Why does Fed and Djoker seems to don't really love extra cars?

lud

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Cars like Ferrari,Porscher,Lambo,Maserati etc..

I NEVER saw neither of them to drive this kind of luxury cars.
They seems to enjoy mostly germans car and Djokovic ofc is big fan of Peugeot.
 
Tenacity

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They simply don't have that kind of personality. Like for example Cristiano Ronaldo or I don't know Neymar who enjoy those kind of luxury things.
 
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Tennis_Hands

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Isn't Djokovic still sponsored by Peugeot? If so, then he is as big a fan of Peugeot as Nadal is of KIA, i.e. he is a fan of their money.

Federer is a brand ambassador for Mercedes, and they can get him any type of car he desires save for a hypercar.

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ChrisRF

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Why is it so strange for you? I think if someone has to explain anything at all, then he should explain why he does (or like) something, but not the opposite (why he doesn’t).

I’m not interested in cars as well, apart from reaching a destination. And even less I’m interested in driving fast in road traffic. Just too dangerous for no reason.
 
dr. godmode

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Tennis has such a short off season that players dont have time to enjoy these types of purchases. They are always away from home, so the cars would just sit.

Rafa really like big boats.
 
jklos

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merwy

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1) Porsche is german
2) How is Mercedes not a luxury brand? They’ve got some of the best cars on the market.
3) Djokovic is sponsors by Peugeot.. he’s not a big fan of them for no reason
4) I personally don’t know many other celebrities driving Lambos and Ferrari’s casually so it seems like a weird question to me. Yeah of course you’ve got people like Tomic, Kanye West and probably lots of rappers driving those cars but I think the Big 3 are a little too mature for toys like that.
 
TheGhostOfAgassi

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merwy said:
1) Porsche is german
2) How is Mercedes not a luxury brand? They’ve got some of the best cars on the market.
3) Djokovic is sponsors by Peugeot.. he’s not a big fan of them for no reason
4) I personally don’t know many other celebrities driving Lambos and Ferrari’s casually so it seems like a weird question to me. Yeah of course you’ve got people like Tomic, Kanye West and probably lots of rappers driving those cars but I think the Big 3 are a little too mature for toys like that.
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Then you don’t know south Europe well. The Ferrari Rafa driving is the closest you can get to a racing car, it goes fast. Lamborghinis too. Maybe looks way over the top. But the speed and the motor, nothing like it if you are into that.
 
Purplemonster

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Chadalina said:
They are married with children. Those types of cars are for bald guys who take too many blue pills
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The overwhelming majority of men who own Lamborghini’s and Ferrari’s are married men with children. If you have the money and appreciate motoring art, nothing wrong with buying one of those.
 
jm1980

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Djokovic bikes around to get to places when he's in Monaco. He doesn't really need a car.

Federer probably drives around in his Mercedes that he got from MB
 
Purplemonster

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Ovie said:
Nonsense, when you work hard for your own money, you can tell anyone that cares to listen about your humble beginings,
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Very true. Ronaldo can do as he pleases as it’s his money and didn’t steal or make it illegally. He worked hard and continues to do so. Great example for any aspiring sportsperson.
 
Johnatan

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lud said:
Cars like Ferrari,Porscher,Lambo,Maserati etc..

I NEVER saw neither of them to drive this kind of luxury cars.
They seems to enjoy mostly germans car and Djokovic ofc is big fan of Peugeot.
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They do not drive luxury sports cars but they also do not drive cheap cars. Federer's cars are probably over a 100 grands each. There is nothing wrong with that, he has a lot of money and he also gives to his charity and he spends his money quite responsibly.
 
Tennisbg

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ChrisRF said:
Why is it so strange for you? I think if someone has to explain anything at all, then he should explain why he does (or like) something, but not the opposite (why he doesn’t).

I’m not interested in cars as well, apart from reaching a destination. And even less I’m interested in driving fast in road traffic. Just too dangerous for no reason.
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I'm exactly the same, in my travels around Asia I have seen cars that cost over 30 000$ dollars parked in slums. Now that are some priorities these people have.
 
