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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: remlapeel on 22 October 2015, 20:46
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Literally just wanted to express my frustration at the shear amount of tractors on the road around Norfolk!!!
Not because I get stuck behind them, because I have a mapped R....I don't get stuck, but because of the amount of mud and crap all over the road. I waxed my car on Sunday. This was it after my first day back at work
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You don't want to upset the farmers around Norfolk.Remember what happened to Alan Partridge... :grin:
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If it's any consolation mine was waxed on Sunday too and looks the same. I was stuck behind an enormous piece of farm machinery with tyres that must have been as high as the R itself yesterday, for 15 miles yesterday. Mine's not mapped, so I do get stuck. :laugh:
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Unfortunately this is what we have to contend with when we live in rural farming counties!
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I'd hope you'd be able to get passed a tractor in a non-mapped R to be honest....;)
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I'd hope you'd be able to get passed a tractor in a non-mapped R to be honest....;)
Lol definitely!
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I'd hope you'd be able to get passed a tractor in a non-mapped R to be honest....;)
Lol definitely!
Not if you value your life on what is one of Kent's most dangerous roads. Very high volume traffic, fast single carriageway road. On EVERY occasion I've travelled that road (Weds being no exception) there's some prat who fancies his chances at the potential life cost to others.
You might fancy your chances too and not live to tell the tale!
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I'd hope you'd be able to get passed a tractor in a non-mapped R to be honest....;)
Lol definitely!
Not if you value your life on what is one of Kent's most dangerous roads. Very high volume traffic, fast single carriageway road. On EVERY occasion I've travelled that road (Weds being no exception) there's some prat who fancies his chances at the potential life cost to others.
You might fancy your chances too and not live to tell the tale!
I have been to Canterbury many times (studied there) and I have never really managed to get up to a good speed because of the volume of traffic, let alone be in a position to overtake.
I do find it interesting the difference being in a different part of the country makes.
Around here it exceptionally easy to overtake. No hills, long straight roads with light traffic. I overtook about 6-7 things today, all safely in 6th, so the map doesn't even come in to play.
On the downside, we don't have a lot of dual carriageways and no motorways so struggle to get those long slip road runs :(
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Also on the subject or crazy drivers trying to kill people. On the way home I was being followed by a white van towing a grass cutter or something similar, and we were both behind a tractor (Shock!) I looked out and decided it wasn't safe, but the white can decided it was and pulled out to take us both....whilst towing. The tractor had to brake, as did I, and the oncoming cars pretty much had to stop and move over to allow the van through......not cool........I then promptly overtook them both lol (when it was actually safe)
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I came here to study too, just forgot to leave, lol. Actually I did leave and then came back, who knows why? I've never really liked it round here!
Anyway, Canterbury is a small, heavily congested city. I do a fair amount of rural road driving too and there is zero chance of overtaking 90% of the time. Obviously the key is knowing the road well, your and your car's capabilities in those circumstances, then it can be done safely. But there are certain roads on which I would never attempt it, but all the time you see people do stupid things like your van and trailer man. Now I don't care if people want to kill themselves but I do care if they are endangering me, so give them a wide berth.
That tractor farm thing I was behind on Weds was something else. It filled the left lane and took up a third of the other lane. On one stretch, through a rural village with little traffic islands every few metres, it just drove 3/4 on the pavement to get through the narrowings, and at quite a pace. Thank God there wasn't some little old granny tottering along going about her business, otherwise it would've been, bye-bye grandma!
I did eventually overtake him at Chilham where the road widens, and then he was a speck in the rear view mirror, lol.
As for motorway/A road slip road runs - love them. Every morning I drive down the A2 slip road and gives me a thrill every time.
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You guys and girls ought to try living where I live.
Wash car.
Dry car.
Go inside, drink tea and wring out wet socks.
Come outside again in dry footwear to put cleaning gear away.
Survey car already covered in a layer of building site dust.
Cry.
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You guys and girls ought to try living where I live.
Wash car.
Dry car.
Go inside, drink tea and wring out wet socks.
Come outside again in dry footwear to put cleaning gear away.
Survey car already covered in a layer of building site dust.
Cry.
There, there, Mr Ex.
Let me dry your tears.......and make you another nice cup of tea. :kiss:
If you will choose to live on these swanky new housing estates :rolleyes:
Do you not have a usable garage to protect your pride and joy?
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Having a clean car between October and March in the sticks looks so out of place. Whilst the two daily cars are being neglected over the next few months, my OCDness is satisfied by seeing my shiny Mk2 tucked up in the garage, hooked up to it's life support machine until the sun comes out again. Which reminds me, I must SORN it before the end of the month.
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Having a clean car between October and March in the sticks looks so out of place. Whilst the two daily cars are being neglected over the next few months, my OCDness is satisfied by seeing my shiny Mk2 tucked up in the garage, hooked up to it's life support machine until the sun comes out again. Which reminds me, I must SORN it before the end of the month.
Aw. How many times do you go and gaze fondly at the pampered Mk2 over the winter?
I couldn't care less if my car doesn't 'fit' into the 'accepted' community vision for winter cars. :grin: Sometimes, it's dirty, very often it's clean!
