PG

You know where to find me

David_Dickson

There are a few of these "Bummer Hummers" going about Aberdeen.
I really just dont get it. None of the benefits of the original Hummer, none of the benefits of a normal road car, just a big attention-seeking waste of resources.

turboman786

Typical scoobynet post, descends into petty argument straight saway, typical of todays Brits I guess.

boomer

Calmly and quietly follow them back to their own houses, and take note.

Then, the following morning, get up early and drive back to where they live - five minutes before they are due to leave on the school run. Park across their driveway, and watch them bust a blood vessel because they can't drive their portable barns the 300 yards to Tarquin and Gemima's school. At 09:05, drive back home


mb

Dunk

iTrader: (1)

Is the school in south Oxfordshire v near the Thames ?

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TopBanana

No in Berkshire but a only few miles from the Thames.

Scooby-doo97

iTrader: (1)

Good idea, might give it a try

Leslie

Its all called " Look at me"!

Les

Apparition

Well for what its worth. I used to take my kids to school in a Previa. Mind you, I did have a 15 mile journey to school , then back again , then back in the afternoon to collect them then back home again ....oh and then if there was a committee meeting in the evening, back I'd go again to and fro.
If I could have walked with them, I would have done.
As for the large vehicle. Whilst we had it, we USED it. We were forever piling in the extra kids to take them here there and everywhere. Very rarely were we travelling "light". As soon as the eldest passed his test, we chopped in the Previa for two smaller vehicles.
Yve

Gangsta Smurf

So much in the press and local councils about 4x4s ... at the end of the day people have a right to drive whatever car they want. We pay stupid amounts of insurance, road tax and petrol duty so why the hell shouldn't we drive whatever car we want.

Yeh they are big, yeh they get in the way ... but it's better than everyone driving the same fecking car and the world being boring.

All I'll say is that when I have mini Gangstas with Mrs Gangsta the'll be encased within a 4x4 on a school run because I feel safer in one than I do in a regular saloon car.

I'm sure that scoob polutes twice as much as a 4x4 in any case so we should just be thankfull we all haven't been the focus of so much hatred.

Spoon

Here here Smurf.

It appears a new 'Tree hugger' forum is required.

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has everybody picked there toys up yet ?

chop

unclebuck

Exactly. These 'footballers wives' types are scum and need to be treated as the scum that they are. If they block your acess take out their quarter light. Simple.

unclebuck

Sums up the attitudes of these types perfectly.

"I'm a profligate tosser so I can do what the hell I want"

It's all about rights with no thought to responsibilities!! No wonder there are so many delinquent kids around when they have parents like these.

'nuff said.

Brendan Hughes

Yes, but it looks like there's a new set all over the floor...

The Zohan

'We' could so easily be hoisted by our own petard here.

Why do we all not drive around on small 4dr cars that do 60+ MPG and are fully recylcable(sp)?. Because we choose not to and drive what we like to drive, our choice. Whilst i do not want to drive around in a hummer or any other big 4wd i dont feel then need to stop others.

Scoob owners most will do 25-27 mpg if treated with kid gloves but can get 10-15 if horsed + not great emmissions either, oil changes every 9K plus eats tyres so why drive these fuel guzzling emmission spitting rally rep cars?

I think we should have some choice but also some common sense and respect for others would not go amiss when it comes to choice.

Gangsta Smurf

how can somebody who chooses to or wants to own a 4x4 such as a hummer or Cayenne or X5 immediately be labelled with 'profligate tosser?'

Seems a bit harsh matey ... people have the right to drive any car they want and so long as they do that within resonable boundaries of the law then what is the problem.

You can't just label someone because of what car they drive. That's a wonderful way to judge people!!!!

john sugar

I drive a 2x2 an i am going to smash into someones skull All because i can

sti-04!!

Well said Smurf

I like all types of 4x4's mainly due to the fact you feel loads safer & no one mess's

UB & the rest of the tree huggers

Paul - i always play nice

Patt@firstime

Well said that man

Gangsta Smurf

There is a junior school near to where I live and there was a a mass protest outside with all these people hurling abuse at people turning up driving 4x4s ... no-one should have to incur that sort of heckling when they with their kids.

