Sharkbait got pretty personal too
Really, where?
If you think that line is twice the length of the gap then you need to get your eyes checked.
Especially when the highway marking link and all the evidence says I'm right.
You slagged off my eyesight on the basis of a factually incorrect assumption, Sharkbait:
it looks like an Astra type car to me which is just less than 4m long
The Astra model in the vid is 4.702m long.
You also rubbished my claim about the most economical speed and gear, Sharkbait, without checking and in "vitriolic terms". When I posted a link you let that one drop because it clearly showed I was right and you were wrong. You have a habit of rubbishing other people and post rubbish first, check later, and it does you no good. Read back through your claims on this thread, do some reading on automotive engineering and check out my statements compared with yours.
One more thought, if faster accelerating cars are really are safer as some here claim, why do insurance companies demand such high premiums for them?
Ed, step away, for your own sanity as much as ours. You've made your point, time to leave the thread.
You're right Molgrips.
Edukator ..do most people when they meet you in person bring along a legal brief ..just in case they say something you find offensive ..you are easily offended sunshine ..
Dozy = ...lethargic ..not paying attention .
Bint ( in its original Arabic form) = "woman" "any woman" ..
In the context in which Countzero used the term..I would 100% wholeheartedly agree..ie the woman wasn't paying attention and was completely to blame for the accident.
You also rubbished my claim about the most economical speed and gear, Sharkbait, without checking and in “vitriolic terms”. When I posted a link you let that one drop because it clearly showed I was right and you were wrong.
As far as I'm aware I've posted absolutely nothing about gears and economical speed.
So if you'd like to quote my posts to enlighten me I'd appreciate it, otherwise I think an apology is in order.
I can't quite believe the sheer level of emotion shown here - it's astonishing (but as this is STW, in no way surprising!)
Seriously, Edukator, step away from the keyboard!
See, I'd say that if Count zero was as good a driver as he thinks he is (I'm assuming he's a fella), he'd have backed off a bit and left the 'dozy bint' to it if she looked a bit uncertain as to where she was going to avoid any potential accident(s). Expect the unexpected!
Anyhoo, speed limited to 112mph is A Good Thing I reckon.
edit- I don't think Edukator's being any more thin-skinned than those of you who are having difficulty with his posts, he just seems like a fella (assumption again, sorry) who speaks out against Those Who Will Not Be Wrong (again, mostly fellas) and seems to use facts to de-bunk a lot of the guff that's been posted on here.
Dozy = …lethargic ..not paying attention .
Bint ( in its original Arabic form) = “woman” “any woman” ..
Did you manage to type that whilst keeping a straight face?
Hmm, from Collins:
noun
offensive, derogatory, slang
a girl or woman
Rule #2: if another road user looks erratic give them room.
A car length isn't "room".
I’m brilliant at driving.... and fighting.
Anyone want a fight?
I’ll drive right over. Really quickly.
@ranos ..yep..the whole of the time I was typing it ..😉
They are nervous drivers, drivers who can’t see properly and shit themselves every time they see something oncoming, drivers who – for reasons best known to themselves – drive at an arbitrary amount below the limit so they can sanctimoniously post on internet forums about how safe a driver they are and just people who actually don’t know what the limit is.
Pure invention and provocation from Squirelking, I ignored it. I ignored this from him too:
And now the armchair engineer/lawyer/polymath accuses me of being a liar.
Do you want dashcam footage? Because unlike CountZero I can quite easily provide it. I could also provide the links to at least one forum member who has bragged about doing this in the past but unlike you I can't remember who it was off hand as I'm not a creepy stalker and don't keep records.
Also, you owe Sharkbait a big apology, both of those accusations you have flung at him were based on posts made by me. Maybe if you weren't getting your knickers in a twist you would have stopped and checked that before throwing about baseless insults and making yourself look like a bigger arse than you already have. As it is your point makes no sense for the reasons I laid out when I responded, it was actually you who gave that one up so, again, facts. Then again, if you can't tell the difference between my name and Sharkbait (both start with 'S' so I guess it's an easy mistake to make if you're too busy ranting to pay even a cursory amount of attention) then I can see why you may think he never replied.
Kayla - it's not Ed's opinions that are at odds here it's the way he presents them as indisputable facts. In. Every. Single. Thread. He is an arrogant sod and quite frankly I don't appreciate being called a liar by the man who would make Trump look modest.
Don’t you think you should all just grow up a bit?
It’s a pretty damning indictment when the generally most childish and peurile poster on the forum feels the need to point out that you are behaving like petulant man-babies.
Did you all go to bed and genuinely wake up raging about this?
There will be no winners here.
Did you all go to bed and genuinely wake up raging about this?
Nope.
I'll always give someone the benefit of the doubt (as we all make mistakes) but my patience wears thin if they continue to be consistently outspoken arrogant idiot for more than, say, a couple of years!
I'll feel like a winner if I get an apology but somehow I think that, true to form, this will be ignored.
😉
@ranos ..yep..the whole of the time I was typing it ..😉
If you need to resort to etymology in order to justify an obvious insult, then it's time to stop and have a think.
I think the thread has reached...
Ranos ..thanks for the advice..I will try to bear that in mind should the need arise again ( and then promptly dismiss it and write what the hell I want )
Thanks
Is there any chance that we could start using the PM system for awesome comments, personal sniping , epic comebacks and general insults, please?
No problem with discussion and argument, but far to many threads seem to descend into personal spats, discouraging further consideration of the original point.
Anyway, back to driving
Rule #2: if another road user looks erratic give them room.
Always give people room. The point about being erratic is that it's unpredictable so you never know when anyone's going to do something silly.
Rule #2: if another road user looks erratic give them room.
I missed Rule #1. Was it "Drive as though all other road users are idiots"?
Rule #1 is "Don't be a dick"! Obviously broken on a regular basis 😉
@molgrips - indeed, maybe I should have written: "Give them more room".
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@perchypanther yeah, you're right. I just don't suffer fools gladly and wasn't prepared to let that utter guff slide. There are no winners here but I'd rather make a fool of myself than let that twunt try to do it for me.
It wasn’t aimed at you particularly.
It was for all the petulant man-babies. 😉
Ranos ..thanks for the advice..I will try to bear that in mind should the need arise again ( and then promptly dismiss it and write what the hell I want )
Thanks
That would be entirely in keeping.
