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Yes! I was being sarcastic.Think you need to check your topography - East Anglia, Lincolnshire most of the South East are all well under 1200ft above sea level.
Idiots that let tyres down and snap windscreen wipers probably do so to all types of car. Numbskulls who know no better!
I do feel that the vast majority of oversized 4WD cars are unnecessary. I live in what some people consider to be an affluent part of the country. These cars are very common in this region and judging by their pristine condition, never get further offroad than a grass verge outside a school.
I do feel that the vast majority of oversized 4WD cars are unnecessary.
I agree. But then, equally unnecessary are the vast majority of "mountain bikes" that never go off road......
LOL at all the comments about Audi haters being jealous. It's an Audi, not a Rolls Royce FFS.
Have you ever stopped to consider that for most of us, a car is purely a means of getting from A to B, and we couldn't care less what image it projects?
I agree. But then, equally unnecessary are the vast majority of "mountain bikes" that never go off road......
True, but 4x4 cars have rather more of an impact when they hit you.
for most of us, a car is purely a means of getting from A to B
Not sure thats true, or there would be very little in the way of styling differences between cars and they'd all come in one colour - the consumer would just want a cheap and effective car regardless of shape and colour.
Most people develop an attachment to their car, are protective of it and enjoy the way it looks. Whether they care if someone else likes it is another matter.
True, but 4x4 cars have rather more of an impact when they hit you.
I did a little looking into the figures for this and actually a lot of the larger 4x4s impacting pedestrians at the same speed offer some advantages to the pedestrian, namely that they dont generally end up with the head impacting a hard zone such as the base of the windscreen or the windscreen itself - they tend to hit the bonnet which is a LOT softer. Admittedly they have negatives too 🙂
I'm not totally against 4x4s, coming from a "proper user" family (large trailer to tow fairly regularly) it makes sense to own one, but it doesnt stop the morons leaving notes and having a totally unacceptable attitute towards you because they *assume* you only use it on the road to go to the shops.
It seems to me that the general public seem to have some sort of assumption of a right to abuse people that they dont know based on the car they appear in at the time. Quite frankly I find that pathetic.
Audis are IT salesmen's cars, with mandatory bluetooth headset, lights on all the time, driving agressively close to everything else on the road (except the really tall ones which are driven by quite petite women with a 3 year old somewhere in the back, touch driving down wide roads before parking on zigzag yellow lines outside chumley's school.
Oh, I don't have any problems with 4x4s being used for what they're intended for, but I do with SUVs.
I have a VW T3 Syncro
mmmmmmmmm, T3 synchro..... 😀
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there is one doing the Gawton uplift now (with 2 extra fans on the radiator!), what a great machine.
Oh, I don't have any problems with 4x4s being used for what they're intended for, but I do with SUVs.
Lines blur somewhat though don't they! And if you keep your 4x4 clean and tidy and use it one morning to go to Asda you dont expect (well you do now) to be confronted by an eco-hippie demanding you sell your car and buy a small tin box because its clearly never used offroad and you cant possibly justify it.
Life's not black and white but some people like to assume it is! 😆
Oh, that's one of my favourite songs, although its a bit harsh when Stevie falls down the stairs whilst Macca is playing away isn't it?
You know what I mean by SUVs - X5, XC90, Q7, Rav4, Grand Cherokee, Range Rover Sport, Tuareg etc.
Tut tut, sweeping generalisations heaped on yet more sweeping generalisations.
People buy cars for all sorts of reasons. Some for daily basic transport some for image some because they need to get to 1200 foot plus in the depths of winter and all sorts of other reasons ('it was £500 mister and that's all I had').
Me? I like a big comfy motah, I don't need a big comfy motah. I've had all sorts inc Audi/BMW etc (but no horrible 4x4's :lol:) and at times, have driven like a c0ck, but most of the time tool around slightly sluggishly. I must be sluggardly as I get very high 40 mpg's out of my 2.7 A6 (saloon so it wasn't me the OP was moaning about).
I can't say that my c0ck exploits have been exclusively in German tackle as I've managed to misbehave in French, British and Jap kit on occasion too. Though as I say, cured now 😀
Personally, I couldn't give a toss if Jeremy Toss Pot Clarkson suddenly decides all blah blah drivers are c0cks. Even though he can be quite entertaining he surely must epitomise the breed and anything he says is FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENTERTAINMENT... 😛
" did a little looking into the figures for this and actually a lot of the larger 4x4s impacting pedestrians at the same speed offer some advantages to the pedestrian, namely that they dont generally end up with the head impacting a hard zone such as the base of the windscreen or the windscreen itself - they tend to hit the bonnet which is a LOT softer. Admittedly they have negatives too "
Come off it - look at the pedestrian fatality rates - higher for 4x4s than for ordinary cars. 4x4 drivers are more likely to be involved in an accident, and are more likely to be at fault than the average for all cars.
I find the car is in it's element when you melt into the seats, select a big gear and let the world fight around you.
Not saying this applies to you but I do thik this is part of the problem. Everything is so calm and isolating from the inside that you forget what it's like to be outside of it. Having just replaced a Ka with a C-max (not the same thing as an Audi I know) but just being so much smoother, comfier and refined means I'm probably too relaxed and chilled out behind the wheel.
I think the dirvers of the big german cars feel like they're just ghosting around in totla serenity and silence doing the world no harm whereas on the outside they're ultimate in giant sized aggression!
(Would totally get an A6 Avant in a heart beat if I could afford one)
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You know what I mean by SUVs - X5, XC90, Q7, Rav4, Grand Cherokee, Range Rover Sport, Tuareg etc.
I would agree with you on most of those except the xc90 as it is a proper alternative to the van like mpvs if you want to seat more than 5 with out being huge and a rav4 is not big nor does it use a lot of fuel in fact in that company its more like a mini.