Britain's worst driven car? Nominations welcome

[Delmonte]

Used to be generally regarded as RS Audis. But now so ubiquitous hard to differentiate.

Recently I've noticed a serious pretender to the throne - the Ford Ranger. These pointless and vile yank boxes seem to be perpetually driven by colossal bell ends. Pulling out in front of you then crawling, driving in the opposite gutter when passing parked cars, permanent indicator failure, parking across 3 spaces....the works. Forum thoughts?

 

[zagatoes30]

My only thought is, no matter how bad you think driving is in the UK it is no where near on par with Ireland

 

[safrane]

Any nissan/honda/toyota driven by a pensioner on a Sunday... I mean why, they have all week to bumble around the countryside whilst we work our socks off to pay for their pension/mobility car/winter fuel allowance etc etc*...and even worse when they then struggle to park at Waitrose , despite the plethora of larger bays for them amd then guide their trolly around the isles at the same rate of knots as they drive... again at the weekend when I need to do the weeks shop in <20 mins.... grrrrrr They should be banned from leaving the house at weekends.

*yes I know they paid in, but so do I and all future generations will get far less and will always be called "the youth of today....."

 

[midlifecrisis]

Any nissan/honda/toyota driven by a pensioner on a Sunday... I mean why, they have all week to bumble around the countryside whilst we work our socks off to pay for their pension/mobility car/winter fuel allowance etc etc*...and even worse when they then struggle to park at Waitrose , despite the plethora of larger bays for them amd then guide their trolly around the isles at the same rate of knots as they drive... again at the weekend when I need to do the weeks shop in <20 mins.... grrrrrr They should be banned from leaving the house at weekends.

*yes I know they paid in, but so do I and all future generations will get far less and will always be called "the youth of today....."

This!
Normally in a Honda Jazz, Nissan Note or Micra.
Engine screaming off the rev limiter as they try to find the bite point of the clutch.

 

[FIFTY]

Qashquai and Nissan juke

Corsas, Polos, Fiestas - certain demographic of small hatch drivers that tailgate at any speed in any environment

Anyone who drives with their ego and does not keep left when not over taking - these are often people in big exec cars with small 4 pot diesel engines

 

[Oneball]

Any nissan/honda/toyota driven by a pensioner on a Sunday... I mean why, they have all week to bumble around the countryside whilst we work our socks off to pay for their pension/mobility car/winter fuel allowance etc etc*...and even worse when they then struggle to park at Waitrose , despite the plethora of larger bays for them amd then guide their trolly around the isles at the same rate of knots as they drive... again at the weekend when I need to do the weeks shop in <20 mins.... grrrrrr They should be banned from leaving the house at weekends.

*yes I know they paid in, but so do I and all future generations will get far less and will always be called "the youth of today....."

What you did wrong there was go to Waitrose. Avoid like the plague with a dose of herpes. If you’re not one of the geriatric ditherers then you’re the middle aged ditherer with their free mocha latte in one had and Telegraph in the other wondering if they can get their ready to eat avocado from the shelf to their trolley without miraculously growing another arm.

 

[Wanderer]

My only thought is, no matter how bad you think driving is in the UK it is no where near on par with Ireland

Too right, those with 'N' plates on are the worst....

Traffic Rules in Ireland:

1. Red light means stop but five more cars can go through.

2. Bus lanes are for cars too.

3. The continuation lanes on the M50 are for under-taking.

 

[zagatoes30]

You have missed some

4. Indicator means I'm coming out whether you are there or not

5. The white line on a junction is the point your rear wheels must not pass when waiting to join the main carriageway

6. Overtaking on a dual carriageway should be done by pulling out in front of traffic already there, then slow down to the speed of the car you plan to overtake, then if you do pass stay in the outside lane at the slow speed for at least 2 miles

 

[zagatoes30]

One more I forgot lights are optional extras, either don't switch them on or if you do ensure at least one, preferably two are not working

 

[GeoffCapes]

My only thought is, no matter how bad you think driving is in the UK it is no where near on par with Ireland

Having driven in Ireland, I tend to agree.

 

[MarkMas]

Nissan Micra.

 

[Spartacus]

Hands down Range Rovers .

 

[Davidt99]

Its all rubbish, its not the car its the driver. Do you think that the Audi RS driver gets into his or her Maserati and suddenly becomes a saint!

 

[Spartacus]

I bet you're fun at parties

 

[Wanderer]

One more I forgot lights are optional extras, either don't switch them on or if you do ensure at least one, preferably two are not working

Irish and Northern Irish number plates in all sorts of weird fonts. Also Irish-regged cars with yellow rear plates, usually from 'the wee three' counties bordering Norn Iron.

 

[GeoffCapes]

BMW's X5's generally tend to be driven by people who think they own the road.

 

[Doohickey]

Anything with an Uber sticker on it, closely followed by pretty much every other private hire driver.

 

[allandwf]

Its all rubbish, its not the car its the driver. Do you think that the Audi RS driver gets into his or her Maserati and suddenly becomes a saint!

Yes

 

[Scaf]

My wife’s

 

[Delmonte]

Too right, those with 'N' plates on are the worst....

Traffic Rules in Ireland:

1. Red light means stop but five more cars can go through.

2. Bus lanes are for cars too.

3. The continuation lanes on the M50 are for under-taking.

Having lived in Ireland myself, the first thing I noticed there was that red lights were advisory only