"Its Road-dominating Dimensions...."
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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.
What do supercars "do" though on the road that a Cayman, etc won't? They're typically less practical, bigger, less efficient, more expensive and unless one drives like an utter idiot not significantly faster. I can see rational advantages in an SUV over an estate (ease of entry/exit/loading being the obvious one), I cannot see rational advantages in a supercar over a cheaper sports car. Obviously you have a right to not like SUVs, personally I don't like them either, but the idea that they're somehow more "pointless" than many cars we PHers revere is a bit weird.
jamei303 said:
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.
I don’t remember seeing ques of artics outside the local school or to get in to the local shops A vehicle is only classed as abnormal if it's wider than 2.9 metres. By these standards the Q8 is extremely normal.
They tend to only gather on motorways and lorry parks so your statement is a bit pointless
No
jamei303 said:
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.
If people capable of such dumbass logic didn't exist, neither would the q8.A vehicle is only classed as abnormal if it's wider than 2.9 metres. By these standards the Q8 is extremely normal.
Unfortunately you do, and so it does too
bulldong said:
schmalex said:
I saw a Q8 on the motorway the other day. I thought it looked fantastic
I agree with you. I saw one and thought it looked awesome.
In know all the press articles will have it specced as much as possible but I can't get over how different the seats are.
These are the ones in all the press/launch images....
or would you rather have these....
Will be
loose cannon said:
I don’t remember seeing ques of artics outside the local school or to get in to the local shops
They tend to only gather on motorways and lorry parks so your statement is a bit pointless
No
Really? Loads in towns, cities, by shops, down residential streets, on A & B roads.....They tend to only gather on motorways and lorry parks so your statement is a bit pointless
No
Sure it’s great but for me, even if I could afford one I wouldn’t, not due to the reasons cited about it being brash, vulgar or whatever, mainly as it would just be stress and Agro trying to berth the bloody thing and thread it down you average side street or country road, never mind parking it.
As cars get more expensive and facier, they tend to get bigger, ok if you need it but why saddle yourself with that encumbrance unless you have to and it being a sort of coupe means you can’t be that bothered about interior space, this country isn’t really geared up for massive cars, or cars at all in a lot of places. We need some really small cars that are super premium so people with cash can get something that fits the desire to express themselves but doesn’t bloat, a Bentley hatchback, Porsche supermini.
Don’t mind the looks as those kind of cars go and sure it’s pretty pleasant to drive, guaranteed to be loads round Cheshire, saw a Bentayga with an awful mis spaced, butchered plate yesterday, they have some gravitas still but the crap plate acts like an earthing rod to drain it away.
As cars get more expensive and facier, they tend to get bigger, ok if you need it but why saddle yourself with that encumbrance unless you have to and it being a sort of coupe means you can’t be that bothered about interior space, this country isn’t really geared up for massive cars, or cars at all in a lot of places. We need some really small cars that are super premium so people with cash can get something that fits the desire to express themselves but doesn’t bloat, a Bentley hatchback, Porsche supermini.
Don’t mind the looks as those kind of cars go and sure it’s pretty pleasant to drive, guaranteed to be loads round Cheshire, saw a Bentayga with an awful mis spaced, butchered plate yesterday, they have some gravitas still but the crap plate acts like an earthing rod to drain it away.
Ares said:
loose cannon said:
I don’t remember seeing ques of artics outside the local school or to get in to the local shops
They tend to only gather on motorways and lorry parks so your statement is a bit pointless
No
Really? Loads in towns, cities, by shops, down residential streets, on A & B roads.....They tend to only gather on motorways and lorry parks so your statement is a bit pointless
No
There is a need for bin lorries and HGVs.
If everybody turned up at the school to drop their children off or tried to park in the Waitrose Black Land Rover SUV park in HGVs, it could be a little awkward.
This is silly, though, and is not the real issue.
Very big cars marketed as "road-dominating" is a strange, but possibly honest, way to sell them to people. It's not far from, "F**k You, poor person"
Edited by MC Bodge on Friday 21st September 11:19
kambites said:
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
t and Audi drivers are wkers. Everyone knows this already.
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