I have a little test which always provides a giggle.
If you find a hotel or venue that has valet parking outside they usually have a couple of places reserved near the door to "show off" the calibre of their patrons.
So far I have had a couple of Lambos, a Ferrari, several Porkers and a Bentley moved to make a space for my 55 plate Aero S2 at the front of the venue. This made me feel great about owning the Aero.
I usually use the Q-Park business parking (it is covered) at LHR if I am flying out of town for a week on business. You drop the car and run into the airport transfer bus. They then move the car to a slot.
On arriving for the last two trips the car was in the same spot (they asked me to park it off to one side on the end row in the drop off area) as I left it. I asked them why they were not moving it assuming it was the "pretty factor" and had my bubble burst.
"Man that things a beast, we could not work out how to start it, then the handbrake was a problem, then the steering lock was to wide to park it in some of the slots. We could not see the front and corners to manoeuvre it and were scared sh****ess of damaging it. We all like looking at it as well."
Puts it in perspective, you have to love it for its "sort of" wrinkles but when someone points them out so clearly you have to laugh.
Well, after that static (road test), I have just taken it off my priority shopping list.
