Anyone else get fed up with people filming you in a nice car
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Yeah this used to happen a lot with the Ultima. I took it to spain, and even the border police wanted photos etc. They had guns so I wasn't going to say no! video here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BjKcgemHKn1/?utm_sourc...
ol said:
Yeah this used to happen a lot with the Ultima. I took it to spain, and even the border police wanted photos etc. They had guns so I wasn't going to say no! video here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BjKcgemHKn1/?utm_sourc...
Obviously for completely different reasons, tourists used to constantly photograph Black Cabs, especially at tourist spots, like Tower of London, British Museum taxi ranks.They would always politely ask if it would be okay to do so, and if it was somewhere feasible, like Westminster Abbey rank, I’d invite them to sit at the wheel if they wished.
The guys who would like to, thanked me profusely, but the women who sat at the wheel were like big kids, waving at their families while they were being videoed.
Frank7 said:
Pan Pan Pan said:
Driving across America in the 7, it was an almost constant experience, so just had to get used to.it. Driving down the strip in Las Vegas there were so many camera flashes going off, it was like coming to the finishing line in the 100 metre sprint at the Olympics.
The funniest thing was arriving at the hotel on the strip, where twenty five,or thirty photographers were crowding round each of the limos which were pulling up there, hoping to get shots of someone famous. When we pulled up in the 7, the whole bunch of photographers, shuffled down the pavement like an enormous crab,, and starting taking pictures of the 7.
But anyone who buys a car, because it might attract some attention isn't really doing it right.
The funniest thing was arriving at the hotel on the strip, where twenty five,or thirty photographers were crowding round each of the limos which were pulling up there, hoping to get shots of someone famous. When we pulled up in the 7, the whole bunch of photographers, shuffled down the pavement like an enormous crab,, and starting taking pictures of the 7.
But anyone who buys a car, because it might attract some attention isn't really doing it right.
Forgive me PPP, aside from an Austin 7, this was the best image in my mind when you said the 7,
But this sort of thing can cause trouble, Driving through the tunnel just after crossing the Golden Gate bridge, a car repeatedly came up alongside and seemed to be veering towards us, and all over the lanes, so just decided to drop a gear, and give it the beans to get away from it, which resulted in flames and a big bang from the exhaust. With this, there was an almighty screeching of brakes, and cars slewed across the road in the tunnel behind us. We pulled off at the next slip, because we were aiming for a viewpoint of the bridge to take some photos. A few minutes later the car that had been veering all over the place, rolled into the viewpoint car park, and our first thought was b*gger, here we go. But the guy got out and apologized, saying that all he was doing, was trying to get a look (and a photo) of the car, We asked him why he had slammed on his brakes, and he replied that when he heard the bang, and saw the flames, he thought we were shooting at him!
Ah! our American cousins
When I was a youngster long before the days of the internet I would actually run after cars to try to catch up on something I thought was special. I have no doubt that if the age of the iPhone had occurred in my youth I would have been taking video of cars all the time.
I think you need to put it in context .
The reality is the people seem to film just about anything casually, including vast amounts of selfies, inexplicably). Cute dogs, themselves in front of buildings, just about anything remotely interesting.
Cars are no exception. I do not have a supercar, just some Porsches and am aware of people occasionally taking pics. Harmless stuff. I frequently will take a mobile pic of an unusual car myself and do not think it is intrusive.
I think you need to put it in context .
The reality is the people seem to film just about anything casually, including vast amounts of selfies, inexplicably). Cute dogs, themselves in front of buildings, just about anything remotely interesting.
Cars are no exception. I do not have a supercar, just some Porsches and am aware of people occasionally taking pics. Harmless stuff. I frequently will take a mobile pic of an unusual car myself and do not think it is intrusive.
I've virtually stopped going out in my 2010 Ford Connect. I mean, I get that it's a 110 Limited LWB, and the colour is unusual, but it's beyond a joke sometimes. I came back to it one day to find a guy taking a photograph of the signwriting and asked him wtf he thought he was playing at. Turned out he wanted the phone number so he could ring me up later and bother me about pricing a job. Cheeky t
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FFS, get a life man.
t!FFS, get a life man.
Edited by Heaveho on Monday 19th October 20:58
Heaveho said:
I've virtually stopped going out in my 2010 Ford Connect. I mean, I get that it's a 110 Limited LWB, and the colour is unusual, but it's beyond a joke sometimes. I came back to it one day to find a guy taking a photograph of the signwriting and asked him wtf he thought he was playing at. Turned out he wanted the phone number so he could ring me up later and bother me about pricing a job. Cheeky tt!
FFS, get a life man.
A likely story. Did he then proceed to follow you and flash you?t!FFS, get a life man.
Edited by Heaveho on Monday 19th October 20:58
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