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joto May 6th 2014 4:08 am

Re: Pet Peeves?
 
The person that goes for about a couple of miles in the third lane, next to center divider at about 45 in a 55 and then suddenly turns left with no directionals.

SultanOfSwing May 6th 2014 4:09 am

Re: Pet Peeves?
 

Originally Posted by joto (Post 11248489)
The person that goes for about a couple of miles in the third lane, next to center divider at about 45 in a 55 and then suddenly turns left with no directionals.

Utterly useless morons to a man.

Bob May 6th 2014 4:14 am

Re: Pet Peeves?
 
Useless sensors in the car...that you can't get rid of....yet aren't cheap to replace.

I'm now stuck with a warning that the car has flat tyres forever....or replace both rear sensors, but at $85 a pop, that's not going to happen :/

SultanOfSwing May 6th 2014 4:17 am

Re: Pet Peeves?
 

Originally Posted by Bob (Post 11248502)
Useless sensors in the car...that you can't get rid of....yet aren't cheap to replace.

I'm now stuck with a warning that the car has flat tyres forever....or replace both rear sensors, but at $85 a pop, that's not going to happen :/

Can't you hit it with a hammer?

Anian May 6th 2014 6:21 am

Re: Pet Peeves?
 
Brake lights used as indicators. I can only see one side of your car so I have no idea if you are pumping the brakes or about to sideswipe me.

Pulaski May 6th 2014 6:27 am

Re: Pet Peeves?
 

Originally Posted by Anian (Post 11248751)
Brake lights used as indicators. I can only see one side of your car so I have no idea if you are pumping the brakes or about to sideswipe me.

Some American cars use the brake light as the rear indicator. :nod:

Current Ford Fusion. See, no rear yellow light$

ETA. Oh! I think that's what your peeve is, right? I thought you were complaining about driving habits/ brake use, not design of the car. I must admit I don't understand that either especially for cars like the Fusion that are made in other markets where the yellow indicator is required.

http://0.tqn.com/d/cars/1/0/c/q/2/13_fusion_ltrear.jpg

SultanOfSwing May 6th 2014 6:38 am

Re: Pet Peeves?
 
The brake light/red indicator is all well and good - provided the twat driving the car actually remembers what that little stick coming out of the steering column with the arrows on it is for ...

Pulaski May 6th 2014 6:49 am

Re: Pet Peeves?
 

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11248774)
The brake light/red indicator is all well and good - provided the twat driving the car actually remembers what that little stick coming out of the steering column with the arrows on it is for ...

Isn't the stalk control an optional upgrade? :unsure:

lansbury May 6th 2014 6:49 am

Re: Pet Peeves?
 

Originally Posted by hotscot (Post 11248445)
Like everybody in Oregon...a precise 5 mph below the speed limit.
(And every third car is a Prius.)

If you don't like how we drive here you can FO back to California.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....customsema.jpg

Hotscot May 6th 2014 6:54 am

Re: Pet Peeves?
 
You know what it's like then, but I presume you do a good few miles above the limit to compensate?

And California? It's full of beat up trucks filled with mattresses...and unlicensed drivers without insurance who protest the inconvenience if they get impounded.

SultanOfSwing May 6th 2014 6:59 am

Re: Pet Peeves?
 

Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11248794)
Isn't the stalk control an optional upgrade? :unsure:

That may be true. Certainly seems so.


Originally Posted by lansbury (Post 11248795)
If you don't like how we drive here you can FO back to California.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog....customsema.jpg

I think it was more the driving under the limit consistently, rather than the car being driven that was the main point being made. You could be in a bloody DB9 but if you sit at 37 in a 55, you deserve to be forced to listen to primary school recorder ensembles at high volume non-stop for an entire week.

Hotscot May 6th 2014 7:02 am

Re: Pet Peeves?
 

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11248808)
you deserve to be forced to listen to primary school recorder ensembles at high volume non-stop for an entire week.

Good God man!

SultanOfSwing May 6th 2014 7:03 am

Re: Pet Peeves?
 

Originally Posted by hotscot (Post 11248815)
Good God man!

That's how much they piss me off :nod:

Pulaski May 6th 2014 7:07 am

Re: Pet Peeves?
 

Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing (Post 11248816)
That's how much they piss me off :nod:

Slow car drivers or school recorder ensembles? :confused:

SultanOfSwing May 6th 2014 7:09 am

Re: Pet Peeves?
 

Originally Posted by Pulaski (Post 11248822)
Slow car drivers or school recorder ensembles? :confused:

Slow drivers. The people who came up with the idea for recorder ensembles deserve to be stuck behind slow drivers for the rest of their lives.


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