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100% that cone would be getting moved.
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Originally Posted by matty_f
If only there was somewhere it could be inserted...
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Originally Posted by hermit crab
ftfy
That reminds me of what happened to my car when I lived in falkirk, Russell Street near Brockville is very narrow with space to park on one side only. As most cars were parked on the opposite side of the road to my house I also parked opposite. One person owned a haulage firm and would sometimes bring a tractor cab unit home. He and his neighbour would block my car in with an inch between the vehicles so no way of getting the car out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
The straw that broke the camels back was the squirting of superglue into the locks. I bought my current home, unseen, soon after. That was over 30 years ago.
I used to park a long double wheel base Ford Transit van behind my own car when I lived in Liverpool. The next door neighbour didn’t have a car but complained that my van blocked his light! Threatened to slash the van tyres and vandalise it if it wasn’t moved, it stayed where it was and was never touched.
Some of this sounds a bit like my street.
Most houses have driveways but there’s 8 houses that don’t (including ours), totalling 17 cars. There’s seven communal spaces plus space on the kerb at the opposite side of the road.
our next door neighbours are fanatical about one particular space, to the point that when one of them is going out, the other will go out and move their other car into the space to make sure no one can get it (particularly the household on their other side, they don’t get on at all).
we also have a bloke who buys an oldish car, parks it in a space and it never moves for months, then is eventually gotten rid off (one sat for about 2 years solid, and was completely mouldy inside).
the space on the kerb has enough room for 6 cars if people park sensibly, one household (husband, wife and recently passed driving test daughter), none of them have any concept of good parking, and it’s not unusual to come home to find their 3 cars taking up the entire space because theyve left over half a car length between each other.
there’s also a neighbour with a double driveway who owns (but doesn’t drive) a taxi, which is never in his driveway but in a communal space (although I think he’s sorned it now as he’s moved it into the garden after months of taking up a space).
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Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
That's just ridiculous bullying.
Fiat 500s. What is about a Fiat 500 that attracts people that really shouldn't be on the road? Cutting people up, parking over two spaces, if it's not an Audi it's a bloody Fiat 500.
It's the big ones that puzzle me. What's that all about? Like big minis, surely they should be maxis? I remember real maxis and they were guff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
Ah, the Austin Maxi. There used to be a joke about the Dunlop Worldbeater tyres tv advert. Round the world on one set of tyres but wore out three Austin Maxis.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peevemor
My wife and eldest daughter both have Fiat 500s. You could be onto something!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
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Originally Posted by Saturday Boy
Never had one but my workmate did. Think he almost dislocated his wrist trying to change gear and put his knee out booting the clutch. A truly horrendous motor.
When we were 17 and just passed our tests my mate had a Allegro Vanden Plas, how very posh. We went thousands of miles in it, at least half of them being towed!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
I managed to write my mother's Maxi off. Nothing serious, just wasn't looking and a Beetle (a Beetle ffs) ploughed into me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
Haha.... my boss had one.....I remember the catchphrase back in 78 or whenever - Allegro's Got Vroom!! Heap of sheidt!Quote:
Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
Passed my test in an allegro. Not the posh variant though ! :).Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
You are John Lennon and I claim my £10 :greengrin https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp...rashed-car-a9/Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
Imagine that .Quote:
Originally Posted by Hiber-nation
The Vanden Plas had a square steering wheel. Vinyl roof and a funky grill at the front and wooden cash etc. It was the uniquely BL mustard colour which was horrificQuote:
Originally Posted by bigwheel
He obviously wasn't watching the wheels..Quote:
Originally Posted by CropleyWasGod
Are either of them midwives?Quote:
Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
We had midwives do home visits for Wee Jones 1 and out of the 7 or 8 that came all but 1 had Fiat 500’s.
haha no! 500s are dead cheap to buy and to run so that is probably the attraction.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
****ers who dont acknowledge you when you stop to let them through a narrow part of the road, 2 of them today at the same bit, ignorant gits.
The Allegro was a truly horrific car, but the Vanden Plas took it to new levels. I was watching a program a while ago and the guy that designed it was on, he had the original design with him, it actually looked quite good, but management interference forced him to change it into the monstrosity it became.Quote:
Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
My friend had the sports version of the Allegro, the Equipe I think. It had super performance for its time - until one of the front wheels fell off!
Audi drivers are considerably worse than BMW and Mercedes drivers and I won't be told otherwise.
