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PostPosted: 16:32 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Most badly driven make and model of car? Reply with quote

There's always one that seems to stand out. When you see one up ahead you just KNOW to watch out for them.

Now for me it always used to be maroon volvo estate cars with dog-guards in the back.

Most recently though, the bane of my life have been people driving a Honda Jazz. Either they exclusively sell them to inattentive, incompetant drivers or they handle something like a Model T ford with four flat tyres.

They do 40mph in 60 zones, 20 in 30 zones and 30 on single trackers. They brake hard and erratically approaching minor bends. Do emergency stops for tight bends. They are "creepers" when approaching junctions and the clincher, they brake hard when they notice they are being overtaken.

The driver is usually wearing a hat, which is a sure sign of an incompetant moron.

I overtook no fewer than five of these cars last weekend on my 350 Bullet which has a top speed of 60mph and a 0-60 time somewhere in the region of 20 seconds when fully laden. Anyone I can overtake on a loaded up 350 bullet should have their driving licence revoked.

What sort of car yanks your chain?
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PostPosted: 16:53 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

BMW 'X' series of any size around school run time.
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PostPosted: 16:59 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mini Metro. Used to be just the Tartan rug ones to look out for.
The last remaining ones are still just as deadly.

Anything with 'TAXI' on it.

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PostPosted: 17:00 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

BIG mercs, you know they look old but they arn't. Them and big BMW's they both act like theyown the road and everyone else should get out of the way.

I always expect them cars to not bother looking.
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PostPosted: 17:00 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

VW Sharan Thumbs Down
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PostPosted: 17:09 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Daewoo Matizs


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PostPosted: 17:10 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Any Audi, particularly newer ones. WTF is it with the cretins that drive them? They virtually never indicate.
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PostPosted: 17:17 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

27cows wrote:
Any Audi, particularly newer ones. WTF is it with the cretins that drive them? They virtually never indicate.



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PostPosted: 17:18 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anything with this sign


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PostPosted: 17:28 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think officialy as a motorcyclist you are more likely to be involved in an accident with a vauxhall corsa than any other car.

To be honest though for me there seems to be no main bad type other than anything with 4 wheels or anything with two wheels less than 12" in diameter!

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PostPosted: 17:31 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nissan Micra
Nissan Almera
Honda Civic (beloved of both old gimmers and boy racers)
Any low cost 'prestige' car, specifically BMW 1 Series.

Can't decide definatley but I'm leaning towards the Almera. The Jazz is a good contender.
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PostPosted: 17:31 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Anything with an Audi badge, and the Uber4x4 brigade - the Porsche Cayenne, Volkswagen Touareg, Audi Q7/8 (double twat points on this one), BMW X3/5/7.

TheDonUK wrote:
VW Sharan Thumbs Down


Yeah, wankers. I'm so glad I sold mine and got a SEAT Alhambra instead.
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PostPosted: 17:33 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Porsche Cayenne

Iv'e nearly been knocked off by 3 of these. Could have actually been the same car on separate day's, with some psychopathic driver!
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PostPosted: 17:45 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nissan Micra (old and new)
Any Daihatsu
Rover 25
Daewoo Matiz
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PostPosted: 18:11 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Category I.
People who use any wee/small car. Corsa, Ka, Those little Nissan bubble cars and cetera.
The philosphy of the people who buy/steer these petrol fritterers is as follows.

Since:

a) I don't really like driving.
b) I am not a very good driver.
c) I know absolutely fuck all about cars or automotive transportation in general.

I only need a small car.

Category II

Any Hi-End BMW/Mercedes Benz/Top of the range OOOO (Audi)
Steeered by the Wives/Daughters/Girlfrieds of wealthy Indian/Arab gentlemen. These vehicles have all sorts of onboard inteligence controlling the safety management systems of the vehicle except driver selection.

Category III

Any vehicle that carries a 'For Hire' sign or Hackney Licence.

I think I have covered everything there. Laughing
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PostPosted: 18:13 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

German cars, Fiat Chic... whatever the fuck they're called Laughing, Micras, learner drivers - had one of them stall in my lane head-on when they had to cross it to turn right - enduro brakes are shit and I nearly poo'd myself. Ermmm, Corsas, Saxos etc. cars with 1 litre engines, a loud exhaust and bangin' sound system basically.
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PostPosted: 18:16 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Damon wrote:


That is Soooo right on.
Two of the hooligans almost wiped out the front end of my car when they did a very stupid overtake to turn left into a side road as I was slowing down to let let them through.
I think it was the apprentice who was driving.
Arseholes.
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PostPosted: 18:18 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Often find the police vans and hatches tend to be driven pretty badly, the saloons tend to be a bit better driven, I guess they're the drivers that are trusted to drive a more expensive car or something, makes sence.

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PostPosted: 18:25 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Saab

Volvo, specially older ones

Police "panda cars". not traffic cops

last time a copper pulled out on me at a roundabout, I managed to stop and the arse never even looked at me, he just sat there, staring straight forward till I went around him. fuckwit


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PostPosted: 18:32 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Micras and pt cruisers, they never seem to be able to get anywhere near the speed limit and brake for everything coming the other way regardless of which side of the white lines it is. And the wazzock down the end of the road who drives a clapped out ford transit with the cracked front bumper and no indicators who often parks with a small hike back to the curb. It must be the lack of indicator/bumper combo that makes him an idiot, the other guy who drives a transit parks millimeters away from the curb.


Anything that looks like an SUV that is shiny especially Range Rovers and X5's.
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PostPosted: 18:34 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Audi's and BMW's for me. Anything bigger than a pebble on the school run too. Because ya have 2 children you don't need a 4x4 or people carrier you cant see over the dash of....
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PostPosted: 18:36 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Shaggy D.A. wrote:

TheDonUK wrote:
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Yeah, wankers. I'm so glad I sold mine and got a SEAT Alhambra instead.


I'm glad that we went for a Ford Galaxy instead of a Sharan or Alhambra.
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My personal pet hates are:

Any car driven at exactly 45mph regardless of speed limit - i.e. 45 in a 30, 45 in a 60 etc etc.

As Stinkwheel pointed out, any person driving whilst wearing a hat. I know if i get stuck behind a hat, that it is going to be a long, slow, painful journey, usually at no more than 45mph. A tell tale sign of a shit driver is that they have a box of tissues on the rear parcel shelf. Anyone who drives with a bit of pace will quickly get fucked off with it sliding around on corners and during acceleration and braking. Consequently, the prescence of the tissue box makes it immediately apparent that you will be following them for a long time.

I suppose my main bugbear are the 'executive saloons' (the larger Audis, Beemers etc), they strike me as the people with (generally speaking) the worst road manners of ever. I'm guessing it's because they are usually in middle/upper management positions in their jobs and are consequently used to junior staff being deferential to them.
They seem to think that the deference applies to the public highways as well as the workplace, and that it is everyone else's responsibility to give way to them, and to avoid them as they swing from the outside lane of the motorway onto the off-slip of the junction they want, without indicating or even bothering to look to see if it is clear/safe for them to do so.

Also, another vote for badly driven cop cars. I was always under the impression that, as upholders of the law, the cozzers should be practising absolutely text book driving and should be the 'role model' for other road users.
Sadly, it no longer seems the case. I've lost count of the number of times i've had to sound my horn, and/or roll my eyes/gesture in a derisory fashion at some brainless william who has performed some incredibly stupid manoeuvre right in front of me.
I've had a couple of tugs from disgruntled pork chops who have had my horn sounded at them. Usually, when i've explained to them that their manoeuvre was either stupid, inconsiderate or dangerous (or frequently a combination of all 3), they get a little flustered and suddenly pretend they have somewhere else to be very quickly.
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PostPosted: 18:48 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

In fairness the times I have had to beep the police they have normaly put a hand up and said sorry Thumbs Up

Two times I am thinking of is when they have tried to move into me without checking blindspots.

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PostPosted: 18:51 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

stinkwheel wrote:
Most recently though, the bane of my life have been people driving a Honda Jazz.


That's spooky... That was the very first thing that came to my mind when I read the thread title. My missus got T-Boned by one that sailed over a stop line. I got rear shunted by one in a car park as the driver admitted "I didn't see you were stopped" (despited three brake lights on the back of my car, one of them being eye level and all working!). Both incidents had a driver who clearly qualified for a bus pass. You're dead right on the speed limit thing. I'm surrounded by single track roads and they fly round blind bends leaving you nowhere to go... Thankfully I know the roads well and drive at snails pace around the blind bends because so many honda jizz's have spooked me! And on the main A-road to York, you can guaranty a jazz will be doing 40 in the 50 zone.

The drivers of a jazz will always "slam-on" when an emergency vehicle comes towards them on the opposing carriageway with its blues on, despite the other carriage way being completely clear and the jazz being in no danger of obstructing it.

Oh and one time, on a single track road, I came around a blind bend to be confronted by a honda jazz PARKED in the middle of the road, causing me to brake very sharply (the one time I didn't crawl around it!) and causing my shopping that was on the passenger seat to fly into the passenger foot well. Best bit is, they had parked about 5 yards away from a "passing place" where they wouldn't have caused any obstruction. I pulled along side them (old codgers), half on half off the grass verge and in my pure red misted rage, I yelled the only words that came to my mind: "I HOPE YOUR HAPPY... MY BANOFFEE PIE WILL BE RUINED NOW".

I absolutely hate them! And I really mean that too... They are a vile little car with vile little drivers
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PostPosted: 18:53 - 11 Jun 2010    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well in the last week or two I've had a Bimmer 5 series and a Mercedes E class overtake me in dangerous positions in a 30.
Oh and anything left hand drive or with a foreign plate
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