What grinds your gears??

[Ibrox90]

I haven't been on in the last while.

But while walking down the road the other day I thought " Christ theres some things that people do to their cars that really irritates me.

Just a couple from me:

Stockies on the back sweet rims on the front . popular in the idiot community.

Spending money on looks and aftermarket parts when theres mechanical issues that NEED to be fixed. Eg a guy I know bought new $5000 rims+rubber. Even though his XR8 was running on 6 cylinders.

So my question is what grinds your gears??

[blueluvr]

Originally Posted by Ibrox90

Stockies on the back sweet rims on the front . popular in the idiot community.

Yeah, what is with that? Is it supposed to be "I'm heading into the burnout pit" thing?

Seems to be a VN series type thing around my way at the moment, normally the ones with multi colored body panels based on whatever the wreckers had at the time

Mine is the classic stuck in the right lane syndrome, always has been. I'm not talking about std 60 km/hr dual lane suburbia stuff, the freeway plebs.......you all know the ones.

What I love about some drivers is they don't realise that in most cars you can go to the other side at the bowser and still fill up.
The looks I get when I bypass the 5 cars all waiting for the left side filler for their cars and go to straight the empty right side filler bowser is priceless. You can actually see the point where they go "doh!" after realising it is possible! I guess the ratio of fuel fillers on the left side of a car is much higher??

[pauljh74]

Originally Posted by blueluvr

Yeah, what is with that? Is it supposed to be "I'm heading into the burnout pit" thing?

More like the "my 6 cyl stock Commodore V6 hasn't got enough grunt to spin anything more than these stock skinny wheels and tyres

Originally Posted by blueluvr

What I love about some drivers is they don't realise that in most cars you can go to the other side at the bowser and still fill up.
The looks I get when I bypass the 5 cars all waiting for the left side filler for their cars and go to straight the empty right side filler bowser is priceless. I guess the ratio of fuel fillers on the left is much higher??

I find the hose barely reaches the other side of the car and if I am lucky the filler will go in at the correct angle. Then when it won't reach, you look like the tool who couldn't wait for the pump on the correct side.

On petrol pumps - people who drive around to the front and back in or drive in the wrong way (yes many servos do have signs to indicate it is one way). I'm waiting for the guy at the rear pump to drive off to pull into the front pump, leaving a spot for the next person in queue and then someone pulls into the empty front pump, jumping the queue and blocking in the guy who was about to leave

[blueluvr]

Originally Posted by pauljh74

More like the "my 6 cyl stock Commodore V6 hasn't got enough grunt to spin anything more than these stock skinny wheels and tyres

Gold!

Originally Posted by pauljh74

I find the hose barely reaches the other side of the car and if I am lucky the filler will go in at the correct angle. Then when it won't reach, you look like the tool who couldn't wait for the pump on the correct side.

I have both an EL an BF and I have never NOT been able to refuel from the other side. Sometimes I might have to hold the hose over the boot, but beats waiting. You just gotta park in close. The ones with the flex heads at the top give you miles of hose, but I have gone mighty close a few times with the ones that come straight out of the bowser, but can normally still fill with a downward facing handle. It aint Commy Russia or modern Baghdad, I absolutely hate lining up for fuel with a pasion.

Originally Posted by pauljh74

On petrol pumps - people who drive around to the front and back in or drive in the wrong way (yes many servos do have signs to indicate it is one way). I'm waiting for the guy at the rear pump to drive off to pull into the front pump, leaving a spot for the next person in queue and then someone pulls into the empty front pump, jumping the queue and blocking in the guy who was about to leave

oh yeah, I forgot about the reverse refuller, good one, neck them too!

And on the subject of servos, the guy or gal who pulls into a bowser to give the impression of refuelling and then goes in to the shop blocking a bowser, all because they couldn't be bothered parking where they should........

[GTPete]

Chev badges on commodores.

[Dave R]

I HATE people who feel they need to wind down their windows and blast their music, like "check out how sickkkk I am yo".

I also hate VN and VS enthusiasts in general, plus the fact that these cars have airbags, Darwinism isn't as efficient as it used to be.

What I hate most of all though is people who tailgate you when you are doing the speed limit!

[almostsane]

Originally Posted by GTPete

Chev badges on commodores.

ditto - this is Australia my friend, not America...

I also hate when ppl get utes and lower them in the back, and not the front.

[Zedjay]

Originally Posted by GTPete

Chev badges on commodores.

why do they do this??

yeah i know the GEN111 is a GM engine but it's found in more than just chevy's

why dont VL drivers put NISSAN badges on their cars :

or what about BUICK badges on v6 commos

[saber]

Originally Posted by GTPete

Chev badges on commodores.

I was at Campbellfield Kmart last night; I spied a Toyota Camry with Chevy badges in place of the normal Toyota badge

[TP351]

Originally Posted by GTPete

Chev badges on commodores.

Not to mention Pontiac badges and GTO fronts on Commonwhores as well! They are dog ugly.

[Ibrox90]

Originally Posted by GTPete

Chev badges on commodores.

OMFG YES TOTALLY AGREE

[xdc351]

Originally Posted by GTPete

Chev badges on commodores.

Glad someone said it!

[JC]

Originally Posted by blueluvr

Gold!



I have both an EL an BF and I have never NOT been able to refuel from the other side. Sometimes I might have to hold the hose over the boot, but beats waiting. You just gotta park in close. The ones with the flex heads at the top give you miles of hose, but I have gone mighty close a few times with the ones that come straight out of the bowser, but can normally still fill with a downward facing handle. It aint Commy Russia or modern Baghdad, I absolutely hate lining up for fuel with a pasion.



oh yeah, I forgot about the reverse refuller, good one, neck them too!

And on the subject of servos, the guy or gal who pulls into a bowser to give the impression of refuelling and then goes in to the shop blocking a bowser, all because they couldn't be bothered parking where they should........

Petrol users who pull up equal with the LPG bowser (to use the ULP one next to it), when the next line of pumps over is totally free! This is when I go around them and reverse to within an inch of their front bar (I have reversing camera) and then fill up with gas, which takes longer than their petrol, and they are then usually blocked in by someoone else behind them so have to wait for me to finish and pay! Love it!!!!

[mcnews]

Originally Posted by JC

Petrol users who pull up equal with the LPG bowser (to use the ULP one next to it), when the next line of pumps over is totally free! This is when I go around them and reverse to within an inch of their front bar (I have reversing camera) and then fill up with gas, which takes longer than their petrol, and they are then usually blocked in by someoone else behind them so have to wait for me to finish and pay! Love it!!!!

What a great bloke you are!

[chrisfpv]

Originally Posted by blueluvr

Yeah, what is with that? Is it supposed to be "I'm heading into the burnout pit" thing?

Seems to be a VN series type thing around my way at the moment, normally the ones with multi colored body panels based on whatever the wreckers had at the time

There's a fair amount of Holden Commos in my area that have this setup. I think it's a "I'm heading out to do burnouts on public roads and be fully sick" thing.

[GK351]

Talking about servo's..
Diesel cars/utes with 50L tanks using the HI flow diesel pump while i and other trucks are waiting to fill up 500+ litres.

[homegrown]

Xb bonnets scoops on other cars. Don't like it.

[73XBGT]

Originally Posted by homegrown

Xb bonnets scoops on other cars. Don't like it.

Yeah what is with that?? that really grinds my gears to see so many XB/XC bonnets with scoops on holdens and some other cars i have seen aswell have it, but mainly alot of holdens..they wish their holden was designed with a bonnet as good as that! well guess what...its a FORD bonnet! HA!

[onfire]

Massive Stereos.

Fair enough, put in a couple of subs to get the seats moving, but really.. and really, in reality who needs to hear just a whole heap of bass when they're driving around. It's not cool.. on any day of the week.. and as a fan of music, I along with Jesus cry every time a good song is raped by someone just turning up as much bass as possible.

If at 3am, I, my next door neighbour, the bloke three doors down and Frank across the street wanted to listen to some white rap or the sounds of horns and whistles sounding off to heavy bass notes, we'd organise to do so during the day.

Girls with Playboy stickers on cars.. try making me show you respect with that on the rear window.

[Dave_Obsession]

Originally Posted by onfire

Massive Stereos.

Fair enough, put in a couple of subs to get the seats moving, but really.. and really, in reality who needs to hear just a whole heap of bass when they're driving around. It's not cool.. on any day of the week.. and as a fan of music, I along with Jesus cry every time a good song is raped by someone just turning up as much bass as possible.

If at 3am, I, my next door neighbour, the bloke three doors down and Frank across the street wanted to listen to some white rap or the sounds of horns and whistles sounding off to heavy bass notes, we'd organise to do so during the day.

Girls with Playboy stickers on cars.. try making me show you respect with that on the rear window.

You are so spot on!!! You got some rep from me!!!

I'm all for upgrading one's stereo, but you've got to draw the line somewhere.....preferably before the point where you permanently damage your hearing!

I'm so sick and tired of going to somewhere nice (let's say Chapel St in Melbourne), having a nice dinner with the Mrs, and then some moronic yahoo in their VT commodore with 4 mates in the car comes crawling along with the bass up so much you can hear their car rattle, not to mention feel your brain shake.....

And as far as the girls....I don't have to add anything to that - enough said.

[uranium_death]

What grinds my gears?

The Commodore's clunkomatic does a fine job on its own...

[XR6_661]

What grinds my gears is people who spend too much time worrying about what other people do with their cars =P

[Scooter]

People who pour water over the fuel they have just spilt down there paint work! It makes the forecourt nice and slippery for everybody else, and it does not wash the fuel off your paint! Try wiping it with the paper towel instead! Or better still, Don't spill the bloody petrol everywhere!

[cool65]

Why is it that all the damn lazy people in 4WD always have to go for the closest parking at a shopping centre.
Their 4WD's are always tightly squeezed in to spaces.

[buggo]

I also hate cannons on crappy little hatchbacks, they are so annoying, and just cause there car produces an ear peircing whine, backed by a low constant popping sound that wakes people up at night, they think there $200 car with $100 cannon from supercheap is better than mine.
And I hate when ppl try and make there lances look like evo's, but always fail. Its a dead giveaway when your 'evo' has 13' stockies with drums on the back. :togo:

[BOSHOG]

Originally Posted by buggo_gt

I also hate cannons on crappy little hatchbacks, they are so annoying, and just cause there car produces an ear peircing whine, backed by a low constant popping sound that wakes people up at night, they think there $200 car with $100 cannon from supercheap is better than mine.
And I hate when ppl try and make there lances look like evo's, but always fail. Its a dead giveaway when your 'evo' has 13' stockies with drums on the back. :togo:

cannons on POS cars dont grind my gears, they make my day..... double the cannon = double the fun. this car left me walking around all day with a smile on my dial



carbon fibre left unpainted on the top floor of a carpark ends up looking as bad as this



also notice the 120mm tacho on the dash

[V3RSAC3]

You know what really grinds my gears? People in the 19th century. Why don't they get with the freakin program? It's called an automobile, folks. It's much faster than a horse!

[My poor XF]

Originally Posted by V3RSAC3

You know what really grinds my gears? People in the 19th century. Why don't they get with the freakin program? It's called an automobile, folks. It's much faster than a horse!

HAHAHAH awesome!

[Fev]

My car shakes to the bass - but it shakes when it idles too lol.

One thing that really gets on my nerves is people in the right lane on the freeway too - it irks me to no end and my highbeams get a good workin when it happens.

[onfire]

It seems I'm getting old, or probably just matured. But skids, wheel spin, burn outs on public roads.. what grinds my gears is the mechanics just up the road from me.. I wonder if the boss knows his young mechanics wheel out every 2nd car in the yard and ' test ' them but spinning the wheels and throwing out the back ends coming constantly on and off the main drag when he goes home.

It seems come 5.30-6pm at least once a week, some random near stock family sedan gets the said treatment followed by a round of applause.