Snigger and the Smart car driver

[very-near]

I was out for a ride this evening with my mate, We were riding towards a traffic 'choke' when a car approached from behind us with a few revs, He put his foot down and swerved back in as he passed us.

There were cars coming the other way through the choke and he pushed forward as he went into it and they cleared it. In his haste, he managed to kerb both front and rear near side wheels on the kerb stones as he was too impatient to hold back 5 feet and was right on top of them when he tried to pull back out in to the centre of the road to go through it. He managed to bounce the car well into the air over them.

I know I shouldn't laugh, but he was driving like a total knob and was showing a lot of aggression for someone behind the wheel of such a small and fragile car.

It must have been his mums

 

[marinyork]

Probably only through numbers but I'm surprised the smart car driver hasn't attracted their own stereotype, I've seen incredible aggression exhibited by them e.g. pavement driving at speed on a number of occasions and nipping through semi-impossible gaps.

 

[purplepolly]

Probably only through numbers but I'm surprised the smart car driver hasn't attracted their own stereotype, .

I've never seen one moving. There's a middle aged couple across the road who have one but I can't really imagine them being aggressive. They probably only bought it because we have to park on the street.

 

[marinyork]

I've never seen one moving. There's a middle aged couple across the road who have one but I can't really imagine them being aggressive. They probably only bought it because we have to park on the street.

Well smart cars are memorable and so are the things I've seen, so it does irrationally stick in your head. A guy on the next street from where I lived had one and wasn't a very good driver or one that cared - he didn't get his number plate reattached for a good couple of months. Also had to park on the street, very practical but I think their size does encourage several very unhealthy habits in the wrong mind.

 

[ColinJ]

I know I shouldn't laugh, but he was driving like a total knob and was showing a lot of aggression for someone behind the wheel of such a small and fragile car.

Small, yes, but nowhere near as fragile as you'd think!

 

[very-near]

Small, yes, but nowhere near as fragile as you'd think!

I know the fourtwo is tough in impact tests in relation to a full on smash
I was more refering to its ability to ride over a kerb or taking a minor knock without a big part of it falling off, or going skew-whiff (low profile wheels, low ground clearance, plastic panels etc etc).

You could get away with what he did in a (proper) 4x4 but that is because the high profile tyres with big sidewalls are designed to take that sort of punishment.

I'd be very surprised if he got away without some big dents in the rims.

 

[mr_cellophane]

I hired a Four4 in France a couple of years ago. Surprisingly roomy in the front for my 6'3".
Very nippy and quick. I did over 80 mph on the motorway, passing loads of BMW drivers keeping to the limit.

 

[very-near]

Right, so you advise on buying a 4x4 because it can make allowances for your terrible driving?

I was on my cycle MrP . I would suggest if he were to want to drive like that, over kerbs, the get something a bit more capable of doing it without
breaking. They do come with the crap roads a lot better so perhaps yes, we do need to all drive 4x4's in the UK to cope with lack of investment of out hard earned

 

[very-near]

The car has nothing to do with it linfy. If he wants to drive like that he shouldn't be on the road.

He obviously 'wanted' to drive like that and that was precisely why he was 'on the road'..

 

[very-near]

You'll find that it had more to do with his driving ability and his self-control. Not what he wanted to do.

Are you suggesting he cannot help himself ?

 

[Dan B]

The car has nothing to do with it linfy. If he wants to drive like that he shouldn't be on the road.

Id' rather he was ont he road than on the pavement even so

 

[Landslide]

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM_dLXKpf9c

 

[ufkacbln]

Right, so you advise on buying a 4x4 because it can make allowances for your terrible driving?

SO Clotaire Rapaille the guy who based marketing of the SUV and Humvee on this principle... the whole market was aimed at incompetent drivers who knew they would be in an accident and wanted to protect themselves at the cost of the other vehicle.

 

[very-near]

SO Clotaire Rapaille the guy who based marketing of the SUV and Humvee on this principle... the whole market was aimed at incompetent drivers who knew they would be in an accident and wanted to protect themselves at the cost of the other vehicle.

Did he work for Volvo