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Offline lowgolf

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Re:Phew!!she almost crashed my VW
« Reply #20 on: 05 April 2004, 20:34 »

got me baseball bat from me passenger footwell, got out and put the twots window though, i remeber seeing him and his mrs screaming in the car, i was shouting at him like a right fruit, then realised the lights were on green and had a queue of cars behind so i got in me car and shot off, Gaz ;D

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Re:Phew!!she almost crashed my VW
« Reply #21 on: 05 April 2004, 21:11 »
Don't be so worried,

the saxo would have disintergrated on impact anyway.

she'd have just been left with the steering wheel in her hands sitting on her arse in the middle of the road.


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Re:Phew!!she almost crashed my VW
« Reply #22 on: 06 April 2004, 00:42 »
The best way I find to deal with tailgaters is to turn the tables.

Wait till you can see that there's nothing behind the twit behind you and just innocently indicate and pull over to the side of the road.

When they come past just pull right back out and sit right on their arses.

They hate it.

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Re:Phew!!she almost crashed my VW
« Reply #23 on: 06 April 2004, 12:58 »
Got a little tip for people when you are getting tailgated, this only works in the day though, but if someone is up your a**e then what I do is turn on my lights then turn them off again quickly, they will not realise it's not your brake lights cos they just see lights coming on and shat themselves and slow down. Works for me anyway. I suppose you could try putting on your fog lights if this happens in the dark but not tried that myself.

By doing this, you dont actually brake so are keeping a constant speed and if they see lights coming on they will naturally put their put on the brake and slow down. :D

But hey, if it doesn't work and you have to whack them over the head with a crooklock or baseball bat cos they've just shunted you, dont blame me  ;D
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Re:Phew!!she almost crashed my VW
« Reply #24 on: 06 April 2004, 13:06 »
Don't be so worried,

the saxo would have disintergrated on impact anyway.

she'd have just been left with the steering wheel in her hands sitting on her arse in the middle of the road.



LOL, might have left a little scratch on the golf.

My sister was in a crash last year.  She was in a Peugeot 205.  A saxo went into the back of her and a van went into the back of the saxo.  All at about 30 mph.

The Peugeot had a ding in the boot and my sister got a sore wrist and mild whiplash, the van had a smashed headlight and grill.  The driver was fine.  

The saxo driver broke both his legs and three ribs and had severe whiplash, plus cuts and bruises.

I went to pick the 205 up, and drove it home, exhaust was a bit rattly but it drove fine.  The saxo was a shambles.  Both ends crushed in, windscreen and rear window smashed, dash bowed in, a complete mess.  I guess the excuse would be crumple zones but to injure the driver like that they must be useless.  Also he probably wasn't wearing a seatbelt.


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Re:Phew!!she almost crashed my VW
« Reply #25 on: 06 April 2004, 13:55 »
^ scary!
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Re:Phew!!she almost crashed my VW
« Reply #26 on: 06 April 2004, 14:01 »
very!  I was surprised at the sturdiness of the 205 though.  That was my first car.  It was written off from this accident because the chassis got slightly bent,  and it was worth about ?4.62!


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Re:Phew!!she almost crashed my VW
« Reply #27 on: 06 April 2004, 19:14 »
What would have been your reaction under the circumstances?

Beware of these french cars, they think they are top dogs.


I would have done more than that mate, its always fun to play chicken and pretend to ram their cars, always sh!ts them up, or another fav of mine it throwing 1p's and 2p's at their car as I drive past......  Its the only way to teach some people  ;)
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Re:Phew!!she almost crashed my VW
« Reply #28 on: 06 April 2004, 23:41 »
I rarely use the horn though unless its to let a good looking guy know he's gorgeous, or to say hello to a mate.  ::)


i find the horn a very effective tool.

i have often been sitting in traffic, 2 lanes about to go across a junction. i've been in the right hand lane, and then as the lights go green the f in front sticks on their right hand indicator and doesn't move.

my simple reaction is thus: i put my finger on the horn until they get out of my way.

if you are going to do this, make sure the finger is down for good. no point wimping out, make your point thats what i say. it stresses the other driver in such a way that they will never forget to indicate again.

i did the same to a mercedes 190 once in the vavler. he cut me to make sure i didn't get past. the alloy went dink on the kerb. i was well pissed as i wasnt even trying to get past.

on went the horn.

follwed him for quarter of a mile before he finally stopped in front of me and got out. he said something, but i had to reply that i couldnt hear him, cause my finger was on the horn, still.

he took off, like he could out accelerate me. and after 1.2 miles he turned off. and i took my finger off the horn.

so, as i say, dont be afraid to make a point using your car horn.

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Re:Phew!!she almost crashed my VW
« Reply #29 on: 06 April 2004, 23:46 »
Got a little tip for people when you are getting tailgated, this only works in the day though, but if someone is up your a**e then what I do is turn on my lights then turn them off again quickly, they will not realise it's not your brake lights cos they just see lights coming on and shat themselves and slow down. Works for me anyway. I suppose you could try putting on your fog lights if this happens in the dark but not tried that myself.

i have a better technique for tailgaters.

if i have a tailgater on open road, i let him go, no messing, hes in hurry, i'm not, bye bye.

however, if its busy and they are tailgating and you have no where to go, rather than slamming on the brakes, which works a treat. you just decelerating, until you are crawling. everyone is passing you and the tailgater is stuck because they cant get into the fast moving traffic, and if they try you go even slower.

what nice about this is that you are in the correct. if anyone challenges you, simply say that the guyu behind was driving so close that you had to slow down to be safe.

cant get dun for being safe, and as the highway guide says, if in doubt - slow down.

and if your in a vavler, when you decide to floor it, you loose them.

if that fails to dislodge, chuck out your anchors and watch their pants fill.

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