We buy large vehicles for reasons of safety
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Here's something that really grinds my gears. People who complain about large vehicles intimidating other drivers. People buy large vehicles for all sorts of reasons and they don't necessarily have them for the reasons you think. Speaking as someone that drives a full-size pickup 4x4 that is larger than most small flat's in this country, there are more reasons most of us own these machines aside from your inferiority complex. |
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Safety is the main reason for buying a large vehicle, especially after seeing the kind of damage done when a small car is involved with an accident with a lorry - not a pretty sight. Also, a better view and command of the road increases safety. You have more chance of avoiding upcoming hazards if you can see what's up ahead. Either a double parked 4x4 or dents in your car |
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Parking is a pain and most of us go out of our way to park farther out in the car park away from most, however you cannot have it both ways. You cannot complain if we take up two miniature parking spots and in the same breath complain about dents in your car from opening doors. Which would you prefer to have, the dents or the 4x4 pickup using a couple of parking spots instead of one? People buy things in life for a multitude of reasons. I'm sure most of the things you buy in life we could complain about and be equally as ignorant about in the same way that you feel about our large vehicles. If you don't like us intimidating you on the highway, it means your going to slow and need to be in the left lane. Get out of the way and the problem sorts itself out. By: Morrownc |
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PHEW!!! Now there was silly ol me thinking it wa just sheer arrogance, or far too much disposable cash that caused the purchases of these 4*4' s
Would'nt it be wonderful if we could all afford to BE SAFE on the road.
Would'nt it be wonderful if we could all afford to BE SAFE on the road.
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Annie what has a 4x4 got to do with being a nurse or vice versa? I drive a tiny corsa and it does the job just as good! Your defence is poor. Now to the griper the reason I dont like 4x4's is exactly the reason you like them- 'safety' on the road! When im waiting to turn left and I see a gap, I go to pull off then you come up on the right of me blocking my view! ...but aslong as your safe hey what does it matter if I drive out into a smash up because you blocked my view!
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4x4s and people carriers are oversized, take up too much space and are rediculous in a world where the population has doubled from 1960 to 2000 now standing at 6.8 billion.
Taking pollution out of the equation you have
Both sexes are driving compared with the past and it is madness that the car manufacturers are producing cars with weights of 3 tonnes many as much as over double the length of a small car and one third wider and 2 thirds higher with engines between 2.4L to over 7.0L.
Taking pollution out of the equation you have
Both sexes are driving compared with the past and it is madness that the car manufacturers are producing cars with weights of 3 tonnes many as much as over double the length of a small car and one third wider and 2 thirds higher with engines between 2.4L to over 7.0L.
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DSG if there is only a few of you why are you always in my face?
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Why are 4x4s always discriminated by the green brigade?
For goodness' sakes,4x4s make up a tiny portion of all the vehicles on the road!
They make it seem like if you buy a 4x4,the ice caps will melt,the exhaust from your 4x4 will eradicate a whole rainforest and that the glare from your windscreen mirrors will evaporate the seas!
For goodness' sakes,4x4s make up a tiny portion of all the vehicles on the road!
They make it seem like if you buy a 4x4,the ice caps will melt,the exhaust from your 4x4 will eradicate a whole rainforest and that the glare from your windscreen mirrors will evaporate the seas!
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HGV drivers used to be known as the nights of the Road. HGV. 4x4, Hot Hatch's & all German car drivers are the ******.of the road, What I would like to know is, do they bully each other?
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us 4x4 drivers help out in our community when weather is bad that is why hospital staff like myself drive one I have no intention of keeping up with the jones s I am a dedicated nurse who works long hours chritmas holidays no bank holidays and rely on my 4x4 in winter months todo a job
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I used to live in the country and still never felt the need for a 4x4, nor did anyone except farmers and forestry workers. Now I'm in the city I see far more of them, usually driven by women who think they need to swing out 10 ft wide on junctions just to get round a corner and who couldn't park one to save their lives. It's their money,so they can spend it on what they like, but cannot use the safety argument as justification. Safety - rubbish - just admit it's because they wanted one. I've seen a lot 4x4's in accidents - some owners have no idea how to drive these beasts correctly and think wrongly that they'll never skid or get stuck. They are great cars, but are a target for thieves who would mug you for the keys.
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4 x fours are needed in some instances, if you need the room in the back, and also tow heavy trailers..... so its not all bad, although there are many that dont need them, like to silly b**tards, mostly women, who drive the kids to school in them, they should be made to pay heavy drop off charges .....
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4X4s are brilliant in the countryside, brilliant as trailer towing vehicles, whether for car trailers or boats or caravans, or as breakdown trucks. In snow and muddy fields they are a drivers best friend
It is no wonder that farmers and the British Army swear by them. Don't knock them until you know someone who has had one.
It is no wonder that farmers and the British Army swear by them. Don't knock them until you know someone who has had one.
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the best 4x4xfar - 3-Nov-10 00:04
You say here that you buy a 4x4 for safety reasons, the example you give is the small car with the lorry. By doing this however, you become the lorry, and are compromising the safety of other road drivers in small, sensible cars with your selfishness!!
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The cars I see around here in manchester are usually bought by others and driven by the dizzy females who cannot concentrate on more than 1 thing at a time, fat overweight lumps who couldnt get into a normal sized car with a crowbar and the self important yobbos who think I should get out of their way becaue they are too important to be held up. All of these characters are in too much of a hurry or lazy and park as close to their destination as they can get not away from others but squeezed into whatever space is available(sometimes in handicapped spaces--- they borrowed grannys disk)
I have had 6 accidents in 2 years and 5 of them were with 4x4s all blamed me and none were my fault, the on board camera proved it and they were faced with a BIG bill for repairs and prosecuted I wrote one 4x4 off rather than risk my own vehicle. and the lives of others. my job----- I drive a 38 tonne articulated fuel tanker delivering petrol/diesel to station forecourts.
So when someone says they drive a 4x4 for safety reasons, ask them who owns it and whose safety are they concerned with, I find the more vulnerable people are the more safety concious they become, if they think they are safe look at n-cap safety results. As for those who bought their own remind them that they shouldnt complain about taxes or fuel prices as they made the voluntary decision to pay more in fuel duty and road tax and takje a big hit in depreciation, Who wants a car that does less than 20mpg with fuel set to reach £1.25 per litre
I have had 6 accidents in 2 years and 5 of them were with 4x4s all blamed me and none were my fault, the on board camera proved it and they were faced with a BIG bill for repairs and prosecuted I wrote one 4x4 off rather than risk my own vehicle. and the lives of others. my job----- I drive a 38 tonne articulated fuel tanker delivering petrol/diesel to station forecourts.
So when someone says they drive a 4x4 for safety reasons, ask them who owns it and whose safety are they concerned with, I find the more vulnerable people are the more safety concious they become, if they think they are safe look at n-cap safety results. As for those who bought their own remind them that they shouldnt complain about taxes or fuel prices as they made the voluntary decision to pay more in fuel duty and road tax and takje a big hit in depreciation, Who wants a car that does less than 20mpg with fuel set to reach £1.25 per litre
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Those that drive a 4x4 on the roads in the UK, do so because they feel the need to keep up with their neighbours.
There is absolutely no need for it. No need for x 4x4 on British roads. This is not Texas. I could explain in depth but you can't educate pork.
I saw a woman the other day at Tesco. A feeble and futile attempt at trying to park a Range Rover Sport. Eight minutes later, she crammed between a Ford Mondeo and a Citroen Xsara, only to leave the absent owners approximately three inches aside to gain access to their vehicle.
Enough to make my arze laugh.
There is absolutely no need for it. No need for x 4x4 on British roads. This is not Texas. I could explain in depth but you can't educate pork.
I saw a woman the other day at Tesco. A feeble and futile attempt at trying to park a Range Rover Sport. Eight minutes later, she crammed between a Ford Mondeo and a Citroen Xsara, only to leave the absent owners approximately three inches aside to gain access to their vehicle.
Enough to make my arze laugh.
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I could wax lyrical about how I justify my use of a 4x4 - and there are many reasons why it's the vehicle of choice for me - but there's only one reason that matters: I like it and I wanted one, it's my money and as it's (mostly) a free country, I spend it how I choose.
I still can't really understand why they annoy people so much....
I still can't really understand why they annoy people so much....
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new yob, a friend of mine who indeed had a white van for his line of work but was a very good driver had to borrow a van when his was in for servicing.
A neighbour of his - who was an appalling driver - loaned him his totally beat up and dented van.
My friend said it was the most relaxing few days driving he had ever experienced. Everyone assumed he was a lunatic who did not give a damn and gave him a wide wide berth, always letting him go first and never getting too close.
There is by the way a good reason for large work vans often being white - it reflects the sun and is much cooler inside.
A neighbour of his - who was an appalling driver - loaned him his totally beat up and dented van.
My friend said it was the most relaxing few days driving he had ever experienced. Everyone assumed he was a lunatic who did not give a damn and gave him a wide wide berth, always letting him go first and never getting too close.
There is by the way a good reason for large work vans often being white - it reflects the sun and is much cooler inside.
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I am joining the rabble...instead of moaning about white van man and reckless trucker I am trading in my 4 door saloon for the most intimidating van I can get cheap and going to give the *******s a taste of their own medicine. Might even get a pit bull type dog to sit next to me for the next yob who thinks he owns the road. Welcome to Britain 2010!!
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I drive a 4X4 pick- up, live in Milton Keynes work as a surf photographer and travel the length and breath of this country for work. Best vehicle I've ever owned. Run it on bio-diesel so the green side stacks up ok to. Its the only bit of kit capable of doing the jobs I need it to, not found a decent car to tow a 20ft trailer with rescue rib, 2 wave warrior skis, minimum of 6 surfboards on the roof, mobile photography/video studio inside, carry 4 adults all over 6ft with all their associated kit in full leather air conditioned luxury, pushing out 200bhp of cruise controlled automatic grunt with an average 30 mpg,including towing, over the past 12 months. Depreciation ain't that bad either, so 4x4 the only way for me!
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I HATE 4x4's. Big, ugly & noisy! And fuel consumption is probably measured in gallons per mile not miles per gallon.
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Oh of course, we would all find it useful to negotiate the speed bumps in car parks if we drove a 4x4, can't believe people come up with such pathertic reasons for driving a Chelsea Tractor. I believe one compnay actually sells cans of fake mud to impress other drivers that these numpty heads actually are 'fearless' enough to drive off road. If these drivers had to take a test in their 'tractor' then most of them would fail miserably.
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Not being a fan of 4X4s I can though see why they are sometimes needed.Where I live you need one to go over all the traffic humps and down all the potholes,Nuff Said (no I haven't got one).
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