Hope you're taking an aspirin a day.
Time for a mini rant!
1. Its that time of year folks, when driving in the dark is unavoidable. So here are some pointers: To the "one eyed"; FFS get your bulb changed it is an offence, it doesn't take long, and it makes both you and other road users safer. To the ones with misalignement; that dial for the headlights should be at zero. leave it there unless you are carrying four hundred bricks. If only one is misaligned, get it fixed, the adjuster is bu**ered! To those who thought that LED lights were going to last forever, you were misled, they blow just as easily, leaving you with one. And to those who must park outside the chippy/takeaway FFS park the right way round, and switch off your lights; they are two mpre offences (Not that you ever see the fuzz these days).
2. What the hell has happened to driving standards? Go anywhere near Manchester and you will be tailgated constantly, and last time I went I nearly got killed by a lane swerving Discovery on Thelwall, and a truck on the way home on the M60. Twice in one day. Is someone trying to kill me?
3. Second hand car prices? Why are they sky high? We are in the financial poo again. Who is buying all these cars to keep the price up? How can the dealers afford to advertise them week after week at these silly prices? Try putting a registration of a car on autotrader into Comparethemeerkat and see what it tells you its worth. This would presumably be what you get once written off by some psycho-driver (insured or not, probably the latter). And why do people cover the registration plate on adverts? I would be very reluctant to look at a car like that. And all the dodgy stuff on Autotrader; every time I go on I report at least one advert (which I think Autotrader do FA about): the "dealers" who masquerade as private sellers, the dealers who advertise at a price that gets them a free ad, and put the real price in small print; the dealers who show a car parked outside a private house; the ones who show no pictures; or the wrong pictures.
2. What the hell has happened to driving standards? Go anywhere near Manchester and you will be tailgated constantly, and last time I went I nearly got killed by a lane swerving Discovery on Thelwall, and a truck on the way home on the M60. Twice in one day. Is someone trying to kill me?
3. Second hand car prices? Why are they sky high? We are in the financial poo again. Who is buying all these cars to keep the price up? How can the dealers afford to advertise them week after week at these silly prices? Try putting a registration of a car on autotrader into Comparethemeerkat and see what it tells you its worth. This would presumably be what you get once written off by some psycho-driver (insured or not, probably the latter). And why do people cover the registration plate on adverts? I would be very reluctant to look at a car like that. And all the dodgy stuff on Autotrader; every time I go on I report at least one advert (which I think Autotrader do FA about): the "dealers" who masquerade as private sellers, the dealers who advertise at a price that gets them a free ad, and put the real price in small print; the dealers who show a car parked outside a private house; the ones who show no pictures; or the wrong pictures.
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HID conversions not done correctly, right up there with the 1 for the sky and 1 for the puddle setting...
I think driving ability has went down the tubes now, the amount of people that still illegally hog the middle lane, the list goes on
I think driving ability has went down the tubes now, the amount of people that still illegally hog the middle lane, the list goes on
So apart from all that, are you having a good day?1. Its that time of year folks, when driving in the dark is unavoidable. So here are some pointers: To the "one eyed"; FFS get your bulb changed it is an offence, it doesn't take long, and it makes both you and other road users safer. To the ones with misalignement; that dial for the headlights should be at zero. leave it there unless you are carrying four hundred bricks. If only one is misaligned, get it fixed, the adjuster is bu**ered! To those who thought that LED lights were going to last forever, you were misled, they blow just as easily, leaving you with one. And to those who must park outside the chippy/takeaway FFS park the right way round, and switch off your lights; they are two mpre offences (Not that you ever see the fuzz these days).
2. What the hell has happened to driving standards? Go anywhere near Manchester and you will be tailgated constantly, and last time I went I nearly got killed by a lane swerving Discovery on Thelwall, and a truck on the way home on the M60. Twice in one day. Is someone trying to kill me?
