What Is The Best Car For A Gentleman

"Margin Of Error" (marginoferror) 01/14/2016 at 12:07 • Filed to: QUESTION OF THE DAY, GENTLEMEN

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A Gentleman is that sophisticated fella with the tick wallet and the Hugo Boss suit. A man that can look natural wearing jeans with a sport jacket, a man of of understated taste. But what does he drive ?

Of course you don’t expect the Gentleman to drive something boring as a Lexus ES or something as obnoxious as a lifted El-Camino, so what are the best cars for a Gentleman ?

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:10

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End of story.

Also, Boss and M-B share Nazi ties.

Margin Of Error > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/14/2016 at 12:11

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Hugo Boss was a Nazi ?

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:13

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A Jaaaaaag of course.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:13

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From Wikipedia :

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That same year, he became a member of the Nazi Party and a sponsoring member (“Förderndes Mitglied”) of the Schutzstaffel (SS). With their help, his economic situation improved. He also joined the German Labour Front in 1936, the Reich Air Protection Association in 1939, and the National Socialist People’s Welfare in 1941. After joining these organizations, his sales increased from 38,260 RM ($26,993 U.S. dollars in 1932) to over 3,300,000 RM in 1941. His profits also increased in the same time period from 5,000 RM to 241,000 RM. Though he claimed in a 1934-1935 advertisement that he had been a “supplier for National Socialist uniforms since 1924,” it is probable that he did not begin to supply them until 1928 at the earliest. This is the year he became an Reichszeugmeisterei -licensed (official) supplier of uniforms to the Sturmabteilung , Schutzstaffel , Hitler Youth , National Socialist Motor Corps , and other party organizations. For production in later years of the war, Hugo Boss used prisoners of war and forced labourers, from the Baltic States, Belgium, France, Italy, Austria, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and the Soviet Union. [2] According to German historian Henning Kober, the company managers were fervent Nazis who were all great admirers of Adolf Hitler . In 1945 Hugo Boss had a photograph in his apartment of him with Hitler, taken at Hitler’s Obersalzberg retreat. [3]

Margin Of Error > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/14/2016 at 12:15

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In 1945 Hugo Boss had a photograph in his apartment of him with Hitler

Holy Hugo Boss must be old as fuck

911e46z06 > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:16

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Any base-model Aston really. So like a DB9, for sure, but not so much a V12 Vantage.

d15b > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/14/2016 at 12:16

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You know you’re the bad guys when you have a skull on your cap.

Margin Of Error > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. 01/14/2016 at 12:16

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Gentlemen don’t like to be stranded on the side of road lol

Party-vi > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/14/2016 at 12:17

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Literally ties.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:18

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He died in 1948. Boss designed Nazi officer’s uniforms...

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:18

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Do you even Top Gear?

Tripper > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:18

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misfitmascots > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:19

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El Rivinado > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:20

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A gentleman only drives the best. And has a taste for Grey Poupon

Margin Of Error > El Rivinado 01/14/2016 at 12:22

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Sadly, RR are mostly gaudy rapper-mobiles now.

El Rivinado > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:23

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I think your mistaking them for Bentley.

Margin Of Error > El Rivinado 01/14/2016 at 12:24

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Grey poupon is now available at most grocery stores, in plastic containers.

They lost their way.

duurtlang > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/14/2016 at 12:26

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A Mercedes? So a gentleman takes a taxi?

McMike > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:27

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“tick wallet”

Cé hé sin > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. 01/14/2016 at 12:28

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Not entirely. A Jag was regarded as a bit flash.

A gentleman would drive a Royce (NOT a Rolls) or even better a Bentley.

A gentleman living in the country would have both a Land Rover and a Range Rover.

coelacanthist > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:28

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I think the 5 series is quite gentlemanly. Particularly the e39.

Steve in Manhattan > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:29

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Next question.

Cé hé sin > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:29

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Indeed. Henry Ford was a sympathiser.

Margin Of Error > McMike 01/14/2016 at 12:29

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I glad someone got it

ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:29

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Why?

Because a boss should never have to change vehicles.

Steve in Manhattan > Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection 01/14/2016 at 12:30

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Wonder if Hogan’s Heroes and The Producers had to pay his estate ...?

Drunk-Al > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:30

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The answer is an Aston. The classiest of automobiles.

Margin Of Error > coelacanthist 01/14/2016 at 12:31

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Margin Of Error > Steve in Manhattan 01/14/2016 at 12:33

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Next question will be tomorrow around noon.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:33

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Or this with driving gloves

Drunk-Al > 911e46z06 01/14/2016 at 12:33

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Completly agree Aston makes the classiest of cars. And you’re right about the V12 vantage, those carbon hood gills look out of place.

Margin Of Error > Drunk-Al 01/14/2016 at 12:34

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They made the finest mustangs

RallyWrench > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:36

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Margin Of Error > RallyWrench 01/14/2016 at 12:36

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Not sure about the red interior

Tom McParland > ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper 01/14/2016 at 12:37

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Mmmmm....dat color tho.

Steve in Manhattan > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:40

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Home with some sort of flu, so I might very well me here. Fifth Gear marathon on tap.

ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper > Tom McParland 01/14/2016 at 12:42

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Whats more boss than Navy blue metallic?

wiffleballtony > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:44

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Shelby. Super. Snake.

RallyWrench > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:44

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True, a gentleman would choose something more restrained. But the example stands.

Steve in Manhattan > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:45

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There is a joke there, and I’m leaving it there.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:48

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A big black Audi, that can be driven on two wheels when needed.

Margin Of Error > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 01/14/2016 at 12:57

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I think I’d rather go with a big black cord

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 12:59

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I drive by one of these every morning, in this color. The man has a Chevelle and a Ford Dually (for the farm and toy-hauler). The Rapide is so clean looking for a 4-door.

Steve in Manhattan > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 01/14/2016 at 12:59

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Pierce Brosnan, star of one of the worst Bond films ever - Die Another Day. Arguably as bad as Roger Moore (the only Bond never to drive an Aston Martin, poor sod).

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Steve in Manhattan 01/14/2016 at 13:02

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I.. I actually like Pierce Brosnan as James Bond.. *ducks down*

gin-san - shitpost specialist > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 13:03

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A Spyker. Unique style all-around, it's not about absolute performance but just being surrounded by cool materials and a very exclusive look. Everybody's got Mercs, Audis, Porsches, even Astons aren't that rare (hell, Demuro has one).

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 13:11

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A Jaaaaag, obvs.

Steve in Manhattan > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 01/14/2016 at 13:11

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That’s OK - everyone has their favorites. Daniel Craig is the best - hope he does the 5th movie he signed for. Watch the cold opens of SPECTRE and Casino Royale if you haven’t. And Timothy Dalton is my 2nd favorite - I like my Bond like I like my Batman. DARK. I know far too much about this shit. And don’t get me started on Planet of the Apes ....

AuthiCooper1300 > Cé hé sin 01/14/2016 at 13:51

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I was going to post something along those very same lines.

You forgot to mention that none of those conveyances would be new.

(Any Royces or Bentleys after the pushrod V8 are naturally excluded.)

An old friend of mine – sadly departed now –told me of the day his father, an gentleman from somewhere in Central Europe, very solemnly gave him a parcel. Inside there was a nicely-cut but very old dinner jacket. It was a little shabby, even slightly moth-eaten in a couple of places.

My friend asked his father what was the use he could have for such an old rag.

His father patiently said: “son, this was your grandfather’s dinner jacket. I wore it when I was young, as you are now. Remember this: only the nouveau riche own brand-spanking-new dinner jackets”

AuthiCooper1300 > Cé hé sin 01/14/2016 at 13:58

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On second thoughts his motor has to be a Bentley (unless it is a really old Royce).

A vintage Bristol would also be an appropriate carriage, probably.

AuthiCooper1300 > coelacanthist 01/14/2016 at 14:11

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An E3 4 5-series is a fine looking automobile. As they say in German, it looks dezent, which translates as “discreet, restrained”.

It might even be fine for gentleman transportation duties... if you were born in the Continent, that is.

AuthiCooper1300 > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 14:27

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I wouldn’t say that Boss (or Brioni, or Ermenegildo Zegna, for that matter) don’t make nice garments, but a true gentleman would probably wear something truly bespoke (and not “made to measure”) from Savile Row. Gieves & Hawkes or Lobb’s used to be the kind of establishment where to purchase the right clothes and shoes.

coelacanthist > AuthiCooper1300 01/14/2016 at 14:28

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As long as it's the M, I could concede that your answer is better.

AuthiCooper1300 > coelacanthist 01/14/2016 at 14:37

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Only if they have the second kind of alloys. The “Turbine” ones are too eye-catching to be discreet, and they are actuallly worse at cooling the brakes than the type that came afteward.

Speed is not everything. As Mr Sumner gracefully reminds us from time to time, a gentleman would walk but never run. (Not saying here pure speed is the sole outstanding quality of the E34 M5, but I am sure you understand my point).

AuthiCooper1300 > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 14:58

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If sometimes he has to stay in town, a gentleman would probably also drive a Mini (not newer than Mk2, not necessarily a Cooper or a Cooper S, and certainly not overrestored, if at all). In the country he may even have a BMC Moke somewhere, apart from the Landie, for light duties.

In the 70s and early 80s Sir Alec Moulton used to have a very special Cooper S to be chauffered in, with a well-shaped and -upholstered throne-like seat at the rear (based on something out of a Bentley, he used to say). The passenger seat was now a jump seat which doubled duties as a foot rest for Sir Alec. On the free space next to the big rear seat there was a door through which he had access to the boot.

That car had a tuned engine by Longman (second-oversize rebore and twin 1 1 / 2 H4 SUs); over time it would also be fitted with a five-speed gearbox and interconnected Hydragas suspension.

AuthiCooper1300 > McMike 01/14/2016 at 15:07

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Well, being monied and being gentlemanly are not necessarily synonymous, so a tick-size wallet would be fine in either case. See, a well-heeled gentleman would not carry a thick wallet at all (affluent types, both male and female, are notoriously absent-minded regarding carrying actual cash on them).

Perhaps a nice money-clip?

UK citizens do not have to carry any ID cards – lucky sods – but a wallet would be handy to keep a couple of credit cards. And the driving licence.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 15:42

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Ray is NOT a gentleman. He doesn’t even buy those cars dinner.

Pilot of the Clown Shoe > ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper 01/14/2016 at 17:17

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MATTE navy blue metallic is more boss.

ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper > Pilot of the Clown Shoe 01/14/2016 at 17:28

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To a child. lol

AuthiCooper1300 > AuthiCooper1300 01/14/2016 at 19:27

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Damn. Just realised: Alex, not Alec. And Dr, not Sir.

Must have been thinking of Issigonis.

Tapas > Margin Of Error 01/14/2016 at 21:23

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