One of the Gangsta' geezas has a vid with him slappin' iz bitchaz (don't even think of asking me who it was) in the back of a Maybach. Can you imagine the look on the faces of the Merc Marketing boys when they saw that!

I think this all stems from a confidence thing. The true aristocracy and those born to wealth do not (generally) go around with diamond encrusted dollar sign necklaces and blacked out Humvees with 22" crome spinners. You must really be lacking in some sort of social confidence if you have to prove to everyone all the time that you have money, or you are so embarrased about your humble roots you have to drive what people must think is a 400bhp Nova but is in fact a 1.0 with a 250kg body kit bought on 55% apr from ChavloansRus.

 

I take offence at remarks like that! Are you so far up your own **** that you can decide that just because someone lives on a council estate it makes tham a bad person?? If the tory party had not sold off all the council properties in the eighties (are you old enough to remember them???) then perhaps there would still be a lot of council estates with housing that was affordable. Instead of privately run housing that is barely cheaper than buying your own, if you could afford the deposit that is!!
dave

 

quote: "The true aristocracy and those born to wealth do not (generally) go around with diamond encrusted dollar sign necklaces and blacked out Humvees with 22" crome spinners"

Oddly enough a lot of the country set (the ones with money that is) drive Subaru Legacys rather than bespoilered bling mobiles with big gold wheels and ***** size inflating rear spoilers. Still it takes all sorts as they say, if the jokers in their laughable Imprezas disappeared tomorrow then all we'd have to laugh at would be Nova boys.

Variety is, as they say, the spice of life.

 

The sensible ones drive wagons, as we all know these are faster anyway

 

quote: "that you can decide that just because someone lives on a council estate it makes tham a bad person?? "

No I don't think living on a council estate makes one a bad person, I spent the formative years of my life living on one. Some would contend that I am a bad person, however I'd say that this has nothing to do with my years of fine living on a council estate, more to do with the fact I like to operate within my own paradigm.

My point was more that these people looked like stereotypical council estate low lives in their sportswear and gold chains BUT that no doubt they now live in pokey brown field estate homes on the edge of some poxy town near a Supermarket and think they've somehow bettered themselves.
Nice 200K homes with the rest of the chavs? Let's face facts you deserve it.

 

So I'm flying in the face of Chav-dom as I have and quite like my gold wheels (soon to be swapped for white so there!) and now becuase I like the look of STi spoilers my manhood is now being assumed to be somewhat lacking in "Presence"?

ROFLOL!

 

If you can carry it off without looking stupid then good for you Edd Scott, otherwise note the general public laughing as you drive past.

 

Dave, it ain't worth it! ALL of Essex is a sh!thole apparently - i just smile wryly now and move on...

Do agree with many of the comments re stickers though. A few can be ok, but a whole rally replica? Why? And those silver things with all the aftermarket bits suppliers' names - again, why?

 

Tel I know you are biased but which parts of Essex aren't a sh1thole? Try to be honest if possible and Southend doesn't count despite it having a beach!

 

So you believe that the "General Public" laugh at STI owners? Same for EVO5/6 etc? Granted not to everyones taste but Subaru and Mitsubishi are just building cars for people to laugh at yeah?

 

Much of it north of the Thames estuary corridor. Ongar, Braintree, that sort of area especially. But it's the Basildons, Pitseas and Tilburys with which everybody usually tars the entire county, unfortunately.

 

They definately laugh at ones with white wheels, just ask Gridlock Mikey

personally, its tw*ta in convertables with ear splitting stereo, pretending their some icon of coolness that really pi**es me off...... ah the times you see peeps and hav'nt got a gun

 

funny how we do feel *in some way* defined by our cars, though. I went to majestic last weekend, to get a few bits and peices for a bbq. one of the staff brought the bottles (three cases) out and loaded them into my car. i couldn't help feeling a bit, dunno, lets say self conscious, as it was a p reg 406, as opposed to the rather more modern vehicles i have had over the last few years. it didn't really bother me, but i did wonder if he was thinking "what's this bloke doing spending money on wine when he's driving about in this heap?"

not that i think it's a heap, of course

 

Quote: "Ongar, Braintree,"

Actually I drove through Braintree on my way to the Airport and as you say it wasn't such a bad place (apart from the low rent feel that much of the UK has) that being the case I'm quite happy to admit you are probably right on that score. Also saw a rather nice Le Mans eligible GT40 being driven by a nice gent I met at a filling station so I guess Essex can't be all that bad.

NB this is the nearest I get to a retraction.

As for Subaru and Mitsubishis latest output you have to admit that they rank high on the naff-ometer even if you own one. Sorry if I'm bursting anyones bubble but rally reps/slags aren't fashionable anymore. People think they are the height of naffness. Luckily for the owners you'll find if you hang on to it for a decade or so it should come back in. Just like your flares did.

