Bentley Handbook??

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Bugner

Bugner

New Member
Location
Sarf London
I don't suppose anybody on here owns a Bentley do they?

Last night coming round Barclay Square in London when greyhaired middle aged gentleman driving his Bentley decides to veer across the road which results in me hitting the brakes rather than hitting him.

His window is open and the following conversation ensues.

Me: Use your bl00dy wing mirrors
Him: Why
Me: Pause as I am baffled by his response 'because they are there for a reason'
Him: What?
Me: The wing mirrors are not there for show, use them before manouvering
Him: Why
Me: because next time I will scratch your expensive car
Him: But I didn't see you
Me: exactly
Him: I didn't see where you came from
Me: YES, that's why you should use your wing mirrors
Him: But I didn't see you

At this point I lost the will to live and rode off.

Anyway, if anybody does own a Bentley, can you tell me if there is a section in there on how to use wing mirrors??
 
Arch

Arch

Married to Night Train
Location
Salford, UK
Sparkling repartee there...

I assume someone hit 'submit' in error. I'm on the edge of my seat now, to find out what was said! :biggrin:
 
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spindrift

New Member
Was the conversation in sign language?

that's the second non sequiteur post today, just post what happened godammit!!
 
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spindrift

New Member
No, brake lever down the side then stop and exchange details for him to pay for the damage to your brake lever.
 
C

Crackle

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OK, That's a better idea.
 
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Lazy-Commuter

New Member
Location
Bottom Right Corner
Arch said:
:smile:

Excellent.... I expect with a chap like that time is money, so maybe you could have just kept on and on until the penny dropped, AND cost him a fortune...;)
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Maybe he was a bit distracted 'cos Meltdown Monday means his bonus will be under £5million this year for the first time in ages. :biggrin:
 
bryce

bryce

Senior Member
Location
London, SW10
I assume (given it was a Bentley) it was Berkeley Square. Was it at the south side? The traffic there is hairy.

Also why would you want to scratch his car (expensive or not)? He sounds a bit dozy but didn't try to hit you on purpose and wasn't aggressive. Well done for avoiding him though.
 
Arch

Arch

Married to Night Train
Location
Salford, UK
bryce said:
I assume (given it was a Bentley) it was Berkeley Square. Was it at the south side? The traffic there is hairy.

Also why would you want to scratch his car (expensive or not)? He sounds a bit dozy but didn't try to hit you on purpose and wasn't aggressive. Well done for avoiding him though.
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I dunno if the OP WANTED to scratch the car, maybe they just meant "if you do that again and hit me, your car will get scratched..." (I may be wrong, I haven't bothered to go back and read it verbatim...)
 
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Bugner

Bugner

New Member
Location
Sarf London
exactly, no intent on scratching car, i just said to him if you don't use your wing mirrors your car could get damaged!! If I hadn't manged to hit the brakes that would have been the result

And yes, location is spot on!
 
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