How is your driving experience weird?

[Captain Muppet]

zax said:

Roller skiers. You would think that 5 months of snow would have given them their yearly dose of ski action. On the road they're harder to pass than bicycles, the flailing sticks make them almost as wide as a car...

That is some good weird right there.

[james_gt3rs]

TameRacingDriver said:

That sounds like absolute bliss

I suspect most people would find my racing between roundabouts, holding onto 2nd gear, and, when an upchange is needed, H+Ting back into 2nd for the next one as pretty unusual given most people just bimble along in a relaxed fashion, I'm driving like I've just robbed a bank I suspect PHers will relate fairly easily to this, though!

This!

[New POD]

Cliftonite said:

I live in rural Lincolnshire.

But I overtake people.

How many people died?

I think most people find the concept of taking a car to the redline, a bit weird.

I think most people think the idea of changing gear after 4000 rpm in a petrol car, will somehow destroy the engine.

I take my diesel accord and the wife's MX5 to the redline at least once or twice every time go out in them. Usually in 3rd gear, overtaking.

[New POD]

Cliftonite said:

TameRacingDriver said:

It's a running joke around here that, rather than queue at Scotswood to carry on to Lemington, Newburn, its quicker to cross the bridge, go to KFC, eat your food, and then go back over than it is to wait in that queue

Are you allowed to eat food in a KFC? I thought the tables were reserved for their customers?

You have to pay for it, before they give it you, therefore you own it. It is YOUR food.

Pedantic? Not I.

[Captain Muppet]

New POD said:

Cliftonite said:

TameRacingDriver said:

It's a running joke around here that, rather than queue at Scotswood to carry on to Lemington, Newburn, its quicker to cross the bridge, go to KFC, eat your food, and then go back over than it is to wait in that queue

Are you allowed to eat food in a KFC? I thought the tables were reserved for their customers?

You have to pay for it, before they give it you, therefore you own it. It is YOUR food.

Pedantic? Not I.

I think his point was that it doesn't count as "food". It's a snobbery thing*.

* or I imagine it is, I don't eat in KFCs

[GravelBen]

I'm another one who is about 100 miles from a motorway (and even that is only 2 lanes each way), or 40 miles from a traffic light. I also have a sizeable network of largely empty gravel roads practically on my doorstep, which probably explains why I spend more time going sideways than most people.

[SLCZ3]

I can drive for about 180-195 miles at one sitting, with out using my brakes once.

[Cliftonite]

Captain Muppet said:

I think his point was that it doesn't count as "food". It's a snobbery thing*.

* or I imagine it is, I don't eat in KFCs

Captain Muppet is correct. He read my post properly. I omitted the word "own" very deliberately.

(Being a pedant is free; being an effective snob needs more money than I currently have).

[beko1987]

SLCZ3 said:

I can drive for about 180-195 miles at one sitting, with out using my brakes once.

This.

On my commute to work in my old Puma I seized the front calipers up by never using the brakes for days at a time, just timing the gearchanges to slow me down enough to roll to a stop. Wasn't until I was being followed, and when we stopped asked if my brake lights were broken did I realise I hadn't used them at all!

Drive an auto now, so use brakes alot more.

Driving an auto, if I need to do an emergency stop, I still go for the clutch and brake, even though I have no clutch! Takes a few seconds to realise I don't need to block change down a few gears.

[SuperchargedVR6]

Captain Muppet said:

In the interests of promoting universal peace and understanding I thought I'd do a thread on things that seem normal to you but which you suspect most other drivers would find weird.

So, what is weird about your normal driving routine?

Using my indicators.

[Kawasicki]

My daily commute includes sliding around on gravel roads.

[Baz Tench]

SuperchargedVR6 said:

Captain Muppet said:

In the interests of promoting universal peace and understanding I thought I'd do a thread on things that seem normal to you but which you suspect most other drivers would find weird.

So, what is weird about your normal driving routine?

