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Borats Baby

28-11-2007, 16:02

I pull into a car park today, and park next to a guy in a BMW who's rather inconsiderately left his nearside wheels right on the lines of his chosen bay. I put my car in my chosen bay with perfect symmetry.

He winds his (limo tinted) passenger window down and gestures.

I wind my window down.

He says quite noncholontly "How am I spose to get someone in that side of my car now ?"

I look down at the space in between our cars, look back up at him before replying, "Put YOUR car straight in that bay and you'll have no problem", I smile politely and look away.

He starts to get agitiated and replies "I cant, theres a tree on my side so I wont be able to get out this side"

"Pick a different space then", I reply !!

He gets the huff then, puts his window up and straightens his car.

Now, I imagine a few people here drive BMW's so I'm not aiming this at BMW drivers ;), but what gives people the right to assume they deserve more space than everybody else who has to use the same car park !! ??

Just one of a succession of driving rants to come from me ! I'm really bad with my temper these days, but then, the standard of driving by LOTS AND LOTS of people is terrible and they deserve it !!

wez130

28-11-2007, 16:12

lol, typical bmw driver - think they own the road LOL*

*the above is only a stereotype

NathanJT

28-11-2007, 16:17

As a BMW driver I'm not even going there! ;)

Grendel

28-11-2007, 16:20

Good on you for a) making the point and b) standing your ground :clap:

btw, I drive a BMW too :lol:

Techno-Geek

28-11-2007, 16:27

Nice one mate, Stand your ground i say :)

But i hope he didn't make you angry and you raced you car away :)

I don't think BMW owners think they own the road as much as Merc C Class or A Class drivers, they wind me up more but hey, it is just a person that likes that car. Nothing agaist them :)

kyle

28-11-2007, 16:41

Hehe, I remember just after my Driving Test (which I passed first time btw), my parents picked me up and we saw a woman almost drive into a parent with a pram, my dad then went to speak to the woman and explain to her that she'd almost hit the person with the pram and she went crazy at my dad!

We walked off to our car and the woman in the car then went and blocked us off! This was totally out of order and my dad went out to reasonably speak to the woman and again, she went crazy at him! She finally left...

Some people eh?

Arkady

28-11-2007, 17:06

Shoot them...it's the only way...

Keira1987

28-11-2007, 17:13

My Dad drives a BMW. I drive an Astra (for now!). BMWs are nice to drive but not very efficient so he was probably saving on petrol by just leaving the car how he'd parked it in the first place, hehe or he should learn to park! I find people with big cars (not aiming it at anyone in particular) can't really drive them anyway....normally more money then sense! :P

Wile E. coyote

28-11-2007, 17:46

Shoot them...it's the only way...

You offering your services there :p?

Nice to hear you stood your ground, nice one :thumbs:

Steep

28-11-2007, 18:42

They have nothing on Nissan Micra drivers! Most of them couldn't see the white lines never mind manage to park between them!

badgerbaiter

28-11-2007, 19:35

yup. sounds like a BMW driver alright

tell him he can park in two spaces when he buys two tickets. Sounds like the automotive equivalent of people on trains who think its OK to put their bag on a seat whilst everyone has to stand up. I'm quite a large bloke and I find that the best thing to do is begin to sit on the seat anyway and pretend you aint seen the bag. They move it pretty fast

Keira1987

28-11-2007, 19:38

I'm quite a large bloke and I find that the best thing to do is begin to sit on the seat anyway and pretend you aint seen the bag. They move it pretty fast

I do that anyway...I hate it when people sit next to you when there is loads of other sets they can sit in but they chose to sit next to you-does my head in so I end up moving!! :razz:

Joe T

28-11-2007, 19:39

Shoot them...it's the only way...

So when do you join the ranks of us BMW drivers then?

Borats Baby

28-11-2007, 20:11

As a BMW driver I'm not even going there! ;)

Awww go on !!

The odd decent one does slip through the net, show us your one of them !! ;) :thumbs:

whitewash

28-11-2007, 22:40

They have nothing on Nissan Micra drivers! Most of them couldn't see the white lines never mind manage to park between them!

especially the SE (senile edition) varients of the nissan micra.

god i hate micras

dellipher

28-11-2007, 22:43

I almost died of shock today. I saw a BMW indicating...
I thought they didnt have indicators fitted...:D

Keira1987

28-11-2007, 22:46

I almost died of shock today. I saw a BMW indicating...
I thought they didnt have indicators fitted...:D

:agree: Couldnt agree more! And those big massive 4'4s have a tendancy not to indicate often enough!!

whitewash

28-11-2007, 23:06

badgerbaiter

28-11-2007, 23:19

especially the SE (senile edition) varients of the nissan micra.

god i hate micras

i bought my wife a white 1.2 LPG nissan micra. I drove it with 4 adults to Bristol at 110mph. Poor little car. Was quite impressed it went that fast, though.
Build quality was appalling though.

