What type of cars annoy you & why?

starbelgrade

Mods - you can move this to the Motors section if you like, but it's not really a motoring question, as if can affect non-drivers too. So hopefully it'll stay in AH (as it's meant to be a bit of craic too).

For me, it's;

- Nissan Micras (ugly, always driving at 2 mph, always in the way)

- Mayo Reg cars (I think the MO stands for "Move Over")

- Donegal Reg cars ( the opposite of MO reg cars... always driving too fast in innapropriate places).

dark crystal

Boy racer type cars: huge, loud exhausts, amusement arcade type dance music blasting from the stereo, stupid looking rims etc.

Lorri_L

Those stupid looking Nissan Figaros. Who would spend real money on them? Wouldn't buy one with Monopoly money :mad:

KeithM89_old

Moved to Motors



I kid
But it has to be those tiny little Smart cars. Iv seen prams with more room in them.

starbelgrade

dark crystal wrote: »

Boy racer type cars: huge, loud exhausts, amusement arcade type dance music blasting from the stereo, stupid looking rims etc.

They used to annoy me, just for the pure state of them, but they tend to be fairly careful road users. They spend so much time & money on their cars, they don't tend to do anything too mad as it might damage their paintwork or rims.

Generally, they just sit back & overtake whenever is safe, which is fine by me.

Valentina

Nissan Micras.

And modified boy racer sh1t boxes. They are grotesque and pointless.

Opel Zafiras, Ford CMax, Renault Scenic... I would rather die than drive a people carrier. :pac:

Cill Dara Abu

Toyota Yaris!

ahyeahok

alan carr

starbelgrade

Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

Toyota Yaris!

The evil twin sister of the Nissan Micra!

jimthemental

Nissan Micra's - Only driven by people who can't drive, I've overtaken one in a tractor ffs!

BMW - You just have to stay a bit away from them because the driver has no regard for anyone else.

Fiat Multipla - The ugliest car I've ever seen. They're like a stupid looking Suzuki Jimni with a unibrow for some reason.

partyatmygaff

- Nissan Micras are horrible ugly little cars

- Crossover cars/MPVs - SUVs without the luxury, off-road capability or powerful engines.

- Tastelessly modified VAG cars drive me up the wall. A VW Passat or Audi A4 should not have anything more than a lip spoiler or subtle body modifications lest they look rubbish.

- Poverty spec cars from premium marques like Audi, BMW or Mercedes. You're only fooling yourself if you think an Audi A4 with an asthmatic 1.6 engine, cloth seats and manually operated windows is a luxury car. The same goes for BMW and Mercedes.

- Beer can exhausts and Argos intakes installed on crappy little 1L hatchbacks.

starbelgrade

jimthemental wrote: »

Nissan Micra's -I've overtaken one in a tractor ffs!

dark crystal

starbelgrade wrote: »

They used to annoy me, just for the pure state of them, but they tend to be fairly careful road users. They spend so much time & money on their cars, they don't tend to do anything too mad as it might damage their paintwork or rims.

Generally, they just sit back & overtake whenever is safe, which is fine by me.

Ah no - the noise out of them is ridiculous! They also tend to tailgate a lot, in my experience.

dark crystal

jimthemental wrote: »

Fiat Multipla - The ugliest car I've ever seen. They're like a stupid looking Suzuki Jimni with a unibrow for some reason.

Those yolks are hideous alright.

Will I Amnt

Fiat multipla and Nissan micra,the 2 ugliest contraptions ever to hit the roads.

Kojak

Any type of Fiat cars - they always look like they are about to fall apart.

Souped up boy racer cars are terrible also. All noise and no substance - a lot like a politican actually.

starbelgrade

dark crystal wrote: »

Ah no - the noise out of them is ridiculous! They also tend to tailgate a lot, in my experience.

They do tailgate, but at least they overtake when the opportunity presents itself... unlike those idiots who just form a line behind the other idiots forming a line behind the likes of a truck or slow moving car... none of whom have any inkling of overtaking or allowing anyone else behind them any space for doing so!

later12

Has to be the Nissan Micra, the Nissan Micra project ought to have been aborted early in the manufacturing stage.

Also, a car I have never seen in Ireland, but which I often saw in South Africa was something called a Materia. I dont even know who makes it, but here is an example. They had some serious driving issues as well.

http://www.carsplusplus.com/pictures/2007/70455/photo2.jpg

jimthemental

dark crystal wrote: »

Ah no - the noise out of them is ridiculous! They also tend to tailgate a lot, in my experience.

