea about cars and was showing it off to me and another car mad mate.
Took us for a drive. He might as well have been driving a Honda Jazz.
Just no idea of the car's capabilities, didn't know what the paddles on the steering wheel were for, and was shocked when I showed him that the screen on the dash was a sat nav.
He just liked the look of it and that it was a drop top, oh and that it was expensive.
Esceptico said:
This might come as a shock to the OP but most likely the majority of people buying new sports car are not really enthusiasts. They are just rich enough to afford them.
Indeed. This is also why, despite a lot of PHers wibbling about how mainstream sports/performance cars are getting too big, too heavy, too powerful, have too much grip, have too many driver aids, have wheels that are too big, have turbos, are automatic and might even have a diesel engine, people still insist on buying the damn things. Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff