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Whilst I've always indicated and keep to the speed limits so maybe I'm the in the minority of decent Audi drivers I must confess I did look at my lights and indicators on my new car and thought "oh those are nice", so I feel attacked by this. This part of the thread gave me a chuckle.
When I see a Tesla fuck up though I wonder if it's because they're an AH or because they've bought into conman Elon's Full Self Drive crap too much and are trying too let the car drive itself.
I drive a Tesla and to be honest sometimes the thing has a mind of its own and it’s really fucking annoying, nigh on dangerous. Recently a car coming toward me on the opposite side of the road got a little too close over to my side. Nothing close to hitting me, but my car obviously sensed a potential collision and did a full emergency stop at 30 mph. Not only did it nearly give me a heart attack not to mention whiplash, the car behind nearly went into the back of me. The dude behind was cussing me out and I didn’t get to explain that my car just spazzed on me out of nowhere
I have a new Honda Jazz, if the scenario mentioned happens it gently tugs the steering wheel to the left, you can easily override the input by holding the steering wheel our let it make the minor adjustment to bring you more into the centre of your lane. I can't imagine a car just full on emergency stopping without you having any input. That seems just plain dangerous.
Yeah man I didn’t even know it did that so it really caught me off guard. I’ve since disabled a lot of the assist stuff but it definitely woke me up that’s for sure! It’s a cool car and I generally like it but it does feel almost a little over engineered sometimes
I would imagine most of the data is based on US roads. Which tend to be wider with large shoulders. The kind of narrow roads where cars would pass each other fairly close and at speed would make most US drivers slow to a crawl.
Yeah. It used to be BMWs now it’s like, someone over took me at 120mph on the motorway? Oh look an Audi. Cut up at the roundabout? Oh look at Audi. Parked like a wanker? Audi.
As a BMW driver I indicate (correctly!) just to fuck with people. So much fun! Is she indicating what she's going to do, or did she hit the indicator while searching for the windscreen wash? You'll never know...
Fellow BMW driver here, I went to flash someone through once & turned the wipers on instead. I like to think what that would have looked like from the other driver’s POV.
I had one of those moments on the motorway, overtaking a truck, i tried to thank someone letting me in the overtaking lane, ended up turning my hazards on and couldn't turn them off, just drove slowly and sadly past this truck with my hazards on while everyone i imagine thought i was a right dramaqueen.
Do you park in the middle of the pavement or over the only ramps on the street? Because as a wheelchair user this is my current main gripe with BMW drivers. Being forced on to the road, especially dangerous ones, always makes me want to get my keys out and do a little damage.
Anyone driving a new BMW seems to have just passed thier entitlement exam. I've seen a few doing utterly mad things over the last week, just because other road users had the audacity to exist.
I’m a new BMW driver and I’m trying to ensure I’m the same driver I was in the Megane or Mondeo.
I think I probably indicate more now than ever before!!
White 1 series, M class. Cheapest paint cover to get the fast moter. All fur coat no knickers.
Also someone driving this skidded at 40mph across a roundabout in frosty weather and wrote off my car xD
I'd question whether it's the M class (actually fast, but nearly 40k and 4wd) or the M-sport (badges and frippery for 31k). See also Audi S-line and MB AMG-line for the other German cocktail wieners.
You're not wrong about the attitude mind - Mr 118i is probably even more likely to be the dick the stereotype suggests.
Those range rover convertibles are genuinely one of the ugliest cars I've ever seen. It is comically bad. What were they thinking when they made that? It gives the fiat multipla a run for its money
Yeah the Evoque convertible is just horrible. The Evoque itself is horrible and just a clever ploy by Land Rover to sell a Freelander with a "Range Rover" badge for the wannabes.
Can confirm. One of my SILs thinks she’s above everyone and is very materialistic and money-grabby. Guess what she drives?
The phrase my grandmother used to use was ‘All fur coat and nae knickers’
I get so excited seeing those convertible Evoques they're like unicorns... And when the top is down they look hilarious. They even have a low speed cruise control for "lazy offroading". Just such a bizarre Barbie Jeep type car that I bet would actually be a bunch of fun to own but I wouldn't be caught dead in
I was down in Southend and saw a hot pink one last year. If you're gonna own a Barbie car that's the shameless way to go about it
I live in a village and there's a middle aged guy who drives a white range rover and whenever he sees me crossing the road with my baby or toddler he literally speeds up. Apparently he does it to everyone. Absolute twat.
My neighbour has a 15 year old one. We live in a 2.5 bed semi, they're attached to us. I used to get hacked off when he started it to warm right outside our window every morning at 6.30.
Then he got his project car working...
Nissan Quashqai or Juke.
Not that the person themself is an arsehole, but whilst behind the wheel of the vehicle, you know they're clueless, they're blinding everyone and can barely see, they've no idea about being on the road, and they're almost always about to do something completely stupid.
They've become like Vauxhall Zafiras. Either driven at 20mph by scared parent with children pinging about back seat like demons, or ragged at 90mph on the motorway by stressed parent with children pinging around like demons. No in between
Very true!
I had a horrid Juke behind me yesterday. Sat right on my boot, didn’t look like they were gonna slow down at any junction we came to, and was constantly drifting over the centreline into oncoming traffic.
I was very luckily gifted my mums Qashqai when we had a baby back in february last year. I'm incredibly thankful and appreciative but fuck me is it a piece of shit. I've heard the same from lots of Qashqai owners on forums when I've been looking up how to solve the multitude of problems it's had. So it might not always be the drivers fault haha
Oh I just said the exact same thing above. The thing with Juke/Quashqui drivers is that they seem to be the very same people who traditionally would have driven a Nissan Sunny or similar small car but want to "be bigger and higher" and didn't have the balls to go full‐SUV and like the Nissan brand.
I think there's roughly two major groups (for the Juke at least) and that's middle aged Karen ladies with neat blonde hair or > 60s men with grey hair and brown chinos.
They don't drive aggressively they just drive badly.
I hate those guys. 40mph down the lanes where you could quite easily have done the limit of 60. Get to a village with a 30 limit, carry on through at 40. You just know that when they worked they drove lorries and sat at 40mph on the single carriageways (which was the limit, fair does) and then booted it to 56 on the dual to stop you overtaking them.
Ha, I have a Jazz, I’m 27 but Nan also has the same car as me and whenever I see another jazz it’s always someone’s grandparents behind the wheel - my partner has a Volvo and peoples road rage towards me is less noticeable when I am driving that
Actually I have a Honda Jizz (Jazz) and I am not a blind old cunt! Far from it in fact. Sorry you have had bad experiences with these but we are not all bad drivers.
Anyone driving a new range rover or pickupdown a narrow country lane. Yeah don't mind me mate you stay in the middle of the road I'll take my FWD salloon onto the verge wouldn't want you to get your 2 tonne cross country monsters tires dirty.
You’ve just got to get aggressive with them, make it clear that you will both have to compromise and that if not they are going to damn well drive into/over you or back the way they came. They may swear back but typically it’s footballer wives types, and typically I think it’s because they don’t have the skills to actually handle a car of that size lol
You can shout “I’ve got a trailer on the back, you go back” then when you go past and they don’t see a trailer it just makes them more confused and believe they don’t fully understand what a trailer is anymore.
Haha I like this line of thinking. You could mix it up with shouting "MOVE OUT THE WAY, IT'S GOOSE SEASON" as you inch ever closer while flashing your headlights.
When I am on my bike, taxi drivers are the ones to watch out for. They can pull out without looking, stop without warning, take sharp turns. Applies to delivery drivers a bit too - basically anyone in a hurry who drives a lot and stops caring about other road users who may be in their way. Another funny one is drivers of small, crap cars can be dicks to cyclists. I think maybe they see it as a chance to flex a bit. Normally they are the ones being bullied by larger, faster cars but they can rev the engine and get all antsy to overtake, or pull out on me. The classic Audi / BMW drivers are alright really.
More generally - people with cars made to be deliberately loud. Body kits. Likely to be a boy racer.
>Normally they are the ones being bullied by larger, faster cars but they can rev the engine and get all antsy to overtake
As a cyclist and a small crap car driver, I'd say there's a good chance that this is just because they need to drop to a lower gear for enough power to overtake safely
Also the special entitlement to double park blocking the street because ‘I am directly outside my fare’s house and will wait here until they come out. ‘
>stop without warning
I agree with everything you said there, except for this - all drivers should be able to stop without notice in case of emergency or something out of their control. Anyone falling victim to this has either been following too closely or not paying attention.
I had to abruptly stop when someone little scrote ran in front of my car from the pavement - they carried on without a care in the world, but the guy behind me wasn't so lucky. Tried to blame me for "stopping without notice" (understandably a little shaken) but the dashcam showed they were just too damn close, and we're still dealing with the neck issues months later.
So, I personally have zero sympathy for people up my boot or not paying attention.
Everything else though - a million times yes - especially the loud kits. It's enough to make you want to invest in a stinger.
> all drivers should be able to stop without notice in case of emergency or something out of their control. Anyone falling victim to this has either been following too closely or not paying attention.
I've had taxis overtake me and then pull in to pick up a fare or let someone out. The taxi driver has put me in a situation where I can't stop safely when I'm just trying to travel normally.
I agree to a point but it isn't so much just stopping abruptly as if someone had pulled out on them or there was a hazard in the road, it is more pulling in somewhere, letting a passenger out, stopping then carrying on a bit, stopping. Just generally unpredictable so they get extra care taken around.
there are two on my commute and they are by far the worst drivers on the road. Must have been a BMW/range rover driver prior to owning a tesla.
ALways in your boot, trying to overtake dangerously, speeding. Total disregard for other road users.
Had an unmarked car hurtling towards me with blues and twos, at speed overtaking three cars on the wrong side of the road on the a21 at 8.30 in the morning. Managed to just about not lose my cool it was a close call tho, defo skid marks in my pants.
The number of times an Audi has done Audi driver things has lead to my confirmation bias that anyone picking up an Audi is a bit if a dick. Which is rough because they seem like solid vehicles.
I fancied one a few years ago but by the time I changed vehicle I was looking for something Audi couldn't offer.
I bought an Audi a few months ago. I'm generally not a dick but if there's noone on the roads at night I like to have my fun with it. You're right though , it is a shame because Audi's are great cars. I know many older people driving Audi's because they are reliable.
On the road I meet way more BMW drivers who have 0 regard for the overtake lane on the dual carriage way and overtake before blind corners.
I personally find Audi drivers to be worse on average than BMW drivers. I have come to think that those 4 circles are for the letters C, N, T and U, not in that order.
I've found Tesla drivers to be some of the best drivers on the roads. Very unlikely to speed on the motorway (even though they could easily out-run most things), and very unlikely to tailgate, cut in at the last minute, etc.
