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Post by Martin on Dec 18, 2019 11:03:20 GMT
I bet it sounded awesome, though! SVRs don’t sound awesome and most are driven by idiots who make it worse. I had what was clearly a RR inches off my bumper all the way down Birdlip hill a couple of months ago. I decided to drop it at the bottom and was surprised I was only pulling a couple of car lengths. As I eased off it came thundering past and it was a facelift SVR. I suspect he was more surprised than me.
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Post by Alex on Dec 18, 2019 11:07:55 GMT
Quite common. The car was in his blind spot. I've seen this several times. Cars in blind spots, not looking for HGVs or anticipating that the driver of said HGV can't see them and can't just brake to let them in. Frankly, they get what they deserve. It does look, from the position of the Golf, that he pulled across the front of the HGV thinking there was more of a gap than there was or perhaps not expecting the HGV to accelerate (which if it did, it would have done so much quicker than usual has the tractor unit was unladen). Regarding the HGV drivers actions, I can understand the not seeing the Golf, especially if he was looking further up the road but you’d have expected him to feel the Golf hit and the extra drag on the truck caused by him pushing a sideways facing car up the road but perhaps with no trailer there was enough extra torque available for the transmission to keep pace. I can imagine the Golf’s axles must have suffered from some damage having been pushed along like that. He’ll certainly have one hell of a flat spot on his tyres.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Dec 18, 2019 11:08:42 GMT
I bet it sounded awesome, though! SVRs don’t sound awesome and most are driven by idiots who make it worse. I had what was clearly a RR inches off my bumper all the way down Birdlip hill a couple of months ago. I decided to drop it at the bottom and was surprised I was only pulling a couple of car lengths. As I eased off it came thundering past and it was a facelift SVR. I suspect he was more surprised than me. Whenever I've heard them I thought they sounded rather tasty. Personal opinion I guess. I'm with you on the type they might appeal to, though.
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Post by Martin on Dec 18, 2019 11:12:17 GMT
SVRs don’t sound awesome and most are driven by idiots who make it worse. I had what was clearly a RR inches off my bumper all the way down Birdlip hill a couple of months ago. I decided to drop it at the bottom and was surprised I was only pulling a couple of car lengths. As I eased off it came thundering past and it was a facelift SVR. I suspect he was more surprised than me. Whenever I've heard them I thought they sounded rather tasty. Personal opinion I guess. I'm with you on the type they might appeal to, though. At lower revs and in normal mode they sound good, but most I hear are being driven in a way to maximise the pops/bangs (on/off the throttle continuously) which I really don’t like.
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Post by Roadsterstu on Dec 18, 2019 11:28:10 GMT
Whenever I've heard them I thought they sounded rather tasty. Personal opinion I guess. I'm with you on the type they might appeal to, though. At lower revs and in normal mode they sound good, but most I hear are being driven in a way to maximise the pops/bangs (on/off the throttle continuously) which I really don’t like. Yep, deliberately making pops and bangs is gittish in the extreme.
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Post by johnc on Dec 18, 2019 11:37:27 GMT
I bet it sounded awesome, though! At 6.30am it sounded very loud!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2019 11:40:42 GMT
At lower revs and in normal mode they sound good, but most I hear are being driven in a way to maximise the pops/bangs (on/off the throttle continuously) which I really don’t like. Yep, deliberately making pops and bangs is gittish in the extreme. Ohh...
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Post by Roadsterstu on Dec 18, 2019 11:48:53 GMT
Yep, deliberately making pops and bangs is gittish in the extreme. Ohh... If the car does it anyway, that's ok, obviously! It's the deliberate on/off the throttle to shove unburnt fuel through to the exhaust, in a show off manner, that annoys. There's a bloke lives near where I work who announces his arrival home each evening by doing this each evening, in a bright orange Focus ST, with tiger stripes. There's really no need to come down the road in a lower gear than necessary and produce as many bangs as you can. There's a difference, see.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2019 11:51:56 GMT
I can turn mine on and off, though. And always choose on!
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Post by Tim on Dec 19, 2019 10:09:10 GMT
Last night on the way home a tool in a new Skoda Fabia who decided to pull out into the gap in front of me as I approached at 60 and then having accelerated fairly quickly to 40 decided that was plenty and stayed at that.
It was doubly annoying as due to it being dark they could've easily spotted the lack of cars behind me and waited a couple of extra seconds.
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Post by johnc on Dec 19, 2019 11:15:14 GMT
Last night on the way home a tool in a new Skoda Fabia who decided to pull out into the gap in front of me as I approached at 60 and then having accelerated fairly quickly to 40 decided that was plenty and stayed at that. It was doubly annoying as due to it being dark they could've easily spotted the lack of cars behind me and waited a couple of extra seconds. These kinds of people aren't referred to as wankers for no reason. X3 in the outside lane of 40/50mph dual carriageway who wouldn't move to the left so I came up on his inside when we got to lights which were at red. He tried to burn me away from the lights hahahahahaha!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2019 10:42:42 GMT
Cuntist in a nondescript white faux by four double-parked outside the local PO, blocking half the road. Having your hazards on doesn't give you the right to park where you like, you shithead. Sarky thumbs up on the way by, but as the 'driver' was nattering I doubt they noticed.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2019 10:23:40 GMT
The "Oh no, I've broken down (temporarily)" hazards are a common sight around these parts. Unlike traffic wardens unfortunately.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2019 11:11:23 GMT
The "I can park where I like my hazards are on" ploy. Near me they park in the dashed lines either side of the zebra crossing so they don't have to walk too far to the shop. Poor folk, imagine being that debilitated while not having a relative with a blue badge. The arsehole fishwife on the estate has a motability car which can be a literal life save for many, but she is capable of running around here and at 85 plus that's not too shabby. She has a motabilty car but lost her license. The car is 'loaned' to her boytoy and he drives it all over the shed while she begs lifts of others. She is not supposed to do that as it means he is driving without insurance. I know but it annoys the hell out of the rest of us.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2019 14:57:53 GMT
Woman walking her child along the short road by the side of our dentists, to which I was just paying a visit. If they'd walked in single file, I would have had ample space to get by. But they insisted on walking side by side. The car that she ended up getting into was gratifyingly shit.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2019 15:19:37 GMT
Out walking the dog earlier I could hear a car being ranted up and down a road (40 limit). It had that hairdryer through a megaphone sound that meant I knew it was something Japanese. Sure enough, an Accord Type R rounds the corner a few minutes later and the be-hoodie-d driver got a good staring at and the word dickhead mouthed at him, as he'd not have heard me shout over the bean cans hanging out the back of his piece of Jap Crap.
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Post by Andy C on Dec 23, 2019 17:01:26 GMT
Jap crap ?!
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Post by Roadsterstu on Dec 27, 2019 11:22:51 GMT
Indeed, I take issue with that. Jap-driving twat but definitely not Jap crap-driving twat. Clearly someone in the village had Uncle Nobhead visiting for the festive period and he was here in a white F Type, which rattled by our house at stupid speed and revs in the 30. He got shouted at by a bloke walking his dog and I saw it again a bit later, thankfully driving a little more sensibly. It was a 4 cylinder, too. Oh dear.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 1, 2020 11:34:52 GMT
It was Japanese and riced up, like most Japanese stuff is, so I stand by the statement. Dubbed up VWs are just as bad, but they don't have a handy rhyming couplet to go with them...
Anyway, t'other day saw an F-Pace SVR with the taps opened properly away from some lights and also a Renault 5 Turbo in full on mid engine format. Was surprised when I spotted the driver wasn't wearing ear defenders, as it was very loud!
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Post by Roadsterstu on Jan 7, 2020 19:41:33 GMT
Zebra crossing in the village again. Evan came home from school tonight and told me that a car went straight past as he waited for it to stop this morning and then on the way back a car only just managed to stop in time. Zebra crossings are clearly a challenge for the school run brigade.
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Post by johnc on Jan 7, 2020 19:46:00 GMT
Zebra crossing in the village again. Evan came home from school tonight and told me that a car went straight past as he waited for it to stop this morning and then on the way back a car only just managed to stop in time. Zebra crossings are clearly a challenge for the school run brigade. They are a challenge in my local Asda and Aldi car parks. If some of these idiots can't even make eye contact as they drive past when you are trying to cross, they should lose their licences.
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Post by Boxer6 on Jan 7, 2020 20:50:58 GMT
Zebra crossing in the village again. Evan came home from school tonight and told me that a car went straight past as he waited for it to stop this morning and then on the way back a car only just managed to stop in time. Zebra crossings are clearly a challenge for the school run brigade. Zebra crossing in the village again. Evan came home from school tonight and told me that a car went straight past as he waited for it to stop this morning and then on the way back a car only just managed to stop in time. Zebra crossings are clearly a challenge for the school run brigade. They are a challenge in my local Asda and Aldi car parks. If some of these idiots can't even make eye contact as they drive past when you are trying to cross, they should lose their licences. I must confess, me making vigorous contact with said vehicle using my boot wouldn't be the first time! Happened once too often at my local Tesco when I was in a particularly foul mood a couple of years ago; the ape behind the wheel obviously thought better of getting out when he stopped after I did it. I guess I must appear a bit intimidating looking sometimes!
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Post by Roadsterstu on Jan 7, 2020 21:01:10 GMT
I find supermarket zebra crossingsca pain from a driver's perspective rather than that of a pedestrian. People just walk out from between rows of parked cars without even looking.
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Post by Boxer6 on Jan 8, 2020 7:25:48 GMT
I find supermarket zebra crossingsca pain from a driver's perspective rather than that of a pedestrian. People just walk out from between rows of parked cars without even looking. Can't speak for all, but both the Tesco and Asda near us have well marked crossings that don't just emerge from between rows. No excuse.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 8, 2020 7:49:33 GMT
The local Hasda has a few quite reasonably placed crossings. My problem there is the large number of numpties who basically move off and the put their seat belts on which they look away from the road to do, finding a pedestrian in front of them they then mouth off at the 'offender' who has the temerity to be in the way. Mostly women in my experience and lots of times there are screaming brats in the car. They will get someone in due course.
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Post by Alex on Jan 8, 2020 15:12:37 GMT
I find supermarket zebra crossingsca pain from a driver's perspective rather than that of a pedestrian. People just walk out from between rows of parked cars without even looking. They can be a pain. Our local Sainsbury’s has one right by the entrance exit that often has such a constant stream of pedestrians that traffic starts backing up around the car park.
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Post by Martin on Jan 8, 2020 19:53:58 GMT
I’m even more glad I almost completely avoid supermarkets now!
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Post by ChrisM on Jan 8, 2020 21:02:45 GMT
I’m even more glad I almost completely avoid supermarkets now! You get to appreciate them more as you get older....... they usually have free toilet facilities, and this can be a boon on long journeys - the larger ones also have coffee shops/cafes that are a lot cheaper than motorway service areas too
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Post by Roadsterstu on Jan 9, 2020 0:51:38 GMT
I’m even more glad I almost completely avoid supermarkets now! You get to appreciate them more as you get older....... they usually have free toilet facilities, and this can be a boon on long journeys - the larger ones also have coffee shops/cafes that are a lot cheaper than motorway service areas too There's no way on this planet I will ever appreciate supermarkets more as I get older. In fact, I find them ever more irritating.
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Post by johnc on Jan 9, 2020 7:59:46 GMT
I have a wife who hates supermarkets so I do about 75% of the household shopping - normally about 8pm on my way home from work!
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