I have read this thread and I must say for an "intelligent" group of people, You guys are so far up your selves its amazing you can walk let alone drive.
I think IIS should dedicate a special forum for you guys.
And Now we have Peter, Can you tell us all why is it you get so much pleasure be-littling others that dont drive what you drive, I think you should put more effort into your customer service than braging about that red heap you own.
I agree, wow, just because I said red wasnt the only fast color Peter decides to trash my car, and by comparing it to a HSV commodore which is a spaceframe car, isnt race designed or bread and has nothing to do with Corvettes, goes to show you what he knows about cars, I have never once said anything negative about his car. Peter, if your going to compare your euro toy with other peoples cars, please have the common sense to know what you are talking about. P.S. Corvettes have never been built in Detroit, they are currently being built in Bowling Green Kentucky, do your homework before insult people.
I agree, wow, just because I said red wasnt the only fast color Peter decides to trash my car, and by comparing it to a HSV commodore which is a spaceframe car, isnt race designed or bread and has nothing to do with Corvettes, goes to show you what he knows about cars, I have never once said anything negative about his car. Peter, if your going to compare your euro toy with other peoples cars, please have the common sense to know what you are talking about. P.S. Corvettes have never been built in Detroit, they are currently being built in Bowling Green Kentucky, do your homework before insult people.
Umm...
I think that you missed the point, entirely.
Peter was not trashing your car, he was trashing the HSV Dunnydoor. He was merely pointing out that a huge V8 doesn't make up for supple handling. If you're upset by that, then please take a chill pill, this is a light hearted discussion.
Now, If you're going to say "I have never once said anything negative about his car", then don't contradict yourself by following it with "Peter, if your going to compare your euro toy", as I think most reading this would agree that "Euro toy" is a disparaging term.
Unless of course, the whole post is a cunning example of how quickly the a normal discussion turns to rage, in which case, I missed the point, entirely.
Y'all driving little girls' cars...time to step-up to real vehicle.
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$6.30 to fill the tank (Premium too, very posh!). No parking worries and no speeding fines. I can fit 4 bags of groceries in the bin and under the seat.
I now drive a big yellow Kia Pregio van. I mean, it is huge and bright yellow, no way you couldn't see it. I've lost count of the number of times people pull out of streets and driveways in front of me when I am barrelling along at 60kph, so that I have to slam the brakes on to avoid them.
What is it, they have a car and I'm in a van (and a woman moreover, it is most often men who do it) so I should give way to them? Road courtesy went out the window a L O N G time ago, I'm afraid. (I've held my licence for 40 years now with only 2 fines ever, and one parking ticket)
Can you believe Yamaha actually gave me a free fuel card...LOL...it's embarrassing enough just filling up the tank with loose change from my pockets let alone handing over food stamps!
Pulling into a store's driveway today (having stopped with indicators flashing) I gestured to a driver leaving the same driveway that he go first, as I needed to negotiate the steep kerb at an angle to avoid scraping the nose of my (quite low) F-Car.
We waited.
He eventually got the message, pulled out alongside me stating "Learn ....... the road rules mate!"
I simply responded, "Mate, I know them, but have to go at an angle so I won't scrape the spoiler... couldn't do that with you there"
He then turned his wheel and feigned ramming the back end of my car by crossing over to my side of the road...much to the bemusement of the drivers in four cars now lined up behind mine....turned away at the last second....and drove off in his rust ridden Commodore shouting some more obscenities....
Leaving me thinking "what was that all about !!??"
Sign of the times?
OMG well i guess he was having a bad day hope he didnt do too much damage
Rage generally seems to be the fashion now. It's getting so you daren't honk your horn lest someone launch a spanner through your wind-screen. I wonder whether it's psychosexual, whether some people are actually feeling some perverse pleasure in allowing a mounting anger to develop. I see some people deliberately working themselves up into a lather of seething hatred, and no matter how apologetic or contrite the other person might be, you can see they don't really want to hear it, but are only wanting to reach some climax of violence.
Me, I prefer Zen. (And that stuff that goes on in the back seat of a Morris...)
921 posts of pure gold Brian.
You are wasted in a place like this
Corvettes have never been built in Detroit, they are currently being built in Bowling Green Kentucky, do your homework before insult people.
They started production in Flint Michigan, then moved to Missouri and later Kentucky. The parent GM remains in Detroit...is this not correct?
By the way, I never once referred to your car, other than a general comment of "american muscle has its advantages"....albeit doubtful colour ....as to why you'd be upset over the handling of a HSV...a car you clearly don't own...is beyond me.
Last edited by Peter Ward; 26-03-2010 at 12:54 AM.
Reason: typo
I have never suffered from road rage. It was a bit more like road exasperation!. I was tootling home at about 4AM at the speed limit a bit pissed when a car came up behind me and put it's headlights on high beam. This car then moved to within about 200mm from my back bumper. I just put the 1979 Ford LTD (400hp fully worked) in first and planted the throttle. As it changed into second at 67MPH and then proceeded down the road in second gear until it changed from second to third at about 97MPH and then proceeded to accellerate to about 130MPH I decided to back off as the pipsqueak commodore was nowhere in my rear vision mirror.
As I pulled into my driveway about ten minutes later five police cars surrounded my vehicle just like in the movies. It seems that inadvertently what I thought were just your average hoons were actually police in an underpowered unmarked police car.
One young constable kept asking his superiors 'can I drive this car back to the station please?' The sargeant in charge said 'I think this car is far safer just left here.'
It is very strange when you are busted like this and all the police want to do is look under the bonnet of your car.
Their comment in court was 'the defendants car made our commodore which was valve bouncing in all gears look like it was standing still!'
not an argument I hope
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