Cars you really want to get out of
Discussion
I absolutely hate being a passenger at best of times, but when travelling for work and my colleagues insist on giving me a lift is the worst. I really appreciate them taking the time out but being a passenger in a LHD car makes me uncomfortable.
As for specific cars, my wife’s 2019 Clio was f
king awful. My knees hit the dash, my arm hit the door, my head hit the roof. I’m not particularly tall either (just scrape 6ft).
As for specific cars, my wife’s 2019 Clio was f
king awful. My knees hit the dash, my arm hit the door, my head hit the roof. I’m not particularly tall either (just scrape 6ft). Taxi.
Whenever I travel to Bath for work, via Bristol Airport, it's Arrow taxi's (I think) that the admin/business support team use, and their cars are always new-ish, very clean, drivers are well presented, well spoken, all that.
When I go to Southampton though, the taxi drivers are always 'innit' boys in absolutely fked Prius's that have been to the moon and back, have every surface lined with some sort of rubber mat, and smell of warm stale sick.
Whenever I travel to Bath for work, via Bristol Airport, it's Arrow taxi's (I think) that the admin/business support team use, and their cars are always new-ish, very clean, drivers are well presented, well spoken, all that.
When I go to Southampton though, the taxi drivers are always 'innit' boys in absolutely f
ked Prius's that have been to the moon and back, have every surface lined with some sort of rubber mat, and smell of warm stale sick.I'd also add the Amalfi Coast road as a bus passenger. I think it is the combination of winding blind bends, breakneck speed, quality (or lack of) of the vehicle, proximity to a cliff edge and general standard of Italian driving but I could not wait to get off and we got a boat taxi back the other way!
I remember being a passenger on a trip down to Goodwood in a friends car, it was a diesel 2005-era Megane.
The car itself was ok, it wasn't even that his driving was unsafe but Jesus I felt so sick afterwards. He was putting so much effort into driving, so many gear changes, so much acceleration and in turn I head to focus on not covering the interior with my breakfast!
The car itself was ok, it wasn't even that his driving was unsafe but Jesus I felt so sick afterwards. He was putting so much effort into driving, so many gear changes, so much acceleration and in turn I head to focus on not covering the interior with my breakfast!
A Chrysler PT Cruiser, enough of a need to get out of one of those, but this was in Atlanta, driven by a very unusual chap called William Wallace who had serious serial killer vibes. It was shuddering, shaking, creaking and banging and obviously was utterly knackered, made sure I left a few fingerprints around, just in case. Anyway, we had a great night out at a place called the "Clermont Lounge", anyway, he drops us back (still un murdered) back at 4am and had to give a presentation at 9am which is difficult when you are trying hard not to shake or vomit 
An old, badly made Robin Hood I had to deliver.
I thought I'd won the prize of the day, but no.
Caterham 7 high on my want list. Lotus 7 higher. This Robin Hood though. Jeez.
Car delivery drivers like to get there quickly to get to the next job as soon as they can. Not me on that occasion. 40mph tops. Awful thing.
I thought I'd won the prize of the day, but no.
Caterham 7 high on my want list. Lotus 7 higher. This Robin Hood though. Jeez.
Car delivery drivers like to get there quickly to get to the next job as soon as they can. Not me on that occasion. 40mph tops. Awful thing.
The car isn’t always the issue, sometimes it’s the driver. I have two people I won’t passenger with.
1 - schoolmate (Andy). He can’t modulate the throttle, every trip is a constant accelerate/brake/accelerate/brake.
2 - Mum’s partner (ex, she’s been dead 12 years, Roger). He randomly twitches the steering wheel a few degrees every so often. Not so bad on the motorway, but concerning as all hell on the rural lanes near where he lives, especially if it’s an offside twitch and there’s something coming t’other way.
1 - schoolmate (Andy). He can’t modulate the throttle, every trip is a constant accelerate/brake/accelerate/brake.
2 - Mum’s partner (ex, she’s been dead 12 years, Roger). He randomly twitches the steering wheel a few degrees every so often. Not so bad on the motorway, but concerning as all hell on the rural lanes near where he lives, especially if it’s an offside twitch and there’s something coming t’other way.
Driving from Groningen to Schiphol Airport the driver, Pete, was our Sales Director. Worst driver I have ever known. Kangaroo juice Pete. Accelerate, Brake, repeat ad nauseum. Literally, for my business partner.
He was suffering from the night before and had laid himself out on the back seats to get some sleep. Halfway there was a strangled "Stop" and Pete pulled into one of the large lay-bys, almost skidding to a stop! Business partner dives out and promptly pukes his guts out
I was just really uncomfortable with the driving and offered but, only P was insured! Found out the next day that he was known as the worst but they thought it would be funny
He was suffering from the night before and had laid himself out on the back seats to get some sleep. Halfway there was a strangled "Stop" and Pete pulled into one of the large lay-bys, almost skidding to a stop! Business partner dives out and promptly pukes his guts out
I was just really uncomfortable with the driving and offered but, only P was insured! Found out the next day that he was known as the worst but they thought it would be funny
Back in the mid seventies, I was about 8 I think, my older brother had bought himself an old banger to drive. A Cambridge I think, anyway the first corner we went around the passenger door fell off completely followed shortly by me. He braked as quickly as he could but that still had me carrying a very heavy door about a hundred yards because that's how long it took hime to stop.
Mr Tidy said:
Near-death experiences in foreign taxis spring to mind - as soon as we got to our destination I couldn't wait to get out!
Had a few of those in India.Example, two lane motorway between Lucknow and Kampur.
First issue - Our taxi has no rear seat belts.
Second - We are overtaking a truck when I note a truck coming the wrong way in our lane. f
kThird - a car starts overtaking the oncoming truck so now we have both lanes with potential head on collisions.
Outcome was that we completed our overtaking maneuver just as the oncoming car completes his and we all pass each other without issue.
Why am I working in India ? Edited by so called on Monday 16th May 17:33
dogdayafternoon said:
Most cars with CVT gearboxes (Lexus excluded as haven't experienced one of theirs yet). Even as a passenger it frustrates me to hear the engine working like that.
CVT gearbox is the single reason I haven't bought a Lexus RX450h. I already have a 1999 Lexus LS400 (slush box) and that is sublime.
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