One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 3
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Following someone doing their driving test, driving at the speed limit, come up to some temporary traffic lights which are red, they stop, we stop, person behind in a battered Mitsubishi warrior just overtook as both and went through red lights, nearly having a head on with a Ferrari coming through traffic lights. Guy in Mitsubishi then just drove on and over the grass verge. Next set traffic lights were red so he actually stopped, which we were then behind him...
Liquid Knight said:
Flibble said:
loafer123 said:
I beg to differ.
Anything with Meriva or Zafira on the back is infinitely worse.
Nissan beats them all.Anything with Meriva or Zafira on the back is infinitely worse.
Liquid Knight said:
EFA The Qashqai is still the most fecklessly operated vehicle on the roads and the GTR the tool for tools on track.
Agreed on that - Juke / Qashqai are both utter clowns.And the closest I've come to a track incident was a GTR who went for an overtake into a bend (tut) then realised he had overcooked it, and had to go straight on (luckily for him the bend had track on the outside not armco), weave through the movable barriers and rejoin the track. Utter bellend. I had an instructor in the car, so he got a stern talking to about it at least.
SimianWonder said:
e21Mark said:
Mike_Mac said:
e21Mark said:
Just been out in my old 3 series and parked at end of a space for 4 cars. I came back to find a Chrysler squeezed onto the end. As I reversed back, in order to leave, I touched the Chrysler with the rear of my car. It really was the lightest touch but the owner appeared tapping my window. I was about to apologise when he informed me that I had been lucky not to damage his Bentley as repairs cost a fortune!
Ah yes, the much-vaunted and aspired to Bentley 300C by any chance? There was one near me in Devon a few years back that always made me laugh when I saw it. 
Cliftonite said:
Not sure who's the bigger nob there... the woman or the local constabulary for not giving here a fine and points.
Individual sends message about car advertised on eBay.
Individual sends repeated requests for further information and pictures.
Individual then sends offers until deal is finally done.
Individual asks for bank details to pay deposit 'within a few hours'.
Individual fails to send deposit and then states this was because he was late getting home.
Individual says 'deposit will be paid within a few hours'.
Individual is not heard from again.
Individual is a knob.
Lets hope karma was bidding on his 190 Evo replica with the 'don't waste my time' comments at the bottom of the listing.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1987-MERCEDES-190E-COSWO...
Individual sends repeated requests for further information and pictures.
Individual then sends offers until deal is finally done.
Individual asks for bank details to pay deposit 'within a few hours'.
Individual fails to send deposit and then states this was because he was late getting home.
Individual says 'deposit will be paid within a few hours'.
Individual is not heard from again.
Individual is a knob.
Lets hope karma was bidding on his 190 Evo replica with the 'don't waste my time' comments at the bottom of the listing.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1987-MERCEDES-190E-COSWO...
Edited by e21Mark on Thursday 27th April 18:19
Joyous eBay experience number 2.
In the final 30 minutes a bidder asks questions about gearbox I'm selling. He then bids and wins. Now ordinarily, when I do that, I then pay instantly. As this doesn't happen I give the benefit of the doubt, wait 12 hours and then send an invoice. I also text and say that if he pays now I can ship tomorrow and avoid the bank holiday. Instead of payment I get a text saying how he can't pay till next week as he's in France and 'can I text a photo for his customer?'. I point out PayPal works in France and it's funny the dialling tone is a UK one.
Another knob.
In the final 30 minutes a bidder asks questions about gearbox I'm selling. He then bids and wins. Now ordinarily, when I do that, I then pay instantly. As this doesn't happen I give the benefit of the doubt, wait 12 hours and then send an invoice. I also text and say that if he pays now I can ship tomorrow and avoid the bank holiday. Instead of payment I get a text saying how he can't pay till next week as he's in France and 'can I text a photo for his customer?'. I point out PayPal works in France and it's funny the dialling tone is a UK one.
Another knob.
Black X6 yesterday in WIlmslow, fully "Murdered out" with a black wrap, black windows and some private plate spelling Munro, Mullro or something, anyway, they were coming through the pedestrianised but for some reason, which happens sometimes, perhaps dropping something off or whatever, I was getting cash and walk back to my mates car and this twunt comes through ad puts his foot down, doing maybe 30 mph, effectively on the pavement.
I quite like X6's, but they do seem to be driven by some complete a
holes.
I quite like X6's, but they do seem to be driven by some complete a
holes.The knob in a Seat Leon Fr yesterday who was doing 40 in a NSL zone, which is perfectly fine.
It's also perfectly fine for me to overtake if I wish to go faster than 40.
The road was clear so I overtook, at which point his ego couldn't handle being overtaken by an old Landrover, and suddenly found the accelerator and started to accelerate hard to catch me up and started tailgating me.
Overtook me once the road went to a dual carriage way and I had cleared a few lorries in lane 1 and moved in myself. Buggering off at well over the limit.
If you can't take being overtaken, drive faster.
The road is wide, clear and well sighted so there is no excuse for faffing about.
It's also perfectly fine for me to overtake if I wish to go faster than 40.
The road was clear so I overtook, at which point his ego couldn't handle being overtaken by an old Landrover, and suddenly found the accelerator and started to accelerate hard to catch me up and started tailgating me.
Overtook me once the road went to a dual carriage way and I had cleared a few lorries in lane 1 and moved in myself. Buggering off at well over the limit.
If you can't take being overtaken, drive faster.
The road is wide, clear and well sighted so there is no excuse for faffing about.
All the knuckle draggers/ rude bois who think it's okay to overtake somebody doing 30 on a 30 speed limit residential road at any time, never mind in the middle of the day on a weekend.
Driving a brief 10 minute journey yesterday from Crystal Palace to Dulwich Park and was overtaken in this way twice. Both were in cars which were in AMG line/ M Sport trim but were the A160 and 118 models specifically so i couldn't even appreciate being overtaken by a nice car in an area with a lot of very nice cars about!
I just let the first knobjockey in the A Class be and backed off a little, which was a good idea as he then turned right at a T Junction but not before undertaking a car already waiting at the junction and pulling in front of cars coming both ways.
Second knob was trying to drive as close to my bumper as possible (again at the posted speed limit on a narrow residential road) before flooring it past me which earned him a honk of the horn and an appropriate gesture just to remind him of his knob status, which in turn apparently earned me a brake check, although i didn't mind as it least made him slow down for all of about 5 seconds.
I must have missed this type of driving becoming standard in the mid-suburbs of South London but i can only hope these cretins succumb to darwinism soon, hopefully without impacting anybody else.
Driving a brief 10 minute journey yesterday from Crystal Palace to Dulwich Park and was overtaken in this way twice. Both were in cars which were in AMG line/ M Sport trim but were the A160 and 118 models specifically so i couldn't even appreciate being overtaken by a nice car in an area with a lot of very nice cars about!
I just let the first knobjockey in the A Class be and backed off a little, which was a good idea as he then turned right at a T Junction but not before undertaking a car already waiting at the junction and pulling in front of cars coming both ways.
Second knob was trying to drive as close to my bumper as possible (again at the posted speed limit on a narrow residential road) before flooring it past me which earned him a honk of the horn and an appropriate gesture just to remind him of his knob status, which in turn apparently earned me a brake check, although i didn't mind as it least made him slow down for all of about 5 seconds.
I must have missed this type of driving becoming standard in the mid-suburbs of South London but i can only hope these cretins succumb to darwinism soon, hopefully without impacting anybody else.
The absolute knob in the BMW 3 series convertible who pulled out of a side street (here, left where the Focus is)
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.0632087,-0.54804...
I was only doing around 20, so it was hardly dangerous but if he'd been observant and courteous he wouldn't have pulled out.
But he did.
Rather than brake all I needed to do was ease off and free wheel a bit, but I was still catching him up.
He took the next right, just visible in the distance with a car pulling out, and slowed up for that. And continued to slow, rather bizarrely slow in fact as he took the corner.
I followed him around the turn at which point he slowed right down and turned round to gesture at me and say something (I assume, didn't hear). I did an exaggerated shrug. He kept turning around an gesturing. Although he probably couldn't hear me I said "Sorry mate but what's the problem?" At this point he pulled the car forward and left, pulling in to block a side road and started to get out of the car looking very angry. As soon as I clocked this and he was fully out of the car I floored it, drover around him (half expecting a kick at the car) and kept going.
Annoyingly when I checked the dashcam footage later only the last hour of my journey was recorded (thanks Nextbase - not sure if the camera records 3 min clips for an hour then records over them or what, but previous days recordings were there)
Anyway, Mr BMW 3 Series Convertible, you're a bad driver, potentially the cause of accidents, way, way, way over the top aggressive and, most pertinently, a knob.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.0632087,-0.54804...
I was only doing around 20, so it was hardly dangerous but if he'd been observant and courteous he wouldn't have pulled out.
But he did.
Rather than brake all I needed to do was ease off and free wheel a bit, but I was still catching him up.
He took the next right, just visible in the distance with a car pulling out, and slowed up for that. And continued to slow, rather bizarrely slow in fact as he took the corner.
I followed him around the turn at which point he slowed right down and turned round to gesture at me and say something (I assume, didn't hear). I did an exaggerated shrug. He kept turning around an gesturing. Although he probably couldn't hear me I said "Sorry mate but what's the problem?" At this point he pulled the car forward and left, pulling in to block a side road and started to get out of the car looking very angry. As soon as I clocked this and he was fully out of the car I floored it, drover around him (half expecting a kick at the car) and kept going.
Annoyingly when I checked the dashcam footage later only the last hour of my journey was recorded (thanks Nextbase - not sure if the camera records 3 min clips for an hour then records over them or what, but previous days recordings were there)
Anyway, Mr BMW 3 Series Convertible, you're a bad driver, potentially the cause of accidents, way, way, way over the top aggressive and, most pertinently, a knob.
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Happened to the guy in front of me in town - some scruffy hippy tt on a bike just nonchalantly rode across the road in front of a Navara who promptly knocked him off. I laughed as I drove by. Nothing hurt apart from pride. Knob.Moonhawk said:
Yep this.
We went to see a movie a few weeks ago (Lego Batman).
Ok it's a kids movie so you expect it to be a bit noisier than average, however there were a couple of women with two young girls - and about half way through the movie - the girls got bored and started running up and down the aisle, laughing and screaming, jumping up and down on the seats in the rows in front of us.....and of course the cinema staff were nowhere to be seen.
When challenged - their parents justification was "they are 6 and it's a kids movie".
I'd be mortified if my granddaughter tried to act this way during a movie and if she got that bored half way through a film - i'd just leave and go and do something else instead. To allow your kids to be so disruptive as to spoil the enjoyment of the kids and parents who were actually watching the movie (and had paid good money to do so) is selfish in the extreme.
That's what Maltesers are for - the backs of their heads. They soon get very annoyed.We went to see a movie a few weeks ago (Lego Batman).
Ok it's a kids movie so you expect it to be a bit noisier than average, however there were a couple of women with two young girls - and about half way through the movie - the girls got bored and started running up and down the aisle, laughing and screaming, jumping up and down on the seats in the rows in front of us.....and of course the cinema staff were nowhere to be seen.
When challenged - their parents justification was "they are 6 and it's a kids movie".
I'd be mortified if my granddaughter tried to act this way during a movie and if she got that bored half way through a film - i'd just leave and go and do something else instead. To allow your kids to be so disruptive as to spoil the enjoyment of the kids and parents who were actually watching the movie (and had paid good money to do so) is selfish in the extreme.
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