Dangers of owning an '09 car?!

flanzer

Right, my Dad bought an '09 Focus 1.8 TDCi Saloon 2 weeks ago an is more than happy with it. It's his 5th Focus and can't see beyond buying a Focus! A loyal Focus owner. My mam has uses the car mostly as my Dad does mainly city driving. Since she's started driving it, she noticed people flashing her and blowing the horn. Every time she got out checked the lights, tire pressure, brake lights etc, and had begun to question her own ability to drive.

Then the other day the penny dropped. My Dad had the car out in Cornelscourt, South Co. Dublin. He too witnessed the same phenomenom, but got a clear view of what the other driver was doing. My Dad's mouth dropped. The guy was pointing down at the reg plate, then pointing at him, then finally giving my Da the auld w@nkers fist gesture!!

Today I was talking to my uncle who was sitting in a room at the front of his house with his mate who bought himself a new '09 E270 diesel and noticed a guy get out of a flat bed truck and walk to the front of the car and shuffle around it for a few seconds. Immediately they went out to see what he had done, and noticed a spit mark, nothing short of a small vomit, resting behind the Merc symbol on the bonnet!!

I know Ireland is, and always was, a national full of begrudgers but this take the biscuit. My auld man is beginning to have sleepness night thinking his new car will be torched and badly damaged by a brainless jealous thug.

Has anyone else seen this or heard of it happening? Fu(king disgraceful

peasant

Are you sure you're not making this up?

L-M

peasant wrote: »

Are you sure you're not making this up?

+200

Sounds like a load s

Fizman

peasant wrote: »

Are you sure you're not making this up?

To be fair, it doesn't seem as if he is.

flanzer

I swear to God. My Mam told me the other day, and didn't really believe it. Then when is happened my Da, I began to believe it slightly. Then my Dads brother called over to the house earlier. Then I began to believe it, hence I posted it up here as the evidence became stonewall imo

jhegarty

Some of those fancy new xeon (sp) lights ?

They blind people, and cause most of symptoms above

rebel.ranter

Parked my car in town a week or two ago & there was a dirty great spit on my previously shiny black bonnet. It is a '02. There are some ignorant ***** out there!:mad:

flanzer

jhegarty wrote: »

Some of those fancy new xeon (sp) lights ?

They blind people, and cause most of symptoms above

No, bog standand lights. Even got the garage to check to elevation on them!

BrianD3

With the current climate, there has been an increase in the amount of spiteful begrudgers out there. For example, there is a tremendous amount of bile directed towards public servants on this website, in newspapers and on the Joe Duffy show :rolleyes: There is going to a certain percentage of the population who'll take this further and start spitting at 09 cars when they would have taken no notice of new cars in previous years.

Fizman

BrianD3 wrote: »

There is going to a certain percentage of the population who'll take this further and start spitting at 09 cars when they would have taken no notice of new cars in previous years.

And a certain percentage who will take things further than just spitting, unfortunately.

kbell

flanzer wrote: »

Then the other day the penny dropped. My Dad had the car out in Cornelscourt, South Co. Dublin. He too witnessed the same phenomenom, but got a clear view of what the other driver was doing. My Dad's mouth dropped. The guy was pointing down at the reg plate, then pointing at him, then finally giving my Da the auld w@nkers fist gesture!!

I'd open my wallet and wave whatever i had in it back at the twat.
That'd piss him off rightly

peasant

BrianD3 wrote: »

With the current climate, there has been an increase in the amount of spiteful begrudgers out there. For example, there is a tremendous amount of bile directed towards public servants on this website, in newspapers and on the Joe Duffy show :rolleyes: There is going to a certain percentage of the population who'll take this further and start spitting at 09 cars when they would have taken no notice of new cars in previous years.

Well if it really has come to this (I mean a Focus, come on ...) then my already low opinion of the great unwashed has just dropped another few notches.

zapata

My car is constantly being crapped on by birds.... damn those begrudging flying flockers....
:mad:

flanzer

peasant wrote: »

I mean a Focus, come on ...)

