Summer in London guarantees a few things. Hot and sweaty tube journeys, parks brimming with people and the yearly influx of supercars in the capital's most glamorous postcodes.
The annual event, known as supercar season, sees affluent neighbourhoods such as Mayfair and Knightsbridge awash with expensive sports cars.
Many of the owners are Arab millionaires looking to escape the brutal summers there and pay tens of thousands to import their luxury cars to Britain for a few months.
But this influx is not without its problems.
Videos have emerged of sports cars revving their engines and speeding down the capital's most exclusive streets.
It has forced the police to seize more than £8million worth of vehicles last weekend – including a Ferrari worth £3.7million following a supercar meet-up in London.
In just two days between August 7 and August 9, officers detained 90 luxury vehicles across Hyde Park, Kensington and Chelsea.
Arab playboys have in the past been accused of ignoring road rules and driving in a reckless and obnoxious manner.
Video from TikTok showed supercars blasting through the streets of London
A red Lamborghini roared with its exhaust fumes lit blue as it drove through the capital
The expensive cars were captured on video, which was posted on social media
A Lambourghini Revuelto seized by the Metropolitan Police after a major operation this weekend
More than £8million worth of vehicles - including a Ferrari Monza worth £3.7million - have been seized in a crackdown on antisocial driving
Perks of the job: One lucky police officer drove the limited edition Ferrari Monza SP2 around Mayfair
New video shows a Porsche GT3RS with a foreign number plate brazenly stopping in the middle of the road before burning out and speeding off on a narrow central London street.
It left skid marks on the road as the car struggled for grip.
Another video shows a similar Porsche in black drifting into a main road at high speed leaving behind skid marks as pedestrians walk by.
A driver of a blue Lamborghini also recorded himself repeatedly revving his engine with several other supercars on the same street in Knightsbridge.
Another shows a Lamborghini driving by a busy Green Park station on Piccadilly revving its engine – causing it to 'pop' loudly
These vehicles have not been accused of driving without insurance and are unrelated to the police seizures over the weekend.
Special Chief Inspector Geoff Tatman told Sky News: 'This time of the year we have an influx of foreign-registered vehicles where their countries are too hot.
'They come to London for, you know, a month, two months at a time and they bring their what we class as supercars with them.
'While we like them to come to London, some of them do cause issues with their driving, the revving of the engines, the speeding, the popping of the engines and generally just cause a nuisance to members of the public that are trying to enjoy Central London.'
Seized vehicles including a Rolls-Royce Cullinan and a Lamborghini Urus.
The annual event, known as supercar season, sees affluent neighbourhoods such as Mayfair and Knightsbridge awash with expensive sports cars
Many of the owners are Arab millionaires looking to escape the brutal summers there and pay tens of thousands to import their luxury cars to Britain for a few months
He added that he had seen a driver of an orange sports car intentionally slow down until traffic cleared so that he could rev his engine and accelerate quickly.
Mr Tatman said the car was seized.
The arrival of the luxury motors has become a regular event in recent years, with rich Kuwaitis, Saudis and Emiratis seeking to out-do each other with their souped-up vehicles.
It is thought owners pay in excess of £20,000 to fly their vehicles around 3,000 miles to London. Qatar Airways is one of the operators that facilitates the transportation, with airport staff securing vehicles to the floor of the relevant aircraft before flight.
In places like Kensington, mega-rich owners shamelessly flout parking rules by leaving their fancy cars in the road without paying for the privilege.
Fed-up councils have previously deployed armies of traffic wardens and tow-trucks to tackle luxury supercars left in disabled bays on yellow lines.
The car owners, many believed to be from the Middle East, are likely unbothered by the £110-£160 parking fines in the likes of Kensington – having already splashed out a small fortune to import their swanky machines into the UK.
But local councils are now fighting back. Westminster City Council and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea have now secured a High Court injunction to stamp down on car meets and anti-social driving.
The injunction, which was granted at the end of July, bans revving engines and excessive acceleration along with other driving offences. Rule breakers can face arrest.
Westminster said that it had issued 419 notices against nuisance car behaviour in the last year.
A Range Rover Sport is pulled over by the Metropolitan Police
Police seized a Porsche-911 GT3 for not being insured over the weekend
A Mercedes GLC was stopped by police on Vauxhall Bridge last weekend
It also said it had installed four 'acoustic' cameras that can automatically pick up popping and revving engines and issue fines.
The special cameras, installed in 2021, are activated when they detect events over 90 decibels.
They differentiate an engine’s sound from a typical car horn by monitoring the sound patterns.
Councillor Caroline Sargent, deputy leader of Westminster, said: 'People who think it's acceptable to drive dangerously in Westminster are not welcome here.
'The noise and disruption caused by these boy racers is often worse during the summer months and, as well as putting people at risk, causes significant nuisance for residents and businesses.
'We welcome the Met Police's latest round of enforcement and our continued partnership in deterring anti-social driving, as well as the recent High Court injunction, which underlines the council's zero-tolerance approach to this behaviour. Drivers who break the rules risk losing their licence or worse.'
Last weekend, an operation involving 120 officers targeted uninsured drivers and anti-social and dangerous driving.
It is believed that the large number of vehicles gathered near London's Hyde Park – which sparked the operation.
Some motorists are thought to have shipped the vehicles into Britain without valid insurance.
A Ferrari Monza SP2, one of 499, worth £3.7million, was seized and driven off by a police officer in sunglasses.
The owner of the Ferrari was only carrying a provisional driving licence and had been in the car for one hour before officers stopped the vehicle.
Other supercars seized from Friday to Sunday included a Lamborghini Revuelto, a Rolls-Royce Wraith and a Porsche 911 GT3.
Mr Tatman, who led the operation, said: 'We regularly hear from local people who are fed up with people driving cars dangerously in the area, or with modifications which make them a nuisance to those who live nearby.
'Through operations like this we're arresting these drivers and seizing their cars so we can keep our roads safe and send a clear message that we won't put up with their reckless and dangerous behaviour.'
This year marks another 'supercar season' for Britain's capital. Wealthy Arabs flee the scorching hot temperatures of the Middle East and cruise around the capital in their extravagant vehicles – and have been a constant source of headaches for local residents.
In 2015, a man caused £2,300 worth of damage after keying the wing of a supercar that was roaring through his neighbourhood.
Police officers were attempting to stop the cars but MacGowan claims the drivers were taking no notice and decided to take matters into his own hands by standing in the middle of the street.
He then took out his keys and made a 35cm scratch along the bodywork of a 4-litre V8 Mercedes C63 AMG belonging to Sukh Singh after he stopped his vehicle in the street.