Just met Jason Plato...
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... and he is an arrogant w
r
Saw his grey 911 Turbo parked outside the dry cleaners near where I live and thought "Wow! Its Jason Plato" so I hung around to say hello and meet him. 20 minutes in freezing 2 degree cold and he comes out and I say hello and he shakes my hand. I say that I really like his car reviews and all that to which he just says "yeah yeah nice yeah, bye". Gets into his Porsche and drives off. Can't even spare 10 seconds for a fan.
Its true what they say, don't meet your heroes.
rSaw his grey 911 Turbo parked outside the dry cleaners near where I live and thought "Wow! Its Jason Plato" so I hung around to say hello and meet him. 20 minutes in freezing 2 degree cold and he comes out and I say hello and he shakes my hand. I say that I really like his car reviews and all that to which he just says "yeah yeah nice yeah, bye". Gets into his Porsche and drives off. Can't even spare 10 seconds for a fan.
Its true what they say, don't meet your heroes.
he must have been thrilled you waited 20 minutes to see him. What were you expecting ffs ?
I met him at a party last year and had a really good chat with him about vmax and some other stuff, thought he was a very nice chap, people generally are when they are in a social environment, not when randomly spoken to in the street!
I met him at a party last year and had a really good chat with him about vmax and some other stuff, thought he was a very nice chap, people generally are when they are in a social environment, not when randomly spoken to in the street!
George Matthews said:
... and he is an arrogant wr
Saw his grey 911 Turbo parked outside the dry cleaners near where I live and thought "Wow! Its Jason Plato" so I hung around to say hello and meet him. 20 minutes in freezing 2 degree cold and he comes out and I say hello and he shakes my hand. I say that I really like his car reviews and all that to which he just says "yeah yeah nice yeah, bye". Gets into his Porsche and drives off. Can't even spare 10 seconds for a fan.
Its true what they say, don't meet your heroes.
He's not a public frSaw his grey 911 Turbo parked outside the dry cleaners near where I live and thought "Wow! Its Jason Plato" so I hung around to say hello and meet him. 20 minutes in freezing 2 degree cold and he comes out and I say hello and he shakes my hand. I say that I really like his car reviews and all that to which he just says "yeah yeah nice yeah, bye". Gets into his Porsche and drives off. Can't even spare 10 seconds for a fan.
Its true what they say, don't meet your heroes.
king servant!At least he was sociable enough to shake your hand.
GregE240 said:
Met another bloke off Fifth Gear a while back at a VMAX, what a miserable he was. No enthusiasm or interest at all, did his bits to camera and fked off.
Just to give you a clue, his name rhymes with "stiff"
Really, quite the opposite experience with me, had a good chat with him and he seemed really interested in the SLK i had with me that day, non std of course, he was. No enthusiasm or interest at all, did his bits to camera and fked off. Just to give you a clue, his name rhymes with "stiff"
yeah yeah, he didn't have to speak to you and it was cold. But come on guys it isn't hard to be polite and say a few extra words than do the bare minimum is it?
But yeah wouldn't hold it against him. You never know a different day you might have got another result.
But yeah wouldn't hold it against him. You never know a different day you might have got another result.
Edited by ellis427 on Thursday 25th November 17:07
GregE240 said:
Met another bloke off Fifth Gear a while back at a VMAX, what a miserable he was. No enthusiasm or interest at all, did his bits to camera and fked off.
Just to give you a clue, his name rhymes with "stiff"
I've heard Tiff is a thoroughly nice chap. Strange. he was. No enthusiasm or interest at all, did his bits to camera and fked off. Just to give you a clue, his name rhymes with "stiff"
To the OP to be fair if I was a rather well known and well off bloke just about to get in my expensive car I may have been slightly cautious about sticking around too long aswell.
If someone I had never met before came up to me in the freezing cold, whilst I was picking up my dry cleaning, I doubt I'd want to stand around chit chatting either TBH. If you want to have a few words with him, go to a BTTC meeting and do the pit walk. If you pay for a paddock transfer at Thruxton you may well bump into him ( and many other) drivers at random. You'd be surprised at how different his attitude would be.
BUG4LIFE said:
I agree with George on this one, if it was me, I'd stop and chat with anyone. I'd be pleased they were a fan and always put in the effort. Poor show JP I say.
It's enough of a pain in the arse to talk to people** about your car when you're getting out of it in a supermarket/petrol station/shop if you're in a rush. Sounds like Plato at least did the minimum. He could have told you to fk off.- Unless they're a fitty
Edited by tomtom on Thursday 25th November 17:15
George Matthews said:
... and he is an arrogant wr
Saw his grey 911 Turbo parked outside the dry cleaners near where I live and thought "Wow! Its Jason Plato" so I hung around to say hello and meet him. 20 minutes in freezing 2 degree cold and he comes out and I say hello and he shakes my hand. I say that I really like his car reviews and all that to which he just says "yeah yeah nice yeah, bye". Gets into his Porsche and drives off. Can't even spare 10 seconds for a fan.
Its true what they say, don't meet your heroes.
And here is a perfect example of why celebrities get a rough ride.rSaw his grey 911 Turbo parked outside the dry cleaners near where I live and thought "Wow! Its Jason Plato" so I hung around to say hello and meet him. 20 minutes in freezing 2 degree cold and he comes out and I say hello and he shakes my hand. I say that I really like his car reviews and all that to which he just says "yeah yeah nice yeah, bye". Gets into his Porsche and drives off. Can't even spare 10 seconds for a fan.
Its true what they say, don't meet your heroes.
What was he supposed to do? Take you for a pint? Stand around in the cold chatting until you let him go?
He, like everyone else in the world, has things to do. He was polite, shook your hand and acknowledged you.
If he'd told you to bugger off or ignored you I could sort of understand your post, but to call someone an arrogant w
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