Worst car to be behind on your favorite road
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dci said:
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.
This. Forgetting who's behind the wheel, the performance diesel can be the trickiest to overtake - especially if your in a torque-lite car. Doesn't help when they actively make it difficult for you to overtake by speeding up themselves. A problem that seem's to be getting worse in England, the art of overtaking or 'letting' people overtake is diminishing. Many people drive too close in a train like fashion meaning it's an all or nothing overtake rather than picking one or two off at a time. 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. SWoll said:
I see it all the time. Often it's an older lady/gentlemen who just buys the most expensive version of a car they like as it comes with the most kit. They're the people you want to buy from second hand as it only ever does 2500RPM and rarely strays closer than 3ft from a any kerb.
I can see the thinking but didn't think it would tend to apply to an M car owner.
pwd95 said:
The car is irrelevant, if the driver is a member of the 38mph brigade your doomed..... 
Pretty much this, it used to be limited to the nissan micra crowd but nowadays it seems everyone's signing up to the 38mph parade. Personally having ONE directly infront doesnt bother me, the issue is is when you have one of them 6 cars up and everyone is sitting bumper to bumper behind them.Also ive noted a pretty terrifying behaviour on my travels in a 'slower' vehicle is the ones who do <40mph all along a road, up to a notorious local overtaking spot where they speed up to 70 down the ~500m long straight before slowing down to 40mph for the next corner (a ~80mph gentle sweeper). Its caught me off guard multiple times trying to pass in my 4x4 as my full throttle is pretty much the equivelent of there 50% gas cruise. Meaning I either need to spend the whole 0.5km on the wrong side of the road creeping past them, or pull back into the gap which has already been filled by one of those 40mph bumper to bumper t
ts behind me.Edited by caelite on Thursday 20th October 14:43
only1mikey said:
This. Forgetting who's behind the wheel, the performance diesel can be the trickiest to overtake - especially if your in a torque-lite car. Doesn't help when they actively make it difficult for you to overtake by speeding up themselves. A problem that seem's to be getting worse in England, the art of overtaking or 'letting' people overtake is diminishing. Many people drive too close in a train like fashion meaning it's an all or nothing overtake rather than picking one or two off at a time.
(Assuming you have a car with a bit of poke) Your best bet of getting past dawdling individuals is to hang well back in the areas where there are going to be no safe overtaking possibilities, to avoid giving the idiot the impression that you want to overtake them and lull them into a sense of complacency.Then boot it and rocket past once you get to a suitable stretch (assuming safe conditions). By the time they realise what's happening and attempt to floor it themselves, too late.
As for multiple vehicle overtakes - increasingly dodgy. Way too many people who will just pull out and assume that no-one is already in the right hand lane behind them already overtaking and chances are you will have to be putting the foot in to get past multiple cars on what's probably a relatively short stretch of road. Not a good combo of circumstances.
A slow one.
One that doesn't use main beam headlights at night.
One that brakes every time a car comes the other way.
One that doesn't use main beam headlights at night.
One that brakes every time a car comes the other way.
dci said:
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.
In general I'd say the generalisations/stereotypes people come up with on these kind of threads are pointless rubbish, but I think you're on to something here. I know 3 people with Berlingos, and to all of them it's just a method of getting stuff from a to b and they have no interest in cars whatsoever. 2 of them are bikers who know how to ride quick but to all of them a car is just a tool like a washing machine or fridge k about driving, normally seen driving at 40 mph regardless of the speed limit in place. Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff