Why are 4X4 vehicles always driven by *!/?holes?
What makes me laugh most though is the cheap 4X4's. Kia's etc. Made of plastic, slow and cheap and nasty. If you're going to get one then afford a proper one.
Why choose a Range Rover (etc) when you can have a BMW, Merc, Jag etc etc??
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I disagree that 4X4 vehicles always driven by *!/?holes
Its only 98%, the remaining 2 % are farmers who actually need them.
We've lived in the country for years and i've never had the need to drive a 4x4. In fact, our village school has almost no 4x4's outside it. If we can survive with ordinary cars I'm quite sure people in Chelsea can too !
tradcodriver certainly sums up the 4x4 attitude that i think you alluded to !!! I don't think anyone has a problem with people who need, or even could really "do with" a 4x4. As for towing trailers, quoting the extreme of mini" does no favours at all. Quoting extremes is often a symptom that having a normal discussion about your arguement wouldn't work.
We live on a small holding, i regularly take trailers to market, buy, hay, hayliage, take animals between fields, move muck around etc..do i need a 4x4.no, my SAAB does just fine thankyou..
Thanks for that rant Ken!
I have a 4x4.. But not a big silly thing.. Its a Audi A4 Quattro Sport, I aint a A**hole
It is a power thing, look at how many are driven by small women.
We have a jeep, but it's OK we're puffs. hahahahha, shame that a lot of men wont buy one because it's considered a small willy car. Good I say, makes the 2nd hand ones much cheaper.
Well said!! Completely agree.
They always think they have right of way and rule the road, their lights dazzle you in the mirror when they're behind you and they're soooo dangerous - if you hit a pedestrian, they're chances of survival are greatly reduced.
I have to put up with these idiots everyday on my way to work. They are mostly lazy mums dropping their spoilt kids of at school and there are all the most awful drivers ever. Occasionally you get some jumped up arrogant business man whose on his hands free making him an ever worse driver than he already is.
ARGH!! Hate them!
Chelsea tractors are all about style, it's a fashion accessory. These 4x4s cause most of the road accidents so why do people still think they are the safest cars to drive?
My parents use a 4x4 but they use it to tow their caravan as a normal sized car doesnt have the power and yes i understand where your coming from theyre difficult to see around etc but then, so are lorries and tractors etc.for all you know, the other people driving them might use them for something that a bmw or merc etc.. isnt able to do!
I don't understand it myself. There are so many 4x4s in central of LONDON! some armed with blinking huge alloys, sparkling clean, impeccable interior..not a spot of dust let alond mud :P
what are the actual purpose of 4x4?? "status" for londoners I assume.
As you correctly state, 4x4's are driven by very insecure people; surely there is no greater statement of self loathing than a Range Rover or a Porsche Cayenne or (the worst in my opinion) a BMW X5. Why bother when you never go off road? Basically, it is all about oneupmanship and 'keeping up with the Jones'; fortunatly most of us don't feel the need to compete at such a level. It is basically chav bling for people who can 'afford' such vehicles. Oh and before people start calling me jealous - I think not. Am quite happy knowing I am not up to my eyeballs in debt to a finance company just so I can take little Johnny to school in a Range Rover.
I agree.
It's like all the 'muppets' that drive BMWs got together with all the 'tubes' that drive 4x4s and thought what could we do to make things even worse.
The BMW 4x4! The X5 has to be the worst driven car in the country. Then to top it all every one of them seems to have a personal number plate that starts X5.
My priorities are size (ease of parking in Town) and economy (65mpg and £50 a year to tax). If you need a 4x4 to tow a horse box then you can afford to run a second car too. (If you can afford the Vet's bills then you can afford the Garage bills)
You've already answered the question.. they are driven by little, small, insecure people. So sad isn't it, they think the vehicle will make them look or feel better... but we are all laughing at them, if only they knew! .. what makes me really laugh is people with 4x4 with no tow bar, they are just advertising the fact that they don't use it for what it is designed to do ( I live in the country where we know what 4 x 4's are for)
their jus twats dnt let urseld get upseted by them - what goes around come around! but they are All Wa *n k ers
your absulotley right ,, in europ 85% of off-road cars never gets off-road till scraped ,,and i think its the same case all around the world ,,so i guess its a show-off case ,,,,but ye as you said, why buy a stupid 4x4 hyundai or kia or any of these ugly cheap toy looking cars while you can buy a normal size car with the same space and better operational features,,,,
but the last part id have to admit the range rover look cool ,,,and different
Quite right, lets BAN all 4X4's even the ones that are smaller, more economical and safer than 4X2's. Lets all get a nice Merc S class, or a BMW Series 7, better still a Ferrari, Lamboghini etc. They are SOOOOO practical for taking the kids to school, shopping etc, and they are all driven by such manly, kind road savy drivers. So cheap on fuel, and of course it is an optical illusion that they are bigger than a Fiat Panda type 4X4. Plus we all need so desperatly to drive at 150mph, even if we do live in London. Who ever heard of any car other than a 4X4 trying to tail gate you off the road, or being driven by a small man, fat woman etc. No you're right, ban them all. Then we'll start on automatics, or red cars, you know, something that it really anti-social.
ok i drive a 4x4 but for what i feel are legit reasons, i run a landscaping company and its a pick up plus i live in a very rural location and we are regulary blocked with snow for days unless you have access to a 4x4, oh i am also 6ft 2 and built like a brick **** house lol.
