brownnova Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 As per the title... let’s see if we can get a picture thread going! Inspired by this big posh house outside which was parked an N reg Micra! LightBulbFun, Fumbler, michael t and 11 others 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted May 27, 2019 Author Share Posted May 27, 2019 Also... the camper outside Chatsworth house. Sudsprint, Faker, spartacus and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 The AS Lada Samara outside Gisborough Hall after a trip there for an evening meal Vince70, Angrydicky, strangeangel and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Old money always has shite cars outside. If you see a spanking new Range Rover in front of the stately home, thats new money. Sudsprint, stephen01, Iamgroot and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 It always makes me smile to see a house in Edinburgh worth significantly more than mine with what is clearly a million mile W124 estate parked outside. There was a house on Cluny Drive that always had a very, very well worn Bristol 408 parked outside. As has already been pointed out old money has too many roofs, death duties and historic debts run up by ill-behaved yet highly theatrical family members to pay for to let them fritter money away on modern tat. Sigmund Fraud, davehedgehog31 and Split_Pin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex66 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 22 minutes ago, HillmanImp said: Old money always has shite cars outside. If you see a spanking new Range Rover in front of the stately home, thats new money. Yes a late friend of my dads had a school worth a fortune and had a fleet of shite cars, not one was under ten years old at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_ZTT Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Old money still has money precisely because they have shite cars, they know depreciation is the enemy Jerzy Woking, Sigmund Fraud, beansbeansbeans and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 11 hours ago, brownnova said: Also... the camper outside Chatsworth house. For some reason i have hatred of the Devonshires. Its not the politics of envy. Although my politics might just hate all with hundreds of years of exploiting commoners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRi05 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 I worked in a lawyers office a couple of years ago and one of the partners drove a battered old Avensis, and another a rusty saab. These folk were easily millionaires ? there were others who had some really nice stuff but those two always made me chuckle chaseracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Half the time its the housekeeper's car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bfg Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 2 hours ago, HillmanImp said: Old money always has shite cars outside. If you see a spanking new Range Rover in front of the stately home, that's their accountant. Dick Longbridge, Nicola H, stonedagain and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 1 hour ago, flat4alfa said: Half the time its the housekeeper's car The other half it's the mistresses. stonedagain and JohnK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New POD Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 2 hours ago, SRi05 said: I worked in a lawyers office a couple of years ago and one of the partners drove a battered old Avensis, and another a rusty saab. These folk were easily millionaires ? there were others who had some really nice stuff but those two always made me chuckle Thing is, a decent mechanic, just gets on and fixes it, using genuine parts, and never discusses whether its worth it. Application of durable car ownership. Nicola H and Kringle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince70 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 My old BMW ti a few months ago outside Broome hill country club which I believe belonged to Lord Kitchener of “your country needs you fame” Then here it is in its more pikey surroundings brownnova and JohnK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeeExEll Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Fumbler, Datsuncog, chaseracer and 18 others 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_senator Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 There's plenty of shite outside million pound houses down here, obviously, but this one sprung to mind.. A £1000 Rover, wearing a £10k plate, outside a £1.5 mill house. Carlosfandango, Shep Shepherd, brickwall and 6 others 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_senator Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 There's also these (house also around £1.5 mill). The neighbours, all with immaculately manicured gardens, must love him! CGSB, blakey79, Yoss and 28 others 26 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted May 28, 2019 Author Share Posted May 28, 2019 Stolen from google... brickwall and Shep Shepherd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauldoubleyou Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 The AS Lada Samara outside Gisborough Hall after a trip there for an evening mealI used to love in guisborough. Have a look at that places hygiene rating if you dare..Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 I'm from Guisborough originally, live around 6 miles away now. Yes I've seen the news about their food hygiene rating, thankfully that picture was taken in June 2016 so long before any issues! The only other time I've been back was half pissed just before Christmas for a couple of drinks in the bar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faker Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 On 5/27/2019 at 11:18 PM, brownnova said: Also... the camper outside Chatsworth house. Loving the fiat ducato. Looks in good shape brownnova 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kringle Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 I think the op was thinking more along the lines of the owners of the house rather than us turning up for a cream tea in a gold proton badermatic! uk_senator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 There's a street called Avenue Rd that runs between Swiss Cottage and Regents Park that has some quite pricey houses on it, many are Ambassadors Residencies , so have normal Diplomatic plated Mercs on the drive , but others have Phantoms, Ferraris etc, all except one particularly tasteful looking house that has a 940 estate on the drive. I don't think it's a staff member's as it's the only car there and always slap bang in the middle of the drive. uk_senator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaughant Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Don't they claim the one of the IKEA brothers who owns it drives a 20yr old Volvo? I often think that these are the sensible people in life as often the cars they drive were good cars back in the 80's/90's and not cheap but still from am era where you can actually fix them and not fret too much of you get a dent or scratch on one. Plus I bet the average burglar thinks the people are worth fuck all who own them and move onto the new Audi Q798351/BMW M2.34579 on the drives house only to find a dripped up 99" TV rather than 1989 Volvo boy who has a priceless price of artwork in his hallway!!! uk_senator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownnova Posted May 29, 2019 Author Share Posted May 29, 2019 11 hours ago, Faker said: Loving the fiat ducato. Looks in good shape It looks better in the pictures than up close!! Needs some work on the arches!! 11 hours ago, Kringle said: I think the op was thinking more along the lines of the owners of the house rather than us turning up for a cream tea in a gold proton badermatic! Naaah either one is good! I think it’s great to park your shite in front of a stately home as much as it is to see the owner of a stately home with a knackered old FSO Polonez! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 9 hours ago, vaughant said: Don't they claim the one of the IKEA brothers who owns it drives a 20yr old Volvo? brownnova, Lord Sterling, stonedagain and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartan58 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 Hope you've been to specsavers... House of the Binns (even has a shite name) just outside Edinburgh, the Rover 75 you can just see in the picture (under the big tree) belongs to and is regularly driven by the present Laird, the house now belongs to the National Trust but the family still live in one of the wings. Photo stolen from the NTS website as not having any photographic evidence to support my claim I thought I'd at least post a picture of the house. Only on closer inspection did I notice that the Rover actually featured! gm and brownnova 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tadhg Tiogar Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 13 hours ago, NorfolkNWeigh said: There's a street called Avenue Rd that runs between Swiss Cottage and Regents Park that has some quite pricey houses on it,.... Some "quite pricey houses"??? They're ALL quite pricey houses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puntomunto60 Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 There are some lovely houses in Otley / Ilkley west Yorkshire I would say a third of them are in the £500,000 price band and above category. A lot seem to have barely maintained sheds of all kinds outside. One near otley chevin has a lovely DS parked next to a fairly rotten Peugeot 309. Early nineties corollas seem in abundance here as do ancient Micra's , older population I'm guessing. I'll get some photos next time I'm passing through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian_pt Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 The Duke of Westminster used to drive a white E-reg Orion with the front bumper held on by gaffer tape - a total shed even at the time (about 1998). His son was briefly at primary school with me - one of those very Cheshire places full of blonde (new-money) housewives talking about "soooocial tooone". One of them took it on herself to berate him for driving such a car, before loweeing her voice and saying "I hope you don't mind me asking, but are you... struggling?". DoW promptly lit a fag and informer her who he actually was. Wonderful to see. There's a few great 30+ year old daily drivers around Belgravia and Westminster - my favourite being an A-reg Honda Jazz. Sigmund Fraud, Tartan58, stonedagain and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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