The Official SPOTTED Thread December 2010

Started by brian, December 06, 2010, 11:33:57 AM

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the phantom

Quote from: RobClubley on December 29, 2010, 03:09:36 PM
I think the point is that ESP might have prevented the accident despite the driver :)

reinforcing the mistaken impression that they're bulletproof?
Land Transport New Zealand, taking the fun out of driving since August 2008

RobClubley

1985 ur quattro
1992 Ford Courier - the sensible daily

bigbumper

If we make the cars smart then we can make humans dumb...  ::)

CBRT

2013 MK7 GTI
2003 Audi RS6 Avant

the phantom

in principle, no software designer or traffic engineer can cope with 100% of situations and by dumbing down drivers, we create a situation where they are unused to understanding situations on the road and making judgements about how to react

I remember talking to an experienced traffic engineer at work and asking him why there wasn't a pedestrian crossing at a certain point, his response was that drivers didn't always recognise crossings and that they gave pedestrians a false sense of security, seemed like an argument for more crossings (familiarity) rather than less (unfamiliarity)

same point with unnecessary red turning arrows, I know that I have sufficient depth of field of view and gap judgement to know when not to turn against traffic, but the traffic engineer wants to protect me from myself

I'm a great fan of treating drivers as responsible adults, rather than as children and slapping them when they behave accordingly http://www.seattlepi.com/transportation/293229_roads22.html
Land Transport New Zealand, taking the fun out of driving since August 2008

on2it

spotted new rs5 last week..first day of ownership.





Bullseye

Mission Bay
Black 360 Modena
Plate T055ER  ;D
B8 A4 Avant - soon to be eating Chips

RS ZWEI

Dad spotted some idiots today in Audis driving around the block of the yard. Two early 90 sedans and an 83 ur quattro. He said the ur was driven by some early to mid 20 year old who was driving it so hard the third time around the block it started smoking:

http://www.carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=egc874

1980 VW Golf GTI Track Car
1995 Audi RS2
2003 Mini Cooper S (Written off - rear ended)
2005 Mini Cooper S
2006 Skoda Octavia vRS Combi
2009 Renault Megane 230 R26 (Written off - rear ended)
2013 Renault Megane RS265 Redbull RB8

mjh

Quote from: RS ZWEI on December 30, 2010, 07:43:36 PM
Dad spotted some idiots today in Audis driving around the block of the yard. Two early 90 sedans and an 83 ur quattro. He said the ur was driven by some early to mid 20 year old who was driving it so hard the third time around the block it started smoking:

http://www.carjam.co.nz/car/?plate=egc874



No WOF for 2 1/2 months. Surprising..........

RS ZWEI

Quote from: mjh on December 30, 2010, 07:47:59 PM
No WOF for 2 1/2 months. Surprising..........

Dad ran the details, turns out the car lives down in Central HB.

I wonder if its this car:

http://www.vask.org.nz/index.php/topic,18133.0.html



1980 VW Golf GTI Track Car
1995 Audi RS2
2003 Mini Cooper S (Written off - rear ended)
2005 Mini Cooper S
2006 Skoda Octavia vRS Combi
2009 Renault Megane 230 R26 (Written off - rear ended)
2013 Renault Megane RS265 Redbull RB8

bigbumper

ex-Chris Amon March 701 on Remuera Rd, sitting unattended outside the Historic GP HQ

HandsomeDan

Charcoal coloured Mk2 Golf - Vask Stickers - See it regularly in the Totaravale area in the Shore...
1998 Mk III Golf,
1992 B4 Audi 80
2007 Toyota RAV4
2000 Mazda SP20 AWD (JDM Mazdaspeed Edition)
1996 Toyota Starlet - daily hack
2003 Opel Zafira GSi 2.2
2007 Volvo XC70

Pushbutton_auto

Wild horse day ...

Beating up parking wardens ain't a crime.

Pushbutton_auto

 :)
Beating up parking wardens ain't a crime.

Pushbutton_auto

Beating up parking wardens ain't a crime.

Pushbutton_auto

 :)
Beating up parking wardens ain't a crime.

M M

Bought not built.

Pushbutton_auto

Quote from: iskr33m on December 31, 2010, 05:34:45 PM
^ Nice collection of cars there.
All within a couple of hundred yards of each other,

a beautiful two door Fairlane as well, but he got away before i could snap him ...
Beating up parking wardens ain't a crime.

BB

Dr Nick does the Targa in a valley pig abd drives it fearlessly Ive heard, and crashes heavily when he does.
The end is nigh, but the end of what is the question?