View Poll Results: Are you crap at driving like me?
Yes, I try to drive a bit quick but I don't have much bottle
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18.68%
No, I'm fcuking ace and no-one can touch me
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16.48%
I'm a "hand" but I don't brag about it
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13.19%
I'm ok, but I drive safely on the roads by choice
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51.65%
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Crap at driving
23 January 2007, 11:58 AM
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experienced driver(31yrs) who can do the business in a straight line from a standing start but does tend to bottle it a bit round bends due to the unknown hazards but i put this down to the experience aspect
23 January 2007, 12:38 PM
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First Scooby - STi Type RA, lasted 10 days, wrote it off
2nd Scooby - lasted 2 years, manged to sell it
1st Evo (360bhp Evo 6) - lasted 2 hrs - wrote it off
does this give you any idea about how good a driver I am, however I am undefeated at go-karting
2nd Scooby - lasted 2 years, manged to sell it
1st Evo (360bhp Evo 6) - lasted 2 hrs - wrote it off
does this give you any idea about how good a driver I am, however I am undefeated at go-karting
23 January 2007, 12:55 PM
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While I should be a good driver and people comment positively (done IAM test and Police training) I still make too many mistakes.
I think the key is to realise you're not some driving God because you've been driving for years (Taxi drivers are typical of this breed) and that you can always learn something new.
I HATE high and mighty IAM drivers (usually middle aged, usually in a big Rover) who give other road users the snooty look while displaying a big IAM badge on their grille.
I'd never put one on in a million years.
I think the key is to realise you're not some driving God because you've been driving for years (Taxi drivers are typical of this breed) and that you can always learn something new.
I HATE high and mighty IAM drivers (usually middle aged, usually in a big Rover) who give other road users the snooty look while displaying a big IAM badge on their grille.
I'd never put one on in a million years.
23 January 2007, 01:04 PM
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23 January 2007, 01:40 PM
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I picked it up in Kent and drove it to Stevenage, where I used to live, going to stay the night and then drive up to Scotland in the morning.
Came to a roundabout, I pulled on and then a BMW pulled out in from of me from the next entrance, swerved to avoid collision and ended up nose first into the armco....job done.
Spend 6 months choosing the right one........wife didn't even get to see it.
23 January 2007, 01:49 PM
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23 January 2007, 01:50 PM
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23 January 2007, 01:52 PM
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lol
I picked it up in Kent and drove it to Stevenage, where I used to live, going to stay the night and then drive up to Scotland in the morning.
Came to a roundabout, I pulled on and then a BMW pulled out in from of me from the next entrance, swerved to avoid collision and ended up nose first into the armco....job done.
Spend 6 months choosing the right one........wife didn't even get to see it.
I picked it up in Kent and drove it to Stevenage, where I used to live, going to stay the night and then drive up to Scotland in the morning.
Came to a roundabout, I pulled on and then a BMW pulled out in from of me from the next entrance, swerved to avoid collision and ended up nose first into the armco....job done.
Spend 6 months choosing the right one........wife didn't even get to see it.
23 January 2007, 01:59 PM
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Corsa - Rather a lot of effort but LOL!
Feel free to interrogate me if you really feel the need.
Taken at Avon and Somerset Police HQ in Portishead about 5 years ago.
Feel free to interrogate me if you really feel the need.
Taken at Avon and Somerset Police HQ in Portishead about 5 years ago.
23 January 2007, 02:01 PM
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No, I am asking for all the Doubting Thomases on scoobynet who might be under the impression that you are a swaggering, bull****ting wideboy with an inflated opinion of himself. They are judgemental here you see. You come on here and you are fitter than them, better at surfing than them, a champion marshal artist, heir to a £0.6M rental property in an ideallic location as well as being the most qualified driver south of Exeter. Well they are bound to be envious, aren't they!
23 January 2007, 02:07 PM
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I'm not asking for me, you understand. I don't think you are misrepresenting yourself or 'bigging yourself up' at all. In fact I think you are a 'neat guy'.
No, I am asking for all the Doubting Thomases on scoobynet who might be under the impression that you are a swaggering, bull****ting wideboy with an inflated opinion of himself. They are judgemental here you see. You come on here and you are fitter than them, better at surfing than them, a champion marshal artist, heir to a £0.6M rental property in an ideallic location as well as being the most qualified driver south of Exeter. Well they are bound to be envious, aren't they!
No, I am asking for all the Doubting Thomases on scoobynet who might be under the impression that you are a swaggering, bull****ting wideboy with an inflated opinion of himself. They are judgemental here you see. You come on here and you are fitter than them, better at surfing than them, a champion marshal artist, heir to a £0.6M rental property in an ideallic location as well as being the most qualified driver south of Exeter. Well they are bound to be envious, aren't they!
Well a lot of people sit around on their fat ***** doing nothing with their lives.
Others do stuff.
I clearly stated that I make lots of errors hence not thinking I'm a driving God -YOU reached that conclusion, your mind blinded by the green mist of envy.
Hard to be an heir to a property you rent and that is not owned any relative you know of - A rare Mark Enger "stalking" error...
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23 January 2007, 02:26 PM
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Well a lot of people sit around on their fat ***** doing nothing with their lives.
Others do stuff.
I clearly stated that I make lots of errors hence not thinking I'm a driving God -YOU reached that conclusion, your mind blinded by the green mist of envy.
Hard to be an heir to a property you rent and that is not owned any relative you know of - A rare Mark Enger "stalking" error...
Others do stuff.
I clearly stated that I make lots of errors hence not thinking I'm a driving God -YOU reached that conclusion, your mind blinded by the green mist of envy.
Hard to be an heir to a property you rent and that is not owned any relative you know of - A rare Mark Enger "stalking" error...
Now I'd hate for us to fall out on the internet, but for future reference those I berate are without exception those I consider to be beneath me, and therefore by definition I cannot be envious of you.
23 January 2007, 02:36 PM
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The value of the house was stated when comparing council tax prices to property values - Plenty of others did the same and I felt we were getting a good deal. We might buy it one day (we'd very much like to), but it's not a given.
It also came up in a buy vs rent discussion - Again others did the same.
So I appreciate your efforts at good old British sarcasm but I wouldn't bother.
It also came up in a buy vs rent discussion - Again others did the same.
So I appreciate your efforts at good old British sarcasm but I wouldn't bother.
23 January 2007, 02:42 PM
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The value of the house was stated when comparing council tax prices to property values - Plenty of others did the same and I felt we were getting a good deal. We might buy it one day (we'd very much like to), but it's not a given.
It also came up in a buy vs rent discussion - Again others did the same.
So I appreciate your efforts at good old British sarcasm but I wouldn't bother.
It also came up in a buy vs rent discussion - Again others did the same.
So I appreciate your efforts at good old British sarcasm but I wouldn't bother.
However, what interests us more...... is what you are **** at, what you don't own, what you can't afford as well as any hitherto unseen bad character traits.
Oh and you can omit braggart, we've had that one.
23 January 2007, 03:13 PM
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Fair enough.
I'm **** at DIY, concentrating for more than an hour, tolerating Daily Mail readers, shaving, being tall, having a full head of hair, surfing backhand in less that 3ft, drinking lots, saying no to door to door salespeople, finances, car fettling, etc, etc.
I don't own a house or a helicopter or a yacht.
And I can't afford a new Porsche.
Mmkay?
I'm **** at DIY, concentrating for more than an hour, tolerating Daily Mail readers, shaving, being tall, having a full head of hair, surfing backhand in less that 3ft, drinking lots, saying no to door to door salespeople, finances, car fettling, etc, etc.
I don't own a house or a helicopter or a yacht.
And I can't afford a new Porsche.
Mmkay?
23 January 2007, 07:16 PM
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Let me see..
Rear ended someone in my first car...looking out of the side window at something, not looking ahead!
Had a head on in my first car...driving like tool (that finished that car off)
Stuck my mini in a ditch... Icy road and driving like a tool.
T boned my Mini... Driving above the speed limit but not like a tool when someone pulled out of a side turning (that finished that one off)
Drove my metro into a barn at home on the farm... forgot it had no brakes.
Rear ended my mothers car... driving like a tool..
I think that was it.
Not stuffed anything since about 95 when I started buying expensive cars.
Still drive like a complete tool though, even worse in the Impreza.
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Rear ended someone in my first car...looking out of the side window at something, not looking ahead!
Had a head on in my first car...driving like tool (that finished that car off)
Stuck my mini in a ditch... Icy road and driving like a tool.
T boned my Mini... Driving above the speed limit but not like a tool when someone pulled out of a side turning (that finished that one off)
Drove my metro into a barn at home on the farm... forgot it had no brakes.
Rear ended my mothers car... driving like a tool..
I think that was it.
Not stuffed anything since about 95 when I started buying expensive cars.
Still drive like a complete tool though, even worse in the Impreza.
Andy
23 January 2007, 07:19 PM
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Im nudging towards the 4th catagory - whould love to have a go off road one of these days tho...
im not suppplying my whole driving record....
im not suppplying my whole driving record....
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23 January 2007, 09:14 PM
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It would probably cost less to hop on the seacat over here and burn around in mostly no speed limit zones than have a quickie at a track day? Hate those little white circles with the black stripe through,just says go on drive like an idiot and keep the paramedics in a job! Ah the joys of living on this rock
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