What has your "friend" been up to?
Discussion
My friend used to try and hit the 155 limiter whenever possible.
He has grown out of that now.
He also accelerated to 105 mph when a marked car caught him doing 95. This meant he got a 28 day ban rather than three points as he was already on nine. It was quite cool as he was in an E28 528i.
That was a long time ago.
He has grown out of that now.
He also accelerated to 105 mph when a marked car caught him doing 95. This meant he got a 28 day ban rather than three points as he was already on nine. It was quite cool as he was in an E28 528i.
That was a long time ago.
My "friend" went to London in his car the other day, and on the way there I noticed him setting the cruise control to 51.3 MPH when going along a roadworks area limited to 50!
To say I was enraged at this callous disregard for the law would be a ridiculous understatement, I was livid!
To say I was enraged at this callous disregard for the law would be a ridiculous understatement, I was livid!
robm3 said:
My friend has been to court twice now for speeding, been on a one year 'good behavior' license and made loads of promises that he'll slow down to his wife, judges, police etc..
Unfortunately despite all this he triggered a speed camera last week at a very high speed
I'm assuming your friend is also in NSW, was this the double-demerit long weekend?Unfortunately despite all this he triggered a speed camera last week at a very high speed
robm3 said:
My friend has been to court twice now for speeding, been on a one year 'good behavior' license and made loads of promises that he'll slow down to his wife, judges, police etc..
Unfortunately despite all this he triggered a speed camera last week at a very high speed
Does you friend have any friends from overseas who may have been driving at the time? Unfortunately despite all this he triggered a speed camera last week at a very high speed
My friend had an important meeting to attend, so decided to make a good impression and took his car to the carwash on the way. He parked his gleaming car proudly in front of the office where the meeting was to take place.
Unfortunately, as it was -10c on this particular day, and so whilst in the meeting the door seals froze, On leaving after a minute of so of embarrassed tugging of the doors, he had to climb into the car through the rear hatch, in his best suit and tie
Unfortunately, as it was -10c on this particular day, and so whilst in the meeting the door seals froze, On leaving after a minute of so of embarrassed tugging of the doors, he had to climb into the car through the rear hatch, in his best suit and tie
Breadvan72 said:
My friend always leaves any manual car in gear whenever he parks it in order to avoid such eventualities, but on one notable occasion he had been letting the engine cool at idle for some time after he had thrashed the yarmouth most egregiously, like the ignorant and mechanically unsympathetic yob that he is, and after he switched off he neglected to engage a gear, leaving the car on its handbrake alone on a slope. What happened shortly afterwards was entirely predictable.
My friend almost always leave any manual car they drive in gear when getting out, not always using the handbrake. Mr friend's good lady does not do this.
This has resulted in many a heart in the mouth moment but luckily only on wheelie bin has been slightly 'kissed' thus far...
My "friend" upon passing his driving test at 17 decided to take his SR Nova out that evening to show off to his mates. Much hooning ensued, followed by setting off a Gatso camera (with no film in it, thankfully) and having my errrr I mean his first experience of lift off oversteer whilst going across a mini roundabout a little too quickly and nearly taking out a row of parked cars! Luckily his immense driving skill (after a whole 10 lessons) kept him from actually crashing the Nova but he did have to carefully remove half the seat from his arse!
A few months later in the same Nova, said "friend" had 2 new tyres fitted to the front even though the tyre place had suggested putting them on the back as they were pretty bald too. Insisting they went on the front he then picked up his g/f to go out somewhere for the evening. About a mile from her house is a massive roundabout with flowerbeds etc on it. Entering the roundabout waaaayyy too quickly the back end of the Nova stepped out. He kept his foot planted on the accelerator in an attempt to straighten the car back out but then the rear end suddenly regained grip and the car shot up the kerb onto the roundabout, narrowly avoiding flowerbeds and road signs before exiting the roundabout in the same direction he had entered it! Needless to say he was a little shaken up after that and had to pull over for a moment to calm him and his g/f down.
About a year later this "friend" was driving back from a gig in Central London in his newly acquired 1.4 Mk2 Astra with a car full of ladies (what a stud!). Having dropped the ladies home about 20 miles from his own house he proceed to attempt to get home as quickly as possible. It was about 3am and the road were dead so he may have been going a little faster than the speed limit suggested. He could see a car quite a way behind him but thought nothing of it and carried on at speed. Upon coming across a mini roundabout he drove to the right of it to carry on on his way only for a set of blue lights to suddenly appear on the car behind him. He pulled over and was duly asked "why do you think we have pulled you over?" His look of ignorance and claiming he had no idea prompted the officer to inform him of his excess speed and the fact he had gone the wrong way round a roundabout. The look of ignorance continued along with his claims of "oh right, sorry I'm not from round here" seemed to do the trick as after being breathalysed he was instructed to drive home carefully!
Needless to say my "friend" was a cocky little s
t when he was younger and thought he could drive however he liked. Thankfully he has calmed down a lot now he is older!
PS. I have a few more stories but need to try and remember them properly before writing them down.
A few months later in the same Nova, said "friend" had 2 new tyres fitted to the front even though the tyre place had suggested putting them on the back as they were pretty bald too. Insisting they went on the front he then picked up his g/f to go out somewhere for the evening. About a mile from her house is a massive roundabout with flowerbeds etc on it. Entering the roundabout waaaayyy too quickly the back end of the Nova stepped out. He kept his foot planted on the accelerator in an attempt to straighten the car back out but then the rear end suddenly regained grip and the car shot up the kerb onto the roundabout, narrowly avoiding flowerbeds and road signs before exiting the roundabout in the same direction he had entered it! Needless to say he was a little shaken up after that and had to pull over for a moment to calm him and his g/f down.
About a year later this "friend" was driving back from a gig in Central London in his newly acquired 1.4 Mk2 Astra with a car full of ladies (what a stud!). Having dropped the ladies home about 20 miles from his own house he proceed to attempt to get home as quickly as possible. It was about 3am and the road were dead so he may have been going a little faster than the speed limit suggested. He could see a car quite a way behind him but thought nothing of it and carried on at speed. Upon coming across a mini roundabout he drove to the right of it to carry on on his way only for a set of blue lights to suddenly appear on the car behind him. He pulled over and was duly asked "why do you think we have pulled you over?" His look of ignorance and claiming he had no idea prompted the officer to inform him of his excess speed and the fact he had gone the wrong way round a roundabout. The look of ignorance continued along with his claims of "oh right, sorry I'm not from round here" seemed to do the trick as after being breathalysed he was instructed to drive home carefully!
Needless to say my "friend" was a cocky little s
t when he was younger and thought he could drive however he liked. Thankfully he has calmed down a lot now he is older!PS. I have a few more stories but need to try and remember them properly before writing them down.
Rude-boy said:
Breadvan72 said:
My friend always leaves any manual car in gear whenever he parks it in order to avoid such eventualities, but on one notable occasion he had been letting the engine cool at idle for some time after he had thrashed the yarmouth most egregiously, like the ignorant and mechanically unsympathetic yob that he is, and after he switched off he neglected to engage a gear, leaving the car on its handbrake alone on a slope. What happened shortly afterwards was entirely predictable.
My friend almost always leave any manual car they drive in gear when getting out, not always using the handbrake. Mr friend's good lady does not do this.
This has resulted in many a heart in the mouth moment but luckily only on wheelie bin has been slightly 'kissed' thus far...
Only run my foot over once leaning in the door to start the car.
My "friend" span his car while racing the lights, miscalulating the timing and distance, locked the rears and span, zero damage.
Also total loss on control 540 degreed his MX5 in the snow, found himself neatly parked on the other side of the road facing the right way as if nothing had happened
He also raced a another car the evening after he has passed his HGV test in the morning.
He is a lot more sensible these days and rarely speeds near towns and cities
Also total loss on control 540 degreed his MX5 in the snow, found himself neatly parked on the other side of the road facing the right way as if nothing had happened
He also raced a another car the evening after he has passed his HGV test in the morning.
He is a lot more sensible these days and rarely speeds near towns and cities
Edited by cirian75 on Friday 20th June 12:33
My friend, having grown up in hilly Yorkshire always used to leave his car in gear in case of handbrake failure, etc.
So when he borrowed his bosses work car for a meeting he parked it back up in the bosses space, about 1 ft from the metal car park hoop. Returned the keys. This was in a very flat part of the south of England.
Hopping mad boss next morning who had got in his car, released the handbrake and then turned the key without checking gears and it kangarooed in to the metal hoop.
Oops. Quite a big dent.
So when he borrowed his bosses work car for a meeting he parked it back up in the bosses space, about 1 ft from the metal car park hoop. Returned the keys. This was in a very flat part of the south of England.
Hopping mad boss next morning who had got in his car, released the handbrake and then turned the key without checking gears and it kangarooed in to the metal hoop.
Oops. Quite a big dent.
nonsense said:
Apparently my "friend" discovered that some people at his place of employment think that 87mph round the M11-M25 interchange is too fast. He also discovered the trackers in the new vans have started working...
well considering its a 50MPH limit around there at the moment - and there is often queues of traffic on the bit you cant see as you enter it then I can probably see their point of view you retard.
Crawling through roadworks this morning, following one of thes 4-wheeled motorbikes which arrear to be governed to walking pace, reminded me of the time more than 25 years ago when my friend told me of his return from a long trip through Germany where good progress had been made on the deristricted Autobahns. After a night crossing my friend was doing what he thought was a comfortable speed along an English motorway when he was confronted with a contraflow along with the customary 50mph limt. Being a law-abiding citizen (or so he thought) he slowed down for the wiggle-woggle then looked down at his speedo to see if he'd got it right. No he hadn't. Despite considerable slowing down, as mentioned, he was still doing an indicated 90mph. By the time he got down to 50 he felt it would be quicker if he got out and walked. I'm sure my friend now drives in a far more responsible manner in these days of scameras.
Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff