[Anthony90]

Originally Posted by GeeRam

Yes - countless times.

And as for those of you that are saying why not talk to these people first, well, I worked with someone that had a near miss with one of these idiots, and when confronted, they just laughed at him and drove off.

A lot of these guys believe they can do just what they want.... and sadly, the lack of any desire by the authorities to prove them wrong only compounds the problem.

It's the double standards employed as well, as I can guarantee that if I drove into Knightsbirdge on a summer eve in my 135 and drove like these guys do, I would be prosecuted by the Police within a very short space of time.

Let me guess...bottomless wallets filled with juicy money ready to bribe and powerful contacts, isnt?

[Maestro]

Some personal observations on this.

New money messing with old money, you see it everywhere. Old money does not like how the new money expresses itself in public and you do not get as old as London money that is for sure.

The Arabs/Muslin are the biggest hypocrite as you can get. Let see their religions and beliefs say they are not allow to do any of what you see in video, but it is okay as long as they do not do it in their own country and since they have money it is okay.

Think about what will happen when their oil runs out, and it will, their whole economy is based on oil. The other problem they have is they are investing in the US and other Euro countries. So they are dependent on what happens in our countries. They will learn what other countries like Japan learned when you overly invest in the US. When our economy tanks they will tank even harder. American do not have any problem selling over inflated property to people from other countries and when things go bad, buy it back at pennies on the $.

[Comet]

Originally Posted by GeeRam

Yes - countless times.

And as for those of you that are saying why not talk to these people first, well, I worked with someone that had a near miss with one of these idiots, and when confronted, they just laughed at him and drove off.

A lot of these guys believe they can do just what they want.... and sadly, the lack of any desire by the authorities to prove them wrong only compounds the problem.

It's the double standards employed as well, as I can guarantee that if I drove into Knightsbirdge on a summer eve in my 135 and drove like these guys do, I would be prosecuted by the Police within a very short space of time.

Yup, not just in London.. their other favorite destination is Beirut (it is closer).
They march in there thinking they are the best thing to happen to the world since indoor plumbing. They sincerely lack common courtesies sometimes. When their season is in full swing, certain areas become a no-go zone just to avoid them.

As for the Ramadan period, they basically have to fast so long as the sun is up. But what these guys do is they sleep ALL day and wake up 10mins before they can eat, pig out like it was Thanksgiving on steroids every day until Ramadan is over. Beirut caters to it by having some Lebanese restaurants open 24hours during that period. They miss the whole point.

But on the other side, I feel for them with the cops harassing them and people spitting on their cars or what not. Not cool.

[silvergray545]

Originally Posted by Comet

Yup, not just in London.. their other favorite destination is Beirut (it is closer).

Yeah but it's not a big deal there because everyone in Beirut is crazy. Lol

[ryan970]

Originally Posted by Anthony90

The driver was a she or he? Just curious lol

Pretty sure it was a girl but I didnt see the driver. It was in a parking garage.

[MRSSIIM3]

good documentary. i think the people who were against the supercar drivers were idiots though

[GeeRam]

Originally Posted by Anthony90

Let me guess...bottomless wallets filled with juicy money ready to bribe and powerful contacts, isnt?

Not exactly.

The police would actually love to do something about it, it's the politics higher up the food chain that dictate they prioritise their resources on other things.....

"it's only for a short period of time, not doing any real harm...etc.,etc.........oh and they spend a shed load of money while they're over here" is the view from 'above'...

[CD2534]

I dont feel bad for the old people. They are some of the wealthiest families in London and complain about the wealthiest families from the Gulf. Everyone but them enjoys the economic boost.

There was a comment made they never spoke to the drivers. I guarantee you in a weird way they look forward to this every year so they can all get together and complain about something.

Also there were so many racist undertones it was almost sick to watch at some points. And when the old guy got hit with the umbrella he didnt have to be a dick, his reaction to that was enough for me to smile knowing he cant sleep at night because the roar of a V10 is shaking his precious china.

Just my 2 Cents!

[Stronghammer]

That was very interesting. Not really sure what to say. Except I thought it was funny when the old lady thought everyone should have a "silencer" on their cars.

[Vic311]

I get the same looks from old people flying down the street with my exhaust blaring..so what? They should just get a life.

[montreal red]

Originally Posted by Gom3rPile

I dont feel bad for the old people. They are some of the wealthiest families in London and complain about the wealthiest families from the Gulf. Everyone but them enjoys the economic boost.

There was a comment made they never spoke to the drivers. I guarantee you in a weird way they look forward to this every year so they can all get together and complain about something.

Also there were so many racist undertones it was almost sick to watch at some points. And when the old guy got hit with the umbrella he didnt have to be a dick, his reaction to that was enough for me to smile knowing he cant sleep at night because the roar of a V10 is shaking his precious china.

Just my 2 Cents!

+1
very well said.

i think its old money being very jealous about new money. if they have such a big problem with this issue, they can always move to the country side and live on a ranch. you cant expect to live downtown in a busy shopping district and demand absolute silence all the time.

i live downtown in montreal and it gets noisy as hell here sometimes but thats the price you pay for living downtown. i am not going to complain about it.

[shah269]

Or install speed bumps and go for rough cobble stone streets.

[Vanity]

Originally Posted by shah269

Or install speed bumps and go for rough cobble stone streets.

Speed bumps in downtown London? Traffic efficiency in that city would degrade immensely.

And cobble stone roads and bad for the old ladies' backs.

[ryan970]

at 11:06 theres an orange m3 in the back.

[Heps]

Originally Posted by kevinbahnz

I hate my life. When I go on vacation, I worry about paying that $25 extra baggage fee.

LOL. That urks me aswell.

And here they are, flying over exotic/hyper cars thousands of miles to simply have fun, oh what a lifestyle difference

[woosh]

Originally Posted by montreal red

+1
very well said.

i think its old money being very jealous about new money. if they have such a big problem with this issue, they can always move to the country side and live on a ranch. you cant expect to live downtown in a busy shopping district and demand absolute silence all the time.

i live downtown in montreal and it gets noisy as hell here sometimes but thats the price you pay for living downtown. i am not going to complain about it.

+1

it was pretty sensationalised.

[grimlock]

How would you like it if someone drove past your house or into your driveway with straightpipes all day?
Doesn't count if you are are deaf.

[shah269]

Well I have a bucket of golf balls and well they were in my way...what can i say?
Or there is the ever popular lay down the 3in steel pipe....that one works well...just say "I have no clue where that came from, sorry about your car old chap!"
Or....well air gun + spam = check this out!

[grimlock]

Originally Posted by minigearhead

but after a few years of playing around like this, they go in to arranged marriages and boring normal lives. they live all their lives and have all their experiences in a couple of years according to one of them

so this makes it all acceptable, we can enjoy the rest of out lives with cheap oil, while they are locked up in their sand castles with their harems and occasioanal desert picnic doling out money to begging subjects.. better than 'war on terror' for sure

Just don't come to HK (actually we already have resident idiots with straightpipes and no decency, whereelse can one shitty combustion engine be heard by a million people at 5am?)

[grimlock]

Originally Posted by minigearhead

not saying this makes it acceptable, just saying that they can't do this forever. also, what cars are driving around with straight pipes in hk? are they jdm, crap cars, or supercars?

I was agreeing with you, just making a sarcastic point..

I don't know, I would imagine ferraris and lambos, but I can't see them but you can hear one car from most of kowloon peninsula where everyone is packed in tight and its otherwise quiet at night.
sometimes Japanese r(a/i)cers are noisy two, but those are with stupid exhausts that sounds like someone left a phone next to a massive subwoofer with the power on

[kevinbahnz]

Originally Posted by grimlock

How would you like it if someone drove past your house or into your driveway with straightpipes all day?
Doesn't count if you are are deaf.

Would not like that one bit. I used to live in Ma, where the streets are just barely big enough for 2 cars and I there are two idiots playing chicken right in front of my house that side swiped 2 of my neighbors cars opposite of me and took off.

[Comet]

Originally Posted by minigearhead

but after a few years of playing around like this, they go in to arranged marriages and boring normal lives. they live all their lives and have all their experiences in a couple of years according to one of them

that is BS
they are allowed up to 4 wives so they can keep doing this under pretense they are looking for their next wife.
I've seen this. They send their veiled wive to shop with her overseer at the most expensive shops, while they go doing this. The men party, the women stay home.