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scorpio197
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aaahhhhhhhh rover drivers
« on: Jan 24th, 2007, 8:45pm » |
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I pulled into my local petrol station the other day and stopped behind an old boy and his missus in there pride and joy rover 216.He was at the front pump I was at the pump behind him .I got out of the scorp and put about half a tank of gas in and went of to pay .On my return the old boy was just getting out of the rover .I just got in my car and waited for him to gas up pay and get out of the way so I could go to .After a minute or two more vehicles pulled up behind me all the other pumps filled up and I was unable to reverse out .This old boy put some fuel in then to my surprise lifted his bonnet and checked his water oil and I think every thing else he could find ,after about twenty minutes he closed his bonnet and I thought great I can go .....BUT NO he then takes another ten minutes checking his tyres .He then sprayed his screen with something and started to polish it off ,I thought now he must be going ...But NO AGAIN HIS MISSUS GOT OUT AND WENT OFF FOR A PEE OR SOMETHING .I just held the wheel tight and took deep breaths ,counting to ten slowly at the same time ......She came back got in and they drove off in a cloud of smoke .....AAAAAAAHHHHHH I can go at last .55 minutes it took ,I will never ever pull in to a petrol station behind a rover again .
Has any one else had problems with rover drivers ..
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Re: aaahhhhhhhh rover drivers
« Reply #1 on: Jan 24th, 2007, 8:52pm » |
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A bit unfair on Rover drivers I think 
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Re: aaahhhhhhhh rover drivers
« Reply #2 on: Jan 24th, 2007, 9:18pm » |
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mrs bouqett (or bucket)  comes to mind 
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Re: aaahhhhhhhh rover drivers
« Reply #3 on: Jan 24th, 2007, 9:56pm » |
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think i would've snatched his keys and moved the thing out the way
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Re: aaahhhhhhhh rover drivers
« Reply #4 on: Jan 24th, 2007, 11:24pm » |
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Now you know why Rover went out of business
All these old codgers thrashing their cars to death, having the audacity to walk away for a tiddle (a TIDDLE have you! Taking a leak! AAAHHHH! ) while filling the car with PETROL and GRINDING the windscreen to dust with caustic spray and polish
Your statement "and they drove off in a cloud of smoke" sums up everything about the demise of the British motor car..."New clutch and prop there mate! We can't handle all the warranty claims from these reckless old codgers so we're selling out to the Chinese"
Blimey, whatever must people say when I'm standing at the pump like a plonker for half an hour trying to convince the car it needs fuel with the pump thinking it's full every half litre or so
Ahhh the humanity...
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Re: aaahhhhhhhh rover drivers
« Reply #5 on: Jan 25th, 2007, 9:15am » |
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Didn't he hit the pump or anything else when he left? That's the norm round ours for rover and or micra drivers!
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Re: aaahhhhhhhh rover drivers
« Reply #6 on: Jan 25th, 2007, 9:29am » |
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why didn,t you go and help the elderly chap to do his mini service on his car?
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Re: aaahhhhhhhh rover drivers
« Reply #7 on: Jan 25th, 2007, 1:33pm » |
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I find they drive like that as well - so slow and leisurely as if they're not sure where they're going or what they're actually doing sitting in a car
But to be fair, so would I if I was sitting in a Rover
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Re: aaahhhhhhhh rover drivers
« Reply #8 on: Jan 25th, 2007, 1:50pm » |
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55 minutes stuck in a petrol station behind a Rover  ...
What an inconsiderate person.....he might have all the time in the world, but he should've thought about other people that needed to use the garage
Couldn't you have got out & asked him politely....
...."Are you gonna move that efing pile of s##t, or am I gonna have to ram it !!!!" ...... 
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Re: aaahhhhhhhh rover drivers
« Reply #9 on: Jan 25th, 2007, 4:51pm » |
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I had a meeting with one the other week,he was only coming round the roundabout the wrong way,had a big stupid grin on his face as well.  Roy.
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« Reply #10 on: Jan 25th, 2007, 9:20pm » |
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That was me................. 
Seriously now...
My wife and I have a 'spare' car............and YES, it's a Rover 416 !!
I think I'd have lost it with this bloke.
What a pain in the ass!! 
