This is such an over rated trope and coping mechanism 🤣
evErY rICh peRSoN is SAD!
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Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
You almost never see anyone happy in a Ferrari either. Look inside one and you’ll see someone with the same blank expression that you see on everyone driving and anyone on the bus. Despite what car commercials drill into your head no car will change that meh feeling.
CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
HarneyToker@lemmy.world 48 minutes ago
Not what they said, read it again 😊
Vupware@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
To an extent, yes. But that’s because you can’t use the car for its intended purpose at a stoplight or grid of roads. I guarantee you when that driver takes his car to the curvy mountain roads he is grinning ear to ear, or having a hell of a time at the very least.
Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 hour ago
Initially yes, and they were probably grinning ear to ear when they first bought it, just like we were all grinning ear to ear when we first drove by ourselves, but once the novelty and excitement wear off it goes back to the meh face.
It’s like skiing/snowboarding, the first couple times you go down a run your having a great time, but once it doesn’t become a challenge then it loses its excitement and fun. With skiing though theres a lot more elements of variation (trees, bumps, jumps, narrow trails, grade variations, snow conditions …) to keep things interesting whereas driving roads can only vary with curves and grades, both of which are in a much narrower band of variation for safety reasons.
There’s a reason tons of people spend tons of money every year going skiing but not too many people are renting super cars to go and drive around the hills.
Vupware@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
Perhaps you’re right. Anecdotally, though, I loved every second of the two years I spent in my coupe.
Psionicsickness@reddthat.com 3 hours ago
Yeah, this dude has never spent time behind the wheel of a nice sports car. Shit is sooooo fun.
mech@feddit.org 23 minutes ago
It really is. It’s almost half as much fun as bombing down a winding forest road with no car traffic on a bicycle.
Vupware@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
Even a shitty sports car is a blast. I had a lot of fun in my manual BRZ.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
A manual BRZ is far from a shitty sports car. Hell, it’s more agile than a lot of $100K+ ones.
CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Between 250-400bhp depending on weight is the sweet spot IMO. I’ve got an old 996 and it’s so much fun away from traffic.
harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
I have an older 911 and that is just fun to drive. It’s just a fancy go-kart. My little Grom is also a blast to ride.
GraniteM@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I was deeply confused to see a bunch of Ferraris outside of some huge institution in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island. Take a high performance vehicle and put it in the most tightly packed, narrow, curvy-street urban area in America with the possible exception of Boston. Why don’t you go ahead and take a snowmobile to Hawaii, while you’re at it.