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Also on the subject or crazy drivers trying to kill people. On the way home I was being followed by a white van towing a grass cutter or something similar, and we were both behind a tractor (Shock!) I looked out and decided it wasn't safe, but the white can decided it was and pulled out to take us both....whilst towing. The tractor had to brake, as did I, and the oncoming cars pretty much had to stop and move over to allow the van through......not cool........I then promptly overtook them both lol (when it was actually safe)
Exactly why I run dash cams back & front atleast you capture the idiot that causes any incident, instead of them driving off out of sight while everyone else is in a heap or worse!
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Aw. How many times do you go and gaze fondly at the pampered Mk2 over the winter?
I'm more often cursing it for taking up valuable bike space in the garage. It's parked over to the one side as far as it will go, but it's still tight with 7 bikes on the other side. No one dares try to get a bike out other than me. I have thought about erecting a simple partition to protect the car, but haven't go round to it.
One of my other reasons for moving/building is to be able to have more adequate garaging.
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You guys and girls ought to try living where I live.
Wash car.
Dry car.
Go inside, drink tea and wring out wet socks.
Come outside again in dry footwear to put cleaning gear away.
Survey car already covered in a layer of building site dust.
Cry.
There, there, Mr Ex.
Let me dry your tears.......and make you another nice cup of tea. :kiss:
If you will choose to live on these swanky new housing estates :rolleyes:
Do you not have a usable garage to protect your pride and joy?
Err, thanks for the cuppa!
I think I was a bit naive as to quite how bad it would be. Same for noise and working shift work whilst they're building. Until you've experienced it you just don't quite realise how godawful the experience is!!!
I lived in a nice concrete haven nearly all my life so was used to a few puddles and a bit of occasional dirt but not this relentless filth.
Eww!
The car is garaged but the modern garages are still built to accommodate Austin A30's not modern bloated cars. I have to fold the mirrors in to get through the opening, and one of the reasons, if not the only reason, I went back to a 5 door was to make it easier getting in and out within the garage confines. The cheapest house with a double garage on the estate was about £80k dearer, and when you're getting to that sort of money I'd want a fair bit more land and value. House prices in my neck of the woods are at Home Counties levels but wages are third world. Besides, my house is as much as I'd spend on any house and 30 miles up the road it would be tens of thousands cheaper. It's ridiculous.
I did consider staying in my old house and buying a bit of a mad car for a year or two but that would have been wasteful really.
In fact my old house's 1960's garage was bigger than I have now and that wasn't exactly a cavern.
Grrrrrrrr!
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Aw. How many times do you go and gaze fondly at the pampered Mk2 over the winter?
I'm more often cursing it for taking up valuable bike space in the garage. It's parked over to the one side as far as it will go, but it's still tight with 7 bikes on the other side. No one dares try to get a bike out other than me. I have thought about erecting a simple partition to protect the car, but haven't go round to it.
One of my other reasons for moving/building is to be able to have more adequate garaging.
The answer would be to store the 16v inside the house in a glass cabinet.
Face it, it's a far prettier thing than any ornament you'll ever buy!
:smiley: :cool:
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It would easily fit in the conservatory, but I've been over ruled on that one. :rolleyes:
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Aw. How many times do you go and gaze fondly at the pampered Mk2 over the winter?
I'm more often cursing it for taking up valuable bike space in the garage. It's parked over to the one side as far as it will go, but it's still tight with 7 bikes on the other side. No one dares try to get a bike out other than me. I have thought about erecting a simple partition to protect the car, but haven't go round to it.
One of my other reasons for moving/building is to be able to have more adequate garaging.
Yes! Triple bay garage with inspection pit. Two bays for cars and the third for bikes and associated paraphenlia. And a tiny house adjacent for the family as an afterthought! :laugh:
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With the GTI caravan also on the fleet, the house can wait.
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With the GTI caravan also on the fleet, the house can wait.
Good point. Forget the house, it's an unnecessary luxury!
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I think I was a bit naive as to quite how bad it would be. Same for noise and working shift work whilst they're building. Until you've experienced it you just don't quite realise how godawful the experience is!!!
I lived in a nice concrete haven nearly all my life so was used to a few puddles and a bit of occasional dirt but not this relentless filth.
Eww!
The car is garaged but the modern garages are still built to accommodate Austin A30's not modern bloated cars. I have to fold the mirrors in to get through the opening, and one of the reasons, if not the only reason, I went back to a 5 door was to make it easier getting in and out within the garage confines. The cheapest house with a double garage on the estate was about £80k dearer, and when you're getting to that sort of money I'd want a fair bit more land and value. House prices in my neck of the woods are at Home Counties levels but wages are third world. Besides, my house is as much as I'd spend on any house and 30 miles up the road it would be tens of thousands cheaper. It's ridiculous.
I did consider staying in my old house and buying a bit of a mad car for a year or two but that would have been wasteful really.
In fact my old house's 1960's garage was bigger than I have now and that wasn't exactly a cavern.
Grrrrrrrr!
Maybe that's your answer. Follow Simon's example - buy a big (GTI) caravan, move yourself and the family into that and park the car in the house. :laugh:
On a serious note, I can only imagine your frustration with all the building dust. I don't think I could cope with that. It's bad enough here with the hockey club irrigation spray nuisance I mentioned the other day. Constant building dust would push me over the edge. Must be a nightmare if you work night shifts and trying to get some kip during the day.
And yes, when are new garages going to built to dimensions that take account of today's fatter cars! Still at least you got one to moan about. :laugh: