One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4

[cmvtec]

vodkamartini1 said:

cmvtec said:

Dual carriageway returns to a single-lane NSL at Felton in Northumberland...Who speeds up in that type of scenario?!

I've seen it happen at that exact spot on numerous occasions - worst of which was a Range Rover and a BMW going two abreast on the single lane part as neither would give in. BMW eventually "won" and had the Range Rover up his arse until the Morpeth turn off.

That stretch does seem to attract a lot of knobbers. My first instinct was to slow down and allow him to pass on the inside, I'd rather have a half wit like that in front of me than behind me, however it wasn't really an option for me due to the car behind me anticipating me passing the Juke.

As an aside, any VK/VO/VX Nissans (these are usually NEVOS cars on the friends and family scheme) seem to be the worst driven in the north east. Jukes and Qashqais in particular.

[bristolracer]

PF62 said:

I much prefer the term 'vanity plates' as it seems to far more closely reflect the reason why they are on the car.

Strangely those with them usually disagree.

I’m going to disagree on the basis that ours came on the car, and the admin involved in getting it all transferred off, new plates made up, getting robbed by the insurance company for 10 seconds of their time simply wasn’t worth the bother for a £300 plate.
Also it’s a piece of piss to remember it when having to enter the reg into parking ticket machines rather than some combo of numbers and letters that have no simple way of being remembered.
Would I buy one? No, but I’ll live with it.

[MXRod]

Kahn and his tweet spat with Trump . perhaps if he had kept a dignified silence.
Someone once said ( or had written ) “it is better to stay silent and let people think you are a fool, than to open your mouth and prove you are “

[FazerBoy]

MXRod said:

Kahn and his tweet spat with Trump . perhaps if he had kept a dignified silence.

I don’t like Khan’s modified cars myself, but I would have thought that they would be right up Trump’s street - made for preening idiots like him...

[Monkeylegend]

MXRod said:

Kahn and his tweet spat with Trump . perhaps if he had kept a dignified silence.
Someone once said ( or had written ) “it is better to stay silent and let people think you are a fool, than to open your mouth and prove you are “

Probably why he is looking for a new accountant so he can leave them to do the talking in future.

[Fermit and Sexy Sarah]

bristolracer said:

PF62 said:

I much prefer the term 'vanity plates' as it seems to far more closely reflect the reason why they are on the car.

Strangely those with them usually disagree.

I’m going to disagree on the basis that ours came on the car, and the admin involved in getting it all transferred off, new plates made up, getting robbed by the insurance company for 10 seconds of their time simply wasn’t worth the bother for a £300 plate.
Also it’s a piece of piss to remember it when having to enter the reg into parking ticket machines rather than some combo of numbers and letters that have no simple way of being remembered.
Would I buy one? No, but I’ll live with it.

I love how anyone without a personilised plate derides them in such a manner.

What about my Dads plate then? He could well be the most self effacing man you'd ever meet. His plate is C13 CGR, which is an ID for his favourite ever train. 99.9% of people who saw it wouldn't have the foggiest what it means.

Add to which it's on a 14 year old VW Touran, hardly shouting look at me.

Save the vanity insults for the likes of Katie Price and Donald Trump.

[Taylor James]

Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:

bristolracer said:

PF62 said:

I much prefer the term 'vanity plates' as it seems to far more closely reflect the reason why they are on the car.

Strangely those with them usually disagree.

I’m going to disagree on the basis that ours came on the car, and the admin involved in getting it all transferred off, new plates made up, getting robbed by the insurance company for 10 seconds of their time simply wasn’t worth the bother for a £300 plate.
Also it’s a piece of piss to remember it when having to enter the reg into parking ticket machines rather than some combo of numbers and letters that have no simple way of being remembered.
Would I buy one? No, but I’ll live with it.

I love how anyone without a personilised plate derides them in such a manner.

What about my Dads plate then? He could well be the most self effacing man you'd ever meet. His plate is C13 CGR, which is an ID for his favourite ever train. 99.9% of people who saw it wouldn't have the foggiest what it means.

Add to which it's on a 14 year old VW Touran, hardly shouting look at me.

Save the vanity insults for the likes of Katie Price and Donald Trump.

They are the same people who question why people drive convertibles roof up and why fast car owners don't use the performance on every drive. There are more examples but they seem quite fixated on other people and quite bitter.

I posted before that I don't get why people wear hats and sunglassses indoors but I don't care why and could never get worked up about it the way these oddballs do. I assume it makes the wearers happy without affecting anyone else so that's a thumbs up from me. I think of personal plates in the same way.

[Etypephil]

PF62 said:

I much prefer the term 'vanity plates' as it seems to far more closely reflect the reason why they are on the car.

Strangely those with them usually disagree.

We have inexpensive car related plates on both, for personal pleasure and to irritate the number plate prostitute neighbours who suffer greater monthly depreciation / PCP payment than our plates cost.
You and our neighbours may prefer whichever term you choose; we couldn't give a quick bout of sexual intercourse.

[James_33]

People who jump on the "hate trump" bandwagon because Kahn is doing an amazing job in London isn't he?

[nonsequitur]

Etypephil said:

We have inexpensive car related plates on both, for personal pleasure and to irritate the number plate prostitute neighbours who suffer greater monthly depreciation / PCP payment than our plates cost.
You and our neighbours may prefer whichever term you choose; we couldn't give a quick bout of sexual intercourse.

You care. You really do. Even if you think otherwise.

[captain_cynic]

James_33 said:

People who jump on the "hate trump" bandwagon because Kahn is doing an amazing job in London isn't he?

Given the hostile (and incompetent) government and current economic conditions he's doing a phenomenal job. Thanks for noticing.

One thing that makes me think knob, trump supporters (especially when they later deny it).

[anonymous-user]

nonsequitur said:

Etypephil said:

We have inexpensive car related plates on both, for personal pleasure and to irritate the number plate prostitute neighbours who suffer greater monthly depreciation / PCP payment than our plates cost.
You and our neighbours may prefer whichever term you choose; we couldn't give a quick bout of sexual intercourse.

You care. You really do. Even if you think otherwise.

If he really cared though, why would he have them?

Why wouldn't he get rid of them, it'd cost basically nothing.

You care. On his behalf. That's the sort of person the numberplate thread is full of.

[James_33]

captain_cynic said:

Given the hostile (and incompetent) government and current economic conditions he's doing a phenomenal job. Thanks for noticing.

One thing that makes me think knob, trump supporters (especially when they later deny it).

Your in denial mate, he's one of the worst mayor's to ever grace the job, people sit here criticising trump without looking on their own doorstep at how bad our own government is.

Knife crime at an all time high, biker gangs robbing and killing people in broad daylight all under his watch, what's he doing about it exactly? Nothing.

Has trump done plenty wrong? No doubt, but get off that high horse that he's doing a phenomenal job because he isn't.

I'll expect the usual PH abuse, that's how it usually goes on here doesn't it when someone goes against the grain.

[Greg the Fish]

PF62 said:

Mandalore said:

The problem arises when people hear the words 'Private' or 'Cherished'

I much prefer the term 'vanity plates' as it seems to far more closely reflect the reason why they are on the car.

Strangely those with them usually disagree.

I prefer the term 'C0ck plates'

[j_4m]

James_33 said:

People who jump on the "hate trump" bandwagon because Kahn is doing an amazing job in London isn't he?

British people in general who froth at the mouth from their impotent anti-Trump rage. He's not our president, who cares?

[Europa1]

James_33 said:

People who jump on the "hate trump" bandwagon because Kahn is doing an amazing job in London isn't he?

They're not to my taste, but I get the impression he sells quite a few of his products in London.

[mikal83]

j_4m said:

James_33 said:

People who jump on the "hate trump" bandwagon because Kahn is doing an amazing job in London isn't he?

British people in general who froth at the mouth from their impotent anti-Trump rage. He's not our president, who cares?

Because a lot of what he does and says has an impact on a lot of things, thats why.

[j_4m]

mikal83 said:

j_4m said:

James_33 said:

People who jump on the "hate trump" bandwagon because Kahn is doing an amazing job in London isn't he?

British people in general who froth at the mouth from their impotent anti-Trump rage. He's not our president, who cares?

Because a lot of what he does and says has an impact on a lot of things, thats why.

He's a crass and vulgar idiot but the most dangerous thing he does is tweet mean comments. The US is just as hawkish as it was under Obama, its unpalatable foreign policy was just hidden under the progressive veneer of a well educated and suited black man.

[captain_cynic]

j_4m said:

mikal83 said:

j_4m said:

James_33 said:

People who jump on the "hate trump" bandwagon because Kahn is doing an amazing job in London isn't he?

British people in general who froth at the mouth from their impotent anti-Trump rage. He's not our president, who cares?

Because a lot of what he does and says has an impact on a lot of things, thats why.

He's a crass and vulgar idiot but the most dangerous thing he does is tweet mean comments. The US is just as hawkish as it was under Obama, its unpalatable foreign policy was just hidden under the progressive veneer of a well educated and suited black man.

However that foreign policy goes back well beyond Obama, even beyond Bush (sr). The US has been practising it's current foreign policy since the 50's, if not directly after WWII.

I can honestly say that Trump has bucked the trend of foreign policy, however entirely via accident. Unilaterally taking an isolationist turn has weakened the US's hold on smaller nations, particularly in the pacific where they could pretty much write laws in other nations just by putting it in a trade treaty. Pulling out of the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) meant that a whole raft of US friendly laws that were slated to be foisted on pacific nations including Australia and Japan weren't. The TPP started in 2005 under Bush (Rumsfeld and Cheney) but continued unchanged under Obama because he didn't change the foreign policy the US has been using since the 50's.

Obama has a lot of positive points, tried to make a lot of changes in the US for good even when they were sabotaged by the Republicans... But his foreign policy was just as bad as all the presidents that preceded him.

[j_4m]

captain_cynic said:

However that foreign policy goes back well beyond Obama, even beyond Bush (sr). The US has been practising it's current foreign policy since the 50's, if not directly after WWII.

I can honestly say that Trump has bucked the trend of foreign policy, however entirely via accident. Unilaterally taking an isolationist turn has weakened the US's hold on smaller nations, particularly in the pacific where they could pretty much write laws in other nations just by putting it in a trade treaty. Pulling out of the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) meant that a whole raft of US friendly laws that were slated to be foisted on pacific nations including Australia and Japan weren't. The TPP started in 2005 under Bush (Rumsfeld and Cheney) but continued unchanged under Obama because he didn't change the foreign policy the US has been using since the 50's.

Obama has a lot of positive points, tried to make a lot of changes in the US for good even when they were sabotaged by the Republicans... But his foreign policy was just as bad as all the presidents that preceded him.

100% agree. Obama put a friendly face on an ugly machine, but his presidency was just a continuation of long standing doctrine. This is why I don't get non-Americans' vitriol for Trump; he's withdrawn America if anything and curbed the interventionism if only slightly. I don't really care for his domestic policies or his personality.