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pretend soft roaders

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05 Feb 2013 19:52 #60998 by little jimny
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Just a rant really. Today we had some snow, not much but a reasonable covering on untreated roads. So, on my way to work which now involves a detour on an untreated road I very quickly caught up a Ford Kuga. And then I had to sit behind it for two miles as it tip-toed down the road occasionally reaching a break neck 10-15mph!!!! It was going so slow it felt like I could have parked up and ran to work quicker!!!!!! I'd bet that a rear drive BMW or an MX-5 could have got down the road more quickly!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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05 Feb 2013 20:13 #61006 by barnes
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Probs dont want to bin a 20 grand car the most off roading these cars do is heading into tesco car park

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05 Feb 2013 20:18 #61007 by adamjimny
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i know they only stop as good as normal cars but i agree. i rode home from work this morning on my bicycle and overtook 11 cars!!! hahaha

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05 Feb 2013 22:51 #61050 by facade
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When we had Snowmageddon last week, I was trundling along the sideroads when someone in an enormous Volvo AWD estate decided that he had to pull out of a side road right in front of me, rather than wait 10 seconds for me to go past.
Naturally he slid sideways due to the turn and power applied and hit the curb.

he was then so frightened that he wouldn't go above 5 mph right on my front bumper. :angry: :angry: :angry:

(Why do people who insist on pulling out in front of you (forcing you to brake for them) when there is absolutely nothing behind you always drive at 25mph right on your front bumper :dry: )

If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there :)

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05 Feb 2013 23:15 #61055 by GuardianAngel
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facade wrote: When we had Snowmageddon last week, I was trundling along the sideroads when someone in an enormous Volvo AWD estate decided that he had to pull out of a side road right in front of me, rather than wait 10 seconds for me to go past.
Naturally he slid sideways due to the turn and power applied and hit the curb.

he was then so frightened that he wouldn't go above 5 mph right on my front bumper. :angry: :angry: :angry:

(Why do people who insist on pulling out in front of you (forcing you to brake for them) when there is absolutely nothing behind you always drive at 25mph right on your front bumper :dry: )


Agree, knob 'eds the lot of them. I fancy some air-to-airs for my J for such occasions :evil:

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05 Feb 2013 23:17 #61056 by SteBurns
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facade wrote: When we had Snowmageddon last week, I was trundling along the sideroads when someone in an enormous Volvo AWD estate decided that he had to pull out of a side road right in front of me, rather than wait 10 seconds for me to go past.
Naturally he slid sideways due to the turn and power applied and hit the curb.

he was then so frightened that he wouldn't go above 5 mph right on my front bumper. :angry: :angry: :angry:

(Why do people who insist on pulling out in front of you (forcing you to brake for them) when there is absolutely nothing behind you always drive at 25mph right on your front bumper :dry: )


Don't even get me started on that, it seems to happen to me all the time in the Jimny :angry:

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