Youngsters in Supercars? What's your thoughts?

[swig000]

Just wondering what everyone's thoughts on young people driving supercars? I saw a guy and honestly he looked about 20 driving a Ferrari today. Now personally I just think hey good on 'em, but I was telling my mate about it and he basically said "what little pr*cks".

Just wondering what everyone's opinions are?

[Gring]

Fair play, just wish I had a Lambo when I was 25!

[360 boyy]

I bought my 360 Spyder at 25 kept for a few months and sold to buy a Gallardo Spyder. I always get comments from random folk "How can u afford such a car" to be honest which pisses me off. As i do alot of driving ive noticed more younger folk driving supercars, personally great if u can afford it why not..

[Mattymouse33]

swig000 said:

Just wondering what everyone's thoughts on young people driving supercars? I saw a guy and honestly he looked about 20 driving a Ferrari today. Now personally I just think hey good on 'em, but I was telling my mate about it and he basically said "what little pr*cks".

Just wondering what everyone's opinions are?

Personally I think its the people that say "what little pricks" that are pricks. Nothing against your pal, Im sure he probably didnt mean it. Its the people with attitude that are pricks. Pricks are here, there and everywhere, nothing to do with the car they drive.

Ive been lucky enough to have owned some exclusive cars from 17 years of age to 30 which i am now, currently owning a Diablo. I have no points, one previous accident which was aqua-planing some seven years ago. All in all, having owned a Lambo, DAX Cobra, Prowler, Z3 M Roadster and having no accidents or convictions in any of them, I would say I dont deserve to be categorised as a "prick" just because i have or had a nice car when i was in my teens or 20's.

What i do agree with is that its a serious situation and the young are vulnerable to being wreckless although you cant or shouldnt judge someone without knowing them and their circumstances.

[alsem]

A boy aged 25 from a small town nearby, tried to be smart and thought: If I buy a Ferrari, drive it for a year, and then sell it to buy my first house, I can drive a Ferrari for free.

He worked 6 day's a week, used all his savings to buy the fezza and bought it, but fezza insurance for 25y/o people is very high/impossible, so he got the cheapest insurance he could get, and drove it.



Now he has to start saving all over again.
That was 5 days ago, you hear story's like that all the time

I have great respect for people buying super cars, cars like that can brighten up my day, I once considered buying a super car for the weekends, but as insurance is very high, and the chance of damaging the car is also very high, which cars like that aren't made for, I didn't do it yet.

Edited by alsem on Tuesday 24th November 22:13

[R.P.M]

Why is the chance of crashing it any higher than a less exotic car!?

[mr_spock]

R.P.M said:

Why is the chance of crashing it any higher than a less exotic car!?

I'm going to go with power to weight ratio? RWD, not set up for more forgiving understeer? And, just perhaps for some, attempts to show off?

[alsem]

R.P.M said:

Why is the chance of crashing it any higher than a less exotic car!?

For example, If I buy a cheap 4x4 dents and scratches won't be a problem, and if there is a small collision, the car can be repaired easily, super cars are more precision build, if someone crashes a brand new super car, it could be repaired, but it will never drive like new again.

Also driving experience is important, a 20 y/o practically can't have many years of driving experience, that's something that takes time, and even if you have the driving experience, there is still the chance of wrecking it, so you need to have the financial base to buy a new one after you've wrecked it without having to sell your house.

And the most obvious reason is power, you need to know how to handle it, how to drive it, and when not to drive it quick.

[AndrewW-G]

R.P.M said:

Why is the chance of crashing it any higher than a less exotic car!?

The chances may well be the same, however given the higher performance coupled with possible inexperience and any accident may well be at a far higher speed than in "ordinary" cars, making it far more likely to be a big one

[northo]

There is a reason why people under 25 can't hire supercars. It's because they crash them - it's a fact. I don't care how many handbrake turns people have done in the Tesco car park, very few young drivers are capable and grown up enough not to get themselves in trouble...

[alsem]

northo said:

There is a reason why people under 25 can't hire supercars. It's because they crash them - it's a fact. I don't care how many handbrake turns people have done in the Tesco car park, very few young drivers are capable and grown up enough not to get themselves in trouble...

Not only people under 25, old people are also crashing a lot of supercars, but they buy a new one quick and don't talk about it:
http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t...

[AndrewW-G]

alsem said:

northo said:

There is a reason why people under 25 can't hire supercars. It's because they crash them - it's a fact. I don't care how many handbrake turns people have done in the Tesco car park, very few young drivers are capable and grown up enough not to get themselves in trouble...

Not only people under 25, old people are also crashing a lot of supercars, but they buy a new one quick and don't talk about it:
http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t...

Or in that case, the owner of a website makes up a story without any real facts and uses it to generate traffic onto his website that generates revenue based on click through

[astroarcadia]

Russian Lamborghini driver crashes in Switzerland while allegedly racing

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/23/russia...

[R.P.M]

I agree that a combination of inexperience and high power is not ideal, but you could argue that a high performance car has much higher limits in which to operate. I'm a believer that a fast car is a safe car.

[AyBee]

Good on them if they have worked hard and bought it themselves, they know the value of money and will be careful with it
On the other hand, if daddy is rich and buys son a supercar at that age, they don't tend to know the value of money because daddy has plenty and don't treat it as such.....

All IMO

[lambo_xx]

I'm very lucky in that I've been able to own and drive nice cars at a pretty young age, does that make me a prick? Well I might be biased , but I don't think so. I've been asked before how do you afford cars like that, but to be honest it's a small price to pay. I remember a couple months ago I pulled up in my Ferrari just outside a bank and jumped out to use the cash machine, these two boys in stupidly tight jeans and hoodys smugly said "Daddy's car" as walked past. That made me laugh!

As already said you get pricks everywhere, not just in a certain age group or car make. What I would agree with though is that A LOT of young drivers haven't got a clue and obviously putting them in a supercar can have disastrous consequences.

[valve bounce66]

ban 20 years and under from driving a car that will do 0-60 under 9 secs and 25 year olds with cars that will do 0-60 under 5 secs. !!!

only cos im a old git

[Freddie von Rost]

alsem said:

A boy aged 25

A boy of twentyfive ?

[wessexrfc]

First half decent car I owned was a red Lotus Esprit n/a (I know, not quite a super car but it looked the part!!). It was a thing of beauty to me and at the age of 24 (didn’t consider myself a boy at that age) felt quite proud of myself. But I do remember driving through Exeter one day and stopping at a Zebra crossing to let some guys across and one of them stopping and saying “driving Daddies car are we”. Made me laugh, the fact that it had done over 100,000 miles and I brought it at a snip from a liquidation company, made no difference to this chaps obvious jealousy. The fact that at 6ft 5” I had to drive with the sun roof permanently open, kind of took the “cool” edge of it and every time the temperature gauge went above 90 (lots) I was sure the engine was going to go pop, but I loved it.

[AndrewW-G]

astroarcadia said:

Russian Lamborghini driver crashes in Switzerland while allegedly racing

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/23/russia...

Typical Guardian bullst, the Russian driver was pissed, yet the Gurniad focused on the cost of the cars and the speed they were doing