Have You Seen Any Interesting Cars On The Road Lately?

[Darrell]

Interesting GLC 350 replacement on the school run this morning

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All over that area and towards Richmond, Twickers and Kew. Usually with a Cockapoo tied to the handlebars.

 

[ALFAitalia]

As seen on social media.
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Pity is not real and just a render.....

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

This at work yesterday....sounded as good as it looked....
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Proper Tiger ! A rare and special thing

Looks glorious. What was it like close up?

Not that I’m a nosey geezer - but it’s coffee break time, here at the coal face - Historics it sold that one in 2011

(It’s when I read “new wiring loom” that I think to myself “maybe something newer.”)

Brooklands Museum 22nd October 2011 Sale

Auction Details - Specialist Classic & Sports Car Auctioneers

www.historics.co.uk

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

All over that area and towards Richmond, Twickers and Kew. Usually with a Cockapoo tied to the handlebars.

She must be mad as cheese to put two schoolchildren on the back.

OK it’s a EV so she doesn’t need to pedal hard but think about the weight distribution!

(And she couldn’t take both girls and their backpacks to Aberdeen for the weekend without stopping to recharge the battery)

But it is one less car on the School run.

 

[Darrell]

She must be mad as cheese to put two schoolchildren on the back.

OK it’s a EV so she doesn’t need to pedal hard but think about the weight distribution!

(And she couldn’t take both girls and their backpacks to Aberdeen for the weekend without stopping to recharge the battery)

But it is one less car on the School run.

They fart about at pedestrian crossings as well with the dogs getting all tangled up.

One less on the school run is true but when the road is full of them the rest of us still go nowhere very quickly.

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

They fart about at pedestrian crossings as well with the dogs getting all tangled up.

One less on the school run is true but when the road is full of them the rest of us still go nowhere very quickly.

Ah, but that's what "we" voted for !!

Think of the reduced emissions ! And the smaller number of cars parked on the street. (Maybe)

 

[Darrell]

Ah, but that's what "we" voted for !!

Think of the reduced emissions ! And the smaller number of cars parked on the street. (Maybe)

The reduced emissions is happening anyway and why would there be a smaller number of cars on the street?

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

The reduced emissions is happening anyway and why would there be a smaller number of cars on the street?

Because this fool on a bicycle "probably" isn't running a 2nd motor for the school run and local use.

There's a generational change going on. People are starting to drive later, and are using bikes and (spit) e-scooters to get to work and to move around, not just for leisure.

 

[Darrell]

Because this fool on a bicycle "probably" isn't running a 2nd motor for the school run and local use.

There's a generational change going on. People are starting to drive later, and are using bikes and (spit) e-scooters to get to work and to move around, not just for leisure.

My thinking is that they’re using the electric bikes for local stuff and have cars for non local stuff. I can’t see many of them cycling up to their barn conversions in Burford on a Friday on an e-bike. They’ve got the bikes to keep their conscience clear.

I’ll be honest and say that round our way the electric scooter things don’t seem to be as popular as they were a couple of years ago.

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

My thinking is that they’re using the electric bikes for local stuff and have cars for non local stuff. I can’t see many of them cycling up to their barn conversions in Burford on a Friday on an e-bike. They’ve got the bikes to keep their conscience clear.

I’ll be honest and say that round our way the electric scooter things don’t seem to be as popular as they were a couple of years ago.

I'm looking at the friends of my kids - all in their late twenties / early thirties - and they seem to be running fewer cars that "back in my day."

Running fewer, or no cars, driving shorter distances, flying instead of driving, and greater use of Uber, e-scooters, bicycles, and public transport. Thanks, in part, to SadIQ Khan, taxes and parking restrictions, but also due to fitness, cost, and ecological concerns.

And I get the same impression looking at the shenanigans around the school run. More walking and more use of bikes - with small kids on the back, or on separate bikes when bigger.

 

[Darrell]

I'm looking at the friends of my kids - all in their late twenties / early thirties - and they seem to be running fewer cars that "back in my day."

Running fewer, or no cars, driving shorter distances, flying instead of driving, and greater use of Uber, e-scooters, bicycles, and public transport. Thanks, in part, to SadIQ Khan, taxes and parking restrictions, but also due to fitness, cost, and ecological concerns.

And I get the same impression looking at the shenanigans around the school run. More walking and more use of bikes - with small kids on the back, or on separate bikes when bigger.

