Don't you sometimes get a bit tired of...
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...half-wits in Scoobies/Evos/GTOs coming-up behind you and almost ramming into the rear of your Vette in town traffic? This has happened to me 2 or 3 times. For instance, this afternoon, I was going over a roundabout and spotted a v.nice looking, modified, Passion Red Mitsubishi GTO waiting to pull-out (of a dodgy estate). Nice car, I thought. Shame about the driver though; he nipped-out behind me and immediately gave it a boot-full, accompanied by the de regeur dump valve hiss as he proceeded to damn-near stuff the front end of his car into my rear bumper. Idiot!
Not as bad as the 2 kids in a mid-90s 3-series (a 4-cylinder based on a later view of the exhaust). Driving through a housing estate at the speed limit, several cars in front of me, I saw him coming up fast behind then hanging on my bumper. He kept easing across the white line to try to overtake, but no gaps (remember, housing estate, 30mph limit). Eventually got to a large roundabout where the car ahead of me and I were both turning right. Rdbt widened to two lanes, but exit was one lane. The car ahead of me and I went around at a reasonable speed in the right-hand lane, the kids in the BM cut to the left-hand lane and lurched around the outside of me as fast as their weedy little engine could carry them, with much squealing of tyres. I let them past and left a gap for the idiots to pull into, but of course they wanted to get past the other car too...which was never going to happen. Cue hard braking and almost losing control as they cut in behind the car. They then proceeded to drive up his backside for the next mile 'til we got to a dual carriageway.
Not sure what they were trying to prove other than that they were a pair of kn*bs.
Not sure what they were trying to prove other than that they were a pair of kn*bs.
ian_uk1975 said:
...half-wits in Scoobies/Evos/GTOs coming-up behind you and almost ramming into the rear of your Vette in town traffic? This has happened to me 2 or 3 times. For instance, this afternoon, I was going over a roundabout and spotted a v.nice looking, modified, Passion Red Mitsubishi GTO waiting to pull-out (of a dodgy estate). Nice car, I thought. Shame about the driver though; he nipped-out behind me and immediately gave it a boot-full, accompanied by the de regeur dump valve hiss as he proceeded to damn-near stuff the front end of his car into my rear bumper. Idiot!
Try it in a TVR. It happens every minute of the f
king day you are out in it.vetteheadracer said:
On the chav bashing front, stopped off for a MacD's tonight and witnessed this knob in the passenger seat of a beaten up old Renault wind down the window and chuck all his rubbish out into the car park rather than walk or even drive the 5 yards to the bin......what a w*nker.
That absolutely incenses me, too. Litter-dropping is one of those things that really makes me see red. Of course, if confronted about it, and amongst a torrent of abuse, they would claim they are helping to keep somebody in a job; that's usually the same old lame excuse these people come out with. In stark contrast to the States, Britain doesn't do itself any favours by having far too few litter bins and not emptying them frequently enough. Don't get me wrong, that's still no excuse though. Youth of today, eh? No respect. God, I'm sounding like an old git.
chuntington101 said:
vaughan watkins said:
Last time i saw someone do that i went picked it and threw it back through there window, luckily i was bigger than them! Silly thing to do in this day and age as half expected a knife to appear, did feel real good though.
Thats brilliant! 
vaughan watkins said:
Last time i saw someone do that i went picked it and threw it back through there window, luckily i was bigger than them! Silly thing to do in this day and age as half expected a knife to appear, did feel real good though.
So,,it was you!!!! 
I was going to throw a McFlurry back at you, but my seatbelt got stuck!
I hate to say this, but if you HAVE TO go to MacieDees what do you expect?
I'll follow that up by stating that on one odd occassion I got DRAGGED along to a McDonalds my Mr BigMac himself, "Robert McDonald-Smirke", (AKA Vet Guru), there were two car loads of Chavs (of the female variety) parked side by side with the winders open and music on, all talkin wiv each uvva, innit. As each of them finished their meals they chucked the whole lot out of the windows in between the two vehicles.
Just imagine what their parents/own homes are like.....
I'll follow that up by stating that on one odd occassion I got DRAGGED along to a McDonalds my Mr BigMac himself, "Robert McDonald-Smirke", (AKA Vet Guru), there were two car loads of Chavs (of the female variety) parked side by side with the winders open and music on, all talkin wiv each uvva, innit. As each of them finished their meals they chucked the whole lot out of the windows in between the two vehicles.
Just imagine what their parents/own homes are like.....
Edited by G4HKS on Thursday 16th April 18:02
G4HKS said:
I hate to say this, but if you HAVE TO go to MacieDees what do you expect?
I'll follow that up by stating that on one odd occassion I get DRAGGED along to a McDonalds my Mr BigMac himself, "Robert McDonald-Smirke", (AKA Vet Guru), there were two car loads of Chavs (of the female variety) parked side by side with the winders open and music on, all talkin to each uvva. As each of them finished their meals they chucked the whole lot out of the car window inbetween the two vehicles.
Just imagine what their parents/own homes are like.....
Personally, I think these kind of scumbags should be shot before they have a chance to breed scumbag offspring. It would end a lot of problems in Britain if scumbags were eliminated from society! As it is, they are free to makes the rest of our lives a misery and, even if they commit a criminal act and are successfully prosecuted, it ends-up costing the rest of us money!I'll follow that up by stating that on one odd occassion I get DRAGGED along to a McDonalds my Mr BigMac himself, "Robert McDonald-Smirke", (AKA Vet Guru), there were two car loads of Chavs (of the female variety) parked side by side with the winders open and music on, all talkin to each uvva. As each of them finished their meals they chucked the whole lot out of the car window inbetween the two vehicles.
Just imagine what their parents/own homes are like.....
I like the Middle Eastern approach to petty crime. Bet they don't have any chavs!
Edited by ian_uk1975 on Thursday 16th April 13:47
I am so with you on that one I can't tell you. Trouble is we are in to at least 2-3 generations of them now all breeding like bunny rabbits.
Anyway, enough of this political b?llocks - how's your Corvette?! And is that a mk1 or 11 Shadow I see in your garage?
Anyway, enough of this political b?llocks - how's your Corvette?! And is that a mk1 or 11 Shadow I see in your garage?
Edited by G4HKS on Thursday 16th April 18:07
v8yea said:
A Frenchman bought it...
Chavs,a better way to eliminate the chavs is to stop the benefits,which are exactly that,of benefit to them so they can live at that level.
The Australians have a more apt name for them.....FERALS
That's the word I use because they act like unkept wild animals. To see some of these scummy beings together in gangs attacking people at night is to be believed - we need a cull Chavs,a better way to eliminate the chavs is to stop the benefits,which are exactly that,of benefit to them so they can live at that level.
The Australians have a more apt name for them.....FERALS
As for the rubbish - drive into any drive thru and check out the car park, bins everywhere yet they dump their rubbish on the floor
As for the topic of the OP - happens all the time!! I've had my car for ten years soon and love it because it was always my dream to own a vette, I won't intimidate/bully any other road user by tagging their rear bumper, But, it's amazing how mant times it happens to me from little dicks who sometimes drive decent machinery and seem to want to try to prove something. Maybe clarkson has planted the thought in peoples minds with some of his escapades ?
I get the rear end treatment in my '87 regularly. People walk up and press in my rear panel!!
Jezza, your a w*nk*r! I know the vette is among your favourites, but this p*ss*s me off!! If it was a Ferrari, it'd be referred to as....
"..intelligent use of lightweight materials or something similar"
GRRRRR!!
Jezza, your a w*nk*r! I know the vette is among your favourites, but this p*ss*s me off!! If it was a Ferrari, it'd be referred to as....
"..intelligent use of lightweight materials or something similar"
GRRRRR!!
My C5 has very powerful Idiot Magnet fitted inside the rear valence just behind the number-plate. It attracts,
- large 4x4's (especially Range Rover "Sport")
- small cars with bean-can exhausts
- white vans
http://www.idiotmagnet.com/
Regrettably the Idiot Magnet seems to be an integral part of the car and cannot be removed.
- large 4x4's (especially Range Rover "Sport")
- small cars with bean-can exhausts
- white vans
http://www.idiotmagnet.com/
Regrettably the Idiot Magnet seems to be an integral part of the car and cannot be removed.
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