How do you tell a mate..

ste_bla · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:09

.. that he is a complete tit?

A (goodish) friend of mine just past his test (8ish weeks ago) however hes only 18 (if it make a difference) and has a 1.2 clio (R reg) and within the last 2 weeks he has (while I been with/in convoy etc);

1) Curbed @ 50ish in a 30 (he was catching up to me, i wasn't speeding)

2) Went though a no entry sign because he was worried the cops were following him

3) Nearly rear ended me up the a5 (dual carriage way)

4) Spun out on a mini roundabout

5) Crashed into a tree in a car park trying to do hand brake turns

And good knows what else. So do I try to tell him that hes a tit or just let him get on with it?

(And yes i was once a LITTLE like this but no where as bad and within a few days of the first scary moment calmed down)

lordrobs · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:13

Let him get on with it, the more you tell him he's a tit the more he's likely to do it.

One day he'll either have A) a nasty scare or B) a nasty accident which will calm him down a touch.

badbob · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:14

Report him to the police...what if he kills someone?

penski · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:15

Leave him, hopefully he won't take anyone else with him when he dies.

*n

ste_bla · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:16

badbob said:
Report him to the police...what if he kills someone?

A) Police let him off the no entry sign thing as he was a new driver

B) What would they actually do?

Alex UK · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:16

Try and scare him. Tell him he'll kill someone if he carries on with it.

PardonTheWait · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:18

Try and talk him into buying a much more powerful rear wheel drive car.

badbob · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:18

Alex UK said:
Try and scare him. Tell him he'll kill someone if he carries on with it.

People like that don't care due to arrogance.

Begbie · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:22

Mohinder said:
Try and talk him into buying a much more powerful rear wheel drive car.

I was the same although not quite as bad, but I did crash it and it cost me a fortune.

Now I try to control the car not let it control me.

Shimmy · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:23

I had a couple mates who were doing similar (I messed a little too, but imo safely), although never actually caused any damage.

Just told them they were being prats. Some other people who I wasn't as close to, well...crashed

If he doesn't listen, let him get on with it and don't convey with him, simple.

lordrobs · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:26

Its easy for me to sit here like some grumpy old git and whinge about these new drivers but between me passing my test and spinning my car on a wet muddy country road due to me thinking I was Damon Hill was less than 4 weeks

ste_bla · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:29

lordrobs said:
Its easy for me to sit here like some grumpy old git and whinge about these new drivers but between me passing my test and spinning my car on a wet muddy country road due to me thinking I was Damon Hill was less than 4 weeks

Well i did get a SP30 within a week but was no where as crazy as him :confused:

Shimmy said:
If he doesn't listen, let him get on with it and don't convey with him, simple.

Aye cant be arsed with it all now im getting old.. plus dont think he'll want to convoy with a galaxy in a few weeks!

lordrobs · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:36

ste_bla said:
Well i did get a SP30 within a week but was no where as crazy as him

Just incase I wasn't clear I was calling myself a grumpy old git refering to my first post

GreenMint · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:38

Not much you can do really, warn him he's driving a bit TOO madly, we all go have some fun after passing but not to dangerous extremes in most cases, and in future, drive behind HIM! and keep your distance!

GeX · 6 Dec 2007 at 15:50

tell him instead of us?

ste_bla · 6 Dec 2007 at 16:04

GeX said:
tell him instead of us?

I have tried but it always results in "its only a tree" or "its fine i didnt crash"

Skii · 6 Dec 2007 at 16:07

I hear there will be a Gold Beemer up for grabs soon - should give him fist dibs

agw_01 · 6 Dec 2007 at 16:07

ste_bla said:
"its only a tree"

Tell him to drive head first into that tree and see what happens.

I was lucky when I had my crash as the back end swung out and hit a lamp post. That made quite a nice sized dent in the bootlid. I'd hate to see what would have happened if it'd been a tree that I hit.

And how do you spin out on a mini-roundabout? Aren't mini-roundabouts tiny, or are you just thinking of a small roundabout? I sometimes try and purposely kick the back-end out on wet roundabouts and can't always manage it, so he must drive like an absolutely moron.

Clarkey · 6 Dec 2007 at 16:29

indeed, how on earth do you manage to spin a 1.2 clio on a mini roundabout, I couldn't manage that if I tried.
And do you mean he actually ran into a kerb at 50mph :eek:

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Guy sounds like a liability, crashing into a tree would deffo be my cue to stop doing stupid ****.

nicRob · 6 Dec 2007 at 16:35

As has been said above, to say 'its only a tree' is pretty stupid...trees can do a lot more damage to a car, then the car does to a tree (wrote off my fiesta - tree bark was rubbed off, that was it...)