One Single Thing That Makes You Think "Top Chap(ette)"
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shakindog said:
The truck driver 4 years ago on the cundy cross roundabout in Barnsley who saw the size of the coffin and promptly pulled on to the roundabout to let the hearse and following cars make the left turn unhindered. On the saddest day of my life that's one of the things that stuck in my mind. A strangers kindness
Always wanted to buy that man a beer.
Absolute top man and thank you.
Bloody hell mate, got me tearing up.Always wanted to buy that man a beer.
Absolute top man and thank you.
Shakingdog,
Just reread your post, what a great gesture. reminded me on a similar note i live near a crem and see lots of traffic going past. Year or so ago there was a guy who must have been a Landy nut as the cortege consisted of about 40 of them. couple of us stopped on the rbout to allow the whole lot to join it without 'interlopers' all behid guessed the reason except some lowlife who wanted down the road. Guy at the head of the queue saw him coming up and just swung his door open to block him, then stood in front of the car glowering at him. Real gent
Just reread your post, what a great gesture. reminded me on a similar note i live near a crem and see lots of traffic going past. Year or so ago there was a guy who must have been a Landy nut as the cortege consisted of about 40 of them. couple of us stopped on the rbout to allow the whole lot to join it without 'interlopers' all behid guessed the reason except some lowlife who wanted down the road. Guy at the head of the queue saw him coming up and just swung his door open to block him, then stood in front of the car glowering at him. Real gent
Many, many moons ago I was out in my westie, when it suddenly became somewhat overheated. I pulled into the layby at the top of the high street, took off the bonnet and saw it had dropped a core plug.
Several smokes later whilst cursing my stupidity at not taking my mobile, a caterham drove by, saw me with the bonnet off and immediately turned around. I told him the problem, he drove me a couple of miles to the nearest motor factor, I bought the relevant, and he drove me back, lent me a hammer, then vanished to a garage to get a load of bottled water.
He then followed me home about 6 miles 'just to make sure'.
A thoroughly decent, enthusiastic guy who would only reluctantly allow me to buy him a pint in the local- where it turns out he was a mechanic for a bike racing team ridden by a guy I was at school with.
Somewhat restored my faith in human nature.
Since then I have always stopped at anyone broken down, to offer help, the use of a phone, and on one occasion, just to get an elderly couple a cup of coffee as it was late, dark and cold- I gave the old lady my travel blanket and she was more worried about how she would get it back to me than anything else.
Finally.,..arranged for a mate to drain a tank that a guy had filled with diesel by mistake- in MK- on their way back to Leeds. The guy came out within 10 minutes, did what was needed, charged them 20 quid for fuel for his truck, and got them underway. 5 days later I received a lovely letter of thanks and the offer of one of their holiday cottages for a weekend.
There are some pig ignorant folk out there, luckily there are some thoroughly good sorts too- hope it's one of the latter that finds you when you need one, or be the good guy if required.
What a great thread to read
Several smokes later whilst cursing my stupidity at not taking my mobile, a caterham drove by, saw me with the bonnet off and immediately turned around. I told him the problem, he drove me a couple of miles to the nearest motor factor, I bought the relevant, and he drove me back, lent me a hammer, then vanished to a garage to get a load of bottled water.
He then followed me home about 6 miles 'just to make sure'.
A thoroughly decent, enthusiastic guy who would only reluctantly allow me to buy him a pint in the local- where it turns out he was a mechanic for a bike racing team ridden by a guy I was at school with.
Somewhat restored my faith in human nature.
Since then I have always stopped at anyone broken down, to offer help, the use of a phone, and on one occasion, just to get an elderly couple a cup of coffee as it was late, dark and cold- I gave the old lady my travel blanket and she was more worried about how she would get it back to me than anything else.
Finally.,..arranged for a mate to drain a tank that a guy had filled with diesel by mistake- in MK- on their way back to Leeds. The guy came out within 10 minutes, did what was needed, charged them 20 quid for fuel for his truck, and got them underway. 5 days later I received a lovely letter of thanks and the offer of one of their holiday cottages for a weekend.
There are some pig ignorant folk out there, luckily there are some thoroughly good sorts too- hope it's one of the latter that finds you when you need one, or be the good guy if required.
What a great thread to read
myles1972 said:
Jandywa said:
duckers26 said:
The other day I booted it down the slip road in my mum's rs6 and so did a Nissan 200sx. As we got to the end we closed in on a car on the inside and he thought I would block him off. Instead I backed off, he was able to maintain his speed and then pulled back to the inside with a cheery wave, his faith in audis possibly restored!
Never mind that, there are more pressing issues at hand.Why couldn't you burn off a 200sx in an RS6? i hope for your sake and your mothers pride that it was tuned up to the tits.
Pathetic.
Jandywa said:
myles1972 said:
Jandywa said:
duckers26 said:
The other day I booted it down the slip road in my mum's rs6 and so did a Nissan 200sx. As we got to the end we closed in on a car on the inside and he thought I would block him off. Instead I backed off, he was able to maintain his speed and then pulled back to the inside with a cheery wave, his faith in audis possibly restored!
