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Crowd cheers as Bugatti Veyron gets parking fine

autoblog.com — In some countries, folks cheer at the sight of an exotic supercar, while in others they assume the driver is a (expletive deleted).

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  • LoungeActx, on 01/29/2008, -5/+106In the words of Nelson, "Haha!"
    • whymanwhy, on 01/29/2008, -1/+59"Do you find something amusing in my choice of automobile"
      • prophetpimp, on 01/29/2008, -12/+6"Yes. Your Penis is Small"
        • Jholder112233, on 01/29/2008, -0/+4Your e-penis just grew 2 inches though.
    • eternal464, on 01/29/2008, -6/+23like he cares. if he can afford that car, you think a premo parking spot isnt worth the insignificant fine? its better than vallet services in some places.
      • RogerStrong, on 01/29/2008, -1/+38And if he can afford not to care about blocking someone's loading dock, he can afford not to care when someone backs a truck up firmly against the side of his car, and uses the roof of his car as a loading dock extention.
        • bosssmiley, on 01/29/2008, -1/+5Dugg. Oh yes indeed. Would gladly dig this comment twice.
        • cawpin, on 01/29/2008, -0/+9I wouldn't advocate ***** with somebody's vehicle in any situation, ever. However, if I use my loading dock to throw trash to the curb, so be it.
    • kolobcreek, on 01/29/2008, -10/+5One hour later smaller crowd sighs as man owning the super car pulls ticket off windscreen..... Then as if it was second nature shreds the ticket into smaller pieces, throttles his bad ass car out of there at unreasonable speeds.
      • dOOBiEx213, on 01/29/2008, -1/+5Oh? How is that related to the comment you replied to? Oh I see, you're just looking for attention. Carry on.
    • addiktion, on 01/29/2008, -3/+1You ever notice those little smooth boob grippers in the center console? Those are just in case you start missing home.
    • addiktion, on 01/29/2008, -1/+1Whoops wrong dig post :P

      This one I was admiring at how careful the parking guy is at lifting up the windshield wiper. After all no one wants to pay a 1,000$ for windshield wiper damages.
    • PRlME, on 01/29/2008, -14/+5Story time!!!
      My friend was driving his 745iL in the rain and he slammed on the brakes causing him to slide into another car. We both got out and I just wanted to know if everyone was ok. A miniVan was passing by slowly and the driver yelled "HA HA!" and pointed. My friend pointed and yelled back "HA HA you drive a Nissan Quest!" Ohh man the look on their faces was golden -=)
      • AntzNZ, on 01/29/2008, -5/+7***** off with your useless top comment abuse, nobody gives a *****.
        • PRlME, on 01/29/2008, -5/+2Digg sure has gotten mean now a-days, its starting to get like a yahoo chat room. Social its not anymore.
          • redxxx, on 01/29/2008, -0/+6Hey, man. ***** you. This is the internet.

            It's serious business.
          • DarkSamus, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5buried for going to yahoo chats
    • GeorgeClayton, on 01/29/2008, -9/+13Drivers of exotic vehicles aren't automatically douchebags. A more accurate stereotype, is those who call people with exotic supercars are automatically jealous ignorant fools. Sure some of them got money from mommy and daddy, but many earned their money through hard-work and innovation. Many of you wouldn't understand that as you go to and from your day-to-day jobs. He probably earns enough money that the time needed to park and walk isn't worth it. As long as you pay off your parking tickets and move the car soon enough, they usually can't tow it anyway.
      • Kallius, on 01/29/2008, -0/+9You're right, exotic car drivers aren't automatic douchebags. But when they feel that those pesky laws that apply to the commoners really don't matter to them, THEN they are douchebags. Doesn't matter if they cheerfully pay the fine. Parking illegally is not the same as purchasing a good parking spot.
        By your condescending post, I'm guessing that you are one of the douchebag-rich, or one of their supporters.
      • GeorgeClayton, on 02/06/2008, -0/+1Nah, I'm not a rich-douchebag yet, but I'm working on it!
  • jwink24, on 01/29/2008, -4/+77It would have been better if the owner ran out and tried to use the "I can't afford a ticket" excuse.
    • rizzo2008, on 01/29/2008, -7/+1still makes the crowd a bunch of assholes
    • sampanc, on 01/29/2008, -2/+3It's the most rewarding day that meter-maid will witness in his career. All the other days he's gotta put up with people yelling at him for giving tickets.
      • quillman, on 01/29/2008, -0/+4Didn't read the article did you?
        • sampanc, on 01/29/2008, -1/+0yea i did. the "traffic warden" was cheered on by the crowd. I can't imagine a crowd cheering her on in any other situation where she would be giving tickets, can you? That cheering from the crowd therefore made that "traffic warden"'s career quite rewarding that day. I don't see how that doesn't make any sense.
  • NGliam, on 01/29/2008, -25/+14My favourite car.

    Oh well, not all England is like that, Manchurians are mainly asshats ;) Though in Leeds it probably would have been broken into or vandalised, it would have been out of admiration.
    • Adgeman, on 01/29/2008, -0/+10I think you got that the other way round. Either way; he's lucky it wasn't in Liverpool :)
    • borninda818, on 01/29/2008, -6/+1I see what you did there ;)
    • MacSuxWindozSux, on 01/29/2008, -2/+15Isn't Manchuria a region within China.
      • Jon211, on 01/29/2008, -0/+9Yeah it is, I'm gonna assume he meant Mancunians
      • Lythium, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3Meh, it's all "over there" somewhere.
  • sepultura, on 01/29/2008, -0/+119Here's the owner: http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00425/S ...
    • ClubVIP, on 01/29/2008, -5/+8With an Ego boost as he's thinking people are admiring his ride ;)
      • sapo916, on 01/29/2008, -3/+8No ***** people are admiring that, what other reason are they crowding around it for. Jealous.
    • dogstar0125, on 01/29/2008, -8/+56Yeah, he looks like a right *****.
    • ghgh1313, on 01/29/2008, -9/+39what a wanker
    • skinrock, on 01/29/2008, -23/+7I saw that, too...so now I'll ask this. Why the hell are they saying it's the owner when he's getting in the passenger seat?
      • 3d150n723n7, on 01/29/2008, -0/+22There are two people getting in the car. Check out the guy on the right in the yellow jacket. He's got the driver's door open about to get in.
        • skinrock, on 01/29/2008, -6/+4Ya, but the picture is clearly focused on the passenger.
          • redthumb, on 01/29/2008, -2/+2It's England and and the photog probably didn't notice the left hand drive.
        • Dundasbro, on 01/29/2008, -0/+4Or maybe they wanted to get the car in the shot too?
        • Stupidumb, on 01/29/2008, -3/+1"Ya, but the picture is clearly focused on the passenger."
          What are you, some kinda art major, huh?! You gotta apply some of the ***** you learned just to justify your life. Talking about composition and ***** is that what you mean? Don't get me wrong, I'm not jealous of you, I just hate that ***** stupid comment. I've had people on Digg directly insult me, but your comment has angered me in a way I did not think possible. That was the stupidest thing I've ever read. I hate you.
      • stefugee, on 01/29/2008, -2/+2they both look kinda toolish
      • ChrisViz, on 01/29/2008, -7/+14I see nothing more than jealousy in the comments. How can you tell someone looks like a "wanker", "*****", "tool"? You don't like him because he is rich?

        He got a good parking space and his parking fine will go towards your taxes... everyone wins.
        • ivantalboys, on 01/29/2008, -5/+12He is a wanker, ***** and tool because most parking restricted areas are there for genuine reasons. So because he has money he thinks its fine to inconvenience other members of the public just to park a little bit closer to where he wants to go.
        • demonstro, on 01/29/2008, -1/+8That parking fine will not go towards our taxes. It'll just get sucked into a huge black hole.
        • Kallius, on 01/29/2008, -1/+3Again, you apologists are missing the point. Rich people aren't hated. It's when they get ARROGANT and think they are BETTER than others just BECAUSE they have money, is when they are hated. Or do you feel that just because someone has money makes them a better person?
      • Impeller, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1You're a complete dumbass... your comment is the "stupidest" i've read in days...
    • drewxhawaii, on 01/29/2008, -14/+1Why is he on the passenger side?

      Edit: beaten by skinrock
      • shutterjockey, on 01/29/2008, -10/+0Steering wheel is on the right in England
        • Soave, on 01/29/2008, -1/+11Except look at the picture.
        • Stupidumb, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2Do you people have that disease where you only see the left side of images?
    • Ajenthavoc, on 01/29/2008, -2/+7Douche much?
    • grapeape25, on 01/29/2008, -18/+5Both you two who are wondering about him getting in on the other side are idiots... read the article from where it is from.
    • makkaveli19, on 01/29/2008, -7/+5damn a totally custom made car, and they couldn't put the steering wheel on the right side?
      P.S these guys are fairly young, lucky *****:(
      • Takran, on 01/29/2008, -1/+5Veyrons are production vehicles, not customs (though I'm sure you could make arrangements). You'd think that the fact that it was until very recently the fastest production street car wouldn't have gone unnoticed.
        • makkaveli19, on 01/29/2008, -1/+4they are production, but almost everything can be customized. when paying 2 million euro's i would expect them to put it where i want it. also it could have been from outside of britain, maybe he came on the ferry. I've seen right hand drive veyrons btw.
        • hplasm, on 01/29/2008, -0/+4He got it cheap for being LHD. He must be a cheap bastard, look where he parks. Lazy *****.
    • AlexanderZero, on 01/29/2008, -6/+4Poor bastard, he's getting some dirty looks.
    • Dundasbro, on 01/29/2008, -10/+73Wait, they have an expensive car so they are automatically douchebags? Jealous much?
      • BrewBeau, on 01/29/2008, -12/+3There's a difference between having a nice car and that. Think of how low your self-esteem must be to spend 7 figures on a car.
        • Takran, on 01/29/2008, -3/+8If I had the money, I'd buy one of those in an instant, and not to show off; those are ***** hot cars. Maybe they like Bugatti? You all know what assuming does: makes an ass out of you and some guy named ming.
        • RomeyRome, on 01/29/2008, -1/+7It's all about proportions. You live in a $400k house, you buy a $50k car. You live in a $8m mansion, a million on a car is about right.
          • AntzNZ, on 01/29/2008, -4/+4And you can't value some things more than others?
      • Stupidumb, on 01/29/2008, -3/+4Show me someone with an expensive car who isn't a douche.
      • shadeOfGrey, on 01/29/2008, -0/+7I think it's more a matter of owning an expensive car and thinking the law doesn't apply to you.
      • Bodhinature, on 01/29/2008, -2/+5I had a guy park his Civic in my driveway blocking me in. My own driveway! He was parking for an event down the street and the streets were full. He was a douchebag and I had him towed. If a Bugatti owner did the same thing, I'd have done the same thing. This guy is a bag. And that bag is filled with douche.
    • techlyc, on 01/29/2008, -2/+10Hey! Thats my dad!! I always wondered what the bastard has been doing with the child support checks all these years...
      • thailand1972, on 01/29/2008, -6/+1The guys looks about 25 at most - you can type well for a 4 year old!
        • mitch37, on 01/29/2008, -1/+2The guy on the left. 25, you gotta be kidding..
        • techlyc, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1The guy on the RIGHT in the gold jacket... getting behind the STEERING WHEEL. Thats my dad. :(
    • AlexPod, on 01/29/2008, -1/+1Michael Buble?
    • Lythium, on 01/29/2008, -1/+3If it's in England, shouldn't the wheel be on the other side? I originally thought the younger guy would be the driver because of that....
      • sanotaan, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1i wondered why the owner would be bothering with that side (passenger) of the car from the outside anyways. as for the steering wheel position, i don't believe bugatti's line extends to include that particular car for the english market--so he's got to deal with left-hand drive.
    • Bodhinature, on 01/29/2008, -2/+2And here we can witness the douchebag in his natural habitat...
    • jdlondon, on 01/29/2008, -2/+1Jerome Kerviel......!
    • themoose, on 01/29/2008, -2/+1It's scott mills!
      http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/mills/assets/_ ...
    • arkavat, on 01/29/2008, -1/+3I think he is not the owner... he is not getting in on the drivers side.. and if he has a chauffeur... he would have got in the rear seat.
      He is most likely friend/relative of the owner
    • spacecoyote1966, on 01/29/2008, -0/+0After seeing that picture, his parents took away his driving privileges for a month.
    • DarkSamus, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1the whole crowd as well as all of digg rips the guy as he steals the bugatti

      more at eleven
  • Falldog, on 01/29/2008, -32/+10Cheering? What a bunch of jealous douches. I'd like to hear them cheer when they get a speeding ticket on the M5.
    • Shawn4168, on 01/29/2008, -8/+39Jealous? They're cheering because this ***** thinks that just because he's got a Bugatti, he's above the rules, and that he deserves to park wherever the hell he wants. I'd cheer too, not because I'm jealous, but because morons like this need to be knocked down a few pegs every once in a while.
      • se1zure, on 01/29/2008, -20/+6so everyone who parks wherever they want automatically does it because they think they are above the rules.