Personally I don't give a fig about image- thus why I drive an Impreza and E30 M3.

 

LOL, i'm framing it nonetheless!!

 

okay...

get yourself a 6 year old mondeo and then say that.

 

Been there done that used to drive an old MK2 Golf as a hack- 6 yr old Mondeos are cool as as far as I'm concerned. True utilitarian budget motoring in style.

Did I mention my next hack is to be an R/S/T reg'd Mondeo 2.0ltr?

 

ok. you pass the "don't give a f**k" test, then.

i just thought *impreza* and *M3* weren't exactly scraping the barrel.

in the end of the day nice cars are, i suppose, *nice*. but there's other things to worry about, and spending 1/2 your wage packet to finance an X5 (or whatever) doesn't really say much, does it?

 

quote: "spending 1/2 your wage packet to finance an X5 (or whatever) doesn't really say much, does it?"

Well to me it says "I'm a prize ***** who spent 1/2 my wage packet on finance for an old style 5 series on stilts"

I've had nice cars and have come to the conclusion that it's best to own a car outright (ie no finance) and to be able to afford to run the thing while keeping some capital aside for investment.

Although I owe (more than) my fair share in terms of mortgages it seems like madness to sink such a huge sum into an asset that can only drop in value.

Bring on that 2.0 Zetec with air and all the other toys for 2K!!!!!

 

NACRO, though you are quite scathing about 99.99% of the British population, I cant help thinking your right but to be honest lifes a bit short to worry about it.

I think I aspire to Chavdom, I will become a post ironic Chav, in fact I may have Chav tendencies, being as I love Staffordshire Bull Terriers (in a platonic way) but the wife wont have one due to the typical ownership profile.


Otherwise I just cant do it, have nearly bought an Impreza twice, first time I bailed out and bought a Volvo 850 and second time a Fiat Coupe, partially due to the sentiment of this thread and the fact I cant be bothered owning something that may cause aggro due to being the icon of a certain type of people.

I cant bring myself to borrow money, I own no gold apart from my wedding ring (originally my Grandads) therefore I cant bling to save my life, I dont look right in designer sportswear (Does M and S count ?) and would get the brand signals all wrong. I dont really enjoy McDonalds food, my kids all have hair that hasnt seen a set of clippers, none of them are named after soap characters, apart from Alfred who pre dates f*cking 'Alfie Moon' by three years. X5's make me cringe.

I would make a hopeless Chav but to be honest I am getting a bit tired of being a smug middle class world class sneerer.

 

Evo's, scoobs and just about all cars become available to all people at some stage in the cars life span. Its bound to happen. Lets face it u can tell a Chav a mile off. Maybe a chav law should be brought out only allowing them to drive saxo's and nova's, and the xr range of **** boxes. You would exspect the newer scoobs to look the bizz and they do. But i have to admit i like the classic scoobs and have seen lots of well looked after ones, there not all Chav cars.

P.s Anyone who has a Max power sticker in there car or any form of Burberry should pay higher road tax, for just being a knobber.

 

You can add naff overpriced watches to that list. Nothing screams insecurity like a man with an expensive watch. All hat, no cattle - as they say.

I own no jewelry, drive a wagon and previously drove a spoiler-free sedan (both WRXs)

 

Quiz, how many of us will it take to pull Yoza off Gareth ?

 

Thats quite possibly the funniest thing i have ever heard

 

"I drive an Impreza and E30 M3"

Sums it up nicely I think. If I were you I would ditch the Impreza and E30 M3 and buy a brand new M5. This will suit your alter ego and no doubt help to repress your apparent insecurities.

By the way, I drive a silver Impreza wagon

 

J4CKO - this shows the importance of correct punctuation. I know that some Scooobynetters don't feel that spelling or punctuation is important, but how different is your sentence when punctuated as:-

Quiz. How many of us will it take to pull Yoza off, Gareth?

(And I'm not offering my pulling services ))

 

Douglas, did spot that but I thought I would leave it in to see whether anyone spotted it and used it to provide us with innapropriate homo-erotic imagery.

Well done !

 

I merely drove through that sh*t hole on the way back from Stanstead to Brighton in my hire car.

Did you drive back to Brighton with a steward or a stewardess from Stansted? As you have professed to flirting with both male and female flight attendants.

I'll hazard a guess at male since you were heading toward Brighton.

I bet you sit on a Burberry air cushion.

 

Are lexus style rear lamps Chavesque

I'm really not sure about the ones i have on






But me biatch tinks der ded cool innit

 

people do you not get it ! Nacro, i admire you.(sort of)

Jacko, good retort (not quoting what point, just the accumilation of them)

@ the whole thread