What cars/drivers annoy you the most?
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What cars/drivers annoy you most? Without wishing to offend anyone (and I appreciate that I am sailing quite close to the wind with my current fleet), some cars or car/driver combos seem to shout "I'm a cock", I think I've bought a nice car but really I haven't got a clue. I appreciate that these things change, as 20 years ago the Escort XR3i was the "cock's" weapon of choice. Now they are quite rare, and it's quite nice to occasionally see a well-preserved example. Here are some of my suggestions.
1. Coupe Cabriolets - I don't mind those based on 2 seaters like the SLK and Z4 (although to me a CC MX5 is not a proper MX5) but anything by Renault, Peugeot, Vauxhall, Ford or Nissan qualifies. I don't mind the Eos but I'm a bit biased as I used to work for VW but spending £25k on a Vauxhall Astra convertible. Seriously!
2. MINI Clubman/Countryman (hideous) and any normal MINI lesser than a Cooper (pointless and expensive for what they are).
3. Large 4x4s driven one-up - I can see that a Discovery 4/XC90 is a more stylish family car than an MPV but I know that I would feel like a complete cock driving one on my own (if I'm going to drive something that thirsty, I want to be driving something that is fast and handles well).
4. Most Audis (there is the odd exception such as RS3, RS4, TT RS, R8 and I actually like the styling of the A5 Coupe) but the rest are just bland, expensive VWs for people that are too snobby to buy VWs. Audi A3 drivers especially annoy me because as far as I can tell the A3 is a bit like a Golf but not quite as good (apart from the badge). If you want a classy badge just buy a Mercedes and be done with it or a BMW if you enjoy driving.
5. Poverty-spec BMWs - I appreciate BMW's USP (rear-wheel drive) and I totally get BMWs with proper engines like a straight 6 (I could even make a case for a diesel BMW) but a 4 cylinder petrol? Come on!
6. New-shape Ford Ka - I thought that the old-shape Ka was distinctive, cheap, unpretentious transport but the new one is just an expensive Fiat 500 minus the style.
7. Subaru Impreza saloon - I think the classic Impreza is great but the one in between that and the current model in bright blue with a big wing and gold wheels is a proper "cock" wagon. I actually drive a bright blue 04-plate WRX Estate so I realise that I am only a boot and a set of gold wheels away but I still look down on the gold wheel brigade!
8. Smart car - don't know why, they're just annoying (maybe Smart drivers seem a bit smug)!
My wife drives a Fiat 500 which she looks great in but I could see that I look like a bit of a "cock" driving it on my own. I think that it's a great car. It's a 1.2 Popular, so stylish, cheap to run, unpretentious transport but I realise that I don't look so great in it myself.
What cars or car/driver combinations annoy you the most?
1. Coupe Cabriolets - I don't mind those based on 2 seaters like the SLK and Z4 (although to me a CC MX5 is not a proper MX5) but anything by Renault, Peugeot, Vauxhall, Ford or Nissan qualifies. I don't mind the Eos but I'm a bit biased as I used to work for VW but spending £25k on a Vauxhall Astra convertible. Seriously!
2. MINI Clubman/Countryman (hideous) and any normal MINI lesser than a Cooper (pointless and expensive for what they are).
3. Large 4x4s driven one-up - I can see that a Discovery 4/XC90 is a more stylish family car than an MPV but I know that I would feel like a complete cock driving one on my own (if I'm going to drive something that thirsty, I want to be driving something that is fast and handles well).
4. Most Audis (there is the odd exception such as RS3, RS4, TT RS, R8 and I actually like the styling of the A5 Coupe) but the rest are just bland, expensive VWs for people that are too snobby to buy VWs. Audi A3 drivers especially annoy me because as far as I can tell the A3 is a bit like a Golf but not quite as good (apart from the badge). If you want a classy badge just buy a Mercedes and be done with it or a BMW if you enjoy driving.
5. Poverty-spec BMWs - I appreciate BMW's USP (rear-wheel drive) and I totally get BMWs with proper engines like a straight 6 (I could even make a case for a diesel BMW) but a 4 cylinder petrol? Come on!
6. New-shape Ford Ka - I thought that the old-shape Ka was distinctive, cheap, unpretentious transport but the new one is just an expensive Fiat 500 minus the style.
