Supercars in London

"RWS Motorsport" (rwsmotorsport) 08/30/2014 at 14:07 • Filed to: None

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So I've spent my afternoon wandering the fine streets of London, specifically Knightsbridge, Mayfair and Cardogen, and found these:

the F40 was hiding in an underground garage in Cardogen sqaure, along with many many other niceties, including about 6 Rolls Royce Phantoms/Dropheads, lots of Astons, Bentleys, Porsches, Range Rovers, and several other covered up cars like a Dino and a Mini.

Ferrari Concept by Pininfarina, couldnt get a better picture because i wasnt allowed in the shop. something about 'scruffy 23 year old with camera clearly not a customer'...

Mclaren Mercedes SLR 722 edition outside harrods was a nice spot.

This GTR took off from the lights with some serious speed, which I was (clearly) not prepared for...

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > RWS Motorsport 08/30/2014 at 14:12

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ALL THE WANTS

And the DB2 as well.

Svend > RWS Motorsport 08/30/2014 at 14:15

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Kuwait Diplomatic plate (non diplomatic staff).

RWS Motorsport > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 08/30/2014 at 14:17

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Yeah not gonna lie, F40 made me happy in my special area. LOVE IT. and yeah the DB2 was a nice surprise too.

RWS Motorsport > Svend 08/30/2014 at 14:18

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oooh is that what that plate means? I saw lots of plates of that style, figured it was diplomatic, but didnt realise it was specific to Kuwait.

Svend > RWS Motorsport 08/30/2014 at 14:26

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The first three numbers denote the country to which the diplomatic plate is given to, the D denotes dimplomatic and the second three numbers essentially denote the level or rather type of staff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c…

scoob > RWS Motorsport 08/30/2014 at 14:27

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Pretty much every supercar I've never seen IRL was present in London when I went. I must go back.

RWS Motorsport > scoob 08/30/2014 at 14:28

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My friend got a ride in an F12 and sat in a Veyron last night after coming out of a club in Mayfair. Jealousy levels at about 11/10 for this news. Thats why i thought id go look round today,

Cé hé sin > RWS Motorsport 08/30/2014 at 15:04

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Oooh, a Boris bus!

RWS Motorsport > Cé hé sin 08/30/2014 at 15:29

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still have yet to ride on one, but they do look very cool. Adidas have got some fully branded ones which looks pretty good i have to say.

Tim (Fractal Footwork) > RWS Motorsport 08/30/2014 at 15:48

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Besides the F40, I think I'd be most excited about seeing this mini

RWS Motorsport > Tim (Fractal Footwork) 08/31/2014 at 03:24

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It did sound pretty lovely. He saw me bending down to take some pictures so gave it the beans as he came past. I like people who do that ha.

davedave1111 > RWS Motorsport 08/31/2014 at 10:39

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Drop in here next time you're in the area:

http://www.coys.co.uk/showrooms.php

RWS Motorsport > davedave1111 08/31/2014 at 14:28

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to quote George Takei, oh Hellooooo. That is a dealership and a half.

RWS Motorsport > Svend 08/31/2014 at 14:28

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Ooo thank you. Mucho Interestingo

Svend > RWS Motorsport 08/31/2014 at 14:49

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Did you get any photos of police cars while there? You probably would of seen four different types/colours? City of London Police (silver cars), Metropolitan Police (white cars, orange stripes (though some have adopted blue and yellow battenburg livery)), Police (white cars, blue and yellow battenburg (squares) livery) and Diplomatic Protection Group (red cars). You may also of come across British Transport Police and Military Police.

A yellow dot or circle on the rear pillar or window denotes 'armed officers'.

RWS Motorsport > Svend 08/31/2014 at 15:33

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I definitely saw met police, the red one (I always thought that was just armed police, rather than diplomatic protection group), and likely to have seen standard city of london police too. I didnt take any pictures of them though. Partly due to thinking hmm, might cause problems if i photograph the police ha. I know its legal, but its abit odd, so might arouse suspicion.

Svend > RWS Motorsport 08/31/2014 at 15:40

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City of London Police just operate in the 'city of London'.

The DPG are responsible for Royal and diplomatic duties.

Most are okay with pictures being taken as long as you don't get 'shirty' when approached as that just gets their backs up and things get silly after that.

Saf1 > Svend 09/07/2014 at 07:49

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I live an hour north of London and I've never seen an armed policeman on the street...London must be that much more dangerous I guess

Svend > Saf1 09/07/2014 at 14:18

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I'm about two minutes drive from the Scottish border (on the English side). We don't see armed officers often except when a senior member of the Royal family visit or security for high security court cases from Liverpool, etc... Such as armed robbers are up in court. Ocassionally I've seen them at train stations when there is heightened security and always a airports.

I see them at some other times also but the general public don't.

Saf1 > Svend 09/07/2014 at 16:51

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I read up a bit on this and apparently only police in NI carry regularly. That said an armed cop met me in an interview room when I was reporting an incident. Strange an officer would carry inside a station when not carrying on the street!!

Svend > Saf1 09/07/2014 at 17:34

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Northern Ireland (Police Service Northern Ireland) police are routinely armed where in the rest of the U.K. there are very few armed officers. Out of the Scottish police force of 18,000 officers only about 300 are routinely armed.

Saf1 > Svend 09/07/2014 at 17:43

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I love the fact that gun crime is so low here that the one profession in public service you'd expect to carry, don't. England in general is just a really safe place and that's great!

Svend > Saf1 09/07/2014 at 19:17

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It's safer than most but knife crime is relatively high which counts for the vast majority of armed response team callouts.

Only the other day (I believe near London) a 25 year old religious convert used a machete to cut off cats heads and then turned on an 82 year old woman and then severed her head.

Saf1 > Svend 09/08/2014 at 02:33

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Haha wow, maybe it just never came down (when I was in school there was a big anti-knives campaign going on). That said, I don't really follow the news!

Svend > Saf1 09/08/2014 at 03:39

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This is the incident I referred to.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/s…

Not a pretty way to go. They should put the person down the same way as that person did to the victim. May she rest in piece.

Saf1 > Svend 09/08/2014 at 03:49

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Madness! I skimmed through it half expecting to find some reference to insanity or psychopathic break... or maybe...what else right? Guess that's for the courts to decide

Svend > Saf1 09/08/2014 at 04:59

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It's the same old story told through time of a small groups interpretation of something sacred and wanted to force it on others.

The story stays the same, it's only the characters that change.

Anyway. Britain is just as safe if not safer than many other countries but that doesn't mean you should drop your guard. Keep your wits about you and be safe and don't let it change who you are.