Shaquille O'Neal gives the Noble a thumbs up!
Discussion
As I'm driving in to work today, I'm on the freeway and notice a nice new Mercedes that's cruising in the lane to the left of me. I had no idea who's driving it because all the windows had very dark tint on them (including the front windows -- which is unusual since it will quickly get you a ticket). The car drops back a ways, pulls forward, etc, so it's obvious the Noble is getting checked out.
The Mercedes pulls up next to me and honks the horn. I look over, and the passenger window rolls down revealing Shaq in the driver's seat. He gives me a thumbs up (I returned with a wave, followed by a "double take" and a grin as I realized who it was..
) and then puts the window up & continues on his way.
So, it looks like the Noble is officially Shaq-approved.
Best,
Marc
(I'm guessing that Shaq is known outside of the U.S. by the way..?)
The Mercedes pulls up next to me and honks the horn. I look over, and the passenger window rolls down revealing Shaq in the driver's seat. He gives me a thumbs up (I returned with a wave, followed by a "double take" and a grin as I realized who it was..
) and then puts the window up & continues on his way. So, it looks like the Noble is officially Shaq-approved
. Best,
Marc
(I'm guessing that Shaq is known outside of the U.S. by the way..?)
!) 
"Word up MTV..welcome to my Crib, First of all lets check out my rides... my favorite is my bling-bling noble wearing 20inch spinners and ground neons.. first saw this on the freeway driven by some punkass dude and thought I'd be down, cruisin cause its PHAT!!
Word out to my homeboy JT (justin Timberlake) and thank the lord...bla bla..."
I can see it now..
Word out to my homeboy JT (justin Timberlake) and thank the lord...bla bla..."
I can see it now..
Marc, this is the best reverse 'spotted' so far (hopefully you'll know the difference between my usage of 'spotted' and reverse-spotted - spotted is a Pistonheads owned spotting you)?!)! Shaq couldn't even get his thigh into an M12 but it's good to know he has taste outside of the 'Benz' community!
You Yanks usually put a Union Jack flag somewhere on your British sports cars - when people ask where your Noble is from (that's just after they ask: what is that?!) do you say Britain or South Africa?!
And where exactly where you were when spottted - as I lived in LA, on and off, for 25 years?!
You Yanks usually put a Union Jack flag somewhere on your British sports cars - when people ask where your Noble is from (that's just after they ask: what is that?!) do you say Britain or South Africa?!
And where exactly where you were when spottted - as I lived in LA, on and off, for 25 years?!
amg merc: Yep, I know "spotted"
Wealth-and-fame aside (ok, that's a LOT to put aside, but play along..) I feel bad for Shaq. From what I've heard, he's definitely a car buff (though some of his tastes clearly vary from ours..), and the guy will never be able to experience sports cars since he can't fit in any! That's almost up there with being a eunuch marooned on a desert island with 100 frisky bikini models!
Actually, the first and second questions people always ask (without fail, and always in this order):
1) What is it?
2) How much does it cost?
I've recently decided to start asking them "How much do you THINK it costs?" as a response to #2. Only had a chance to ask it once, and a (non-car-guy) thought $300,000 US. (That's a dozen British pounds now with the current exchange rate, I think?)
I'm not into placing any kind of decals on my car, though I suppose I could consider a black license plate holder with British flags on it to help people out (if such a thing exists).
I was on the 405 in West LA/Santa Monica, heading south towards LAX.
Joust: Couldn't be, I thought the French stopped using the Internet and Email etc after the French government banned words like that from the French language.
Best,
Marc
Wealth-and-fame aside (ok, that's a LOT to put aside, but play along..) I feel bad for Shaq. From what I've heard, he's definitely a car buff (though some of his tastes clearly vary from ours..), and the guy will never be able to experience sports cars since he can't fit in any! That's almost up there with being a eunuch marooned on a desert island with 100 frisky bikini models!
Actually, the first and second questions people always ask (without fail, and always in this order):
1) What is it?
2) How much does it cost?
I've recently decided to start asking them "How much do you THINK it costs?" as a response to #2. Only had a chance to ask it once, and a (non-car-guy) thought $300,000 US. (That's a dozen British pounds now with the current exchange rate, I think?)
I'm not into placing any kind of decals on my car, though I suppose I could consider a black license plate holder with British flags on it to help people out (if such a thing exists).
I was on the 405 in West LA/Santa Monica, heading south towards LAX.
Joust: Couldn't be, I thought the French stopped using the Internet and Email etc after the French government banned words like that from the French language
. Best,
Marc
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