Limey 240 Posted June 22, 2008 Report Share Posted June 22, 2008 $4 a gallon, wow!, thats about £2 isn't it, I know that the US gallon is smaller than the UK gallon but it's still cheap when compared to UK prices - I'm waiting for the revolution! Yep - about two quid - but to hear 'em scream you would think it was 20! Yes, the US gallon is about 20% less than an Imperial gallon - very close to four litres! However, over here they think a truck that does 17mpg is good! Needless to say, the least fuel efficient vehicle we own is my Nissan truck which does about 27mpg! I hear 'em complain, laugh and say "you could see this coming five years ago - but you still chose to buy a gas guzzler". So now they just all drive like old f@rt$ to try to save gas - as I said, it is driving me NUTS! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frank 13 Posted June 23, 2008 Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Just tell 'em we are paying $12 a gallon Eric and see their faces !! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,278 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Nottinghamshire drivers are among the most 'anti-social' in the UK ...............................Well I never! http://www.nottinghampost.com/Nottinghamshire-drivers-anti-social-UK/story-26179961-detail/story.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 15,560 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Keep nicking bad drivers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dgbrit 258 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 $2.99 a gal yesterday Over here you can overtake either side Make a right turn on red , Sometimes a left on red if its a one way street My truck/Suv will do 55 mph at 1100 rpm all day long. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 838 Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 I have a gripe! those drivers who insist on driving at twenty-five mph in a thirty zone.Why do you have a gripe with them I hear you say?Because my diesel don’t like doing twenty-five mph in fourth, I have to use third which means I’m using more precious fuel.Bip.Being as tight as a ducks bum I am a very steady driver. When my wife drives she tends to Billy Wizz and I cringe at the deisel bill. However we found that often she was often doing better mpg than me. Sometimes an engine can use less fuel reving slightly higher in a lower gear than labouring in a high gear. My new car has a average fuel economy and what your using at this moment readout on it and you can see this happening. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 4,997 Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Dgbrit, here we've crept back up to $2.45 a gal, was $1.95 a few weeks ago. Wish we'd had a way of storing it at the low price. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomlinson 879 Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Never mind. I should think Jeremy Clarkson will have a word for it all, though not one to appear here! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,278 Posted December 1, 2016 Report Share Posted December 1, 2016 You couldn't make it up? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38156778 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,106 Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Yet again, people who don't indicate. Those who drive at 25 in a 30 zone. People who ignorantly and selfishly push in at junctions. Those who fail to stop when I'm about to cross on a zebra crossing. Drivers of teeny weeny cars that look like they're rejects from a Goose Fair roundabout. Oh....... And Audi 'drivers', closely followed by BMW 'drivers' . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,278 Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Ha ha you must have got behind me then Flea I love driving around at sometimes less than 25 I can see the driver behind in a rage banging the steering wheel & shouting, when they eventually try & overtake I speed up, they usally end up facing oncoming traffic, while I'm laughing my b******s off, Tw4ts Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,728 Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 If you're ever stateside and driving, DO NOT speed up when someone tries passing you, you could well end up with an expensive citation from a police officer, and you could well end up causing a fatal accident. Over here people usually slow down when someone passes them, it's courteous and safer than being involved in a headon accident. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,278 Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Don't worry Ayup I have no desire to travel anywhere they encourage you to carry a gun. Trowell Road/Wollaton Road being single lane from Glaisdale Drive to Crown Island ideal for fishing a victim out Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Trouble is these days some 'victims' can get very annoyed and road rage can be very painful!!!!! And that stretch of road has a few sets of traffic lights. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ayupmeducks 1,728 Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Chances are most drivers DON'T carry a gun over here, you'll find that not many people actually do carry, too much hassle, and shooting a firearm from a moving vehicle can end up with losing the right to carry by committing a felony. But deliberately speeding up when someone is passing can end up with deadly consequences, ie getting tangled in a head on collision. I live in a rural area where most roads are two lane highways with very few places to pass, and many times with slow moving vehicles. Deliberately speeding up when a semi is passing you will end up with the semi driver forcing you off the road. I do my best to be courteous on the roads, I do get frustrated sometimes, but I don't get road rage, nor do I try to retaliate for stupid actions of others, I've towed a 27 foot travel trailer across this big country and traveled over 600 miles many days in heavy and light road conditions, traveled in heavy snow with white out conditions praying there's nothing in front of me and had idiots in dense fog whizz passed me while I'm doing less than 25mph. One thing I noted on freeway driving when I towed our 27 footer across country, semis slowed right down when passing at the top of a hill, I suspected it was because of air drag. A semi driver friend told me, when they pass a long travel trailer, caravan, their trailer is sucked into the travel trailer, so they pass at just a couple of mph faster than the trailer. He advised me to "crack" a couple of drivers side windows and crack one of the roof vents to relieve the vacuum between vehicles when on the road. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Over here road rage is well known, people have been stabbed to death or half beaten to death with a wheel brace. At my time of life I try to annoy no one, just go on my way. I certainly would not deliberately drive slowly and then speed up and I doubt RR would either. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,106 Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Been out and about doing a lot of driving today, and have been amazed at the amount of HGV and LGV learner drivers there are about. Disgruntled, no way ! I know a lot are probably EU immigrants, but at least they are learning a profession. Before anyone starts chuntering about too many trucks and lorries on the road, well just think for a minute. What delivers your food to the supermarket. What delivers your clothes , furniture, household goods, gardening equipment, building materials. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,007 Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 Radfordred I sincerely hope you're joking, if not then my next wish would be that the next car you do it to is an unmarked police car. Such driving is stupidly dangerous. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,782 Posted March 18, 2017 Report Share Posted March 18, 2017 The old saying FLY was "whatever you got, came by truck" not far out. I sympathise anyone taking up wagon driving nowadays, how the job changed over the years is unbelievable, I'm glad i'm out & think I had the best years '70s-'90s. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,278 Posted March 14, 2021 Report Share Posted March 14, 2021 On 6/17/2008 at 11:37 PM, mickety said: Road humps, thats my gripe. Hope you've got over it mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,278 Posted November 27, 2022 Report Share Posted November 27, 2022 On 4/24/2008 at 9:14 PM, mick2me said: Lorries on the motorway that hog the middle lane Crikey! Forgotten about motorways anyone been on one lately Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,782 Posted November 28, 2022 Report Share Posted November 28, 2022 Yes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,782 Posted November 28, 2022 Report Share Posted November 28, 2022 On 11/27/2022 at 3:18 PM, radfordred said: Crikey! Forgotten about motorways anyone been on one lately What's wrong with the outside lane ? Lane 3. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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