Or one weird version of the stick people that I've seen here - using the Browning logo instead, with pink versions for girls. I would say it's a redneck twist, but you'd think any redneck worth his Carharts would know that female deer don't have antlers.
This kind of nonsense:
In reply to oldsaw:
things like that are usually made by fanbois that aren't even old enough to drive, much less own a fast car, much less have driven all 3 in different conditions.
yamaha wrote: In reply to Rufledt: I thought you just just had designer parking lots snaking around the city......with all the people looking for their pants
Designer parking lots?! There's nothing designer about a bunch of cars covered in dents and scrapes, being driven by people who can't figure out how to navigate an off ramp. I'm only a few months away from moving back to the midwest (or in that direction). I can't wait.
I hope to escape with no more than the damage that already covers every panel of my wife's car...
I had the Stig family on the back of my P71 till the Texas sun killed the stickers. That's the only ones I'd ever put on my car.
Conquest351 wrote: I had the Stig family on the back of my P71 till the Texas sun killed the stickers. That's the only ones I'd ever put on my car.
Yeah, those are cool. And I have to admit, I could be talked into the Star Wars ones as well. But either would just be because it's our hobbies, instead of bragging about the fam.
Joe Gearin wrote:EvanR wrote:Taken from the BMW Car Club of British Columbia: So just why is a BMW car called a 'bimmer' not a 'beemer' or 'beamer'? The answer in part lies in knowing some BMW history and what came first. All real BMW enthusiasts know that BMW got a big start on two wheels, what many call the real BMWs. In those days, BMW motorcycles were quite active in racing, and one of their competitors at the track was often the BSA bikes. Well as things would have it, a track slang developed, and the BMWs were usually referred to as 'beemers' and the BSAs were referred to as 'beesers'. So, of course for any true enthusiast, there is no way that a BMW car could be called a 'beemer', so they were called 'bimmers'. Unfortunately, in the US and Canada, and perhaps other countries, there was a time (kind of still is) where for various reasons, a BMW owner was considered an upwardly mobile person, and of course due to the fun in driving their BMWs most all of them had big grins on their faces. Hence it is little surprise that the non enthusiast types out there incorrectly labeled BMW cars and their owners as 'beamers' or 'beemers'.Joe Gearin wrote: and ad of course the classic----- a BMW car is a Bimmer-- a BMW bike is a Beemer!I've read this a million times and haven't the slightest clue how/why it makes sense. The cars and bikes are both made by the same company, BMW. Why would you pronounce the nickname of the car differently than the bike? Perhaps cars made by Suzuki are SOO-zees, while the bikes are called Soo-ZEES. Oh yeah, that makes no sense, either. If anyone, anywhere can give me a REAL, VALID explanation for this phenomenon, I'll be glad to use the proper terms. Until then, I will just assume that the two different pronunciations are from sheer pomposity.
Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't BMW in the airplane engine building business long before both of those?
I have no pet "pieves", automotive or otherwise. I love everything and everybody.
wbjones wrote:poopshovel wrote:I never said that I didn't like/even love 'um ... just that most drivers don't seem to handle them very well .... even worse are the berkeleying idiots that STOP at the end of an entrance ramp ...wbjones wrote:I'd be lying if I said I hadn't passed on the inside on those...a couple few times. Your nuisance is my little gift from hay-zeus.Adrift wrote: Modern interstate entrance ramps are designed to allow one to ACcelerate to an appropriate merging speed; not to coast into a 65 mph freeway at 45 and expect everyone to get out of your way because you can't think 15 seconds ahead.except for those piss-poorly designed ones that are decreasing radius turns.. hard for most people to continue accelerating as the turn gets tighter
Yet another one where my response is "Okay, you just sit there and be retarded while I go around you. Just don't do anything stupid like 'move.'"
Duke wrote:pilotbraden wrote: Piss poor visibility in damn near every car built in the past 10 years.I've felt like a broken record saying this: I'd much rather be able to *avoid* an accident entirely than merely *survive* one. A big part of that avoidance is being able to see the E36 M3 all around you. But I guess when your situational awareness ends at your cell phone, you want a metal cocoon around you rather than a lot of glass you'll barely glance out of.