A quick tap on the brakes usually sorts that, just enough to put on the lights and not slow too much.

starbelgrade

later10 wrote: »

Also, a car I have never seen in Ireland, but which I often saw in South Africa was something called a Materia.
http://www.carsplusplus.com/pictures/2007/70455/photo2.jpg

Holy fuck.

That's really all I can say right now. I'm speechless.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Mini Coopers but moreso the princesses who drive them and fail to see why they should make room for anyone else

Hasmunch

Its usually the drivers i dislike, I'd rather have a good driver in nissan micra than a bad one in a 5 series BMW.

jimthemental

later10 wrote: »

Has to be the Nissan Micra, the Nissan Micra project manager aught to have been aborted early in the manufacturing stage.

FYP

later12

jimthemental wrote: »

FYP

Thats an interesting point. I never thought about it. I wonder what the moral arguments for and against abortion could be.... probably not something that many people have an opinion on...

starbelgrade

Dahlia Warm Canon wrote: »

Mini Coopers but moreso the princesses who drive them and fail to see why they should make room for anyone else

I know exactly what you mean.

The Cooper is the female motoring embodyment of that. Self important females, hair tied back to express a sense of busyness, large sunglasses to deflect / reflect the outside world / reality and a lot of make up to cover the flaws underneath.

A bit like the car itself.

It has a lot less under the hood than what it feigns to express by it's outer shell.

Esel

OPs. The road? I own it. Get the funk out of my way!

Real answer: anything with rear seat drive (or passenger seat drive).

Purple Lemons

Skodas...eugh :mad:

ladysarastro

Kia souls.... especially yellow kia souls.....
and yellow cars in general

partyatmygaff

Purple Lemons wrote: »

Skodas...eugh :mad:

Say what you will about Skoda but there's one thing you can't deny. The Octavia's boot is massive. It is a universe unto itself, constantly expanding.

starbelgrade

partyatmygaff wrote: »

Say what you will about Skoda but there's one thing you can't deny. The Octavia's boot is massive. It is a universe unto itself, constantly expanding.

I had an Octavia for a week while my car was in the garage (the garage loaned it to me).

It was MASSIVE. A big saloon job.. not the best looking car on the planet & I expected it to drive badly, being so big & all ... but it was surprisingly good..
comfortable, good "lift off", steady on corners & apart from the inanely boring look & feel of it, you couldn't really say a bad thing about it.

And I wanted to.. believe me!

WindSock

My one. It breaks down every friggin fortnite.

starbelgrade

WindSock wrote: »

My one. It breaks down every friggin fortnite.

They're the worst of the worst.

I used to have a car where i had to leave the window open climb through through it to get into the drivers seat because all the locks on the doors had rusted & the cylinders had fallen out.

It looked good on the Dukes of Hazard (jumping into the car through the window) but in practice, it was shite.

partyatmygaff

starbelgrade wrote: »

I had an Octavia for a week while my car was in the garage (the garage loaned it to me).

It was MASSIVE. A big saloon job.. not the best looking car on the planet & I expected it to drive badly, being so big & all ... but it was surprisingly good..
comfortable, good "lift off", steady on corners & apart from the inanely boring look & feel of it, you couldn't really say a bad thing about it.

And I wanted to.. believe me!

Must've been a TDi. Infinite torque and infinite MPG.

starbelgrade

partyatmygaff wrote: »

Must've been a TDi. Infinite torque and infinite MPG.

It was!! Seriously fast when you wanted it to be & really easy on the gas.

RayM

I don't understand people's hatred for Nissan Micras. You'd be hard pressed to find a less offensive or pretentious car. I still regularly see 20-year-old Micras around (far more so than any other car), so they must be pretty reliable too.

Pretentious cars annoy me. Particularly those horrible crossover SUV things, like the Nissan Juke. There are a lot of ugly, bulbous cars around nowadays.

flutterflye

starbelgrade wrote: »

For me, it's;

- Nissan Micras (ugly, always driving at 2 mph, always in the way)

I have a micra.
I am not ugly, and have serious issues around staying at or below the speed limit.


I hate any souped up boy racer car, because they think they're shmad, when in reality they are just show offy gobsh1tes.

I also hate the mercs, bmw's, lexus's, and all similar types, because they believe themselves to be the most important people on the road, and like to bully everyone and show them just who's boss.

kazzdee

RayM wrote: »

Pretentious cars annoy me. Particularly those horrible crossover SUV things, like the Nissan Juke. There are a lot of ugly, bulbous cars around nowadays.

What about the Porche Jeep.. What a waste, a porche is a sports car goddammit! :mad:

Maldjd23

Lorri_L wrote: »

Those stupid looking Nissan Figaros. Who would spend real money on them? Wouldn't buy one with Monopoly money :mad:

Fooking hate them..A lady in my apartment complex has one and i swear to God she manages to take up 3 parking spaces in it...I am not sure how she does it but she does!!!...Tis a skill in itself!!..Ugly Ugly car aswell..Can not understand how anyone would spend good cash on one!!

AgileMyth

Can't understand people who own 4wd cars when they'll never have a reason to go off road. In fact any jeep/pickup that runs on petrol and doesn't have a towbar should be taken off the road.

I have the same experience with boy racers every day, sitting beside me in traffic revving their engines, twats. I just twist the throttle and leave them for dead, bikes are great!

willow tree

renault clio, i had one years ago that brought me a world of pain- never again... boy racer cars, cringe

stacexD

later10 wrote: »

Has to be the Nissan Micra, the Nissan Micra project ought to have been aborted early in the manufacturing stage.

Also, a car I have never seen in Ireland, but which I often saw in South Africa was something called a Materia. I dont even know who makes it, but here is an example. They had some serious driving issues as well.

http://www.carsplusplus.com/pictures/2007/70455/photo2.jpg

Theres an orange one of these making its way around cork.
and a black or silver one around carrigtwohill it was painful seeing it every day

Optimalprimerib

later10 wrote: »

Has to be the Nissan Micra, the Nissan Micra project ought to have been aborted early in the manufacturing stage.

Also, a car I have never seen in Ireland, but which I often saw in South Africa was something called a Materia. I dont even know who makes it, but here is an example. They had some serious driving issues as well.

http://www.carsplusplus.com/pictures/2007/70455/photo2.jpg

HEY!!!!! They copied my drawing of a car in baby infants. I knew I should have a copywrite on it

For me it is the new golf. I test-drove a 1.6 diesel the other day and I swear to god I have more get up and go on a Sunday morning after a feed of drinks than it does. Ridiculously expensive, completely overrated and featureless pieces of crap. ( I drive a 03 golf at the mo which I love but was very disappointed in the new one)

Cork Lass

stacexD wrote: »

Theres an orange one of these making its way around cork.
and a black or silver one around carrigtwohill it was painful seeing it every day

I've seen the black one in The city - nearly rear-ended whilst gawping at it. Can't believe no one said avensis. I drive one and hate it but can't afford to change it at the moment cos of the low trade in price I'm being offered

baztard

For me it has to be those bloody obnoxoius Range Rovers. They were the perfect example of celtic tiger excess and snobbery. Just about anyone who drives on is a cun.t.

Its 4x4 jeep, and your driving it in the city, taking up half the road and drinking way too much petrol you gobshiites.

cruiser178

starbelgrade wrote: »

Mods - you can move this to the Motors section if you like, but it's not really a motoring question, as if can affect non-drivers too. So hopefully it'll stay in AH (as it's meant to be a bit of craic too).

For me, it's;

- Nissan Micras (ugly, always driving at 2 mph, always in the way)

- Mayo Reg cars (I think the MO stands for "Move Over")

- Donegal Reg cars ( the opposite of MO reg cars... always driving too fast in innapropriate places).

Same, nissan micras/ford kas, why the **** do people buy these cars new, im conveinced its because they cant afford a proper car but still want a car with a new reg. Saw an auld fella the other day in a 11 reg ka, he looked like a cnut. This is my baby http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055602635&page=3

4zn76tysfajdxp

starbelgrade wrote: »

What type of cars annoy you & why?

Seat Leons. :mad:

four18

cruiser178 wrote: »

Same, nissan micras/ford kas, why the **** do people buy these cars new, im conveinced its because they cant afford a proper car but still want a car with a new reg. Saw an auld fella the other day in a 11 reg ka, he looked like a cnut. This is my baby http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055602635&page=3

Having a "magic tree" air freshner says volumes about a person
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=81720357525

Sonnenblumen

Another one to add to the ugly list of Micras, Fiat Tulpos etc is that hideous Skoda Yeti. A box on wheels and pretty bad for a new model.

freighter

I hate LM reg cars because none of them can drive.

DoneDL

- Donegal Reg cars ( the opposite of MO reg cars... always driving too fast in innapropriate places).

Whoa down boy

For Forks Sake

later10 wrote: »

Has to be the Nissan Micra, the Nissan Micra project ought to have been aborted early in the manufacturing stage.

Also, a car I have never seen in Ireland, but which I often saw in South Africa was something called a Materia. I dont even know who makes it, but here is an example. They had some serious driving issues as well.

http://www.carsplusplus.com/pictures/2007/70455/photo2.jpg

"styling with a distinctive presence" they say, cheeky f*ckers http://www.daihatsu.com/catalogue/materia/index.html