ok so alot of 4x4 drivers are little guys i agree but due to the new tax legislation crew cab picks become a legit business expense where they werent before as they were a passenger vehicle, before we look at the goverment overly taxing 4x4 owners maybe we should look at them closing this loop hole which allows company reps to claim back alot of tax.
the 4x4 is a status symbol for many, and even a kia is a big vehicle even though as you say its rubbish, i as a 4x4 driver feel its silly my tax is the same for our 4x4 2.5 turbo diesel as out highly effcient 207 which is low on emissions and returns 72mpg, i should be taxed harder and if it costs to much i should find and economic alternative, but taxing at the pump hits everyone including the poor, i have a 2.5 4x4 i should pay alot of tax simple.
kia produces a reasonoble size 4x4 which is available at the price of a small family car, lets tax 4x4s heavy when you buy and if you can prove you need!! it you can claim the tax back.
I agree with xfilian1 these new 4x4's are just creating a new sub species of chav.
The upper class chav is born
mega big and shiny alloys, blacked out windows, creates a lot of attention
All the characteristics of a regular chav boy Nova SR
they serve no purpose what so ever on roads other than mummy taking her spoilt kids the 75ft from their house to the school
You must live in an area with little men then, you obviously don't live in my area. But I live in the country and have large animals, and I can gaurentee your normal sized car can not fit what I have to haul in my SUV's, that's right I have two, and they're paid for, but I'm 6'2 and almost 16 stone, so getting into a normal sized car is not only a chore but is uncomfortable to drive. I will however, concede the point that suv's in urban centers are a pointless endeavor, and yes s.hitty little 4WD's are a waste, Range Rovers are ridiculously over priced, BM's are too, and if you look at the 4x4 test results most of the over priced "trendy" models don't even come in the top 5 over all. For most in the city, it's a fashion statement, for us in the country, it's a nessesity. Besides, me in a smart car, would look ridiculous.
I agree 100%. They should only be driven by people who really need a strong off-road veichle. I'm disgusted to hear my brother just got one to ferry his girlfriend's kids about in. He has absolutely no bloody need for one at all. Perhaps the increase in road tax may put a few people off them, although, those who really do need them shouldnt be penalised.
They not, its just you dont like being looked down on!
they want to be higher than every one else and they are a lot safer
I am obviously one of your hated a holes. I have 2, a V6 Sierra, which is pretty quick and handles like a dream. I also have an old Discovery, which is a great tool, its load carrying capacity is brill due to its high roof (and it is the only estate car that my rotovator will fit in). It helps me in my job, as I work out on construction sites and am generally paid a daily rate to provide my own 4x4 for off road use, so it earns me money as well. So sorry dear chap I shall remain an a***hole, oh yes, I am not a very big chap either!!
It also has a wonderful wind up factor
TWO WORDS-CITY FOLK! You all don't have a clue of what in the @##! you're talking about. We'll see who pulls you up a hill or out of a ditch when you wreck your little roller skate in the winter. I do agree with you about Kia's and other 'midget' good for nothing 4x4's. I like sitting higher than others. I have a Ram with an 8" lift and I'm not a little guy!
sounds like penis envy to me dont worry little trooper one day you will get a 4x4 and you can be important too
They might be lousy drivers and feel SAVE in them !
They only damage to OTHERS !
men who drive 4x4 need something big as they are lacking elseware, women who drive these need to be noticed as they are ignored in the bedroom
Maybe some people drive them because it's what they feel safe in, especially if they have young children. They pay more for tyres and spend more on fuel, laugh at that instead of whining about it.
I can't believe the personnal abuse dealt out against various people whose only sin is that thay drive a car which has 4 wheel drive. No other reason. Not because the car is big, or heavy on fuel, or pumps out a lot of pollution. No, just because it has 4 wheel drive. They know nothing about the driver, but he has all sorts of problems. I drive a Discovery. It's great to drive, it's used to travel up and down a rough lane twice a day and tows a horse box. I'm not a farmer, so apparently I shouldn't own one. It would be ok if I carried a sheep I believe. I'm short and fat, which means any one who is under 6 foot 2 and weighs more than 14 stone is short and fat. They are arseholes. Well, I do have one, but I do need a new **** because the old one has a crack in it. I'm also a wanker. Well, I'm not. I haven't masturbated for many years. In fact, thinking about it I had a 2 wheel drive car then. Perhaps all drivers of 2 wheel drive cars are.And I've even been told that if I can afford a 4X4 I can afford a second car, so if I buy another 4X4 I can afford 2 extra cars. So I could sell them and buy another car, and buy another 4X4!! Now what else was there. Oh yes, now the world is bigger than London. So they drive 4X4's to impress people, but of course ths doesn't apply to drivers of flash Mercs, BMW's, Rollers etc. I have a small penis as well, and am insecure, as are all drivers of 4X4's. So let's take the farmers who are allowed to own a 4X4 out of it andI'll leave it to you to tell Dennis and Terry who I work with in the electricity industry that they are small and fat, insecure and must carry a sheep in the back of their Unimog (now there IS a 4X4!!) as well as being wankers and arseholes. I think they might persuade you to change your mind! I feel no guilt in driving a Discovery, I do feel safer, I'm not a danger to other drivers, I'm courteous and I drive my car because I like it. I can't think of any reason not to own it.
By the way, most of the up markket 4X4's in this neck of the woods are driven by lovely attractive young ladies who are always smiling. Perhaps because their husbands don't have small willies!! You really should all take counselling.
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