That's what I said to him at first, it's not as if they're driving a Ferrari/Bentley or the likes. I think a lot of a$$holes have got their hands torched with the recession and are rightly stuck up sh!t creek without a paddle, hence the Irish inbred begrugery has come to the fore

Comer1

Where are you based, I'm driving a '09 Honda Accord and I haven't witnessed anything like this. Are you sure that this is not some kind of "'09 Paranoia?"

alpina

One can often wonder is this plain envy/green eyed monster etc. or their annoyance at the (sheeplike) Irish consumer changing the car every year regardless of what is thrown his/her way, or spending big bucks on something that's really not necessary. I know this is a vastly general statement, possibly giving the tossers too much credit, but this crap happens an awful lot, & sorting out can be both frustrating & expensive...all over having a nice or new set of wheels!? Friend had his new car badly keyed & another had his rear tyres slashed, & can go on...:(:(

eringobragh

flanzer wrote: »

Right, my Dad bought an '09 Focus 1.8 TDCi Saloon 2 weeks ago an is more than happy with it. It's his 5th Focus and can't see beyond buying a Focus! A loyal Focus owner. My mam has uses the car mostly as my Dad does mainly city driving. Since she's started driving it, she noticed people flashing her and blowing the horn. Every time she got out checked the lights, tire pressure, brake lights etc, and had begun to question her own ability to drive.

Then the other day the penny dropped. My Dad had the car out in Cornelscourt, South Co. Dublin. He too witnessed the same phenomenom, but got a clear view of what the other driver was doing. My Dad's mouth dropped. The guy was pointing down at the reg plate, then pointing at him, then finally giving my Da the auld w@nkers fist gesture!!

Today I was talking to my uncle who was sitting in a room at the front of his house with his mate who bought himself a new '09 E270 diesel and noticed a guy get out of a flat bed truck and walk to the front of the car and shuffle around it for a few seconds. Immediately they went out to see what he had done, and noticed a spit mark, nothing short of a small vomit, resting behind the Merc symbol on the bonnet!!

I know Ireland is, and always was, a national full of begrudgers but this take the biscuit. My auld man is beginning to have sleepness night thinking his new car will be torched and badly damaged by a brainless jealous thug.

Has anyone else seen this or heard of it happening? Fu(king disgraceful

...and then you woke up and had your cornflakes??? :pac:

flanzer wrote: »

I think a lot of a$$holes have got their hands torched with the recession and are rightly stuck up sh!t creek without a paddle, hence the Irish inbred begrugery has come to the fore

flanzer wrote: »

I know Ireland is, and always was, a national full of begrudgers but this take the biscuit. My auld man is beginning to have sleepness night thinking his new car will be torched and badly damaged by a brainless jealous thug.

Rosanna Davidson?? Is that you??

alpina

eringobragh wrote: »

...and then you woke up and had your cornflakes??? :pac:

Does seem a tad,.. em....em...extreme but alot of this ****e is going on & it's not inner city/where you live stuff either...

ninty9er

I'm sceptical, given the fact that I have 20/20 vision and I'd struggle to see the front reg of a Focus while concentrating on the road. And by the time I could safely see it was a 09 I would be so close that I would not be able to flash my lights before I had passed said car. Daylight is a different matter, but that's as scarce as a 09 Saab this weather.

su_dios

Sounds like paranoia.. maybe something other than your reg plate. If someone else on this site can confirm its happened to them then maybe I may believe its a case of 09 begrudgery.

EPM

a few years ago my dad picked up his new car. Decided to stop on way back in the shop. Young little sh1t saw the obviously new car,full force rugby ball kicked into the back door. Nice dent on a half hour old car...best bit was it was only a bloody almera...

eringobragh

su_dios wrote: »

Sounds like paranoia.. maybe something other than your reg plate. If someone else on this site can confirm its happened to them then maybe I may believe its a case of 09 begrudgery.

I'll guinea pig it I'll cover stick 09 over my 95 and see what attention I get :rolleyes: (Garda excluded :P)

keefg

Hmmm.....maybe the op is onto something here (or maybe this thread should be moved to the conspiracy theory forum )

I too have been subjected to similar abuse recently. Just before Christmas I stopped at a Centra store when a group of fellas in their late teens/early twenties were shouting at me (from across the road :rolleyes:) calling me a rich w@nker.