        Sorry, But if I drive a car the price an upper class home I would welcome any tickets as a no ***** door ding fee.
        • RogerStrong, on 01/29/2008, -1/+14If you think that driving an expensive car gives you the right to block someone's loading dock, that's fine. That in turn gives me the right to back a truck against it and use it as an extended loading dock platform.
        • Aensland, on 01/29/2008, -2/+12You're a ***** moron. You're not supposed to park in certain places because there's a good reason -- e.g. fire hydrant, near corner and possibly obstructing view of traffic, etc. Btw my area has plenty of ***** like you who think they can park anywhere they like e.g. at corners just because they drive huge ***** SUVs. I take great joy in scraping against their sides as I make the turn. Parking spots exist for a reason, asshat.
      • DutchOven, on 01/29/2008, -3/+0People with ***** cars don't get parking tickets?
      • RomeyRome, on 01/29/2008, -7/+2I'd be a dick too. You act like a $60 ticket is going to break his bank.
        I'd be bigger dick and give $60 to each person in a crowd, just so they know it's not hurting my feelings, and that they aint *****.
  • ghm101, on 01/29/2008, -9/+66Why not cheer, I would at least have a good laugh if I saw it.
    Who doesn't get irritated when some rich bloke thinks he can park wherever he likes? that normal parking rules do not apply to him.
    (or that any parking fine he may get is just loose change to him, now if they towed his car away that would be another story)
    • sittered, on 01/29/2008, -14/+8There should be a graduated penalty the more the car costs...I'm thinking a sledgehammer to the windshield is the proper punishment here.
      • se1zure, on 01/29/2008, -8/+10I doubt you would feel that way if you were in his shoes...
        • simonwright, on 01/29/2008, -5/+10If I was in his shoes I'd be an inconsiderate *****.
        • makkaveli19, on 01/29/2008, -1/+6^ Yes a ***** with a 2 million euro car though.
      • RomeyRome, on 01/29/2008, -5/+2I'd be a dick too. You act like a $60 ticket is going to break his bank.
        I'd be bigger dick and give $60 to each person in a crowd, just so they know it's not hurting my feelings, and that they aint *****.
    • stephant, on 01/29/2008, -11/+30What leads you to believe that he thinks he can park anywhere he wants? Oh, I get it, class warfare. You hate whoever this is because they might be rich (I suppose someone cleaning the car could have parked it there but he's guilty by association so it's a moot issue). And if you're rich you always think you can park anywhere you want. God forbid he parked there to run in for second to do something thinking he just might get lucky and not get a ticket (no one here has EVER done such a thing). Or even worse, maybe he didn't realize it was a loading zone. Nope, with your input I've decided he's a rich and he's an ***** that thinks that because he's rich he can park anywhere he wants. Seriously though, I hope me or you don't ever become successful or win the lottery or whatever because we'll have to give away all our money so we won't hate ourselves. Man rich people suck.

      Now, just for fun, replace rich with some other group identification such as race. Then we can really get going with this idea of yours.
      • ghm101, on 01/29/2008, -6/+8all very fine arguments,,, except the arrticle mentions him getting another ticket recently. so it seems to be a habit.
      • thailand1972, on 01/29/2008, -5/+6"You hate whoever this is because they might be rich"

        What's wrong with that?
    • mabhatter, on 01/29/2008, -5/+3it's england, they still have nobles and a monarchy.... the whole point of the thing is to be better than regular people!

      people get upset that the nearly $120 fine for parking isn't enough to deter from parking clearly illegally to pop-in for a quick snack or whatever versus taking time to find a legal spot and pay coin to the meter like the rest of us. Usually with these people they justify that their TIME to find a legal spot is worth more than the $60 for the reduced ticket, and they will have an assistant drive into town later to pay that, again so they're not bothered. THAT is what makes people upset.

      Meanwhile the rest of the people on the road have to find a legal spot and avoid hitting this overly expensive car which there's no way they have liability insurance to cover a scratch to the paint on.
    • RonnieW, on 01/29/2008, -5/+3They would never tow a car that expensive, they once tried to tow my brotherinlaw's alpina, he handed them a form stating that they recieved the car in perfect condition. They wouldn't take that risk :) if they were to damage it, it would cost them a years salary.
    • Lythium, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Funny thing is, there _are_ license plates you can buy (at least in the US - no idea how it works in England) which pretty much do allow you to park anywhere you want - and I'm not referring to the professional plates for police, doctors, and whatnot. You have to be willing to cough up the cash, though, and you have to "know people." So yes: "rich blokes" often really _can_ park wherever they like.
    • sanotaan, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2to people of that income stratus, the parking fines are more like "usage fees"--they likely view it as "it costs X pounds to park here"
  • bemyokono, on 01/29/2008, -3/+59I know exactly what the people are feeling. I work at a golf course and constantly see rich old men in their convertable BMW's and corvettes parking where ever the hell they please within the course parking lot. Its like they dont even see the lines drawn on the pavement, so they just decide to park right over them.
    • 3Den, on 01/29/2008, -18/+4Would those old men happen to be members of the golf club?

      Cause I'll tell you - when I'm old, and buy a membership to a big back yard to play golf in... I'm sure as hell going to park where I please.
      • Aensland, on 01/29/2008, -1/+10Now suppose some other old fart grazes against your car because you parked at a bad spot? Stay within the lines, what the ***** is so hard about parking properly.
        • DEADB33F, on 01/29/2008, -1/+2Seeing how many spaces you can take up in a car park is a fun game I often play.
          If you try hard enough you can render 4-5 spaces useless to other drivers.