Using my indicators.

This, and returning to L1 after overtaking something.

[Jaldi]

blongs said:

Taking the standard/fastest route to work and back 50 miles each way (Goole to Harrogate) I do not pass exactly across the entrance to any "proper" petrol stations.

The only place I pass is the local lpg/gas bottle place. Just as well I run on lpg and only need a bit of petrol once a month.

I have a similar thing. My commute is 70 miles per day and I go past zero petrol stations. (I go across country on rural A roads because it's more interesting and 20 miles shorter, although no quicker, than going on the motorway)
On the way to work I never leave enough time to detour to a petrol station and on the way home I just want to get home. It always seems like a massive balls-ache to detour off to buy petrol, doesn't it?

Tonight I drove 18.8 miles home after my M3's dash display said I had 0 miles fuel left (Stupid, I know)

[anonymous-user]

The constant wking.

[Papa Hotel]

charltjr said:

The constant wking.

Sometimes I read a comment on PH and wonder to myself why there isn't a moron test, why membership isn't more strictly regulated. (Ironic, huh?)

This is one of those times.

What did you think, charltjr, when you posted that? That Channel 4 would come along, begging you to do the commentary on the next series of Come Dine With Me?

[New POD]

Captain Muppet said:

New POD said:

Cliftonite said:

TameRacingDriver said:

It's a running joke around here that, rather than queue at Scotswood to carry on to Lemington, Newburn, its quicker to cross the bridge, go to KFC, eat your food, and then go back over than it is to wait in that queue

Are you allowed to eat food in a KFC? I thought the tables were reserved for their customers?

You have to pay for it, before they give it you, therefore you own it. It is YOUR food.

Pedantic? Not I.

I think his point was that it doesn't count as "food". It's a snobbery thing*.

* or I imagine it is, I don't eat in KFCs

You should. Occasionally. A family bucket meal is a great first date.

[Asterix]

Bringing my wife to the UK where her main on road experience is Dubai, she was baffled how when driving down a country lane with a closing speed of 120mph with the car coming the other way, how come everyone didn't erupt into a ball of flame.

Also, why weren't there wrecked cars everywhere and she didn't see one car with a puncture.

No camels in the back of pick ups either.

The last one is understandable...

[Captain Muppet]

New POD said:

Captain Muppet said:

New POD said:

Cliftonite said:

TameRacingDriver said:

It's a running joke around here that, rather than queue at Scotswood to carry on to Lemington, Newburn, its quicker to cross the bridge, go to KFC, eat your food, and then go back over than it is to wait in that queue

Are you allowed to eat food in a KFC? I thought the tables were reserved for their customers?

You have to pay for it, before they give it you, therefore you own it. It is YOUR food.

Pedantic? Not I.

I think his point was that it doesn't count as "food". It's a snobbery thing*.

* or I imagine it is, I don't eat in KFCs

You should. Occasionally. A family bucket meal is a great first date.

For a first date I prefer to be presented with the bill after the food, so that I can enjoy the pantomime of a girl pretending to offer pay.

Plus any mention of "family" on a first date is going to raise expectations that should be stamped on.

I'm fine with "bucket" though.

[Slow]

clockworks said:

colonel c said:

Motorways. Or the lack of them. The nearest motorway to me is 75 miles away (M11). Most of my journeys do not include motorways. It can be months or even years before I need to use one.

Over 100 miles to my nearest motorway (M5). I've driven on a motorway just twice in the past 3 and a half years.

120 miles to my nearest motorway, was wierd my first time driving on them as i had no experience as a learner

Kind of sucks there isnt a motorway between inverness and perth, that A9 is freaking dangerous.

[premio]

I always seem to end up next to the same cream Porsche in traffic on the A30 in the mornings. It's not even like I leave at exactly the same time, sometimes 10 mins early or 10 mins late, but this Porsche is always visible in the queue. It's like a ghost.