furrydice79

i was driving down the road in MY05 sti sitting at 30mph and a bloody bus pulls right out from the bus stop in front of me, it was either crunch or kerb so i went for kerb at thirty miles an hour, has dug out a bit of the front drivers alloy wheel,we both stopped at the light and i got out the car to inspect the damage, then the lights were going to green so i quickly stepped out in front of the bus and stood there until i had written down the reg number and route number.

does anybody know any good wheel refurb places in around west london...

ok ive had my moan and im off now,,,see ya

TDT

Good old London bus "drivers". Possibly the most dangerous people (possibly excluding motorbike couriers & BMW X5 drivers) on the road.

Most of 'em seem to have obtained their PCV by collecting 10 tokens off the back of a cereal packet. Get onto the company and make the *******s pay!

scooby-si

buses have the right of way

marcyt21

you wanna go and get all your suspension checked mate. tracking may be out

BigRed

I had this happen to me, and I was riding a push bike, thats when it gets really scary.

Bus drivers have never heard of mirrors or indicators, they just own the road or at least they think they do. Stevie Wonder would do a better job than some.

furrydice79

scooby-si, buses dont have the right of way when yer doing 30mph almost right up beside them...

ThrustSSC

Just like your truck does, eh, scooby-si?






All together now: "BOLLOCKS!!!!"

Zapper

I took a sizeable chunk of alloy from my wheel after skidding on black ice about 100 yds from home and I was going slower than 30mph. Rather than having your wheel repaired which is not cheap, see if your local Subaru dealer has any "second hand" wheels. The dealer will usually swap wheels on a brand new motor for a different type if the customer requests it. The wheel has not been used but cannot be sold as new since it has previously been fitted. I took this option and virtually got a brand new wheel for half the original price. Best to get the tracking and the track rod ends inspected too as its surprising what damage can occur at that speed.

ThrustSSC

Or, if it's of interest, I'll have a gold alloy off my MY03 STi for sale in a month or so (4 actually) - ideal for anyone who has dinged one of theirs, or who wants a full-size spare. PM me if it's any use.

scooby-si

YEP

and just the same in the car, just get out of the feking way FAST CAR coming through

here we go again ffs

ThrustSSC

Your punctuation and attitude to other road users haven't improved since we last corresponded, have they?

Lexx

Hmm new forum room required for near misses with buses stories.
Nearly broadsided one last week as it pulled out in front of me whilst i was accelerating onto motorway slip road! Good old Kings Ferry uses!
I can tell you adrenalin is BROWN and a bit smelly...
You should ave seen the faces of ppl on the bloody thing though i laugh about it now but i swear they went paler than i did as my black sti dissappeared from view under their window (stopped about a foot short i hasten to add), bloomin good the brakes on these things aint they!!
Anyways went round him on slip road and stayed about level with cab flikkin the bird and not letting him on A2, takes a look in rear view mirror and its full of blue lights, 'bye ecky thump oops' thinks i as plod flies past and dont look back, so give the bus bloke some more verbal and see he's gettin it from the passengers too!! Take that home pillock!, hurrah for scooby drivers and definately report that twonk who forced you to **** your alloy.
After all the highway code actually says summit like please allow buses right of way blah blah blah...
...but plod says (with regards to dangerous driving) any driver who manoevres causing another driver to change COURSE, SPEED OR DIRECTION (all which apply here me thinks) has ballsed up their manoevre and should rightly say sorry as they are stupid... or words to that effect. All the best, hope suspension etc. are all cool pls get em checked dont want to lose it doin warp 4 now...
Lexx.

scooby-si

NOPE "Frankly my dear, i don't give a dam"


you wish your car was as fast as your username lol

thrust you need to see a doctor, i think you have a problem building up here about other peoples spelling or is it your just sad with no friends

the only reason hes got an M5 is because its a dam site better than a uk impreza(a little bit off topic like, but never mind)

furrydice79

its gonna cost 45 to get the wheel refurbed, possible get all of them done in anthracite,do you think they would look good in that colour http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=421412
i am 25 and my insurance is 2100 as it is, dont wanna risk anythin with them dealing with my insurers and end up paying more next year, think i will just give them a wide berth next time round..

GrollySTI

Anyone except 2005 model STI owners cuz it won't fit.

ThrustSSC

Errr, actually, that IS my car OK, if you're going to be pedantic, make that "it WAS", then - we sold it to the museum in Coventry after we set the record with it.

No need for me to see a doctor, but the Campaign for Scoobynet Literacy will go on! And those who can't be bothered will continue to be named-and-shamed.

scooby-si

no need to name and shame me ill do it,IAM ****E AT SPELLING EVERYONE AND MY LITERACY (copied and pasted off yours because i cannt spell it)IS ****E AS WELL. lol

you most be the only person thats bothered about it

ThrustSSC

I'm only really bothered when I struggle to work out just what point the poster is trying to make - and we all see far too many of those posts, don't we?

I'd much rather you put your efforts into being respectful to other road users than into your spelling, punctuation and grammar on Scoobynet! After all, if it's that hard, those three-thousand-odd postings would have left you exhausted

scooby-si

thats 4yrs of scoobynet

time to go and do my 2 hours work, park up for 6 hours, then 1 hour drive back to the yard, then home and its a 1minute drive from work to home

9 or 10 hour night shift and only work for 3 hours of it

ThrustSSC

At least you're not being paid benefits for sitting on your ****

scooby-si

i get them as well the goverment pay for my 22B lol

busy night tonight only got 2 dvd's in ALI and 8 mile

ThrustSSC

WTF for???!! Presumably you're just trying to wind me up now - even this bunch of lying, thieving tossers aren't that stupid!

scooby-si

yes they are m8, if you have kids £1500 for the next one we have (i think its that much for 3 kids), thats going towards my dogbox + all the other bits and bobs, i get something like £3/4k a year for nothing

ThrustSSC

I think I'll emigrate... No wonder I pay so much bloody tax! No offence to scooby-si, but it isn't as if he needs the money to keep his head above the poverty line. Social Security should be a safety net not a luxuries fund!

(And yes, whether you like to hear it or not, scooby-si's 22b is a luxury, not a necessity! )

Last time I ever vote for Tony B. Liar and Gordon The Grabber!

scooby-si

it is an necessity the wifes pajero isnt an necessity a few more yrs and will be out of this chicken ****e country new zealand here we come

you want to get a job like my wifes when she works and get a 0 tax code

ThrustSSC

Want to share the costs of a container to get all our stuff there? I'm sick of paying for the idle - give me the NZ quality of life and attitude to work (i.e. do it or starve)!

scooby-si

taking my 22B over there as well,i think it will be 5 yrs imho ish when we go,

you would love 1 of my brother in laws 5 kids neither of them work and they get more money than us,and they get everything free

dmc1980

this thread really went off on one!!! From nearly having a crash with a bus, to unemployed relatives. Fantastic

ThrustSSC

Bloody hell! Something we agree on Maybe you're not so bad after all?

When I'm PM it'll be 'work away, or waste away'. Benefits will be strictly time-limited as a short-term safety net only. Benefit cheats will be barred from receiving them for life.

DevilHimSelf

Think 2 more entries for the Darwin Awards 2005


Seen this all before!