I drive a plain 2007 commercial jeep! hardly an Aston Martin DB9

Meh....some people:mad::mad:

Damien360

Has to be the lights are very bright. Have noticed a few new fords, both mondeos and focus have very good long beams but seem to be very sharp to look at. Could OP try putting some dirt on the lights as a test and see if he still gets the same reaction. The nation has not gone from one of greed for a new car as often as possible to one of envy for somebody else's new one that quickly.

audismelly

Comer1 wrote: »

Where are you based, I'm driving a '09 Honda Accord and I haven't witnessed anything like this. Are you sure that this is not some kind of "'09 Paranoia?"

nice bus.well for sum:rolleyes:

hayyman

Comer1 wrote: »

Where are you based, I'm driving a '09 Honda Accord and I haven't witnessed anything like this. Are you sure that this is not some kind of "'09 Paranoia?"

Ive often had this kind of trouble with my 1 liter micra jealous bastad:rolleyes:

Berty

I drive a 06 Audi and drove a 98 Astra over the past two days. Nobody looked at me any differently.

I smell paranaoi. I used to think something was wrong with my 00 Nissan Almera(new shape) because people kept waving hello at me. I realised weeks later after seeing another one coming towards me that even when the lights were off the back mirrored section of the light would bounce the sunshine to look like I was flashing my lights. Silly car.

Also It was a KY reg so people in Dublin used to look at me strangely as though I had driven from another country.

Rowley Birkin QC

Damien360 wrote: »

Could OP try putting some dirt on the lights as a test and see if he still gets the same reaction.

You can't be serious.

OP tell your parents to find something else to worry about.

wandatowell

keefg wrote: »

Just before Christmas I stopped at a Centra store when a group of fellas in their late teens/early twenties were shouting at me (from across the road :rolleyes:) calling me a rich w@nker

you should have replied "nah im just rich"

freyners

ya a load of spiteful p****s out there these days

But then again a lot of people are getting increasingly angry at anyone who does well, not suprising the way the countries gone

Berty

I know people on social welfare who look down on me(or up I dont know which) because I have a job that gives me an Audi A4. They complain they barely have two brown pennies to rub together.

Im not quitting my job or asking for a beat up van just to make other people feel better about themselves.

BMurr

I drive a 96 A4, unfortunately the reverse phenomenon whereby people might take pity for me driving a 96 and leave fivers stuck under the wipers doesn't seem to happen, so lending credence to the paranoia idea.

biko

flanzer wrote: »

Then the other day the penny dropped. My Dad had the car out in Cornelscourt, South Co. Dublin. He too witnessed the same phenomenom, but got a clear view of what the other driver was doing. My Dad's mouth dropped. The guy was pointing down at the reg plate, then pointing at him, then finally giving my Da the auld w@nkers fist gesture!!

Tell your Da to switch off the foglights

L-M

BMurr wrote: »

I drive a 96 A4, unfortunately the reverse phenomenon whereby people might take pity for me driving a 96 and leave fivers stuck under the wipers doesn't seem to happen, so lending credence to the paranoia idea.

LOl!!

If only:rolleyes:

pandaboy

kbell wrote: »

I'd open my wallet and wave whatever i had in it back at the twat.
That'd piss him off rightly

+1

We can't have the peasantry upsetting good hard working individuals now, can we?!!

Brabus

I think its sad that this is what a minority (and I stress only a minority) of us have resorted to.
Those who behave in this manner are of a very narrow minded persuasion,IMHO.
What a lot of them tend to forget is that there are still some very ordinary people who have worked hard all their lives and continue to do so so as to make sure they and their families can live in some simple comfort (without having to flaunt their wealth).
Basically, my point is this; Is it a crime to own a brand new car?
Obviously, in this country it is, to some people.

el diablo

What a sad little country we live in.

Mr. Presentable

biko wrote: »

Tell your Da to switch off the foglights

QFT!

-Chris-

I have reservations about the original post and the discussion it's created. I'm constantly driving brand new ("luxury") cars and have NEVER come across any kind of begrudgery of anything even remotely like what's being described (actually, no begrudgery at all).

pburns

I did get a spiteful 'nice pose' comment last year when my car was new & I was sitting in traffic (from another motorist, youngish lad in a beat-up Peugeot 306 or somesuch).

Apart from that i've never experenced jelousy but I've never driven the usual 'prestige' German brands and usually had s/h cars...

Unlike some I do think it's possible. Just look at the comments on other boards aimed at (i) builders and (ii) public servants. There is HUGE jelousy, resentment & a baying for blood bubbling under the surface from people who are now struggling or whose livlihood are in jeporty.

Comer1

pburns wrote: »

I did get a spiteful 'nice pose' comment last year when my car was new & I was sitting in traffic (from another motorist, youngish lad in a beat-up Peugeot 306 or somesuch).

Apart from that i've never experenced jelousy but I've never driven the usual 'prestige' German brands and usually had s/h cars...

Unlike some I do think it's possible. Just look at the comments on other boards aimed at (i) builders and (ii) public servants. There is HUGE jelousy, resentment & a baying for blood bubbling under the surface from people who are now struggling or whose livlihood are in jeporty.

I'm a public servant driving a '09 Accord, should I hire a private security firm for protection?:D

ninty9er

Comer1 wrote: »

I'm a public servant driving a '09 Accord, should I hire a private security firm for protection?:D

I didn't know they had Hondas in the Traffic Corps fleet these days:D:D

el diablo

Comer1 wrote: »

I'm a public servant driving a '09 Accord, should I hire a private security firm for protection?:D

no, it's just a Honda.

Comer1

audismelly wrote: »

nice bus.well for sum:rolleyes:

If it makes you feel any better, it's only the old model:(

Comer1

el diablo wrote: »

no, it's just a Honda.

Dam, and I was looking forward to some w@nker spitting on my bonnet:(

Bluefoam

pburns wrote: »

I've never driven the usual 'prestige' German brands

Very few people have driven a Maybach...

pebbles21

flanzer wrote: »

Right, my Dad bought an '09 Focus 1.8 TDCi Saloon 2 weeks ago an is more than happy with it. It's his 5th Focus and can't see beyond buying a Focus! A loyal Focus owner. My mam has uses the car mostly as my Dad does mainly city driving. Since she's started driving it, she noticed people flashing her and blowing the horn. Every time she got out checked the lights, tire pressure, brake lights etc, and had begun to question her own ability to drive.

Then the other day the penny dropped. My Dad had the car out in Cornelscourt, South Co. Dublin. He too witnessed the same phenomenom, but got a clear view of what the other driver was doing. My Dad's mouth dropped. The guy was pointing down at the reg plate, then pointing at him, then finally giving my Da the auld w@nkers fist gesture!!l

Do your parents a favour and take the mini Man Utd kit off the windscreen

javaboy

I have a very late reg 08. Sometimes people frown in my direction but no spitting so far.

Funxy

flanzer wrote: »

That's what I said to him at first, it's not as if they're driving a Ferrari/Bentley or the likes. I think a lot of a$$holes have got their hands torched with the recession and are rightly stuck up sh!t creek without a paddle, hence the Irish inbred begrugery has come to the fore

It still wouldn't be ok to do it if it was a bentley or ferrari! But we do live in ireland and without a doubt the people who live here seem to be the worst begrudgers in the world.

Jumpy

keefg wrote: »

Hmmm.....maybe the op is onto something here (or maybe this thread should be moved to the conspiracy theory forum )

I too have been subjected to similar abuse recently. Just before Christmas I stopped at a Centra store when a group of fellas in their late teens/early twenties were shouting at me (from across the road :rolleyes:) calling me a rich w@nker.

I drive a plain 2007 commercial jeep! hardly an Aston Martin DB9

Meh....some people:mad::mad:

I think its more because you were shopping in Centra.

scaldybelt

I'd have to agree with the foglights comments.....chck that they know what all the buttons on the dashboard do!

I for one regularly make a point of flashing people in front of me who have rear fogs on in clear conditions (as an example). :mad: