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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Steve30 on 28 January 2010, 10:54
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What's the most anoying driving methods on the road??
People who dont indicate on roundabouts!! :angry:
lets get a good a list of anoying road user's ? :rolleyes:
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It HAS to be people who don't understand this simple instruction, "Keep left unless overtaking"
FFS - it's easy to read and very simple to understand, and still you get dozzy to55ers sitting in lane 2 and 3 with nothing in lane 1!!!! It makes my blood boil.
The sooner they allow undertaking the better. Don't get me wrong I am totally opposed to lane weaving, but having to move from lane 1 to lane 3 to overtake someone in lane 2 who's been sat there for miles is just unesessary IMHO.
Rant over. :evil:
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Yes thats a very good point IMO , Drives me insane aswell that one!!
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It HAS to be people who don't understand this simple instruction, "Keep left unless overtaking"
So true on my commute to work theres a dual carrageway that must run for a few miles people just sit in the right lane for as far as you can see! as they know they want to go right at the end of the carrageway (its not sign posted or says get in lane till quite near the end) while lane 1 is totally empty. :undecided:
As i want to go left at the end of it, I was always one to never undertake but i just cause tailbacks if i don't. Its just been stupid in the past couple of year.
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Another vote for the lane hogs...there's definitely a basic lack of understanding by some drivers that anything other than the inside lane is for overtaking only, unless otherwise signed of course.
I really don't like undertaking but sometimes it just has to be done
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+1 for lane hogs. What also seems to go in hand with that is tail gaters. In my experience normally BMW or Merc drivers. There you are, in the outside lane of the M25 for example, you're stuck behind someone, the inner lanes are full of traffic, and some moron decides to sit 4 foot off of your bumper at 70+mph in a vain attempt to make you pull out of the way. Dangerous tossers.
Also people that drive with their fog lights on in normal visibility.
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Oh yes fog light users drive me nuts! The ones that sit in traffic with them on too.
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So many to choose from! :)
1. Those who drive 40 in 50/60 on a single carriageway and then 40 in 30 so you you can't (legaly) OT them!
2. "Can't be bothered to use indicators. I know when I'm going. So should you" group
3. Fog lamps all the time - "my car looks so much better with them on!"
4. Flashers when you OT them
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+1 for lane hoggers.
The standard of motorway driving in the UK is very poor. It needs to form part of the driving test.
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Oh yes fog light users drive me nuts! The ones that sit in traffic with them on too.
What’s the correct etiquette for letting a road user know that they’ve left their fog lights on?
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1) Middle Lane Hogs,
2) Fog Lights in normal light,
3) Rubbish parking,
4) Inappropriate Speeding (I.e. urban roads),
5) And most of all, the b*tch who has rowdy six kids and insists on parking beside me, even though I've parked about a MILE from Tesco to avoid her, every week!
The standard of motorway driving in the UK is very poor. It needs to form part of the driving test.
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Whats the correct etiquette for letting a road user know that they've left their fog lights on?
Pull up beside them shouting, gesticulating and flashing your lights.... kidding! :evil:
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Brilliant that one the rowdy kids?? there goes the dent in your car door?? :sick:
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Oh yes fog light users drive me nuts! The ones that sit in traffic with them on too.
What’s the correct etiquette for letting a road user know that they’ve left their fog lights on?
Keep flashing your fogs on and off at them until they get the message :evil:
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1) Middle Lane Hogs,
2) Fog Lights in normal light,
3) Rubbish parking,
4) Inappropriate Speeding (I.e. urban roads),
5) And most of all, the b*tch who has rowdy six kids and insists on parking beside me, even though I've parked about a MILE from Tesco to avoid her, every week!
The standard of motorway driving in the UK is very poor. It needs to form part of the driving test.
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Whats the correct etiquette for letting a road user know that they've left their fog lights on?
Pull up beside them shouting, gesticulating and flashing your lights.... kidding! :evil: Give them the coffee shaker sign!! hahaha
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lane hoggers annoy me the most, quickly followed by people who park next to me in a car park, even when the car park is empty and i have parked far away!!!
I'm with Familydub on that one, what is that all about, it's a sure fire way to get me annoyed :smiley:
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Middle lane hoggers don't bother me at all. If I'm going faster than them I'll go into Lane 3 they aren't a problem.
My biggest gripe is tailgaters, epsecially when I've got the kids in the back.
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Drivers who roll up in the right turn only lane at the lights then cut across the traffic and go straight on. Generally and Audi or BMW.
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1) Middle lane or right lane hoggers, tends to be women, university lecturers, Nissan, Toyota
I guess they think the left hand lane got landmines
2) Fog Lights in normal light, again the same group of drivers
No wonder why they all wear thick glasses
3) Rubbish parking
Not surprise the same group of drivers driving the same makes
Near road junction or so close to my car that I have to get in through the passenger seat
4) Inappropriate Speeding
Where the F are the police when it was foggy or raining. Even when the weather is -10, there
are people tailgating me and overtaking me at crazy speed on untreated roads!
5) The unemployed b*tch who has rowdy two kids and insists on parking beside me, even though I've parked about
a MILE from Tesco to avoid her, every week!
Worst of all are those ungrateful drivers who do not acknowledge my generosity when I let them thru from a minor roads. Sorry to sounds a bit sexest, I never get a thankyou from a female driver!
Being Mr Nice on the road, I hate people not returning a favour by letting me through!
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Worst of all are those ungrateful drivers who do not acknowledge my generosity when I let them thru from a minor roads. Sorry to sounds a bit sexest, I never get a thankyou from a female driver!
Yes this is true in london, its very rare that a women will say give way or say thank you???
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4) Inappropriate Speeding
Where the F are the police when it was foggy or raining. Even when the weather is -10, there
are people tailgating me and overtaking me at crazy speed on untreated roads!
I have to disagree here. If someone wants to drive faster then you in the snow, let him do it. I'm really surprised by reaction of so many people in this country when you OT, especially those big 4x4 doing 15 mph on black roads...
Winter tyres do work, really!
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Can I also add people who are in the outside lane, driving at 85mph, and ON THE PHONE! (without handsfree)
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Can I also add people who are in the outside lane, driving at 85mph, and ON THE PHONE! (without handsfree)
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I saw someone texting once on the M6 , nightmare!! :angry:
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Worst of all are those ungrateful drivers who do not acknowledge my generosity when I let them thru from a minor roads. Sorry to sounds a bit sexest, I never get a thankyou from a female driver!
Being Mr Nice on the road, I hate people not returning a favour by letting me through!
excellent thread. i agree with all points. this one is particularly an irritant - get it every morning/eve on way home on a particular road where i live - i let people through and every day there is one (unt who doesn't say thanks. also the (unt that decided to ignore the fact i was already halfway down the road this morning and didn't wait - cheers. enjoy my middle finger and the word (unt mouthed right at him as he had to stop. :laugh:
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Tailgaters!! they really p1ss me off. Mind you since I got my GTI they've not got close enough to tailgate me :grin: :wink:
Gizzy
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Mind you since I got my GTI they've not got close enough to tailgate me
Ahhh, I play a game with the said tailgaiter when they want by!
I let them by, then accelerate up behind and calmly wait - safe distance, but close enough - until they get the fcuk out of MY way... :laugh:
To me, all Corsas seem like they're driven by women, men who don't care about cars, or little spiky-haired c*nts who think 1.2 cars are fast.
EDIT: I'm going to join a Corsa forum and use that last sentence as my signature. :evil:
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Flat cap brigade.
Octogenarians who don’t know that indicators are now fitted to cars, always seem to wear tweed jackets or blazers and the obligatory flat cap. Tend to stay well back from them.
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The right of way one really bugs me, all i want is a flash of head light, or a few fingers raised off the steering wheel, or even a nod of the head, but no, i get idiots that believe everywhere is there right of way....
the snow yes 4x4 gives u better traction when accelerating, but you brakes are still the same, if i brake suddenly, your just gna slide into the back of me. and i had a polo in the snow, that wud of hurt.
people not content with me already doin 70 in a 60 (cos i got fed up of needing a run up to over take the plebs doin 50) so they sit on my arse like im doin 50
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Incompetent road users? These days it seems to be almost all of them. :angry:
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Dont agree with that one , Becuse i'm the best there is on the road !!! hahaha :laugh:
There is a lot of of really selfish silly driving going on though!!
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I let them by, then accelerate up behind and calmly wait - safe distance, but close enough - until they get the fcuk out of MY way... :laugh:
or alternatively, do what i do - foot off the accelerator so slow down slowly but surely down to 40-50 odd, slap it in 3rd and watch the (unts disappear into the background as they fail miserabley to keep up. don't forget to give them a wave too as you pull away. repeat as many times as you feel like it until they give up after being fed up of being mugged off :smiley:
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HGV drivers - all of them. And tractor drivers - all of them too.
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Yea dust cart driver's in london , they just dont give a sh** :angry:
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HGV drivers - all of them. And tractor drivers - all of them too.
