J4CKO

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My opinion of other road users has been heightened by cycling, you get more defensive and that mechanism is based on the information you have, the vehicle is all you have to go on, my nomination for the vehicle type favoured by worryingly unstable, aggressive and obnoxious people is the,

Mitsubishi Animal Pickup or similar, the more flash, the bigger the ego/smaller the brain.

Today, one (Fully blinged) skimmed me with its wing mirror rather than wait the 50 yards til the road opened up, I was doing 20 mph, it was a 30 limit, now, if you had to be somewhere that urgently you would think something faster and more nimble (Perhaps a Large Garden Shed).

It may be partly that these things are imposing but they are often driven so badly and agressively ?

Your nominations please.

spireite

My nomination would be the mitsubishi warrior ,saw one being driven today ,had the perfect oppurtunity to take out this bloody cyclist but no all he did was clip him .How the **** he missed i dont know

New_scooby_04

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Officially: I don't hold any car responible for the person who chooses to drive it.

Unofficially.

Golf TDi. Without a shadow of a doubt

Every time I'm on the trip to see the GF on the M25. I can pretty much rely on at least one being driven by a real Darwin candidate! Awful lane discipline, following too closely, aggressive/inconsiderate moves.

And I'm not to keen on Audi A3s for the same reason either!!

dpb

Blimey maybe its sub-liminal but i was just about to come up with 5 door black new A3 ..


- and low an behold animal as well crew cab this time - driven by your diminutive housewife naturally ..!
Black navarra pick-ups are going the same direction also

J4CKO

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Agree on the Golf TDi thing, always seem to be making a point about how fast it is (For a Diesel)

HankScorpio

P, R, S reg blue or green Passat Diesels.

Inherent smugness and sitting in the outside lane at 75.

*****.

(male chickens, not male appendages in case anyone is offended by the term "****")

Moley

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Almost any Audi

Although it does work both ways. I have been driving an Audi A8 all weekend, and found nobody will let you out a junction or say thanks if you let them go when you're in an Audi.

dpb

The guy in the black A3 im talking about was clearly so keen to keep up with a black A5 with those crazzzzy lights - when i landed between them he was right up my exhaust for the next 5 miles

- and i wasnt idling .!

LanCat

Another for the Diesel Golf. Driven by mums on the way home from the school run. It was a dark blue one today trying to squish me and my bike.

BLU

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It seems that when I get cut up, tailgated, just appear invisible or similar it nearly always is a **** driving a black BMW!! Doen't seem to matter what model (although more often than not 3 series or X5) they just all seem to be black!!

Tam the bam

Phew thank **** mine is a Y plate!

spireite

Bubba po

Skoda Octavia taxi.

jonny_693

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Mitsi L200. More often than not a 'warrior' one. Without a shadow of doubt.

what would scooby do

Saw a pickup in London - may have been a mitsi

called "The dominator"

I think most people ended up spitting at it or giving the maxwell house sign

zip106

I think that'll have been an 'Intimidator', a Toyota Hilux.

Besides, what do I know, I only drive a Mitsi L200 Animal.
And a 5 series BMW.

And both black.
Looks like I'm going to hell in a handcart, eh?

Kieran_Burns

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and we are your Hellmates

scoobynutta555

It'd be a shirt and tie wearing idiot in a new Mercedes tdi exec barge that came steaming up behind me on the M1 flashing his lights even though I was overtaking in lane 3 and doing over 70. Naturally I slowed to 70, knocking down a cog and disappeared as I got bored of his face pulling frustrations

_Meridian_

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It's because all the kn*bs who used to drive BMWs like tw*ts now drive Audis like tw*ts instead - and everyone knows it. All Audi drivers just get tarred with that brush.

I find it reps in A4s, rather than A3s though, that are the worst.


And Honda CR-V drivers, who all seem to think that they are driving a sports car.


M

New_scooby_04

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I know I shouldn't, but if its quiet and Mr Golf TDi tries that with me, I have been known to do the same.

what would scooby do

Ahh yes that was it - deffo a ***** car

vindaloo

All of these problems and more have been apparent in the states for a while. Try defensive measures....!?!?!!

- Big FO towbar or hitch @ radiator mayhem height.
- Sign on the back shelf to illuminate whenever someone gets way too close.
- 4-6x HID "work lamps" facing backwards to deal with persistent offenders.
(OK, so I made that up but daylighters have the same effect).

J.

scoobynutta555

After an adequate shaming I pull over and let them by. When the kids are old enough I'll get them to wave

speedymonkey

Same here, mines a 51 plate, but the look i get as i rag past a scooby with a black smog blanket behind me is priceless

+ As i leave them on the 'twisties' as they cant see due to the diesel smoke is also something i feel good about whilst strumming myself to sleep

scooby L

Golf TDI yup... a true **** car.... ditto about the "always saying how quick they are"... I'm thinking petrol envy....

BMW's (ALL BMWs...) Forever tailgating, or sitting on your rear quarter on the M-Way with no intention to pass... but quite happy to box you in..

Audi's.... the new TT seams to attract a certain type of ****...ususlly a bloke who likes hair products way to much...

s1lko

Controversial one this, but... Some Scooby drivers. I think we all know the type.

davegtt

Almost anything Mercedes for sure. Dodgy drivers, think theyre rich and are better than anyone else on the road Love cycling to work but hate the pr!cks you have to encounter on the way.

Scoobychick

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I get hassled when driving the ST by lots of young lads driving maxxed out chavmobiles, Golfs, Corsas, BMWs, you name it, if it's a pile of shoite and slammed then the driver seems to think that it's very fast and will try to race me

Anyway the look on their faces is always priceless when they realise that their **** has just been handed to them on a plate by the middle aged lady behind the wheel of the (remapped) ST

scooby L

That reminds me, I followed a big Merc yesterday past Kemble... was swerving all over the place... fast then slow... over the white line then back... eventually I noticed he was taking pictures of the planes in the airfield while driving....

Muppet...

subaruturbo_18

I love doing that. Love the idea of sleepers. If only my car was faster