          Disabled parking spaces are a bit trickier, they are much bigger so it's usually quite hard to block more than 2-3.
      • KMartSheriff, on 01/29/2008, -0/+9Have fun getting your car repainted due to key marks by me.
    • kakwakas, on 01/29/2008, -1/+7Just organize with another guy and park about 2 inches from the guy who parked like a jackass. It gets the point across.
    • delvach, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Why is this comment identical to the one posted by jennyroyer?
  • theNazz, on 01/29/2008, -7/+27I think that the owner of that beauty will be laughing right back at them as he pulls away and has somebody 'take care of it' for him ... like Mel Brooks said, 'it's good to be king'.
  • floridiot2, on 01/29/2008, -9/+9Wow, I thought it said "fire". That would have been more awesomer.
  • ibooz, on 01/29/2008, -13/+44I don't understand why one would feel compelled to linger about and 'cheer' as someone received a ticket? I can assure you that had this been a geo metro, no one would have even batted an eye. by all means, let's delight in another's misery (deserved or not). after all, it makes us feel better about ourselves, no? and I'm sure that ticket was a pittance for whomever drove the veyron.
    • doyoulikeworms, on 01/29/2008, -1/+7It's called a society of envy.
      • spacecoyote1966, on 01/29/2008, -1/+0And owning a car like that is called penis envy.
  • FadieZ, on 01/29/2008, -5/+52Yeah, a parking ticket is really gonna be a bitch to pay for THAT guy...
    • RogerStrong, on 01/29/2008, -1/+4Here in Canada, the ticket would be followed within seconds by a tow truck. Half the people in the crowd would be on cell phones alerting them, if they weren't already on scene.
  • dnimphobic, on 01/29/2008, -5/+5like he cares, if he can afford that car the ticket is just a drop in the bucket.
  • tehxen3, on 01/29/2008, -9/+67Aw, they're jealous. How cute.
    • mitch37, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5Sigh.. im jealous too. But atleast i can face it.
    • iridescence, on 01/29/2008, -1/+4i think it's more likely they were admiring the car and found it funny that he was getting a ticket. that's why i would have stood by. there are a lot of people smiling in the picture, they don't look so jealous to me.
  • SilverBack101, on 01/29/2008, -0/+101Pfft! Those plebeians are just jealous. *fixes monocle*
  • mkling176, on 01/29/2008, -10/+10awww c'mon you guys they're just jealous
  • se1zure, on 01/29/2008, -4/+54oh no, I got a $60 parking ticket... what will I ever do? Oh! I know, bask in the fact that I can go 0-60 in under 2 seconds...

    Why would a ticket even matter to him? He probably sees it as the only way to assure that he won't get door ding by some random *****.
    • skyshock1, on 01/29/2008, -1/+10I'd write it off as part of the cost of owning the car. *shrug* It's probably WAY cheaper to pay parking tickets than repair door dents.
      • RogerStrong, on 01/29/2008, -1/+7Just as long as you're OK with the owner of the loading dock you're blocking, using your car roof as a loading dock extention.
        • Aensland, on 01/29/2008, -2/+7Or the truck driver in a rush. I just LOVE it when they scrape against these idiots who park all over the goddamn place. Serves them right.
    • Scaryclouds, on 01/29/2008, -1/+9Actually that would be closer to a $120 ticket. The British pound goes for about $2.
      • Genthree, on 01/29/2008, -1/+5It's reduced to £30 if paid promptly, ergo $60
    • scyform, on 01/29/2008, -2/+3aren't the doors made of carbon fiber? paint scratch yeah, but it'll give most other car doors a what for
    • JMulert, on 01/29/2008, -1/+3it takes 2.46 seconds to do 0-60.
  • Campog, on 01/29/2008, -11/+40So, basically a bunch of bitter lower-middle class people gathered around and treated some bobby like a hero for ticketing a rich guy? This guy was obviously a douche for thinking he could park anywhere he wanted, but really, who cares? They act like they are all somehow "sticking it to the man" for the crime of being richer than all of them.
    • Hollic, on 01/29/2008, -2/+5Precisely why this is going to be buried, but good point anyhow.
    • skyshock1, on 01/29/2008, -3/+8Joke's on them. He probably makes more money just walking from a distant parking spot than the ticket is worth. That ticket probably amounts to a money savings for this guy.
  • brucerchapman, on 01/29/2008, -3/+24Who cares about the parking ticket? I'm just excited someone is using their Veyron to run errands in a city instead of locking it up in a Museum. 1001 hp to run downtown and pick up a few things? Now that is awesomeness, right there.
  • LuxFX, on 01/29/2008, -4/+133Reminds me of a joke. I can't remember where I heard this, but:
    A wealthy NYC stock broker talks with a loan officer at a bank. He says, he needs to go out of the country for a month, and he needed to take out a short term loan for $5,000. The officer asks what he will be using for collateral, and the man hands the officer the keys to his Ferrari, parked outside. The officer accepts, the man finishes the paperwork, the bank moves the Ferrari into their garage, and the man leaves the bank by taxi. A month later he returns and pays off the entire loan, plus the $50 in interest it accrued. Before he left, the loan officer says, "I really shouldn't be so nosy, but everyone here has just been dying for you to get back so we can ask: why would somebody with a $200,000 Ferrari need a $5,000 loan?" The man replies, "I didn't need the $5,000. But where else in New York City could I park my car for a month for $50?"
    • Samsong, on 01/29/2008, -24/+4Older and more used than Hillary Clinton's vagina.
      • Onyxblaze, on 01/29/2008, -3/+14Which apparently wasn't used very much judging by her husband's actions.
        • Scaryclouds, on 01/29/2008, -6/+1Yes!
        • dogstar0125, on 01/29/2008, -4/+2Nobody said her husband had been using it.
        • dorkslayer, on 01/29/2008, -0/+7Hey, real men can take care of a girlfriend _and_ a wife.
    • bxblox, on 01/29/2008, -0/+6yea, im from nyc and was surprised when i first went away to college and realized people pay more for parking in nyc than some pay for rent
      • frenchyface, on 01/29/2008, -1/+0imagine my surprise going to nyc and seeing people paying as much for parking as i do rent!
      • heystoopid, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2What he forgot to say was that in NYC only one person in ten over the age of 21 actually has a drivers licence because too simply they cannot even find a parking space closer then Jersey City !
        • bxblox, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Ive actually driven into Manhattan for a meeting, looked for parking for 2 hours then gave up and went home... not to mention you gotta pay five bucks to cross any bridge that doesn't go to Manhattan... and now they want congestion pricing which basically means, "poor people stop driving, we've got Bentleys to accommodate."
    • m4csrgh3yk3v, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1It was off an australian beer commercial.
    • megarobotguy, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5And that is how the rich get richer. End of story.
    • DarkSamus, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1there's a book called nyc taxi driver's jokes, pick it up, has tons of funny stuff, i loaned mine to my friend and never got it back, typical nyc *****
  • damnyooneek, on 01/29/2008, -5/+47where i'm from people will key your car if you park like an *****
    • santaliqueur, on 01/29/2008, -12/+12And where I'm from, keying my car entitles me to kick your ***** ass up and down the street.
      • RogerStrong, on 01/29/2008, -3/+11Try it in front of that crowd.
        Somehow I don't think they'd be on your side.

