One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 2
Discussion
A little bit off topic but recently witnessed two episodes of poor driving which got me thinking,
1) Are Qashqai drivers depressed?
While breaking the speed limit to catch me up I glanced at the chap in my mirror and he looked glum, which got me thinking that most people I know who drive Qashqais' are glum, and perhaps Skoda drivers, although perhaps more odd than glum.
2) Why do Range Rover drivers think that their 3 TDI Sports are fast vehicles?
'Get out of my way tosser' I believed in my head he was saying as the RR was in my ass, they are not fast or indeed nimble, apparently though jolly good off road. Although in Oxfordshire all Range Rovers are fast, seriously fast, faster than the 0 - 60 in 7.9 seconds as quoted, I should know because if one chews at my bumper he aint going nowhere but in front of me, he's king!
1) Are Qashqai drivers depressed?
While breaking the speed limit to catch me up I glanced at the chap in my mirror and he looked glum, which got me thinking that most people I know who drive Qashqais' are glum, and perhaps Skoda drivers, although perhaps more odd than glum.
2) Why do Range Rover drivers think that their 3 TDI Sports are fast vehicles?
'Get out of my way tosser' I believed in my head he was saying as the RR was in my ass, they are not fast or indeed nimble, apparently though jolly good off road. Although in Oxfordshire all Range Rovers are fast, seriously fast, faster than the 0 - 60 in 7.9 seconds as quoted, I should know because if one chews at my bumper he aint going nowhere but in front of me, he's king!
On one of the main roads out of the town I live near (the A426 out of Rugby heading south, if anyone knows it), there's a big church. During services, a lot of people park on one side of the road next to it (the other side has a junction and double yellows). This isn't a major problem as it's a reasonably wide road and traffic can still get past - though it can get tight with large vehicles.
At least, it's not a problem until someone parks a FFRR a good 2 feet from the curb. Knob.
At least, it's not a problem until someone parks a FFRR a good 2 feet from the curb. Knob.
visited a busy shopping centre in Sydney this afternoon. It was very busy and parking spots at a real premium.
I spot a women going to her car and unloading shopping, etc into it. I pull up nearby and wait patiently for her to load up and leave. She knows I am there. After about 5 minutes, she pushes her trolly to the trolley bay then goes back to the shops.
b
h could have at least had the common decency to look at me and say "sorry - I'm not leaving". She copped an earful as I drove past her.
I spot a women going to her car and unloading shopping, etc into it. I pull up nearby and wait patiently for her to load up and leave. She knows I am there. After about 5 minutes, she pushes her trolly to the trolley bay then goes back to the shops.
b
h could have at least had the common decency to look at me and say "sorry - I'm not leaving". She copped an earful as I drove past her. 
The retard in a clio on the M25 last night. Was heading clockwise from the A2 round the M25 to jct 6.
Despite it being a nice clear evening etc they decided full beam was necessary and sat behind blinding me for a few miles. Held a hand up to the mirror and a gesture to take full beam off but to no effect.
So i decided to slow down, let them pass then sit behind with my full beams on
Again...no effect.
So off i went ahead and put a nice amount of distance between us (only for them to return behind me 10 mins later).
Just can't understand how someone can be so thick to not notice they are blinding people. The symbol on the dash or the fact the interiors of every car in-front are being illuminated are huge giveaways!
Despite it being a nice clear evening etc they decided full beam was necessary and sat behind blinding me for a few miles. Held a hand up to the mirror and a gesture to take full beam off but to no effect.
So i decided to slow down, let them pass then sit behind with my full beams on
Again...no effect.
So off i went ahead and put a nice amount of distance between us (only for them to return behind me 10 mins later).
Just can't understand how someone can be so thick to not notice they are blinding people. The symbol on the dash or the fact the interiors of every car in-front are being illuminated are huge giveaways!
Edited by Stevoox on Monday 26th January 08:30
Stupid feckers who press the button to ask for a receipt from the cashpoint, who then walk away before said receipt is even dispensed!
Annoying on many levels...
1. Now I have to wait even longer before the machine is ready to accept my card.
2. I want a mini-statement. Now I'm left having to dispose of your receipt too, yah idiot.
3. Sometimes, I just want a mini-statement to check which items have cleared. I often cannot have one, because the bloody machine is out
of paper. Because retards like YOU have used it all up on receipts you don't even want.
