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07-12-2017, 11:02 AM
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07-12-2017, 03:04 PM
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#77 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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Originally Posted by punkwax  Saw a white lambo getting loaded onto a flatbed yesterday Surrey/Delta border area of Hwy 99 around 2'ish with cop lights flashing behind it. | Speeding California tourist has rented Lamborghini impounded by Delta police Quote: 
A 20-year-old tourist from California lost his ride Tuesday when Delta police impounded his rented Lamborghini after clocking the exotic sports car racing along Highway 99 at speeds exceeding 155 km/h.
The 2015 Lamborghini Huracan was moving northbound in the 12500 block of Highway 99 when a Delta police officer spotted the vehicle making abrupt lane changes and traveling at a high rate of speed.
Delta police said the officer paced behind the vehicle for one kilometre and was going at least 155 km when the Lamborghini pulled away from the police cruiser.
“Police activated emergency equipment and the vehicle stopped,” Delta police public affairs coordinator Sharlene Brooks said in a statement.
The driver was charged with excessive speeding and the Lamborghini, which was rented out of Washington, was impounded for seven days.
“The driver was anticipating the ticket but was not expecting to have his vehicle impounded for seven days,” Brooks said.
An excessive speeding ticket, which carries a $368 fine and an immediate seven-day vehicle impoundment, is handed out when the driving limit is exceeded by more than 40 km/h.
Posted speeds along Highway 99 vary from 80 to 100 km/h.
“(He is) now paying for the rental — at $1,000-1,200 US per day — as well as the impound storage fees,” Brooks said. “Tough lesson … but clearly necessary. The officer did say that the driver was polite and cooperative during the whole interaction.”
At 602 horsepower, the 2015 Lamborghini Huracan is capable of a top speed of 325 km/h. A base model of the car sells for more than $300,000.
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07-12-2017, 03:16 PM
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#78 | | My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
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Originally Posted by Harvey Specter Speeding California tourist has rented Lamborghini impounded by Delta police | Continuing on with the theme of this thread:
To his credit, he was holding back only using less than 50% of the top speed available.
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07-12-2017, 03:17 PM
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#79 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Pft. Rental?
What a pleb.
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07-12-2017, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by UnknownJinX There are people who worked hard to buy a super car. You can't just say every super car driver is a douche. | no, not everyone but mostly everyone .. it takes a certain amount of vanity, insecurity, obnoxiousness, and general pretentiousness to buy a 150k+ supercar. Logically nobody needs a supercar. You want it for a variety of reasons and often it's related to showing off your wealth. Sure there are "enthusiasts" who love automotive performance but how often do you see those guys on track days vs just cruising up and down robson/no3 road/marine drive.
Its the same crap with name brand clothing or crazy expensive jordans. Nobody needs that shit, but people like having it and often its for douchey reasons. Supercar purchase is the epitome having a lot of disposable income.
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07-12-2017, 06:06 PM
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#81 | | y'all better put some respeck on my name
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I bought a Huracan because I'm passionate about cars and loved Lamborghini's growing up. I barely drive my car and I don't show it off, I usually take it out on the weekends for a nice cruise.
There's so many Lambo owners I've met who are not young Asian kids, in fact I didn't even know these owners existed because you never see them cruising around. They usually come out to LoV events or track days so it's not fair to think all supercar owners buy these cars to show off or cruise down Robson.
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07-12-2017, 06:37 PM
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LOL that smart car was a car2go
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07-12-2017, 06:42 PM
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#83 | | I have named my kids VIC and VLS
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Originally Posted by Badhobz no, not everyone but mostly everyone .. it takes a certain amount of vanity, insecurity, obnoxiousness, and general pretentiousness to buy a 150k+ supercar. Logically nobody needs a supercar. You want it for a variety of reasons and often it's related to showing off your wealth. Sure there are "enthusiasts" who love automotive performance but how often do you see those guys on track days vs just cruising up and down robson/no3 road/marine drive.
Its the same crap with name brand clothing or crazy expensive jordans. Nobody needs that shit, but people like having it and often its for douchey reasons. Supercar purchase is the epitome having a lot of disposable income. | A guy who's worth 10+ mill (where there are literally thousands in Vancouver) isn't going to buy a Miata to cruise around in on the weekend.
As Harvey said, the mature, wealthy, majority are rarely seen or heard from because they use their cars sparingly. It's not about vanity or flaunting wealth, it's about having the means to enjoy a hobby. I know multiple people who own multiple "super cars" (where you draw the meaning of that definition is for you to interpret) however these cars see the road MAYBE a handful of times a month if that. They drive them over to their friends house or go somewhere for lunch and drive home.
Honestly, how often have you ever seen a guy over 40 cruising Robson in a car worth 200k+? Never?
People (in a lot of cases) work hard for the wealth and toys they have, don't try to diminish somones work by saying they buy things simply to flaunt onto others.
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07-12-2017, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Badhobz no, not everyone but mostly everyone .. it takes a certain amount of vanity, insecurity, obnoxiousness, and general pretentiousness to buy a 150k+ supercar. Logically nobody needs a supercar. You want it for a variety of reasons and often it's related to showing off your wealth. Sure there are "enthusiasts" who love automotive performance but how often do you see those guys on track days vs just cruising up and down robson/no3 road/marine drive.
Its the same crap with name brand clothing or crazy expensive jordans. Nobody needs that shit, but people like having it and often its for douchey reasons. Supercar purchase is the epitome having a lot of disposable income. | Don't you own a Maserati? Last time I checked they aren't quite an econo-box
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07-12-2017, 10:19 PM
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Trust me I'm guilty of it too. I sure as fuck can't just say i bought it because I'm a huge auto enthusiast. Sure I love the noise and the sexy looks but I also like driving it to board meetings and shoving it down the throat of my asshole svp who "only" has a jag. Its kinda like watches too. If you got a run of the mill Rolex vs a patek or a tourbillion jaeger lecoultre. Everyone or pretty much everyone who has an exotic is kinda douchey or self indulgent. Myself included. We just don't all drive down the bridge at 200km/h with daddys money.
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07-12-2017, 10:27 PM
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Oh and BTW my old roommate had a petrol smart car (I loved it), that thing could easily do 130 on flats. When driving in Mexico one time I had the needle pegged lol
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07-12-2017, 10:40 PM
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#87 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Originally Posted by Harvey Specter There's so many Lambo owners I've met who are not young Asian kids, in fact I didn't even know these owners existed because you never see them cruising around. They usually come out to LoV events or track days so it's not fair to think all supercar owners buy these cars to show off or cruise down Robson. | Just driving it around is showing off, however unintentional. It's the nature of the car. Exotics are not meant to be stealthy cars. Nor would many people buy them if they did blend in with normal plebian daily drivers. If lambo made a Corolla shaped lambo hurrcan would you have bought it ? I doubt few would. People like flashy things and as civilized as we all pretend to be in our hearts we all want to show off a bit. Maybe not to the world but to your circle of friends , your colleagues, your bosses, etc.
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07-13-2017, 08:44 AM
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I also think some owners of exotic cars like the rush of adrenaline from driving fast in these rides.
-driving 130km in a Huracan sounds much more fun than going 130 in a Car2Go. 
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07-13-2017, 09:06 AM
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#89 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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Originally Posted by pastarocket -driving 130km in a Huracan sounds much more fun than going 130 in a Car2Go. | I beg to differ on that. I've driven slow cars fast and fast cars slow and trust me, the slow car going fast is much more thrilling (in a scary way) than a fast car going slowly. For the fast car it's like "meh, w/e" but for the slow car it feels like it's going to fall apart any minute or spin out and crash.
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07-13-2017, 09:24 AM
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#90 | | My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
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Originally Posted by vexor I beg to differ on that. I've driven slow cars fast and fast cars slow and trust me, the slow car going fast is much more thrilling (in a scary way) than a fast car going slowly. For the fast car it's like "meh, w/e" but for the slow car it feels like it's going to fall apart any minute or spin out and crash. | Well, if you and I were given the choice to pick a lambo vs a smartcar, I'll take the lambo, you can get your thrills with the car2go, I'll settle with my boring 3400lb boat on wheels. You owe me one.
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07-13-2017, 09:29 AM
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Couldn't agree more. Doing 180km/hr in a car designed for it feels like nothing. Doing it in a car like a Chevy Sprint feels like you could die at any moment. Don't ask me how I know.
