The WORST drivers, which cars do they drive?

[Chekhov]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-60537373

A man has died in a crash on the M6 after a car being pursued by police collided with his vehicle.

The victim was in a stationary traffic management vehicle when it was hit on the northbound side between junctions 14 at Stafford and 15 for Stoke-on-Trent at about 05:00 GMT, police said.

Officers had been trying to stop the Audi, Staffordshire Police added.

 

Why does that not surprise me ?

[RJRB]

1 hour ago, Chekhov said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-60537373

A man has died in a crash on the M6 after a car being pursued by police collided with his vehicle.

The victim was in a stationary traffic management vehicle when it was hit on the northbound side between junctions 14 at Stafford and 15 for Stoke-on-Trent at about 05:00 GMT, police said.

Officers had been trying to stop the Audi, Staffordshire Police added.

 

Why does that not surprise me ?

Why does that post not surprise us 😂

Ban all Audis.

[crookesey]

My money is on stolen ones.

[Jim117]

This used to be an easy question. Anyone wearing a trilby or flat cap, usually driving an Austin Metro. Volvos used to be a warning of imminent death to bikers due to their drivers sense of invincibility and the six feet of bonnet they would poke out of side roads before the driver could actually see owt. More recently Suzuki Swifts seem to be driven by nervous noobs or four miles a fortnight old gimmers. And yes Audi’s.

[Chekhov]

15 hours ago, RJRB said:

Why does that post not surprise us 😂

Ban all Audis.

Obviously your answer is satirical but it is not the fact that they are driving Audis that makes them aggressive bad drivers, it is the fact that those type of drivers buy Audis. Even if Audis were banned, they'd just buy a different type of car. A BMW probably.....

[crookesey]

I prefer cars that I can recognise from a distance, unlike some of the imports that I still don’t recognise when I’m standing next to them.

[PRESLEY]

1 hour ago, crookesey said:

I prefer cars that I can recognise from a distance, unlike some of the imports that I still don’t recognise when I’m standing next to them.

Totally agree there,  Cars years ago  had  their own identy,  for example Ford Granada, Cortina, Capri, Moggy 1,000,  Mini,  Beetle,  Hillman Minx, Husky, flippin hell there are loads of different makes all the same shape these days,  down  to aero dynamics or summat.  

 

 

 

 

Edited February 27, 2022 by PRESLEY

[crookesey]

This sounds strange but my rheumatoid arthritis dictates that I need a car that I can slide in and out of and drive from a sitting up position. I don’t need a huge 4x4 and settled on a Freelander, it suits me fine.

[ECCOnoob]

On 27/02/2022 at 12:17, PRESLEY said:

Totally agree there,  Cars years ago  had  their own identy,  for example Ford Granada, Cortina, Capri, Moggy 1,000,  Mini,  Beetle,  Hillman Minx, Husky, flippin hell there are loads of different makes all the same shape these days,  down  to aero dynamics or summat. 

Most cars all look alike for the same reason why nearly all mobile phones look alike.

 

One type of design, shape or style takes the lead and every manufacturer from German to Korean follows. Mass vehicle manufacturers are businesses after all. They will make what the vast majority want to buy and carbon copy processes/moulding just with a different badge slapped on the front is far far cheaper than individual bespoke techniques. 

 

Individualism, creativeness and outlandish risk-taking design is still out there hidden away but when you're making for 10 rather than 100,000 the end price tag becomes is X times more.

 

The world of consumerism has changed over the decades. It is far less about quality purchases for a lifetime in favour of quick, cheap and disposable. Such fractors have influenced the world of fashion, home furnishings, electronics and now it's getting into cars.  For a large majority, no longer is a car a considered and long-term purchase which one will scrimp and save for. Quick easy credit arrangements, frequent ability to swap and change has made buying a £15k, £20k vehicle as easy as buying a TV,  washing machine or sofa.  

Edited February 28, 2022 by ECCOnoob

[PRESLEY]

17 hours ago, ECCOnoob said:

Most cars all look alike for the same reason why nearly all mobile phones look alike.

 

One type of design, shape or style takes the lead and every manufacturer from German to Korean follows. Mass vehicle manufacturers are businesses after all. They will make what the vast majority want to buy and carbon copy processes/ moulding with just with a different badge slapped on the front is far far cheaper than individual bespoke techniques. 

 

Individualism, creativeness and outlandish risk-taking design is still out there hidden away but when you're making for 10 rather than 100,000 the end price tag becomes is X times more.

 

The world of consumerism has changed over the decades. It is far less about quality purchases for a lifetime in favour of quick, cheap and disposable. Stuck fractors have influenced the world of fashion, home furnishings, electronics and now it's getting into cars.  For large majority, no longer is a car a considered and long-term purchase which one will scrimp and save for. Quick easy credit arrangements, frequent ability to swap and change has made buying a £15k, £20k vehicle as easy as buying a TV,  washing machine or sofa.  

Good valid points made,  sounds a bit like the old Ford Model T 1908 days.  A mass production of the same model and colour.