Reactions to your Aston - the positive & the negative

[Molly GT]

Rob GT was telling me just a few days ago how he had pulled up alongside a rather nice Porsche 911GTS at traffic lights in town. He watched the reaction from the pedestrians crossing in front of them and was amused that he saw at least 5 notice the AM and comment on it but not one noticed the superb piece of German engineering next to it.

We've just returned from town again but have experienced a different kind of attention - the hatred of the one type of creature that considers the AM its natural prey: the Traffic Warden!

I needed to pop into the post office and was only gone for 10 minutes. Rob had pulled up on a loading bay outside Tanners (wine merchant) so he figured if he was to load something into the car then that would be ok and popped in to purchase the odd half case of something nice. No sooner had he started a conversation with the assistant than she said 'traffic warden!'. In true super hero style (as he does) he leapt out of the shop to plead his case (or half case in this instance) only to be told 'its too late mate, I've already printed the ticket'.

The bd was seen shortly afterwards laughing into his phone. I bet it had made his year ('nice' cars are a bit thin on the ground around here).

Still, Rob has the satisfaction of knowing that I will pay the fine as I felt responsible for asking him to wait for me (am I too good to him?!) and, more importantly, of knowing that the small minded, petty, bolshy git of a warden will never know how it feels to own something as beautiful as an Aston Martin.

[mikey k]

I think Welsh Farmers and Traffic Wardens are from the same stock
90% of the time I get nothing but positive responses.

[Jockman]

Glad you got that off your cheast Molly.

Reading between the lines...you're a bit annoyed with yourself really

Furthermore, my brother popped in to get his paper on the way to work in Cheshire on Monday morning. Came out of the newsagents to find no BMW any more. No insurance either as he left his keys in the ignition.

Our company is going to have to fork out for his £26,000 mistake.

Now that's what I call annoying

[Molly GT]

Jockman said:

Glad you got that off your cheast Molly.

Our company is going to have to fork out for his £26,000 mistake.

Now that's what I call annoying

Not sure what a cheast is Jockman.

OK, I'll take the £35 fine and forget about it. £26,000 - wow, he's never going to (be allowed to) forget that!

Have fun with your playmates this evening - give my regards to that suave devil MG! Since he gave me the hint as to your line of business I now feel like I know you too (having seen your intro clip online). Glad to hear Karen is on the mend, and yourself come to that. Have a good evening

[Jockman]

Woops, apologies Molly - Chest just looks like an unfinished word, a sort of prefix if you know what I mean.

Yup, looking forward to tonight in a "I hope Michael's got a sore throat" kind of way otherwise he will never shut up !!

Glad you've seen our video - new one on its way to replace my crap speaking.

I also run a charity that currently houses 773 elderly people - link on to http://www.alpha-homes.co.uk/ and you will see my fat head again as Chairman

[peterr96]

[quote=Jockman
Furthermore, my brother popped in to get his paper on the way to work in Cheshire on Monday morning. Came out of the newsagents to find no BMW any more. No insurance either as he left his keys in the ignition.

Our company is going to have to fork out for his £26,000 mistake.

Now that's what I call annoying
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Seen a number of reports recently indicating that BMWs have been disappearing in spite of keys not being with the car!
Some examples here:-

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[RIB27]

Molly GT said:

The bd was seen shortly afterwards laughing into his phone. I bet it had made his year ('nice' cars are a bit thin on the ground around here).

Aargh this would have wound me up too. I got a ticket last year because I managed to pay-and-display using the "wrong" parking machine (I parked in the bay closest to a corner and used a machine in the adjacent street). So annoying!

Jockman said:

No insurance either as he left his keys in the ignition.

Our company is going to have to fork out for his £26,000 mistake.

Ouch! sorry to hear that Jockman!

[RIB27]

On a more positive note I can say that 95% of the reactions are very positive - you can't go many places without people commenting. Particularly when the roof is down!

You do get the odd few people who have jealous or vindictive comments, but that's their problem - not mine!

[Molly GT]

Jockman said:

I also run a charity that currently houses 773 elderly people - link on to http://www.alpha-homes.co.uk/ and you will see my fat head again as Chairman

Was that on the same day as the clip referred to earlier? Or is mushy pea green your usual shirt colour?

[Jockman]

Molly GT said:

Was that on the same day as the clip referred to earlier? Or is mushy pea green your usual shirt colour?

I only have 2 shirts Molly - 1 green 1 brown - and I see no need to waste money on any more

[burntout]

I hate traffic wardens..........
I hate traffic wardens...........
I hate Traffic wardens..............

I could type this all day!!!

Working around London as a service technician its a constant game of cat & mouse... I find all traffic wardens are a disgusting species, half of them cannot speak the queens english, which amazes me as they seem to know all the parking offences dot for dot.....

Worst wardens ever though belong to Ealing council,,,

[gpb1]

A couple of weeks a go I saw a traffic warden on Cornhill ticketing a lorry. The ironic thing was that the lorry was for the workmen re-painting the double yellows.

[t1blk]

gpb1 said:

A couple of weeks a go I saw a traffic warden on Cornhill ticketing a lorry. The ironic thing was that the lorry was for the workmen re-painting the double yellows.

Priceless

[B4rnst4ble]

As the coffin was being lowered into the ground at a Traffic Wardens funeral, a voice from inside screams "I'm not dead, I'm not dead. Let me out!" The Vicar smiles, leans forward sucking air through his teeth and mutters "Too f*@$%*g late pal, the paperworks already done"

[George H]

I parked in a disabled space today and a traffic warden shouted, "Oi, what's your disability?"

I said, "Tourettes! Now fk off you !"

[CraigV12V]

Don't see the problem with traffic wardens. If you take the risk of parking ilegally what's the beef if you get caught. Don't do the crime if you cannot live with the fine. Sure its annoying but we all have legs, park somewhere legally and walk. It's the price you pay to live in a civilised society. I would have more traffic wardens, paid via commission so the streets are not jammed up with cars I cannot get past or shops cannot get their deliveries.

[yeti]

CraigV12V said:

If you take the risk of parking ilegally what's the beef if you get caught. Don't do the crime if you cannot live with the fine. Sure its annoying but we all have legs, park somewhere legally and walk.

My parking permit slipped off the dash and was on the seat, still perfectly visible. I got a ticket. A friend got a flyer put under her wiper, which obscured her parking permit. She got a ticket.

No objections to idiots on double yellows blocking traffic getting ticketed, but it's the spiteful officious little men that people object to. People with no reasoning and no interest in a reaoned debate to the rights and wrongs of the grey areas - there are grey areas, they do exist!

That is not the mark of a civilised society, that is the mark of pettiness and spite.

[bob1179]

Maybe it's because I happen to live in 'the provinces' but I seem to get a mixture of reactions to my old Aston. Plenty of thumbs up and some nice comments when I fill it up to wker signs and 'posh get' (even though my car actually cost less than his 320d).

I had one chap driving a couple of inches from my back bumper the other week, swerving around, being aggressive and trying to push me to go faster (in a 207) - as I was doing 30mph in a 30mph zone. I did stretch its legs when I got to the NSL sign though, which was satisfying.

[Neil1300R]

Jockman said:

I also run a charity that currently houses 773 elderly people

didn't realise there was so many DB9 owners oop north

[yeti]

Neil1300R said:

didn't realise there was so many DB9 owners oop north

Ba-dum-tish! I hope you're here all week