4. £5,316.72 ??? Is that all your balance is? Really? You expect me to be somehow impressed by this? Take your feckin' receipt with you
if you wanted one. Or, possibly, if you don't intend to take it, don't feckin' ask for one.
5. ATMs in UK haven't automatically dispensed a receipt since about 1994. For the paper to pop out, you MUST have asked for it. What a
staggering waste of resources, if even half the morons I'm surrounded by on a daily basis ask for the receipt and then either leave it
behind or stuff it straight into a bin.
6. It's two buttons. A simple choice. "Yes, I need a receipt for my records, I'll take one, thanks" - or - "No. I shouldn't have thought a
receipt would interest me, I'll probably not keep it anyway, so on this occasion, I'll leave it". It's as simple as yes/no on the
screen, yet you get it wrong. How is it possible for you to be so stupid when you only have one head?
7. My highest level of hatred is reserved for the twunts who drop the receipts on the floor. It's littering, plain and simple. It's a
bloody disgrace too. Stick the damned thing in your wallet with your card, and dispose of it properly. It has next to no mass or volume
at all, so it ain't exactly a chore...
Annoying on many levels...
1. Now I have to wait even longer before the machine is ready to accept my card.
2. I want a mini-statement. Now I'm left having to dispose of your receipt too, yah idiot.
3. Sometimes, I just want a mini-statement to check which items have cleared. I often cannot have one, because the bloody machine is out
of paper. Because retards like YOU have used it all up on receipts you don't even want.
4. £5,316.72 ??? Is that all your balance is? Really? You expect me to be somehow impressed by this? Take your feckin' receipt with you
if you wanted one. Or, possibly, if you don't intend to take it, don't feckin' ask for one.
5. ATMs in UK haven't automatically dispensed a receipt since about 1994. For the paper to pop out, you MUST have asked for it. What a
staggering waste of resources, if even half the morons I'm surrounded by on a daily basis ask for the receipt and then either leave it
behind or stuff it straight into a bin.
6. It's two buttons. A simple choice. "Yes, I need a receipt for my records, I'll take one, thanks" - or - "No. I shouldn't have thought a
receipt would interest me, I'll probably not keep it anyway, so on this occasion, I'll leave it". It's as simple as yes/no on the
screen, yet you get it wrong. How is it possible for you to be so stupid when you only have one head?
7. My highest level of hatred is reserved for the twunts who drop the receipts on the floor. It's littering, plain and simple. It's a
bloody disgrace too. Stick the damned thing in your wallet with your card, and dispose of it properly. It has next to no mass or volume
at all, so it ain't exactly a chore...
Stevoox said:
The retard in a clio on the M25 last night. Was heading clockwise from the A2 round the M25 to jct 6.
Despite it being a nice clear evening etc they decided full beam was necessary and sat behind blinding me for a few miles. Held a hand up to the mirror and a gesture to take full beam off but to no effect.
So i decided to slow down, let them pass then sit behind with my full beams on
Again...no effect.
So off i went ahead and put a nice amount of distance between us (only for them to return behind me 10 mins later).
Just can't understand how someone can be so thick to not notice they are blinding people. The symbol on the dash or the fact the interiors of every car in-front are being illuminated are huge giveaways!
There should be a Lever / button / knob on your rear view mirror. Actuating said device will cause the mirror to move and prevent you being dazzled by the following car. (The best thing about this is you can still see out of the mirror, but its like you have put on a pair of sunglasses.) When the other driver is gone / realises the error of his ways, simply actuate the device once again and the mirror will return to the original position. Despite it being a nice clear evening etc they decided full beam was necessary and sat behind blinding me for a few miles. Held a hand up to the mirror and a gesture to take full beam off but to no effect.
So i decided to slow down, let them pass then sit behind with my full beams on
Again...no effect.
So off i went ahead and put a nice amount of distance between us (only for them to return behind me 10 mins later).
Just can't understand how someone can be so thick to not notice they are blinding people. The symbol on the dash or the fact the interiors of every car in-front are being illuminated are huge giveaways!
