[Closed] Audi Q7 Drivers have especially low IQ's!

Stop moaning about the car and enjoy the view.

Yes you are a perv. Like most of us men

My mate got a bit tired at CyB on Friday and asked me to drive his Q7 home.

I can kind of see why people like them. Super big and high and intimidating.

I liked the way you could just accelerate hard behind somebody and they got out of the way - even when there wasn't anywhere safe for them to swerve into.

When I used to do that with my BMW it didn't always have the same effect.

Try it in my beaten up Mondeo, they move!! 😆 Even iriots in Audi's. 😆

Stupid woman rocks up every week and sits in her ridiculously oversized vehicle talking to the neighbour, but always leaves her engine running.

It was 25 minutes today.

[i]I liked the way you could just accelerate hard behind somebody and they got out of the way - even when there wasn't anywhere safe for them to swerve into.

When I used to do that with my BMW it didn't always have the same effect.
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Thats a wind up right???

Anyone does that to me and they automatically end up doing half the required speed limit for a few miles whilst i sit there smiling. I also speed up on the straights so they cant get past when they actually get the oppertunity.

Doesn't work on me-you can drive like an idiot and I'll drive sensibly as I'm not intidated unless you have blue lights flashing-I'm not moving out of the way.

Grow up?

I also speed up on the straights so they cant get past when they actually get the opportunity

Your as bad as the OP, idiots like the both of you shouldn't be on the road!

Although the story i was told recently did open my eyes to possible issues here.

Guy was driving with fellow workers back from job. These were young groundworker types so not really types to be bullied. Posh car flashes them in outside lane to move over so they sit there and piss the guy off. Evenetually the guy undertakes them and they give him the fingers etc as he passes. Car does a complete stop on a six pence and forces this van full of lads to stop. Guy gets out and taps on drivers window with a handgun. Lad in drivers seat has gone white and is visably shitting himself. Other guy threatens him with gun and then proceeds to threaten his wife, his kids, his mother and his pets. The van is plastered with work stickers etc so he tells him he knows where he works.

The other guys in the van try to calm him down but the guy just threatens them with the gun if his reg is reported.

Evenetually he leaves and they have to sit at the side of the road to let the driver stop shaking and crying. Back at work they agree its best left.

Bloody ell !!!

[i]Your as bad as the OP, idiots like the both of you shouldn't be on the road!

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Get over yourself.

Your as bad as the OP, idiots like the both of you shouldn't be on the road!

Well said.. Although there are a hell of a lot worse drivers out there!

Why? I drive thousands of miles a month, and often come up against dickheads like you putting my life at risk.

Just the other day, after following some idiot who sat at 40 for miles of NSL as well as 40 through the 30 limit villages, I eventually came to somewhere to overtake, indicate, pull out and start to accelerate past, only to find he's accelerating too, with me on the wrong side of the road!

I also speed up on the straights so they cant get past when they actually get the oppertunity.

That's just plain dangerous.

I also speed up on the straights so they cant get past when they actually get the oppertunity.

That's just plain dangerous.

Surely this only works when the car infront is as powerful as the car following. If they overtaker has a lot more powerful car, it may be less dangerous. I certainly find it's less dangerous using my 2.5 V6 compared to a wheesy 1.6, as you have a lot in reserve, just incase the muppet in front decides to speed up.

Hey, you hijacked my thread!!

This is about stupid women with too much money and time on their hands and who have never done a day's graft in their soft mollycoddled lives.

The only positive is that they have nice arses.

Keep on topic please gentlemen!

Right to clarify a few points

I drive a vehicle which is limited to 50mph on the a roads
I drive mostly on roads which are heavily occupied by lorries (A75) which means that most of the time i am doing 40mph
I drive many thousands of miles every month also.
I pointed out that if someone is trying to bully me on the road i in fact respond by slowing down. The principle being that if they are going to hit me (More likely given the manner in which they are driving), it will be at a slower speed.
I made the comment that on the straights i also tend to speed up from the slower speed i am doing. Is there anything wrong with this given that i did not say i break the speed limit? Its my oppertunity to overtake the said lorries that are doing 40mph and causing the bullies to over react.

I would say the style i have described above is not that of a dickhead, but more that of someone aware of what is going on around him and is making sure he is safe.

You sound like you have aggression issues in your motor Kieren.

Your first statement makes it sound like you think driving many thousands of miles makes you a better driver than others. A popular missconception. I usually find that a lot of people who drive so much are over confident, under trained, impatient and ignorant. I work in the commercial motor industry and come across people who drive some huuuuge mileages.