OOohhh arrrrrr I concure!! :grin:
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: brilliant !!!
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In the mornings going to work and seeing a women putting on her lipstick!! :wink:
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:grin: Yes, keep it coming... How about people that part block your driveway and bugger off somewhere or when you flash someone at a give way they just sit there day dreaming
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In the mornings going to work and seeing a women putting on her lipstick!! :wink:
In the mornings going to work and seeing a bloke putting on his lipstick. Must be something to do with where I live...
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Bus drivers :angry:
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not really a 'driving' thing, but yesterday i felt so fuming with a guy beeping me whilst i'm at the air machine trying to add pressure to the tyres
it's gonna take as long as it's gonna take damn it, beeping me isn't gonna make me faster, i haven't done tyre pressures in over 12 months, i think i'm entitled to a few extra f**king minutes - out of all the times i ever decided to do tyre pressures in over 400 days or something i had to come across some random idiot on this one particular day
the extra stupid thing was that he was blocking my my car so even if i did want to make a sharp exit he was in the freakin' way
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Re: middle lane hoggers there was talk a while back about bringing in the US system of allowing both over and undertaking. Would have been the best thing in the world.
Other annoying thing... hestitant drivers. Not just slow, but those who have no confidence and no idea where they are going. Hugely dangerous as they are liable to do anything at any time... :angry:
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Hate to say that I come across a lot of people with mental health problem and personality disorder who are allow to drive on UK road!
These drivers come in all age, size, gender and ethnicity
I was told by an old guy in a Honda Civic a few years back after filling my petrol up why it took me so long long to fill my tank. I ignore him and walk away.
Don't like stereotyping but there is a group of drivers I don't get on
1. Range Rover Vogue
Usually very aggressive with their driving, if no luck intimidating you out of their way, they will start tailgating with their xenons on full beam
2. A3 Turbo Diesel
Always up for any form of traffic lights GP. Probably have their arms amputated cause I never see them use their indicators. Would never let you out of a junction or say thankyou when you let them out from a minor road!
3. BMW X5 3litre diesel
The BMW badge and high driving position allows them to drive like a dork. Your heart will sink when you see them park next to your new GTI. Guranteed a new dent!
4. Nissan Micra
Not good for your blood pressure as most drives like Maureen from driving school. Wonder how they pass their test!
5. Gritter
See one in the motorway will guranteed you to spot a few new stone chip when one wash the car the following weekend :cry:
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BMW drivers! must be part of the agreement when buying one that you have part of your brain removed! Generally the bit that makes you indicate!
Oh! and when your coming up to a roundabout (2 lanes into 3, left lane feeds to middle) and some c+ck cuts across the line and you! i swear some people never took a driving test! :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:
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people who get angry at other drivers ! chill .
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People who concentrate on there satnav too much and end up slamming there hankers on at every turn??? USE ABIT OF COMMON SENSE AND PLAN YOUR JOURNEY FIRST!!!!
Darren
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Middle lane drivers.
Get one car to sit in the middle lane and will not pull into the left lane, then about 10 cars do the same and don't overtake thus the whole motorway has to pull into the far right lane to overtake them, including people on the left for who it's dangerous for!
I saw a lorry in the left lane doing 60 hmp carry on driving along in the left lane so was undertaking them, most of the drivers in the middle speed up still sticking to the middle lane then pull right up to the car in front of them - in the middle lane.
Dumb. It causes traffic jams, wastes motorway (highways agency study stated something like 400 miles of motor way!), delays
everyones journeys, causes accidents, upsets other road users, it's displayed on the big matrix signs "don't hog middle lane" so why the hell do they do it.
Another variation is people who pull onto a motorway from a slip road and when nothing is in the left in front of them, go straight the middle lanem after I've slowed down in the left to let them in, now I have to go right out to the right hand lane to overtake!
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In a similar vein, lorries that try to overtake each other.... just cos they're going 0.1 mph faster than the lorry in front they attempt to overtake and then block 2/3rds of the motorway for the next 10 miles.
Grrrrrr....
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In a similar vein, lorries that try to overtake each other.... just cos they're going 0.1 mph faster than the lorry in front they attempt to overtake and then block 2/3rds of the motorway for the next 10 miles.
Grrrrrr....
have you ever used the M11? its 2 lanes after bishop's stortford and its the most irritating motorway cause of (unt lorry drivers doing this!
sure this has been mention, but: w@nkers in sh1t slow cars who do 45 in a 30 zone then carry on doing 45 in the proceeding 60 zone then flash me when i overtake them when there is NOTHING coming the other way - the (unt who did this to me yesterday really f7cked me off!! :laugh:
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People who brake going UP the hill in the snow.
Plus those who take the closest pump instead of moving forward to an empty place! Usualy BMW Z3 drivers, ideal cars for g@y people...
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People who brake going UP the hill in the snow.
That drove me crazy in the bad spell thats just finished. Im not one for road rage but i was screaming at people, oh and look its snowing now :grin: . Its the point they don't seem to understand that if you don't have speed, you won't get up that hill. Slow down, fast up, its not rocket science.
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here's one.....
drivers who stop at round-bouts when there's no need..
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People who brake going UP the hill in the snow.
yep, that normally gets me shouting.
My worst one are these two:-
- when I'm pootling along doing the speed limit and I get someone right up my chuff trying to hassle me to go faster. I usually brake test them.
- when I'm in a rush and having to get somewhere quickly and you get stuck behind someone who's happy to hold you up and not get out the way and then use their brakes when there's no need whatsoever!
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Let me add some more:)
Those in fast-ish cars who don't overtake slow cars just in front of them driving well below speed limits. I don't blame slow car drivers for driving slowly - it's their right (with some common sense) but those behind them in Audis, BMW and Jags surely could step on it when the road is clear. Instead they just tailgate, stress the poor Corsa drivers and don't leave enough space for guys like me who are 5 or 6 cars behind with no real hope of taking all 6 cars in one go.
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in the snow and ice a few weeks back, i saw the most insane thing ever, back road, leading up to a junction to a very busy main road, rush hour, im 5 cars behind a pug 206, near side rear brakwe was clearly locked on, driving in the middle of the road, practicly sideways, wouldnt let any one past her (i assume they were female and im sorry if i offend any competant female drivers). she then continued to do this onto twn the slip road and on the busy A road. surely you would of pulled over the moment u realised only 3 of your wheels were turning.
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I wouldn't have even got off the driveway let alone pull over.
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here's one.....
drivers who stop at round-bouts when there's no need..
Agreed. They also tend to brake suddenly as well!!! :angry:
Can add 2 more cars that tends to give me grief
Daewoo Matiz
Corsa 1.2 SRI whatever
Strange people who own these 2 cars tends have a very different DOB but their driving usually equally bad!
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a pug 206,
that's their first problem before they even start driving! hateful tin cans. :laugh:
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My Mrs often stops at roundabouts, even when it's clear. I always grit my teeth and hope the driver behind notices! That's why she rarely drives my car!
On the plus side, it certainly makes me more careful as I approach traffic at roundabouts, even if I can see it's clear.
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i had a 1.2 clio with big bore back box and halfords universal cone filter over take me in a 30 zone, on the wrong side of a central reservation. that tickled me, as i then floored it, caught him in a 60 zone, and at the time i had a gttdi pd 115, the look on his face was pricless when he saw that tdi badge infront of him again, then i became a mere speck to him withing seconds. retard
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a pug 206,
that's their first problem before they even start driving! hateful tin cans. :laugh:
my missus had one when i first met her, within a month i forced her to sell, since then shes had 2 mk4s a 9n2 polo a 71 beetle and now loves her 2.0 new beetle. prior to this, she actually thought that pug was a good car :huh: she now cringes at the mention of her ever owning one
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i had a 1.2 clio with big bore back box and halfords universal cone filter
When I started reading this, I thought NO!
Easy how you can be mis quoted :grin:, please don't do me for libel
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i had a 1.2 clio with big bore back box and halfords universal cone filter
When I started reading this, I thought NO!
Easy how you can be mis quoted :grin:, please don't do me for libel
haha, ive now owned 8 cars since passing my test 3 years ago, all have have had a vw badge, this will never change lol
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i had a 1.2 clio with big bore back box and halfords universal cone filter
When I started reading this, I thought NO!
lol i thought exactly the same! :grin:
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haha, ive now owned 8 cars since passing my test 3 years ago, all have have had a vw badge, this will never change lol
how dull. There are other cars that are good that aren't VW.
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haha, ive now owned 8 cars since passing my test 3 years ago, all have have had a vw badge, this will never change lol
how dull. There are other cars that are good that aren't VW.
yeh, i cant afford an audi, or a good skoda, or a good seat. definatly cannot afford a bently, lamborgini, porcshe or bugatti
i would never stray from VAG, im loyal :smiley:
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i would never stray from VAG, im loyal :smiley:
Loyalty to friends and family is vital. Loyalty to your football/rugby club is admirable. Loyalty to a car manufacturer?
