F'ing Melbourne drivers!!!!!

F'ing Melbourne drivers!!!!!

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ariddell

Original Poster:

440 posts

234 months

Friday 23rd October 2009
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Apparently large gold non-moving Jaguars with 3 big brake lights are easy to not spot when sitting in a stationary line of Melbourne traffic...... Traffic lights at red, line of cars going nowhere, lights turn to green and the cars at the front haven't yet started to get moving that far back in the line. P plater behind the Jag however sees the green light up ahead and plants the right foot...

Crunch.



Stuffed bumper & mounts, bent bootlid and dents in the bar below the boot opening....

Father in law was driving so was a touch shaken up by the whole experience and figuring out what he was meant to be doing about swapping details while on holiday in a foreign country etc.

How is it possible for driving here to be quite so poor?!?!

  • vent*
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Edited by ariddell on Friday 23 October 07:13

PomBstard

7,028 posts

247 months

Friday 23rd October 2009
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Great letter in yesterday (22 Oct) Sydney Morning Herald stating how the deaths of 12 children can lead to draconian pool-fencing legislation, yet the deaths of 350 people on the roads of NSW doesn't warrant any driver training. Not sure that answers your question, but might go someway to you finding the logical conclusion...

deviant

4,316 posts

215 months

Saturday 24th October 2009
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Bad luck on the bingle old boy. Still it doesnt look to bad and you can still be safe in the knowledge that you have a Jaaaaaaaaaag.

SkinnyBoy

4,635 posts

263 months

Saturday 24th October 2009
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if you need a quote Al give us a bell. Im in Toorak so not to far from yourself.

7805

139 posts

212 months

Saturday 24th October 2009
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Couple of nice cheeky English Brands in your Garage there, is that an MGRV8 Im spotting in the far left hand corner of the picture and of course the Rangie?!

Shame about the Jag though, thats exactly why going out in the Elise worries me when the traffic build up in Sydney, they just dont pay attention!

ariddell

Original Poster:

440 posts

234 months

Sunday 25th October 2009
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Thanks Skinnyboy, I left it in the hands of the insurance co though so they got it in to their prefered place up in Moorabbin & repairs are already underway. Cheers for the offer though.

7805, yeah, 4 pommy cars marking their territory on the garage floor + the BMW. It's a TVR Chimaera sitting off in the background rather than an MG RV8 & there's a Discovery 2 usually in there too.




7805

139 posts

212 months

Sunday 25th October 2009
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Thats an impressive fleet of fine British motorcars there, I was almost convinced it was an MGRV8.. note to self, start researching TVR's in more detail!

Good luck with getting the Jag fixed.

Google [bot]

6,686 posts

186 months

Monday 26th October 2009
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Oh dear. I'm very tempted to quote your happy post when you got the Jag and waxing lyrical about how everyone seems to drive at a higher standard as you waft around tongue out . But you probably don't need that. Unlucky mate, sorry to hear.

ariddell

Original Poster:

440 posts

234 months

Monday 26th October 2009
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Lol, yes - I did wonder how long it would be till that got mentioned...... smile

Jag plan fail, long live the Camry plan.... wink

motomk

2,163 posts

249 months

Friday 30th October 2009
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frown Bit sad about the Jag.....Hopefully it comes back better than before.
Damn your garage is large! and also having the nicer TVR of the lot! Where's the envy smilie!
I was behind a TVR a few months back, out at the airport or what I now know to be a TVR Tasmin after looking yours up. Couldn't find it before today. It was a cross between a TR7 and a Fiat X19 or that sort of look. I initially thought it was a Maserati. 0 out of 10 for car recognition for moto.

deviant

4,316 posts

215 months

Friday 30th October 2009
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I'm sure this would not have happened if you had some sort of diplomat flags on the front.

I wonder what you could get away with if you put the flags of some middle eastern country on the car and sat in the back with a dish-dash on your head. I reckon most people would assume its legit.