You sat behind someone doing 40mph. Yes thats pretty slow but were they being held up by a lorry? Were they in a van which is restricted to 50mph on A Roads? Were they unsure of their location? No excuse for 40mph in 30mph zone so i asume they left you behind at that point because you were doing 30mph?

Sounds to me like you may have been trying to bully the driver in places you shouldnt have and he gave you a little payback. Maybe you should look at the general standard of your driving before calling someone a dickhead in response to your actions.

All said with a loving 🙂

Sorry SpongeBob -- I thought your post was more about the 25 minutes with the engine on and the enviroment, hence my post regarding Police vehicles.

Is it getting hot in here? 😆

This is about stupid women with too much money and time on their hands and who have never done a day's graft in their soft mollycoddled lives.

The only positive is that they have nice arses.

Here here. However, I think the phrase is...

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I also speed up on the straights so they cant get past when they actually get the oppertunity.

The "so the" in the sentence gives the game away that it was a rather childish response, rather than safe driving. Most people speed up on straights, primarily because they slowed down in the bend... Personally thats why I love owning a car that can speed up on straights faster than most other cars, meaning that even when following someone who seems to want to drive rediculously slowly and then accelerate out of each bend because they dont like being passed, I can still pass them.

It amazes me the number of people who dislike being overtaken. I rarely overtake people, simply because theres rarely opportunity on the roads I drive, yet when you do, even in a safe and considerate manner, you get mouthfuls of abuse. Because the driver thought THEY were driving as fast as they thought safe and so you must be a complete nutter and risking everyones life by daring to pass them. I mean seriously, there's a straight near mine with a large broken-hatched section, its a 60 and about 3/4 of a mile long. 4 times I've been flashed at and given the fingers for passing people down the straight despite there being no cars coming in the other direction and them doing 45mph.

Jsut goes to show, everyone believes they are right - you can rarely win.

Spongebob - i think you may be an old perv. However if you don't take pics thats ok, it means you are not a sick old man. If you do take pics then you are a sick old man. (my e-mails in my profile should you wish to dispose of said pics).

This is about stupid women with too much money and time on their hands and who have never done a day's graft in their soft mollycoddled lives.

Possibly not, they could be lawyers on maternity leave, enjoying the break. Or any number of things, but I suppose that wouldnt make a fun thread title would it 😀

**** off argueing, we need pictures.

Where's Smee when you need him? I'm sure he could give a balanced response to this 😉

FWIW, as much as a wnaker the person behind you is being, I fail to see how preventing him from overtaking makes you safer. Surely let him get on in his 'unsafe' manner, leaving you the right to be pious when he's wrapped around a tree further down the road. Speeding up whilst being / likely to be over taken is possibly THE most dangerous thing you can do on the roads. One of the main rules of the highway code is to drive considerately. Perhaps a few of you driving 'heroes' would do well to remember that...

[i]I also speed up on the straights so it transpires they cant get past when they actually get the oppertunity which is unfortunate for them.[/i]

Is that any less childish?

It just took me a little longer to type than saying i usually speed up on the straights.

[i]Jsut goes to show, everyone believes they are right - you can rarely win.

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Here here!

Apologies for the hijack spongebob, however;

I pointed out that if someone is trying to bully me on the road i in fact respond by slowing down. The principle being that if they are going to hit me (More likely given the manner in which they are driving), it will be at a slower speed.

Whilst I agree with you theory on having an accident at a slower speed, in reality your increasing the likelihood of antagonizing the driver behind and having the accident anyway!

I made the comment that on the straights i also tend to speed up from the slower speed i am doing. Is there anything wrong with this given that i did not say i break the speed limit? Its my opportunity to overtake the said lorries that are doing 40mph and causing the bullies to over react.

No, however doing it to make someone 'overreact' is also very stupid and ultimately makes the roads more dangerous for everybody

You sound like you have aggression issues in your motor Kieren

Not at all, but with the state of our countries roads, the people on them, and the mileage i do its a case of 'when' not 'if' i have an accident, and i hate people who deliberately go around making them worse.

I usually find that a lot of people who drive so much are over confident, under trained, impatient and ignorant.

Yep,

were they being held up by a lorry? Were they in a van which is restricted to 50mph on A Roads?

Were they unsure of their location?

i asume they left you behind at that point because you were doing 30mph?

Any pictures of this girl yet?

Failing to let a faster vehicle pass is bad driving.

A lot of the bad driving on our roads is a result of the "I'm going fast enough" mentality. We have heavily policed speed limits, most people don't want to break them, and most people dislike being overtaken. So they sit there feeling self righteous and slowing everyone else down.

Safe speed of a vehicle is down to a lot more than the signs at the side of the road. Road conditions, visibility, quality of the brakes and tyres, and weight of the vehicle all have a massive influence on stopping distance.

Pics?

Spongebob, 25 minutes of engine-running should be ample time to fetch the camera. STW expects 😀

It just took me a little longer to type than saying i usually speed up on the straights.

Well, it conveys an ENTIRELY different meaning/intention so I don't know, which is more correct? Only you know that one.

"This is about stupid women with too much money and time on their hands and who have never done a day's graft in their soft mollycoddled lives.

Possibly not, they could be lawyers "

Would the learned gentleman like to retract that remark?

"I also speed up on the straights so they cant get past when they actually get the oppertunity. "

Based on that comment you need some serious retraining.
It is legal to attempt to undertake a vehicle that is passing you. But more that its down right dangerous.

Trying to beat some who is acting like a **** being being a bigger one still makes you a big ****.

As is trying to over take a vehicle doing 40mph in one restricted to 50mph on a A road.
Levers you with very few options.

"Maybe you should look at the general standard of your driving before calling someone a dickhead "

I stick to 30 in a 30 etc where the chances of killing someone or getting nicked are much higher. But as soon as the de-limit signs arrive its fair game to match the road conditions... makes me chuckle the lengths some drivers will go to as to not be passed by an ancient Nissan.

You guys never fail to dissapoint. That high horse must be growing by the day 🙂

Spongbob, this wouldn't happen to be in Scotlandshire would it?

I know of a Q7 driver who has an amazing bottom and often has tight jogging bottom on..

It amazes me the number of people who dislike being overtaken.

Completely agree.

Speeding up whilst being / likely to be over taken is possibly THE most dangerous thing you can do on the roads.

Indeed. IIRC a lorry driver caused a coach overtaking him to have a fatal head on and got jailed. Can't find the link just now.

Can we have photo next week to allow us to decide whether not intervening was justified?

I personally would rather that if someone was driving like a dick they would be in front of me where i could keep my eye on them. Also the speeding up on the straights reminded me of coming back from Skye behind a Saab that slowed down to 40 on bends that could be safely taken at 60 then accelerating out of the bends and doing 60 on the straights (not much fun in a zx1.9 diesel non turbo) the car could shift round corners but had no acceleration to speak of.(and I do not think the driver was trying to piss me off I just think he was a shit driver or his Saab was as bad at handling as mine was at accelerating).

Q7~ are giving to Mistresses by their Rich Boyfriends in HK

Why? I drive thousands of miles a month, and often come up against dickheads like you putting my life at risk.

Just the other day, after following some idiot who sat at 40 for miles of NSL as well as 40 through the 30 limit villages, I eventually came to somewhere to overtake, indicate, pull out and start to accelerate past, only to find he's accelerating too, with me on the wrong side of the road!

i get such a buzz when they do that, I had some clapped out mondeo doing 25 in a 50 zone baiting me last night, He had one tailight and one headlight 😕

Went to overtake in 4th and he put his foot down, Straight to 2nd **** off mate went past like he was standing 😈 so he sat on my arse after that 🙄 Overtaking cars on the bikes good too 8)

A lot of the bad driving on our roads is a result of the "I'm going fast enough" mentality. We have heavily policed speed limits, most people don't want to break them, and most people dislike being overtaken. So they sit there feeling self righteous and slowing everyone else down.

Safe speed of a vehicle is down to a lot more than the signs at the side of the road. Road conditions, visibility, quality of the brakes and tyres, and weight of the vehicle all have a massive influence on stopping distance.

I'd have thought a lot of the bad driving on our roads is a result of the "I want to go faster, how dare this person hold me up" mentality.

I'd never try and interfere with somebody passing me, but if I feel I'm going a comfortable speed for the road/conditions/limit/whatever then the fact that somebody behind wants to go faster doesn't make me a bad driver.

I'd never try and interfere with somebody passing me, but if I feel I'm going a comfortable speed for the road/conditions/limit/whatever then the fact that somebody behind wants to go faster doesn't make me a bad driver.

If there's a queue forming beind you then you should pull over when safe to do so to allow people to pass. Like it says in the highway code.

I'm not talking about trundling along at 30 when the more appropriate speed is 60 with 20 cars behind me. I'm taking issue with the implication that if, say, I'm doing 60 on a country road I don't know very well and I don't think I can safely go too much faster, then I'm a bad driver because some idiot in a BMW 2 feet behind me with his high beams on wants to do 80.

FWIW I do pull over to let people past, depending on the situation obviously- it's common courtesy if nothing else. Sadly that courtesy is lacking in drivers who just see other people on the road as obstacles.

coffeeking - Member

This is about stupid women with too much money and time on their hands and who have never done a day's graft in their soft mollycoddled lives.

Possibly not, they could be lawyers on maternity leave, enjoying the break. Or any number of things, but I suppose that wouldnt make a fun thread title would it

Erm, no, neither of them work. Never have done. The Q7 driver has recently switched from a Range Rover 4.6HSE.

No pics. That would be very pervy! 😆

I had someone in a VW Phaeton try and kill my wife and I on the M6.

We were driving in the outside lane (that's the "fast" one, yes?) at a fair clip, overtaking slower moving traffic that was in the other two lanes. Nothing dangerous, but there wasn't much room to pull in, so we continued along with the Phaeton driver (middle-aged, captain of industry no doubt) right up the backside of the car, gesticulating wildly and flashing his lights.

There was nowhere for us to go without barging into the middle lane, so we continued in this vein until a gap appeared in the traffic. I signalled and moved over, at which point he overtook and slammed his brakes on and swerved across our path.

Had I not been half-expecting a such a wuckfittish maneouvre, we would have been dead. As it was, I had to perform an emergency stop in the middle lane and swerve into the inside lane, causing other cars to also swerve into the hard shoulder etc.

I've seem some god-awful driving in my time - I live in Birmingham - but someone actively trying to kill me was a new one.

I followed him for some distance through the traffic, intending to remonstrate with him at length and possibly with some considerable vehmence - he was getting really worried through the 50mph average speed section, to the point he actually accelerated away over the limit through
the roadworks - another example of his cockishness. Because of the volume of traffic, though, we kept ending up behind him. It was great to see him looking behind him in a panic!

My wife pursuaded me to leave it and report it to the police - who, predictably, couldn't be bothered. Never been in a position where someone actively tried to kill us before though!

Sounds like you're just too damn slow Jakester - must try harder!

Remarkably, being a spirited driver, I dont see the need to be agressive etc in the outside lane with a fast car - owning a fast car makes it a joy to accelerate and brake, if someone gets in my way I may well flash them if they're hovering for no reason with masses of space to the left (lane hogging) but usually I'll just sit back and wait for my chance to hoof it 🙂

I was once "boxed" in by two 'tards in civics who obviously wanted a "race". They were inside and middle, 2am nigh-empty motorway. I pulled to the outside to pass them (only doing 70ish) and they both moved over leaving the inside empty. So I returned to the middle and waited for them to decide what they wanted to do. This jig occurred a few times so I simply drove to within 1m of the rear of one of them and edged forward. They both started to accelerate away so I backed right off down to 50-ish and hoped they'd give up. They didn't, so I repeated the manouvre and kept on accelerating until their piffly little wheeze-boxes could give no more and they had to pull over or be run off the road.

Not sure where I was going with that thought, but I was reminded of it and it annoyed me again just thinking of it.

You're right. One went through a very clear red light just infront of me earlier.

Is this some offshoot of pistonheads?

To think i even read peoples comments on here about my driving. Yeah right

I remember back in the 90's. I was doing 80mph in the fast lane on the M25 with nowhere else to move to, but had some big guy in a Volvo 2-3 feet off my bumper flashing me after flying up behind me. I saw him coming and estimated he'd been doing 120mph plus. He kept it up for over a minute before I had a chance to get over. This has happened a few times over the 950,000-1000,000 miles i've been driving.

That sort of behaviour makes me feel like I want to become insanely violent - these cxxks treat your life as if it was completely expendable! This is the reason why we have a road rage problem - aggressive drivers threaten lives! When caught, i'd have these idiots' licenses revoked for at least a year after which they would have to undergo a highly rigourous test to get a new license - a license that permanently indicated they were a risk to the public. I'd hope that insurers raised their premiums to several times the value of their car to put them off behaving like this in the first place. Aggressive driving in my view is a vastly more serious offence than drink driving - not that I condone drink driving in any way.

Every now and then, "Mr Braindead little cxxk big ego" rocks up and intimidates me and others. He always get away with it and reporting such offences is totally futile in my experience.

I am so glad I don't have to drive much these days. I have become one of these people with zero tolerance if provoked by very aggressive driving. I manage to keep calm and drive sedately, but with purpose and smoothly. This is made very difficult, impossible every now and then.

Why don't the autorities do something about this problem instead of penalising motorists who fail to spot a very conservative speed limit and get caught by the inevitable speed trap that follows?

People who choose big cars like Audi Q7's often do so to allow themselves to bully and intimidate other road users. These vehicles are unsafe for all, incompatible with our roads and other vehicles, gross , a greater risk to pedestrians, massge the inflated egos of trully diminutive people. You don't need a big car to be Mr Big!

When cycling to work i some times speed up when cars try to pass - am i a bad person?

Occasionally i even over take cars that are moving slower than i want to travel - surely this makes me a bad person?

When cycling to work i some times speed up when cars try to pass - am i a bad person?

I'm surprised it doesn't make you a dead person. Put yourself in the shoes of the driver who is overtaking, but is now faced with a choice (through your poor riding and their poor driving) of either a head-on with another car, or shunting a cocky cyclist off the road.

I'd rather not make them ask that question as a cyclist....

Mr Salmon I was suggesting that actively preventing other drivers from overtaking you is bad driving.

The prime example in the UK is dual carriageways and motorways. As a nation our lane discipline is rubbish. On the continent slower drivers are a lot happier to move over and as a result the traffic flows a lot better. Overtaking lanes are often a shambles as two lorries decide to duke it out in a 55mph drag race whilst everybody else waits in line.

I never suggested driving up anybody's arse or flashing lights, I find both annoying. Next time you're on a country road you're not familiar with don't get worked up on my account. 😆

When cycling to work i some times speed up when cars try to pass - am i a bad person?

Occasionally i even over take cars that are moving slower than i want to travel - surely this makes me a bad person?

I speed up so they dont overtake me in a daft place, The amount of people who try overtake coming up to junctions and blind corners is bloody stupid

coffeeking - Member
Sounds like you're just too damn slow Jakester - must try harder!

LOL - I wouldn't describe my driving as slow - not in my Octavia VRS! 😈 I think he objected to a Skoda being in front of him... 😉

Remarkably, being a spirited driver, I dont...

Do you also partake in "committed helmsmanship" perchance?....LOL Hobo I think you're right, must be an overlap with Pistonheads in here

As a nation our lane discipline is rubbish

That's one thing I DEFINITELY agree with ,and am amazed the police never sort it out.

Who here honestly "keeps left unless overtaking"? I reckon it's under 10% of people at best.

Mr Salmon I was suggesting that actively preventing other drivers from overtaking you is bad driving.

The prime example in the UK is dual carriageways and motorways. As a nation our lane discipline is rubbish. On the continent slower drivers are a lot happier to move over and as a result the traffic flows a lot better. Overtaking lanes are often a shambles as two lorries decide to duke it out in a 55mph drag race whilst everybody else waits in line.

I never suggested driving up anybody's arse or flashing lights, I find both annoying. Next time you're on a country road you're not familiar with don't get worked up on my account.

We're in agreement then! 🙂 The point I was rather badly trying to make is that what's "fast enough" is pretty subjective and that there'll always be somebody around whose interpretation is very different (not counting extreme examples of course).

I don't drive very often so haven't really developed the getting-worked-up mentality yet!

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The Audi Q7 - It's a solution in need of a problem

Do you also partake in "committed helmsmanship" perchance?....LOL Hobo I think you're right, must be an overlap with Pistonheads in here

😀 Not sure I do (or even know exactly what it is)! lol

There is a definite overlap with pistonheads though, I know countless MTBers that love their petrol-fueled fun as much as biking - assuming they're mutually exclusive is a schoolboy error! 🙂

Last week i rode on the pavement to avoid some trafic lights- does this make me a poor rider.

I feel such shame - perhaps i should hand my self into the police and confess all. Do they have mountain bikes in prison?

Last week i rode on the pavement to avoid some trafic lights- does this make me a poor rider.

Hell yes!

The Q7 et al are surely now really only cars to sell to Chinese nouveau riche and Russian "businessmen". What normal person drives one?

There is a definite overlap with pistonheads though, I know countless MTBers that love their petrol-fueled fun as much as biking - assuming they're mutually exclusive is a schoolboy error!

There are some very polarised opinions which is always makes for good rant potential.

There are a lot of "What Car" motoring threads about which diesel MPV to buy, which is all well and good. Its a wee bit frustrating that anybody posting pictures of a performance car eventually ends up in the dock for "willy-waving" or driving like an extra from Mad Max.

There is lots of bike-related willy waving and lets face it most of us are boring and sensible enough to form minimal risk to other motorists.

coffeeking, I'm not entirely sure either, but I'm fairly sure it's very similar to 'spirited driving' 😆

Then it's entirely possible!

@shandy - come on, you're not expecting sensible answers and opinions on here surely, if you own anything other than a pedal powered go-kart you MUST be an eco-destructor and trying to murder small children with your devil-inspired box on wheels! Half the people on here are far too busy polishing their bikes for the next "show us your bike" thread to care about forming sensible answers! (me included).