NathanJT

29-11-2007, 09:36

another thing, after toyotas "hugely sucessful" the car infront is a toyota adverts in the 90's. how come its always a sodding toyota that is indeed infront and holding you up driving at 25mph in a 60 limit......

Because speed kills! REMEMBER!!!! (why is there no tongue in cheek emoticon?)

As for BMW drivers being poor, all I can say is "People who live in glass houses...."

Now VW Passat drivers, they're something else!

NathanJT

29-11-2007, 09:36

i bought my wife a white 1.2 LPG nissan micra. I drove it with 4 adults to Bristol at 110mph. Poor little car. Was quite impressed it went that fast, though.
Build quality was appalling though.

You must of had one hell of a tail wind!! :lol:

badgerbaiter

29-11-2007, 09:46

You must of had one hell of a tail wind!! :lol:

my theory is that the car just wanted to get there as quick as possible to get us fat buggers out of it :)

NathanJT

29-11-2007, 09:47

my theory is that the car just wanted to get there as quick as possible to get us fat buggers out of it :)

LMAO :lol::lol::lol:

mattyh

29-11-2007, 10:29

I would also point out that I drive a "big massive 4x4" I always use my indicators, don't speed around towns etc, and I'm generally nice to other road users. I do around 35k miles a year, I see plenty of idiots in all kinds of cars. I had a woman in a Fiat cinquento undertake me on the M1 the other day. I was doing 90 in the fast lane with a queue of cars in front of me. She was one of the worst I've seen in a while.

It also ranges from people in the smallest cars, right up to the largest aticulated wagons.

badgerbaiter

29-11-2007, 10:40

mattyh

29-11-2007, 10:44

:lol: thats ok... I'll just pull out, I am in a 4x4 after all :D :lol:

badgerbaiter

29-11-2007, 10:48

:lol: thats ok... I'll just pull out, I am in a 4x4 after all :D :lol:

LOL

I gotta say, i never thought of having a 4x4 as i prefer my cars to have a low centre of gravity, but i was on the A4 yesterday where if you want to turn right, you have to drive a mile all the way to the roundabout, go all the way around, and then back the way you came for another mile. The guy in front of me had one of those horrible BMW X3s and just drove over the central reservation and turned right. Gotta say i wanted a 4x4 right at that moment :)

mattyh

29-11-2007, 10:55

:lol: i had that exact same wish in Bristol a few months ago. Luckily I was in mine ;)

I've actually only got one for work, it's a 4x4 pickup and it does earn it's money. I've usually got a tonne bag of stone or 10+ 25kg bags of sand in the back, and it goes off roading at least once a week

alldone404

29-11-2007, 11:15

would also point out that I drive a "big massive 4x4" I always use my indicators, don't speed around towns etc, and I'm generally nice to other road users. I do around 35k miles a year, I see plenty of idiots in all kinds of cars. I had a woman in a Fiat cinquento undertake me on the M1 the other day. I was doing 90 in the fast lane with a queue of cars in front of me. She was one of the worst I've seen in a while.

Why where you doing 90mph badgerbaiter? :naughty: :naughty: Enough said! :lol:

mattyh

29-11-2007, 11:22

wasn't badgerbaiter, it was me :razz: :D

Like i said, I don't speed around towns

inaneredstripe

29-11-2007, 11:31

its a tinted window thing. he looks cool , but cant see where he,s going.
sadly there are lots of drivers out there who,s driving is carp. well done for putting your point over without resorting to pulling his head off .your obviously a lot more patient than i am.
years ago ,a neighbour of my inlaws reversed out of their drive, ten yards up the road , and into the front of my LANDROVER. wrecking the bumper on their mondeo and just marking the paint on the steel bumper of the landy. she then jumps out the car and moans that the landy shouldnt be parked there, across the inlaws drive. its parked perfectly legaly , on bright summer day, with a WHITE BUMPER AND BIG BULLBAR on the front.street is about 18 feet wide with one motor parked on it, yup, mine.
i beleive my reply had the word OFF in it.
some people just shouldnt have a licence.
the mondeo was two months old. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
apparently her hubby could be heard shouting from the other end of the street when he came home.:lol:
needless to say, they didnt ask for my insurance details.:lol:

Keira1987

29-11-2007, 11:31

Speeding in towns is pointless...ok, I'm an offender every now and then! Only when necessary :lol::lol: Don't do it to show off like those in big cars do :razz:

birdy961

29-11-2007, 11:34

[QUOTE=inaneredstripe;440851]years ago ,a neighbour of my inlaws reversed out of their drive, ten yards up the road , and into the front of my LANDROVER. wrecking the bumper on their mondeo and just marking the paint on the steel bumper of the landy. she then jumps out the car and moans that the landy shouldnt be parked there, across the inlaws drive. its parked perfectly legaly , on bright summer day, with a WHITE BUMPER AND BIG BULLBAR on the front.street is about 18 feet wide with one motor parked on it, yup, mine.QUOTE]

:lol::lol:
Had a 2 1/4 long wheel base ages ago, some muppet cut me up on a roundabout, took the entire nearside off his car, scratched the Landy's bumper. :lol::lol::thumbs:

mattyh

29-11-2007, 11:34

Someone actually parked on my driveway the other day inaneredstripe, can you believe it!

They moved it pretty sharp when I got the truck out and started to attach a towing chain to their towing eye on their car :D

Then they had the cheek to ask me what I was doing. I said "er... I would like to park MY car on MY drive, if thats ok with you?"

:lol:

Dave P

29-11-2007, 11:36

Matty,
where do you get the idea that the outside lane is the fast lane.
It is in fact called the outside overtaking lane.
And why were you doing [ 90] . do 4x4 drivers have the right to that.... i suppose :nono:

Oh boy 110 ina Micra...... Zoom... Zooom......Zooooooooom
BANG.:cuckoo::)

NathanJT

29-11-2007, 12:15

I have to say that "queuing" in lane 3 of the motorway just because there's blockage several hundred metres up the road is also VERY bad road craft! And if somebody undertakes in that instance (ie passes because of the flow of traffic) it's actually those in lane 3 that are in the wrong!

I don't mean moving into lane 2 JUST to undertake by the way!

mattyh

29-11-2007, 12:17

I agree with you nathan, but cutting from 3 to 2, undertaking then moving back into 3 is wrong.

NathanJT

29-11-2007, 12:25

I agree with you nathan, but cutting from 3 to 2, undertaking then moving back into 3 is wrong.

http://images.worldcupblog.org/usa/arrow-down.jpg

I don't mean moving into lane 2 JUST to undertake by the way!

But even THAT is a grey area. The over riding rule is that unless you are CURRENTLY overtaking you should move back to the left. Half the time it's just laziness or lack of skill/confidence that makes people stick to a lane.

richmond

29-11-2007, 12:35

Middle lane hoggers :shake: :rules:

More and more of these lately.

mattyh

29-11-2007, 12:35

See them all the time on the A1. I know you posted that Nathan, I was agreeing ;)

alldone404

29-11-2007, 12:49

:rules:

''I :love: Speed Cameras'' ;)

alldone404

29-11-2007, 13:00

Why where you doing 90mph badgerbaiter? Enough said!

Sorry badgerbaiter I replied to the wrong person.:bonk::bonk:

NathanJT

29-11-2007, 13:52

:rules:

''I :love: Speed Cameras'' ;)

Me too....... on fire!

inaneredstripe

29-11-2007, 14:50

and how often do you lot sit stationary in 2 and 3 while i tootle past you in the lorry at 45mph in lane 1. cos no one wants to move into that 500m gap between me and the next lorry.?
2 1/4 diesel 109 station wagon at the time of said incident birdy.. fancy a nice diesel bob tailed rannge rover now ***.
shame i cant afford one.

Organic

29-11-2007, 14:55

I almost died of shock today. I saw a BMW indicating...
I thought they didnt have indicators fitted...:D

I think you'll find that indicators are an 'optional extra' on most BMW's ;)

birdy961

29-11-2007, 14:58

2 1/4 diesel 109 station wagon at the time of said incident birdy.. fancy a nice diesel bob tailed rannge rover now ***.
shame i cant afford one.

Me neither, halcyon days! :(

NathanJT

29-11-2007, 15:00

I think you'll find that indicators are an 'optional extra' on most BMW's ;)

Yes, because everyone else should automatically give way! ;):lol:

I think however that my No.1 driving pet peeve is those drivers that think an indicator is some sort of force field, ie Indicate => Maneuver. What happened to the "mirrors" part of that equation in the last 10 years?

NathanJT

29-11-2007, 15:01

and how often do you lot sit stationary in 2 and 3 while i tootle past you in the lorry at 45mph in lane 1. cos no one wants to move into that 500m gap between me and the next lorry.?

Sorry, not me ;) Again, "moving with the flow of traffic" isn't undertaking, it's bloody common sense!

Shane

29-11-2007, 15:10

badgerbaiter

29-11-2007, 15:14

i always try and stick to the law of only moving over a lane when overtaking, but i got to say the other day i was a middle lane hogger!!! (shock!)
It was raining very hard and i moved into lane 1 to let all the BMWs Audi (with side lights and fog lights on) carry on at 100mph in the heavy rain. But as soon as i hit the waterfilled tram lines of the 'slow' lane i was aquaplaning all over the place.
Ever since they allowed trucks to weight even more, they have really messed up the roads.
If you've ever tried driving a mercedes sprinter in those tram lines you will know they pull the van all over the road. The track is wider at the rear than the front, so the groove pulls the back of the van into it before the front and scares the **** out of you!

badgerbaiter

29-11-2007, 15:15

While on the subject of annoying "parkers".

Boy racers/teenagers/very able bodied people using disabled or parent n child parking really winds me up.

People using other cars as a way of stopping their trolley from rolling away.

I agree about people parking in the disabled spots. Those lazy sods deserve a huge fine.

As for the mother+child spots, whats that all about? No wonder the kids are so fat, they should be made to walk from the very outskirts of the car park :)

birdy961

29-11-2007, 15:17

As for the mother+child spots, whats that all about? No wonder the kids are so fat, they should be made to walk from the very outskirts of the car park :)

Try getting a screaming child out of a car seat in a normal parking space and then you will see, especially if parked next to a BMW :lol::lol:

badgerbaiter

29-11-2007, 15:28

Try getting a screaming child out of a car seat in a normal parking space and then you will see, especially if parked next to a BMW :lol::lol:
yeah thats fair enough, they should def have bigger spaces for mother+child but they should just put them further away so that they can get some exercise :)

birdy961

29-11-2007, 15:30

yeah thats fair enough, they should def have bigger spaces for mother+child but they should just put them further away so that they can get some exercise :)

Fair point, could always stick em on a bungee as well just to make it more exciting :lol:

In all honesty I think they put em near as they are meant to be for babes in arms so you can shove em straight in a trolley :shrug:

badgerbaiter

29-11-2007, 15:50

Fair point, could always stick em on a bungee as well just to make it more exciting :lol:

In all honesty I think they put em near as they are meant to be for babes in arms so you can shove em straight in a trolley :shrug:

i like the bungee idea, in fact all spaces should have them to make it more fun! nothing more boring than parking in tescos, looking for a trolley and then going shopping. bungeeeeeeee!

birdy961

29-11-2007, 16:02

Make it so Captain :thumbs:

mattyh

29-11-2007, 16:15

I always park in the mother and child spaces when I go to the shop with my mum..

They don't put an age limit on it do they :razz:

:lol: Not really

NathanJT

29-11-2007, 16:28

Personally I can't help but think parent&child spaces are just marketting spin, but then if it keeps the inconsiderate w*****s from dinging my doors so be it!

How dare I be concerned more about a piece of metal than their precious (invariably screaming) little cherub!

NathanJT

29-11-2007, 16:30

yeah thats fair enough, they should def have bigger spaces for mother+child but they should just put them further away so that they can get some exercise :)

Reminds me of the Lee Evans sketch where he suggests simply releasing live animals into supermarkets, and handing our spears, rather than having a pre-packed meat section!

birdy961

29-11-2007, 16:32

Spot the peeps without kids :lol::lol::help:

Arkady

29-11-2007, 16:58

So when do you join the ranks of us BMW drivers then?

hahaha...:lol:

335i M-Sport Coupe, delivered next December when I get back from Iraq. They do a deal where I put the deposit down now (only £200) and today's price is what I pay when the car is delivered...of course this assumes the price won't go down...but it's still a good deal as I get to save an extra £9,000 in Iraq instead of paying for a car I don't own yet.

Only doing 90? Pah! You'll get run off the road over here going that slow on the autobahn...and I always move over for faster cars, as do most German drivers funnily enough...especially if it's a big Audi, Beemer or Merc - they'll betravelling at 155mph+ so it's really just self preservation...
My current pet hate is people who overtake too slowly on the 'A' roads here...there are lots of tractors around and getting stuck behind one is a right pain (and gets you plastered with mud and poo at this time of year). There are lots of drivers here who accellerate to go round the obstacle, then brake to slow down to just under the speed limit, just as you've worked out that, yes, there is enough room to go round as well.
Oh how I love piling through the back windscreen of some dopey Hun in a Volvo...

You have to go inside lane here on Autobahns as well - the Coppers will 'pull' you for middle lane driving if they're bored. Especially with BFG plates...