is the F type a supercar?

[jakesmith]

garyhun said:

Thank goodness for that.

Hopefully everyone will take the same approach too and Pistonheads can close down & save all the typing and discussing stuff.
Thanks for your contribution

[Pioneer]

I did think it odd seeing the question. I don't know anyone that would consider an F-Type as anything other than a sports car. At least it wasn't someone asking if the R8 is a supercar ... again

[jakesmith]

Pioneer said:

I did think it odd seeing the question. I don't know anyone that would consider an F-Type as anything other than a sports car. At least it wasn't someone asking if the R8 is a supercar ... again

DON'T START THAT ONE

[anonymous-user]

For goodness sake people, here is the list. The rest are Other Marques.

[jakesmith]

thecook101 said:

For goodness sake people, here is the list. The rest are Other Marques.

Ha so a Maserati Levante, QP or Ghibli with a 3.0 Diesel engine is a supercar?
An Aston one-77 & Ford GT is not
People post about R8s in Supercar general
Lambo Urus?
Ferarri 400?
Etc etc etc

[usn90]

jakesmith said:

I wouldn't have thought so to be honest, what you're saying is like assuming young people would revere some old Sony Minidisk player because at one time it was the pinnacle of its product & brand category

A sizable number of people in that gym are going to be younger than that vehicle and it's yesterday's car however you look at it. You may not like that and if you're an older petrolhead you may not agree but a large number of young people who will always be a majority at a gym, would be more interested in something that came out recently like an M4 or even the Jag. Not some ancient sports car, Ferrari or not.

Maybe if it was a newer one fair point. I mange a field team of people in their late 20's- early 30's and they're all into their cars, it's newer cars that are the ones they are interested in and the RS cars from Audi / the AMG Mercs and BMW M are the lusted after metal not some classic from the 90's

Putting aside the ridiculous cringiness of the comment in the first place with the OP deciding that more people walking past were looking at his car than the one he parks next to, which is a bit bonkers in itself

I can say without doubt that this is not a general line of thinking amongst young people.

and on the flip side I’m 29 and couldn’t tell you much about the latest Audi’s/bms

[anonymous-user]

jakesmith said:

thecook101 said:

For goodness sake people, here is the list. The rest are Other Marques.

Ha so a Maserati Levante, QP or Ghibli with a 3.0 Diesel engine is a supercar?
An Aston one-77 & Ford GT is not
People post about R8s in Supercar general
Lambo Urus?
Ferarri 400?
Etc etc etc

Hey, don't shoot the messenger.

And you're right, I've seen some of those Audi posts being snuck into Supercar General. Jokers.

[jakesmith]

thecook101 said:

Hey, don't shoot the messenger.

And you're right, I've seen some of those Audi posts being snuck into Supercar General. Jokers.

Couldn't agree more pal, some people have funny ideas when it comes to justifying their purchases to themselves - who cares. There was even a chap on here saying the 360 is a supercar earlier - as if! That and its ugly ancient brother the 430 are really only good for Bradford wedding day hires.
The Supercar section should say 'V8 Ferarri (458 and on)' and move the earlier rubbish with their failing manifolds and crappy ball joints that are slower than a remapped Golf out to the Fiat section or off the site completely! Deluded morans.

[Chestrockwell]

thecook101 said:

Hey, don't shoot the messenger.

And you're right, I've seen some of those Audi posts being snuck into Supercar General. Jokers.

Sorry but the R8 IS and always will be a super car

[jakesmith]

Chestrockwell said:

Sorry but the R8 IS and always will be a super car

What have you done!

[usn90]

But what when the R8 is 20 year old and when Audi’s latest electric shopping trolley puts it too shame.

Ancient garbage apparently

[jakesmith]

usn90 said:

But what when the R8 is 20 year old and when Audi’s latest electric shopping trolley puts it too shame.

Ancient garbage apparently

The day that happens, I won’t be telling highly suspect stories about people who are only in nappies today, stopping what they are doing to look at it in the gym carpark!

