What type of cars annoy you & why?

starbelgrade · 03-07-2011 2:27am #1

Mods - you can move this to the Motors section if you like, but it's not really a motoring question, as if can affect non-drivers too. So hopefully it'll stay in AH (as it's meant to be a bit of craic too).

For me, it's;

- Nissan Micras (ugly, always driving at 2 mph, always in the way)

- Mayo Reg cars (I think the MO stands for "Move Over")

- Donegal Reg cars ( the opposite of MO reg cars... always driving too fast in innapropriate places).

dark crystal · 03-07-2011 2:31am

Boy racer type cars: huge, loud exhausts, amusement arcade type dance music blasting from the stereo, stupid looking rims etc.

Lorri_L · 03-07-2011 2:32am

Those stupid looking Nissan Figaros. Who would spend real money on them? Wouldn't buy one with Monopoly money :mad:

KeithM89_old · 03-07-2011 2:33am

Moved to Motors

I kid

But it has to be those tiny little Smart cars. Iv seen prams with more room in them.

starbelgrade · 03-07-2011 2:34am

dark crystal wrote: »

Boy racer type cars: huge, loud exhausts, amusement arcade type dance music blasting from the stereo, stupid looking rims etc.

They used to annoy me, just for the pure state of them, but they tend to be fairly careful road users. They spend so much time & money on their cars, they don't tend to do anything too mad as it might damage their paintwork or rims.

Generally, they just sit back & overtake whenever is safe, which is fine by me.

Valentina · 03-07-2011 2:34am

Nissan Micras.

And modified boy racer sh1t boxes. They are grotesque and pointless.

Opel Zafiras, Ford CMax, Renault Scenic... I would rather die than drive a people carrier. :pac:

Cill Dara Abu · 03-07-2011 2:34am

Toyota Yaris!

ahyeahok · 03-07-2011 2:34am

alan carr

starbelgrade · 03-07-2011 2:35am

Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

Toyota Yaris!

The evil twin sister of the Nissan Micra!

jimthemental · 03-07-2011 2:35am

Nissan Micra's - Only driven by people who can't drive, I've overtaken one in a tractor ffs!

BMW - You just have to stay a bit away from them because the driver has no regard for anyone else.

Fiat Multipla - The ugliest car I've ever seen. They're like a stupid looking Suzuki Jimni with a unibrow for some reason.

partyatmygaff · 03-07-2011 2:37am

- Nissan Micras are horrible ugly little cars

- Crossover cars/MPVs - SUVs without the luxury, off-road capability or powerful engines.

- Tastelessly modified VAG cars drive me up the wall. A VW Passat or Audi A4 should not have anything more than a lip spoiler or subtle body modifications lest they look rubbish.

- Poverty spec cars from premium marques like Audi, BMW or Mercedes. You're only fooling yourself if you think an Audi A4 with an asthmatic 1.6 engine, cloth seats and manually operated windows is a luxury car. The same goes for BMW and Mercedes.

- Beer can exhausts and Argos intakes installed on crappy little 1L hatchbacks.

starbelgrade · 03-07-2011 2:37am

jimthemental wrote: »

Nissan Micra's -I've overtaken one in a tractor ffs!

dark crystal · 03-07-2011 2:38am

starbelgrade wrote: »

They used to annoy me, just for the pure state of them, but they tend to be fairly careful road users. They spend so much time & money on their cars, they don't tend to do anything too mad as it might damage their paintwork or rims.

Generally, they just sit back & overtake whenever is safe, which is fine by me.

Ah no - the noise out of them is ridiculous! They also tend to tailgate a lot, in my experience.

dark crystal · 03-07-2011 2:39am

jimthemental wrote: »

Fiat Multipla - The ugliest car I've ever seen. They're like a stupid looking Suzuki Jimni with a unibrow for some reason.

Those yolks are hideous alright.

Will I Amnt · 03-07-2011 2:40am

Fiat multipla and Nissan micra,the 2 ugliest contraptions ever to hit the roads.

Kojak · 03-07-2011 2:40am

Any type of Fiat cars - they always look like they are about to fall apart.

Souped up boy racer cars are terrible also. All noise and no substance - a lot like a politican actually.

starbelgrade · 03-07-2011 2:41am

dark crystal wrote: »

Ah no - the noise out of them is ridiculous! They also tend to tailgate a lot, in my experience.

They do tailgate, but at least they overtake when the opportunity presents itself... unlike those idiots who just form a line behind the other idiots forming a line behind the likes of a truck or slow moving car... none of whom have any inkling of overtaking or allowing anyone else behind them any space for doing so!

later12 · 03-07-2011 2:41am

Has to be the Nissan Micra, the Nissan Micra project ought to have been aborted early in the manufacturing stage.

Also, a car I have never seen in Ireland, but which I often saw in South Africa was something called a Materia. I dont even know who makes it, but here is an example. They had some serious driving issues as well.

http://www.carsplusplus.com/pictures/2007/70455/photo2.jpg

jimthemental · 03-07-2011 2:42am

dark crystal wrote: »

Ah no - the noise out of them is ridiculous! They also tend to tailgate a lot, in my experience.

A quick tap on the brakes usually sorts that, just enough to put on the lights and not slow too much.

starbelgrade · 03-07-2011 2:43am

later10 wrote: »

Also, a car I have never seen in Ireland, but which I often saw in South Africa was something called a Materia.
http://www.carsplusplus.com/pictures/2007/70455/photo2.jpg

Holy fuck.

That's really all I can say right now. I'm speechless.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 03-07-2011 2:43am

Mini Coopers but moreso the princesses who drive them and fail to see why they should make room for anyone else

Hasmunch · 03-07-2011 2:43am

Its usually the drivers i dislike, I'd rather have a good driver in nissan micra than a bad one in a 5 series BMW.

jimthemental · 03-07-2011 2:44am

later10 wrote: »

Has to be the Nissan Micra, the Nissan Micra project manager aught to have been aborted early in the manufacturing stage.

FYP

later12 · 03-07-2011 2:53am

jimthemental wrote: »

FYP

Thats an interesting point. I never thought about it. I wonder what the moral arguments for and against abortion could be.... probably not something that many people have an opinion on...

starbelgrade · 03-07-2011 2:55am

Dahlia Warm Canon wrote: »

Mini Coopers but moreso the princesses who drive them and fail to see why they should make room for anyone else

I know exactly what you mean.

The Cooper is the female motoring embodyment of that. Self important females, hair tied back to express a sense of busyness, large sunglasses to deflect / reflect the outside world / reality and a lot of make up to cover the flaws underneath.

A bit like the car itself.

It has a lot less under the hood than what it feigns to express by it's outer shell.

Esel · 03-07-2011 2:58am

OPs. The road? I own it. Get the funk out of my way!

Real answer: anything with rear seat drive (or passenger seat drive).

Purple Lemons · 03-07-2011 2:59am

Skodas...eugh :mad:

ladysarastro · 03-07-2011 3:05am

Kia souls.... especially yellow kia souls.....
and yellow cars in general

partyatmygaff · 03-07-2011 3:12am

Purple Lemons wrote: »

Skodas...eugh :mad:

Say what you will about Skoda but there's one thing you can't deny. The Octavia's boot is massive. It is a universe unto itself, constantly expanding.

starbelgrade · 03-07-2011 3:17am

partyatmygaff wrote: »

Say what you will about Skoda but there's one thing you can't deny. The Octavia's boot is massive. It is a universe unto itself, constantly expanding.

I had an Octavia for a week while my car was in the garage (the garage loaned it to me).

It was MASSIVE. A big saloon job.. not the best looking car on the planet & I expected it to drive badly, being so big & all ... but it was surprisingly good..
comfortable, good "lift off", steady on corners & apart from the inanely boring look & feel of it, you couldn't really say a bad thing about it.

And I wanted to.. believe me!

WindSock · 03-07-2011 3:20am

My one. It breaks down every friggin fortnite.

What type of cars annoy you & why?

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