Reply to: Shocking photoes of deprived London borough

[AtW]

At least one of them has decent taste and hired a Mustang Fastback, nice.

He was just too late to get a Ferrari or a Lambo...

[quackhandle]

Every time I see a car in "flat black" colour scheme I want to use it as a blackboard.

At least one of them has decent taste and hired a Mustang Fastback, nice.

qh

[vetran]

"in area where upwards of one in 10 area out of work "

Is the unemployment rate not 8% anyway?

The thing screams of "I don't like them so they can't spend their money on what they like, I think it came from benefits anyway"

Agree completely, they probably saved money by living as a larger family unit (Granny, Grandad, uncles,aunts etc all live with the family and contribute their wage) having a cash business and working very hard.

They could spend it on far worse things such as getting roaring drunk and fluorescent boob tubes.

There is also a strong sense of 'face' in social occasions, went to a christening of a half Indian family's latest child, they both work extremely hard as carers 'wiping bums for a living' for a pittance yet they laid on a very generous and impressive spread.

[minestrone]

"in area where upwards of one in 10 area out of work "

Is the unemployment rate not 8% anyway?

The thing screams of "I don't like them so they can't spend their money on what they like, I think it came from benefits anyway"

[AtW]

Pick up your prom date in a chauffeur driven 2 seater sports car?

Epic fail.

It's the thought that matters...

[Flashman]

Proms? another stupid import from the septics. What a waste of time and money.

WHS. What was wrong with the school disco?

[BigRed]

Proms? another stupid import from the septics. What a waste of time and money.

[Wanderer]

According to Daily Mail -Lamborghinis, Ferraris and Bentleys are hired by TEENAGERS in deprived London borough to 'show off' at their school prom

Pick up your prom date in a chauffeur driven 2 seater sports car?

Epic fail.

[bobspud]

5 minutes until the ferrari is on bricks.

Not in those sorts of estates.

People know what respect means, they are not going to risk the sort of kicking that will be dishes out if they get caught.

I owned many brand new cars when I lived in walthamstow, they never got touched. In fact I dropped my wallet as I got out my car once and one of the youths came and put it through my letterbox when he found it 3 hours later

However it took all of one week for a little country tuliphead to try and pull the badge of my MR2 when I moved out of London...

[Lockhouse]

We used to run prom cars for a bit in the old classics game. If it's not a friend who's doing you a favour and you're paying cash money it's important to make sure the car is licensed as your son\daughter won't be insured in the event of an accident. We were doing a gig at Winchester Guildhall and every stretch limo was being rolled by the Old Bill. When we set up I had to be CRB checked, take my taxi licence and pay £1000 in extra licence fees and insurance to be legit. Even at £200-£250 a time, there weren't enough proms in the year to make it worth our while so we chucked it in to concentrate on doing weddings.

Andy (in lovable racist Cockernee taxi driver mode).

[mudskipper]

I think it's a nice idea. No different to daughter's prom where the girls all hired limos and the boys went for more novelty rides - an armoured car, a Harley etc. which I think is fairly standard.

[vetran]

Lady in red/white flower dress in 5th picture down. I win.

she is da teacher. No 16 year old would dress that sad surely?

Babe in Black to the right is the only one until the chavs with bikes.

You can see why people feel the face of the nation has changed.

[northernladuk]

Lady in red/white flower dress in 5th picture down. I win.

[vetran]

Is this what CMD meant by "Aspiration Nation"?

yes but not sure he was referring to carburetors.

[doodab]

Is this what CMD meant by "Aspiration Nation"?