"Be patient, I'm lowered"

[paranoid airbag]

Saw this plastered on a lowered VW (can't remember which) a few days ago. Am I interpreting this right, that it's got a sticker warning people that it's slow because it's been modified in a way that's supposed to improve performance, and thus can't handle potholes/speed bumps anymore? Is this a massive sense of irony deficiency? Or a deliberate joke? I'm confused...

[Glassman]

The modern day 'Running in. Please pass'.

[cuprabob]

I think it's intended for the majority who don't slow down for speed bumps and get frustrated when others that have some mechanical sympathy do.

[mk1matt]

paranoid airbag said:

it's been modified in a way that's supposed to improve performance

What gives you that idea?

[carguy88]

stickers give massive "scene points" these days



=P

[Bohally]

Its because they couldn't find any "My car is wk" stickers.

[anonymous-user]

Lowered cars, stretched tyres, loud pipes, massive subs.... all part of growing up.

[Dave Hedgehog]

yonex said:

Lowered cars, stretched tyres, loud pipes, massive subs.... all part of growing up.

all part of being dropped on the head as a baby and going to special needs school

[read5458]

My car is low too. The chassis bottom is lower than most kerbs. I can still manage 10 - 20mph over nearly all speedbumps, though I will when it is safe, pull over and allow people to overtake.

I suppose I may be biased but as long as someone makes progress or will pull over, then I have no issues.

What I really annoys me though are the people on my work commute that drive faster over speedbumps than the speed limit, yet I find driving at 45 in a 60.

Speedbumps are put in as traffic slowing measures. They slow people like me down from driving at the speed limit and obeying road rules. They do nothing for the minority in non modifyed cars that ignore them. That is only in my experience.

[anonymous-user]

Dave Hedgehog said:

all part of being dropped on the head as a baby and going to special needs school

Of course you never modified any car and always had peerless taste?
It's only hurting their cars and I would rather have a generation of 'special needs' drivers who at least have a go at something and learn what does and doesn't work.

[Dave Hedgehog]

yonex said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

all part of being dropped on the head as a baby and going to special needs school

Of course you never modified any car and always had peerless taste?
It's only hurting their cars and I would rather have a generation of 'special needs' drivers who at least have a go at something and learn what does and doesn't work.

i have lowered cars to improve handling but not to the point where it ruins the car like the current fashion or this rediclious fad of stretching tyres, all my mods where to go faster

[kambites]

I tend to crawl over speed humps regardless of what car I'm in. More a question of mechanical sympathy than comfort or risk of grounding.

[petrolsniffer]

kambites said:

I tend to crawl over speed humps regardless of what car I'm in. More a question of mechanical sympathy than comfort or risk of grounding.

Me too we have some awful speed bumps locally no route to avoid them either so I crawl over.

A friend of my howerver absolutely flies over them every mot his focus has to have new bushes/shocks.

[Glassman]

petrolsniffer said:

kambites said:

I tend to crawl over speed humps regardless of what car I'm in. More a question of mechanical sympathy than comfort or risk of grounding.

Me too we have some awful speed bumps locally no route to avoid them either so I crawl over.

A friend of my howerver absolutely flies over them every mot his focus has to have new bushes/shocks.

I get a few angry tailgaters occasionally as I try and 'float' the van over speed bumps. Never mind the tools and equipment, but what do they think a van with 'Glasstec' and 'vehicle glazing solutions' emblazoned all over it is carrying?

[kambites]

Glassman said:

I get a few angry tailgaters occasionally as I try and 'float' the van over speed bumps. Never mind the tools and equipment, but what do they think a van with 'Glasstec' and 'vehicle glazing solutions' emblazoned all over it is carrying?

[Golaboots]

yonex said:

Lowered cars, stretched tyres, loud pipes, massive subs.... all part of growing up.

Only if you're a chav.

[Nedzilla]

I can understand where he is coming from with this.It is very annoying if you are in a car not particularly suited to speed bumps or rough ground and someone is behind you with the 'get a fking move on' look on their face.

My current car isn't lowered or modified in any way but being a convertible with 19in wheels and very hard suspension,going over speed bumps or pot holes feels like i am driving a go-cart through the grand canyon and i must admit it pisses me off when someone in a big 4by4 comes flying up your chuff or decides to overtake because you are trying to show your car a little sympathy!

[Devil2575]

Live and let live I say. If people want to lower their cars then that's up to them. If it means they have to negotiate traffic calming with care then that's ok with me.

[Leptons]

Golaboots said:

Only if you're a chav.

What a boring reply this has become.

[kambites]

Nedzilla said:

... or decides to overtake because you are trying to show your car a little sympathy!

What's wrong with that? Surely if someone is going slower than you want to, for whatever reason, the correct thing to do is to overtake if it's safe to do so.