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  • Bryn
    Banned
    • Mar 2007
    • 24688

    Originally posted by Richard Barrett View Post
    It's well known that BMW drivers are inconsiderate aggressive idiots. (Apart from my brother.)
    Almost, but not quite, as bad as the average Audi driver. Perhaps these cars' safety reputations re. those inside leads to greater risk taking?

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    • Beef Oven!
      Ex-member
      • Sep 2013
      • 18147

      Originally posted by Bryn View Post
      Almost, but not quite, as bad as the average Audi driver. Perhaps these cars' safety reputations re. those inside leads to greater risk taking?
      Pleasant people stick to modern Japanese cars.

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      • vinteuil
        Full Member
        • Nov 2010
        • 12778

        Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
        Pleasant people stick to modern Japanese cars.
        ... whereas unpleasant ones just slide off?

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        • Richard Barrett
          Guest
          • Jan 2016
          • 6259

          Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
          ... whereas unpleasant ones just slide off?
          Last time I was in the UK I had to rent a car, and I was given a free upgrade to a Nissan Qashqai (is that just a random selection of letters? how do you say it anyway?) which was my first experience of driving a "crossover" vehicle, ie. one that's tall and bulbous and looks like it should have four wheel drive but doesn't. For such a bulky (supposedly "family") car the boot space was pathetically small and couldn't fit two suitcases without the cover being removed. I was wondering what kind of weirdo would buy such a thing. Now I know: a pleasant one.

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          • BBMmk2
            Late Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 20908

            Me and MsBBM were quite shocked. One day he'll get killed because of the way he was going about the place and who will get the blame?

            90% of the time cyclists are not too bad, in my experience.
            Don’t cry for me
            I go where music was born

            J S Bach 1685-1750

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            • Beef Oven!
              Ex-member
              • Sep 2013
              • 18147

              Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
              ... whereas unpleasant ones just slide off?
              I’ve only hit a couple of them, at low speed and they tend to judder-off more than slide, really.

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              • Beef Oven!
                Ex-member
                • Sep 2013
                • 18147

                Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
                Me and MsBBM were quite shocked. One day he'll get killed because of the way he was going about the place and who will get the blame?

                90% of the time cyclists are not too bad, in my experience.
                I know exactly what you mean.

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                • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                  Gone fishin'
                  • Sep 2011
                  • 30163

                  Originally posted by Richard Barrett View Post
                  Qashqai ... how do you say it anyway?)
                  "Cashcow"?
                  [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                  • vinteuil
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 12778

                    Originally posted by Richard Barrett View Post
                    a Nissan Qashqai (is that just a random selection of letters? how do you say it anyway?).
                    Nissan named the Qashqai after the Qashqai (pronounced [qaʃqaːʔiː]) people living in mountainous Southwestern Iran. Qashqai here means "A horse with a white forehead"



                    Car names are a happy hunting ground for motoscribes and headline writers. Nissan Armada? Please. Versa? Vice springs immediately to mind (and not because of any other websites I may or may not have visited recently). I'm not sure if Nissan was trying to flummox the press when they settled on Qashqai as a name for their new


                    [... no, I don't get it either. ]

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                    • ferneyhoughgeliebte
                      Gone fishin'
                      • Sep 2011
                      • 30163

                      Originally posted by Brassbandmaestro View Post
                      90% of the time cyclists are not too bad, in my experience.
                      - and, like Pet, I have been knocked into by cyclists on pavements; and seen cyclists on the road who have avoided being run into more as the result of the drivers' care and skills than their own.

                      But it's also true that 90% of drivers are not too bad; and the difference is that we can be knocked down by cyclists and carry on walking (albeit with scuffed shins, bruises and a day ruined).

                      It's not the form of transport - it's the individual behind the wheel/handlebars.

                      (And as for "arrogance" - put those motorists who park in cycle lanes at the top of any list! )
                      [FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]

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                      • P. G. Tipps
                        Full Member
                        • Jun 2014
                        • 2978

                        Originally posted by Beef Oven! View Post
                        I know exactly what you mean.
                        Me too ...

                        I usually catch the 130 bus which runs every 30 mins and is completely free for mature, post-employment citizens.

                        Cyclists and BMW drivers, or any other sort for that matter, are rarely a problem in my experience.

                        Some pedestrians, especially old ladies, should get to Specsavers smartish, though ...

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                        • Nick Armstrong
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26522

                          Originally posted by antongould View Post
                          I am both a BMW driver and a cyclist and have never heard of the Proms ........
                          "No disrespect" (refuge of all scoundrel barristers shortly prior to character assassination ) but I believe that may be entirely untrue
                          "...the isle is full of noises,
                          Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                          Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                          Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                          • Nick Armstrong
                            Host
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 26522

                            Originally posted by P. G. Tipps View Post
                            Some pedestrians, especially old ladies, should get to Specsavers smartish, though ...

                            And others - most under 25 - should get a flaming grip and cease the practice of wandering anywhere (inc. across the street in Central London at rush hour) without looking due to typing on their "smart" phones....
                            "...the isle is full of noises,
                            Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
                            Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
                            Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."

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                            • Zucchini
                              Guest
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 917

                              Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                              Nissan named the Qashqai after the Qashqai (pronounced [qaʃqaːʔiː]) people living in mountainous Southwestern Iran. Qashqai here means "A horse with a white forehead". ]
                              Just before Xmas I sold a pair of rather notable antique Qashqai saddle bags through a dealer. They were v beautiful and far more pleasing than an SUV, whatever that is ...
                              Last edited by Zucchini; 19-01-17, 19:42.

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                              • Serial_Apologist
                                Full Member
                                • Dec 2010
                                • 37580

                                By the time I came back to live in London, 12 year ago, it seemed that the capital's motorists, especially its cab drivers, unlike those of other places, had become used to cyclists and their faults and foibles. One hardly ever observes motorists shouting "Where's your lights?" up here these days, though I often shout "Oi!" at cyclists who pass through red traffic lights at which I am patiently waiting. The worst cyclists are the ones who cycle after dark in black clothing, head-to-foot, without lights. Often, I have to say, Afro-Carribean youths! I figure they are out to demonstrate the proof of Sigmund Freud's death wish.

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