Cock-Car of the year nominations
16 September 2008, 10:20 AM
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Yep, had one the other day. Darted in and out of lanes on a roundabout to gain places in a queue. No indication, throttle and brakes were either fully on or fully off, dump valve wooshing for England etc.. lol. Felt a bit embarrassed to be honest!
Most Scooby drivers I come across are courteous and considerate though, it has to be said. I think I'm just fortunate to live in an area where they didn't really catch on with the toerags as they got cheap! Many people I see driving em, are late 20s and above.
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16 September 2008, 10:39 AM
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BMW's, but in particular 316's with chrome wheels - always driven by young men who obviously have a complex because they could only afford the cheapest BMW and not a proper one like their dad has - also includes asian women in X5's who always seem to drive in the middle of the road rather than a single lane.
Old men in huge Mercs - without fail they can only see as far as the little 3 pointed star on the bonnet, and despite travelling at 35mph everywere ( irrespective of what the speed limit is ) seem to cause carnage.
99% of women in big 4x4's, but particularly really expensive Range Rovers - for some reason they have no concept of how wide the vehicle is, and always park outside the school either 2 feet away from the kerb, or with at least one wheel up on it. Hopefully the new tax laws and petrol prices will make their husbands buy them all 1.0 Corsas instead like they should be driving.
Old men in huge Mercs - without fail they can only see as far as the little 3 pointed star on the bonnet, and despite travelling at 35mph everywere ( irrespective of what the speed limit is ) seem to cause carnage.
99% of women in big 4x4's, but particularly really expensive Range Rovers - for some reason they have no concept of how wide the vehicle is, and always park outside the school either 2 feet away from the kerb, or with at least one wheel up on it. Hopefully the new tax laws and petrol prices will make their husbands buy them all 1.0 Corsas instead like they should be driving.
16 September 2008, 10:54 AM
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Oh had a woman in a Renault Scenic today tailgating me, obviously refusing to overtake because she didnt think she had enough room to pass. That really pisses me off. Could have got a bus through and left me bags of room yet sitting a metre of my back wheel is obviously safe.
16 September 2008, 11:08 AM
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In the Leeds area, my vote goes to the Citroen Picasso Febble-carrier.... usually driven by a randy frustrated Vatenen type.
Or the general case of ethnic taxi chariots, doing a random action at 30 second intervals.
LOL
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Or the general case of ethnic taxi chariots, doing a random action at 30 second intervals.
LOL
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16 September 2008, 01:02 PM
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My opinion of other road users has been heightened by cycling, you get more defensive and that mechanism is based on the information you have, the vehicle is all you have to go on, my nomination for the vehicle type favoured by worryingly unstable, aggressive and obnoxious people is the,
Mitsubishi Animal Pickup or similar, the more flash, the bigger the ego/smaller the brain.
Today, one (Fully blinged) skimmed me with its wing mirror rather than wait the 50 yards til the road opened up, I was doing 20 mph, it was a 30 limit, now, if you had to be somewhere that urgently you would think something faster and more nimble (Perhaps a Large Garden Shed).
It may be partly that these things are imposing but they are often driven so badly and agressively ?
Your nominations please.
Mitsubishi Animal Pickup or similar, the more flash, the bigger the ego/smaller the brain.
Today, one (Fully blinged) skimmed me with its wing mirror rather than wait the 50 yards til the road opened up, I was doing 20 mph, it was a 30 limit, now, if you had to be somewhere that urgently you would think something faster and more nimble (Perhaps a Large Garden Shed).
It may be partly that these things are imposing but they are often driven so badly and agressively ?
Your nominations please.
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16 September 2008, 01:18 PM
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Women in 4x4's for me. I walk, a lot, and sometimes have to venture out during school run time (Why its call school run as its obviously quicker to walk).
I've almost been run over on a number of occasions by parents with CHILD in the worlds largest 4x4 as they cant wait for the traffic to move so they decide to mount the pavement, irrespective of whats on the pavement at the time. The "I'm bigger, so move" mentality.
Also anyone on a sports bike. I live on the main road up to the cat and fiddle and the speeds that some of these morons go past is beyond belief. We regularly get the power rangers going past the house on one wheel. This is in a built up area with parked cars on both sides of the road and a 30mph limit.
