DSPUK Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 So are most of the posters on here speeders.? :huh: I have to say I have noticed 4x4 drivers (mostly women ) are right up my bumper anywhere in a speed limit - It's obvious really as they are bullet proof - can stop on a tanner and and drivers have better reactions than Lewis Hamilton. - I am not tarring everyone with same brush just those up my bumper. http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/news/cars-most-likely-to-speed-revealed.html Dave :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
besty57 Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 just bmw 4x4 drivers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpowder Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 I have noticed that drivers of 4 x 4 are the most reluctant to pull into the verge when you meet them with your humble hatch back on a country road. Blackpowder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam_in_Cornwall Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Here in Cornwall we get more than our fair share of second home owning city types with their 4 X 4 - well you do need one for those viscious speed humps at Waitrose, as said above meet them in a lane and they will not back up (cos they cant) and heaven forbid they might get them dirty!!!! I say if you dont need a 4X4 dont get one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 My 4x4 wont go fast enough to be considered speeding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 I have noticed that drivers of 4 x 4 are the most reluctant to pull into the verge when you meet them with your humble hatch back on a country road. Blackpowder :lol: dont bother me...I just throw mine up the verge....remember meeting and old boy down a country lane in a BMW X5 11 PLATE and he refused to back up the 10-20 yards to the gap so I could pass.. as for me to back up it would be ALOT further....So I just chucked it up the verge, waved and went round...his face was a picture!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 I don't think it's just 4 x 4 owners, although( and i own 2!) some of them dop think they are invincible, i think it is driving standards in general. I do 30-50k miles per annum and over the last 20 years, standards have got worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stokie Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 :lol: dont bother me...I just throw mine up the verge....remember meeting and old boy down a country lane in a BMW X5 11 PLATE and he refused to back up the 10-20 yards to the gap so I could pass.. as for me to back up it would be ALOT further....So I just chucked it up the verge, waved and went round...his face was a picture!!! I remember a funny incident meeting a car on a lane . The other driver was almost alongside a pull in but refused to back up . He started to wave his hands in the air and gesticulate . So I got a newspaper from the back seat opened it up fully and pretended to read so he knew I wasn't budging . I could hear reving and shunting and then quiet. I lowered my news paper and the numpty had somehow managed to do a 26 point turn and drove off in the other direction .... Agh well at least I proved a point bullies don't always win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdubya Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 been toying with the idea of my next motor choice seems between a disco TDV6 or a BM X5, think you have just persuaded me the X5 is the one to go for, it seems to have maximum aggravation factor built-in KW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 I remember a funny incident meeting a car on a lane . The other driver was almost alongside a pull in but refused to back up . He started to wave his hands in the air and gesticulate . So I got a newspaper from the back seat opened it up fully and pretended to read so he knew I wasn't budging . I could hear reving and shunting and then quiet. I lowered my news paper and the numpty had somehow managed to do a 26 point turn and drove off in the other direction .... Agh well at least I proved a point bullies don't always win Thats the method i would use, or get out lock it up and go for a wander had to love this answer from the article "Lies, damned lies, and statistics". What about all the VW Tuareg 4x4's and Audi Q7's that I constantly see overtaking the LandRovers? Sadly, the LandRover marque does seem to attract ageing chavs, who we all know are often anti-establishment and disrespectful by nature, so if there was a statistic for which drivers are usually illegally parked on double yellows or 'disabled' bays - it would probably show LandRover drivers as the worst offenders, with any make of car driven by an 18/19 year old male second! can just imagine him fuming as he wrote that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_evil Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 OI ! :( Why's my disco model not up there Some of the old ones can still manage to go fast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeds chimp Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 OI ! :( Why's my disco model not up there Some of the old ones can still manage to go fast on the back of a recovery truck dont count Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_evil Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 on the back of a recovery truck dont count It's only been on the back of an Iveco once damn glow plugs failed and it wouldn't start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 In our little jimny theres no chance of speeding ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Tend to find a LOT of women,irrespective of what they're driving,drive too close to the vehicle in front,but then so does my mate,and he's a rep. Living in the lakes there are thousands of 4x4's,and you can tell all those owned by visitors,because as you say,on narrow country lanes a lot of them simply freeze when confronted by oncoming traffic,not daring to reverse,nor get too close to the hedge for fearing of scratching the paintwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_evil Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 (edited) Don't worry I live in the lakes and like to scare at least one tourist a day a lot seem to come up in their audi's and beemers thinking they own the roads and then wonder why you won't budge on a narrow country lane when theres a perfectly good passing point 200 yards back I've also taken to playing chicken, I've got a heavy duty towplate on the rear and soon theres going to be a 5mm re-inforced heavy duty steel bumper winch bumper on the rear too as you say a lot of the people I get tailgating me are women in fiestas or clios and well……………….1) I'll win the insurance claim and 2) a plastic clio hitting me in town if I do an emergency stop isn't going to damage my off road armour plating too much:P I'm not the nicest driver to be around and I've been told a few times I have serious road rage :o Edited February 2, 2012 by Dr_evil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Don't worry I live in the lakes and like to scare at least one tourist a day a lot seem to come up in their audi's and beemers thinking they own the roads and then wonder why you won't budge on a narrow country lane when theres a perfectly good passing point 200 yards back I've also taken to playing chicken, I've got a heavy duty towplate on the rear and soon theres going to be a 5mm re-inforced heavy duty steel bumper winch bumper on the rear too as you say a lot of the people I get tailgating me are women in fiestas or clios and well……………….1) I'll win the insurance claim and 2) a plastic clio hitting me in town if I do an emergency stop isn't going to damage my off road armour plating too much:P I'm not the nicest driver to be around and I've been told a few times I have serious road rage :o You'd better hope you don't meet me on the road one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_evil Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 (edited) You'd better hope you don't meet me on the road one day Challenge Accepted!!! Edited February 2, 2012 by Dr_evil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Challenge Accepted!!! Wasn't a challenge, it was a statement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixer1 Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 Testostorone-tastic! I have a 4x4 and will usually go on the verge is its a tight squeeze and someone is curtious - but what i will say is that if they are clearly not willing to move and sit in the middle of the road then i will do the same - I didn't pay the extra expense for a 4x4 to drive it over boulders in the verge cause some idiot can't brake in time for a passing place or show some manners - after all - a car will put two wheels on a verge just as well as a 4x4...it's not extreme offroading! Regards, Gixer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_evil Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 My view is if you're a tourist you can go on the verge……..….it's my shortcut not your scenic route! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 My view is if you're a tourist you can go on the verge……..….it's my shortcut not your scenic route! very selfish, whoever is nearest to a passing place should reverse or at least engage in a way to resolve it, however all depends on the attitude of the other driver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_evil Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 very selfish, whoever is nearest to a passing place should reverse or at least engage in a way to resolve it, however all depends on the attitude of the other driver I don't believe in that, the fact they've decided to take an un-signposted route then try to either crawl or race down it at a stupid speed annoys me Plus as far as I'm concerned I'm in the bigger car and I know the route, most of the people I meet are people in their 3 series's trying to be smart. For the most part it's also usually harder for me to reverse a landrover into a tight space than it is for chief **** in his flashy sports car into the closest one to him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keg Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 K Dubya NOOOO!, no shooting man should be seen in an X5 Landrover all the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshLamb Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 I have to say I have noticed 4x4 drivers (mostly women ) are right up my bumper anywhere in a speed limit - You think Im bad in my landy, should should see me in an artic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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