I'm back!

[steve_earwig]

Made it in one big bit too

Howdy folks!! Ahhh, you know you're in the UK when some twat in an old 5 series tries to ram you on a roundabout Quite the worst bit of driving I'd seen in 3 days driving across Europe too

What has happened to the driving here anyway? What of lane disciplin? Thing of the past? 55mph on the middle lane of the M25, what the f...???

Just about to starting moving cars about in preparation for taking mine to bits, the seats look luvverley

[highlander]

Welcome to the UK, Steve!

Lane discipline and good driving disappeared long before I started driving. Quite a number of utter arseholes on the roads these days.

Only this morning, I was turning right at a T-junction (turning off the main road onto the side road), and some twat in a Vauxhall Vectra behind me honked their horn at me and flicked me the Vees as I was turning. Why? No idea. I wasn't taking ages about the turn, and there wasn't any on-coming traffic holding me up. I just came to the conclusion that he was an impatient, jumped-up little dickhead.

The Wifely Person also told me yesterday that she'd seen a car knock over a cyclist at a roundabout (the car was in the right lane but wanted to go straight ahead, and didn't bother indicating they were leaving the roundabout - so the cyclist went straight in front of the car). THEN the cyclist gets up and cycles off, lucky to be alive - and the car FOLLOWS the cyclist, honking his horn, flashing his lights, and shouting and swearing at him. W. T. F.

Anyway, glad you made it back to the UK in one piece, and hope your leather interior conversion goes according to plan. Photos required!

[plod]

Glad you made it ok Steve


Driving standards, mmmm, there isn't any anymore

I was going round a roundabout the other day, indicating till I got till the exit before I wanted to leave on, indicated left, and moved to the left, and someone in a transit shot out from the exit before, and tried to dive down the inside of me
Now I had right of way, and if you actually look in the highway code, the other driver contravenes around 5 or 6 regulations
Anyway, i'm fan of rewarding bad driving, so I didn't let him in
I was stopping in 100 yards, so pulled over
The other guy got out, and said If he ever seen me drive like that again he'd knock me out
Got back in his van and shouted that I shouldn't have a driving licence

What a joke!!!

55 in the middle lane!!!
How about the idiots who are doing less than 55, refuse to move out the middle lane, so if you are in a lorry, HAVE to undertake them
I don't like doing it, but needs must as I can't go out in the fast lane

Anyway, better shut up, this is turning into a Rant into driving as opposed to welcoming Steve over here for his "holiday"

[Doggy]

Ah! heard there was some Peugeot trafficking going on....

Good to hear you made it OK Steve. The dawdling traffic you may have noted and shock-horror fuel prices may well be related.

Best of luck wiv the seats etc.

If you're struggling at all, just holler and we'll come and watch.

Duties have been provisionally allocated as follows:

Welly - CDM supervisor / HVAC / Detailing consultant.
Dia - H & S / Quality circles / 5S / 6-Sigma etc. etc.
Highlander - Network support analyst and exhaust consultant.
Waue1987, Plod, Gary406 - Interior upgrade steering commitee
Captain Jack, Plod, puggy - 'Remap that sucker' Focus group.
Wasp, mjb, FarmerPug, doggy - PP2000 / BSI optimisation commitee
Lozz, HimBigChief, Bailles1992 - chassis optimisation / strut brace club.
Puggy - talent scout, entertainment organiser & get-u-home bodge maestro
Teamy - chair, biker sub-commitee, shoulder to cry on & all-round good egg
Neildavies, jasper5, DiscoPol, Countrypug, Sirwiggum post-406 councillors.

Sorted.

[puggy]

Hey up steve ya young bugger , glad you had a safe journey mate
nowt wrong with the driving over here it's you namby mamby ex pats

[puggy]

Ah! heard there was some Peugeot trafficking going on....

Good to hear you made it OK Steve. The dawdling traffic you may have noted and shock-horror fuel prices may well be related.

Best of luck wiv the seats etc.

If you're struggling at all, just holler and we'll come and watch.

Duties have been provisionally allocated as follows:

Welly - CDM supervisor / HVAC / Detailing consultant.
Dia - H & S / Quality circles / 5S / 6-Sigma etc. etc.
Highlander - Network support analyst and exhaust consultant.
Waue1987, Plod, Gary406 - Interior upgrade steering commitee
Captain Jack, Plod, puggy - 'Remap that sucker' Focus group.
Wasp, mjb, FarmerPug, doggy - PP2000 / BSI optimisation commitee
Lozz, HimBigChief, Bailles1992 - chassis optimisation / strut brace club.
Puggy - talent scout, entertainment organiser & get-u-home bodge maestro
Teamy - chair, biker sub-commitee, shoulder to cry on & all-round good egg
Neildavies, jasper5, DiscoPol, Countrypug, Sirwiggum post-406 councillors.

Sorted.

Absoloutley pissing meself !!!!!
Another doggy classic !!

[waue1978]

Waue1987, Plod, Gary406 - Interior upgrade steering commitee

Result - Doggy's just made me 9 years younger. Happy with that. Will I be seeing you Steve or are you planning on dumping the bits & telling me to pick them up sharpish?

[Phil406]

Welcome to the uk

[DaiRees]

Welly - CDM supervisor / HVAC / Detailing consultant.
Dia - H & S / Quality circles / 5S / 6-Sigma etc. etc.
Highlander - Network support analyst and exhaust consultant.
Waue1987, Plod, Gary406 - Interior upgrade steering commitee
Captain Jack, Plod, puggy - 'Remap that sucker' Focus group.
Wasp, mjb, FarmerPug, doggy - PP2000 / BSI optimisation commitee
Lozz, HimBigChief, Bailles1992 - chassis optimisation / strut brace club.
Puggy - talent scout, entertainment organiser & get-u-home bodge maestro
Teamy - chair, biker sub-commitee, shoulder to cry on & all-round good egg
Neildavies, jasper5, DiscoPol, Countrypug, Sirwiggum post-406 councillors.

Sorted.

Well done Doggy!
It's amazing how well we can get to know people we've never met...

Glad you made it safe Wiggy

[CountryPug]

Neildavies, jasper5, DiscoPol, Countrypug, Sirwiggum post-406 councillors.

Haha, craic'd me up that list, good work Dogs!

Welcome back steve, negotiating a UK roundybout without it resulting in minor accident repair work is quite an achievement!

[DiscoPol]

How is over there Mr Earwig? I have another week of sunny Poland then into Liverpool airport to collect what ever beauty of a car i end up with this time, i really hope it isnt another diabolical Focus (sorry bailes but they are sh1t)

enjoy blighty and stock up on all those exotic food stuffs you cant get at home but strangely miss

How was the drive over? its an easy enough distance to do in one go.

[STALLED]

Feck - I was left out on the list. I suppose my role can be the "Drop a V8 in it" commentator?

[Doggy]

Sorry Joel! (and anyone else not implicated so far)

[jasper5]

Welcome back to the UK Steve

My son has just gone back from being over from Sweden where he now lives (11 years now), he doesn't like the way things are here these days, he was very disappointed to see how things have gone downhill since his last visit for his mother's funeral 4 years ago.

Anyway, enjoy your stay and all the best

[Gary406]

welcome back to the UK ste.

watch out for that white van man

how long did it take you ?