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« Reply #11 on: Jan 25th, 2007, 9:34pm » |
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As much as I love my scorp at times I realy wish I was driving a 4x4 with a large nudge bar on the front just to push the likes of that old coffin dodger out the way
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Re: aaahhhhhhhh rover drivers
« Reply #12 on: Jan 25th, 2007, 10:12pm » |
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on Jan 25th, 2007, 1:50pm, jonnycab wrote:| ...."Are you gonna move that efing pile of s##t, or am I gonna have to ram it !!!!" ...... |
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Reminds me very much of a time a couple of years back with my cousin. There used to be a back street car dealer working in the council garages on a certain road, every so often the street would get littered with old bangers (hm..sorry, reputable second hand motors ). Council would come and shift some but he always started up again, trying to take the entire street over it seemed...
My cousin at the time had an old beat up VW Transporter with metal bumpers...now and then it'd get tatty so he'd spend a weekend with the old blue Hammerite and tidy it up a bit. One morning the car dealer chap blocked us in our space, just to be sociable it seemed...
With the clutch on the old van being a bit hard, both cars in front and behind unfortunately got moderately damaged by the van...
Whoops
He was more careful where he parked his 'cars for sale' after that
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« Reply #13 on: Jan 25th, 2007, 11:25pm » |
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I like your style. Teach the bustards not to mess doesn't it!!
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Re: aaahhhhhhhh rover drivers
« Reply #14 on: Jan 26th, 2007, 4:19am » |
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I remember when I was 14..... I went on a French exchange trip with the school...you go there for a fortnight, he comes here for a fortnight, kind of deal
The French family I stayed with were a bit weird, but the Mum was a complete nutter
One day when we went shopping, she parked her 2CV in a parallel parking bay outside the supermarket.
When we came out, there was a car parked in front of the 2CV & a car parked behind (ooh !!, the cheek ). Admittedly, they were both quite close, but not too close as not to able to manouver the 2CV out.
What did she do ? .....she stuck it in reverse & nudged the car behind (on purpose), then put it in first & nudged the car in front (again, on purpose) .....she did this a few times until she thought she had enough room to get out.....& then she drove off leaving the other two cars with dented bumpers
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« Reply #15 on: Jan 26th, 2007, 8:40am » |
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JC, I was once told that this was accepted practice in France. Apparently they didn't apply handbrakes unless absolutely necessary to actually 'allow' such actions!!!. which is why in the old days there were so many dented bumpers!. I've also seen it happen on streets in Paris.
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« Reply #16 on: Jan 26th, 2007, 9:26am » |
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Well.....what do you think BUMPERS are for Mike!!
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« Reply #17 on: Jan 26th, 2007, 6:13pm » |
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No SD, bumpers are certainly not for that purpose 
Bumpers are there for ramming the old codgers armed with baseball bats (aka walking sticks but don't you believe it ) who decide to cross the road 10 yards from a zebra crossing...
...and there's me reading the highway code
Regards, Bruce.
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Re: aaahhhhhhhh rover drivers
« Reply #18 on: Jan 28th, 2007, 1:47am » |
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Surely the fact he had bought it in the first place says something
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Re: aaahhhhhhhh rover drivers
« Reply #19 on: Jan 28th, 2007, 3:03am » |
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Now Guys
you seem to have the Rover driver all wrong, after my Cossy engine died, i and i'm not proud to admit it bought and drove for a short while a Rover 400. WOW ! there i've said it..............out loud ! 
No but seriously it had a Honda 1.6 engine which felt like it would red line at about 8,500RPM and was quite a little screamer from 0 to 50 ish
I know it was no match for the mighty Cossy but i did win a few traffic ligth challenges with some lesser motors, which was nice.
It all goes to prove that its not necessarily the car but the driver or to use the technical term, the MAD B**TARD behind the wheel (ME)
The Rover helped me out when i was in need of a brum brum to get to and from work and did it more that adequately, not admittedly in the style and luxury of the Scorp but OK, lets face it, Rover produced the 3.5 V8 which was in its day probably the greatest engines on the road.
I just think its a shame that people pull down what was once a great British car maker, but then i expect that's down to the 'BL' (BALL**KS LEYLAND) involvement which probably aimed its product at the slower end of the market at the time.
Atleast it folded rather than being bought buy Zee Germans as Mini did, but i'm not going down that road, so don't get me started.......................
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