Think they own the ****ing road. Twats.
the very worst, most ignorant drivers on the road
1 Audi
2 BMW
absolutely :agree:
BL were a joke. The Ital was designed by Giugiaro italdesign I think, hence the name, but when you read the history of that design house there is no mention of it!! Says it all about BLQuote:
Originally Posted by lord bunberry
Maybe I’m alone but I think the Vaden Plas has actually matured into a bit of a cult classic!Quote:
Originally Posted by lord bunberry
I do remember one of my mates dads had a standard allegro and it had weird waffle pattern vinyl covered seats that literally stuck to you in the summer.
The build quality of all BL cars were truly horrific though.
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Originally Posted by Dazzling Doidge
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Originally Posted by cabbageandribs1875
So basically anybody that drives a German car.
Funnily enough, Germans are notoriously selfish drivers (second only, in my experience, to the Austrians).
The Allegro came out around the time we joined the common market, the hope was that it would be a big seller in Europe. The reality was that people realised they didn’t have to buy crappy BL cars anymore, they could get quality German cars instead and the Europeans didn’t fancy the Allegro very much.Quote:
Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
Not many BL cars lasted long enough to mature. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by RyeSloan
Shirley VW drivers are exempt?Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
No, only trabant drivers 😉Quote:
Originally Posted by lapsedhibee
I’m not saying that people who drive Nissan Jukes or Qaishqais are all **** drivers...it just seems to be that when I see some **** driving it’s from the owner of one of those cars.
Although there are idiots driving these cars without doubt and it doesn't matter what car they drive private hire drivers are the worst drivers on the road. If you see a car making a dodgy manoeuvre in the distance you can be assured when it gets closer it will have the private hire signs on it.
Delivery drivers are next and bin men after that.
So basically drivers of Fiat 500s, Nissan Jukes/Qashquais, all German cars and anyone who drives both black cabs and private hire cars are **** drivers. Add to that truck and bus drivers and motorcyclists and not to mention cyclists then I don't think I want to be on the roads any time soon. 🙃
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Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
I drive an Astra, so I'm OK.
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Folk who drive Astras. ****ing nightmare, drive about like they are the only ones who know how to drive properly
People from hick country towns where the dual carriageway is only 400m long, but think they're expert enough to criticise Astra drivers.
I mean, seriously, stick to playing your Banjos with your twelve fingers!
.nets perfect drivers.
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Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
I'll have you know that I have a thirty years no claims bonus!!!
It would have been thirty one, if it wasn't for that multi-car pile up in Liverpool when I used to drive a German car.
Proves nothing, bad drivers don’t always have accidents, they may cause plenty though 😉Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
Funny thing perception. I tend to think of them as disciplined drivers who ate taught that rules are rules, and drive to the rules.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
I always enjoy the autobahns; especially when the hire car can play with the big boys!
Back on topic, I live in Dudlley. No one can drive here, and the M5/6 are especially bad with middle lane morons.
We actually have traffic lights now you know! And the only folk in the wee *****y who have 12 fingers are the jambo minority!Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
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Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
Traffic Lights? Seriously?
Never had any when I lived in Fishcross.
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Originally Posted by AltheHibby
Germans don't have a concept of a safe stopping distance from the car in front, and if you overtake on the Autobahn you invariably get another car driving right up to your bumper, flashing his lights at you and expecting you to pull back into the slow lane ASAP.
If you're on a side street trying to get into busy traffic, they almost never flash their lights and let you in.
If you need to swap lanes, then be brave about it, partly because there's no space between the cars in the other lane (see point 1) and partly because they never let people in (see point 2).
However, they are mere amateurs compared to Austrians, particularly the Viennese. Those Arschlöcher jump lanes like there's no tomorrow (there often isn't for some of them), cut you up on the motorway and like to terrorise pedestrians by driving up to pedestrian crossings at 100kph, then slamming on their brakes at the last second.
Austria statistically has the second highest accident rate per kilometer of road in Europe... second only to Slovenia. But that's only because Slovenia is between Vienna and the Adriatic, so the crazy Viennese drive through it on their way to the beach, killing everybody in their path.
Don't know when that was but you would have been lucky to have an indoor toilet if you lived in kipper Junction!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
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Originally Posted by weecounty hibby
Outside lavvies only
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Originally Posted by Keith_M
You forgot signalling left in the outside lane to let you know they are screaming down the road. I was once doing 200KPH towards Dusseldorf and I had 3 Porsches on my tail, all signalling left.
I still feel safer on German roads than here. Only today I saw a Range Rover refuse to move over for an ambulance on a blue light run, forcing the ambulance to undertake.
BTW, have you ever had the 'pleasure' of driving through the Kennedy Tunnel in Antwerp? Now that is terrifying!😳
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Originally Posted by AltheHibby
No, I'll need to give that a try sometime
:greengrin
Folk who overtake, pull back in front of you then immediately slam on the brakes.
To add to the list of car/driver stereotypes, it is usually people driving cars where the roof/wing mirrors are a different colour to the rest of the car.
Kerbing your alloy and scraping your front spoiler whilst parking at a high kerb which I have just done arrrrrrgh
I'll see your kerbing and raise you an opened passenger door on to a high kerb/pavement that scrapes the bottom corner of the door and the matter is compounded when the passenger, ignorant of their actions, gets in the car resulting in a god awful metal crunching noise from the door.:grr:Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouse Hibee
I'll raise you a wife who forgot that there was a pillar next to her parking space in my car. New door required.Quote:
Originally Posted by speedy_gonzales
I’ll raise you a now ex-wife who exactly one week after getting a brand new car couldn’t be bothered waiting for the windscreen to demist so drove off and went into bollards causing almost £3k of damage.Quote:
Originally Posted by AltheHibby
Yet another thread that's turned into complaints about women.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner.🤣Quote:
Originally Posted by overdrive
To balance things a little, I will admit to reversing under an overhang at a crematorium on day 1 with no problems. Followed by trying the same on day 2. Unfortunately, on day 2 I have my mate's van and it's a few inches taller, resulting in concrete everywhere. Somehow, no mourners were hurt.😳
Or created! :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by AltheHibby
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Originally Posted by overdrive
Boy done that to me on the bypass the other day in atrocious conditions, heavy rain and lots of surface water. I was trying to keep a safe distance from the car in front, boy in a BMW 4x4 type thing pulled in front of me then put the anchors on as he wanted to exit at the straiton slip road and had almost left it too late. Terrible driving and I had my 3 year old in the back. I couldn't hold back on the profanities and horn blasting. If he'd just stayed behind me there wouldn't have been an issue. Time saved on his journey - zero.
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Originally Posted by Keith_M
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Originally Posted by Hermit Crab
I rest my case!
My son drives a BMW and is one of the most careful, thoughtful drivers I know. I don’t know if he realises he doesn’t have the qualities to belong the the exclusive club mentioned here.
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Originally Posted by Jim44
He's obviously doing it wrong.
Where's the annual winter tyres thread?
Its as if folk on here don't care!
Start one, I'll happily join in. I'm just about to go out shopping in the car, -11, swirling snow with a 4-5 inch covering on the roads. No problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack
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Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
What kind of car do you drive?
Ford S-Max or Toyota Aygo, both fitted with winter tyres so no problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
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Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
I was just wondering because I always found the weight of the car made a difference as well.
A reasonably heavy car, winter tyres and driving sensibly is usually enough in quite heavy snow.
Here will do I think :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
Most cars with front wheel drive and winter tyres won't have a problem in snow. It's you're German rear wheel drives that struggle. I've a couple of mates who put 2 sacks of cement in the boots of their Mercedes to solve the weight distribution problem, not ideal but supposedly it works.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
Aye, just look at what you've gone and started. :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Jack
I'd disagree about weight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
I had a 2 ton BMW 7 series, it was a nightmare.
A friend had a nimble porsche, it was a nightmare too.
Both rear wheel drive.
The wee job I've taken in retirement involves driving a van. Its great (well as great as a wee van can be) with its winter tyres on.
The worst car I’ve ever owned for driving in the snow was a Volvo S40, front wheel drive and Swedish. You’d assume the Swedes would know a thing or two about winter driving but honestly it was useless, slightest bit of snow and it would get stuck. Had loads of front wheel and rear wheel drive cars over the years and driven in some really bad conditions but never got into as much problems as I did in that car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
Used to drive a Volvo in northern Norway, never had any problems:greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by Alfiembra
Is that the GL or the GLX model?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hibrandenburg
😁
BV 202 :greengrinQuote:
Originally Posted by w pilton hibby
Twonks that make no effort to clear the snow from their car.
For those that don't know, we've had a dusting of snow overnight, it might be wise to clear the roof of your car as well as your windscreen.
A car came up the Baberton slip on to the bypass this morning with a good 6 inches (gnarff gnarff) on their roof, as soon as they got up to speed the whole lot caught the wind and battered my van like an icy blizzard.