7. Subaru Impreza saloon - I think the classic Impreza is great but the one in between that and the current model in bright blue with a big wing and gold wheels is a proper "cock" wagon. I actually drive a bright blue 04-plate WRX Estate so I realise that I am only a boot and a set of gold wheels away but I still look down on the gold wheel brigade!
8. Smart car - don't know why, they're just annoying (maybe Smart drivers seem a bit smug)!
My wife drives a Fiat 500 which she looks great in but I could see that I look like a bit of a "cock" driving it on my own. I think that it's a great car. It's a 1.2 Popular, so stylish, cheap to run, unpretentious transport but I realise that I don't look so great in it myself.
What cars or car/driver combinations annoy you the most?
So anything that isnt a halo model for that brand ?
I quite like the honesty of bog spec models, for example the humble 318 and Mini One, where do you think you get most for your money in a range ? most of the stuff you pay extra for is just extra profit for the car company, all the Cooper S drivers subsidise the Mini One drivers.
I quite like the honesty of bog spec models, for example the humble 318 and Mini One, where do you think you get most for your money in a range ? most of the stuff you pay extra for is just extra profit for the car company, all the Cooper S drivers subsidise the Mini One drivers.
Any Audi from the A4 down - Couldn't afford a proper Audi, too feckless to buy a cheap A8 or something like that. To daft and lacking the style to buy a Mercedes.
Any small BMW, especially 320d - reeks of 'poor man' who aspires to own something with a badge of worth on the front, but is in fact too dull and too dumb to see that a 320d is a hideous compromise. Also, like many Audis, the choice of the fleet car driver. So driven terribly by an idiot sales rep probably rushing to get to the next viewing at a surburban housing estate somewhere.
Any large 4X4 - We're not in Siberia. Good thing too, because these were often seen wallowing in snow drifts last winter, likely driven by idiots who thought "I've got a Range Rover, this thing will do 60 mph everywhere, even in the snow!". Utterly classless and tasteless. The large offroad vehicle says 'sex offender', the large 4X4 that was never built to go off road (Range Rover, Audi Q7 etc etc) says tasteless idiot.
Etc etc. Take the above with a pinch of salt and appreciate the humour with which it was intended.
Any small BMW, especially 320d - reeks of 'poor man' who aspires to own something with a badge of worth on the front, but is in fact too dull and too dumb to see that a 320d is a hideous compromise. Also, like many Audis, the choice of the fleet car driver. So driven terribly by an idiot sales rep probably rushing to get to the next viewing at a surburban housing estate somewhere.
Any large 4X4 - We're not in Siberia. Good thing too, because these were often seen wallowing in snow drifts last winter, likely driven by idiots who thought "I've got a Range Rover, this thing will do 60 mph everywhere, even in the snow!". Utterly classless and tasteless. The large offroad vehicle says 'sex offender', the large 4X4 that was never built to go off road (Range Rover, Audi Q7 etc etc) says tasteless idiot.
Etc etc. Take the above with a pinch of salt and appreciate the humour with which it was intended.
Baryonyx said:
Any Audi from the A4 down - Couldn't afford a proper Audi, too feckless to buy a cheap A8 or something like that. To daft and lacking the style to buy a Mercedes.
Any small BMW, especially 320d - reeks of 'poor man' who aspires to own something with a badge of worth on the front, but is in fact too dull and too dumb to see that a 320d is a hideous compromise. Also, like many Audis, the choice of the fleet car driver. So driven terribly by an idiot sales rep probably rushing to get to the next viewing at a surburban housing estate somewhere.
Any large 4X4 - We're not in Siberia. Good thing too, because these were often seen wallowing in snow drifts last winter, likely driven by idiots who thought "I've got a Range Rover, this thing will do 60 mph everywhere, even in the snow!". Utterly classless and tasteless. The large offroad vehicle says 'sex offender', the large 4X4 that was never built to go off road (Range Rover, Audi Q7 etc etc) says tasteless idiot.
Etc etc. Take the above with a pinch of salt and appreciate the humour with which it was intended.