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07-13-2017, 09:57 AM
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#92 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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Originally Posted by ZN6 Well, if you and I were given the choice to pick a lambo vs a smartcar, I'll take the lambo, you can get your thrills with the car2go, I'll settle with my boring 3400lb boat on wheels. You owe me one. | Yea, don't get me wrong. Given the choice I'd take the exotic any day. But slow cars going fast is still a thrill.
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07-13-2017, 02:19 PM
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I must be getting old because going so fast that I feel like I'm going to spin out and die doesn't appeal to me at all
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07-13-2017, 03:59 PM
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#94 | | Banned (ABWS)?
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Originally Posted by vexor I beg to differ on that. I've driven slow cars fast and fast cars slow and trust me, the slow car going fast is much more thrilling (in a scary way) than a fast car going slowly. For the fast car it's like "meh, w/e" but for the slow car it feels like it's going to fall apart any minute or spin out and crash. | Quote:
Originally Posted by ZN6 Well, if you and I were given the choice to pick a lambo vs a smartcar, I'll take the lambo, you can get your thrills with the car2go, I'll settle with my boring 3400lb boat on wheels. You owe me one. | lol, obviously don't use extremes.
Something light with 200-250hp range with boost is what you need. You don't have to hold back and even when you drive the balls out of it, you still have time to register that it's a good idea to slow down before you get yourself in serious trouble, either with the law or in an accident.
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07-13-2017, 05:09 PM
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#95 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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Originally Posted by thumper i can't find anything on google, but CKNW radio reported just now that west van police caught another speeder this morning at 4am going over the lions gate bridge doing 130km/h.... in a smart car?  |
Was actually 139 km/h as per West Van PD twitter account | |
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07-14-2017, 08:07 PM
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07-14-2017, 09:52 PM
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making a blanket statement on exotics is silly
that's like labeling anyone who's ever used social media or web forum an attention whore.
the guy leasing a late-model California vs the other guy driving a 20-year old Aston are not likely on the same wavelength, but I bet you they both love their cars very much.
What if someone simply likes the pedigree, the build quality, the rarity, the handling, the noise, the looks? What if the other guy likes the attention? So what!
they'll get ridiculed for keeping a nice vehicle as a garage queen because it was meant to be driven, and they'll be ridiculed for taking it out on a sunday afternoon?
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do we have any active speed enforcement officers?
Are the authorities stricter on impounding high-end vehicles because they know publicly shaming them will get more hits, and by making an example to get the point across to the public?
If a run-of-the-mill SUV clocks in at 50 over and a M6 the next lane over clocks in at 42 over...will officers, subconciously or otherwise, be more biased/inclined to impound the M6 because it looked/sounded faster? I doubt they're impounding every vehicle that does 40 over.
this is the example I'm thinking of. VPD trying to be smart-ass on Twitter... unprofessional at best. 
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07-14-2017, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero do we have any active speed enforcement officers?
Are the authorities stricter on impounding high-end vehicles because they know publicly shaming them will get more hits, and by making an example to get the point across to the public?
If a run-of-the-mill SUV clocks in at 50 over and a M6 the next lane over clocks in at 42 over...will officers, subconciously or otherwise, be more biased/inclined to impound the M6 because it looked/sounded faster? I doubt they're impounding every vehicle that does 40 over.
this is the example I'm thinking of. VPD trying to be smart-ass on Twitter... unprofessional at best. |
They do it all for the likes.
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07-15-2017, 01:35 AM
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#100 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero do we have any active speed enforcement officers?
Are the authorities stricter on impounding high-end vehicles because they know publicly shaming them will get more hits, and by making an example to get the point across to the public?
If a run-of-the-mill SUV clocks in at 50 over and a M6 the next lane over clocks in at 42 over...will officers, subconciously or otherwise, be more biased/inclined to impound the M6 because it looked/sounded faster? I doubt they're impounding every vehicle that does 40 over.
this is the example I'm thinking of. VPD trying to be smart-ass on Twitter... unprofessional at best. | I don't know who'd they pick off if they saw an M6 and an SUV, but I see cars getting towed all over the place for excessively speeding. The saddest one I saw was some guy doing 70 in a Vancouver bike street.
This has been happening often since they implemented the new law but only in the last couple of weeks have the media been all over it because of the dumbass in the Ferrari. Pretty sure if he was only doing 100 and got impounded it would not be news.
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