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yeh, i cant afford an audi, or a good skoda, or a good seat. definatly cannot afford a bently, lamborgini, porcshe or bugatti
i would never stray from VAG, im loyal :smiley:
+1 (actually +9)
Since 1993 i've had 3 Mk1 Golf GTI's, 3 Mk2 GTI's, 1 Mk3 GTI, a Mk3 VR6 Hiline, and a Mk4 GTI. Plus a Mk2 Rocco 16v, and a Mk3 derv van. Currently driving a Golf Mk6 1.4FSi courtesy car until my Mk6 GTI turns up.
I've had the use of other car's with various company's that I've worked for, but I just cant get away from VW. Solid and reliable. Peugeot's are too tinny and weak, Vauxhall's break down, and Fords are full of plastic. (in my experience)
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i drive alot, i love cars, i like my cars to work, i feel safe wrapped in german steel, but would rather not be labled a d!ck for driving a bmw or merc
ive driven alot of other cars, some were very quick, some were very pretty, but none of them were VAG, so i could never work the lights or wipers, or find reverse gear. and i also like the fact that when i crash my beloved corrado into a wall, i just swapped a load of parts over to my mk2. when my mk4s boost pressure censor went nutz, i took it too my mate at audi, and he could fix it. and most importantly, i get the company of you lot on here :smiley: lol
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i drive alot, i love cars, i like my cars to work, i feel safe wrapped in german steel, but would rather not be labled a d!ck for driving a bmw or merc
ive driven alot of other cars, some were very quick, some were very pretty, but none of them were VAG, so i could never work the lights or wipers, or find reverse gear. and i also like the fact that when i crash my beloved corrado into a wall, i just swapped a load of parts over to my mk2. when my mk4s boost pressure censor went nutz, i took it too my mate at audi, and he could fix it. and most importantly, i get the company of you lot on here :smiley: lol
don't get me wrong, but I'm obviously a VAG kind of guy otherwise I wouldn't be on here but there are some cars that are better than VAG equivalents. For example, my wife drives a Zafira. Why not a touran? Because the zafira was better.
I've owned a Pug 106 GTi, a saab 9-5 aero, a land rover defender and a ford sierra XR4x4 (with twin turbo)...and I came back to VW each time knowing that bit more about the world that is cars.
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i dont doubt for a second that many of the competition have out done vw in many ways, but vw made the first hot hatch. they also made 50mpg look uneconomic. they made a diesels engines that make petrol engines look like mopeds, they made the worlds fasted car, they made the worls most desirable cars, they made the vr6 (and vr5) both of which make ure pants damp to listen too, the w8, the w12, the w16, the v10 and v12 tdi. so i trust them to make my little normal persons car to very high standards
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i dont doubt for a second that many of the competition have out done vw in many ways, but vw made the first hot hatch.
Nope renault did the 5 :wink:
they also made 50mpg look uneconomic. they made a diesels engines that make petrol engines look like mopeds,
Fiat common rail tec is and has been streets ahead of VWs for years the only reason VW went PD actually had to do with the VR engine. I will get to that bit in a minute :wink:
they made the worls most desirable cars,
Depends who you talk to i desire a ferrari more than any VW group product and im sure im not alone in that.
they made the vr6 (and vr5) both of which make ure pants damp to listen too, the w8, the w12, the w16, the v10 and v12 tdi.
All infringed on lancia copyright of the narrow angle V engines. VW got took to court over it and its one of the reason unlike everyone else they went PD rather than common rail for the diesels as they did not want to pay fiat the rights to use CR. They do now though. :grin:
I maybe a HUGE VW fan but.......
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well i just got well and truly had up, but in vws defense, would you own a renault 5 over a mk1, would you buy a lancia, and would you buy a fiat, i know i wouldnt and neither would alot of other sensible people.
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kinda come away from the incompetant road user thing, but one final thing to add.....
to this day, there has not been a car made before or after that is better looking than a mk2 golf gti, and i will stand by that until i die :tongue:
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well i just got well and truly had up, but in vws defense, would you own a renault 5 over a mk1, would you buy a lancia, and would you buy a fiat, i know i wouldnt and neither would alot of other sensible people.
No to the 5 over mk1, buy a fiat/alfa? it depends what model and year. I would not touch a modern fiat and alfa yet.
I was just pointing out when you start looking at who bought what engineering technology advances to the motoring masses VW ends up been far down the list, they often get other companies to developed things for them.
anyway back on topic.
How about the people who are on there handsfree mobile phone but are those type of people who when they talk also talk with there hands. So have little to no control of the car.
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People on the motorway (usually women) who insist on braking because the car in front that is at least 300 yards away has put their brakes on. Does my head in.