3. Second hand car prices? Why are they sky high? We are in the financial poo again. Who is buying all these cars to keep the price up? How can the dealers afford to advertise them week after week at these silly prices? Try putting a registration of a car on autotrader into Comparethemeerkat and see what it tells you its worth. This would presumably be what you get once written off by some psycho-driver (insured or not, probably the latter). And why do people cover the registration plate on adverts? I would be very reluctant to look at a car like that. And all the dodgy stuff on Autotrader; every time I go on I report at least one advert (which I think Autotrader do FA about): the "dealers" who masquerade as private sellers, the dealers who advertise at a price that gets them a free ad, and put the real price in small print; the dealers who show a car parked outside a private house; the ones who show no pictures; or the wrong pictures.
Have to be honest, scanned most of the way through, but that said.....1. Its that time of year folks, when driving in the dark is unavoidable. So here are some pointers: To the "one eyed"; FFS get your bulb changed it is an offence, it doesn't take long, and it makes both you and other road users safer. To the ones with misalignement; that dial for the headlights should be at zero. leave it there unless you are carrying four hundred bricks. If only one is misaligned, get it fixed, the adjuster is bu**ered! To those who thought that LED lights were going to last forever, you were misled, they blow just as easily, leaving you with one. And to those who must park outside the chippy/takeaway FFS park the right way round, and switch off your lights; they are two mpre offences (Not that you ever see the fuzz these days).
2. What the hell has happened to driving standards? Go anywhere near Manchester and you will be tailgated constantly, and last time I went I nearly got killed by a lane swerving Discovery on Thelwall, and a truck on the way home on the M60. Twice in one day. Is someone trying to kill me?
3. Second hand car prices? Why are they sky high? We are in the financial poo again. Who is buying all these cars to keep the price up? How can the dealers afford to advertise them week after week at these silly prices? Try putting a registration of a car on autotrader into Comparethemeerkat and see what it tells you its worth. This would presumably be what you get once written off by some psycho-driver (insured or not, probably the latter). And why do people cover the registration plate on adverts? I would be very reluctant to look at a car like that. And all the dodgy stuff on Autotrader; every time I go on I report at least one advert (which I think Autotrader do FA about): the "dealers" who masquerade as private sellers, the dealers who advertise at a price that gets them a free ad, and put the real price in small print; the dealers who show a car parked outside a private house; the ones who show no pictures; or the wrong pictures.
I agree with all that I read more or less and they all get me going too.....I have to say
Like you I will probably die from stress and or high blood pressure.....killed by others lol
Cheers
Jim
Hey!
It's just cos it's getting dark early again!
Misery is setting in for the next 6 months!
I think we all need a week of Swiss Spa therapy to phase away the vexations we are faced with every day chaps.
Anyone rich enough to sponsor us?
No?
Next best thing is something sweet and chocolatey and ice-creamy.
Not a Fried Mars Bar, P-Leese!!
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It's just cos it's getting dark early again!
Misery is setting in for the next 6 months!
I think we all need a week of Swiss Spa therapy to phase away the vexations we are faced with every day chaps.
Anyone rich enough to sponsor us?
No?
Next best thing is something sweet and chocolatey and ice-creamy.
Not a Fried Mars Bar, P-Leese!!
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Can I do a Motorcyclist Rant now?
Why do you cage pilots all sit at traffic lights with your brakes on?
Why do you brain dead wazzoks think rear Fog lights make any difference? If you can see 100 yards ahead, or see enough to stop at the speed you are driving at YOU DON'T NEED YOUR REAR FOG LIGHTS.
Why do cage drivers think Indicating means they can pull out no matter what is behind?
Why do Cage drivers dab the brakes for every corner they meet even when they are not in any danger or even slowing down? Even on the A3 at 70mph. Yes. I see it every day...
Why do cage drivers sit in cars with all the windows steamed up when they have almost definitely got a car with A/C?
