Muppet in a Audi tt video.

[funnymummy]

A friend of mine was having a rant the other day because he'd taken his vehicle to be MOTed and it had failed on a bunch of things which had been present when it passed last year... his solution appeared to be to take it away and send it to the place that passed it last year (having fixed whatever new probelms there were to fix...)

I had a Nissan Primera, when I bought it the plastic cover on one of the rear reverse lights was broken & had been covered over with very claer, but thick tape..TBH I never even noticed it at the time of buying, was only a few weeks alter when washing it I noticed it, the lighst were claerly working & visible. The passenger side washer/squirter only sprayed the bottom of the window, so the top 1/3 of that side was always a bit streaky, but it didn't hinder my vision or bother me and as it had just been MOT'ed I never bothered to get them fixed. - A year later I took bcak to the same garage & they put the light cover & washer down as a fail...!
I asked why & told them a year previous they had passed it, the bloke shrugged his shoulders, and just said I had 10 days to fix it for retest!

 

[roadrunner20]

hard to comment on video when its private

 

[magnatom]

Hi guys.

Part of the reason the video is now private is described in my blog here ( http://www.magnatom.net/2011/07/reassessment.html). This isn't the whole story, but its a story I can't share at the moment. I hope I can one day, as its a hell of a story!

 

[BentMikey]

I really don't think that video should be private, at all. Best of luck to you anyway.

 

[stowie]

Hi guys.

Part of the reason the video is now private is described in my blog here ( http://www.magnatom....assessment.html). This isn't the whole story, but its a story I can't share at the moment. I hope I can one day, as its a hell of a story!

Magnatom - hope all is OK. The Anonymous comment on your post - wow. That sounded threatening and not at all pleasant.

For what it is worth, I don't think that the comments section on Youtube is particularly useful, aside from to confirm that a section of the human race are idiots, so turning off the comments is the way I would go.

 

[Unclejohnsson]

Anyone else think Audis are the new BMWs?

Yes Yes Yes! Finally. Audis are the most dangerous cars on the road (are being driven by the least considerate and sometimes most dangerous and life threatening). I put it down to them being also-rans with a chip on their shoulder.

 

[StuartG]

I had swallowed the Audi Ad Aura of technical excellence without the BMW flash. So I was pleased to get an A3 as a hire car last year. That's until I drove it!

My jaw dropped. It handled like a constipated slug. I mean I get more fun from my wife's Micra. The vision was awful so I guess not seeing cyclists is unsurprising. The worst car I've driven since an early nineties Toyota Corolla ... perhaps that is why so many have a problem they need to work out on others.

 

[Globalti]

FWIW I suffered an A4 for 4 years; it was always at the dealer with niggling faults and the dealer was incompetent with the rudest reception staff I've ever met. On two occasions it came back not repaired properly or actually worse. The car was small and cramped, I think people only buy them because of the Vorsprung Durch Technik image. My Passat is a much better, more spacious car.

 

[Globalti]

Hi guys.

Part of the reason the video is now private is described in my blog here ( http://www.magnatom....assessment.html). This isn't the whole story, but its a story I can't share at the moment. I hope I can one day, as its a hell of a story!

Jesus, I've just had a look at the videos on your website. What a stressful life you lead!

 

[Monsieur]

Yes Yes Yes! Finally. Audis are the most dangerous cars on the road (are being driven by the least considerate and sometimes most dangerous and life threatening). I put it down to them being also-rans with a chip on their shoulder.

Bit generalistic don't you think?
I drive an audi (2nd one in 30 years of driving), a peugeot and I cycle...some of the cyclists I see (whther I'm driving or cycling) bring a lot of their problems on themselves by their aggressive riding, ignorance of traffic signs, lights and ignorance of pedestrians.

As I said I cycle too but I think all of us road users just need to bring back a bit of common sense and mutual respect....drivers and cyclists

 

[Origamist]

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Bit of a sinister comment on that blog mags. Hope you're ok.
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I saw that comment when it was written, but did not put two and two together.

It would be easy for an aggrieved individual to do a bit of internet cache snooping and contact his employers with a complaint (I'm not saying that's what's happened here) but it's worth bearing in mind. Very few of us are as anonymous on the web as we might like to think.

 

[dellzeqq]

blimey - has Maggers got a stalker?

 

[400bhp]

I saw that comment when it was written, but did not put two and two together.

It would be easy for an aggrieved individual to do a bit of internet cache snooping and contact his employers with a complaint (I'm not saying that's what's happened here) but it's worth bearing in mind. Very few of us are as anonymous on the web as we might like to think.

+1

Live by the sword and all that.

 

[Jezston]

A Stalker? Singular?

 

[400bhp]

Potentially a customer or a pretend customer of his employer would be my guess.