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White Van men who just dont give 2 flying F**** about your car!! Cutting you up jumping lights or on the phone!! :angry:
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White Van men who just dont give 2 flying F**** about your car!! Cutting you up jumping lights or on the phone!! :angry:
Hey! Im a white van man and there's not one day which passes that i dont get some tw@t cutting me up or tailgating me up my arse thinking they own the fast lane! :tongue:
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taxi drivers..... I FECKING HATE THEM!!
drive at 20mph when they dont have a fare, and 60 when they do. Also can anyone on here explain the taxi drivers and white line thing??? why the hell do they have to stop 3yards over the line at the lights??? :angry: :angry: :angry:
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White Van men who just dont give 2 flying F**** about your car!! Cutting you up jumping lights or on the phone!! :angry:
Hey! Im a white van man and there's not one day which passes that i dont get some tw@t cutting me up or tailgating me up my arse thinking they own the fast lane! :tongue:
Most of them are arse holes?? And HGV trucks full of scafoldings too!! :wink:
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White Van men who just dont give 2 flying F**** about your car!! Cutting you up jumping lights or on the phone!! :angry:
Hey! Im a white van man and there's not one day which passes that i dont get some tw@t cutting me up or tailgating me up my arse thinking they own the fast lane! :tongue:
Most of them are arse holes?? And HGV trucks full of scafoldings too!! :wink:
True ! but what you've got to remember is why they are flying about and on the phone all the time is cos their boss is on the other end asking where the fook they are!! :laugh: :laugh:
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White Van men who just dont give 2 flying F**** about your car!! Cutting you up jumping lights or on the phone!! :angry:
Hey! Im a white van man and there's not one day which passes that i dont get some tw@t cutting me up or tailgating me up my arse thinking they own the fast lane! :tongue:
Most of them are arse holes?? And HGV trucks full of scafoldings too!! :wink:
True ! but what you've got to remember is why they are flying about and on the phone all the time is cos their boss is on the other end asking where the fook they are!! :laugh: :laugh:
they should leave the booze alone the night before and get to work on time . A lot of them are half cut and causing accidents early in the mornings!! :wink:
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Cars with their lights on all the time. :laugh:
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Cars with their lights on all the time. :laugh:
I hate volvo's Xc90's and there are loads of them in london with just one child sitting in the back on the school run!! :rolleyes:
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Why the thought police have a go at people for this I don't understand. whine whine whine.
If you drive without pissing people off, and don't mind paying for higher fuel costs etc so what if you have a 4x4x for the school run and you have just the one child. If I want something thats big and safe so what! Also bollocks to enviro aurguments as some 4x4's are no more enviro unfriendly than a golf GTI (thinking Q5 2.0T here that has the same engine as the GTI). Why don't people get upset tossers who steal your car or drive on drugs or with no insurance for the 43nd time and get let off again. Or what about the tossers who drive at 50mph in a 30 residental area. It's not the car, it's the people who drive them.
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In a similar vein, lorries that try to overtake each other.... just cos they're going 0.1 mph faster than the lorry in front they attempt to overtake and then block 2/3rds of the motorway for the next 10 miles.
Grrrrrr....
Good point,i followed some t it in a lorry it took him at least 5 miles to over take another lorry and what did he do as soon as he had over took ?,pulled off the motorway. :angry:
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Why the thought police have a go at people for this I don't understand. whine whine whine.
If you drive without pissing people off, and don't mind paying for higher fuel costs etc so what if you have a 4x4x for the school run and you have just the one child. If I want something thats big and safe so what! Also nuts to enviro aurguments
:afro: Don't give in to the State (or the eco-mentalists) - drive the car you want to drive.
some 4x4's are no more enviro unfriendly than a golf GTI (thinking Q5 2.0T here that has the same engine as the GTI).
Not quite - the Q5 is much heavier than the GTI so will use more fuel. Although of course I'm all for that, so load it up and floor the throttle!
Cars with their lights on all the time. :laugh:
I drive with my lights on all the time - helps all the apparently blind other road users notice I'm there.
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Cars with their lights on all the time. :laugh:
Better get used to it, pal... All cars legally will ned to have DRL's soon. :rolleyes:
Some Euro countries you are obliged to have your lights on all the time, irrelevant of light, weather, etc.. Pretty sure Belguim is one.
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Cars with their lights on all the time. :laugh:
Better get used to it, pal... All cars legally will ned to have DRL's soon. :rolleyes:
Some Euro countries you are obliged to have your lights on all the time, irrelevant of light, weather, etc.. Pretty sure Belguim is one.
I'm all for it. If it helps to prevent accidents why wouldn't you want them?
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I'm all for it
^^^^^ Me too.
Cars with their lights on all the time. :laugh:
In fact, I'm ready to out myself as a daytime side-light user! :shocked: :laugh:
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Cars with their lights on all the time. :laugh:
Better get used to it, pal... All cars legally will ned to have DRL's soon. :rolleyes:
Some Euro countries you are obliged to have your lights on all the time, irrelevant of light, weather, etc.. Pretty sure Belguim is one.
And the other side of the coin.
http://www.dadrl.org.uk/index.html
Austria is an interesting case.
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And the other side of the coin.
http://www.dadrl.org.uk/index.html
Austria is an interesting case.
That website is very sad.
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Spend hours detailing my car yesterday. Less than 30 minutes on the road this morning, an idiot driving a 3 series (Turbo diesel) pull out in front of me and use his windscreen fluid when the weather is perfectly dry. What a w****r! :angry:
I Reacted! I undertook him and pull in front of him. Use my windscreen fluid to get him back! I was disppointed the jet in our golf is nowhere as strong as the BMW! He flashes me and I let him pass. Gave him the right gesture when he stares at me while overtaking me!
Feel better after writing this!
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Spend hours detailing my car yesterday. Less than 30 minutes on the road this morning, an idiot driving a 3 series (Turbo diesel) pull out in front of me and use his windscreen fluid when the weather is perfectly dry. What a w****r! :angry:
I Reacted! I undertook him and pull in front of him. Use my windscreen fluid to get him back! I was disppointed the jet in our golf is nowhere as strong as the BMW! He flashes me and I let him pass. Gave him the right gesture when he stares at me while overtaking me!
Feel better after writing this!
^^^^ All the more reason to buy a silver GTI and keep it dirty... :tongue:
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He flashes me and I let him pass.
why did you let him pass?! must have been an M3 right?! :laugh:
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He flashes me and I let him pass.
why did you let him pass?! must have been an M3 right?! :laugh:
No its a 320d! I can't see his front plate at 70+mph! I already let him know what he had done wrong so I let him pass to avoid any accident!
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He flashes me and I let him pass.
why did you let him pass?! must have been an M3 right?! :laugh:
No its a 320d! I can't see his front plate at 70+mph! I already let him know what he had done wrong so I let him pass to avoid any accident!
Thats the nicest bit of road rage I've ever read. :laugh:
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Good one, Kev.
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He flashes me and I let him pass.
why did you let him pass?! must have been an M3 right?! :laugh:
No its a 320d! I can't see his front plate at 70+mph! I already let him know what he had done wrong so I let him pass to avoid any accident!
you would sh1t on a 320d!! don't ever let one pass you again!! :smiley:
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He flashes me and I let him pass.
why did you let him pass?! must have been an M3 right?! :laugh:
No its a 320d! I can't see his front plate at 70+mph! I already let him know what he had done wrong so I let him pass to avoid any accident!
you would sh1t on a 320d!! don't ever let one pass you again!! :smiley:
I agree totally... had to murder one today to restore the balance :evil:
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I agree totally... had to murder one today to restore the balance :evil:
excellent work :grin: i also destroyed one on the way home, a 520d and then some dumbass in a 318d (wtf?!) who thought he could keep up - no. you. can't.
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Thanks guys for the retaliation to the BMW Turbo diesel brigade!
I am very sorry I am letting the side down. Maybe I am getting old and my testosterone level is dropping.
Fitted my BMC filter and change the engine oil today! Just waiting for my Bluefin to arrive.
That should be enough for the innocent looking Golf (Cause on standard wheels) to keepup with those Range Rovers and X5 turbo diesel!
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It's incompetent apostrophe users that bug me the most! :evil:
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It's incompetent apostrophe users that bug me the most! :evil:
I wish people would understand the difference between 'lose' and 'loose'.
This has turned into an anti-BMW and bad grammer [sic] thread! :evil:
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This has turned into an anti-BMW and bad grammer [sic] thread! :evil:
to be fair, bmw drivers can't drive so i bet their grammer is poor also!! :laugh:
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I have to disagree here. If someone wants to drive faster then you in the snow, let him do it. I'm really surprised by reaction of so many people in this country when you OT, especially those big 4x4 doing 15 mph on black roads...
Winter tyres do work, really!
I know what your saying, but most the time the people that drive like this don't really know how to drive. I bet you wouldn't have this opinion after some bellend goes into the back of your MK6 and writes it off because they were going way too fast in the snow . . .