To be honest I don't really see the point in all the protesting. Say a few thousand people did decide to sell their 4x4s as a result of the the protesting ... it would have no effect on pollution because the levels are insignificant in the first place.

Second ... if a person is a bad driver then they'll be a bad driver in any car regardless of size.

Third ... I think there is a lot of jealousy involved. These 4x4s cost a hell of a lot and a guarantee if somebody had unlimited funds they would encase their children in one - expecially with the amount of RTAs going up every month.

There are more important things to worry about than people wanting to drive big cars!

i.e. police forces making more money than public listed companies from camera revenues.

Random stabbings and muggings levels going up.

The failure of the judiciary system!

sti-04!!

On another point

Why come onto a Car Related BBS & moan about gas guzzling 4x4's & such like

Get a grip & **** off over to www.savetheplanet.com or www.wehate4x4s.co.uk

unclebuck

As I already said it has nothing to do with the fact that bloated 4x4s 'guzzle gas'. What it has everything to do with is the bad attitudes of the type of people that own them. They are by their very nature anti-social in the same way that yobs in hooded tops riding bikes on the pavement are anti-social. When you see the way that some (sorry, most) of these vehicles are (mis)handled in the urban environment by the idiots that took out the huge loan to buy them, you'll know what I mean.

Gangsta Smurf

My cousin lives in hoodies and rides his bike on the pavement. He is good kid and has never been in trouble EVER ... his peers and all people his age wear these clothes and ride bikes - you can't just label them all because it's what that age group as a whole represent.

Same with 4x4s ... there are the same amount of idiots that drive scoobs, evos, ferraris, white vans, modeos, focus's, audis, bmws and who can't handle them properly. What are you going to label these car drivers like??? I'm worried if that is how you judge a person, by what car they drive. If my sister brought home a new bloke and he drove a 4x4 I wouldn't assume he was anti-social. I'd get to know him first before I killed him!

My point is that it is wrong to label people based on what car they choose to drive. Just the same as it's wrong to label anyone based on the attitudude of their age group or beliefs in general.

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and there is more on the way....

Regacy

I drive a landrover discovery
it is a V8
I don't see any difference in my social standing or impact on the environment from the Subaru I sold to buy it.
Indeed some could argue that 'speed kills' and as your typical 4x4 is significantly slower than a performance car, like say a Subaru, the impact I am likely to have on by fellow humans is much less significant....
Discuss (in a mature adult fashion, if that's possible)
PS my children walk to school

unclebuck

Hooded tops – Bloated 4 x 4s. Same thing. They both represent symbols that those who own them promote a certain kind of life style. There’s no difference in that respect.

So, if people don’t want to be considered to be foul mouthed, littering, thieving, vandelising, drug taking yobs they shouldn’t adopt the symbols of such culture and go around wearing hooded tops.

Likewise, if people don’t want to be perceived as footballers wives, shallow, selfish, rights over responsibilities, live on credit, soap watching morons they should drive appropriate vehicles for the environment they inhabit in a sensible and considerate manner.

Simple really.

Gangsta Smurf

I just think what you're saying is a bit strong. Dread to think what you think of subaru drivers!

Scooby-doo97

iTrader: (1)

It's not about having road tax, insurance etc.. I have kids, but I don't use my car to pick them up, 'cos the school is just around the corner! Maybe I should park all my cars across peoples' driveways?



So you really are one of those gangster rappers, eh? You feel safer 'cos some punk-*** **** might pop a cap in ya ***?

When did I mention pollution? WHY do people need to use any sort of motor vehicle if they live up the road from the school? They end up parking the things then walk the rest of the way. If you're complaining about petrol duty, then leave your 4x4 at home and walk!

Scooby-Doo

I bought a 4X4 in the hope that when one of the local hoodies doing 90 up the high street in his WRX hits me I have a chance of surviving.