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Idiot Fucking Drivers!

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BlueRussiann · 05/09/2019 12:23

I'm so sick of seeing irresponsible/idiot drivers where I live! Any one else?

I have a neighbour who thinks he's still a teenager with is checkered car, body kit and loud exhaust. He leaves for worm at 5am and leaves his engine running for a good 5 minutes before setting off. God knows why!

Not only that but he bombs it down our tiny cul de sac where children are often out playing. Today he comes bombing down and I can see from my window that his dog is sat on his jumping all over his face, as he's fucking driving! Wtf is wrong with some people?

Surely you restrain your dog safely in a car or at the very least don't have it in your face whilst trying to drive a car 😡 Sorry for the rant!

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Raspberryfrog · 05/09/2019 14:27

I do remember of thread on here were someone called loud exhaust “the tosser siren”. Perfect Grin

Jayaywhynot · 05/09/2019 14:35

We have a brand new car, sports edition, OH chose it, it growls like a tiger but really loudly. I cringe when I'm driving it, boy racers are always trying to entice me into a race at traffic lights Grin I can hear him coming home when he turns into the next street away from us. Plus it's got sports seats (bucket seats) I'm like a turtle on me back, cant get out! Boys and their toys

GinDaddy · 05/09/2019 14:41

"Just looked at the stats, and 2000 of this model have been sd so far this year in the uk - would you like to 'snipe' all of them?"

Yes.

brummiesue · 05/09/2019 14:44

I cant believe someone is actually on here defending driving around with an exhaust that causes so many people problems. They are unbearably loud even just driving down a road, living next to you must be hell, you can still have a 'cool' car minus a frankly fucking offensive great exhaust on the back Hmm

GinDaddy · 05/09/2019 14:51

@Brummiesue

Couldn't agree more. It's just irresponsible, yet we'll have plenty of comments about "i work hard for what I get, I deserve to drive X" despite us all working hard for whatever we choose to purchase, and yet that feeling not driving us to purchase an offensively-exhausted car.

I always cringe TBH when I hear (then see) a basic shopping trolley of a car, a hatchback or something from Vauxhall, Citroen, etc, transformed into this throwback to Max Power, with a massive tin can exhaust.

It's the automotive equivalent of a Bluetooth speaker turned up loud in McDonalds by a teenager trying to share their predictable taste ( Drake ) with us

It's aurally tinny, unoriginal, and probably embarrassing when a real engine draws up alongside and outputs its noise through a proper exhaust.

GruciusMalfoy · 05/09/2019 14:51

The tosser siren, that's funny! Most times I hear a loud exhaust at least one person in the vicinity will eye roll and/or call the person an arsehole. Theres no need for them to be somebody they startle others.

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BlueRussiann · 05/09/2019 15:03

Haha tosser siren, I love it!

IMO the only reason why you'd want such a loud exhaust is for attention. How sad. It's not even good attention, everyone just thinks 'What a twat'.

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MrsGideon · 05/09/2019 15:05

Agree with PPs - absolutely NO ONE except the driver likes the sound of a loud exhaust or thinks it's cool.

We have so many of them round here (we live on a high street). Some nights I wake up in a panic with my heart pounding because some absolute tosser has decided to either rev incredibly loudly right outside my window, or speeds past at about 80mph. There's no need for it. No need.

QRCode · 05/09/2019 15:08

Today a colleague of mine went through my car rather than round it in her attempt to exit the car park and drove off without stopping. Three panels and one alloy are scratched and dented. Luckily the security guard saw who it was and knew it was my car. I told my boss and he phoned and made her come back to work to sort it out. Arsehole Angry

berlinbabylon · 05/09/2019 15:09

I saw something last night which I really couldn't quite believe.

I was coming up to a cross-roads with traffic lights which were on red. There was a black car in front of me and a silver van in front of that. The black car suddenly swerved out and overtook the van. I was just thinking "well that was hardly necessary" when it went straight through the red light (which had been on for some time and was visible).

I don't think I have ever seen such blatantly awful driving before! Tailgating yes. Overtaking yes. Middle lane sitting yes. Undertaking yes. But this was in a very urban area and it was pure luck there were no pedestrians around. I hope the van had a dashcam and has sent the footage to the police (for all the good it will do).

Why do you need to have your engine running to set up your music and phone?

And nobody needs a loud exhaust. Someone went down our high street a few weeks ago with a stupidly big exhaust. All the men looked admiring, the women annoyed. Interesting - is it yet another willy waving thing?

femidom12 · 05/09/2019 15:10

Cockw0mble I drive a car with a (tasteful) body kit wrap, and a loud exhaust. Didn't realise that made me a "fucking idiot"...

Apt username you have there......

CautiousPractice · 05/09/2019 15:29

I had a neighbour with a very similar car. Tiny little boy racer with an exhaust you could fit a small child in. Loved to zoom past in the middle of the night and screech to a stop in the car park. Until last winter, when he hit a patch ice while driving like a twat in the awful weather we had, smashed through a fence and wrapped the car round a tree. The tree is fine, the car was a write off. He now drives a bicycle, because mummy and daddy refused to buy him a new one (I heard the argument following the police breathalysing him). Hes in his late 20s/early 30s.

Blobby10 · 05/09/2019 15:39

Isn't it against the law now to drive with an unrestrained pet in your car?

My OH Golf GTI has what I consider to be a loud exhaust (at 5am) but its just standard on that model of car. He doesn't hear it inside his car but I would love to find out how to make it quieter just for when he leaves my house at 5am Grin

Blobby10 · 05/09/2019 15:42

Suppose I should add that he's 49, pretty amazing and very considerate, very respected in the medical profession and a brilliant driver - much better than I am! So definitely not a dickhead Grin

Pinkywoo · 05/09/2019 15:42

It's also illegal to have your engine running while stationary, OP maybe you should print off the new laws on idling and helpfully put them through his door?

GinDaddy · 05/09/2019 15:50

@QRCode

That sounds awful - if I was the company boss involved, I’d want to make that a disciplinary offence even though it didn’t take place on company premises. In the main because it tells me everything about the quality and honesty of the “employee” in front of me. I don’t care if they were rushing off to pick up their DCs waiting at school, or visit their mother in hospital, whatever. Just be decent, leave a note. Good on the security guard.

kmammamalto · 05/09/2019 15:54

I'VE FOUND MY PEOPLE!!!
I hate loud exhausts on cars. Totally stupid and a blatant look at me and my cool car. On my road it's a middle aged man who dresses like a teenager, and the exhaust is on a SMART CAR!! It's so loud it makes our house vibrate from three doors down and he also idles his engine for ages before going anywhere. Probably while he sets up his 'music and hands-free' so that's okay eh? I guess he couldn't possibly do what everyone else does and set it up without the engine actually running

queenMab99 · 05/09/2019 16:03

I thought exhausts were only loud when they were faulty and you couldn't afford to get them fixed Hmm

Fluffycloudland77 · 05/09/2019 16:10

One of our neighbours puts stickers on his car but we have speed bumps on the road so he goes very slowly.

Other people visit his house to show off their cars with stickers & bring them to him to be covered in stickers.

I feel for his wife.

Tarqs · 05/09/2019 16:12

*I drive a car with a (tasteful) body kit wrap, and a loud exhaust. Didn't realise that made me a "fucking idiot"...

@Cockw0mble

No, it definitely does. Everyday is a school day.

Batfurger · 05/09/2019 16:13

Loud exhausts = dickhead. Literally no reasonable person thinks they are cool. Hopefully you'll grow out of it @Cockw0mble

PaddyF0dder · 05/09/2019 16:14

@Cockw0mble

“I drive a car with a (tasteful) body kit wrap, and a loud exhaust. Didn't realise that made me a "fucking idiot"...”

Every day is a school day apparently.

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BlueRussiann · 05/09/2019 16:15

@QRCode ... What a cow! What did she have to say for herself? Was she disciplined?

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ShirleyPhallus · 05/09/2019 16:17

They’re awful and I can’t believe anyone would defend it

Just as bad are the absolute tossers on quad bikes around here who drive them at 10-11pm

TheKarateKitty · 05/09/2019 16:22

Yes, horrible drivers are the worst. This is one of my pet peeves as it’s so inconsiderate to the safety of others.

For the ones that speed through residential areas, I say we should be able to throw down spike strips!

Absolutely the loud exhaust thing here (US) tends to be on meep meep cars, also vanity trucks. The drivers are always douchebags and think the closer they cut off/across the other drivers, bully up behind, the more amusing. No room to go? Go anyway! Angry

My 14 year old son is very enthusiastic about cars but very much hates those noisy things too. He mutters “idiot” when one passes by.

Love both “tosser siren” and “cock trumpet.” Definitely compensating for something, definitely fitting te

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