Growing up in the middle of nowhere the sexiest thing you'd see was usually the Corvette, driven by a pot bellied retiree with his whiter than white New Balances on, driving 30mph on the way to Cars and Coffee. Occasionally you'd see the one off 911 from a weekender on a drive, the flat six roaring in the distance. Coming from the land of big trucks and Tahoes, I had no idea that car spotting mecca was going to be London, England.
I first went across the pond a few years ago and was amazed by what I was seeing. I know I was in Britain but everyone was in a Bentley, a whole row of Rolls Royce Ghosts waiting to pick people up from Harrods, Gallardos with women going to yoga. In a city that has 14,000 emissions standards, the rumbling of the engines reverberate all day. 
Ferraris with curb rash. But you're washing your 4runner 4x a week.
Now consider my current city of Charleston, SC. Which if someone had a supercar they would act like they owned the world. The pretentiousness would be through the roof. In fact in Charleston I noticed an orange McLaren 720, I started seeing it everywhere and was happy the car culture was coming to Charleston. Finally someone is driving their supercar they paid a couple hundred grand for! Nope, it's from a rental service and people are just taking turns for $500 an hour.
The casualness of having V12 monsters parked next to cute little Fiats became commonplace as I walked the streets. The Bigfoot sighting happened when I turned the corner into an alley and a man in a Shelby Cobra come into view. It was like when Roger Rabbit saw Jessica Rabbit, my jaw dropped and the man saw it. Playing into my child like state, he revved the engine and gave me a nod. With goosebumps I looked to my fiancé and she told me to grow up. 
The duality of man.
Look I'm all for looking into solutions that best serve our planet. BUT, I can't think of anything less exciting than electric vehicles. They sound like my old Xbox trying to start up and my argument is why can't we have both? Ferrari just announced they will continue to make V12s till they are illegal, countries like Sweden who make excellent EVs with the likes of Volvo and subsidiary Polestar, have scrapped their plans to go all EV by 2030. Toyota basically said "Dawg, do y'all want power in your house or a charged car, cause we don't have the energy for this." Yet in the United States its a highly politicized issue. It seems it is all for optics though because most factories producing these EVs aren't very green themselves. Tesla loving crypto bros are trying to convince everyone of Tesla's greatness but I'm not on the wave. Take cities like London, everyone third car is an EV and all Ubers as well but lined up behind the electric Black Cab is an Audi R8 with it's howling V10, simply fucking lovely. Let's all get along! 
The natural misty moodiness of London just makes it even better.
I like the idea of seeing a car park and there being Fiat Pandas next to its Italian cousin the Stradale. Or a G-Wiz with a top speed of 50mph rightfully owning its place next to a Continental GT, everyone love everybody. Another thing I love about it, no giant Chevy Suburbans hogging lanes or squatted trucks.
If you're looking to see just some absurd cars and not have to go to a car show, book your flight to Heathrow.
-Jackson