Not convinced at all 320D qualifies- it is higly rated by all the motoring media as a saloon car par excellence Any small BMW, especially 320d - reeks of 'poor man' who aspires to own something with a badge of worth on the front, but is in fact too dull and too dumb to see that a 320d is a hideous compromise. Also, like many Audis, the choice of the fleet car driver. So driven terribly by an idiot sales rep probably rushing to get to the next viewing at a surburban housing estate somewhere.
Any large 4X4 - We're not in Siberia. Good thing too, because these were often seen wallowing in snow drifts last winter, likely driven by idiots who thought "I've got a Range Rover, this thing will do 60 mph everywhere, even in the snow!". Utterly classless and tasteless. The large offroad vehicle says 'sex offender', the large 4X4 that was never built to go off road (Range Rover, Audi Q7 etc etc) says tasteless idiot.
Etc etc. Take the above with a pinch of salt and appreciate the humour with which it was intended.
And it certainly ain't cheap -more expensive than top of the range all extras included fleet hacks
I recently travelled to Dubai to have a little fun in the desert with a very large Toyota Landcruiser . I have a new found respect for these machines.
In the future i shall purchase a Bowler nemisis as the roads will be a no go area for any sort of fun.
as for drivers who annoy me the most , anyone with a kia, picanto , or some thing slightly larger than a suitcase as there driven purely to get in the way of real motorists.
In the future i shall purchase a Bowler nemisis as the roads will be a no go area for any sort of fun.
as for drivers who annoy me the most , anyone with a kia, picanto , or some thing slightly larger than a suitcase as there driven purely to get in the way of real motorists.
tali1 said:
Not convinced at all 320D qualifies- it is higly rated by all the motoring media as a saloon car par excellence
And it certainly ain't cheap -more expensive than top of the range all extras included fleet hacks
Of course the media say it's good, BMW wouldn't sell any if they didn't! So it is in BMW's interests to keep them sweet. And irrespective of price, it's still a 320d. That says 'cheap diesel option'. It's got about as much class and credibility as a Passat 1.9TDi.And it certainly ain't cheap -more expensive than top of the range all extras included fleet hacks
Now, a BMW 7 series or a Phaeton, thats how to do diesel, if you must...
J4CKO said:
So anything that isnt a halo model for that brand ?
I quite like the honesty of bog spec models, for example the humble 318 and Mini One, where do you think you get most for your money in a range ? most of the stuff you pay extra for is just extra profit for the car company, all the Cooper S drivers subsidise the Mini One drivers.
Point taken but you're still buying an average car because of a fancy badge. If you can't afford a proper Audi/BMW buy the equivalent Skoda/Seat/VW which will be just as good for a fraction of the price. I quite like the honesty of bog spec models, for example the humble 318 and Mini One, where do you think you get most for your money in a range ? most of the stuff you pay extra for is just extra profit for the car company, all the Cooper S drivers subsidise the Mini One drivers.
king drl and women in range rover sports that are constantly on there phones and stay on the outside lane of a dual carriadge way brake tested one once didn't half wake her up.Audis, mainly those propelled by the 2.0 TDi powerplant. There's some truly frightening driving I've witnessed from drivers at the helm of those things. Tailgating, horrendous lane discipline, poor awareness of surroundings, outrageous aggression, you name it and you'll see it from an Audi driver. They're not all the same, there's good and bad drivers in all vehicles at the end of the day, but chances are that if you see 5 acts of muppetry on the daily commute, 4 were committed by those in Audis. What encourages them to do it - are they compensating for something? Is their time so much more precious than the other driver's life they're endangering? Who knows.
Audis, who seem to think they have a god given right to make love to your rear bumper.
Range Rovers / Land over Discoveries- for the same reason plus blinding you with their badly aligned headlights
Mercs - for thinking that they have the god given right to drift between lanes 2&3 using their hand-held mobile phones
BMW X5s - same as above, but drinking beakers of coffee at the same time
Any supermini driven by a chav - just for being who they are and being complete and utter numpties
Range Rovers / Land over Discoveries- for the same reason plus blinding you with their badly aligned headlights
Mercs - for thinking that they have the god given right to drift between lanes 2&3 using their hand-held mobile phones
BMW X5s - same as above, but drinking beakers of coffee at the same time
Any supermini driven by a chav - just for being who they are and being complete and utter numpties
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