Then, approaching the Sheriffhall RAB, another fudnugget in a bit of a hurry approached the waiting red light with a bit of gusto and the load of snow (they were transporting somewhere) on their car slid forward over their windscreen.
When they lights turned green the car was still stationary, didn't look like the windscreen wipers could shift the load.
Your last paragraph is a lovely piece of karma.🤣Quote:
Originally Posted by speedy_gonzales
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Originally Posted by speedy_gonzales
I'd just like to point out that this is an offence and you can get a fine if the traffic cops spot you.
I honestly have no idea of anybody ever gets fined for it, but I live in hope.
They do over here. A few years ago I saw a police checkpoint pulling cars in for not clearing their snow off the roof.Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
The problem is not when it's snow, the problem is when that snow has started to melt and then refrozen, there's been a few reports in the press already this year about sheets of solid ice breaking car windscreens on the Autobahn after breaking off from vehicles travelling in front. I always have a soft broom in the car at this time of year, it only takes a minute to clear the roof, bonnet and lights of snow.
I was driving along the M8 earlier.
There's a number of warehouses at various stages along the way. When the artics hit the motorway it was as if they had their own personal snow storms following them for a mile or so from the snow that had accumulated on the top of their trailers.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-55950942Quote:
Originally Posted by Keith_M
There's one 😁
********s that run red lights because they’re too thick to understand that the green arrow indicating left doesn’t allow you to go straight ahead when the other light is red. Only my reactions and quick thinking saved me from a collision tonight on way hone at 10.30, the offender was a PH car.
On the snow clearing, I had an experience a few weeks ago. Took my wife to hospital for a growth scan for the wee man, in South Lanarkshire we’ve had about 8 weeks of fairly persistent snow and the bottom layer of snow on the car had turned to ice which started to melt while parked at Wishaw, then on the way home as I pulled up to a roundabout the sheet of snow slid on to my windscreen and the wipers couldn’t cope so I was totally blinded.
This damage was caused by a block of ice that was originally snow that had melted then refrozen before breaking loose from a truck. With cars it can be more dangerous because of the smaller brick sized solid blocks that can easily pierce the windscreens of cars driving behind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
If you sit in your car or leave it running for a while with the heater on full it will come off before you leave. I’m not 100% sure, but if it comes off while your driving and hits another car, you’re insurance has to pay out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jones28
I get the pavements are always great in this weather, and I’ve no issue with pedestrians walking on the road when it’s clear, but getting some amount of dirty looks for daring to drive along a road and the, having to step into the snow at the side as I pass
(to be clear, I’m not racing up to them or anything like that, or shouting at them to move)
Joggers who run on the road and then get annoyed when I peep my horn to make them aware I'm behind them, got off the friggin road it's for vehicles.Quote:
Originally Posted by McD
I think when the paths are caked in compacted snow it's perfectly acceptable and maybe even expected for pedestrians to use the road.Quote:
Originally Posted by J-C
I know I do.
It just needs everyone to be aware and slow down that little bit.
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Originally Posted by speedy_gonzales
I'm not talking about when we have snow, normal times with normal weather, some of them think they're running in a marathon.
Ah,,,,gotcha!Quote:
Originally Posted by J-C
Wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest. I was totally shocked, very rarely have that feeling in the car! Luckily it was in Wishaw and I could easily pull over.Quote:
Originally Posted by lord bunberry
It's not happened to me but to some people that I know - the snow where we are has been really, really bad and as bad as I can remember up here for decades. Anyone who's had to head out to work has had to put in ages of digging cars out to get going.
If someone has dug a space out, don't go and park in it. Dig your own space out if you can. I know that you don't own the road or a parking space unless its on your own land, but taking into consideration the conditions we've got, be considerate for once.
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Originally Posted by Moulin Yarns
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Incidentally, I was driving to St. Andrews for work yesterday and on the 50mph stretch of road came across some morons clearing their drive - and shovelling it onto the ****ing road.
Beyond stupid.
Same as the folk in the street who clear the pavements onto the road and leave a bank of snow right behind/in front of your car that you can’t drive overQuote:
Originally Posted by Northernhibee
I run on the road quite often but rule number 1 is always run towards oncoming traffic. That way there's no need to worry about anything coming up behind you.Quote:
Originally Posted by J-C
Someone with brains, that's the correct way to do it :aok:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pretty Boy
The fact that I'm utterly rubbish at right handed u turns of which there are many where I live. Just bought a Yamaha nmax and haven't been on a bike for 45 years.