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Nov 24, 2004 19:21:16 GMT
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What would you put into 'garage 101' ....... ? Here's my choices........ 1. 'Personal' registrations that have been altered to 'spell' (yeah, right..... ) a name. 2. Fog lights used in perfect visibility (esp. when combined with sidelights..... WTF is the point?) 3. People who don't indicate to leave roundabouts while I'm sat there like a lemon to give way to them. 4. People that pull out in front of you when there isn't a car behind you for miles, then proceed to do 20 MPH with their O/s wheels on the white line. I could go on, but I don't want anyone thinking I'm bitter and twisted....... I'm not........ well not much anyway.........
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Last Edit: Nov 24, 2004 19:22:03 GMT by mattblack
... the only injury I sustained was a bumped head when I let the seatbelt of without realizing the car was upside down and that's not really the car's fault.
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Nov 24, 2004 19:24:39 GMT
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The M8 motorway! ;D ;D ;D Especially where it goes through Glasgow! Hell on earth if ever there was one! ;D ;D ;D
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"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"
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Garage 101.....BenzBoy
@benzboy
Club Retro Rides Member 7
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Nov 24, 2004 19:31:45 GMT
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Oh, don't get me started! ;D
- Morons who drive in bus lanes and then expect you to let them in when they get stuck behind a bus. One guy tried to bully his way in front of me doing that "I'm just going to creep into his lane and pretend I haven't seen him" kind of thing. If he'd have looked closer he would have noticed my car already looked like it'd been in a ram-raid. He now sports a "Classic Weiss" coloured stripe down his BMW. Nice! ;D
- People who don't do the speed limit when the weather's clear and it's a beautiful stretch of road. If they can't handle their car at all appropriate speeds they shouldn't be driving.
- Tailgaters. Has a strange effect on my car... it seems to just gradually slow down.... hmm odd that!
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Garage 101.....BenzBoy
@benzboy
Club Retro Rides Member 7
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Nov 24, 2004 19:34:54 GMT
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Oh and Ken Livingstone. Put him in there. And the Labour government. Especially that fat tw*t Prescott.
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Nov 24, 2004 19:56:19 GMT
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Folk who drive for really stupid reasons. Like ferrying their fat little offspring the 300 yards to school. When I were a lad we had to walk, rain or shine, over a mile with no pavements.....<trails off into rant> Traffic Wardens. If my van is parked at the side of the road with hazards and beacons on, it's clearly there for a reason. So don't slap a ticket on it just so you can hit your "bonus" target this month. And stop hassling folk who haven't done 'owt wrong. There was one incident when me and Jabbo were parked up in the Van just off the Westway one lunchtime piling burgers into our gobs. Then the curse word traffic warden came along and accused me of not putting a quid in the meter, when I clearly had. Lucky for him I was in a good mood, or I'd have mashed up his non-english speaking little hitler face! Middle lane Pricks (and worse, outside lane curse word) You know who you are. It's 11.45 pm, the road is dry and empty. So why the feck are you trundling down the A1 at 68 miles per hour NOT IN THE RIGHT LANE. IN CASE YOU HADN'T NOTICED I'M GOING NEARLY TWICE AS FAST AS YOU SO GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY. Neds, Chavs, New-Mini estate agents, pushy traffic jam pillocks, bus drivers, 4x4 drivers, Gatso, Truvelo, the A1 in rush hour, etc, etc. Oh and I get really, really ticked off by those people you see driving along with 3 kids in the car running riot and not wearing seatbelts or in kiddy seats. IF YOU don't'T GIVE A FLYING F*CK ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN CASTRATED!!!
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Nov 24, 2004 20:05:00 GMT
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Speed humps that are too high for the Mini and over priced motorway service station food and petrol
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Nov 24, 2004 20:11:55 GMT
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Folk who drive for really stupid reasons. Like ferrying their fat little offspring the 300 yards to school. When I were a lad we had to walk, rain or shine, over a mile with no pavements.....<trails off into rant> Traffic Wardens. If my van is parked at the side of the road with hazards and beacons on, it's clearly there for a reason. So don't slap a ticket on it just so you can hit your "bonus" target this month. And stop hassling folk who haven't done 'owt wrong. There was one incident when me and Jabbo were parked up in the Van just off the Westway one lunchtime piling burgers into our gobs. Then the curse word traffic warden came along and accused me of not putting a quid in the meter, when I clearly had. Lucky for him I was in a good mood, or I'd have mashed up his non-english speaking little hitler face! Middle lane Pricks (and worse, outside lane curse word) You know who you are. It's 11.45 pm, the road is dry and empty. So why the feck are you trundling down the A1 at 68 miles per hour NOT IN THE RIGHT LANE. IN CASE YOU HADN'T NOTICED I'M GOING NEARLY TWICE AS FAST AS YOU SO GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY. Neds, Chavs, New-Mini estate agents, pushy traffic jam pillocks, bus drivers, 4x4 drivers, Gatso, Truvelo, the A1 in rush hour, etc, etc. Oh and I get really, really ticked off by those people you see driving along with 3 kids in the car running riot and not wearing seatbelts or in kiddy seats. IF YOU don't'T GIVE A FLYING F*CK ABOUT YOUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN CASTRATED!!! Do I get the feeling I've touched a raw nerve here..... I know what you mean about the kids though, there's usually a 'Baby on board' sticker in the back window for good measure...... Another thing that gets my back up is 'parent and child' parking spaces. Why? "Oh look, you've managed to add to the already overpopulated planet, have a special parking space outside the Co-op for your 'kin great traveller 4X4....... AAAAAARRRRRGGGG!!!!!!! I feel much better now ;D
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... the only injury I sustained was a bumped head when I let the seatbelt of without realizing the car was upside down and that's not really the car's fault.
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Nov 24, 2004 20:17:28 GMT
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.............and people who park with a disabled pass and theres nothing wrong with them!!!!!!!!!
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Nov 24, 2004 20:27:27 GMT
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i drive for a living
don't get me started
oh and the arses parking in disabled bays
the shopping centre half a mile away they all do it
i report them to the hitler security and they move them lol
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2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
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Nov 24, 2004 21:45:09 GMT
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People who 'create' parking spaces when there are spaces available a short walk away. (I live near Bluewater - huge out-of-town shopping mall).
Smokers who aren't willing to put up with THEIR repulsive stinking residue/litter/mess and use their open window instead of their ash-tray.
Middle lane plonkers (already mentioned by others so I'll leave that one).
People who drive into petrol stations the wrong way (I once asked a driver why he'd done it...he hadn't even noticed that all the cars were facing the opposite way round to him!)
People who 'straight line' roundabouts (lack of lane discipline), and cut you up without ever knowing.
People who assume your old car must be slow.
Innapropriate speed limits (especially with cameras)...there's a bit of straight, clear, non-residential dual-carriageway with a 30 limit near me..it's nigh on impossible to stay under it.
People who brake for speed cameras...if your scared of 'em, the stay under the limit.
Those pointless under-bumper driving lights. Is it foggy? No? TURN THEM OFF THEN!
Pictures/stickers/posters of marijuana leaves...grow up loser.
Car park designers who don't allocate enough room to park and open your door.
The idiot parents who park/pick-up/drop-off on the zig-zags outside their own childrens school.
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Nov 24, 2004 22:08:03 GMT
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Protons.
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Nov 24, 2004 22:14:50 GMT
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Some of these have been said already.
Able bodied people parking in disabled spaces. Fog lights on when in its not foggy. Push bikes covering rear lights. Over the top ICE thats playing curse word music. Tractor drivers that don't pull over to let the queue pass. LED washer lights. The new style of headlights that blind you. Headlights that seem to have a blue tint. Cars that have all there rear lights at high level. Like Focus Volvos etc.
Blimey I could go on for ever. I'm just off to get my pills.
