Is it just me that this saddens?
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This advert keeps popping up on the TV at the moment. I know shes an actress and its all pretend but I can't help but get annoyed at the attitude to vehicle maintenance portrayed in it every time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOSV7njT23o
Brakes maybe, but the fact that shes surprised when her car fails on tyres and lights is poor in my opinion.
It saddens me that this is the way an ever increasing number of people maintain their cars, and the point was highlighted last week when I was passing a woman having a bulb fitted for her outside Halfords. I overheard her telling the fitter that there was one bulb at the front and two at the rear that required replacing, genuinely sounding like she'd deliberately waited until a few were out to make the trip worth her time.
Is it just me that cant stand this "white goods" view people have now?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOSV7njT23o
Brakes maybe, but the fact that shes surprised when her car fails on tyres and lights is poor in my opinion.
It saddens me that this is the way an ever increasing number of people maintain their cars, and the point was highlighted last week when I was passing a woman having a bulb fitted for her outside Halfords. I overheard her telling the fitter that there was one bulb at the front and two at the rear that required replacing, genuinely sounding like she'd deliberately waited until a few were out to make the trip worth her time.
Is it just me that cant stand this "white goods" view people have now?
SystemParanoia said:
tv on in lunch room at work, i made a comment about what she said.. and nobody could even understand why i "attack" her like that and were actually in a round-about way defending her.
so yes, the general public are idiots and will relate to her message
Indeed. By and large the stupidity of the general public doesn't bother me that much. Let them be stupid in their own homes in front of X Factor. However, I know I have to share the road with fso yes, the general public are idiots and will relate to her message
ktards like this potentially putting my safety at risk. It's a shame. Oh, and let's not forget that every (driving or otherwise) rule has to cater to the lowest common denominator. That makes me particularly sad.
It's the money lenders themselves like Wonga and the like that are the fktards for encouraging people to take payday loans in the first place.
Second only to the supreme fktards that encourage online gambling and poker on the basis that it's a social activity and not just a licence to part people from their money.
ktards for encouraging people to take payday loans in the first place. Second only to the supreme f
ktards that encourage online gambling and poker on the basis that it's a social activity and not just a licence to part people from their money. This just shows that a great proportion of the population these days are too fking stupid to even realise that they're out of order and putting every road user in danger through driving unroadworthy vehicles. This is why the MOT needs to stay as a yearly test. - At least they're forced to fix the safety issues at that time.
It would also help if we had more traffic cops to enforce laws rather than relying on speed cameras to police the roads. - My local force only has 14 traffic cars but 6 camera vans!
king stupid to even realise that they're out of order and putting every road user in danger through driving unroadworthy vehicles. This is why the MOT needs to stay as a yearly test. - At least they're forced to fix the safety issues at that time.It would also help if we had more traffic cops to enforce laws rather than relying on speed cameras to police the roads. - My local force only has 14 traffic cars but 6 camera vans!
I didn't click the link, but I assume it's one of the pay-day loan adverts. I may have gone on a rant about this when I saw on TV for the first time.
I mean, of all the examples they could have used for why you may need an emergency loan, getting your car through the MOT which it's consistently failed for the last few years is a pretty poor one. So, 1700%~ APR loan, or put some money aside each month because you know it's going to fail the MOT. This is excusing the fact that it failed on probably the most obvious faults going.
I'm leaving before I get annoyed at it again...
I mean, of all the examples they could have used for why you may need an emergency loan, getting your car through the MOT which it's consistently failed for the last few years is a pretty poor one. So, 1700%~ APR loan, or put some money aside each month because you know it's going to fail the MOT. This is excusing the fact that it failed on probably the most obvious faults going.
I'm leaving before I get annoyed at it again...
JordanTurbo said:
Brakes maybe, but the fact that shes surprised when her car fails on tyres and lights is poor in my opinion.
Yes, that irked me today...There are too many stupid women driving cars these days, like the one who put herself between me and the parking bay into which I was reversing, then playing hell that I "wasn't indicating".
No, you brain dead bint, I was going in a straight line, even before you turned up, and reversing lights ought to have been something of a clue.
How, in the name of Odin from Tescos, do they manage to draw breath...?
Yes, those loan ads get on my tits too....
jdcampbell said:
It's the money lenders themselves like Wonga and the like that are the fktards for encouraging people to take payday loans in the first place.
Second only to the supreme fktards that encourage online gambling and poker on the basis that it's a social activity and not just a licence to part people from their money.
Agreed on the money lending - it's encouragement of the want-it-now generation who have no concept of forward planning. Spend all your money with poor planning -> borrow what you need until next payday, even though it costs you a fortune -> rinse/repeat. See it all the time at work, 3 people I work with have no concept of a budget and can't be convinced to see sense. ktards for encouraging people to take payday loans in the first place. Second only to the supreme f
ktards that encourage online gambling and poker on the basis that it's a social activity and not just a licence to part people from their money. ETA: I'm not saying I'm perfect, but this is *every* month without fail.
I'm glad its not just me!
To be honest I don't have a problem with pay day loans. One got me out of the financial poo last year after my mother died.
I do however have a problem with the marketing people that persist in selling them as an every day solution to morons who want shiny toys they cant afford
Nonetheless my original post was more aimed at the modern view of car maintenance.
To be honest I don't have a problem with pay day loans. One got me out of the financial poo last year after my mother died.
I do however have a problem with the marketing people that persist in selling them as an every day solution to morons who want shiny toys they cant afford
Nonetheless my original post was more aimed at the modern view of car maintenance.
Edited by JordanTurbo on Sunday 31st March 08:59
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