Quote from: bludclot on 25 November 2017, 07:36:23 amWhen anyone flashes me I stare back at them. I'll go when the road is clear thanks, even if it means quite a long wait.On the same note - people who move over for me and wonder why I haven't gone past them on the brow of a hill or a lorry coming the other direction or on the approach to a crossroads. Thanks but I will overtake when I want and I don't need you to move over for me.Having said that it is nice when they do move over (on a safe bit ]
When anyone flashes me I stare back at them. I'll go when the road is clear thanks, even if it means quite a long wait.
Car salesmen! My son had booked a test drive in a Fiesta ST200 at a local Ford main dealer and he asked me to go with him.When we get there the car is not there, the salesman then tells us we cannot have a test drive in the ST200 as the finance manager has borrowed it to go on holiday, he then offered us a test drive in a 1.0 litre ecoboost as, according to him, there is not much difference, well only another 600cc and about 80bhp!Told him to politely shove it and then he asked if we wanted to put a deposit down on the ST200 and sort out the finance, how my son refrained from very unpolitely telling him to f**k off I don't know, at this point we just got up and walked out.What a wanker!
Quote from: slappy on 25 November 2017, 07:14:00 pmCar salesmen! My son had booked a test drive in a Fiesta ST200 at a local Ford main dealer and he asked me to go with him.When we get there the car is not there, the salesman then tells us we cannot have a test drive in the ST200 as the finance manager has borrowed it to go on holiday, he then offered us a test drive in a 1.0 litre ecoboost as, according to him, there is not much difference, well only another 600cc and about 80bhp!Told him to politely shove it and then he asked if we wanted to put a deposit down on the ST200 and sort out the finance, how my son refrained from very unpolitely telling him to f**k off I don't know, at this point we just got up and walked out.What a wanker!That was a very lucky escape, your son can now come to his senses and not buy a chavvy POS Ford.
Quote from: Freck on 25 November 2017, 09:00:38 pmQuote from: slappy on 25 November 2017, 07:14:00 pmCar salesmen! My son had booked a test drive in a Fiesta ST200 at a local Ford main dealer and he asked me to go with him.When we get there the car is not there, the salesman then tells us we cannot have a test drive in the ST200 as the finance manager has borrowed it to go on holiday, he then offered us a test drive in a 1.0 litre ecoboost as, according to him, there is not much difference, well only another 600cc and about 80bhp!Told him to politely shove it and then he asked if we wanted to put a deposit down on the ST200 and sort out the finance, how my son refrained from very unpolitely telling him to f**k off I don't know, at this point we just got up and walked out.What a wanker!That was a very lucky escape, your son can now come to his senses and not buy a chavvy POS Ford. lol He is too far gone, their is no hope for him. He has had two Subaru Imprezas and now wants something cheaper to run. The colour of the ST is shit as well, listed as storm grey but looks like shiney grey primer.
Quote from: slappy on 25 November 2017, 07:14:00 pmCar salesmen! My son had booked a test drive in a Fiesta ST200 at a local Ford main dealer and he asked me to go with him.When we get there the car is not there, the salesman then tells us we cannot have a test drive in the ST200 as the finance manager has borrowed it to go on holiday, he then offered us a test drive in a 1.0 litre ecoboost as, according to him, there is not much difference, well only another 600cc and about 80bhp!Told him to politely shove it and then he asked if we wanted to put a deposit down on the ST200 and sort out the finance, how my son refrained from very unpolitely telling him to f**k off I don't know, at this point we just got up and walked out.What a wanker!That was a very lucky escape, your son can now come to his senses and not buy a chavvy POS Ford. lol
As I haven't had a good moan for a while, here are a few.................1. The current trend to start every sentence with "So"2. The current fashion to go everywhere clutching a mug of coffee. There is even a company selling "take-away" coffee cartons that you take home, pour in hot water and then take out with you?? I call these peeps "coffee mugs"3. The Americanisation of cutlery handling including ever more elaborate ways of incorrectly holding the simple knife and fork.4. Mobile phone users who have their calls on speaker so every call becomes a conference call involving all within earshot.5. The growing trend for drivers to park just wherever the FOC they like with absolutely no regard for the inconvenience of others. I left home recently to find a van parked across my drive, when there were ample marked spaces available. It is now quite common to see vehicles parked with all four wheels on the pavement, or right on the corner of busy road junctions.Right........rants over time for happy hour.
"Can I get a coffee, tea, egg roll....." NO......you're not in feckin America so the phrase is "please may I have". You can't "get it", you can ask for it and they can get it for you.
Quote from: bludclot on 25 November 2017, 07:36:23 amWhen anyone flashes me I stare back at them. I'll go when the road is clear thanks, even if it means quite a long wait.If you pull out because someone has flashed you and then have a shunt, it's *you* who will be liable as you're responsible for checking to see if the road is clear.
The danger with flashing is that the flash may not always be aimed at you. I have been in the situation where I was waiting and a car flashed what I thought was for me but it was for something else.Here is another one --- stupid auto on lights, you are waiting to enter a roundabout that has a bridge over it and a car with auto on lights is coming from the right and you think he is flashing you, but no its just his auto on lights turning on as he enters the dark area under the bridge. Yes they stay on but for that split second when its busy and they come on and you see it and look forward and go.
Quote from: fazersharp on 29 November 2017, 09:32:01 amThe danger with flashing is that the flash may not always be aimed at you. I have been in the situation where I was waiting and a car flashed what I thought was for me but it was for something else.Here is another one --- stupid auto on lights, you are waiting to enter a roundabout that has a bridge over it and a car with auto on lights is coming from the right and you think he is flashing you, but no its just his auto on lights turning on as he enters the dark area under the bridge. Yes they stay on but for that split second when its busy and they come on and you see it and look forward and go.
That's a bit like the one I beeped at for constantly texting in traffic. She was 10 seconds behind everyone else moving off, even at light changes.Her reaction was to fling her arms up in the air in that 'What IS your problem?!' kind of way.Idiot.
I was in a hotel restaurant having breakfast last summer and a bloke and his partner were only putting their phones down long enough to take another forkful of food, then immediately continuing texting.Now this got my goat, but why?.It had no bearing on me and didn't affect my meal in any way.So why was it so foccing irritating to watch??!