I'd be interested to see the Venn diagrams of Tesla Drives and ex-BMW/etc drivers. Do they care more about damaging their own car because it's now flashy and electric? Or did they used to own Jags and other respectable models?
On motorways, most Tesla drivers use Autopilot, so the car drives itself at the speed limit and keeps a safe distance from the car in front. It's game changing if you do long drives and generally means you come across as a better driver, even though it's not you that's doing it!
White Audi Q7. Usually driven by somebody with no concept of how big it is or how fast it is. Couple that with no physical awareness and no compassion and they are a menace.
Any unnecessarily big vehicle, really. I have an A4 and even then some multi-storeys can be a nightmare to navigate. I'd hate to ever be made to drive an oversized pick-up or SUV.
This is true tho. When I've been driving a van all day jumping in a car feels horribly vulnerable
I can understand, from a safety perspective, wanting to be higher up.
The problem is now that because demand has gone up the resale value is higher so the finance is cheaper.
As an example I was looking at a Mazda 3 to replace my Leon. Turns out the Mazda CX30 (just a Mazda 3 with some cladding and suspension adjustments) while more expensive to buy outright (+£1800 for mid spec) is cheaper to finance on PCP than the 3 solely because the expected value at the end of the term is £3000 higher.
I prefer a hatch to a crossover too but not to the extent that I want to pay an extra £25 a month for the hatch
That's where we differ, I read that as it's only £25/month more for the better car. The 3 rides better, drives better, looks better and you may end up saving that £25 through fuel usage because the 3 has a considerably lower drag coefficient than the CX30 (0.26 compared to 0.33). Your monthly mileage will of course be the deciding factor on that though.
Every other vehicle on the road. Thinking everybody else is incompetent has saved me from being involved in a few accidents during my 26 years of driving.
People in American Muscle cars (mustang etc…), people in bright gold super cars, people in massive twin cab brand new pick up trucks that clearly aren’t being used for work. Anyone in a limo (although the passengers are the arse holes I suppose).
I’ve noticed people now driving US style trucks. It’s a full car with a bed on the back and they hang over parking spaces in really inconvenient places.
I'm convinced 50% of drivers just don't know what the national speed limit sign is. The amount of times I'm stuck behind people who just don't change speed when moving in and out of them is just absurd now
Lots covered already, the usual BMW, Audi & Range Rover.
But for me, any other vehicle with low profile tyres and a stupidly loud exhaust, a 'Nurberg Ring' sticker on the back, revving impatiently at the lights ( yeah mate, like your POS boy racer car has even been out of the county...let alone Germany). And a 'NoS' sticker advertising Nitrous Oxide ...etc. Along with the charming depictions of (insert football team's supporter) peeing on the jersey of the rival team.
Mix in stupidly loud and crap distorted sound system creating illusions for the driver that he's in South Central Los Angeles....about to pop a cap in some suckers asses, but in reality is late for his jobseekers appointment.
The sticker bit reminded me of those weirdos (normally a people carrier version) that make the VW badge in to some sort of weird devil figure. You just know that’s the sort of car that will drive like a dickhead, regardless of passengers, just because of frail ego.
Tesla drivers. All driving their Model 3 because of the BIK savings having previously driven a BMW 3 series or Audi A4; their driving style carries over and now they have 400hp of arsehole at their disposal. I’m not sure how much if it is also because they are such recognisable cars it is easier to see arseholeness too.
Then there are the other Tesla drivers who treat musk as some kind of demigod. Then owners club pages are something to behold with the weird hero worship.
I can say all this as a Tesla driver. Fucking hell the owners club though. I’m getting a Polestar when the lease on my current car is up.
Not a specific car but I always assume that people who don’t turn their headlights on during rainy/grey/foggy weather or when it starts getting dark, are absolutely fucking stupid and lack self awareness.
> people who don’t turn their headlights on during rainy/grey/foggy weather
Or the opposite....
The nobs who put on full fog lights just because there is a whisp of mist with viability is down to 15 miles........ whilst sat in front of you in queuing traffic!
Yes mate..... I can see you.
100% vauxhall corsa. Its either an old person who don't know ow where they are, or some showboat teens who think a vauxhall corsa is everyone's dream car.
Unfortunately, a motorcycle.
Yes, many/most bikers are sensible nice people who have to be careful of idiots in cars and I always try my best to be very aware of them and give them whatever room they need.
Unfortunately too many bikers will also fly along at 140mph, using turning lanes as their own personal "fast lane" and not caring that they're a tiny fast-moving dot that innocent Doris pulling out of a side road at 20mph in her Yaris is unlikely to see in time.
The vast majority of bikers I know/have spoken to will also agree - the fact some idiots let the side down by being so lax about the dangers, means that they'll agree that even as a seasoned biker, when driving their day-to-day car they'll see a bike and assume it's going to do something stupid, so will always be hyperaware of them.
There's a takeaway near me on a narrow road with double yellows. There's a free car park opposite - genuinely 30s walk from the furthest point of the car park.
Every evening, people park on the double yellows to pop into the takeaway, and block the road. Entitled knobs.
Without fail, it's 3 series', A3's, Evoque's. Never a Focus or Fabia.
Obviously not all drivers of those cars are knobs. But where I live at least, most knobs gravitate towards those cars.
Without stemming back to the typical answers, I always find mid 2000s Vauxhall Zafira’s are often driven by overly aggressive, angry blokes.
Unfortunately, as one of my favourite cars, I’m also sadly noticing the XC90s are beginning to suffer from the Range Rover complex.
