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What are your motoring prejudices?
I'm not trying to start an argument here, hopefuly an amusing discussion but what are your motoring prejudices, ie things you dislike but with no good reason but you have a reason even though to most it's not a reason at all.
eg: Front wheel drive is the work of Satan, because the front wheels already do the steering and most of the breaking and cars should be driven from behind.
eg: Front wheel drive is the work of Satan, because the front wheels already do the steering and most of the breaking and cars should be driven from behind.
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That's kinda my point, R1,
I know RWD was universal in the early days, but the idea of pushing a cart up a hill rather than pulling it is stupid, so why did early car makers decide it was a good idea for cars.
If you look at touring cars (about the only all make racing class that allows FWD and RWD cars) FWD cars have been dominant for years.
I know RWD was universal in the early days, but the idea of pushing a cart up a hill rather than pulling it is stupid, so why did early car makers decide it was a good idea for cars.
If you look at touring cars (about the only all make racing class that allows FWD and RWD cars) FWD cars have been dominant for years.
Yes I love RWD but as I said in the OP that may just be irrational. I also said I don't want an argument.
The back puts down the power unimpeded by steering the car drives much better. In FWD cars the effective amount of power is only about 230bhp becuase the front wheels are doing everything the back are just a couple of castors. In RWD drive you can have some power. That's my prejudice explained anyway!
The back puts down the power unimpeded by steering the car drives much better. In FWD cars the effective amount of power is only about 230bhp becuase the front wheels are doing everything the back are just a couple of castors. In RWD drive you can have some power. That's my prejudice explained anyway!
I'm prejudiced against modern cars!
They are completely over-engineered and far too complicated for the job they are designed for. Car design reached it's peak in the 70s and 80s. Regardless of make or model, cars followed much the same design. They were simple and basic enough that the average owner could service, repair and maintain their own vehicle at the weekend with a few basic tools. Cars also had character. They were brightly painted with chrome trim and they were designed on drawing boards by people whose chief concern was whether the car looked attractive to the customer or not.
Modern cars are dull, characterless, computer-designed lumps. They all seem to be black, silver or grey and all the trim is plastic. They are full of sensors and they are so complicated the average owner can do very little indeed. Many cars are now designed so that the owner can't even change a bulb! If a car has a problem the owner can't diagnose it by ear - it has to be plugged into a machine at the cost of about £70 for doing so! It's outrageous! Even a basic service costs a fortune, let alone the cost of parts. Indeed, the average car owner is being ripped off by the motor industry in what Practical Classic Magazine recently labelled "the institutionalised extortion of the car owner".
I've had my 1984 Golf since 1987 and it costs me peanuts to run. A full service costs me about £50 and I do it myself. All the parts are available and cheap and I can do any job on the car with a few basic tools. Since last November I've stripped the car to it's shell and completely rebuilt it at a very reasonable cost. You can't do that with a modern Eurobox!
I hate modern characterless plastic black/silver/grey computer-designed cars! Rant over! Is that prejudiced enough Kayless?
They are completely over-engineered and far too complicated for the job they are designed for. Car design reached it's peak in the 70s and 80s. Regardless of make or model, cars followed much the same design. They were simple and basic enough that the average owner could service, repair and maintain their own vehicle at the weekend with a few basic tools. Cars also had character. They were brightly painted with chrome trim and they were designed on drawing boards by people whose chief concern was whether the car looked attractive to the customer or not.
Modern cars are dull, characterless, computer-designed lumps. They all seem to be black, silver or grey and all the trim is plastic. They are full of sensors and they are so complicated the average owner can do very little indeed. Many cars are now designed so that the owner can't even change a bulb! If a car has a problem the owner can't diagnose it by ear - it has to be plugged into a machine at the cost of about £70 for doing so! It's outrageous! Even a basic service costs a fortune, let alone the cost of parts. Indeed, the average car owner is being ripped off by the motor industry in what Practical Classic Magazine recently labelled "the institutionalised extortion of the car owner".
I've had my 1984 Golf since 1987 and it costs me peanuts to run. A full service costs me about £50 and I do it myself. All the parts are available and cheap and I can do any job on the car with a few basic tools. Since last November I've stripped the car to it's shell and completely rebuilt it at a very reasonable cost. You can't do that with a modern Eurobox!
I hate modern characterless plastic black/silver/grey computer-designed cars! Rant over! Is that prejudiced enough Kayless?
OK, so that's not the point.
Things I really dislike change depending on my mood. Today it was roundabouts. Tomorrow it will be traffic lights. Friday it will be speed humps. Saturday it will be my OH. Sunday, speed cops. And so it goes on.
Oh the other thing I hate is the clutch. I love my little automatic, but am driving a manual bone-shaker at the moment. What is the point of building cars with a clutch when you can have a perfectly good automatic one?
Things I really dislike change depending on my mood. Today it was roundabouts. Tomorrow it will be traffic lights. Friday it will be speed humps. Saturday it will be my OH. Sunday, speed cops. And so it goes on.
Oh the other thing I hate is the clutch. I love my little automatic, but am driving a manual bone-shaker at the moment. What is the point of building cars with a clutch when you can have a perfectly good automatic one?
All cars should be Italian, Black or Red
Pink cars should ALL be resprayed
Rear Wheel drive is what real drivers have 4WD is acceptable though
BMW's should all be scrapped
Drivers who sit 5 yards back and right of your back bumper and stay there stopping you overtaking need SHOT
Women, roads are for driving not doing your hair/make up/ texting your girlfriends etc etc etc
It is acceptable for blokes to drive with their right elbow out the car, it's not acceptable for women to do this they should be concentrating on the driving.
Short blokes who get their parking space nicked in the supermarket should not get uppity when I ask which dwarf they are when they say they are not happy.
Taxi drivers and bus drivers should all have to take daily colour tests seeing as they miss every red light.
Taxi drivers should be reminded regularly that the roads are not the dodgems at the fairground
Anything by Rick Astley/Take That/Wham/Duran Duran etc etc are NOT driving songs not matter how much you plead to have them on the ICE
Handbrake turns ARE a necessary skill and should be practised no matter how much the wife screams
I'll think of more
Pink cars should ALL be resprayed
Rear Wheel drive is what real drivers have 4WD is acceptable though
BMW's should all be scrapped
Drivers who sit 5 yards back and right of your back bumper and stay there stopping you overtaking need SHOT
Women, roads are for driving not doing your hair/make up/ texting your girlfriends etc etc etc
It is acceptable for blokes to drive with their right elbow out the car, it's not acceptable for women to do this they should be concentrating on the driving.
Short blokes who get their parking space nicked in the supermarket should not get uppity when I ask which dwarf they are when they say they are not happy.
Taxi drivers and bus drivers should all have to take daily colour tests seeing as they miss every red light.
Taxi drivers should be reminded regularly that the roads are not the dodgems at the fairground
Anything by Rick Astley/Take That/Wham/Duran Duran etc etc are NOT driving songs not matter how much you plead to have them on the ICE
Handbrake turns ARE a necessary skill and should be practised no matter how much the wife screams
I'll think of more
and people who go left at a roundabout from the rh lane or vice versa
and people who don't know how to signal on a roundabout
and people who drive in the dark with no lights
and people who drive in clear conditions with rear fogs on
and people who hog the middle lane
and people who don't signal right until the lights change
...
and people who don't know how to signal on a roundabout
and people who drive in the dark with no lights
and people who drive in clear conditions with rear fogs on
and people who hog the middle lane
and people who don't signal right until the lights change
...
and people who display an L plate when they're obviously not
and people who have a 'Little Princess on Board' sign - like I GAF
and people who deliberately block both lanes 2 miles before they merge
and HGV drivers who operate rolling road blocks by overtaking another truck doing 48 mph when they are doing 49mph
........
and people who have a 'Little Princess on Board' sign - like I GAF
and people who deliberately block both lanes 2 miles before they merge
and HGV drivers who operate rolling road blocks by overtaking another truck doing 48 mph when they are doing 49mph
........
Yes WBA I was wondering what those flashing things where at each corner. Anyway Us BMW drivers can do what we like because we own the road, I have the deeds in the glove box.
However feel free to imagine any long and painful death for Merc drivers.
Diesel is a fuel for trucks trains and ships, not cars.
However feel free to imagine any long and painful death for Merc drivers.
Diesel is a fuel for trucks trains and ships, not cars.
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