Edited by Stevoox on Monday 26th January 08:30
Hope this information is of use.
yellowjack said:
4. £5,316.72 ??? Is that all your balance is? Really? You expect me to be somehow impressed by this? Take your feckin' receipt with you
if you wanted one. Or, possibly, if you don't intend to take it, don't feckin' ask for one.
They probably do it to somehow "impress" people. All the receipts I've ever seen left in a cash point indicate a high amount available. Sad really.if you wanted one. Or, possibly, if you don't intend to take it, don't feckin' ask for one.
yellowjack said:
Stupid feckers who press the button to ask for a receipt from the cashpoint, who then walk away before said receipt is even dispensed!
Annoying on many levels...
1. Now I have to wait even longer before the machine is ready to accept my card.
2. I want a mini-statement. Now I'm left having to dispose of your receipt too, yah idiot.
3. Sometimes, I just want a mini-statement to check which items have cleared. I often cannot have one, because the bloody machine is out
of paper. Because retards like YOU have used it all up on receipts you don't even want.
4. £5,316.72 ??? Is that all your balance is? Really? You expect me to be somehow impressed by this? Take your feckin' receipt with you
if you wanted one. Or, possibly, if you don't intend to take it, don't feckin' ask for one.
5. ATMs in UK haven't automatically dispensed a receipt since about 1994. For the paper to pop out, you MUST have asked for it. What a
staggering waste of resources, if even half the morons I'm surrounded by on a daily basis ask for the receipt and then either leave it
behind or stuff it straight into a bin.
6. It's two buttons. A simple choice. "Yes, I need a receipt for my records, I'll take one, thanks" - or - "No. I shouldn't have thought a
receipt would interest me, I'll probably not keep it anyway, so on this occasion, I'll leave it". It's as simple as yes/no on the
screen, yet you get it wrong. How is it possible for you to be so stupid when you only have one head?
7. My highest level of hatred is reserved for the twunts who drop the receipts on the floor. It's littering, plain and simple. It's a
bloody disgrace too. Stick the damned thing in your wallet with your card, and dispose of it properly. It has next to no mass or volume
at all, so it ain't exactly a chore...
On a similar vein and I think this is a Yorkshire thing. There is a small hamlet in Yorkshire and outside the local Morrisons there are 2 ATMs, one Barclays one HSBC, it’s quite usual for folk to queue along the ATM which is their bank. I know this as there was a queue of maybe 3 people waiting for one of the ATMs whilst the other was vacant, thinking it could be faulty I took a look, nothing wrong. Not wanting to push in I asked, ‘would you like to use this one’ ‘no’ came the reply, ‘This is my bank, I’m waiting for this one’. Annoying on many levels...
1. Now I have to wait even longer before the machine is ready to accept my card.
2. I want a mini-statement. Now I'm left having to dispose of your receipt too, yah idiot.
3. Sometimes, I just want a mini-statement to check which items have cleared. I often cannot have one, because the bloody machine is out
of paper. Because retards like YOU have used it all up on receipts you don't even want.
4. £5,316.72 ??? Is that all your balance is? Really? You expect me to be somehow impressed by this? Take your feckin' receipt with you
if you wanted one. Or, possibly, if you don't intend to take it, don't feckin' ask for one.
5. ATMs in UK haven't automatically dispensed a receipt since about 1994. For the paper to pop out, you MUST have asked for it. What a
staggering waste of resources, if even half the morons I'm surrounded by on a daily basis ask for the receipt and then either leave it
behind or stuff it straight into a bin.
6. It's two buttons. A simple choice. "Yes, I need a receipt for my records, I'll take one, thanks" - or - "No. I shouldn't have thought a
receipt would interest me, I'll probably not keep it anyway, so on this occasion, I'll leave it". It's as simple as yes/no on the
screen, yet you get it wrong. How is it possible for you to be so stupid when you only have one head?
7. My highest level of hatred is reserved for the twunts who drop the receipts on the floor. It's littering, plain and simple. It's a
bloody disgrace too. Stick the damned thing in your wallet with your card, and dispose of it properly. It has next to no mass or volume
at all, so it ain't exactly a chore...
I was then expecting them to do some ‘banking’ on their ATM, but no, just a cash withdrawal, ah, poor simple folk.