      • hitokiri808, on 01/29/2008, -1/+7Not if you don't see!
      • razorsedge555, on 01/29/2008, -2/+2Yes, it does, because on the internet you can threaten all manner of violence upon people and actually get away with it.
    • makkaveli19, on 01/29/2008, -3/+2i'm if i see the person doing that, i'm gonna write them a 12,000 bill :)
    • kufurex, on 01/29/2008, -0/+11Oh I see, vandalism is much better than parking like a moron.
    • thailand1972, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1They do that in Manchester too......
    • robertwitchell, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1that's why where you are from, everyone rides a horse and cart.
      have respect for the rich - cause if it wasn't them, it would be you.
      and i sure don't want that.
    • sanotaan, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1really! how far we've come.
  • se1zure, on 01/29/2008, -8/+7At leas the can go home at night knowing his car costed more than many of them will likely make their entire life.
    • raybury, on 01/29/2008, -4/+2The car is priced at about 1 million euro, which sadly is almost $1.5 million. Assuming a 40-year career, this works out to saying "many of them" will likely earn less than an average of $37,500 per year in constant dollars, about $18 per hour. Hmm. You may be right. Losers.
      • se1zure, on 01/29/2008, -1/+7"The report titled "The Big Payoff: Educational Attainment and Synthetic Estimates of Work-Life Earnings" (.pdf) reveals that over an adult's working life, high school graduates can expect, on average, to earn $1.2 million; those with a bachelor's degree, $2.1 million; and people with a master's degree, $2.5 million."

        http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa072602 ...
        I'm not too off...
    • AlexanderZero, on 01/29/2008, -1/+1Congratulations to him for being a dedicated investor.
    • sremick, on 01/29/2008, -2/+8And the rest of us can go home at night laughing at you since we know "costed" isn't a word.
      • se1zure, on 01/30/2008, -1/+1"Costed" is a word dumbass.

        http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/costed
        "past tense and past participle costed To estimate or determine the cost of: The accountants costed out our expenses."

