[Travel] Small car syndrome

GT49er

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Feb 1, 2009

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Gloucester

• Oct 18, 2017

• #41

Normal Rob said:

I drive a mini in an out of Bristol every day and have done for 5 years. Was a Seat Ibiza for 7 years before that. Never had a problem being bullied. And Bristol is a traffic hellhole.

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Yes, you're in Bristol. That suggests to me that what the OP is suffering from is more likely SE drivers syndrome, rather than small car syndrome. Over 50 years of driving all sorts - from motorbike to HGV - and I'm convinced that once you get north and west of the M25, the driving improves the further you go.
Never noticed any real difference in bad driving manners due to the vehicle being driven, but I did notice on motorways there were some drivers who just could not bear to be overtaken by an old 998cc Nissan Micra, and would come roaring back past as soon as they'd been overtaken!

 

Stat Brother

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Jul 11, 2003

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West west west Sussex

• Oct 18, 2017

• #42

Notters said:

You must have some very wide roads over on the dark side of Sussex!

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Nah maybe it's just the wide load sign stretched out across my fat arse!

Seriously though, a Micra will eventually pass leaving enough room between us for a new town to be built.
Then I get buzzed by a succession of angry German machines, irrespective of the oncoming traffic, seemingly blaming me for the hold up.

 

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greengull

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Sep 5, 2003

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• Oct 18, 2017

• #43

love parking the wife's i10 in parking spaces that big cars cant fit in. Even better is hiding it in between big cars in cark parks, so people think there is a space, but there isnt. Karma

 

Taybha

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Oct 8, 2008

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Uwantsumorwat

• Oct 18, 2017

• #44

greengull said:

love parking the wife's i10 in parking spaces that big cars cant fit in. Even better is hiding it in between big cars in cark parks, so people think there is a space, but there isnt. Karma

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This you is it .

 

Two Professors

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Jul 13, 2009

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Multicultural Brum

• Oct 18, 2017

• #45

Never bothered getting a car license as women are quite good at driving.

 

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theboybilly

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Apr 25, 2013

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Along the Shoreham Road in er, Shoreham

• Oct 18, 2017

• #46

The driving is noticeably more aggressive in the UK. I've just returned from five leisurely days in Belgium and Brittany (covering about 800 miles) without issue....except for forgetting about 'Priorité à Droit' going through a village. Oops!

 

Cheshire Cat

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Nov 4, 2006

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Sitting on a bough of a tree a few yards off...

• Oct 18, 2017

• #47

Mrs Cat drive a Toyota Aygo which got whacked by a large German car when she was parked at the vet. When we took it for a second estimate at the garage he wanted us to use, the garage owner referred to him as "Martin the Mercedes" - nuff said....

We went somewhere else.

 

Stat Brother

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West west west Sussex

• Oct 18, 2017

• #48

Here will do:-

Cost of Britain’s traffic jams hits £9 billion a year

http://road.cc/content/news/230913-cost-britains-traffic-jams-hits-£9-billion-year

According to a new report by transport data company Inrix, British drivers faced 1.35 million traffic jams in the past year, meaning that around £9bn was lost in wasted time, fuel and unnecessary carbon emissions.