Triumph Man said:
yellowjack said:
4. £5,316.72 ??? Is that all your balance is? Really? You expect me to be somehow impressed by this? Take your feckin' receipt with you
if you wanted one. Or, possibly, if you don't intend to take it, don't feckin' ask for one.
They probably do it to somehow "impress" people. All the receipts I've ever seen left in a cash point indicate a high amount available. Sad really.if you wanted one. Or, possibly, if you don't intend to take it, don't feckin' ask for one.
okie592 said:
Triumph Man said:
They probably do it to somehow "impress" people. All the receipts I've ever seen left in a cash point indicate a high amount available. Sad really.
This is pistonheads shouldn't you be insinuating that they have £40 and the rest is a overdraft? Fat bald idiots with sunglasses on the back of their fat bald heads, circa 40+,with booming music belting out of open windows whilst pulling out of junctions at speed in old black 996 turbos with really cheapo P/Plate in among school crossings etc ...you complete berk. Problem is this sort are so thick they take looks of scorn as looks of admiration FFS grow up!
robemcdonald said:
There should be a Lever / button / knob on your rear view mirror. Actuating said device will cause the mirror to move and prevent you being dazzled by the following car. (The best thing about this is you can still see out of the mirror, but its like you have put on a pair of sunglasses.) When the other driver is gone / realises the error of his ways, simply actuate the device once again and the mirror will return to the original position.
Hope this information is of use.
And the side mirrors? Hope this information is of use.
robemcdonald said:
There should be a Lever / button / knob on your rear view mirror. Actuating said device will cause the mirror to move and prevent you being dazzled by the following car. (The best thing about this is you can still see out of the mirror, but its like you have put on a pair of sunglasses.) When the other driver is gone / realises the error of his ways, simply actuate the device once again and the mirror will return to the original position.
Hope this information is of use.
Aware of said device but it doesn't stope the glare from side view mirrors. Plus the person is still a knob anyway...Hope this information is of use.
Stevoox said:
robemcdonald said:
There should be a Lever / button / knob on your rear view mirror. Actuating said device will cause the mirror to move and prevent you being dazzled by the following car. (The best thing about this is you can still see out of the mirror, but its like you have put on a pair of sunglasses.) When the other driver is gone / realises the error of his ways, simply actuate the device once again and the mirror will return to the original position.
Hope this information is of use.
Aware of said device but it doesn't stope the glare from side view mirrors. Plus the person is still a knob anyway...Hope this information is of use.
Stevoox said:
The retard in a clio on the M25 last night. Was heading clockwise from the A2 round the M25 to jct 6.
Despite it being a nice clear evening etc they decided full beam was necessary and sat behind blinding me for a few miles. Held a hand up to the mirror and a gesture to take full beam off but to no effect.
So i decided to slow down, let them pass then sit behind with my full beams on
Again...no effect.
So off i went ahead and put a nice amount of distance between us (only for them to return behind me 10 mins later).
Just can't understand how someone can be so thick to not notice they are blinding people. The symbol on the dash or the fact the interiors of every car in-front are being illuminated are huge giveaways!
Were your rear fog lights on? Do you drive an anti-social Mercedes with blindingly-bright stop lasers?Despite it being a nice clear evening etc they decided full beam was necessary and sat behind blinding me for a few miles. Held a hand up to the mirror and a gesture to take full beam off but to no effect.
So i decided to slow down, let them pass then sit behind with my full beams on
Again...no effect.
So off i went ahead and put a nice amount of distance between us (only for them to return behind me 10 mins later).
Just can't understand how someone can be so thick to not notice they are blinding people. The symbol on the dash or the fact the interiors of every car in-front are being illuminated are huge giveaways!
Edited by Stevoox on Monday 26th January 08:30
My sister-in-law drove everywhere on main beams for a while last winter when both her dip bulbs had blown.
Edited by Cliftonite on Monday 26th January 12:57
MarkRSi said:
robemcdonald said:
There should be a Lever / button / knob on your rear view mirror. Actuating said device will cause the mirror to move and prevent you being dazzled by the following car. (The best thing about this is you can still see out of the mirror, but its like you have put on a pair of sunglasses.) When the other driver is gone / realises the error of his ways, simply actuate the device once again and the mirror will return to the original position.
Hope this information is of use.
And the side mirrors? Hope this information is of use.
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