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I sort of ambled into work this morning mid-morning, I was using the BMW as I had to travel some distance later in the day to a meeting and have no business insurance on the bike. I overtook a late reg Audi A3 mimsing along the sole occupant was wearing iPod type headphones. A couple of miles later the road splits in two, lane 1 id for traffic turning left and lane 2 for the straight ahead, I took lane two and spotted a Harley coming from my left so I naturally gave way, I glimpsed the Audi pulling alongside me an then pull out in front of the biker, he was travelling sensibly enough to be able to avoid contact, the Audi driver then dog-legged around the roundabout to drive straight ahead. Some people really shouldn't be allowed out - good driving from the biker.
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I have made many visits to our nearby hospital and everybody drives gently as soon as they are in the approach lane and throughout the grounds. Obviously a mental thing as everyone is aware they are there for some upsetting reason and that many pedestrians will have a mobility problem. Leave the hospital and go to Tesco and the difference is like that between Britain and Afghanistan. And it isn't just an age thing - I nearly got run down in Tesco car park by an elderly speedster whose assumed his ability to fit a gap approached that of Ayrton Senna.
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Yep - an Audi! My son and his bike were t-boned by an Audi - alas the bike was written off but he was lucky enough to survive. My list of 'drivers to watch out for' has Audi drivers at the top, followed by 4x4s, followed by cars with 'privacy' glass, followed by old boys with flat hats/young boys with backwards facing hats ;-)
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>> My list of 'drivers to watch out for' has Audi drivers at the top
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Mine's more specific and has; "Late model A4 2.0 diesel estate." at the top. In my book, one of those immediately flags up that the driver's the worst sort of clueless moron.
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>> My list of 'drivers to watch out for' has Audi drivers at the top
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In London the list is headed by black Ford/VW people carriers with the words 'Addison Lee' emblazoned over the rear window.
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I had a canter down the A470 yesterday to a Council Meeting in the far south of the county - It was a quiet night, when the BMW's legs could be exercised - twilght came - saw a LED blinged Audi coming towards me grinning like a Cheshire cat - no rear lights on. :-( - Audi are always on my list as a replacement....kept the BMW for 14 months now!
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Had a couple of Audis back along. A 1.8T A4 Avant and then a 2.5D A4 Avant. Nice, but really not as nice as I'd thought they would be. Good interiors but I never did quite get to live with the nose heaviness and resultant understeeryness of them. Of course they might be better now. I think you'd be disappointed after a BMW. I was.
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Two observations on Audis. Small and black are the ones to watch for. As with BMW 316s, if the driver has chosen it for the badge, and has the me-too colour to match, the driving is likely to show a similar sense of entitlement.
I wouldn't expect to see an A6 estate, or even a blue A3 SE, driven as RP describes or glued to my bumper on the M40. Coincidentally - maybe - those are the Audis I'd be happiest to see on my drive.
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Good point. The Police around here have a sky blue A4 saloon. CX62*** by the way.
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Sky blue is alleged to be a car colour chosen by men with doubts about their sexual orientation. I've been told anyway. Dunno.
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Coincidence.
SWMBO gave me a lift home tonight and as we joined M1 at J21 northbound there was an A3 behind us. It goes from 2 lanes to one on slip road and the A3 squeezed up first alongside and then in front. I glimpsed it out of corner of eye and said "Careful - A3 on inside, never trust an A3" to which SWMBO replied, "I know - seen it - but then I don't trust anyone these days" and she let it in; better safe than sorry, but it was a little aggressive to say the least esp in usual queue of traffic there.
Mind you, I had a nearly new S3 the other day - have to say that it encourages you to "drive"!
Though they are looking a bit dated externally style wise these days???
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My wife had a S3 Quattro - absolute peach of a car. Red, very nice car. Driven with aplomb it was...
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" S3 Quattro - absolute peach of a car"
Quite right!
"Driven with aplomb it was..."
It's a car that demands it!!
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>> >> My list of 'drivers to watch out for' has Audi drivers at the top
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>> Mine's more specific and has; "Late model A4 2.0 diesel estate." at the top. In
>> my book, one of those immediately flags up that the driver's the worst sort of
>> clueless moron.
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20-odd years back, it was the Volvo estate that was most feared by motorcyclists.
In fact, they used to have helmet stickers: VOLVO-AWARE RIDER
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>> In fact, they used to have helmet stickers: VOLVO-AWARE RIDER
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Cor......I bet they were painful to peel off.
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Coming back from yoga in Stoke on Trent (chauffere:-d), we were passed on a roundabout by a 61 reg R Rover Sport.. in red,, which then proceeded to cut across us and turned left... We followed it .. and it then proceeded to pass someone on the inside lane in a 30 stretch - leading to another roundabout. the inside lane was signed left. He went straight on.
He then proceeded to tailgate for the next 4 miles of 30mph limits which is single carriageway and passing = instant death.
Another mile and we came up to him stopped at traffic lights.. one car behind.
All that muppetry and effort for nothing.
Obviously as thick as pigcrap.
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Last edited by: madf on Fri 5 Jul 13 at 20:49
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In the past I have wondered what people do with the few seconds (or maybe a whole minute) they sometimes risk their life to save. These days I am happy to have them in front of me so they are no longer a problem, (for me).
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"Obviously as thick as pigcrap."
Ooh, you are rude - he was just a typical RR Sport driver!!
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Crap driving from a two tone latest model RR a few weeks ago. Horrid colour, healthy turd brown and unhealthy turd brown. Personal plate fat sweaty bloke driving it.
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>> Cor......I bet they were painful to peel off.
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Show off, barely fit the initials on mine..;)
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With the odd wrinkle you could mistake a Volvo for a Vulva...!
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RP,
I think, like me, that you have been imbibing.
Vulva is not a word that is in common parlance on this site.
However, on having a quick Google, it seems that it is generally available on Tinterweb thingy.
Many close-up photos are so close-up that I am still not sure what it is though it does bear a striking resemblance to a wound I inflicted upon myself with my trusty Swiss army knife while trying to open a plastic wrapper of a Swiss army knife I had just bought.
Care to expand??
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I have already. Just a memory of biking banter from the 80s - Bottle of Asda's finest Leffe Blonde - that's all tonight. Mrs RP in bed pending ealries !
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" Leffe Blonde"
Nice!!
"Mrs RP in bed pending ealries "
No comment!!
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Why do people 'knock' Audi drivers? I have owned two...a B reg 80 Sport and a G reg Urquattro. Maybe I'm not typical but I don't recall carving other motorists up or driving like a pilchard. Then again, it was long before these new fangled 3/4/5/6/8 classes.
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No, LL, but that was (a) before Audi became the fashion brand it (rather oddly) is today, and (b) before rising incomes and clever finance packages made it possible to choose the car you wanted rather than just what you could afford.
Even in the 1990s new Audis were mostly company cars - and seen as less prattish than the equivalent BMW. Before that, even company cars were Escorts and Cavaliers, so Audis were a rare sight. The 1989-ish egg-shaped 80 was a beautiful thing, although not the most practical luggage carrier. Really fancied one of those.
As for the RR Sport, even Clarkson once commented that driving a black one must require an unusually thick skin.
But then, I remember my dad saying, circa 1978, that he wouldn't want a Ford "because of the hooligans that drive them," so perhaps anything sufficiently popular will attract its share of sociopaths. Or, to put it another way, the sociopaths have always been there; they just find new ways of getting around.
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Crap Driving Rant. - MD
