One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 3
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It was the woman - funnily enough not a Jumeirah Jane this time - in the black BMW X6 who felt the need to tailgate me here in the community, and then virtually ignore my bright red brake lights and indicator as I slowed to turn into my own drive, so she could get as close as possible to her own place, which is just another 100 or so yards down the street.
Why she should be so rude to her own neighbour is beyond me. She should be aware from previous road going expeditions into the red zones that no sports car can take the speed humps at over 80kmh. More like 13kmh. She should be aware that her similarly fat f
k of a husband's X6 combat vehicle can only do so a few times before it's back at AGMC with bent top mounts, cracked bump stops, broken springs and bent suspension arms.
You my dear in your X6 'lady drive', are my knobette of the week.
Why she should be so rude to her own neighbour is beyond me. She should be aware from previous road going expeditions into the red zones that no sports car can take the speed humps at over 80kmh. More like 13kmh. She should be aware that her similarly fat f
k of a husband's X6 combat vehicle can only do so a few times before it's back at AGMC with bent top mounts, cracked bump stops, broken springs and bent suspension arms. You my dear in your X6 'lady drive', are my knobette of the week.
Hackney said:
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.
Wild guess.. he's been on the same roundabout as you at some point in the near past.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.
Willy Nilly said:
Late model petrol, German cars with those DSG type transmissions that have some kind of pop, bang and crackle when they change gear. I'll bet it can be switched off an it always makes me thing the driver is a Grade 1, industrial spec, bell end.
It can of course be switched off, but it's on by default. Don't single out German cars, though. Other brands have over-run fuel dumping too. I have no idea where these stupid trends come from, but we're living in an ever increasing self centered attention seeking world, so it's not really a surprise tacky crap is finding it's way onto cars.
SuperchargedVR6 said:
It can of course be switched off, but it's on by default. Don't single out German cars, though. Other brands have over-run fuel dumping too.
I have no idea where these stupid trends come from, but we're living in an ever increasing self centered attention seeking world, so it's not really a surprise tacky crap is finding it's way onto cars.
Most cars have it off by default, it's only when you enter some form of 'race mode' it comes on. However, race mode may also give increased throttle response, stiffer suspension etc that the driver may want, not the fart.I have no idea where these stupid trends come from, but we're living in an ever increasing self centered attention seeking world, so it's not really a surprise tacky crap is finding it's way onto cars.
I don't have a car that farts, by the way.
Jonno02 said:
SuperchargedVR6 said:
It can of course be switched off, but it's on by default. Don't single out German cars, though. Other brands have over-run fuel dumping too.
I have no idea where these stupid trends come from, but we're living in an ever increasing self centered attention seeking world, so it's not really a surprise tacky crap is finding it's way onto cars.
Most cars have it off by default, it's only when you enter some form of 'race mode' it comes on. However, race mode may also give increased throttle response, stiffer suspension etc that the driver may want, not the fart.I have no idea where these stupid trends come from, but we're living in an ever increasing self centered attention seeking world, so it's not really a surprise tacky crap is finding it's way onto cars.
I don't have a car that farts, by the way.
It's funny really. I can set my watch to a guy on my estate. Every morning at 7:15 I hear brrrrrrmmmmm....pop.......brmmmmm....pop.......brmmmmm.....pop.....pupupuppuppp rada rada raaaaaah as his samey white Audi with black wheels thrums up the road.
None of these are new, and yes it's a collection so not "one single thing", but all yanked my chain this morning...in no particular order: the slack jawed retards at traffic light controlled junctions who don't look further forward than the end of their own bonnets and end up blocking the junction when the lights change, the dribbling incompetents who can't maintain a constant speed, the self-absorbed throbbers who don't indicate, and the cretins who approach clear-sighted roundabouts where no traffic is approaching but nevertheless stop before venturing onto the roundabout.
SuperchargedVR6 said:
Jonno02 said:
SuperchargedVR6 said:
It can of course be switched off, but it's on by default. Don't single out German cars, though. Other brands have over-run fuel dumping too.
I have no idea where these stupid trends come from, but we're living in an ever increasing self centered attention seeking world, so it's not really a surprise tacky crap is finding it's way onto cars.
Most cars have it off by default, it's only when you enter some form of 'race mode' it comes on. However, race mode may also give increased throttle response, stiffer suspension etc that the driver may want, not the fart.I have no idea where these stupid trends come from, but we're living in an ever increasing self centered attention seeking world, so it's not really a surprise tacky crap is finding it's way onto cars.
I don't have a car that farts, by the way.
It's funny really. I can set my watch to a guy on my estate. Every morning at 7:15 I hear brrrrrrmmmmm....pop.......brmmmmm....pop.......brmmmmm.....pop.....pupupuppuppp rada rada raaaaaah as his samey white Audi with black wheels thrums up the road.
But then, mine may be a freak build as the indicators and mirrors also both work.
SuperchargedVR6 said:
Willy Nilly said:
Late model petrol, German cars with those DSG type transmissions that have some kind of pop, bang and crackle when they change gear. I'll bet it can be switched off an it always makes me thing the driver is a Grade 1, industrial spec, bell end.