I've almost been run over on a number of occasions by parents with CHILD in the worlds largest 4x4 as they cant wait for the traffic to move so they decide to mount the pavement, irrespective of whats on the pavement at the time. The "I'm bigger, so move" mentality.
Also anyone on a sports bike. I live on the main road up to the cat and fiddle and the speeds that some of these morons go past is beyond belief. We regularly get the power rangers going past the house on one wheel. This is in a built up area with parked cars on both sides of the road and a 30mph limit.
16 September 2008, 02:59 PM
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Sorry to slate my own sex here, but I find wimmins driving People Carriers seem to draw comfort from sitting on the bum end of my car. 
Oh and had an Audi A3 so close to me this afternoon, I could smell his aftershave He stuck there for a few minutes before doing a very bad overtake, making as much noise as he could. I would love a pop up for the back window which says something like "Don't waste my time" 
Seeing as it says cars, I won't mention White Van Man
Oh and had an Audi A3 so close to me this afternoon, I could smell his aftershave
He stuck there for a few minutes before doing a very bad overtake, making as much noise as he could. I would love a pop up for the back window which says something like "Don't waste my time" Seeing as it says cars, I won't mention White Van Man
16 September 2008, 03:17 PM
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I have to say, in the majority of cases where another road user has annoyed me, they are usually driving a 4x4 of some description.
Be it playing chicken and running me off the road when they swerve round parked cars - defiant of oncomming traffic. Crossing over onto the opposite carriageway on sharp bends. Blocking local highstreets when they take forever to park (bumping up and down curbs in the process), likewise outside every school when picking up/dropping off their offspring. Pulling out of junctions without looking, likewise with roundabouts. Using the wrong lanes, especially lane 3 of motorways, again with no consideration of the people stuck behind.
The worst have to be a toss up between the X5, Range Rover Sport, L200, Nivara and Freelander.
As for cars, I seem to have a instant dislike of anyone driving a Toyota Prius, I don't know why, I just do. But I have noted alot of them do seem to hog the middle lane on motorways, so maybe the reason is because they are purchased by middle-lane man.
Be it playing chicken and running me off the road when they swerve round parked cars - defiant of oncomming traffic. Crossing over onto the opposite carriageway on sharp bends. Blocking local highstreets when they take forever to park (bumping up and down curbs in the process), likewise outside every school when picking up/dropping off their offspring. Pulling out of junctions without looking, likewise with roundabouts. Using the wrong lanes, especially lane 3 of motorways, again with no consideration of the people stuck behind.
The worst have to be a toss up between the X5, Range Rover Sport, L200, Nivara and Freelander.
As for cars, I seem to have a instant dislike of anyone driving a Toyota Prius, I don't know why, I just do. But I have noted alot of them do seem to hog the middle lane on motorways, so maybe the reason is because they are purchased by middle-lane man.
16 September 2008, 04:36 PM
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Oh and young males driving little Fiats
Listen, if you're a young male and you drive a Fiat, that's fine - we know, they're cheap and easy to insure. But if you, deep down, think they may be casting mixed messages about your masculinity- deal with it quietly!! Don't draw attention to it by overcompensating i.e. revving your engine and making provocative gestures at cars that will simply eat you alive if they wanted to!
It just makes you look like you're struggling to come to terms with something
Listen, if you're a young male and you drive a Fiat, that's fine - we know, they're cheap and easy to insure. But if you, deep down, think they may be casting mixed messages about your masculinity- deal with it quietly!! Don't draw attention to it by overcompensating i.e. revving your engine and making provocative gestures at cars that will simply eat you alive if they wanted to!
It just makes you look like you're struggling to come to terms with something
16 September 2008, 06:32 PM
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206 cc's and Mini's, usually driven by 20 year old wannabe "it" girls, talking on the mobile, texting, doing their nails, reading Heat or junior Estate agents with too much hair product and an Iphone, generally in mega debt to pay for lifestyle acoutrements.
Old Fleggers in knackered estate cars, *** hanging out of mouth, sagging on its springs, only 50% of lights working, carrying tools of the trade, the biggest tool being the driver. Xantia's, Mk1 Mondeos and Pug 406s, usually with no road tax, duct tape, missing trim, no wheel trims etc. This encompasses small white vans
Black Cab drivers, but then I would want to take revenge on an uncaring society if I was made to sit in one of those evil contraptions all day with the smell of diesel and my own body odours, whilst it destorys my spinal column.
BMW's obviously, however there is a worrying trend in that some are polite and well driven, I dont know if its a ploy to lull us into a false sense of security or all the real knobbers have moved to A4 TDi S-Lines ? M3 drivers however are proper old school BMW drivers, keeping it real in the old style, by being a ****.
Range Rover Sports, arghhhhhh, **** central, the Disco 3 on which it is based only rates basic cockdom by being a four wheel drive weight 2.7 tonnes but the RR Sport doubles its Cockosity, tolerable to look at as standard but the more the option list is hit the Cockomer starts giving odd readings as its off the scale, a set of 22 inch rims and Chrome pack and it shuts down and reboots.
Cayenne, Interesting for six months when it came out, too many about and now I just think, bet you would love to sell that but no ****** wants it, generally, not that offensively driven considering.
Horsey People, put a 50 year old Equine addled Hormanal bint with big teeth and even bigger thighs in charge of a 1965 Bedford lorry, down a country lane, the results will never be pretty, glaciers move faster. Also, the ones towing their bleeding Nags around so they can ride them on the road and sh1te everywhere, how is it I have to pick up a fresh, warm loaf when the Dog lays its daily egg yet when a Horse deposits 5 kilos of half digested straw it can stay there ready to cause an accident ?
Scoobs, never had a problem with a Scoob, ok some look a bit rough, you know, shaven head, no neck, Staffy, load of bling, gold wheels, stickers but generally they dont seem to cause too much agro.
Bikers, some thing they are Valentino Rossi and that they are in someway special for dressing up like that, all knee sliders, latest Gixxer and Arai helmets, they get frustrated when they cannot go past at three times the posted limit due to other road users, these are usually the weekend variety, if they rode like that every day they wouldnt survive.
Old Fleggers in knackered estate cars, *** hanging out of mouth, sagging on its springs, only 50% of lights working, carrying tools of the trade, the biggest tool being the driver. Xantia's, Mk1 Mondeos and Pug 406s, usually with no road tax, duct tape, missing trim, no wheel trims etc. This encompasses small white vans
Black Cab drivers, but then I would want to take revenge on an uncaring society if I was made to sit in one of those evil contraptions all day with the smell of diesel and my own body odours, whilst it destorys my spinal column.
BMW's obviously, however there is a worrying trend in that some are polite and well driven, I dont know if its a ploy to lull us into a false sense of security or all the real knobbers have moved to A4 TDi S-Lines ? M3 drivers however are proper old school BMW drivers, keeping it real in the old style, by being a ****.
Range Rover Sports, arghhhhhh, **** central, the Disco 3 on which it is based only rates basic cockdom by being a four wheel drive weight 2.7 tonnes but the RR Sport doubles its Cockosity, tolerable to look at as standard but the more the option list is hit the Cockomer starts giving odd readings as its off the scale, a set of 22 inch rims and Chrome pack and it shuts down and reboots.
Cayenne, Interesting for six months when it came out, too many about and now I just think, bet you would love to sell that but no ****** wants it, generally, not that offensively driven considering.
Horsey People, put a 50 year old Equine addled Hormanal bint with big teeth and even bigger thighs in charge of a 1965 Bedford lorry, down a country lane, the results will never be pretty, glaciers move faster. Also, the ones towing their bleeding Nags around so they can ride them on the road and sh1te everywhere, how is it I have to pick up a fresh, warm loaf when the Dog lays its daily egg yet when a Horse deposits 5 kilos of half digested straw it can stay there ready to cause an accident ?
Scoobs, never had a problem with a Scoob, ok some look a bit rough, you know, shaven head, no neck, Staffy, load of bling, gold wheels, stickers but generally they dont seem to cause too much agro.
Bikers, some thing they are Valentino Rossi and that they are in someway special for dressing up like that, all knee sliders, latest Gixxer and Arai helmets, they get frustrated when they cannot go past at three times the posted limit due to other road users, these are usually the weekend variety, if they rode like that every day they wouldnt survive.
16 September 2008, 06:55 PM
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Horsey People, put a 50 year old Equine addled Hormanal bint with big teeth and even bigger thighs in charge of a 1965 Bedford lorry, down a country lane, the results will never be pretty, glaciers move faster. Also, the ones towing their bleeding Nags around so they can ride them on the road and sh1te everywhere, how is it I have to pick up a fresh, warm loaf when the Dog lays its daily egg yet when a Horse deposits 5 kilos of half digested straw it can stay there ready to cause an accident ?