        Perhaps I used it incorrectly, but saying it's not a word shows your own ignorance.
    • thailand1972, on 01/29/2008, -2/+2hehe....he said "costed"......
  • tito13kfm, on 01/29/2008, -8/+13seriously, who ***** cares? This guy has more money than you can imagine. Congratulations, you're a douchebag, and he's still rich.
  • ttfadia, on 01/29/2008, -8/+10***** haters.
    • daridave, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Wrong. They're not haters -- they're just regular people (LIKE YOU) that have to pay their tickets when they get some. So they're simply cheering because Mr. Big Shot thought he was above the law and could park wherever the f*ck he wanted. Well, his ass got served, and that's about just RIGHT, so the cheer is understandable. Besides if you look closely, nobody's really cheering, they're just happy about it. I don't see why you call them "haters".
  • DeFex, on 01/29/2008, -2/+8in that picture the veyron looks a lot less ugly than most angles i have seen it from.
    in fact it almost looks nice.
    • dburka, on 01/29/2008, -0/+4It looks awfully attractive at 200 miles an hour... a beautiful blur.
  • onionlayer, on 01/29/2008, -2/+8Nobody in the picture looks like they're cheering.
    • razorsedge555, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3they're actually pleasuring themselves because the car is so lovely and they wish they were the ones snubbing the parking laws with it. either that or the bobby has a really tight ass.
  • jelli, on 01/29/2008, -9/+1
    Here's the owner: http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00425/S ...
  • jmpeagle, on 01/29/2008, -5/+8apparently success is something to be jeered at
    • Palmer586, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1No, I'm sure they were admiring the car before they noticed it was parked where it shouldn't have been.
      Any cheering was more to do with the whole "Even the rich can't escape the evils of a parking ticket" idea.
      But that's the kind of humour we have over here, guess some people don't get it just like they find sarcasm difficult to comprehend.
  • SinbadGallucci, on 01/29/2008, -1/+4I think that if you can afford a 1.6Mil to 2.2Mil car, a 60$ ticket wont hurt you too badly...
    • demonstro, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3That'll be £60
    • daridave, on 01/29/2008, -1/+1It sure will hurt is ego, though. :) Which is probably the whole point.
  • whyufail, on 01/29/2008, -4/+15The elitist douchebaggery on digg is in full force here it seems. Given all the Apple love here too, not shocking. What are you doing on digg guys! Don't you know you're wasting precious time where you could be earning and properly investing superiority bucks!
  • Verchiel77, on 01/29/2008, -1/+16Who the hell leaves a $1M+ car in a loading dock, anyway?
    • tweedius, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5Someone who can pay the fine.
    • tightscrummy, on 01/29/2008, -0/+6Probably picking up a couple kilos of coke.
    • Afterdark, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2not in a loading bay, from the sign at the back it looks like its parked opp Kendles on the street leading to st ann's Sq, theres a posh'ish store just there, i seen lot of good cars parked there. it cheaper for them to get a ticket then to pay for the carparks on long stays sometimes, hell the one near there cost over £16 for two hours.
    • heystoopid, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1one place I know if you park in this company's loading bay they send the fork lift out pick up the car move it to a a clear way call the impound yard to tow it away thus incurring multiple penalties and surcharges as well !
    • xspinkickx, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2In all fairness to the guy, people are ***** pricks when it comes to parking, people don't give a ***** about other peoples car. I park my car where its less likely to get dinged, I can only imagine this guy trys the same.
      • shootsfired, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1you got that right..people really banged up my last car..people already hit my new car on the street caused $1500 worth of damages.
  • tweedius, on 01/29/2008, -3/+7Not everyone is lucky enough to be super rich, but everyone has the ability to become well off, why hate? There is no limit to human potential, yet there is so much jealousy when it is uncalled for.
  • twiztidsinz, on 01/29/2008, -10/+5Thats one ***** ugly ass car.
    Seriously... wtf?
    • bubba9999, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1au contraire - I think it's absolutely awesome.
    • chedabob, on 01/29/2008, -1/+1When it's all black, it's acceptable. But his Veyron looks butt-ugly.
    • oo00mige00oo, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3 i'm guessing you're into riceburners?!
  • AlexanderZero, on 01/29/2008, -2/+4Lets all assume the reason he parked in a restricted area is because he's rich. Us normal folks are perfect though, and we never do that.
  • bxblox, on 01/29/2008, -4/+2if i had a few mil to spend on a car id park it wherever i wanted too...
    • blate, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3Which is exactly the attitude that made people cheer when it was ticketed
  • padlock7, on 01/29/2008, -1/+6i think the real point should be, who the ***** damn judges themselves as well as others by what they drive? who the hell cares? a car is nothing more than a tool to get you from place to place. occasionally, it also provides a nice private place to get some hot lovin'. get over yourselves, people.
    • mabhatter, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1hot lovin' would stain the fancy leather... the hooker is cheaper that the cleaning bill.. .the owners of this type of car would never allow such messiness.
      • razorsedge555, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1i'd do whatever i damned well please in the back seat if i could afford the vehicle in the first place. i agree with padlock, though. a friggin car gets you from point a to point b, and the more distressed it looks the less likely you are to have a hassle.
  • adooga, on 01/29/2008, -4/+5This is newsworthy how?
    • thailand1972, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5Exactly. No mention of Apple, Scientology or Ron Paul whatsoever!
    • DarkSamus, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1veyron = auto front page
  • Spankypoo, on 01/29/2008, -2/+5If dumb women could manage to get in and out of their cars without dooring the car next to them, I'd have less sympathy for him.
  • Komgol, on 01/29/2008, -1/+10And this, my friends, is why I love *some* European countries "income-based" speeding-ticket (not sure if it applies to parking violations) policy. This guy in Finland got a speeding ticket that works out to be $103,000 USD.

    http://www.screaming-penguin.com/node/2396
    • Sharky35, on 01/29/2008, -1/+1Well pack your ***** and head to Finland. Why should the hard working rich have to pay more than the lazy poor. maybe a a $103k usd fine on a poor person would motivate them more?
  • metallist, on 01/29/2008, -6/+3F*cking pansie... just scratch the PAINT... that would HURT the owner... not some bullSh*t parking ticket. Check the pussycat officer trying not to make body contact with the paint job.....
    • sathias, on 01/29/2008, -0/+6If I ever got a car remotely as expensive as that, I'd make sure I spend a bit extra to have constant video recording whenever the alarm is on. You think you have a right to damage my property? Then I have a right to come around and damage your face.
    • Uranium118, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1When the paint job of a car is worth more than your house, you should probably be a little careful, just a little.
    • Midou, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Hes just a jealous *****, why hurt the owner? Other then knowing that he parked illegally, you don't know if he deserves something like that, you could conclude hes an ***** since he drives a car like that I suppose, but we still don't know his personal life or anything, so its unnecessary to be such an ass.
    • Sharky35, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Why would you want to hurt the owner? geez, I am so glad I don't "get" people like you.
  • jennyroyer, on 01/29/2008, -3/+2
    I know exactly what the people are feeling. I work at a golf course and constantly see rich old men in their convertable BMW's and corvettes parking where ever the hell they please within the course parking lot. Its like they dont even see the lines drawn on the pavement, so they just decide to park right over them.
    • delvach, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2Why is the post from bemyokono identical to this one?
      • bemyokono, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1HEY
        YOU STOLE MY COMMENT

        ...i feel violated.

        and a little dirty.
  • 2Warped, on 01/29/2008, -5/+2Trailer trash.
  • marffa, on 01/29/2008, -4/+1
    My favourite car.
    Oh well, not all England is like that, Manchurians are mainly asshats ;) Though in Leeds it probably would have been broken into or vandalised, it would have been out of admiration.
  • statikuz, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2Do that too many times though and the car will get booted/towed. He can't park illegally forever and only get tickets.
    • orangetiki, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2that I would cheer for
    • chedabob, on 01/29/2008, -0/+3I'd like to see his Veyron get crushed into a cube like the car on the tax advert.
  • asianswoosh, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1Lucky he didn't own the car in South Africa, because when people that rich do stuff like this here the cop will wait for the owner to return then try and get a bribe off him or the crowd will just torch the car.
  • cadmiumpaint, on 01/29/2008, -0/+7the guy has guts....he may be the only Bugatti owner to ever park his car on the street.
  • juggle, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2Not surprising that people were cheering. That's why http://www.wreckedexotics.com is so popular
  • Csaliture, on 01/29/2008, -0/+0If I had that kind of money I would probably park where ever I wanted as well. A $60 parking ticket would be such a joke I wouldnt think twice about it. Parking sucks in a lot of areas. He paid to park there so who cares
    • christophelyon, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2Don't forget that in most underground car parks, a sports car like the Veyron will not enter nor exit easily, it's cheaper to get a ticket than to scratch the bumper on the ground..
  • mparker7410, on 01/29/2008, -0/+1This is not interesting.
  • HadBeans, on 01/29/2008, -0/+5Apparently belongs to Everton football (soccer to you yanks) player Tim Cahill. Wasn't him driving but when you earn 27000 quid a week you can afford a nice little run around.

    Don't think the fine will worry him either.
    • mitch37, on 01/29/2008, -0/+0The Australian, Tim Cahill. Nice.
    • custaro, on 01/29/2008, -1/+0That's the first thing I thought when I read the article too - must be Tim Cahill's. There's only a handful of Veyron's in the UK and there couldn't be that many up north. The photo kinda wrecked that assumption but I guess it could be a mate of his?
  • christophelyon, on 01/29/2008, -0/+2In Lyon, I've already seen almost a riot against the owner of a Lamborghini Murcielago who had parked his car just before a restaurant in the city center. It wasn't even badly parked, parking was autorized at that spot. The people just felt offended that he was driving a Murcielago... He had to interrupt his lunch to leave immediately with the car so that it doesn't get too damaged, as people were begining to throw all kind of garbage on it.
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