A nice car is just a penis extension?

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The other day a guy I'm friends with on Facebook posted up a photo of an M5 he'd just bought. Despite being more of an M3 fan I can still appreciate it for what it is, as could most other people it would seem as almost all of the comments were positive, but there were a few that questioned the size of his penis

I must be out of touch but since when was this a thing? By the same logic, do women who drive nice cars do so in order to compensate for having a loose vagina?! Is owning a nice house also compensation for some physical shortfall?

If I post up a photo of a nice car along with a photo of my old chap next to a ruler, would this be sufficient to pre-empt this implication, or am I then likely to face derogatory assumptions about my testicular diameter or sexual stamina?

My feelings are easily hurt and I care a lot about what other people think so I'm keen to understand the rules on this.

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I've been cracking up at some of these replies. One of the reasons why I love PistonHeads

I'm now more worried at how out of touch I've become though, as it does look like this has been a thing for ages What awfully hurtful beasts some people are!

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Diadigdav said:

Schermerhorn said:

I notice this in Britain alot. Envy of other people's success and their cars REALLY seems to be a thing here.

Definitely this. In my last job the two owners sold part of the company for quite afew million. Being car enthusiasts they decided to treat themselves including a F12, 488 Pista and Bently Bentayga. Some people that worked there acted so bitter about the fact they were able to afford nice things after building a business for 15 years!

The car lovers there were just excited about being able to get close to them, ask questions and for some lucky ones get a ride in them.

Yeah I think there's something in this. I've travelled a fair bit and have never seen the same kind of bitterness or resentment anywhere else, even in places where the rich/poor divide is much higher.

Also as I've got older I've realised that many people fail the "true friend" test if you ask yourself "Would they be genuinely happy to see me succeed?". Unfortunately in most cases the answer to that seems to be no. Or maybe it's just me! But most people seem to be more inclined towards only wanting others to succeed just that little bit less than themselves, otherwise it then almost becomes a kind of threat if others' success surpasses their own (however they define that).

A good mate of mine ended up being very successful in the music business (famous too) and despite him always being very humble, almost reluctant to even talk about it, the number of his so-called friends who seemed to be constantly waiting for him to fail was really sad. I remember another lad from school who had zero success with women but ended up with a smoking hot (and apparently very nice) wife. A lot of his "mates" were constantly saying it would never last, almost willing his marriage to fail.
In my experience people who are genuinely happy for others are rare.

What do you non-British PistonHeads reckon? Are we mostly a complete ghastly shower of resentful b*stards and is this an exclusively British trait?!

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JuniorD said:

I can't say if I agree that a nice car is a metaphorical penis extension but when you stick photos of your new and BMW on Facebook like the OP's mate I think it's more likely to be true than not.

Why though? Surely most people who use social media are guilty of it. Not necessarily showing off a nice car, but showing off a nice holiday/nice house/nice horse (I see plenty of girls doing this)/expensive restaurant/kid's glowing school report/sporting or academic achievements etc. Presumably they aren't all physically or sexually lacking in some way