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blablavla

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TheGhostOfAgassi said:
Then you don’t know south Europe well. The Ferrari Rafa driving is the closest you can get to a racing car, it goes fast. Lamborghinis too. Maybe looks way over the top. But the speed and the motor, nothing like it if you are into that.
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where can you exploit the motor possibilities and the speed of these cars?
Europe has tough speed limits.
Even more, in many countries highways and cities are full of radars. The one exception I know is Italy, which for some weird reason didn't invest in radars in the past, but rumours say that they are also getting there.

Parking.
In many European cities parking a big car is a problem. You are actually better off by driving a small car.
Parking in big Spanish cities is a whole art in itself. I have seen many times how in Barcelona, it's perfectly OK to hit the bumper of both cars, the one behind and the one in front while parking and then leave like nothing happened.
 
TheGhostOfAgassi

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blablavla said:
where can you exploit the motor possibilities and the speed of these cars?
Europe has tough speed limits.
Even more, in many countries highways and cities are full of radars. The one exception I know is Italy, which for some weird reason didn't invest in radars in the past, but rumours say that they are also getting there.

Parking.
In many European cities parking a big car is a problem. You are actually better off by driving a small car.
Parking in big Spanish cities is a whole art in itself. I have seen many times how in Barcelona, it's perfectly OK to hit the bumper of both cars, the one behind and the one in front while parking and then leave like nothing happened.
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Rafa doesn’t live in a big city, Federer also doesn’t live in a big city. Not everyone live in a big city.
I lived in USA, and there the speed limits were lower than here so I’m not sure what you are talking about.
 
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blablavla

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TheGhostOfAgassi said:
Rafa doesn’t live in a big city, Federer also doesn’t live in a big city. Not everyone live in a big city.
I lived in USA, and there the speed limits were lower than here so I’m not sure what you are talking about.
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1. Regarding Rafa.
I haven't been to Mallorca, but heard enough about the islands being quite car "unfriendly".
One of the reasons is that it is virtually impossible to arrange as many cars as tourists would like to rent, so all the regulations around cars get stricter and stricter and stricter.

2. Regarding Roger.
Have you been in Switzerland?
Even if the biggest city, Zurich, would be a small city by some standards, or medium by most standards with approx. 400k inhabitants, it is quite car unfriendly. Not as unfriendly as Luzern, but the city authorities make it open and public that you'd better move around by bike or public transport.
Parking in Zurich is a disaster. Meaning that finding a spot is difficult.
Traffic jams are notorious.
Basel, with its approx. 100k inhabitants is also probably trailing between small -> medium city classification, depending how you look at it, but it's not better in terms of car friendliness when compared to Zurich.
In fact, its proximity to Germany, and the structure of highways (autobahns) make the situation there even worse.
Whenever I have to drive past Basel, I divert, because you can safely bet that driving through Basel is a lost of time in traffic jams.

3. Speed limits in Switzerland are OK, but the punishment is tough.
For "normal" people, small speeding is OK. But small is around +10 km/h.
An acquaintance wife recently was filmed by a radar in Zurich, with a +20 km/h. Expected fine is 800 francs (800 USD) + 2 years of probation period. If within this period there will be a traffic offence, the driving license might be suspended.
Breaking the speed limit at +40 km/h might result in:
- car being wasted by police, and it doesn't matter if you own the car or not. It is your business how you will settle this with the car owner.
- going to prison

As for reach people, there are rumors that they pay some % of their income as fine.
Why rumor? because I didn't google it myself, but you can double check.

Please don't tell me that the fines for speeding in US are as tough as in Switzerland.
 
TheGhostOfAgassi

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blablavla said:
1. Regarding Rafa.
I haven't been to Mallorca, but heard enough about the islands being quite car "unfriendly".
One of the reasons is that it is virtually impossible to arrange as many cars as tourists would like to rent, so all the regulations around cars get stricter and stricter and stricter.

2. Regarding Roger.
Have you been in Switzerland?
Even if the biggest city, Zurich, would be a small city by some standards, or medium by most standards with approx. 400k inhabitants, it is quite car unfriendly. Not as unfriendly as Luzern, but the city authorities make it open and public that you'd better move around by bike or public transport.
Parking in Zurich is a disaster. Meaning that finding a spot is difficult.
Traffic jams are notorious.
Basel, with its approx. 100k inhabitants is also probably trailing between small -> medium city classification, depending how you look at it, but it's not better in terms of car friendliness when compared to Zurich.
In fact, its proximity to Germany, and the structure of highways (autobahns) make the situation there even worse.
Whenever I have to drive past Basel, I divert, because you can safely bet that driving through Basel is a lost of time in traffic jams.

3. Speed limits in Switzerland are OK, but the punishment is tough.
For "normal" people, small speeding is OK. But small is around +10 km/h.
An acquaintance wife recently was filmed by a radar in Zurich, with a +20 km/h. Expected fine is 800 francs (800 USD) + 2 years of probation period. If within this period there will be a traffic offence, the driving license might be suspended.
Breaking the speed limit at +40 km/h might result in:
- car being wasted by police, and it doesn't matter if you own the car or not. It is your business how you will settle this with the car owner.
- going to prison

As for reach people, there are rumors that they pay some % of their income as fine.
Why rumor? because I didn't google it myself, but you can double check.

Please don't tell me that the fines for speeding in US are as tough as in Switzerland.
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There is no country where one can drive that Ferrari to the max legally besides the autobahn in Germany. People still by cars that can go faster than the speed limits. In fact most cars go faster than the speed limits allow.
I see more Ferrari in Italy than I saw in USA. Lamborghini too.
I think it’s other factors that are more important, the weather. You don’t see any Ferrari on the roads here in the winter.

There are ways to avoid the speed camera, new cars have an alarm which tells when the camera is there. And you can get this other thing that can track if the police is there with their equipment to catch drivers that drivers too fast.
 
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blablavla

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TheGhostOfAgassi said:
There are ways to avoid the speed camera, new cars have an alarm which tells when the camera is there. And you can get this other thing that can track if the police is there with their equipment to catch drivers that drivers too fast.
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not sure about the device from new cars, but I'm pretty sure that the other device is forbidden by law in many countries.

yet, we are derailing from the main question :)
why football players show off their expensive cars, and tend to crash them regularly, but tennis stars not so much.
 
TheGhostOfAgassi

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blablavla said:
not sure about the device from new cars, but I'm pretty sure that the other device is forbidden by law in many countries.

yet, we are derailing from the main question :)
why football players show off their expensive cars, and tend to crash them regularly, but tennis stars not so much.
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The alarm for the photo boxes are legal. It’s installed already in the car, on the screen/map in the car they are showing too. Got it myself.
it’s just the device to track the police standing next to the road w their equipment that isn’t legal, but many got them I don’t think it’s that big of a deal. It’s also apps and such.
 
TheGhostOfAgassi

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longtimelurker said:
Probably age is the factor, you look at young ATP stars they are more likely to post more exotic cars e.t.c
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I also think in Europe football players more popular than tennis players so tennis players stalked less by paparazzi. Nadal, Nole, Federer got expensive show of cars. That Novak can just bike around in Monaco proves tennis players aren’t that huge of celebrity anymore.
 
skaj

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The fact that they are professional athletes, doesn't necessarily mean that they like kitschy cars.
 
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Tennis_Hands

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TheGhostOfAgassi said:
Then you don’t know south Europe well. The Ferrari Rafa driving is the closest you can get to a racing car, it goes fast. Lamborghinis too. Maybe looks way over the top. But the speed and the motor, nothing like it if you are into that.
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LOL, you don't know **** about cars.

Do you even know the model Nadal has been seen driving?

:cool:
 
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Tennis_Hands

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TheGhostOfAgassi said:
Please tell me all about, since you are the expert.
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It was/is a 458 Italia. Which means that your statement that "it is the closest you can get to a race car" falls flat on its face, as there are exactly 6 variants within the 458 model range that are closer to a "race car": Speciale, Speciale MM, Challenge, GT2, GT3, and Grand-AM.

Not to speak that the high performance IC engines of Ferrari are now the V12s.

:cool:
 
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