Automotive peeves

You know... I could come up with a lot... but there are 2 that really get to me:

People who don't turn off their highbeams for oncoming traffic

People who tailgate motorcyclists

Blinkers. I don't know what the hell you intend to do without them.

doc_speeder wrote: CumminGs...

OMGWTFLOL I love that one (hate it actually)!!!

doc_speeder wrote: Disc breaks

Did anyone add "disk" brakes yet?

AverageH wrote: When tires make a burnout squeel sound when in the dirt in movies.

Did you ever notice that all motorcycles on TV and in movies either sound like two strokes or Harleys?

Or the V8 sounds from the soundtrack while you are watching a Fusion peel out in hot pursuit

In reply to ebonyandivory:

I'll add to that, " you have to take the hole car, not just parts" and when people can't spell the name of the car they're selling. It says it on the back for chrissakes! It's not a Camero, a Camery, a Voltswagen or a Christler

Spoolpigeon wrote: *snip* People that don't use turn signals. *snip*

This...

And HID headlamps.

I also can't stand when people call on a car I'm selling and ask things like, "how many mileages does it have?"

It's got one, right at the bottom of the speedometer, and if you read the whole ad, you'd know what the mileage is

Woody wrote: There are a handful of cars from the early 90's that I'd like to own, but refuse to, because they are equipped with those stupid automatic seatbelts.

Gah! Every time I miss my old Integra, I just have to remember those blasted belts... Grrr....

noddaz wrote: HID headlamps.

Any headlight bulb that is a blue or white light should be banned. Some of the factory lights now are just as bad or worse than the E36 M3y ebay HID stuff.

Trailer queens. I have zero interest in a car that goes everywhere on a trailer unless it is a race car.

I hate automotive paint that changes colors when you turn your back. Hello Ford, I'm talking to you. I woulda owned that Tungsten Gray Mustang GT if it didn't turn purple/ lilac in overcast skies... reminds me of an Easter egg.

There's a reason kids don't use all the crayons in the 64 Crayola box... because they suck.

don't get me started on interiors

Skidding sounds on tv/movie when the car (usually a homicide detectives car pulling up to a murder scene) driving 5mph comes to a stop.

The sheer lack of canned burnout sounds out there used for effect. The one from the original OVERHAULIN' has been reused so many times its obnoxious. Wrecks to Riches uses it all the time for every burnout no matter the car.

Skidding sounds or hot melting rubber peeling our sounds on a dirt road!

People driving around at night with no tail lights because they have DRLs and are too stupid to turn the lights on.

Ian F wrote:

Woody wrote: There are a handful of cars from the early 90's that I'd like to own, but refuse to, because they are equipped with those stupid automatic seatbelts.

Gah! Every time I miss my old Integra, I just have to remember those blasted belts... Grrr....

Laughing, those things were the pits. Nearly tore my nose off more times than I care to remember.

People who use their hazard flashers in the just because it's raining. Especially those who remain in the left lane. These people never lived where "white out" is a real fact of life.

Body Cladding
Fog Lights on when it is sunny and clear outside
Brand Haters
Truck Nutz
Cars that require engine removal for spark plug or oil changes.

90% of Harley's on the road (Loud pipes don't save lives, then make me want to end yours)
Toyota Highlanders
20 forward gears in car chases
Freeway left lane hogs
The whole concept of speed cameras - WTF is the point of the NRA if they don't resolve this!!!! (Note I'm fine with red light cameras if calibrated properly, not as revenue generators)
People who constantly complain about cars becoming safer all the time.

One peeve that’s now died out is the constant fawning over everything Toyota did in by the press in the face of contrary evidence in so many places. Ditto the same press bashing domestic automakers over the same. The last 3 years seems to have brought some parity in reporting.

Adrian_Thompson wrote: Toyota Highlanders

This seems random. Story?

Raised 4X4 4 door truck with 45 inch tires, winch, roll bars, 6 driving lights on the grill AND roll bar, brush guard bumpers that of course put all those light directly in your rear view mirror as you do the speed limit on a straight road. Then they MUST pass you to be the first to the exit ramp where they do 9 mph only to floor it and dare someone to not let them merge.

Then they pull into a parking lot and STOP at each speed bump to creep over it at a specific angle. I watch them park in a covered parking area taking 2 handicap spaces where they spend 10 minutes putting on a car cover and activating alarms. Then they get mad when you point out that they missed a spot of wax ON THEIR DRIVESHAFT!!

How was your morning?

Bruce

Lifted trucks with black wheels, big tires, and a huge Monster Energy sticker in the rear window.

Plastic tabs. Why can't we just screw things together any more? Every single plastic tab on every car will eventually break if you try to take it apart when it's old. I don't even mind plastic, really, just the fact that I can't fix things without breaking them.

mazdeuce wrote: Plastic tabs. Why can't we just screw things together any more? Every single plastic tab on every car will eventually break if you try to take it apart when it's old. I don't even mind plastic, really, just the fact that I can't fix things without breaking them.

This is easy. Manufacturers design cars to go together as quickly as possible on an assembly line. Plastic tabs go together much, much faster than a human or robot turning screws. Most of them (especially the body-molding types) are not intended to come apart without breaking.

Learned all of this the hard way working on MINIs.