Generic and bad car tastes

Generic and bad tastes are all around us. These are the things that really put me off:

GT3 RS 

Great car for the track, sure. No hate towards the car. But I can’t stand the pretentious Porsche ppl. Like, I run as far away as possible from Porsche ppl. Another thing - I can’t believe that an amateur track car is the dream car for so many people. It’s a track car, that’s it lmao Nothing spectacular outside of that really. And I bet the majority of these people will shit their pants, if they have to drive a GT3 RS on a track. If you don’t plan on driving it on tracks, you don’t need this car, it cannot possibly be your dream car lol You want the status, you want to be liked, you want to fit in … just say it. Say it: “I’m a car poser”. Why do I keep saying it’s an “amateur” track car, because it is. The Cup exists for those who are serious about track driving. Simple. Not a chance I’m spending 300k+ on a Porsche, when a 720S beats the GT3 RS in every aspect. Terrible reliability, too. These are always the first cars to give up during supercar rallies. The only car owners to crash into someone else, too. This brand attracts the most sleazy, pretentious, obnoxious pricks of the car world. Another thing - I feel like the majority of “my dream car is a GT3 RS” people don’t realise how slow these cars are outside the track. Due to the generated downforce from the aggressive aero, which adds a lot of pressure on the wheels, the drag is massive on this one. The top speed is around 230km/h. That’s slow. My Mustang will smoke you on the highway. In comparison, Monster’s top speed is around 420km/h (it was the only car keeping up with the Koenigseggs on the German autobahn after all lol Monster is insane, you should not compare your car to Monster, but still). Even the car is telling you it’s designed to be used on the track. So, when I see a GT3 RS not on a track, I immediately know you’re a poser. With money. But still a poser.

Koenigsegg

I love the brand, I love Christian. Brilliant!

But any other “car influencer” got one of these nowadays. In the USA you get financing and you end up paying for it for the rest of your life, but hey, you collect likes. It just lost its exclusivity for me. I’m not saying people should stop buying them, so that they can stay exclusive and rare. Bugatti did it without becoming generic and available and they still have that appeal, their x-factor is still there. It’s possible to do it without losing that feeling of scarcity and it bugs me Koenigsegg failed in that department. Just like with the GT3 RS, I refuse to believe so many people dream about a hypercar. I know people who actually own hypercars and it takes a special type of wealthy car person to buy these. I’m not saying you can’t become that, but you need at least 50M -100M in your account to justify a hypercar. The target is so minuscule, it’s nonexistent almost. And it’s never-ending “circlejerking”. If the exotic car owners are going for the best example, the hypercar crowd goes for the “only example”. So, good luck to all YouTubers trying to sell these one day. “Here’s why my rebuilt CCX was actually a bad investment” - type of videos incoming. Basically, if you’re buying one of these, make sure you’re not planning on selling it, ever.

Aventador / Huracan

If you want to suffer in a Lambo, might as well get a Murci. At least they’re collectable. Your suffering might be worth some money at the end. If you really need an Aventador, make sure it's an SVJ. Officially, there are 900 SVJs, which sounds appealing, but then again - it’s an Aventador - a name that comes with a bag of issues. If you still go for an Aventador, please, make it a daily. These cars lose value by the minute. There is literally no point in pretending they’re collector’s cars. They’re not, might as well put some miles on it. It’ll put smiles for sure, but they’re going to be expensive smiles. 

The Huracan (not the STO) gives me the ick. I feel like it attracts the second worst type of car people after the posers - the wannabes. They want the logo, the status, the sporty look, the attention. They crave the attention, they live for it. Once they obtain the “status symbol” sports car, they begin to act like they know it all in front of a “lesser crowd”. The baby Lambo owners are still not as annoying as the Porsche people, because at least they have some form of self-awareness - they zip it when in the presence or supercars and exotics and they actually listen to you when you’re sharing a car experience. 

JDM

Anything Japanese tbh. I love the R34 - that’s the only acceptable JDM car. Anything else is just trash. It’s so fetishised that every car thot dreams about a JDM. Chill, Jesus! You swapped it, you put 2000HP and you glued some aero, then you add a laptop. WOW. Hopefully you had some money for a fire extinguisher, because you gonna need it. Considering that there are cars that are built for performance - they have aero, downforce, good weight distribution, actually have good tire options and great brakes, y’all just a laughing stock. Better spend the money on a performance driving course and sit in actual cars built for that. I don’t see Japanese cars at these courses lol and this says it all. 

BONUs: Women “reviewing” cars while cosplaying “old money” 

I believe this became a thing in the last 2 years or so. I honestly don’t know who the target of car reviews is to begin with. The only car reviews I watch are the Doug ones and obviously the OG 3’s. I don’t give a fuck what you have to say about cars, unless it’s coming from these 4 people. And yet I still take their opinions with a grain of salt, because you know what, we have different lifestyles and we appreciate beauty and needs differently. 

The ones I’m talking about are a relatively new breed of “car reviewers” - usually a white woman in her mid 20s - early 30s, dressed in fast fashion clothing while trying to look “old money”, yet negligee all at once. It’s so performative, yet lacks soul and emotion. You’ve seen them, you know who I’m talking about. They make me wanna throw up so much that I just go straight and block their accounts. SupercarBlondie “old money” Zara edition lmao I can spot polyester and satin from the screen, honey. I get that the car community is turbo gentrified and that everyone is into cars nowadays and that they’re layers to that with performance driving being the purest form of car enthusiasm, but it’s getting lame at this point. I don’t care what you have to say, unless you’re the owner of the said car. I don’t care about your “old money” performance in front of a car that costs as much as a house. I know it’s not yours, spot leaving fingerprints then, god dammit.