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BS Nymph Singer Chamois Coupe Series 3 Landy
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- People who don't do the speed limit when the weather's clear and it's a beautiful stretch of road. If they can't handle their car at all appropriate speeds they shouldn't be driving. Yes! Yes! Yes! This winds me up soooo much, especially when i'm on my way to work in the morning. - The cyclist i saw this (very foggy) morning with no lights or illuminise (sp?) clothing of any type, in the middle of the road with the intention of turning right. She did look quite scared tho bless her, after i nearly ran her over and pipped my horn. - new minis
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BigWig
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You will regularly find a miami blue xsi creating spaces, usually found near house of frasier the criss cross yellow markings, parked inbetween the 2 posts on the multi storey. ;D
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jabbo
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soy un perdedor
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People who don't know how to use roundabouts; If you're going left, use the left hand lane when approaching. Similarly if going right, choose the right hand lane. It's not hard dumbass! Taxi Drivers; I don't know if this is nationwide, or just in London, but I was always led to believe most cars where fitted with indicators. Not black cabs it would seem! Just pull out and go! The curse word who lives 2 doors up from me; You've got a driveway - use it! Don't park your piece of curse word Fiesta opposite my house so that I can't swing the car onto my drive. If you are gonna park it on the road, park it opposite your own house, nobody's using the bloody drive there! You're also taking up valuable space which could be better used by one of my cars
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Elabortating on the 'slow drivers' comment... People that do 40mph REGARDLESS of the speed limit..... curse word! And NickB.... I'm a 4x4 Driver ... (Occasionally - but then you'll usually find it caked in mud!) I've had people pull out in front of me in the Disco because they assume I'm going to go slow.... I was going full pelt at about 65/70 once, and some Tit pulled out in front of me at the last minute! It's quite difficult to stop 'promptly' in 2.5 tonnes of Solihull's finest at those speeds.... although the braking distances are about what they are in the highway code!
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Elabortating on the 'slow drivers' comment... And NickB.... I'm a 4x4 Driver ... (Occasionally - but then you'll usually find it caked in mud!) I was really riling against hairdressers, school-run mums etc. who buy these vast vehicles "cos they can see out of them better". Shame it doesn't show in their driving then. I've nothing against a bit of proper off-road action. Best not to do it in something shiny though! Also hating---------> The FSO Polonez. Just soooo wrong.
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Last Edit: Nov 25, 2004 8:45:12 GMT by nickb
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Traffic lights on roundabouts? really what is the point! Those bloody anoying predestrians who always step out in front of you just as your light turns green. Teenagers who think they look hard if they walk slowly across the road in front of you. (they never look as hard when I drop it down a cog and nail it at them ;D ;D) bloody local council who keep making all the pavements bigger and the roads smaller, the latest craze in Ipswich is to make all the roads leading to roundabouts one lane smaller! Bastards! Speed humps! if the limit is 20mph then fine I should be able to do 20mph without having to slow down to 3mph to climb over everest sized speed hups every few yards. I find that with a really large exhaust and a lead foot you can really curse word off the local residents, who will then contact the councill and complain about the increase in road noise and after a few months No more speed humps! Old buses with smelly diesels that I always seem to get stuck behind. School run, let the fat little curse word get some exercise and stop blocking my route to work with your soft roader people who think that because they have a newer car than me it makes them somehow better, new car+finance+depreciation= a waste of F**#ing money A HOLE.
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I was really riling against hairdressers, school-run mums etc. who buy these vast vehicles "cos they can see out of them better". Shame it doesn't show in their driving then. I've nothing against a bit of proper off-road action. Best not to do it in something shiny though! Also hating---------> The FSO Polonez. Just soooo wrong. My Disco was a 2 owner from new, well cared for minter when I bought it.....
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Reason for the shiny comment is as follows: Couple of years back a mate of mine bought a SWB Frontera for £quite alot. So he picks it up Friday afternoon, and we spend the whole of friday night in the boozer egging him on to do some serious off-roading. Next morning we set off for the muddy stuff. Within about an hour, the underside was scraped to curse word and the paintwork was fecked. The look on his face afterwards! ;D
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