16 September 2008, 08:16 PM
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That go faster stripe on the new ones adds as least 100bhp mate. 
At least, that's what you'd think from the way they drive!
Had one right up my Chuff on the M3 a while back. Road cleared, thought, why not? Put foot down and showed the occupant and passenger what a real performance car can do. Bit of a waste really, 340bhp classic scooby vs 150bhp Fiesta, what did anyone expect!
Then slowed down, pulled into the middle lane and waved as he went past....surprisingly he didn't want to wave back....
As someone memorably said on here once: it's a complete ***** shrinker!
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At least, that's what you'd think from the way they drive!
Had one right up my Chuff on the M3 a while back. Road cleared, thought, why not? Put foot down and showed the occupant and passenger what a real performance car can do. Bit of a waste really, 340bhp classic scooby vs 150bhp Fiesta, what did anyone expect!
Then slowed down, pulled into the middle lane and waved as he went past....surprisingly he didn't want to wave back....
As someone memorably said on here once: it's a complete ***** shrinker!
Ns "must grow up" 04
17 September 2008, 08:58 AM
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I'd second the 3 series and X5 - most BMWs are driven by normal people, but these seem to attract those with something to prove.
17 September 2008, 09:02 AM
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My opinion of other road users has been heightened by cycling, you get more defensive and that mechanism is based on the information you have, the vehicle is all you have to go on, my nomination for the vehicle type favoured by worryingly unstable, aggressive and obnoxious people is the,
Mitsubishi Animal Pickup or similar, the more flash, the bigger the ego/smaller the brain.
Today, one (Fully blinged) skimmed me with its wing mirror rather than wait the 50 yards til the road opened up, I was doing 20 mph, it was a 30 limit, now, if you had to be somewhere that urgently you would think something faster and more nimble (Perhaps a Large Garden Shed).
It may be partly that these things are imposing but they are often driven so badly and agressively ?
Your nominations please.
Mitsubishi Animal Pickup or similar, the more flash, the bigger the ego/smaller the brain.
Today, one (Fully blinged) skimmed me with its wing mirror rather than wait the 50 yards til the road opened up, I was doing 20 mph, it was a 30 limit, now, if you had to be somewhere that urgently you would think something faster and more nimble (Perhaps a Large Garden Shed).
It may be partly that these things are imposing but they are often driven so badly and agressively ?
Your nominations please.
I've realised, and I'm sorry to say it ladies, but an awful lot of ladies drive using tunnel vision - don't ever use their wing mirrors (or even fold them out in an increasing number of occasions), and never spot you waiting to cross / pull out. (I have a fairly interesting stat on the latter).
Car wise, defo newer Golf, most Audis, and RR Sports, which seem to spend their whole time doing 90 up someone's backside, with the driver inevitably on the phone. Still some people are just soooo important
17 September 2008, 11:54 AM
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Old Fleggers in knackered estate cars, *** hanging out of mouth, sagging on its springs, only 50% of lights working, carrying tools of the trade, the biggest tool being the driver. Xantia's, Mk1 Mondeos and Pug 406s, usually with no road tax, duct tape, missing trim, no wheel trims etc. This encompasses small white vans
17 September 2008, 01:32 PM
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I just hate people carriers anyway though, why do people have to buy a 7/8 seater (or a huge 4x4) if they only have 2 or 3 kids!!!?!?
17 September 2008, 03:33 PM
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Wimmins driving sh1tey old red Astras with badly oxidised paint, negotiating a roundabout whilst smoking a *** and talking on their mobile with four free range kids climbing all over the seats in the back
18 September 2008, 02:53 AM
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Or if you didn't want to offend anyone English speaking only, you could use the tagalog word "Tandang".
18 September 2008, 12:14 PM
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Citroen C2 has just been added to my list, along with Puntos, Corsas and Fiestas. Had a little chav with his dustbin exhaust and tints fly up onto my bumper this morning when I was stuck behind two other cars.
Shame the poor fella nearly lost it when I slammed the anchors on. Maybe the lack of badges on my wagon gave him a surprise when I booted it and left him for dust.
Shame the poor fella nearly lost it when I slammed the anchors on. Maybe the lack of badges on my wagon gave him a surprise when I booted it and left him for dust.
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