My pet peeves the average motoring forum member who believes their skill level is superior to has been's and also rans like Alonso, Hamilton, Vettel etc because obviously they don’t need safety measures in cars as they can and will always avoid any accident with their mad skillz and reactions.
Another good one. It's happened more than once.
Customer yesterday: "Gee, I don't know. I'm just worried my husband will be upset that I spent a hundred dollars on this."
Me: "Awww c'mon. What's a hundred bucks in the grand scheme of things. Shoot, it could be worse. I come home with CARS and mama doesn't even ASK anymore.
Her: "What do you do with them" yadayada.
Me: "I race" yada.
Her: "Oh! Does your wife race too?"
Me: "No."
Her: "Oh man, I'd LOVE to race!"
Me: "Oh yeah?"
Her: "Yeah. I LOVE cars. I've had a million of 'em!"
Me (in not so many words:) "No sh*t?"
Her: "Yeah! The best car we ever had was a Dodge Intrepid. Boy, that thing would "hold a corner." Best handling car I've ever driven."
Me, (again in not so many words:) "Yeah. We're done here."
Also: People in their 60's that talk about their late 60's whatever Ford/Chevy/Dodge piece of E36 M3 that was the FASTEST THING IN TOWN, not knowing that a 14.5 second 1/4 is berkeleyING SLOOOOOOOW.
Then when I bring up the mid-12 second Civic, they say "Oh, yeah, but you can just fix those things with computers. Back in the day we had to turn wrenches."
Again. We're done here.
bravenrace wrote: I have no pet "pieves", automotive or otherwise. I love everything and everybody.
I'm not prejudiced. I hate everything and everybody.
poopshovel wrote: Also: People in their 60's that talk about their late 60's whatever Ford/Chevy/Dodge piece of E36 M3 that was the FASTEST THING IN TOWN, not knowing that a 14.5 second 1/4 is berkeleyING SLOOOOOOOW. Then when I bring up the mid-12 second Civic, they say "Oh, yeah, but you can just fix those things with computers. Back in the day we had to turn wrenches." Again. We're done here.
Hey, what are you trying to... never mind.
wbjones wrote: even worse are the berkeleying idiots that STOP at the end of an entrance ramp ...
You MUST be talking about 99.4% of everyone trying to get onto New Circle Rd in Lexington KY....Even at night. 
Adrian_Thompson wrote:Duke wrote:My pet peeves the average motoring forum member who believes their skill level is superior to has been's and also rans like Alonso, Hamilton, Vettel etc because obviously they don’t need safety measures in cars as they can and will always avoid any accident with their mad skillz and reactions.pilotbraden wrote: Piss poor visibility in damn near every car built in the past 10 years.I've felt like a broken record saying this: I'd much rather be able to *avoid* an accident entirely than merely *survive* one. A big part of that avoidance is being able to see the E36 M3 all around you. But I guess when your situational awareness ends at your cell phone, you want a metal cocoon around you rather than a lot of glass you'll barely glance out of.
Where, precisely, did I say I don't need safety measures? I always buckle my seatbelt. I don't complain about airbags. My headrest is properly adjusted, as is my driving position. I never turn off my traction/stability control or ABS unless I am about to start an autocross run.
I like safety measures. I think designing an armored personnel carrier for the road is ridiculous and adds to the false perception that you are safe while actually making it more likely you will hit something because you can't see it.
All the "safety measures" they can throw into my car won't help protect that motorcyclist I just flattened because my blind spots are wide enough, my belt lines high enough, and my window heights squeezed enough to conceal the majority of my field of view.
Besides, look at the current Camaro's design renderings and tell me that was done for compliance, not styling.
EastCoastMojo wrote: Anything dangling from the rearview mirror. E36 M3 drives me nutz.
I have a small stuffed bat hanging from my rear view mirror.
I don't like:
Mismatched rims on cars when it is done on purpose. (example: you can afford two rims but not four, so you put two aftermarket rims on your car and keep two stock rims.)
Slow turners. I swear to you I can tell who is going to go to the Red Lobster by my house just by how they make the turn off of the main road near there.