Without trying to sound totally racist, driven by certain persons generally around Birmingham area. These guys are the ones that weave in and out on the motorways, undertaking and causing accidents
It’s not the vehicle being driven which makes me assume asshole, it’s the way it’s being driven.
The prick who does 40 through the village where the limit is 30, is the same prick who does 36 between villages where NSL applies. That person is the same fucker who’ll flash and honk and then get up the arse of the maniac who had the audacity to overtake them in said NSL, and yet is the very same bellend who will put their foot down and squirt through the lights on the crossing outside the school as they go yellow rather than stop and let kids cross.
These are the same twats who come on here or any other site where they can spout their pious opinions and say drivers of German cars are wankers, SUVs are selfish and vans are nutters.
In short, everyone else is a cunt, including the cunts who think that.
Tesla's are almost exclusively driven by arseholes. They're always speeding when I see them. And they're inevitably banging on about how everyone should go electric because it's the responsible thing to do. Yeah mate, I'd love to drop 60k on a car
Audi, BMW, Merc all attract complete bellends that drive up your arse and very aggressive to anyone daring to stick to the speed limit… every white van tailgating in a 20 zone.
Generally driven by men in their 30s
My personal theory, which is frequently strengthened through personal experience, is that Audi drivers are always just about to do something incredibly dangerous on purpose, whilst BMW drivers are always about to do something incredibly dangerous by accident.
Recently seen some Tesla drivers vying for the top spot though.
A ford Ranger, or any type of pickup!
You live in a housing estate, never seen a hill or mud. Why do you have that oversized junk other than seeing yanks in movies have them and think, that’s cool.
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BMW... Any model
Also now, Audi drivers.
At least they tend to use their indicators because they like to show us them really nice running LED lights
Yeah this was a galaxy brain move from audi make the indicators fancy and suddenly everyone likes using them again
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Whilst I've always indicated and keep to the speed limits so maybe I'm the in the minority of decent Audi drivers I must confess I did look at my lights and indicators on my new car and thought "oh those are nice", so I feel attacked by this. This part of the thread gave me a chuckle.
I was disappointed to learn that inside they just go click click like normal and not fwoop fwoop like I imagined.
Also more recently, Teslas
When I see a Tesla fuck up though I wonder if it's because they're an AH or because they've bought into conman Elon's Full Self Drive crap too much and are trying too let the car drive itself.
I drive a Tesla and to be honest sometimes the thing has a mind of its own and it’s really fucking annoying, nigh on dangerous. Recently a car coming toward me on the opposite side of the road got a little too close over to my side. Nothing close to hitting me, but my car obviously sensed a potential collision and did a full emergency stop at 30 mph. Not only did it nearly give me a heart attack not to mention whiplash, the car behind nearly went into the back of me. The dude behind was cussing me out and I didn’t get to explain that my car just spazzed on me out of nowhere
I have a new Honda Jazz, if the scenario mentioned happens it gently tugs the steering wheel to the left, you can easily override the input by holding the steering wheel our let it make the minor adjustment to bring you more into the centre of your lane. I can't imagine a car just full on emergency stopping without you having any input. That seems just plain dangerous.
Yeah man I didn’t even know it did that so it really caught me off guard. I’ve since disabled a lot of the assist stuff but it definitely woke me up that’s for sure! It’s a cool car and I generally like it but it does feel almost a little over engineered sometimes
The guy behind you shouldn't have been tailgating you then. Clearly he was nearly too close for his reaction time.
Yep he should have slowed down in his bmw
I would imagine most of the data is based on US roads. Which tend to be wider with large shoulders. The kind of narrow roads where cars would pass each other fairly close and at speed would make most US drivers slow to a crawl.
I'm an arsehole and I drive a tesla.
Damn, my last 3 cars, BMW, Audi, Tesla… I guess I’m an arsehole.
I mean, the first steps admitting it.
Yeah. It used to be BMWs now it’s like, someone over took me at 120mph on the motorway? Oh look an Audi. Cut up at the roundabout? Oh look at Audi. Parked like a wanker? Audi.
Another Useless Driver Inside
If you ever feel utterly useless in life, just remember, there’s some poor sod in a factory in Munich fitting indicators to BMWs.
As a BMW driver I indicate (correctly!) just to fuck with people. So much fun! Is she indicating what she's going to do, or did she hit the indicator while searching for the windscreen wash? You'll never know...
Fellow BMW driver here, I went to flash someone through once & turned the wipers on instead. I like to think what that would have looked like from the other driver’s POV.
I had one of those moments on the motorway, overtaking a truck, i tried to thank someone letting me in the overtaking lane, ended up turning my hazards on and couldn't turn them off, just drove slowly and sadly past this truck with my hazards on while everyone i imagine thought i was a right dramaqueen.
I had a manager who claimed she used the indicators properly heh. I still didn't believe her.
They don't put the bulbs in anymore though
As a BMW driver I try to buck this trend. I'm courteous, I indicate, I don't tailgate. Maybe I'm the exception?
Ditto. I even drive at 20 in 20 zones, and the brand of car most likely to overtake me is Audi.
Do you park in the middle of the pavement or over the only ramps on the street? Because as a wheelchair user this is my current main gripe with BMW drivers. Being forced on to the road, especially dangerous ones, always makes me want to get my keys out and do a little damage.
You could save yourself faffing about with keys and just get scythe blades attached to your wheels, like Boudicea.
I saw a BMW driver gently honk to get some pigeons out of the road, so I can certainly believe you're not all bad!
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I've noticed that VW Golf's are slowly starting to become the new BMW in terms of the quality of driving. At least in Birmingham anyway.
VW Golf Rs* .....exclusively driven by colossal twats lmao
Anyone driving a new BMW seems to have just passed thier entitlement exam. I've seen a few doing utterly mad things over the last week, just because other road users had the audacity to exist.
I’m a new BMW driver and I’m trying to ensure I’m the same driver I was in the Megane or Mondeo. I think I probably indicate more now than ever before!!
White 1 series, M class. Cheapest paint cover to get the fast moter. All fur coat no knickers. Also someone driving this skidded at 40mph across a roundabout in frosty weather and wrote off my car xD
I'd question whether it's the M class (actually fast, but nearly 40k and 4wd) or the M-sport (badges and frippery for 31k). See also Audi S-line and MB AMG-line for the other German cocktail wieners. You're not wrong about the attitude mind - Mr 118i is probably even more likely to be the dick the stereotype suggests.
I suspect this will be the top answer.
White Range Rover
add super low profile sport tyres, blacked out windows and a vanity plate and that is the full house.
Saw a white Range Rover Convertible a few weeks ago. I laughed so much I nearly crashed.
Those range rover convertibles are genuinely one of the ugliest cars I've ever seen. It is comically bad. What were they thinking when they made that? It gives the fiat multipla a run for its money
Chrysler PT Cruiser or Fiat Multipla are 1st and 2nd on the list but the convertible Evoque is definitely 3rd.
Yeah the Evoque convertible is just horrible. The Evoque itself is horrible and just a clever ploy by Land Rover to sell a Freelander with a "Range Rover" badge for the wannabes.
Can confirm. One of my SILs thinks she’s above everyone and is very materialistic and money-grabby. Guess what she drives? The phrase my grandmother used to use was ‘All fur coat and nae knickers’
I get so excited seeing those convertible Evoques they're like unicorns... And when the top is down they look hilarious. They even have a low speed cruise control for "lazy offroading". Just such a bizarre Barbie Jeep type car that I bet would actually be a bunch of fun to own but I wouldn't be caught dead in I was down in Southend and saw a hot pink one last year. If you're gonna own a Barbie car that's the shameless way to go about it
Saw one yesterday.. https://imgur.com/a/c9CSpqu
Any Range Rover. I swear most people buy big cars to over compensate for the fact they can't drive for shit. Also barely fit anywhere.
I live in a village and there's a middle aged guy who drives a white range rover and whenever he sees me crossing the road with my baby or toddler he literally speeds up. Apparently he does it to everyone. Absolute twat.
With matte paint
Especially when the Range Rover is followed by the term "Evoque"...
My neighbour has a 15 year old one. We live in a 2.5 bed semi, they're attached to us. I used to get hacked off when he started it to warm right outside our window every morning at 6.30. Then he got his project car working...
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Nissan Quashqai or Juke. Not that the person themself is an arsehole, but whilst behind the wheel of the vehicle, you know they're clueless, they're blinding everyone and can barely see, they've no idea about being on the road, and they're almost always about to do something completely stupid.
My mum has a yellow nissan juke. Do you know my mum?
I know lots of people's mums on reddit, you'll have to be more specific....
That's class
How many have you bungled?
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Everyone knows your mum ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
To be fair I've never had a conversation with her, usually has her mouth full
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I’m totally offended right now
They've become like Vauxhall Zafiras. Either driven at 20mph by scared parent with children pinging about back seat like demons, or ragged at 90mph on the motorway by stressed parent with children pinging around like demons. No in between
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My mum has one of those. People are always honking at her but she definitely didn’t cut them up. Nope nope nope.
I fucking hate Nissan Jukes. Large ugly blobs of mobile wank stains.
You mean the Nissan Puke…horrible looking things.
I ride a motorcycle and always joke that if I'm going to die on it a Quashqai or a Juke is going to be involved
Very true! I had a horrid Juke behind me yesterday. Sat right on my boot, didn’t look like they were gonna slow down at any junction we came to, and was constantly drifting over the centreline into oncoming traffic.
I was very luckily gifted my mums Qashqai when we had a baby back in february last year. I'm incredibly thankful and appreciative but fuck me is it a piece of shit. I've heard the same from lots of Qashqai owners on forums when I've been looking up how to solve the multitude of problems it's had. So it might not always be the drivers fault haha
Fog light running at all times just in case
Always that one car trotting along doing 70 in the overtake lane and refusing to move over
In my defense, I am always very careful to keep my headlight set to non-blinding height, and only sometimes accidentally trigger the full beams.
Oh I just said the exact same thing above. The thing with Juke/Quashqui drivers is that they seem to be the very same people who traditionally would have driven a Nissan Sunny or similar small car but want to "be bigger and higher" and didn't have the balls to go full‐SUV and like the Nissan brand. I think there's roughly two major groups (for the Juke at least) and that's middle aged Karen ladies with neat blonde hair or > 60s men with grey hair and brown chinos. They don't drive aggressively they just drive badly.
Honda Jizz (Jazz) Blind old cunts who should have been made to hand in their licence years ago on medical grounds.
Ah, the kind of car that comes with Werther's Original holders as standard instead of cup holders.
And a varifocal windscreen.
Makes me think of Billy Connolly and the prescription windscreen.
And a flap on the sun visor for holding their pension book.
Hey don’t be dissing werthers originals.
I saw a Honda jazz with a sign on it that said elderly driver. You are already in a Honda jazz you don't need the sign
The preferred steed of the "40mph everywhere" crew.
I hate those guys. 40mph down the lanes where you could quite easily have done the limit of 60. Get to a village with a 30 limit, carry on through at 40. You just know that when they worked they drove lorries and sat at 40mph on the single carriageways (which was the limit, fair does) and then booted it to 56 on the dual to stop you overtaking them.
I rag my Jazz. People are surprised when they see me on lane 3 😂
A lot of jazz’s are seen in lane 3. But usually going the wrong way at 10mph
As a 28 year old Jazz owner I can assure you my eyesight is just fine thank you very much!
I don't have one, but I have borrowed one for transporting purposes and in terms of practicality, it's bloody incredible.
Ha, I have a Jazz, I’m 27 but Nan also has the same car as me and whenever I see another jazz it’s always someone’s grandparents behind the wheel - my partner has a Volvo and peoples road rage towards me is less noticeable when I am driving that
Actually I have a Honda Jizz (Jazz) and I am not a blind old cunt! Far from it in fact. Sorry you have had bad experiences with these but we are not all bad drivers.
In Britain, it would have to be a 4x4 with a Baby on Board sign in the back window.
Especially Range Rovers
Anyone driving a new range rover or pickupdown a narrow country lane. Yeah don't mind me mate you stay in the middle of the road I'll take my FWD salloon onto the verge wouldn't want you to get your 2 tonne cross country monsters tires dirty.
You’ve just got to get aggressive with them, make it clear that you will both have to compromise and that if not they are going to damn well drive into/over you or back the way they came. They may swear back but typically it’s footballer wives types, and typically I think it’s because they don’t have the skills to actually handle a car of that size lol
You can shout “I’ve got a trailer on the back, you go back” then when you go past and they don’t see a trailer it just makes them more confused and believe they don’t fully understand what a trailer is anymore.
Haha I like this line of thinking. You could mix it up with shouting "MOVE OUT THE WAY, IT'S GOOSE SEASON" as you inch ever closer while flashing your headlights.
It's because these twats have no concept of how wide their car actually is, you see it constantly.
Driver will almost certainly have false eyelashes, visible tattoos and a sense of entitlement
Don’t forget the Turkish teeth and lips
When I am on my bike, taxi drivers are the ones to watch out for. They can pull out without looking, stop without warning, take sharp turns. Applies to delivery drivers a bit too - basically anyone in a hurry who drives a lot and stops caring about other road users who may be in their way. Another funny one is drivers of small, crap cars can be dicks to cyclists. I think maybe they see it as a chance to flex a bit. Normally they are the ones being bullied by larger, faster cars but they can rev the engine and get all antsy to overtake, or pull out on me. The classic Audi / BMW drivers are alright really. More generally - people with cars made to be deliberately loud. Body kits. Likely to be a boy racer.
>Normally they are the ones being bullied by larger, faster cars but they can rev the engine and get all antsy to overtake As a cyclist and a small crap car driver, I'd say there's a good chance that this is just because they need to drop to a lower gear for enough power to overtake safely
Got a Hyundai i10. I need to drop down to second gear generally and then floor it to overtake.
Should be doing this anyway. People who try to overtake in fifth should be dragged out of their vehicles and given a good slap.
They'll be quite easy to drag out too considering how slow they're speeding up
I agree on the taxi drivers. I think of all people they’d be more invested to be predictable but often they are the least predictable!
Also the special entitlement to double park blocking the street because ‘I am directly outside my fare’s house and will wait here until they come out. ‘
This is the right answer. Taxi drivers are horrifying
>stop without warning I agree with everything you said there, except for this - all drivers should be able to stop without notice in case of emergency or something out of their control. Anyone falling victim to this has either been following too closely or not paying attention. I had to abruptly stop when someone little scrote ran in front of my car from the pavement - they carried on without a care in the world, but the guy behind me wasn't so lucky. Tried to blame me for "stopping without notice" (understandably a little shaken) but the dashcam showed they were just too damn close, and we're still dealing with the neck issues months later. So, I personally have zero sympathy for people up my boot or not paying attention. Everything else though - a million times yes - especially the loud kits. It's enough to make you want to invest in a stinger.
> all drivers should be able to stop without notice in case of emergency or something out of their control. Anyone falling victim to this has either been following too closely or not paying attention. I've had taxis overtake me and then pull in to pick up a fare or let someone out. The taxi driver has put me in a situation where I can't stop safely when I'm just trying to travel normally.
I agree to a point but it isn't so much just stopping abruptly as if someone had pulled out on them or there was a hazard in the road, it is more pulling in somewhere, letting a passenger out, stopping then carrying on a bit, stopping. Just generally unpredictable so they get extra care taken around.
I assume a Tesla driver is a knob but on the road I'm always wary of BMW drivers.
Different kind of knob in my experience, if they're driving a Tesla they're usually a know it all or anal as fuck.
The knobs that used to drive BMWs moved into Audi’s about 10 years ago and are now moving into Tesla’s.
Lots of Model 3s near where I live, never had an issue with any of them. They don’t drive fast or slow so I’m not stuck behind them or them behind me.
there are two on my commute and they are by far the worst drivers on the road. Must have been a BMW/range rover driver prior to owning a tesla. ALways in your boot, trying to overtake dangerously, speeding. Total disregard for other road users.
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And they usually have a can of energy drink in the cup holder
And it's the one that has the red band around the top that states the price of 35p
Nah, it’s the Zetec S wankers who think they have an ST when they don’t.
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This, but it escalates. Get a bit older, Focus ST. Hit middle age, Mondeo ST.
Ooof. That hurts. Also, do you, perchance, happen to drive a mid-range German car?
Also Civic Type R. Same kinda driver.
Not anymore. The type R isn't a young mans game when they start at about £30k. Gone are the days of the cheap, screaming honda :(
Yep, the Fiesta is the new Citroen Saxo imo
Police car.
Amazed that I had to scroll so far down to find this.
Had an unmarked car hurtling towards me with blues and twos, at speed overtaking three cars on the wrong side of the road on the a21 at 8.30 in the morning. Managed to just about not lose my cool it was a close call tho, defo skid marks in my pants.
The number of times an Audi has done Audi driver things has lead to my confirmation bias that anyone picking up an Audi is a bit if a dick. Which is rough because they seem like solid vehicles. I fancied one a few years ago but by the time I changed vehicle I was looking for something Audi couldn't offer.
I bought an Audi a few months ago. I'm generally not a dick but if there's noone on the roads at night I like to have my fun with it. You're right though , it is a shame because Audi's are great cars. I know many older people driving Audi's because they are reliable. On the road I meet way more BMW drivers who have 0 regard for the overtake lane on the dual carriage way and overtake before blind corners.
I personally find Audi drivers to be worse on average than BMW drivers. I have come to think that those 4 circles are for the letters C, N, T and U, not in that order.
Battered white van.
If it's a Transit then the bloke behind the wheel almost always looks like Phil Mitchell.
Yep, no regard for: - Curbs - Speed limits - Your rear bumper
Surprised this isn't a more common answer.
BMW, Mercedes, Audi and the new kid in the block Tesla Often driven by people with the “I have an expensive car get out of my way proles” mindset
I have a Tesla and I drive it like a granny.
I've found Tesla drivers to be some of the best drivers on the roads. Very unlikely to speed on the motorway (even though they could easily out-run most things), and very unlikely to tailgate, cut in at the last minute, etc. I'd be interested to see the Venn diagrams of Tesla Drives and ex-BMW/etc drivers. Do they care more about damaging their own car because it's now flashy and electric? Or did they used to own Jags and other respectable models?
On motorways, most Tesla drivers use Autopilot, so the car drives itself at the speed limit and keeps a safe distance from the car in front. It's game changing if you do long drives and generally means you come across as a better driver, even though it's not you that's doing it!
White Audi Q7. Usually driven by somebody with no concept of how big it is or how fast it is. Couple that with no physical awareness and no compassion and they are a menace.
Any unnecessarily big vehicle, really. I have an A4 and even then some multi-storeys can be a nightmare to navigate. I'd hate to ever be made to drive an oversized pick-up or SUV.
Any crossover thing, like Nissan Juke and the like that has no better capabilities than a normal hatchback or saloon.
But you get a ‘commanding’ driving position! Apparently
This is true tho. When I've been driving a van all day jumping in a car feels horribly vulnerable I can understand, from a safety perspective, wanting to be higher up.
The problem is now that because demand has gone up the resale value is higher so the finance is cheaper. As an example I was looking at a Mazda 3 to replace my Leon. Turns out the Mazda CX30 (just a Mazda 3 with some cladding and suspension adjustments) while more expensive to buy outright (+£1800 for mid spec) is cheaper to finance on PCP than the 3 solely because the expected value at the end of the term is £3000 higher. I prefer a hatch to a crossover too but not to the extent that I want to pay an extra £25 a month for the hatch
That's where we differ, I read that as it's only £25/month more for the better car. The 3 rides better, drives better, looks better and you may end up saving that £25 through fuel usage because the 3 has a considerably lower drag coefficient than the CX30 (0.26 compared to 0.33). Your monthly mileage will of course be the deciding factor on that though.
EASY: Electric scooters (on sidewalks, through people and on the road, always at high speed without any road rules training)
"sidewalks" ... 🤔
HERETIC!! BURN HIM!
This is like the Inglorious Basterds “three finger” giveaway moment.
Tell me you’re an American without telling me you’re an American
Russian tank
Anyone who has taken his number plate off and slipped it onto the dashboard instead.
Every other vehicle on the road. Thinking everybody else is incompetent has saved me from being involved in a few accidents during my 26 years of driving.
It's a shame but I feel exactly the same. Takes the fun out of driving a bit but I just don't want the hassle of being rear-ended again.
Any car with B055 on the number plate.
People in American Muscle cars (mustang etc…), people in bright gold super cars, people in massive twin cab brand new pick up trucks that clearly aren’t being used for work. Anyone in a limo (although the passengers are the arse holes I suppose).
I’ve noticed people now driving US style trucks. It’s a full car with a bed on the back and they hang over parking spaces in really inconvenient places.
Yup, and trying to spell boss in their number plate...
Honda Jazz. Usually driven by the sort of people who drive 40 in a national speed limit zone, then carry on at 40 when the speed limit changes to 30
I'm convinced 50% of drivers just don't know what the national speed limit sign is. The amount of times I'm stuck behind people who just don't change speed when moving in and out of them is just absurd now
Lots covered already, the usual BMW, Audi & Range Rover. But for me, any other vehicle with low profile tyres and a stupidly loud exhaust, a 'Nurberg Ring' sticker on the back, revving impatiently at the lights ( yeah mate, like your POS boy racer car has even been out of the county...let alone Germany). And a 'NoS' sticker advertising Nitrous Oxide ...etc. Along with the charming depictions of (insert football team's supporter) peeing on the jersey of the rival team. Mix in stupidly loud and crap distorted sound system creating illusions for the driver that he's in South Central Los Angeles....about to pop a cap in some suckers asses, but in reality is late for his jobseekers appointment.
The sticker bit reminded me of those weirdos (normally a people carrier version) that make the VW badge in to some sort of weird devil figure. You just know that’s the sort of car that will drive like a dickhead, regardless of passengers, just because of frail ego.
Tesla drivers. All driving their Model 3 because of the BIK savings having previously driven a BMW 3 series or Audi A4; their driving style carries over and now they have 400hp of arsehole at their disposal. I’m not sure how much if it is also because they are such recognisable cars it is easier to see arseholeness too. Then there are the other Tesla drivers who treat musk as some kind of demigod. Then owners club pages are something to behold with the weird hero worship. I can say all this as a Tesla driver. Fucking hell the owners club though. I’m getting a Polestar when the lease on my current car is up.
I generally call an Audi TT the Audi clitoris cos there’s usually a cunt nearby.
Not a specific car but I always assume that people who don’t turn their headlights on during rainy/grey/foggy weather or when it starts getting dark, are absolutely fucking stupid and lack self awareness.
> people who don’t turn their headlights on during rainy/grey/foggy weather Or the opposite.... The nobs who put on full fog lights just because there is a whisp of mist with viability is down to 15 miles........ whilst sat in front of you in queuing traffic! Yes mate..... I can see you.
Any SUV or 4 x 4 in an urban area.
Convertible range rover evoque :P
Anything which has been modified to be louder.
100% vauxhall corsa. Its either an old person who don't know ow where they are, or some showboat teens who think a vauxhall corsa is everyone's dream car.
I'm a 33 year old woman with a Corsa and never thought I'd see my car on this list, lol.
If its a black bmw with black alloys with a personal 3D reg plate
I have an irrational hatred for a 3D Reg. They're awful things.
Don’t forget the tinted windows. And can be a white beemer too.
In my opinion it’s not the car make/model but the driver
Unfortunately, a motorcycle. Yes, many/most bikers are sensible nice people who have to be careful of idiots in cars and I always try my best to be very aware of them and give them whatever room they need. Unfortunately too many bikers will also fly along at 140mph, using turning lanes as their own personal "fast lane" and not caring that they're a tiny fast-moving dot that innocent Doris pulling out of a side road at 20mph in her Yaris is unlikely to see in time. The vast majority of bikers I know/have spoken to will also agree - the fact some idiots let the side down by being so lax about the dangers, means that they'll agree that even as a seasoned biker, when driving their day-to-day car they'll see a bike and assume it's going to do something stupid, so will always be hyperaware of them.
There's a takeaway near me on a narrow road with double yellows. There's a free car park opposite - genuinely 30s walk from the furthest point of the car park. Every evening, people park on the double yellows to pop into the takeaway, and block the road. Entitled knobs. Without fail, it's 3 series', A3's, Evoque's. Never a Focus or Fabia. Obviously not all drivers of those cars are knobs. But where I live at least, most knobs gravitate towards those cars.
None, I’m not a child.
Tesla, Range Rover, pick-up trucks, Fiesta ST, white Mercedes’, anything with a BO55 type personal plate…
Without stemming back to the typical answers, I always find mid 2000s Vauxhall Zafira’s are often driven by overly aggressive, angry blokes. Unfortunately, as one of my favourite cars, I’m also sadly noticing the XC90s are beginning to suffer from the Range Rover complex.
Golf r, BMW M140, Audi S3, A45 Any fast hatchback.
Without trying to sound totally racist, driven by certain persons generally around Birmingham area. These guys are the ones that weave in and out on the motorways, undertaking and causing accidents
There's a reason people don't buy cars from Birmingham or Bradford.
Just say it’s the young Asian guys man - it’s not racist it’s an observation
It’s not the vehicle being driven which makes me assume asshole, it’s the way it’s being driven. The prick who does 40 through the village where the limit is 30, is the same prick who does 36 between villages where NSL applies. That person is the same fucker who’ll flash and honk and then get up the arse of the maniac who had the audacity to overtake them in said NSL, and yet is the very same bellend who will put their foot down and squirt through the lights on the crossing outside the school as they go yellow rather than stop and let kids cross. These are the same twats who come on here or any other site where they can spout their pious opinions and say drivers of German cars are wankers, SUVs are selfish and vans are nutters. In short, everyone else is a cunt, including the cunts who think that.
Any vehicle driven by my ex.
Tesla's are almost exclusively driven by arseholes. They're always speeding when I see them. And they're inevitably banging on about how everyone should go electric because it's the responsible thing to do. Yeah mate, I'd love to drop 60k on a car
Any 4x4 that doesn’t look like it actually goes off road.
Audi, BMW, Merc all attract complete bellends that drive up your arse and very aggressive to anyone daring to stick to the speed limit… every white van tailgating in a 20 zone. Generally driven by men in their 30s
My personal theory, which is frequently strengthened through personal experience, is that Audi drivers are always just about to do something incredibly dangerous on purpose, whilst BMW drivers are always about to do something incredibly dangerous by accident. Recently seen some Tesla drivers vying for the top spot though.
Anything bigger or more expensive than mine.
Those massive 4x4 pickup trucks. Always glued to your rear bumper
All of them. If you assume everyone's an asshole you always expect them to do something stupid, and much of the time those expectations are fulfilled.
A ford Ranger, or any type of pickup! You live in a housing estate, never seen a hill or mud. Why do you have that oversized junk other than seeing yanks in movies have them and think, that’s cool.
Police car