to take the piss out of 4x4s

[JoanBias]

Picked dd up from school today, she pointed at I think a Landrover Freelander (I'm not an expert) in the car park, and said 'why is that there?'

I said 'maybe they're a farmer'.

Said vehicle had clearly been the subject of regular waxing, leather interior, and so on and looked the shiniest vehicle in the car park, so this was obviously not the case, certainly not in this area.

DD said 'maybe they built that building there?'

'Maybe', I said.

I could say 'because some people make inappropriate and antisocial car choices'.

But taking the piss seems better?

Chuckling to myself about 4x4's being 'bling' and all about 'showing off'.

I take it the posters making such wild claims don't wear clothes other than purely functional items. Nor jewellery, nice shoes or have handbags other than supermarket carrier bags?

If you regard owning a 4x4 as being flash then you must regard other non-essential items with the same contempt.

Best line of the thread:

Hysterical: "We see through youuuuu!!!!!"

Math: "But I thought one of the problems was that no-one could see through 'us' "

I've got a gun. Two, in fact. A lovely old Browning over&under and a Beretta over&under. Perfect for the bastard foxes that think my rare breed ducks and chickens are actually a free lunch.

My DPil prefers the snare but I think it's a bit cruel. It doesn't strangle, it has a safety stop, but the poor old fox has to sit there all night feeling stupid till he's found the next day.

Incidentally, prudencesmom, if you hate the countryside so much, can I ask how you eat? Because pretty much most of our food nowadays has wheat in it which, yep, you've guessed it, comes from..... the countryside!!

I've rescued lots of people in fancy little blingy city cars from this while they were making their way out of the Big Smoke to go here after the bloke bought it and put it on't telly making it look fashionable. I keep a rope in my car especially for the city numpties. I own a gun, too, but I don't keep it in the car, obviously!

Ahhahahaha! I've just read Prudencesmom's countryside-hating post. Didn't read that before. Yes, it is a farm accessory, and I don't own any Hunters or Boden clothes and especially not a Barbour - they're for weird townies playing at 'country.'

Get a little badge, would you, all you country-hating townies? So I know to leave you in the ford if you despise 4x4s!

A friend of mine actually has a sticker on the back of her farm truck that says something like 'when your 4x4-hating bandwagon gets stuck down my lane, don't expect me to tow you out' or words to that effect.

If of course you don't want my 4x4 to tow you out and you're prepared to wait for a pick-up truck to find you, don't be offended if I accidently run you over push your car out of the way ask tou to move, you're blocking the lane with your inadequate vehicle.

I have a little 4x4 that I bought after getting snowed in 2 years running (live in middle of nowhere!) It is really practical for the kids and all their stuff and if I ever change it it will be to another 4x4. I aso still keep my 2 seater sports car for a bit of fun in the summer - am I a more acceptable driver when I'm in my sports car??

Ever and Exit and co. cant believe you are all taking this so seriously.
Its only a bit of fun.
Wheres your sense of humour?

Good, glad you have calmed down...
Cos I have always heard that yokels have zero sense of humour.

Has no one pointed out to Jus that if she's so concerned about having her view blocked when reversing out of a space in a car park then she really should be reversing in to the space and driving out?

Fatima, I think that might have been pointed out just once or twice

We live in a very small village up on the Pennines and my work commute is either down off the Pennines and then into the Peak District or completely over to the other side of the Pennines to get to the airport.

I drive over either Woodhead Pass or Snake Pass most days and the winter before last our village was cut off completely for 3 days.

However, I refuse to use any of the above in justifying my decision to have a 4x4.

I've got one solely because I fucking well want one.

[hgrin]

I think I did Fatima, or it might have been to someone else.

Oooh Shelly - Where are you?

I'm Saddleworth.

Oh Shelley, if I see someone dripping in bling and labels, I draw conclusions also.

Not a million miles away, Exit, I'm near Holmfirth.

Ooh I think I might be half way between shelly and exit

I don't think YABU - you are just a lemming - it's a reflex reaction of those who can't think for themselves ...in the same category as generalising about White van drivers or people with wide screen tv's. It's sloppy and not very bright

some facts

most suv's are no wider than most average cars,
most suv's are no longer than the average estate car
most suv's are no higher than the average mpv type car.

our kick arse suv is 30 years old, and is exactly 3 inches wider than our family car and about 3 inches taller, our family car is a liana.

we have a kick arse suv as it's about the only vehicle that takes all my dh's gear for work, tows the horse box at the weekend, also carrying all the gear needed for a weekend of my daughter's chosen sport, it is niether clean or waxed, (well once in a blue moon,) it often goes off road, nature of daughter's sport and dh job, rest of the time we use the family car.

we are niether stupid, dim or idiots, niether is our daughter brattish.

there are no bad cars, only bad drivers, the worst examples of parking i often see are small cars parked taking up 3 spaces, the worst cases of bad driving on roads are by cyclists, i have seen many jump red lights, have yet to see an suv driver jump a red light, and in this part of the world, every 4th car is an suv.

like i said, bad drivers drive all sorts of cars.

op is childish for deriding to her child about the assumed nature of a driver by the vehicle parked in a car park.

Declines Exits offer of apostrophe in case it is a gun in disguise.
OMG all these country bumpkins have just realised they have the same postcode.
Mass meeting of 4x4s in a field tomorrow then girls? Would love to be a fly on the cow pat in that field.