Worst car to be behind on your favorite road
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shost said:
Top three cars that if your behind as you get to your favorite section of road your heart sinks or you try to madly overtake at at earliest opportunity.
Mine:
Vauxhall Zafira
Any gen Micra
Chrysler PT Cruiser
Remember the old Toyota advert/slogan? 'The car in front is a Toyota'Mine:
Vauxhall Zafira
Any gen Micra
Chrysler PT Cruiser
Unfortunately round about here it's still true and the driver usually either has a flat cap or a blue rinse.
eltax91 said:
Land Rover defenders. Moving slowly, but zero visibility to help the overtaking.
I speak as a former defender owner
Transit van, for the same reason. Especially a newer one that's empty, so just enough puff to drag along on the straights and make overtaking a right PITA.I speak as a former defender owner
I relish their being cars ahead of me on my favourite stretch of road. I set my PB overtake of 9 vehicles on a stretch of the Fosse Way just south of Bourton of the Water where visability is well over half a mile. Had to watch out for no one pulling out mid flow but no dramas. It seemed a little gratuitous as I was only going to Cold Aston the bottom way but whatevs
I have a few..
5/330d - Normally driven by some bell who bumbles along way below the speed limit, until you overtake him that is. He'll then proceed to mash his foot to the floor and block your overtake. The 330d being one of the few common cars with the on demand torque needed to block a well planned overtake. How dare someone try to overtake, this is a BMW don't you know? The ultimate driving machine... If you do get passed he'll then proceed to flash the f
k out of you with his main beams and gesticulate wildly while driving 12" from your rear bumper.
Citroen Berlingo - Driven by the kind of person who needs an automated vehicle. Doesn't give a single fk about driving, normally seen driving at 40 mph regardless of the speed limit in place.
The MPV as a generalisation - Driven (badly) by mums or the elderly. Brakes for oncoming vehicles, clear corners and extremely indecisive at roundabout and junctions. Add Hyundai i10/20 to this also.
The Fiat 500 - Driven by young girls, given to them by parents. While they are paying attention to many things driving the car isn't one of them. Facebook, hair, texting and makeup will take precedent to driving. Best avoided on any road not just your favourite.
5/330d - Normally driven by some bell who bumbles along way below the speed limit, until you overtake him that is. He'll then proceed to mash his foot to the floor and block your overtake. The 330d being one of the few common cars with the on demand torque needed to block a well planned overtake. How dare someone try to overtake, this is a BMW don't you know? The ultimate driving machine... If you do get passed he'll then proceed to flash the f
k out of you with his main beams and gesticulate wildly while driving 12" from your rear bumper. Citroen Berlingo - Driven by the kind of person who needs an automated vehicle. Doesn't give a single f
k about driving, normally seen driving at 40 mph regardless of the speed limit in place. The MPV as a generalisation - Driven (badly) by mums or the elderly. Brakes for oncoming vehicles, clear corners and extremely indecisive at roundabout and junctions. Add Hyundai i10/20 to this also.
The Fiat 500 - Driven by young girls, given to them by parents. While they are paying attention to many things driving the car isn't one of them. Facebook, hair, texting and makeup will take precedent to driving. Best avoided on any road not just your favourite.
Patrick Bateman said:
SWoll said:
It's the type of driver, not the car, that's the problem. Plenty of performance metal driven very slowly and poorly.
I don't often see performance cars driven slowly but just yesterday an M4 was holding me up, pottering along at no more than 45mph in a 60.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff