Have I missed something...

Conanius · 25 Jan 2006 at 23:51

FIrstly, Hi all.. I am still around, just rather busy in RL

hope everyone is well.

Secondly... what has happened in the last few weeks... it seems the road law has changed and people sit in the right hand lane on dual carridgways waiting to turn right at the roundabout at the end when they are 2-3 MILES away from the roundabout... even in zero traffic...

what the HELL are they doing :eek:

that is an overtaking lane !

Siliconslave · 26 Jan 2006 at 00:28

Conanius said:
Secondly... what has happened in the last few weeks... it seems the road law has changed and people sit in the right hand lane on dual carridgways waiting to turn right at the roundabout at the end when they are 2-3 MILES away from the roundabout... even in zero traffic...

the farnham bypass by me is a total nighmare for that, it starts at one end on a roundabout, and people sit in the outside lane in anticipation of the roundabout 5 miles away at the other end of it, in the interim there are two sets of lights and couple of hundred yard single lane section.... i mean wtf are you doing people, get the hell out of my way!

Morba · 26 Jan 2006 at 01:00

theres a thread perfect for your gripes somewhere on the front page

spaz · 26 Jan 2006 at 08:02

Milton Keynes is terrible for this, I've even witnessed a few people sitting in the right hand lane in no traffic to turn off in several roundabouts time! Needless to say the culprits are usually BMW drivers or old people.

thebrasso · 26 Jan 2006 at 09:19

I've noticed it...and I guess its because people feel nobody will let them move over. Conversely where I am people tend to only use the inside lane so a massive que develops at traffic lights. I think because they are scared of not being able to move back over.

eidolon · 26 Jan 2006 at 09:32

You've missed loads while you've been gone. I'll summarise for you

Fox has got a Supercharged Elise these days, he's hooning around trying to peel the tyres off the rims.
Drexel has got a Toyota Prius, said something about feeling guilty about wasting petrol or something.
Lopez has got a brand new Corsa 1.0 as he feels the power is more than adequate.
penski has got a brand new Mondeo, got bored of rust I think.
Freefaller, well he's still got the MX5 but he sprayed it pink and had a sex change

PeterNem · 26 Jan 2006 at 09:34

lol, nice one Eidolon

Conanius · 26 Jan 2006 at 22:35

eidolon said:
You've missed loads while you've been gone. I'll summarise for you

Fox has got a Supercharged Elise these days, he's hooning around trying to peel the tyres off the rims.
Drexel has got a Toyota Prius, said something about feeling guilty about wasting petrol or something.
Lopez has got a brand new Corsa 1.0 as he feels the power is more than adequate.
penski has got a brand new Mondeo, got bored of rust I think.
Freefaller, well he's still got the MX5 but he sprayed it pink and had a sex change

I was reading through all of those... and genuinely I couldnt believe any of them.. until I saw the freefaller comment and just thought to myself.... yeah.. thats plausable !

any joy on a vxt yet mate?

andi · 26 Jan 2006 at 22:39

The A580 is terrible for that, people sit in the outside lane because they're going to turn right at the next set of lights a mile down the road, doing 40 in a 70.

6thElement · 26 Jan 2006 at 23:10

eidolon said:
You've missed loads while you've been gone. I'll summarise for you

Fox has got a Supercharged Elise these days, he's hooning around trying to peel the tyres off the rims.
Drexel has got a Toyota Prius, said something about feeling guilty about wasting petrol or something.
Lopez has got a brand new Corsa 1.0 as he feels the power is more than adequate.
penski has got a brand new Mondeo, got bored of rust I think.
Freefaller, well he's still got the MX5 but he sprayed it pink and had a sex change

You forgot to say that Maz bought a decently priced non-Vauxhall after asking all of our opinions and then getting really good insurance quotes prior to the purchase

eidolon · 26 Jan 2006 at 23:31

Conanius said:
any joy on a vxt yet mate?

I haven't put the 2 up for sale yet, I'm off skiing next week and again in March so I thought I'd wait until at least the first trip is out of the way before I advertise it.

I've been reading practically every thread on the VX forum though so I'm a bit of an expert now

JollyGreen · 26 Jan 2006 at 23:45

spaz said:
Milton Keynes is terrible for this, I've even witnessed a few people sitting in the right hand lane in no traffic to turn off in several roundabouts time! Needless to say the culprits are usually BMW drivers or old people.

I know whatcha mean mate, I saw a driving instructor doing it this evening on the way back from work!
It's atrocious!

Conanius · 26 Jan 2006 at 23:49

eidolon said:
I haven't put the 2 up for sale yet, I'm off skiing next week and again in March so I thought I'd wait until at least the first trip is out of the way before I advertise it.

I've been reading practically every thread on the VX forum though so I'm a bit of an expert now

cool

id imagine your 2 should go pretty quick... if not, give me a call.. im hopefully about to start a new job at work that brings with it a 4k payrise.... could do with something a bit more giggle enducing

Siliconslave · 27 Jan 2006 at 00:25

Conanius said:
cool

id imagine your 2 should go pretty quick... if not, give me a call.. im hopefully about to start a new job at work that brings with it a 4k payrise.... could do with something a bit more giggle enducing

hehe, think you should put it up on ebay and wack a link up on here, sure a fill scale bidding war would start

think i can name atleast 4 people who have said they want that car

Poppy · 27 Jan 2006 at 00:47

Just undertake the `tards, its what i do. I know technically its illegal but IMO if you undertake quickly and safely its fine.

Scania · 27 Jan 2006 at 00:58

Poppy said:
Just undertake the `tards, its what i do. I know technically its illegal but IMO if you undertake quickly and safely its fine.

Until one of the 'tards cuts back into the left lane, without indication or, looking. :rolleyes:

Freefaller · 27 Jan 2006 at 08:02

Conanius said:
I was reading through all of those... and genuinely I couldnt believe any of them.. until I saw the freefaller comment and just thought to myself.... yeah.. thats plausable !

Cheeky git! :mad:

eidolon · 27 Jan 2006 at 09:56

And here's the proof.

wonder_lander · 27 Jan 2006 at 10:16

eidolon said:
And here's the proof.

Surely you mean "here's the poof"

thebrasso · 27 Jan 2006 at 10:19

wonder_lander said:
Surely you mean "here's the poof"

That was a tea spitting moment for me

I just remembered, he missed out on the thread about self assessment of driving ability. I couldn't be bothered replying to that one because I'd be well off. Its all pretty subjective anyway.