What's with this entering box junctions when you can clearly see that the car in front of you isn't moving? Or maybe you can't if your windows are steamed up. Or you are blinded by Fog Lights and high level brake lights.
When I was riding home last night, I was closely followed by some wazzok in a uber pious thing who honked his horn every time the lights changed to green. I tend to wait for cars and pedestrians to clear junctions before I move off...
So the fourth time he did it? I put the side stand down, got off my bike, walked to the back of it, checked my rear light and my brake light, checked my top box was shut, made sure there was nothing hanging down, then went and tapped on his window to ask him what was wrong with my bike that meant he had to sound his horn every time I pulled away? Because there must surely be something amiss else why is he hooting his horn all the time to bring my attention to it?
For some reason he wouldn't open his window to talk to me... A bus driver sat behind him was laughing his socks off... Clapham Common that was, about 17:15 last night.
So. Why do cage drivers think blowing their horn will make traffic jams move any faster? If you want to get to the front, buy a bike...
And lastly, why do cage drivers think the perfect time to clean their windscreens is just when a bike pulls in behind them? I figure the back end of my bike must be so beautifull, the vision of my rear end moving away from them, they simply cannot bear missing the sight of it as it is disappearing into the distance when I over take them.
Oh another one. Why do Audi drivers in particular think they can possibly out drag any motorbike of 500cc or more? You can't. Accept it.
Why do you cage pilots all sit at traffic lights with your brakes on?
Why do you brain dead wazzoks think rear Fog lights make any difference? If you can see 100 yards ahead, or see enough to stop at the speed you are driving at YOU DON'T NEED YOUR REAR FOG LIGHTS.
Why do cage drivers think Indicating means they can pull out no matter what is behind?
Why do Cage drivers dab the brakes for every corner they meet even when they are not in any danger or even slowing down? Even on the A3 at 70mph. Yes. I see it every day...
Why do cage drivers sit in cars with all the windows steamed up when they have almost definitely got a car with A/C?
What's with this entering box junctions when you can clearly see that the car in front of you isn't moving? Or maybe you can't if your windows are steamed up. Or you are blinded by Fog Lights and high level brake lights.
When I was riding home last night, I was closely followed by some wazzok in a uber pious thing who honked his horn every time the lights changed to green. I tend to wait for cars and pedestrians to clear junctions before I move off...
So the fourth time he did it? I put the side stand down, got off my bike, walked to the back of it, checked my rear light and my brake light, checked my top box was shut, made sure there was nothing hanging down, then went and tapped on his window to ask him what was wrong with my bike that meant he had to sound his horn every time I pulled away? Because there must surely be something amiss else why is he hooting his horn all the time to bring my attention to it?
For some reason he wouldn't open his window to talk to me... A bus driver sat behind him was laughing his socks off... Clapham Common that was, about 17:15 last night.
So. Why do cage drivers think blowing their horn will make traffic jams move any faster? If you want to get to the front, buy a bike...
And lastly, why do cage drivers think the perfect time to clean their windscreens is just when a bike pulls in behind them? I figure the back end of my bike must be so beautifull, the vision of my rear end moving away from them, they simply cannot bear missing the sight of it as it is disappearing into the distance when I over take them.
Oh another one. Why do Audi drivers in particular think they can possibly out drag any motorbike of 500cc or more? You can't. Accept it.
I think I can answer the Brake Light one , Automatic Transmissions and too lazy to select Park :-D
They must put Auto trans in every four wheel vehicle there is then...Even Transits. You know, the ones that roll back...
I think most drivers need a driverless vehicle today, Lost One.
I agree with your rant, I can put myself in your shoes.
Don't forget many conscious drivers suffer in the same environment as you and would probably be sympathetic if they opened their minds and thought
But... They are on auto pilot getting from A to B too.
The girls Have to paint their faces and tidy their hair, and many blokes need to shave and Splash it All Over like 'Enry Cooper told us all those years ago, before they get to work... Brut!
:mrgreen:
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I agree with your rant, I can put myself in your shoes.
Don't forget many conscious drivers suffer in the same environment as you and would probably be sympathetic if they opened their minds and thought
But... They are on auto pilot getting from A to B too.
The girls Have to paint their faces and tidy their hair, and many blokes need to shave and Splash it All Over like 'Enry Cooper told us all those years ago, before they get to work... Brut!
:mrgreen:
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I think I can answer the Brake Light one , Automatic Transmissions and too lazy to select Park :-D[/lQUOTE]
Probably correct. This is a good way to warp your brake discs though. It concentrates too much heat into one spot. 3 of our cars (listen to me) are autos and I purposely put it into park to protect the discs.
Why not?Can I do a Motorcyclist Rant now?
Simple, they are too lazy or in too much of a hurry to apply the park brake. I rarely sit with a foot on the brakes because I drive a manual.Why do you cage pilots all sit at traffic lights with your brakes on?
"I can see some mist I must be invisible" You are absolutely right.Why do you brain dead wazzoks think rear Fog lights make any difference? If you can see 100 yards ahead, or see enough to stop at the speed you are driving at YOU DON'T NEED YOUR REAR FOG LIGHTS.
"Isn't that what indicators are for?"Why do cage drivers think Indicating means they can pull out no matter what is behind?
No ideaWhy do Cage drivers dab the brakes for every corner they meet even when they are not in any danger or even slowing down? Even on the A3 at 70mph. Yes. I see it every day...
No idea, mine is in Auto and stays that wayWhy do cage drivers sit in cars with all the windows steamed up when they have almost definitely got a car with A/C?
It may have something to do with getting beyond the lights.What's with this entering box junctions when you can clearly see that the car in front of you isn't moving? Or maybe you can't if your windows are steamed up. Or you are blinded by Fog Lights and high level brake lights.
I don't know but I rarely use the horn.When I was riding home last night, I was closely followed by some wazzok in a uber pious thing who honked his horn every time the lights changed to green. I tend to wait for cars and pedestrians to clear junctions before I move off...
So the fourth time he did it? I put the side stand down, got off my bike, walked to the back of it, checked my rear light and my brake light, checked my top box was shut, made sure there was nothing hanging down, then went and tapped on his window to ask him what was wrong with my bike that meant he had to sound his horn every time I pulled away? Because there must surely be something amiss else why is he hooting his horn all the time to bring my attention to it?
For some reason he wouldn't open his window to talk to me... A bus driver sat behind him was laughing his socks off... Clapham Common that was, about 17:15 last night.
So. Why do cage drivers think blowing their horn will make traffic jams move any faster? If you want to get to the front, buy a bike...
If you want to get to the front, buy a bike... No thanks
This one is easy, because back in the 1970s the AA said that with the car stationery the washer jets should go over the roof. With modern electric pumps the washers should hit the windscreen 2/3 of the way up but until the AA say that people won't correct their aim.And lastly, why do cage drivers think the perfect time to clean their windscreens is just when a bike pulls in behind them? I figure the back end of my bike must be so beautiful, the vision of my rear end moving away from them, they simply cannot bear missing the sight of it as it is disappearing into the distance when I over take them.
They buy Audis, no further comment required.Oh another one. Why do Audi drivers in particular think they can possibly out drag any motorbike of 500cc or more? You can't. Accept it.
.I think I can answer the Brake Light one , Automatic Transmissions and too lazy to select Park :-D[/lQUOTE]
Probably correct. This is a good way to warp your brake discs though. It concentrates too much heat into one spot. 3 of our cars (listen to me) are autos and I purposely put it into park to protect the discs.
Brake discs are cheaper than clutch packs in auto boxes.
Which is an interesting point Victor..
Brake discs are cheaper than clutch packs in auto boxes.
As the recommended method of being stationary in an automatic is to leave it in gear, the only method of stopping it moving forward is to apply light pressure to the brakes or at a pinch, get your wife to lay under the front wheels. Unfortunately mine is so small that the car would simply run over her.
Tony
But it's not in gear.
It's hooked by a Park latch.
Gordon Bennett.
It's hooked by a Park latch.
Gordon Bennett.
Slightly different but we have some traffic lights in the village due to building work.
A young lady was first in line at the lights in front of me and stalled when the lights turned green.
The car behind blew their horn. Luck really because I'm sure the young lady would have been stumped without such clear instructions.
I used to car share with a chap who drove in the second lane. He said the left lane was too bumpy. He also drove a car length behind the car infront carefully braking and accelerating to keep the distance exact.
He was doing it on a newly surfaced road getting twatted by stones. I mentioned he could drive further behind. He replied "I shouldn't have to".
Turning right at a roundabout he would always be indicating right as he exited.
I used to feel embarrassed to be in the car and find myself waving apologies at everyone.
Unbelievable levels of **** headedness.
Mustn't let it raise blood pressure tho. I carry a fully loaded vape for such situations and copy the Hamlet Cigar advert that made Carlos Fandango infamous.
A young lady was first in line at the lights in front of me and stalled when the lights turned green.
The car behind blew their horn. Luck really because I'm sure the young lady would have been stumped without such clear instructions.
I used to car share with a chap who drove in the second lane. He said the left lane was too bumpy. He also drove a car length behind the car infront carefully braking and accelerating to keep the distance exact.
He was doing it on a newly surfaced road getting twatted by stones. I mentioned he could drive further behind. He replied "I shouldn't have to".
Turning right at a roundabout he would always be indicating right as he exited.
I used to feel embarrassed to be in the car and find myself waving apologies at everyone.
Unbelievable levels of **** headedness.
Mustn't let it raise blood pressure tho. I carry a fully loaded vape for such situations and copy the Hamlet Cigar advert that made Carlos Fandango infamous.
I don't think I've ever heard of anyone wearing a clutch pack out in an auto? Not during normal use because the pump is delivering minimal flow at tickover speeds, if it's a more modern unit with a "squash plate" variable pump there's even less because the electronics know the car is at tickover and stationary. And that the brakes are on...
Low rpm's means minimal pressure pushing the clutch plates together on older boxes anyway.
Low rpm's means minimal pressure pushing the clutch plates together on older boxes anyway.
I have no idea what a "Squash plate" is, I think you mean a "Swash plate" but as Q is next to W on a UK keyboard I will assume it is a typo.Not during normal use because the pump is delivering minimal flow at tickover speeds, if it's a more modern unit with a "squash plate" variable pump there's even less because the electronics know the car is at tickover and stationary. And that the brakes are on...
Low rpm's means minimal pressure pushing the clutch plates together on older boxes anyway.
.Slightly different but we have some traffic lights in the village due to building work.
A young lady was first in line at the lights in front of me and stalled when the lights turned green.
The car behind blew their horn. Luck really because I'm sure the young lady would have been stumped without such clear instructions.
I used to car share with a chap who drove in the second lane. He said the left lane was too bumpy. He also drove a car length behind the car infront carefully braking and accelerating to keep the distance exact.
He was doing it on a newly surfaced road getting twatted by stones. I mentioned he could drive further behind. He replied "I shouldn't have to".
Turning right at a roundabout he would always be indicating right as he exited.
I used to feel embarrassed to be in the car and find myself waving apologies at everyone.
Unbelievable levels of **** headedness.
Mustn't let it raise blood pressure tho. I carry a fully loaded vape for such situations and copy the Hamlet Cigar advert that made Carlos Fandango infamous.
Lovely post again Blackie (hope you won't sue me in 10 years for this pally nickname? Send me a signed agreement please!)
The Hamlet ad, yes... Dumm dumm dumm dumm dumm dumm...
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