"Its Road-dominating Dimensions...."
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MC Bodge said:
"The new Audi Q8 with its road-dominating Dimensions...."
I heard this on the radio earlier. What a ridiculous selling point.
A tank marketed at those needing to compensate for some other shortcoming. About as relevant in this day and age as a typewriter factory.I heard this on the radio earlier. What a ridiculous selling point.
Utter piece of s
te.OverSteery said:
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.
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Maybe I need to hand in my PH badge, but what is a FL2?.
But, its hard to be sure when some people wrongly assume everyone else is aware of the model numbers and engine codes of their particular marque.
I drove a military Humvee round private and public roads in the states. Those things are huge only because the axels are designed to fit in the ruts created by heavy trucks.
I just looked it up and they are 2.15m wide.
Edited by Hol on Friday 21st September 12:29
Kenny Powers said:
I think they look good. Odd wording for an advertisement though for sure.
I wonder if there will be complaints, after all if showing speed is not allowed implying aggressive driving or DWDC&A should not be allowed either, it sends the wrong message for road safety./marywhitehousemode
Hairymonster said:
MC Bodge said:
"The new Audi Q8 with its road-dominating Dimensions...."
I heard this on the radio earlier. What a ridiculous selling point.
A tank marketed at those needing to compensate for some other shortcoming. About as relevant in this day and age as a typewriter factory.I heard this on the radio earlier. What a ridiculous selling point.
Utter piece of s
te.And fancy seeing you here cutting and pasting your normal s
t !Nanook said:
Flibble said:
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? 
So FIF's FL2 is too wide as well.
Unless we're quoting full widths including the door mirrors?
Think it's over 2000mm if you include the folded mirrors but not sure on that.
On the subject of width restrictions, drive anything bigger than average across the Walton-on-Trent bridge and you certainly breathe in. Lots of scars on the barriers.
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Hol said:
OverSteery said:
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.
.
Maybe I need to hand in my PH badge, but what is a FL2?.
But, its hard to be sure when some people wrongly assume everyone else is aware of the model numbers and engine codes of their particular marque.
I drove a military Humvee round private and public roads in the states. Those things are huge only because the axels are designed to fit in the ruts created by heavy trucks.
I just looked it up and they are 2.15m wide.
Edited by Hol on Friday 21st September 12:29
Btw adding a later comment, noted you didn't ask what a FFRR is.
In case don't know that it's PH code for Full Fat Range Rover. HTH.
Edited by FiF on Friday 21st September 13:25
untakenname said:
The Q8 is over 2 meters wide and completely unsuited to our roads, imo dominating only works when it's a shed or an unmarked (signwise) company van, an SUV on finance is likely to be one of the least domineering vehicles on the road as the owners won't want any scratches.
A campaign a while back on facebook to remove the width restrictions at a school near me appeared on my news feed, most the comments where pro width restrictions which was satisfying, imo it's better than speed bumps.
These are the ones in question, causes complete carnage each September when the schools go back.
There's also some width restrictions at a pub near to me (in the background), witnessed a few clumps when the pubs chucking out, makes quite a decent drink drive deterrent.
I don't like the Q8, but you are a selfish arse. The finance comment marks you out too. These 6'6" width restrictions are also problematic for sports cars (including mine (owned outright, by the way, but I'd happily finance one)). They present no problem to taxis and vans with high profile tyres on steel wheels. It is wide cars with alloys and low profile tyres that have problems. A campaign a while back on facebook to remove the width restrictions at a school near me appeared on my news feed, most the comments where pro width restrictions which was satisfying, imo it's better than speed bumps.
These are the ones in question, causes complete carnage each September when the schools go back.
There's also some width restrictions at a pub near to me (in the background), witnessed a few clumps when the pubs chucking out, makes quite a decent drink drive deterrent.
Road dominating until it comes up against an imported American truck, then it will look pretty tame. There's a guy with a bright yellow Dodge Ram at my work, huge V8, sounds awesome, it's just ridiculously big, I love it.
Going back to the Q8, it really isn't too big for UK roads, it doesn't break any width restrictions either. The ad on the radio is just some idiots bright idea as a good marketing sell.
Going back to the Q8, it really isn't too big for UK roads, it doesn't break any width restrictions either. The ad on the radio is just some idiots bright idea as a good marketing sell.
neil1jnr said:
Road dominating until it comes up against an imported American truck, then it will look pretty tame. There's a guy with a bright yellow Dodge Ram at my work, huge V8, sounds awesome, it's just ridiculously big, I love it.
Going back to the Q8, it really isn't too big for UK roads, it doesn't break any width restrictions either. The ad on the radio is just some idiots bright idea as a good marketing sell.
Absolutely. I lived in the US for a while, and the trucks over there make things like Range Rovers and the Q8 look like toys. The untraveled Pistonheads driving heroes would have a cardiac arrest Going back to the Q8, it really isn't too big for UK roads, it doesn't break any width restrictions either. The ad on the radio is just some idiots bright idea as a good marketing sell.
Granted though, the roads over there on the whole tend to be a bit more accommodating, and the parking spaces are at least a foot wider
MC Bodge said:
Lorries delivering to shops in town centres and suburbia, parking where there is no dedicated loading bay cause chaos. Bin lorries block roads.
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"
The irony that that particular Waitrose (my local, Alderley Edge) DOES have a very large loading bay....that you access through the car park 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
The double irony is that at my daughters school, black SUVs are the most common....and given the speed bumps and state of the road near the school, they are probably best fit for purpose!!
Ares said:
MC Bodge said:
Lorries delivering to shops in town centres and suburbia, parking where there is no dedicated loading bay cause chaos. Bin lorries block roads.
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"
The irony that that particular Waitrose (my local, Alderley Edge) DOES have a very large loading bay....that you access through the car park 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
The double irony is that at my daughters school, black SUVs are the most common....and given the speed bumps and state of the road near the school, they are probably best fit for purpose!!
I know that black SUVs are common in that area of Cheshire. That's why I wrote it.
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