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Re: What is the worst car to get stuck behind ?

Postby 85rob » Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:29 pm

DOL wrote:any car doing 40-50mph when i cant pass it in me truck :D


any car doing that speed on the flat then speeds up when he goes up an hill leaving me to go down to 2nd
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Re: What is the worst car to get stuck behind ?

Postby JIM T » Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:33 pm

A tractor pulling a caravan :lol:
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Re: What is the worst car to get stuck behind ?

Postby 8skellerns » Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:38 pm

Personally I think the worst vehicles on the road are trucks. I know it isnt their fault, but they are so restricted, its almost dangerous how slow they go. Got stuck behind one doing 35mph all along the A444 this week, making me late for work. Wouldnt be a problem if their wasnt a continuous stream of traffic coming the other way so I can overtake.
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Re: What is the worst car to get stuck behind ?

Postby unclealec » Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:13 pm

Trucks? Know what you mean. Trouble is, the poor buggers are restricted to 40mph on most trunk roads; must be even worse than the Transit drivers being restricted to 50mph.
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Re: What is the worst car to get stuck behind ?

Postby Mark_Sixman » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:15 pm

A Ka definitely. I don't think it's actually possible to drive any slower without stalling :!:
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Re: What is the worst car to get stuck behind ?

Postby 8skellerns » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:17 pm

Mark_Sixman wrote:A Ka definitely. I don't think it's actually possible to drive any slower without stalling :!:


KA's can move when they want to. Its just that they take an age to get moving, and most KA drivers drive slowly anyway. :(
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Re: What is the worst car to get stuck behind ?

Postby coconut » Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:24 pm

Any Rovers or a mk3 Astra :roll:
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Re: What is the worst car to get stuck behind ?

Postby junglebro » Fri Feb 08, 2008 11:58 pm

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Re: What is the worst car to get stuck behind ?

Postby sc_BK » Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:34 pm

8skellerns wrote:
Mark_Sixman wrote:A Ka definitely. I don't think it's actually possible to drive any slower without stalling :!:


KA's can move when they want to. Its just that they take an age to get moving, and most KA drivers drive slowly anyway. :(



Most Ka's have pink furry dice hanging from the mirror and are driven by single mothers in their late 20's who "don't like to go fast" :lol:
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Re: What is the worst car to get stuck behind ?

Postby Mark_Sixman » Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:48 pm

sc_BK wrote:
8skellerns wrote:
Mark_Sixman wrote:A Ka definitely. I don't think it's actually possible to drive any slower without stalling :!:


KA's can move when they want to. Its just that they take an age to get moving, and most KA drivers drive slowly anyway. :(



Most Ka's have pink furry dice hanging from the mirror and are driven by single mothers in their late 20's who "don't like to go fast" :lol:


Kas do actually have engines then :?: :?: I thought they were pedal powered :!:
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Re: What is the worst car to get stuck behind ?

Postby the gardener » Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:51 pm

I had a 1992 Honda Accord from 2004 to 2005, an 'old man's car' but it was a 2 litre petrol manual and shifted. My favourite was to get someone alongside at the lights or off a roundabout who thought it was an 'old' man in front, and then drop them in my wake. Nicknamed it the Yokohama bullet. In 2005 took a Cavalier 2.0 auto I was selling for a test drive with a buyer, was going to floor it up the ring road to demo it's acceleration, SRi engine, but didn't, just as well as turned out he was a serving police firearms officer - when he took over you could tell from the way he drove! Had a 2001 Toyota Camry 2.4 auto since 2006, but really want a 2000/1 model Lexus GS300 Sport.

Worst car to be behind: it's not the car, it's the driver - either someone who can't drive in the dark or the same person in the rain!
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Re: What is the worst car to get stuck behind ?

Postby AndyG » Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:34 pm

the gardener wrote:Worst car to be behind: it's not the car, it's the driver -

I also thought this :!: :lol:
Then came to the conclusion that it takes a certain person to choose to drive such a car :!: :wink: :lol:
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Re: What is the worst car to get stuck behind ?

Postby Mark_Sixman » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:23 am

Some people's reactions are just very S-----L-----O-----W :evil: Perhaps they don't actually want to go anywhere at all. Testing their responses on a regular basis would be good in order to keep their licence. :twisted:
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