Deliberate squirters .... .. . ............. ..
Deliberate squirters .... .. . ............. ..
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Bebee

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4,724 posts

254 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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.. . . ............. please don't Google the thread title!

This about drivers infront of me, on the road or on the motorway, wash wiping their screens on a clear and sunny day, just because I have my roof off, tends not to happen when roof is up or when I'm in my van, it's especially obvious when the passenger is looking behind or in the near side mirror to see my reaction.

I'm fully aware that not all drivers do it deliberately, and that flies and ste need to be removed but there are some who take pleasure in it! I don't react to it as this is what they want.

What would do? Keep the roof on? What device would install to retaliate.

thinfourth2

32,414 posts

233 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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A sign which reads

"Thank you my wndscreen washers are broken"

And on the other side

"tosser"

Bill

58,650 posts

284 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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Don't get so close behind them?

Galileo

3,147 posts

247 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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Silly, I know, but have you tried keeping to a SAFE distance?

Sam1990

398 posts

196 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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Galileo said:
Silly, I know, but have you tried keeping to a SAFE distance?
+1

The only reason I've soaked rag tops is because they're 2 feet from my bumper.

y2blade

56,318 posts

244 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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Sam1990 said:
Galileo said:
Silly, I know, but have you tried keeping to a SAFE distance?
+1

The only reason I've soaked rag tops is because they're 2 feet from my bumper.
always worth a chuckle this one hehe followed by a dirty diesel soot clearance biggrin

Perd Hapley

1,750 posts

202 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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Some people seem to have a couple of firehoses pointed at their windscreens judging by the amount of spray coming off their cars.

I don't mind, my washers are terrible.

Bebee

Original Poster:

4,724 posts

254 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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Galileo said:
Silly, I know, but have you tried keeping to a SAFE distance?
Do you mean, in traffic jam? on the motorway over taking? yes I keep a safe distance, some washers don't even touch the screen!

EDLT

15,421 posts

235 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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Bebee said:
.. . . ............. please don't Google the thread title!

This about drivers infront of me, on the road or on the motorway, wash wiping their screens on a clear and sunny day, just because I have my roof off, tends not to happen when roof is up or when I'm in my van, it's especially obvious when the passenger is looking behind or in the near side mirror to see my reaction.

I'm fully aware that not all drivers do it deliberately, and that flies and ste need to be removed but there are some who take pleasure in it! I don't react to it as this is what they want.

What would do? Keep the roof on? What device would install to retaliate.
Don't drive so close then.

scorcher

4,124 posts

263 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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Get a washer bottle and motor and fill it with brake fluid.Fix a pipe out somewhere on the left of your car and as you overtake them, give it a squirt along the side of their car and give them a friendly wave.

Bebee

Original Poster:

4,724 posts

254 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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EDLT said:
Don't drive so close then.
I've had drivers pull infront of me just to let water out, why do assume I'm driving close?
I've even had nub ends flicked out at me, and you can tell they are loving it, yea dead funny!

EDLT

15,421 posts

235 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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Bebee said:
EDLT said:
Don't drive so close then.
I've had drivers pull infront of me just to let water out, why do assume I'm driving close?
Well because that is bks you've just made up to counter my argument. I'd have though that kind of dangerous driving would be memorable enough to make it in to the first post?

Bebee

Original Poster:

4,724 posts

254 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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scorcher said:
Get a washer bottle and motor and fill it with brake fluid.Fix a pipe out somewhere on the left of your car and as you overtake them, give it a squirt along the side of their car and give them a friendly wave.
Where can I buy one? Only kidding, it happens to all I'm sure of it, wish I could return the favour but in a nice way without danger to them.

Bebee

Original Poster:

4,724 posts

254 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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EDLT said:
Well because that is bks you've just made up to counter my argument. I'd have though that kind of dangerous driving would be memorable enough to make it in to the first post?
I've made nothing up chap!

y2blade

56,318 posts

244 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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EDLT said:
Bebee said:
EDLT said:
Don't drive so close then.
I've had drivers pull infront of me just to let water out, why do assume I'm driving close?
Well because that is bks you've just made up to counter my argument. I'd have though that kind of dangerous driving would be memorable enough to make it in to the first post?
look at what the OP drives...."the penny drops"
some of the best made-up stories I've ever heard have been from Elise drivers hehe

I think there is a chapter in the owners handbook dedicated to tall tales

Dr Doofenshmirtz

16,952 posts

229 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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I get this when I'm on the bike every so often.
As an all year/all weather biker, trust me - your windscreen washers are the least of my worries laugh

y2blade

56,318 posts

244 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
I get this when I'm on the bike every so often.
As an all year/all weather biker, trust me - your windscreen washers are the least of my worries laugh
+1
washer fluid tastes horrible in the beard doesn't it, apart from that lemon flavor stuff lick

Bebee

Original Poster:

4,724 posts

254 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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y2blade said:
look at what the OP drives...."the penny drops"
some of the best made-up stories I've ever heard have been from Elise drivers hehe

I think there is a chapter in the owners handbook dedicated to tall tales
cloud9Best drivers motor I've had in 34 years of driving, I love it! thumbup

MKnight702

3,430 posts

243 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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I had some mong in an old Isuzu of some description tailgaiting me through the villages when I'm doing the speed limit, then pull off a stunningly dangerous overtake round a long blind right hander to cut infront of me so he could try to squirt me with his windscreen washers. Then when that failed his passenger was leaning out of the window trying to squirt me with a Fruit Shoot bottle (or similar). I can only hope it contained Fruit Shoot and not anything else. I dropped back and let him get on with it, he got bored and "zoomed" after the next two convertibles. This was after the Newark Kit Car show so there were a number of sports cars around (all obeying the NSL)

Before anyone claims that all this is somehow my fault, I had my 9 year old daughter in the car with me so there was no way I was going to drive like a prat. The only reason I can arrive at was that they were chavs.

bobmcgod

405 posts

223 months

Monday 18th July 2011
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I've never known of this before. But I now cant wait to be in front of a convertable!