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3 to 4 inch of snow outside this morning the idiots were back out on the road again unable to drive. :angry:
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Don't forget incompetent use of "your" vs "you're" and "their" vs "there".
Just scroll up a little to see an example!
Ps I use to drive a BMW and my grammar is fine thank you! :)
(Note the 2 a's in grammar! I went to grammar school you see!!)
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3 to 4 inch of snow outside this morning the idiots were back out on the road again unable to drive. :angry:
You live near Rolfe and her auto-socks?! :)
(j/k)
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(Note the 2 a's in grammar! I went to grammar school you see!!)
oops, well spotted - my bad!! :shocked:
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Ps I use to drive a BMW and my grammar is fine thank you! :)
Er...sure you don't mean "...I used to drive..."
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Ps I use to drive a BMW and my grammar is fine thank you! :)
Er...sure you don't mean "...I used to drive..."
Lol - guilty of poor typing skills on my blackberry!!
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Get an iPhone. Steve Jobs personally checks the spelling of every message sent on an iPhone :wink:
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Something that I just noticed driving back from the cinema. A guy in an A6 with a consumer satnav, stuck bang smack in the middle of their windscreen. Do people not realise that they have an object impairing their vision in the way? Or are they just not that observant??!
My satnav gets suckered on the screen as far down in the far right of my windscreen as possible.
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Something that I just noticed driving back from the cinema. A guy in an A6 with a consumer satnav, stuck bang smack in the middle of their windscreen. Do people not realise that they have an object impairing their vision in the way? Or are they just not that observant??!
My satnav gets suckered on the screen as far down in the far right of my windscreen as possible.
yes i share your view. seen loads of people with the sat nav in the centre, can't think of a worse place short of right in front of your nose!
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A guy in an A6 with a consumer satnav, stuck bang smack in the middle of their windscreen.
...usually bang smack in the middle of the road, too. :angry:
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1.People who pull up at the lights in the right turn lane. then cut across traffic to go to left hand lane. happens nearly everyday on my journey to work/college.
2.People who dont indicate when on a roundabout. idol idiots imo. flick of the wrist and makes it that much easier for others.
3.Those who pull out of junctions when your plodding along towards. so slow off the mark that u have to slam the brakes on. if they cant get up to speed quicker they shouldnt pull out!
4.People who drive at 20mph in a 30. yes some people should drive to what they are comfortable. but still it is annoying.
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James Gould with a GTI.
Can you imagine it now ? sitting behind him at traffic lights, he signals to go right, then stops, decides he really wants to go left then signals to go left, then stops, cant make his mind up so shuvs on his hazards and pulls away with his handbreak on, then right at the death figures out he really wanted to go right all along. :laugh:
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James Gould with a GTI.
Can you imagine it now ? sitting behind him at traffic lights, he signals to go right, then stops, decides he really wants to go left then signals to go left, then stops, cant make his mind up so shuvs on his hazards and pulls away with his handbreak on, then right at the death figures out he really wanted to go right all along. :laugh:
:laugh: :laugh:Cracker !!
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James Gould with a GTI.
Can you imagine it now ? sitting behind him at traffic lights, he signals to go right, then stops, decides he really wants to go left then signals to go left, then stops, cant make his mind up so shuvs on his hazards and pulls away with his handbreak on, then right at the death figures out he really wanted to go right all along. :laugh:
Hilarious!!
Your best post yet Kev, brilliant.
Gizzy
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James Gould with a GTI.
Can you imagine it now ? sitting behind him at traffic lights, he signals to go right, then stops, decides he really wants to go left then signals to go left, then stops, cant make his mind up so shuvs on his hazards decides to post to the golfgti forum and 20 pages of threads later decides to buy a volvo
:evil: love you really James! :evil:
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you guys seen this? top ten per some survey http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/news/default.asp?storyId=21515
1 Tailgating, 66 per cent
2 Failure to indicate, 62 per cent
3 Dangerous overtaking. 57 per cent
4 Jumping traffic lights, 35 per cent
5 Middle-lane hogging, 34 per cent
6 Dangerous late-braking, 31 per cent
7 Hesitant driving, 31 per cent
8 Undertaking, 30 per cent
9 Fast-lane hogging, 25 per cent
10 Being slow away from traffic lights, 21 per cent. [/li][/list]
Interesting that the higher rated ones I would classify as traits of more "assertive" drivers who believe themselves to be the "more competent" road user. i.e. 1-4, 6 and 8.
From that I deduce that incompetent road users clearly make up the majority of people out of the roads which sounds about right!