Mclaren Mercedes SLR

[Bluepete]

Originally Posted by Richie

is the no plate... partly GW555?

I think I saw that in a lads mag the other week, some over paid football player
Wiliam Gallas
Flash Harry: Gallas is pictured leaving the Emirates stadium in a chrome Mercedes McLaren

It's El Hadji Diouf's.

[jambo]

Originally Posted by Stewart.C

Jambo my answer to that would be they should go out & look for a job like the rest of us.

fair play to getting paid to kick a ball about but not that much

I can't for the life of me imagine being paid what some of them are, however short term their employment might be, but I just felt that it's a point worth making.

Personally I wouldn't notice if we stopped having football tomorrow, except the traffic would be lighter round the stadiums.

Jambo

Edit, oh and apparently we'd have less chromed supercars, which would clearly be a loss to humanity

Originally Posted by BluePete

It's El Hadji Diouf's.

The man everybody just loves to hate!

Bling as fook

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

Should ANY "celeb" get paid more than people who actually make a difference to society - ie Police, Firemen, Nurses, The Armed Forces.

I find it hard to say anything but NO to that question, as all they REALLY contribute it to give unrealistic impressions and goals to the young people that idolise them.

I'm with you on this mate.

And as for the car itself...i was lucky enough to get driven around in one by a client a few years ago What an experience that was!!!!

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by BluePete

I agree about dislike of football, I think it's a Brazilian waiting for the ball for a corner needs to take some brave pills, it's about 40 seconds into this vid;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ioyt2zzm530

which just says it all for me. What a bunch of namby pamby............grrrr, I can't even think of a word to describe my derision of them all.

And, having thought about it, I did see some odd wrinkles in the finish on the car, and I doubt the bumpers are metal either!

Pete

Couldn't you have knicked him on some Construction or Use - isnt that "finish" distracting to other road users/cause blinding from reflected headlights?

Obviously if there was a "Operating a vehicle while being a Chav" you would have had him bang to rights

Originally Posted by BluePete

Should footballists be paid so much?

They are assets and get paid as much as their 'owners' feel they are worth. As long as they bring in fans, merchandise sales, investment etc etc etc then, yes, they are worth every penny. It's the same with the numerous sponsorship deal they get. If it wasn't a sound, profitable investment for what ever brand pays them, the deals wouldn't happen.


Oh and the car? A bit too much really.

With McLaren just down the road in woking you get so see some rather nice examples of these babies around here, and quite a few in london. I haven't seen a McLaren F1 yet though.

However, the biggest ferrari garage in the south used to be in the trading estate behind my work. Come spring you could see enzos, F-50, F-40, all sorts of 360 & 430 along with some of the front engine models doing the small test run between the garage and the petrol station besides my office. It's right by a national speed like and the engines got exercised properly.

It was a shame when the garage burnt down and they moved on somewhere else.

not my cup of tea tbh if i was on that kinda money i'd want a db9 or a tvr something a bit cooler.

[mister c]

Prefer the car in it's normal guise of silver, but nice to show off if you got it I suppose.

Hate football myself & yes they are overpaid, but if someone offered me £120,000 a week pay, I wouldn't say no

[Richie]

Originally Posted by mister c

but if someone offered me £120,000 a week pay, I wouldn't say no

I wouldn't...

I'd want £120,000.01p so I would have conciderably more Money than Yowu...!
loads a money...

old Harry Endfield character for the younger folk who do not know...