Author Topic: People who park like fuds (Read 288858 times)

clarion · « **Reply #250 on:** 31 January, 2013, 10:30:15 pm »

He's a pleb.

Rhys W · « **Reply #251 on:** 01 February, 2013, 05:21:17 pm »

Pingu · « **Reply #252 on:** 01 February, 2013, 09:27:12 pm »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-21292873

Flynn · « **Reply #253 on:** 02 February, 2013, 08:33:21 am »

Quote from: Pingu on 01 February, 2013, 09:27:12 pm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-21292873

Salvatore · « **Reply #254 on:** 06 February, 2013, 06:54:16 pm »

Il fudissimo di Napoli

jogler · « **Reply #255 on:** 06 February, 2013, 06:59:14 pm »

There were enough folk there to pick it up & turn it round

clarion · « **Reply #256 on:** 06 February, 2013, 07:52:26 pm »

Quite remarkable

Pingu · « **Reply #257 on:** 06 February, 2013, 08:25:30 pm »

There's a lot of fuddery on that street.

Basil · « **Reply #258 on:** 07 February, 2013, 01:03:31 am »

Surely that's a set up job? Some sort of Candid Camera thing?
I just don't believe it. The bikers? The superstitious people on parade? The cameras?
Nah.

hellymedic · « **Reply #259 on:** 07 February, 2013, 09:13:22 am »

Quote from: Basil on 07 February, 2013, 01:03:31 am

Surely that's a set up job? Some sort of Candid Camera thing?
I just don't believe it. The bikers? The superstitious people on parade? The cameras?
Nah.

I thought it had shades of flashmobbing...

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #260 on:** 07 February, 2013, 02:01:27 pm »

Must have been a set up of some sort - a real Italian driver would just use their bumpers to push the parked cars out of the way when turning!

Or perhaps it was done as a some sort of publicity for the ~~pompini~~ pompiers, presuming that's who the blokes in hiviz were?

Pingu · « **Reply #261 on:** 09 February, 2013, 05:47:32 pm »

IMG_1245 by The Pingus, on Flickr

IMG_1247 by The Pingus, on Flickr

The French Tandem · « **Reply #262 on:** 09 February, 2013, 06:01:10 pm »

in a Parisian metro station...

Moose57 · « **Reply #263 on:** 09 February, 2013, 06:04:29 pm »

Quote from: Pingu on 09 February, 2013, 05:47:32 pm

IMG_1245 by The Pingus, on Flickr

IMG_1247 by The Pingus, on Flickr

I thought rear wheel drive was the nuts?

rogerzilla · « **Reply #264 on:** 09 February, 2013, 07:40:55 pm »

Rear wheel drive is generally inferior unless you have more than 150bhp or you're towing, in which cases it has some clear advantages. Because of weight transfer to the rear on acceleration, front wheel drive struggles to get a lot of power down without wheelspin (or traction control reducing engine power, which makes any additional power fairly pointless). In normal driving conditions, FWD and RWD cars don't feel significantly different, and I swap between the two types all the time.

Oh, and RWD makes clutch changes easier.

Ham · « **Reply #265 on:** 09 February, 2013, 07:53:18 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 09 February, 2013, 07:40:55 pm

Rear wheel drive is generally inferior

For any given value of car, FWD probably provides a better user day-to-day driving experience. As to whether a natural tendency for oversteer or understeer is better or safer, I'll have oversteer any day of the week, thank you. (except that I have chosen FWD for the last few years because absolute road holding is not the highest factor on the list)

jogler · « **Reply #266 on:** 09 February, 2013, 07:57:55 pm »

Quote from: rogerzilla on 09 February, 2013, 07:40:55 pm

and I swap between the two types all the time.

I notice a significant difference,particularly on corners,between the 4WD Volvo & 2WD Mondeo.

ETA & in the snow

clarion · « **Reply #267 on:** 09 February, 2013, 08:57:32 pm »

Quote from: The French Tandem on 09 February, 2013, 06:01:10 pm

in a Parisian metro station...

Subway?

Moose57 · « **Reply #268 on:** 09 February, 2013, 11:47:29 pm »

I thought rear wheel drive was the nuts?

Sorry I was taking the mick.
I have a Mondeo and my boss who has a Beemer is always taking the "P" out of the way my car goes round corners when he is following me.
Thing is he rarely if ever follows me in the Snow.

welshwheels · « **Reply #269 on:** 10 February, 2013, 08:39:45 am »

Quote from: Moose57 on 09 February, 2013, 11:47:29 pm

I thought rear wheel drive was the nuts?

Sorry I was taking the mick.
I have a Mondeo and my boss who has a Beemer is always taking the "P" out of the way my car goes round corners when he is following me.
Thing is he rarely if ever follows me in the Snow.

RWD is the nuts when driven like this........

hellymedic · « **Reply #270 on:** 10 February, 2013, 03:10:06 pm »

Unfortunate shop in Leigh on Sea.
Shopkeeper uninjured.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-21371327

Arch · « **Reply #271 on:** 10 February, 2013, 06:11:22 pm »

Quote from: hellymedic on 10 February, 2013, 03:10:06 pm

Unfortunate shop in Leigh on Sea.
Shopkeeper uninjured.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-21371327

Do you think they were aiming to do acupuncture on the shop next door, and missed...?

hellymedic · « **Reply #272 on:** 11 February, 2013, 12:22:03 am »

No, they just didn't want to park on the double yellow lines.

clarion · « **Reply #273 on:** 15 February, 2013, 08:05:51 pm »

Double yellow line, on a bus route. Cycle lane to the right, protected by a bollard. No way at all for the bus to get past.

Driver did come and move it. Further up the double yellow

I hope that the driver had called it in to base, and they'd alerted Police. I took joy earlier in the week in seeing a driver begging for his car back from the back of the truck about to take it into the pound. Also from a bus lane.

Cudzoziemiec · « **Reply #274 on:** 15 February, 2013, 08:21:28 pm »

Quote from: clarion on 15 February, 2013, 08:05:51 pm

I took joy earlier in the week in seeing a driver begging for his car back from the back of the truck about to take it into the pound. Also from a bus lane.

I wonder what their policy is on that? I suppose it varies from place to place. Certainly I've seen a driver get their car back from the tow truck in Bath, though that was almost two decades ago. IIRC their policy, at the time at least, was that the car would be returned if it was still in mid-air on its way to the truck.