Everyday ‘Supercar’

[Hoofy]

PH User said:

An 8 year old boy might stare at someone's ice cream does that make ice creams supercars?

Well, 8 year old boys stare at me, but that's because they know that I'm the nearest thing they'll ever see to a real life superhero.

[Bo_apex]

Hoofy said:

DevonPaul said:

If you pull into a petrol station and middle aged men stare at it, it's a Sports car.

If 8 year old boys stare at it, it's a Supercar.

That'll make my 911 Turbo a supercar. Cheers.

Who the hell wants 8 year old boys staring at them ?

Some remarkable thinking on PH

[PH User]

Bo_apex said:

Hoofy said:

DevonPaul said:

If you pull into a petrol station and middle aged men stare at it, it's a Sports car.

If 8 year old boys stare at it, it's a Supercar.

That'll make my 911 Turbo a supercar. Cheers.

Who the hell wants 8 year old boys staring at them ?

Some remarkable thinking on PH

Erm.....I think the idea is that the 8 year old is looking at the car, not the owner.

[Bo_apex]

PH User said:

Bo_apex said:

Hoofy said:

DevonPaul said:

If you pull into a petrol station and middle aged men stare at it, it's a Sports car.

If 8 year old boys stare at it, it's a Supercar.

That'll make my 911 Turbo a supercar. Cheers.

Who the hell wants 8 year old boys staring at them ?

Some remarkable thinking on PH

Erm.....I think the idea is that the 8 year old is looking at the car, not the owner.

Errm....they also look at the driver.

[DevonPaul]

JohnnyUK said:

DevonPaul said:

If you pull into a petrol station and middle aged men stare at it, it's a Sports car.

If 8 year old boys stare at it, it's a Supercar.

8 year old boys stare at my Frogeye Sprite!

That's because they're waiting for Noddy to come back.

[Zumbruk]

Given that there's no formal definition of a supercar, and even the OED says "a high-performance sports car", why the fk are people arguing about it?

[Hoofy]

Zumbruk said:

Given that there's no formal definition of a supercar, and even the OED says "a high-performance sports car", why the fk are people arguing about it?

Nothing better to do on a Sunday.

[Zumbruk]

Hoofy said:

Zumbruk said:

Given that there's no formal definition of a supercar, and even the OED says "a high-performance sports car", why the fk are people arguing about it?

Nothing better to do on a Sunday.

Good point, well made.

To the OP; Buy what you like and enjoy it. Ignore the argumentrons here. A 911 or an R8 would both be a good choice.

[Trev450]

Zumbruk said:

Hoofy said:

Zumbruk said:

Given that there's no formal definition of a supercar, and even the OED says "a high-performance sports car", why the fk are people arguing about it?

Nothing better to do on a Sunday.

Good point, well made.

To the OP; Buy what you like and enjoy it. Ignore the argumentrons here. A 911 or an R8 would both be a good choice.

He's probably got fed up with all the arguing as to what constitutes a supercar and gone and bought a Dacia Sandero.

[h0b0]

DevonPaul said:

If you pull into a petrol station and middle aged men stare at it, it's a Sports car.

If 8 year old boys stare at it, it's a Supercar.

[Oilchange]

Noble M600
V8, manual, stupidly fast but easy to drive.

[PH User]

Bo_apex said:

PH User said:

Bo_apex said:

Hoofy said:

DevonPaul said:

If you pull into a petrol station and middle aged men stare at it, it's a Sports car.

If 8 year old boys stare at it, it's a Supercar.

That'll make my 911 Turbo a supercar. Cheers.

Who the hell wants 8 year old boys staring at them ?

Some remarkable thinking on PH

Erm.....I think the idea is that the 8 year old is looking at the car, not the owner.

Errm....they also look at the driver.

Nobody is looking at the person behind the wheel, so no they don't.

[Hoofy]

PH User said:

Bo_apex said:

PH User said:

Bo_apex said:

Hoofy said:

DevonPaul said:

If you pull into a petrol station and middle aged men stare at it, it's a Sports car.

If 8 year old boys stare at it, it's a Supercar.

That'll make my 911 Turbo a supercar. Cheers.

Who the hell wants 8 year old boys staring at them ?

Some remarkable thinking on PH

Erm.....I think the idea is that the 8 year old is looking at the car, not the owner.

Errm....they also look at the driver.

Nobody is looking at the person behind the wheel, so no they don't.

When I was looking at an R8 driving through a car park, I looked at the car then looked at the driver and gave him a thumbs up.

And as I'm a middle aged man, I guess that conclusively means that the R8 is a sports car.

[PH User]

Hoofy said:

PH User said:

Bo_apex said:

PH User said:

Bo_apex said:

Hoofy said:

DevonPaul said:

If you pull into a petrol station and middle aged men stare at it, it's a Sports car.

If 8 year old boys stare at it, it's a Supercar.

That'll make my 911 Turbo a supercar. Cheers.

Who the hell wants 8 year old boys staring at them ?

Some remarkable thinking on PH

Erm.....I think the idea is that the 8 year old is looking at the car, not the owner.

Errm....they also look at the driver.

Nobody is looking at the person behind the wheel, so no they don't.

When I was looking at an R8 driving through a car park, I looked at the car then looked at the driver and gave him a thumbs up.

And as I'm a middle aged man, I guess that conclusively means that the R8 is a sports car.

Ok, maybe a few car nerds look at the driver, but nobody else is interested, especially kids.

[Hoofy]

PH User said:

Ok, maybe a few car nerds look at the driver, but nobody else is interested, especially kids.

TBH I've never really considered what people are looking at.

[paddy1970]

An interesting perspective from somebody who has done 2 million miles on supercars....(albeit a few miles on a lot of cars....)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnBI0HYu-yc

Summary...get a recent supercar and do a lot of maintenance

Edited by paddy1970 on Monday 29th November 17:26

[bcr5784]

paddy1970 said:

An interesting perspective from somebody who has done 2 million miles on supercars....(albeit a few miles on a lot of cars....)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnBI0HYu-yc

Summary...get a recent supercar and do a lot of maintenance

Edited by paddy1970 on Monday 29th November 17:26

Accepting that (some) supercars are, and the market demands that they be, much more reliable than their forebares, I'm not sure he was THAT reassuring. McLaren still have a very patchy reputation and older Ferraris too, even Porsche have lost their "bullet-proof" reputation of the past.(Or maybe they were only regarded as bullet proof relative to the opposition). Don't really want to bring up the R8 (whether you regard it as a supercar or not) - but it's one of a very few cars that I would consider outside the warranty period without some extended cover.

[sparta6]

PH User said:

Nobody is looking at the person behind the wheel, so no they don't.

That's a big claim
How big was your sample poll ?

[PH User]

sparta6 said:

PH User said:

Nobody is looking at the person behind the wheel, so no they don't.

That's a big claim
How big was your sample poll ?

You think that people are looking at you when you are in your car? You think they care who is behind the wheel?

[limpsfield]

I always look at the driver if I can, following a comment from someone years ago that "you never see a good looking man driving an Aston Martin. They look like golfing pensioners"