"Its Road-dominating Dimensions...."
Discussion
jamei303 said:
What have two XC90 drivers been doing for the last few years when they meet each other on narrow country lanes?
In my experience, creating complete havoc. 
It's certainly not a new problem though, no. Just a steadily growing one as larger cars become more common. As someone pointed out above, the Q8 isn't as wide as a Range Rover anyway.
I think the issue here isn't that the Q8 is too big, it's that Audi are actually explicitly advertising it as big enough to "dominate the road". Hardly a good message to put across to potential buyers and certainly not a very subtle one.
Edited by kambites on Friday 21st September 09:21
jamei303 said:
untakenname said:
The Q8 is over 2 meters wide and completely unsuited to our roads
williamp said:
marketing spin for a vry, very large car which ia probably too big for uk roads
It's a lot smaller than most artics, I don't hear anyone complaining that lorries more than 2 metres wide are too big. A vehicle is only classed as abnormal if it's wider than 2.9 metres. By these standards the Q8 is extremely normal.
Artics are are generally driven by professional drivers that have an inkling of exactly how wide their vehicles are and drive accordingly.
This thing will be driven by schoolrun mums and the like that think they're driving something the width of the QE2 and invariably clog the roads up because they can't squeeze through a gap that the QE2 could in fact get through and no doubt it comes complete with enough blind spots to pose a danger to pretty much every other road user.
Bloody stupid ad.
It is not really about how big it is. It is about the decision to market it as something that can be used to get an advantage over others and bully your way around the public roads.
It is not police or military hardware, nor is it a delivery lorry. It is a personal/family transport vehicle.
It is not police or military hardware, nor is it a delivery lorry. It is a personal/family transport vehicle.
Howard- said:
I heard it the other day, and I too initially thought I had just imagined it. But then I realised it's probably designed to appeal to the mindset of the average Audi-driving bellend.
Apologies for anyone on here who has one and isn't a bellend.However, I am yet to meet an Audi driver who isn't a bellend.
There is just something about modern Audi's (and I say modern because the old late nineties examples were good) that attracts bellends.
It's all about attitude, my FL2 is 1.91 m wide, excl mirrors, so not much narrower than a FFRR, nor the Q8.
I don't have any trouble on narrow lanes, and we are surrounded by them and use them everyday. But then proceed at a proper pace, have no difficulty reversing, and have no issues with sticking it up the verge or grass bank to make way. Tbh when meeting someone in a small car who dives out of the way it's quite embarrassing to carry on despite my 4wd and off road capable tyres being far more suitable for stuffing it into the scenery.
Based on a completely unscientific observation the narrow road users who have the worst attitudes, and limited capability round here are the stuck up little madams in a horsebox. Now when two of those meet you back up and take another route, done that a few times, just clear off and let them sort it out, otherwise you'll be waiting ages.
I don't have any trouble on narrow lanes, and we are surrounded by them and use them everyday. But then proceed at a proper pace, have no difficulty reversing, and have no issues with sticking it up the verge or grass bank to make way. Tbh when meeting someone in a small car who dives out of the way it's quite embarrassing to carry on despite my 4wd and off road capable tyres being far more suitable for stuffing it into the scenery.
Based on a completely unscientific observation the narrow road users who have the worst attitudes, and limited capability round here are the stuck up little madams in a horsebox. Now when two of those meet you back up and take another route, done that a few times, just clear off and let them sort it out, otherwise you'll be waiting ages.
Berkshire bred said:
Pointless car for people with too much money needing to overcompensate for some extreme deficiency in their life. File with Q7, X5, most range rovers, bentayga, urus, xc90, and that f
king enormous hurse that Merc is selling. I'm sure there's more as well.
To my mind that description applies better to any supercar you care to name than to these huge SUVs. At least SUVs have some practicality to go with their enormous girth. king enormous hurse that Merc is selling. I'm sure there's more as well.Nanook said:
Berkshire bred said:
Pointless car for people with too much money needing to overcompensate for some extreme deficiency in their life. File with Q7, X5, most range rovers, bentayga, urus, xc90, and that fking enormous hurse that Merc is selling. I'm sure there's more as well.
Very insightful.king enormous hurse that Merc is selling. I'm sure there's more as well.What's a hurse though?
It’s what he lives in.
Possibly prefaced with coonsil
FiF said:
It's all about attitude, my FL2 is 1.91 m wide, excl mirrors, so not much narrower than a FFRR, nor the Q8.
The Q8 is 1995 mm apparently, which actually makes it technically too large to pass through a 6'6" width restriction (which are the smallest commonly seen). How long until someone gets one stuck? 
FiF said:
Based on a completely unscientific observation the narrow road users who have the worst attitudes, and limited capability round here are the stuck up little madams in a horsebox. Now when two of those meet you back up and take another route, done that a few times, just clear off and let them sort it out, otherwise you'll be waiting ages.
Round here it's a muppets in small SUVs who can't drive down a narrow road for st. I saw a Juke last night that was so terrified of the other cars that it actually hit the nearside kerb (hard enough to bounce off), despite having a comfortable metre to the (stationary) oncoming traffic.kambites said:
Berkshire bred said:
Pointless car for people with too much money needing to overcompensate for some extreme deficiency in their life. File with Q7, X5, most range rovers, bentayga, urus, xc90, and that fking enormous hurse that Merc is selling. I'm sure there's more as well.
To my mind that description applies better to any supercar you care to name than to these huge SUVs.king enormous hurse that Merc is selling. I'm sure there's more as well.However I do agree that the supercars that are bought to crawl around London exclusively at 20 mph revving are just as pointless.
I tend to live by the live and let live mantra provided someone else's actions doesn't negatively affect me. Problem is these cars are huge and impractical for everyday use. Park next to one in a supermarket and you will see what I mean. Also I live around very narrow lanes and these type of cars are a bloody nuisance. To everyone saying that xxx is bigger, chances are that xxx is bigger because the size makes if capable of doing it's job. Not karting some dim bint to have her nails done.
Berkshire bred said:
Agree with you partly, but at least supercars are good at what they do, I don't see the benefit of these enormous jacked up cars, I can't see that 99 per cent of the time an estate wouldn't do the same job. .
I can't see the point of supercars went a super bike costs 95% less and does just the same job.(hint: both statements are bulls
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)Edited by Ares on Friday 21st September 10:06
Brooking10 said:
Nanook said:
Berkshire bred said:
Pointless car for people with too much money needing to overcompensate for some extreme deficiency in their life. File with Q7, X5, most range rovers, bentayga, urus, xc90, and that fking enormous hurse that Merc is selling. I'm sure there's more as well.
Very insightful.king enormous hurse that Merc is selling. I'm sure there's more as well.What's a hurse though?
It’s what he lives in.
Possibly prefaced with coonsil
Ares said:
Berkshire bred said:
Agree with you partly, but at least supercars are good at what they do, I don't see the benefit of these enormous jacked up cars, I can't see that 99 per cent of the time an estate wouldn't do the same job. .
I can't see the point of supercars went a super bike costs 95% and does just the same job.(hint: both statements are bulls
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