Rod Stewart is famous for a lot of things but it turns out that he’s a grade-A pothole hater. One might go as far as to say that he’d like to eliminate potholes from the face of the earth. In fact, he hates them so much that he’s willing to fill them himself. On top of that, he’s evidently ready to sell off five of his most prized supercars to avoid having to hide them from the roadway blemishes.
“I am extremely fortunate and eternally grateful to be the owner of these five beautiful hybrid sports cars, which, in my opinion, are true works of art,” Stewart wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.
“Unfortunately, because of the potholes on our roads, I may have to find new owners for them. I’ve been driving these iconic Italian cars since the 70s, and I absolutely love and adore them. This post is for my fans – thank you, as you are the sole reason I own them.”
Let’s break down what we’re looking at here. The car nearest the camera is a Ferrari LaFerrari. Next is a Lamborghini Aventador SV. Then, we have another Aventador but this time it’s an SVJ. Behind it is another pair but this time Ferraris. The yellow car is an SF90 and the white car is a 458 Italia. Sir Stewart seems a bit confused as only the SF90 and LaFerrari are actually hybrids.
What he’s not confused about is his hatred of potholes though. Face it, while he must love sports cars, he must really dislike potholes if he’s willing to be rid of the cars. He’s proven that he’s willing to get his hands dirty to fix the problem too. In 2022, the rockstar got into a row with local authorities after he fixed some roadways with the help of friends. He posted a video of himself shoveling gravel and dirt into several potholes near his home.
That sparked the ire of the city council. “While we appreciate Sir Rod’s commitment and community spirit, we discourage anyone from carrying out work on the roads themselves,” said Essex Highways in a statement at the time.
We can’t confirm the authenticity of the comments on Reddit but several users complain about potholes in the nation.
“I can’t drive half of my cars into the city, we have horrendous roads even on the highway,” said one. Look at this exchange too. Perhaps Lamborghini and Porsche have a wider audience for their lifted supercars than they might have first thought.
In short, this pothole controversy isn’t one that an elderly rockstar is drumming up all on his own. Other one-percenter supercar owners agree with him. Interestingly, it’s not just the upper crust that feels this way. One poster said of riding his bike in London “It’s like cycling on roads in a developing country.”
That all said, it seems apparent that the UK needs to sort out its pothole problem. Let’s not send Sir Rod Stewart back out onto the streets. He’s got several tour dates to show up on time for and, if the roads get fixed, maybe he gets to keep his cars.
No offense Rod, but those are some boring as sh** cars for a rich guy to own if you ask me.
Sir Stewart is not the only one who seems a bit confused… That last Ferrari is clearly an F8 Tributo, and not a 458 Italia as “Sir Rivers” claims ????
The guy sang in Steampacket, The Jeff Beck Group, The Faces, and did guest vocals on a Python Lee Jackson song in exchange for seat covers for his car?
The very least a just and civilized society could do for the guy is fill in some potholes on his street!
He also dug graves for a living in the before times.
Perhaps some of Rod’s anger is also due to the tax system in the country.
He probably pays more in taxes each year than 95% of us here in the US.
And I understand, and support the fact that he is pissed off. He is also doing somewhat of a favor to the “poors” by making the issue somewhat harder for those in charge to ignore…I buy it, and get it too.
Ironically the roads and side streets are turning to total shit in my area. Which is bullshit. My state was once known across the country for our excellent roads.
BTW I live in a state with some of the “lowest” taxes in the US. Depending on a lot. We pay out the ass for food, (taxed) etc. Yet our GOP led state does very little to maintain the roads. But will brag to anyone how fucking cheap the cost of living is here..Eat shit you turds.
Our local county does some pot hole filling. But they use 6 mother fuckers on one truck to do it. (1 to drive the truck, 1 to set out traffic cones, 1 to shovel asphalt, 3 to stand around with their thumbs up their ass…) I am sure that this is SOP almost everywhere, yet it’s still a shit show to observe jut the same. Your tax dollars at work friend.
They also do an extremely half assed job at it too. There’s several huge, and smaller holes on the street to my home. They all get filled about 4 times per year.
Not sure if it’s the workers or the quality of asphalt being used, probably both, but the repairs usually show huge deterioration within a month or so. Fucking ridiculous.
Like as soon as the first rain hits, the shit begins all over again. WTF?
It’s bad enough here that some have tried filling them on their own. With bagged concrete from the box stores. When this happens the county is back, soon. And the fuckers pull out the patches. No shit…of course the hole remains, and grows in size after that.
I only expect it to get worse. And appreciate the chance to vent and bitch here too.
America. What a fucked up mess. YMMV
Around here, potholes are a problem that need to be addressed every spring. And sometimes it takes a while for them to get to those potholes. But when they do, they take a little bit of time to clean the debris and fill it with hot asphalt, and then it’s good to go for a few years.
Watching the crews in Michigan roll up, chuck cold-patch into potholes, and then drive off without and prep or compaction infuriating. My Michigander coworkers would say “oh, that’s because the cars driving over it compact it”, which I suppose was partly true, but also a really shitty excuse not to take 2 minutes with a tamper to flatten it correctly.
There was one pothole outside of work that was probably 2″ deep (basically just the top coat of the road” but had swelled to 6ft in diameter. The fucking idiots took their usual “throw cold patch in it and drive away” method. Cars driving over it pushed it all around so the one end was almost bare (so down 2″ or so from the road surface) and it all piled toward the other end and compacted into a 4-5″ tall hump. So they took a slightly annoying pothole and turned it into a ramp that I once saw a car get air off of.
They cold patch here. No prep of the hole. No tamping.
God damn this place.
Actually I think God damned this place with the beginning of slavery, maybe sooner..
Have a nice day everyone… lol.
In my part of the UK the roads aren’t fantastic, but they also aren’t so riddled with potholes that I’m selling my low-budget sportscars.
I am the sort of driver who checks the road surface as I’m driving along (essential skill if you also ride motorcycles), and have no problem spotting and avoiding wheel-damaging holes.
I don’t live in the overcrowded south, but I did drive down to London last week and the roads didn’t seem any worse than at home.
I know it’s probably perception bias, but all the people I know who’ve bent a wheel on a pothole are also terrible distracted drivers.
Both my 356 and my Figaro have 80-profile tyres: They’ll eat anything and work for all my driving at legal and illegal speeds. I really don’t understand why all cars now have these super low profile tyres
I dunno how it works in the UK but in my city if the pothole has been reported and someone’s car is damaged by it they can file a claim with the city. I did this and was reimbursed. The adjuster said most folks pad the Hell out of the bill and/or don’t include receipts which is why many claims are denied.
oh my — the humanity…
If I lived in the UK, I would be happy that millionaires (who likely have some sort of power) are complaining about the roads. Sure, I don’t have a McLaren but I’d be cool if I didn’t bend a wheel in my shitbox either.
The top image is just fantastic. That’s really about all I have to say on the topic.
One would think, with all the money “Rod the Bod” has made over the years that he could afford a new pair of jeans! 😉
(It looks like his cat has shredded his jeans) 😉
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Oh, I have no doubt! And I know that he paid a lot of money for those pre-shredded jeans too!