Grumpy old buggers thread

[4bee]

My Grump for today is, when backing out of a parking bay at the shops 7& you are half way out why do people walking or driving have to walk behind you ? you are trying to look in all 3 mirrors plus camera screen as well as turn to look on booth sides. They only need to stop & let you out for couple of seconds & your gone . Then there are the ones who want your parking bay so they stop as close to where you are parked making it impossible to back out .

Yeah that ****es me off as well. WHY O WHY?? The only solution is to knock the buggers over & they might remember, unless you ****ed their brain in your haste to get out.



I had a Commercial Reversing "beeper" on the D1, no camera, but they still swanned past without a care in the world & I even had the flashers on as well. Some folk deserve to have a short life. Thick as Pig **** I reckon.


You could see it going through their head "Smartarse 4WD driver he/she can wait."

Mind you they still do it with the Mazda CX3 but there is a camera & left & right rear sensors so you do have some warning.

When I give up driving one day I'm going to be a bloody pedestrian & play merry hell.
Knowing my luck I'll pick on a 15' tall Sumo Wrestler & get thumped for my trouble.

[jonesfam]

I was told today, by my assistant manager, I was being GRUMPY!
I said maybe I was entitled to be GRUMPY.
He said, No your just a GRUMPY ****er!
I can live with that.
Jonesfam

[4bee]

I was told today, by my assistant manager, I was being GRUMPY!
I said maybe I was entitled to be GRUMPY.
He said, No your just a GRUMPY ****er!
I can live with that.
Jonesfam

STOP, STOP for one second. Maybe you are grumpy because of all his ****ups, tellim.

[JDNSW]

Yesterday I picked up my youngest grandchild from school. Waited for school bus to pass before backing out. Fortunately looked in the RH mirror before backing. The bus was stopped and still partly behind me. My main interest was to the left for traffic.

[4bee]

Yesterday I picked up my youngest grandchild from school. Waited for school bus to pass before backing out. Fortunately looked in the RH mirror before backing. The bus was stopped and still partly behind me. My main interest was to the left for traffic.

I bet all the onboard Kids had their phones out ready to take some Video.


How embarrassing that could have been?

[scarry]

Yesterday I picked up my youngest grandchild from school. Waited for school bus to pass before backing out. Fortunately looked in the RH mirror before backing. The bus was stopped and still partly behind me. My main interest was to the left for traffic.

This is a real issue for me.Driving SWMBO's car,it has all the whistles and bells,RTA,BSM,beeps if anything behind,sensors on each corner,front,rear,cameras both ends,Bla,Bla.

And yes it is the first car she hasnt hit something with(so far),usually in a carpark,so they seem to do their job

Anyway,after driving it around for the weekend,thats if i am allowed to drive it,i get in the work van,and it has nothing,just a small reversing camera in the rear view mirror.
So i have to be super carefull,and adapt to the old school way of just looking everywhere,which i dont mind.But still it takes a bit of getting used to.
But when SWMBO gets into the van to go somewhere i am always a bit worried

[4bee]

This is a real issue for me.Driving SWMBO's car,it has all the whistles and bells,RTA,BSM,beeps if anything behind,sensors on each corner,front,rear,cameras both ends,Bla,Bla.

And yes it is the first car she hasnt hit something with(so far),usually in a carpark,so they seem to do their job

Anyway,after driving it around for the weekend,thats if i am allowed to drive it,i get in the work van,and it has nothing,just a small reversing camera in the rear view mirror.
So i have to be super carefull,and adapt to the old school way of just looking everywhere,which i dont mind.But still it takes a bit of getting used to.
But when SWMBO gets into the van to go somewhere i am always a bit worried

Suggest you ban her from the Work Van, unless she goes down/up for the Lad's dinners.


Has she ever come back & told you that you didn't tell her that YOU damaged the Van?


Yes eyes came before Gizmos but that presumes one's lug holes are in good order as well.

[1950landy]

Another problem I find when parking at the shops is I always park in middle of parking space but we get these inconsiderate people in large SUV's that have to park on the line so it makes it difficult to get back into the car when leaving . We were at local shops this morning in wife's Hyundai I 30 SUV on drivers side was parked over the line & I just managed to squeeze in & one on passengers side backed in & also parked over the line making it impossible for wife who uses a Wheelie Walker to get in . Had to take her back to the entrance & bring the car to her , these SUV also make it hard to see when backing out due to the fact you have to get 3/4 out before you can see what is coming. We don't have a disable parking permit & if we did it would be a waste of time , there is no brake in the kerb & you have to walk through the car park road way & over 3 speed bumps to get to the footpath plus the bays are always full of able body drivers going to the Liquor Store which is in front of the disable parking . Very poorly designed car park.

[Saitch]

Another problem I find when parking at the shops is I always park in middle of parking space but we get these inconsiderate people in large SUV's that have to park on the line so it makes it difficult to get back into the car when leaving . We were at local shops this morning in wife's Hyundai I 30 SUV on drivers side was parked over the line & I just managed to squeeze in & one on passengers side backed in & also parked over the line making it impossible for wife who uses a Wheelie Walker to get in . Had to take her back to the entrance & bring the car to her , these SUV also make it hard to see when backing out due to the fact you have to get 3/4 out before you can see what is coming. We don't have a disable parking permit & if we did it would be a waste of time , there is no brake in the kerb & you have to walk through the car park road way & over 3 speed bumps to get to the footpath plus the bays are always full of able body drivers going to the Liquor Store which is in front of the disable parking . Very poorly designed car park.

A solution, perhaps?

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[4bee]

A solution, perhaps?

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Thanks, I'll have a couple of those asap please.