Moron in a 4WD on Rimutakas - yes, it's true!

[myvice]

You guys need to calm down a bunch, you only perceive 4wd owners as bad because you only remember the bad ones, you're as bad as the cagers out there who perceive all bikers as bad because of the few that spoil it for the rest.

Slight difference...
We piss them off because we cut through traffic, pass them on 200 mtr straits and can be a little loudish at times.
They piss us of because of 5 little words;
"Sorry mate, didn’t see you."
4WD's just seam to be better at attracting attention than cars caus of their size and the assured death of whomever they hit.
And most (not all) cant use their indicators, mirrors or the mussels in their neck!

[Waylander]

Slight difference...
We piss them off because we cut through traffic, pass them on 200 mtr straits and can be a little loudish at times.
They piss us of because of 5 little words;
"Sorry mate, didn’t see you."
4WD's just seam to be better at attracting attention than cars caus of their size and the assured death of whomever they hit.
And most (not all) cant use their indicators, mirrors or the mussels in their neck!

Didn't know they had seafood on thier bodies. Maybe that's thier problem.

[froggyfrenchman]

bloody 4wds! glad to hear your ok! i was run off the road by a 4wd hilux last night. pissed cunt on my side of road with fullbeam and spots! i stopped and he was all over the place ofr miles! didnt even bloody stop. hope the prick crashed and killed himself. I mean... thats a shit load of weight plus bullbars to be drunkenly headn straight for you

[Jackrat]

You guys need to calm down a bunch, you only perceive 4wd owners as bad because you only remember the bad ones, you're as bad as the cagers out there who perceive all bikers as bad because of the few that spoil it for the rest.

Rep points to you mate.
We don't get much common sence around here.
It's nice to hear for a change.

[cowpoos]

bloody 4wds! glad to hear your ok! i was run off the road by a 4wd hilux last night. pissed cunt on my side of road with fullbeam and spots! i stopped and he was all over the place ofr miles! didnt even bloody stop. hope the prick crashed and killed himself. I mean... thats a shit load of weight plus bullbars to be drunkenly headn straight for you

ummm....4x4 hilux isn't really a heavy vehicle....mines 1713kg tare...

Come on guys...its got nothing to do with the vehicle....its not the 4x4 that steers it self around a corner!!! its the driver!!!

its usually townies that go for a trip on the open road that have issuse's going around corners....and driving propally....on the open road.Maybe there are alot more townies driving 4x4's now.....but then not all drive dodgy...its only a minority!!!!
...I'm a farmer who needs a 4x4 for my job...I don't drive around corners on the wrong side of the road...I never go faster than 110kmph [read: can't]...but are u going to persicute me aswell...just because I have a 4x4...I also own and drive a high performance cage...so I must be a total loose unit...out to kill someone...huh???? that what you guys are trying to say!!!! grow up !!!

[boomer]

If i decide to trade my 4x4 in and buy a mini and tow something with that instead will I be less threatening to you?

Surely it's the driver not the vehicle? I know when i'm on the bike i fear all cars the same, if i'm gonna get hit by one i'm gonna get hurt no matter what the size :-/ If you think otherwise you need a reality check.

[bumsex]

yep...I have had nothing but bad experiences with 4x4s/SUVs and I am from a farming/rural background where most people have them for work.
Most drivers of these vehicles seem to subscribe to the 'might is right' train of thought
Of course I am genralising here. but fuck it.

[Right Charlie]

Reminds me of the time a guy was moving furniture, all stacked on a trailor, none of it tied down, a couch jumped off the trailor and landed on the road in front of me, Couch disintegrated on impact, and about $1200 worth of damage was sustained to my car, did he stop? NO, did i get his Rego? nope, damn short sightedness. Thank feck i was in my car, not on my bike... having said that, if i was on the bike, i would have overtaken him earlier...

Or we have the knob today on the coatsville highway, those who have seen/heard my bike will know its not quiet, so even if this 4wder was blind, he would have heard me, i had been sitting on his arse for about 4 minutes before i over took, i cut down inside him on a open right hander, and at the same time he decided to cross the centre line by about 3 feet, put the shits up me...

[DevoDave]

The crime is not driving a 4x4 or anything else, its being a thoughtless near sighted cretin, in the words of someone famous " thank GOD I'm an atheist"

[mstriumph]

yep, yep, yep ---- doncha know? it's SPEED that kills, anything else [up to and including driving whilst painting your toenails and juggling indian clubs] is perfectly acceptable ...... mutter mutter

No. They're just average everyday non-skilled, non-killer drivers. They can't possibly be doing anything wrong, as they're not speeding.

[mstriumph]

well there's definately SOMETHING fishy about them

Didn't know they had seafood on thier bodies. Maybe that's thier problem.

[cowpoos]

yep...I have had nothing but bad experiences with 4x4s/SUVs and I am from a farming/rural background where most people have them for work.
Most drivers of these vehicles seem to subscribe to the 'might is right' train of thought
Of course I am genralising here. but fuck it.

your name is dodgey mate....really fuckin dodgey....I'm not sure you should be aloud to own a TLS

and by the way...genralising is a tool for the small minded...and don't worrie your not the only guilty person on this thread...

The labour gov is very good at genralizing!!!!

[Waylander]

your name is dodgey mate....really fuckin dodgey....

Hehe you're one to talk lol.

[boomer]

Driving standards and road conditions over here are generally poor in my opinion but i don't and won't cast aspertions on all kiwi's.

I will however remind you of who's got the world cup at the moment :P

[pritch]

There was a thing about 4WDs on TV a while back and the people who drove them stated that they felt safe in them because of the size. Which made me feel proportionately less safe.

I would particularly avoid any primary school in this town around drop-off or pickup time, loads of mums in 4WDs, none of whom can actually drive, all totally distracted by what's going on in the car. And that's before the cell phone rings...