[Chestrockwell]

jakesmith said:

Chestrockwell said:

Sorry but the R8 IS and always will be a super car

What have you done!

[anonymous-user]

jakesmith said:

garyhun said:

Thank goodness for that.

Hopefully everyone will take the same approach too and Pistonheads can close down & save all the typing and discussing stuff.
Thanks for your contribution

You are most welcome

[anonymous-user]

Kyodo said:

Raygun said:

Cringe

In your opinion maybe, but polite, honest and true.

I went to a car show yesterday and there was Ferraris, Porsches and all the rest but the car that drew the most people's attention was a very clean 2.8 Ford Capri. Not sure if any of them went to a gymnasium mind you.

[usn90]

jakesmith said:

The day that happens, I won’t be telling highly suspect stories about people who are only in nappies today, stopping what they are doing to look at it in the gym carpark!

The thing is though it wouldn’t surprise if me the stories were true.

My 355 (22yr) is even older than a 360, yet it draws attention from people of all ages, lost count the amount of times toddlers have stopped what they are doing to look and point.
Not that I’m looking for it, but sometimes it’s hard to miss

[davek_964]

So, if a certain poster is to be believed - if I got a group of under 30s together, parked an RS3 and a 360 next to each other and offered them the keys to drive the one they wanted - the vast majority would pick the RS3? Well, I'm surprised.....

I don't understand why JakeSmith is being so deliberately provocative and antagonistic. And not just on this thread - the Boxster -> McLaren thread yesterday drew a similar comment which was entirely unnecessary. If you don't like old Ferrari's that's your business - there are plenty of cars I don't like - but you seem to be looking for an argument.

Edited by davek_964 on Monday 19th August 07:57

[anonymous-user]

davek_964 said:

So, if a certain poster is to be believed - if I got a group of under 30s together, parked an RS3 and a 360 next to each other and offered them the keys to drive the one they wanted - the vast majority would pick the RS3? Well, I'm surprised.....

I don't understand why JakeSmith is being so deliberately provocative and antagonistic. And not just on this thread - the Boxster -> McLaren thread yesterday drew a similar comment which was entirely unnecessary. If you don't like old Ferrari's that's your business - there are plenty of cars I don't like - but you seem to be looking for an argument.

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 19th August 07:57

All Ferraris are very nice I own a F430 Spyder myself but I'm not going to get high and mighty about it.
Be proud of your car but don't get arrogant and don't belittle other people's choice of car.

[davek_964]

Raygun said:

davek_964 said:

So, if a certain poster is to be believed - if I got a group of under 30s together, parked an RS3 and a 360 next to each other and offered them the keys to drive the one they wanted - the vast majority would pick the RS3? Well, I'm surprised.....

I don't understand why JakeSmith is being so deliberately provocative and antagonistic. And not just on this thread - the Boxster -> McLaren thread yesterday drew a similar comment which was entirely unnecessary. If you don't like old Ferrari's that's your business - there are plenty of cars I don't like - but you seem to be looking for an argument.

Edited by davek_964 on Monday 19th August 07:57

All Ferraris are very nice I own a F430 Spyder myself but I'm not going to get high and mighty about it.
Be proud of your car but don't get arrogant and don't belittle other people's choice of car.

How did I do that in my post? I have no problem with people buying RS3s - in fact, I remember Audi's advert when they first came out and thought it was a very interesting looking car.

I simply disagree with the fact that an RS3 would attract more attention than a 360 - or any other Ferrari. Some cars attract attention - whether you like it or not (and personally, I don't like it).

Edited by davek_964 on Monday 19th August 08:14

[Kyodo]

I can't be bothered to feed the trolls but I'll add one last thing. If the comment about 'belittle other peoples choice...' was aimed at me I think you should read the post again. I like the Jag a lot, I said that very clearly. The Audi gag was simply laughable as I was talking about presence. There's no right or wrong, just opinion and we're all on the same side. I left school some time ago so I wont be back on this thread. Relax.