Topic: 10 Most Pretentious Rides - per TopGear - yet another foolish list..!!

[ovr50]

http://www.topgear.com/us/features/more/10-most-pretentious-rides/

Another list drawn up by cretins to throw rocks at some decent vehicles.

Enjoy - or not?

[initial_D]

I thought the article was fun ... do agree mostly with the list as well.

[Loudpedal]

A great link ovr...totally hilarious.  I'm gonna be late for my 1:30 meeting just from laughing.   

[vdk]

I thought the article was fun ... do agree mostly with the list as well.

So do I, so do I.

[safristi]

 wots pretentious.................like before ya................................... ....

[The Mighty Duck]

Another list drawn up by cretins to throw rocks at some decent vehicles.

Pretentiousness has  nothing to do with whether a car is good or not - especially when Top Gear is doing the name calling! The Prius is a fantastic machine in its own way, but it's pretentious - it's a "look at me saving the earth!" statement.

I'm not sure about the Buick, but the rest of the list seems spot on. 

[Honda Owner]

In my neighbourhood, there is a guy with a Lamborghini with a big "N" sign in the rear window, signifying he is a novice driver. Any moving violation will result in a two year suspension.

[The Mighty Duck]

Any moving violation will result in a two year suspension.

A suspension comes after 3 points - most tickets are 2. And even then, two years is not the default, it's more like three months for a suspension.

[Giant Dwarf]

I thought it was a pretty funny read and I've also gotta agree with most, if not all, of the cars on that list.

Is anyone surprised that Top Gear omitted the also-ridiculously-pretentious '90s Jag XJs or '80s Bentleys (aka. re-badged Rollers)?  I didn't think so.

Another one I'd add to the list would be a Ferrari 308.  Tom Selleck wannabes and/or those who don't care that a Honda Civic can outperform the car in every performance measure, just as long as it's red and has a prancing horse. 

[mmret]

owners who drive with the urgency of two-toed sloths yet dispense judgment with the rabid zeal of a thousand Ann Coulters.

 

[initial_D]

Another one I'd add to the list would be a Ferrari 308.  Tom Selleck wannabes and/or those who don't care that a Honda Civic can outperform the car in every performance measure, just as long as it's red and has a prancing horse. 

The 308 was introduced in 1977, horse power is rated at 240'ish. Decent numbers for the time, IMO, also in consideration is the car was only around 2500 lbs. The Civics of that era were having issues going up a hill with one passenger and a bucket of KFC.


Ferrari 308/328 Fan Boy

[Schmengie]

That list is spot-on and a hilarious read. Too bad they forgot the Hummer, anything from RR or Bentley (no surprise there, eh?) and the most pretentious car on the planet, the Bugatti Veyron.

[safristi]

Schmengie U Obviously don't know the meaning of the word.......... ....."making unjustified or excessive claims of standing" 

 the VEYRON BLOWS everthing away.........including the cobwebs of your mind if U care to stand  3 inches from one at TOP SPEED on the AUTOBAHN...........

[lebowski]

"If you were the platinum blond, snow-blowing daughter of a savings & loan CEO, you could expect a 3-series (with an offensive red bow) parked in the driveway on your sixteenth birthday (...and later smashed against an abutment in Chappaquiddick)."

That is comedic gold.

Awesome article, except I'm crying foul on the inclusion of the 996 - it simply does not belong on the list: agreed the 996 didn't exactly represent a high point for porsche styling, and they haven't been the most mechanically robust 911's, but when they ran well, didn't they still drive like Porsches? And aren't they now very affordable, compared to the 993's and early 997's? Sure, maybe the relatively low entry price  of these cars attract clueless poseurs and Lionel Hutzes, but it's also a cheap way for enthusiasts to get in on the R/R driving goodness. Not pretentious, then.

 

[Turbo Bob]

The KR Dually is the western-glam rig of choice if you're an emasculated mulleteer looking to play a rhinestone Roy Rogers. The real John Wayne would have soiled his saddle had he known his cultural pedigree was to be preserved in such a tawdry, soulless caricature.