People who will cut across three lanes of traffic, go to the shoulder and BACK UP on an interstate to take an exit they missed rather than just going down to the next exit and turning around.
People who use their large SUV to try to intimidate smaller cars into letting them merge, etc.
As an NC resident, people who put "OBX" somewhere in their vanity plate. I really don't know why this aggravates me so much, but it does.
People who slow way the heck down before they turn into the very long middle turning lane on the main road near my house. Get in the middle lane a little ways before your turn, do your breaking and then turn. That is what they PUT THE LANE THERE FOR.
Brett_Murphy wrote: Mismatched rims on cars when it is done on purpose. (example: you can afford two rims but not four, so you put two aftermarket rims on your car and keep two stock rims.)
back in high school in the late 1970's a lot of guys were in this bracket - could only afford the back 2 rims for the Nova..........what about this guy riding down hill all day.
My auto pet peeves:
People who turn onto a multi lane road and don't stay in their lane. If there are two or more lanes on the road in the direction of travel the person is turning, they will not go to the inside lane of the turn, they will just turn wide and end up in whatever lane they feel like. Even if the turn lane is multi lane, they will cut off the person who is in the outside turn lane like they aren't even there.
I ditto the suicide...er...center lane comments above. There are people who use that lane for passing a ton of people before their turn if traffic is stopped at a light. I've entered the lane to make a left turn at a driveway, and some douchenozzle is trying to pass everyone for the intersection 500 ft behind me and gets pissed at me because I'm blocking his path. I've even had them go around me into oncoming traffic!
Also, "journalists" who are afraid to turn off DSC, TCS etc. 1. If you're driving on a public road fast enough to trigger them, you're going too fast. 2. What did you do when you tested "fast" cars without all this stuff. You managed not to wad too many of them up, right? Even with this stuff, you still manage to wad them up. (BTW, not directed at GRM folks).
While I'm in a ranting mood...
WTF happened to driver's ed? People can't drive, so we're now "fixing" cars by making them more autonomous and more expensive. Why not fix public transportation for the those that want to tweet, txt, etc. and leave the roads to those of us who want to actually drive and buy cheaper (new/newer) cars?
OK, one more thing for those of you from Michigan. For non-marked Michigan Left turns, are they 1 lane or 2? If they are painted, then I treat them as such. However, most aren't marked, so I treat them as 1 lane. But, when that happens, some berkleytard will always either turn inside of me or pass me on the outside (cutting off my view of oncoming traffic) and usually cut me off if we try and leave at the same time. If I'm in my truck, I just go in the middle now and most people don't try to pass me. But if they are two lanes if not painted, then I'll start treating them as such.
Hopefully this makes sense. My gears are really being ground today.
Curmudgeon wrote:bravenrace wrote: I have no pet "pieves", automotive or otherwise. I love everything and everybody.I'm not prejudiced. I hate everything and everybody.
Ah, an equal opportunity hater. I see...
bravenrace wrote:Curmudgeon wrote:Ah, an **affirmitive action** hater. I see...bravenrace wrote: I have no pet "pieves", automotive or otherwise. I love everything and everybody.I'm not prejudiced. I hate everything and everybody.
FTFY
I hate it when people drive slow over washboards on all the dirt roads around me. The faster you hit those things the less you feel them.
Spoolpigeon wrote: I was behind a van at a red light today. It had the largest stick figure family on the back window INCLUDING 4 dogs (2nd of which had halos and angel wings). I had to fight the urge to back up my car to get a good running start at careening it into theirs.
Folks who drive in the "stripes" rather than waiting till you can actually enter the turn lane.
Amateur medical wannabees. I'll never forget the idiot who thought his Pep Boys blue light on the dash meant he had a license to run a red light at a 4-way 55mph road crossing without even slowing. We are both very fortunate that my brakes work.
Knurled wrote:Spoolpigeon wrote: I was behind a van at a red light today. It had the largest stick figure family on the back window INCLUDING 4 dogs (2nd of which had halos and angel wings). I had to fight the urge to back up my car to get a good running start at careening it into theirs.
off topic I always wanted to see a 15 passenger van with Utah license plates on it with the stick figures in the back window... One male, 5 women, and about 15 kids....
You'll need to log in to post.