Never mind that, there are more pressing issues at hand.Why couldn't you burn off a 200sx in an RS6? i hope for your sake and your mothers pride that it was tuned up to the tits.
Pathetic.
Nothing like some of the great stories on here, but something that made me smile a few weeks ago. Was driving up a fairly empty motorway on a sunny Sunday afternoon in the ('91) Alpina C2, when I spotted a red Saab in my mirror coming down the slip-road a fair distance back. Anyway, he accelerated up the road, and then sat behind me (leaving a safe distance) for a few miles. I had to turn off at the next junction, at which point he pulled up alongside, we exchanged waves, and then off up the road he went
So to the guy in the ('91) red 900 T16S if he's ever on here, your car is stunning, and was great to turn the road back in time by 20 years
So to the guy in the ('91) red 900 T16S if he's ever on here, your car is stunning, and was great to turn the road back in time by 20 years
I nominate the man in the E-Type on the A449 near Worcester. I was driving along at the speed limit when I saw him in a road on the right. I was getting quite close and didn't expect him to pull out on to the road in front of me. Pull out he did and I thought I was going to have to take some sort of evasive action when he gave it the absolute beans and roared away. A glorious noise! Driven like it was meant to be driven.
The guy in a classic Range Rover who stopped and gave me a tow a few miles up the main road after I burnt the clutch out on my Suzuki SJ in the big 2010 snow!
I, however, should be in a "fool" thread for attempting to tow a large rigid truck stuck on a country lane hill for s
ts and giggles. Hence the burnt out clutch... 
I, however, should be in a "fool" thread for attempting to tow a large rigid truck stuck on a country lane hill for s
ts and giggles. Hence the burnt out clutch... The dutch lorry driver who moved into lane 2 to let me out of a slip road, and acknowledged my thanks with a flash from his huge, powerful lights. Also the old man in the s class merc who I followed from deal to london very late at night, we spent most of the journey at a "fun" speed and he was a great driver.
This morning, two ambulances were trying to get down a stood still m'way slip road. It all got a little confusing and they only just couldn't fit through a gap (everybody had made a big effort to move)
A Mondildo (sorry I have to call it that, its such a funny name) was blocking the ambulances despite his best efforts to get out of their way. He absolutely hammered the car down the sliproad and parked where the hard shoulder began.
I like to think he hammered it to get out of the way of the ambulances as fast as possible. Although it is quite possible that he was annoyed.
I thought top guy
A Mondildo (sorry I have to call it that, its such a funny name) was blocking the ambulances despite his best efforts to get out of their way. He absolutely hammered the car down the sliproad and parked where the hard shoulder began.
I like to think he hammered it to get out of the way of the ambulances as fast as possible. Although it is quite possible that he was annoyed.
I thought top guy
David Beckham.
He gets a lot of stick, but I remember seeing a documentary years ago showing him behind the scenes. He genuinly is a top chap.
More recently lots of paparazzi were snapping him posh and his kids, one fell over a bike. He instinctively stopped and helped her up before carrying on.
Another one...
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/david-b...
He gets a lot of stick, but I remember seeing a documentary years ago showing him behind the scenes. He genuinly is a top chap.
More recently lots of paparazzi were snapping him posh and his kids, one fell over a bike. He instinctively stopped and helped her up before carrying on.
Another one...
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/david-b...
StottyZr said:
David Beckham.
He gets a lot of stick, but I remember seeing a documentary years ago showing him behind the scenes. He genuinly is a top chap.
More recently lots of paparazzi were snapping him posh and his kids, one fell over a bike. He instinctively stopped and helped her up before carrying on.
Another one...
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/david-b...
Him and Jenson Button - good looking, rich, polite, seem genuinely nice guys.He gets a lot of stick, but I remember seeing a documentary years ago showing him behind the scenes. He genuinly is a top chap.
More recently lots of paparazzi were snapping him posh and his kids, one fell over a bike. He instinctively stopped and helped her up before carrying on.
Another one...
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/david-b...
b
ds.Great thread.
- The chaps who pulled over to help me when my 1969 MGB decided its fuel pump was going to be problematic. We fixed it. Their car? Datsun 240Z in brown. Their attire? full disco rig and afro wigs. What a pair of legends.
- anyone who says "thank you" with a wave or flash of hazards on the road.
- all the kind folk who have a nice word to say, a wave or a smile when I'm out and about in the Morgan - always makes a journey for me!
- The chaps who pulled over to help me when my 1969 MGB decided its fuel pump was going to be problematic. We fixed it. Their car? Datsun 240Z in brown. Their attire? full disco rig and afro wigs. What a pair of legends.
- anyone who says "thank you" with a wave or flash of hazards on the road.
- all the kind folk who have a nice word to say, a wave or a smile when I'm out and about in the Morgan - always makes a journey for me!
The young, public spirited lad driving his mum's new XR3i that I commandeered, well asked politely, to get me (I was on foot patrol, BIB) to the scene of a house burglary in progress..."how fast can I go?" he asked, "Just keep it safe" was my reply which he did. He obviously enjoyed the experience as he asked me where the next job was! Not sure I would get the same help today.
Noble P4 said:
The young, public spirited lad driving his mum's new XR3i that I commandeered, well asked politely, to get me (I was on foot patrol, BIB) to the scene of a house burglary in progress..."how fast can I go?" he asked, "Just keep it safe" was my reply which he did. He obviously enjoyed the experience as he asked me where the next job was! Not sure I would get the same help today.
When was that?(And why hasn't it happened to me?!)
elvismiggell said:
Noble P4 said:
The young, public spirited lad driving his mum's new XR3i that I commandeered, well asked politely, to get me (I was on foot patrol, BIB) to the scene of a house burglary in progress..."how fast can I go?" he asked, "Just keep it safe" was my reply which he did. He obviously enjoyed the experience as he asked me where the next job was! Not sure I would get the same help today.
When was that?(And why hasn't it happened to me?!)
Harry Flashman said:
Having read the posts about Beckham, I'm going to have to admit to this, despite the inevitable PH rage.
I met Peter Andre a couple of years ago, at some charity bash - he was on my table. Very, very good bloke - funny, self-deprecating, intelligent and charming. I was shocked.
They arent this successful because they are knobs! May be why the press try so hard to dig up dirt?I met Peter Andre a couple of years ago, at some charity bash - he was on my table. Very, very good bloke - funny, self-deprecating, intelligent and charming. I was shocked.
I have two:
The really nice 60ish yr old guy and his wife who helped me out of a car park in the snow/ice, in my BMW. He could see me wheel spinning on the spot and not having a chance of getting out (was on a very slight incline), so he came over and him and his wife said "go on, we'll give you a push!", so i gently tried to move away, and unfortunately the wheels spun slightly on the slush, which subsequently blasted his trousers in horrible, dirty slush.
I was horrified, i told him i was sorry and offered to pay for them to be cleaned but he just laughed and said it was fine. Helluva guy.
Second goes to the nice middle aged women who again, helped me in the snow. It was my birthday when we had that crazy amount of snow a couple of years ago and I was trying to get home from Colchester - which could only be done via B roads. It was one of the scariest trips i've ever, ever done (was sideways, unable to move across roads at times, tailgated by 4x4 cocks, unable to climb the slightest inclines and it was just me and my girlfriend on backroads in the absolute middle of no where). I have absolutely no idea how we made it home let alone with an undamaged car.
Anyway, we had got to within 2 miles of my house and had one final hill, through a small sleepy village, to get up - at this point the snow was coming down harder than i had ever seen it - i could barely see 5 metres in front of the car. This final hill proved too much for my little BMW with it's summer tyres and RWD. We were stranded. Stuck on this hill, starting to slide very slowly backwards down it (yes, that absolute **** yourself with panic moment where you realise you are slowly sliding backwards and gaining speed in your pride and joy on sheet ice and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it). At that moment we saw 3 middle aged women running towards the car and they just started pushing (my gf also got out and push as i was too busy trying to control the car from my heated, leather seat
). Anyway, managed to get going and got home. But they were bloody life savers. Top chappettes is a title they truely deserved. I just can't believe they were there in that second i needed them despite there being absolutely no one else around because of the time of night and how cold it was.
The really nice 60ish yr old guy and his wife who helped me out of a car park in the snow/ice, in my BMW. He could see me wheel spinning on the spot and not having a chance of getting out (was on a very slight incline), so he came over and him and his wife said "go on, we'll give you a push!", so i gently tried to move away, and unfortunately the wheels spun slightly on the slush, which subsequently blasted his trousers in horrible, dirty slush.
I was horrified, i told him i was sorry and offered to pay for them to be cleaned but he just laughed and said it was fine. Helluva guy.
Second goes to the nice middle aged women who again, helped me in the snow. It was my birthday when we had that crazy amount of snow a couple of years ago and I was trying to get home from Colchester - which could only be done via B roads. It was one of the scariest trips i've ever, ever done (was sideways, unable to move across roads at times, tailgated by 4x4 cocks, unable to climb the slightest inclines and it was just me and my girlfriend on backroads in the absolute middle of no where). I have absolutely no idea how we made it home let alone with an undamaged car.
Anyway, we had got to within 2 miles of my house and had one final hill, through a small sleepy village, to get up - at this point the snow was coming down harder than i had ever seen it - i could barely see 5 metres in front of the car. This final hill proved too much for my little BMW with it's summer tyres and RWD. We were stranded. Stuck on this hill, starting to slide very slowly backwards down it (yes, that absolute **** yourself with panic moment where you realise you are slowly sliding backwards and gaining speed in your pride and joy on sheet ice and there isn't a damn thing you can do about it). At that moment we saw 3 middle aged women running towards the car and they just started pushing (my gf also got out and push as i was too busy trying to control the car from my heated, leather seat
). Anyway, managed to get going and got home. But they were bloody life savers. Top chappettes is a title they truely deserved. I just can't believe they were there in that second i needed them despite there being absolutely no one else around because of the time of night and how cold it was.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff