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Post by **rob quilter** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 1:23 pm

A friends dad killed a cyclist about 7 years ago, the cyclist was weaing all black, had no lights or reflective strips on. It was on a unlit country road, friends dad didn't see him and clipped the cyclist at 50mph. The cyclist flew off and hit a metal barrier, killed the dude instantly.

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 1:28 pm

My Dad got knocked off his bike by another cyclist both on a cycle path. He cannot remember the event

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 1:36 pm

And I just remember I almost hit a cyclist on Thursday! It was dark and I was waiting to pull right out of a T junction. I saw the cyclist coming, he had two big headlamps on his handlebars. He was travelling on the other side of the road heading in the direction I wanted to go. I thought I'll let him pass before I pull out so he doesn't feel I'm just going to ram him off the road. He's now level with me, so I look both ways to make sure it's clear before pulling out. It's clear so I start to roll out, and all of a sudden he's right on my OSF corner!

My mate in the passenger seat doesn't know how he got there either!

And he certainly didn't indicate in all that time I was waiting for him!

Post by **Donald** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:10 pm

As a cycling tosspot and a driver I have to say some cyclists are dicks and deserve to be nudged

I stop at red lights and don't use the path, I signal, have lights, etc... But then even as a pedestrian I will wait for the light to change if I've pressed a button at a crossing, even if no cars are coming anymore

it's out of principle really, I hate those wankers that push the button as they're crossing and are over the road before the lights even change.

Post by **rob quilter** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 2:37 pm

To get to the town I live you have to go up a country road that's about 2 miles long, there is factory nearby the other end of this road. You get people who must work shifts at the factory riding up the country road with no hi viz, lights or helmet at night and loads get knocked off. I've nearly hit a few in the past.

I don't have anything against cyclists, but if you ride at night with no lights you deserve to get knocked off.

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:11 pm

rob quilter wrote:Every season they bang on about how amazing the Golf GTI is, its honestly nothing special. I swear Top Gear get paid by VW to blow smoke up the Golfs arse.

I test drove one and a Scirocco. Id take the Golf anytime. They really are superb cars. Top of the class in every department.
If i was to get a hot hatch is WOULDnt be a golf.

It would be an EK9

then a golf.

mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 6:21 pm

there is an easy way to sort it out get the police to stop every cyclist without lights at night they used to if you don't have them then push the bike
I am sick of cyclists wearing black clothes at night with no lights or high viz especially when tossers with hid bulbs in reflector lights blind you

drokking cycling ninjas

Post by **Lude-dude** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:19 am

I switched off all through that cycling segment, not the best episode for me

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 10:32 am

Golf's don't do it for me, either

That film though did demonstrate very well, exactly why I think front engine/rwd cars make no sense whatsoever for an everyday car - reduced interior and boot space, the handling is much less predictable/more dangerous when you lose traction (and they're absolutely jobby in snowy/icy conditions).
The only time when rwd offers any benefits is when you want to deliverately have some back end out fun on a track.
So a rwd car in the real world, is just pointless and that's why I just don't get peoples obsession with buying beemers and mercs for daily's - they've all just fallen for hype of 'the ultimate driving machine' and 'rwd is best' when it actually gives them a much worse car for what they actually need.

And this is from someone that's been using a (very good) rwd car as a daily for the last year, too - it's great fun if I want to do a bit of hooning about, but apart from that it's pointless and just offers disbenefits.

Interested to see if LLL agrees with this - I know he uses his beemer as a daily, but I think it was bought deliberately because he wanted to do some tail out fun rather than because it would be a good daily (so he's weighed up the pro's/con's and decided to go for the back end out fun while accepting the other limitations).
Otherwise, a fwd car would do everything else the beemer does, probably better???

I liked the bike section FWIW and that Porka is one heck of a capable machine...

Unfortunately though, from some angles it looks great, but from some it looks a bit

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 11:27 am

I really don't know why they don't just cut all the crap and make it a 30 minute show?
The rest is staged/padding anyway, would save them money in all sorts of ways and I suspect, save a few viewers.
30mins of car stuff/exotica. Full stop.

Oh and yes, love the 'innovative' things in the golf and the Porsche, just like how the Prius was the first ever feckin hybrid...

Lude Generation

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