Opposite here with the kids. I’ll use my 18 year old daughter, her friends, my 17 and 19 year old nephews along with the teenagers of my friends.

They’re all having lessons or have passed their tests recently.

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

Opposite here with the kids. I’ll use my 18 year old daughter, her friends, my 17 and 19 year old nephews along with the teenagers of my friends.
They’re all having lessons or have passed their tests recently.

Are they actually running cars as much as you did at that age?

It's miles driven that counts, not just the lessons.

 

[Darrell]

Are they actually running cars as much as you did at that age?

It's miles driven that counts, not just the lessons.

They’ve all got cars. Fiestas, Polos and those little Toyota things.

 

[ALFAitalia]

I’ll be honest and say that round our way the electric scooter things don’t seem to be as popular as they were a couple of years ago.

They have come down hard on them around here..... but it did take a couple of pretty serious pedestrian/scooter impacts for the police to think its worthwhile actually upholding the law.
One thing that made me smile was that recently the police where waiting outside the school local to my work and confiscating all the e scooters from the mums as they dropped kids off. They had to go and collect them, along with a written caution, from the police station. Good.... like it or not the law is the law. Not seen one on the school run since. Apparently, according to the local Facebook group, they never knew they were illegal....yeah right....Well the ones I'd shouted at for nearly hitting me on the pavement when i arrive at work certainly knew!!!

 

[Darrell]

They have come down hard on them around here..... but it did take a couple of pretty serious pedestrian/scooter impacts for the police to think its worthwhile actually upholding the law.
One thing that made me smile was that recently the police where waiting outside the school local to my work and confiscating all the e scooters from the mums as they dropped kids off. They had to go and collect them, along with a written caution, from the police station. Good.... like it or not the law is the law. Not seen one on the school run since. Apparently, according to the local Facebook group, they never knew they were illegal....yeah right....Well the ones I'd shouted at for nearly hitting me on the pavement when i arrive at work certainly knew!!!

Maybe it’s a combination of a lot of things.

Unsafe
It was a fad
Fires starting from iffy chargers
Weather has been awful
People realise they look like a c**t when they ride them

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

They’ve all got cars. Fiestas, Polos and those little Toyota things.

So, as I asked... are they driving as much as you did, with your friends, at their age?

It's miles driven that counts, not lessons, cars on the driveway, or "somewhere private away from the parents"

At 19 I was working all over the UK: North West, North East, Midlands, East Anglia, South West and driving to holidays only in the UK. I'd guess more than 15k a year, my girlfriend the same. In cars that needed servicing every 5k, and with significant faults every year.

 

[Darrell]

So, as I asked... are they driving as much as you did, with your friends, at their age?

It's miles driven that counts, not lessons, cars on the driveway, or "somewhere private away from the parents"

At 19 I was working all over the UK: North West, North East, Midlands, East Anglia, South West and driving to holidays only in the UK. I'd guess more than 15k a year, my girlfriend the same. In cars that needed servicing every 5k, and with significant faults every year.

I didn’t pass my test until I was 21. All of my mates had passed by then but they all worked in central London so they used the train. Only 2 lads who were postmen and worked locally drove to their work.

All the youth are driving almost everyday. My daughter (for example) is either at college, working or seeing her friends, all these involve driving.

 

[Chrishazle]

Wish there waas some car reduction on Mums in cars, especially not just Chelsea tractors but also larger 7 seaters - in our cul-de-sac (with a nursery and primary school at the junction with the main road). Only improvement is that we think the school has now staggered release time, as instead of chaos starting about 2.30 until about 3.15 it's now lesser chaos from 2.20 until about 3.30 - but at least we can still now get in and out of our cul-de-sac. Worst in fact is the school staff, they park either side of the junction on the main road and stupidly close to the junction, so if you need to get out in the morning you're faced with turning out blind - and not just traffic potentially from the right, but also a blind bend to the left where you might meet a bus coming round at best part of 30mph, I've nearly had a head on more than once in our 17 years here as a result, and police, Kent highways and parish council have done SFA!

 

[ALFAitalia]

Report them....its illegal to park less than ten metres from a road junction....yellow lines or not.

 

[SpikyMikey]

Report them....its illegal to park less than ten metres from a road junction....yellow lines or not.

It's probably one of those Highway Code grey areas; a "Should Not", rather than a "Must Not" rule.