It can of course be switched off, but it's on by default. Don't single out German cars, though. Other brands have over-run fuel dumping too. I have no idea where these stupid trends come from, but we're living in an ever increasing self centered attention seeking world, so it's not really a surprise tacky crap is finding it's way onto cars.
Scooter on the way home last night. Now I'd be highly tempted to say Knob just for that, but that might not be totally fair.
Typical no protective clothing, open face helmet, obligatory sunnies and beard. Definitely Knob.
If that wasn't Knob enough on its own, I'm at the front at the lights and he pulls beside me and sticks the front of his front wheel across mine, clearly just aggressively trying to push in. Even bigger Knob.
Follows that up with all manner of aggressive weaving side to side around the traffic at great pace, taking any number of risks that weren't at all necessary to make progress, but nevertheless looking like a 'pro'. Even bigger Knob still.
Final nail in coffin - "L" plate attached to back of scooter. I'm now struggling to find a superlative for Knob.
Typical no protective clothing, open face helmet, obligatory sunnies and beard. Definitely Knob.
If that wasn't Knob enough on its own, I'm at the front at the lights and he pulls beside me and sticks the front of his front wheel across mine, clearly just aggressively trying to push in. Even bigger Knob.
Follows that up with all manner of aggressive weaving side to side around the traffic at great pace, taking any number of risks that weren't at all necessary to make progress, but nevertheless looking like a 'pro'. Even bigger Knob still.
Final nail in coffin - "L" plate attached to back of scooter. I'm now struggling to find a superlative for Knob.
Angrybiker said:
Scooter on the way home last night. Now I'd be highly tempted to say Knob just for that, but that might not be totally fair.
Typical no protective clothing, open face helmet, obligatory sunnies and beard. Definitely Knob.
If that wasn't Knob enough on its own, I'm at the front at the lights and he pulls beside me and sticks the front of his front wheel across mine, clearly just aggressively trying to push in. Even bigger Knob.
Follows that up with all manner of aggressive weaving side to side around the traffic at great pace, taking any number of risks that weren't at all necessary to make progress, but nevertheless looking like a 'pro'. Even bigger Knob still.
Final nail in coffin - "L" plate attached to back of scooter. I'm now struggling to find a superlative for Knob.
Uber Knob?Typical no protective clothing, open face helmet, obligatory sunnies and beard. Definitely Knob.
If that wasn't Knob enough on its own, I'm at the front at the lights and he pulls beside me and sticks the front of his front wheel across mine, clearly just aggressively trying to push in. Even bigger Knob.
Follows that up with all manner of aggressive weaving side to side around the traffic at great pace, taking any number of risks that weren't at all necessary to make progress, but nevertheless looking like a 'pro'. Even bigger Knob still.
Final nail in coffin - "L" plate attached to back of scooter. I'm now struggling to find a superlative for Knob.
Top Knob?
Grandmaster Knob?
Knob Supreme?
Knob Supremo?
Big Knob?
Nano Knob?
That's enough knobs for now, must dash.
Blown2CV said:
not sure it can be switched off without going to the dealership and paying to get them to change a setting in the software that's not alterable through the driver interface. Personally I am not going to do that. Blame the manufacturer not the driver.
Some cars can. The brrrrp is artificially induced and isn't present on all modes.Audi Q3, or somesuch leased whitegood, that proceeded to follow me at a distance of 1 metre from my rear bumper through a 20mph limit this morning. I accelerated away when the national speed limit started (obviously the Q3 could not keep up with my far superior vehicle) but as soon as I picked up some 40-everywheres ahead, the ugly white good became glued to my arse again.
Waved him through in the end - and he was reluctant to overtake.
Tosser.
Waved him through in the end - and he was reluctant to overtake.
Tosser.
The driver of the number 6 bus yesterday. Was pulled into a bus stop with his left indicator on when I pulled out to overtake him. He instantly switches the right indicator on and moves off with me on the opposite side of the road then proceeds to give me the coffee beans for overtaking.
VladD said:
There's a single track road past the front of my house. A lorry was partially blocking it as he was a bit lost. A van approached, and rather than wait for the lorry to clear out of the way, the van driver just decided to use my front lawn to get past.
That would raise my blood to boiling point. Were there any company markings on the van?Jonno02 said:
Blown2CV said:
not sure it can be switched off without going to the dealership and paying to get them to change a setting in the software that's not alterable through the driver interface. Personally I am not going to do that. Blame the manufacturer not the driver.
Some cars can. The brrrrp is artificially induced and isn't present on all modes.playalistic said:
It's not intentionally for the aural effect - as far as I understand it it's the ignition retarding to match engine / gear speed and the unburnt fuel has to go / combust somewhere.
Regardless, it obviously sounds stupid on a 4-cylinder jobby.
it is on older cars yes. On new cars it is almost entirely manufactured, especially where forced induction is involved. The car deliberately puts a droplet of fuel into the exhaust to make the noise - it isn't a by-product. Regardless, it obviously sounds stupid on a 4-cylinder jobby.
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