Rod Stewart has said he is considering selling his five sports cars because there are so many potholes on the roads near his home.
The singer’s love of sports cars has endured for more than half a century – and he now owns five. But now Stewart says he may sell them because the potholes have worsened near his home in Harlow, Essex.
“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 Instagram 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.”
The singer has previously picked up a shovel to fill the holes along the damaged road near his home in Harlow. In 2022, Stewart shared a video of him making local roads safer, shovelling gravel from a lorry into a large number of potholes with his team after an ambulance got a burst tyre and other cars were damaged as a result of the condition of the road.
In another video posted on Instagram, he said: “I’m repairing the street near where I live because no one can be bothered to do it. People are bashing their cars up. The other day, there was an ambulance with a burst tyre. My Ferrari can’t go through here at all.
“We are filling in the holes ourselves while millions and millions of pounds are being spent on the M11.”
One of the first things a young Stewart went out and spent serious money on was a V6 Marcos GT. It was the late 1960s and the singer was experiencing the first flush of success in his career.
The London-born singer, who is a member of the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and was knighted by the late Queen Elizabeth II in 2016, aired his disillusionment with the Tories last year when he told Sky News he felt the government should “stand down”.
He expressed sympathy with nurses amid the strikes, and called their situation in the NHS “heartbreaking”. He continues to tour, and will head to Spain and Denmark for shows next month.