Pistonheads Sunday Service
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Some nice pictures, wish I could have gone!
The only Porsche that I really like (Carrera GT, sorry
), any Aventadors show up?
Without foreign plates you mean
The only Porsche that I really like (Carrera GT, sorry
), any Aventadors show up?Without foreign plates you mean
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No Aventadors, just a couple of Gallardos. Think one got sent away.
One for Nath.
DAT WING!
One for Nath.
DAT WING!
Isn't that more a sign of the times ?
The reason loads of people had ferraris and lambos in 2004-6 was because everybody had one on finance and back then finance was cheap and was being handed out to everybody.
Now, finance is much harder to obtain and everybody is much more wary about who they are lending to, and the deals aren't as good.
No, it means that Pistonheads has become a more popular site and appeals to the mainstream a lot more than it used to.
That's some speedy uploading!
I'm still looking at image 2 of my set
Here's the pas ride video from the C63:
*snip*
What a machine. I don't know if you felt the same gravities that I was feeling at the back but holding my camera up for the video was like climbing at the bouldering centre on the 5+ sections. Hard work!
Followed one of these up the A34 the start of March! Sounded so nice, and looked fantastic in white.
I disagree over whether that's the reason that you don't find meets full of Lambos and Ferraris.
You can see the same in our forums here. We had several prominent members who had cars to die for, who are now driving much more modest cars for one reason or another.
But overall there's a trend. Not only is car finanace not as cheap and easy to get any more, but their job security isn't what it was, and companies aren't doing as well as they once where so bonus payouts aren't perhaps as generous as they where.
Obviously there are plenty who are still doing well, not everybody is poor. But you can observe a general trend. We've got loads who joined us at work who took pay cuts coming from Lloyds Banking Group aka HBOS to find better job security for example.
Theres plenty of new supercars at the Sunday Services. Theres less modern classics at the meets than there used to be, which is what I was really referring to; that doesn't have anything to do with car finance.
Who on here had a car to die for but now drives something more modest because of their financial situation? I must have missed this forum trend. I had an E92 M3 but sold it because I didn't want to put 25k a year on it; had nothing to do with finances.
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Great photos! I have been to some of these in the past. Hope to make a few more of them this summer. They usually get a bit more exotic as the weather warms up.
Car Finance is still very cheap, a lot of us are still in secure and well paid jobs. The ones who are buying new cars are either very coy about their Ferrari purchase, or have outgrown the forum.
Not all of us financed ourselves up to our eyeballs to keep up with the game like you did, MrLOL.
Car Finance is still very cheap, a lot of us are still in secure and well paid jobs. The ones who are buying new cars are either very coy about their Ferrari purchase, or have outgrown the forum.
Not all of us financed ourselves up to our eyeballs to keep up with the game like you did, MrLOL.
Woah there why the need to get personal ? I never aimed this comment at anybody. I'm just making a general observation. Why the need to get all touchy ?
for the record, I've never had any of my cars on finance. The problem with the VXR was that it kept breaking and throwing massive bills. Others have managed to tune them without them breaking, I didn't and with hindsight should never have mapped it. Since the VXR I've had more turbocharged petrol cars , just these ones I've left standard and learnt my lesson.
You're picking. I specifically said that not everybody is poor to protect myself from the inevitable "but I know a meet with loads of super car owners" posts and I know. There will be no shortage of supercar owners at Wilton House this year and the show will probably have a record number of cars attending. That's not what I'm trying to say.
Ask yourself this, would you have felt like stomaching the costs 6-8 years ago when everybody felt much more confident about job security etc... Even if you still wouldn't have, there are others who will feel that way.
Bentley and Rolly Royce have reported record sales recently as an example
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/...oom-Bentley-Rolls-Royce-sales-race-ahead.html
Bentley sold 8,510 vehicles in 2012, but only 1,104 in the UK. That increase in demand has come from abroad.
for the record, I've never had any of my cars on finance. The problem with the VXR was that it kept breaking and throwing massive bills. Others have managed to tune them without them breaking, I didn't and with hindsight should never have mapped it. Since the VXR I've had more turbocharged petrol cars , just these ones I've left standard and learnt my lesson.
You're picking. I specifically said that not everybody is poor to protect myself from the inevitable "but I know a meet with loads of super car owners" posts and I know. There will be no shortage of supercar owners at Wilton House this year and the show will probably have a record number of cars attending. That's not what I'm trying to say.
Ask yourself this, would you have felt like stomaching the costs 6-8 years ago when everybody felt much more confident about job security etc... Even if you still wouldn't have, there are others who will feel that way.
Bentley and Rolly Royce have reported record sales recently as an example
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/...oom-Bentley-Rolls-Royce-sales-race-ahead.html
Bentley sold 8,510 vehicles in 2012, but only 1,104 in the UK. That increase in demand has come from abroad.
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It's nice to know that Merc have no plans to ditch the 6.2 power plant anytime within the next 5 years. It's such a strong (literally!) engine and coupled with the AMG exhaust sounds amazing from inside and out of the cabin.
Anyway, here are some of my pics with a few from MB World at the end.
(We all seemed to have snapped from this angle with some guy looking at the engine)
(I've seen this one driving around before)
(On loan from Dubai?)
Anyway, here are some of my pics with a few from MB World at the end.
(We all seemed to have snapped from this angle with some guy looking at the engine
)
(I've seen this one driving around before)
(On loan from Dubai?)
I don't know what you're rambling about now. PH meets are not the small personal affair they used to be. a PH meet is not a Wilton House type show. A long time ago it used to be small groups getting together, going for a blast and then to the pub after. It still is now, but just not at the main PH meets.
Why do we have to make the thread boring? There was an eclectic mix of vehicles from the VX red-top Mini right up to the Carrera GT, F40 and Enzo. I've never seen a 997 Sport Classic or Boxter Spider in the flesh either, I was happy with the varied turnout.
Indeed, reading some posts in this thread it's clear most people are very bitter!
People love to moan nowadays, when in reality the same people would have been happy to take plenty of photos and enjoyed the day had they been there...
Me too, like I said, loved the Sport Classic.
Also, I can't believe how dated the 599 looks next to the F12.
Every time I go to these events I spend the rest of the day on AT and Pistonheads classifieds
