Title: What type of driver are you?
Post by: Andy Zarse on December 08, 2004, 01:22:07 pm
This is a load of old rubbish, but you might like to give it a go.
http://www.driversknow.co.uk/kindOfDriver/
Apparently I'm a chameleon. Nice to know.
http://www.driversknow.co.uk/kindOfDriver/
Apparently I'm a chameleon. Nice to know.
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: Mr. Invincible Mou on December 08, 2004, 01:34:31 pm
;) A Panther :o ::)
(http://www.driversknow.co.uk/a/images/kindOfDriver/pantherPic.jpg)
(http://www.driversknow.co.uk/a/images/kindOfDriver/pantherPic.jpg)
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: Steve Pyro on December 08, 2004, 01:49:40 pm
I'm a Gazelle!
Sounds familiar ::)
Quote
Your Strengths:
You are constantly alert and very much aware of what other road users are doing.
Your Weak Points:
Your overwhelming desire to out-think and out-manoeuvre other drivers can cause you to sometimes make selfish decisions.
Routes you relish:
Anywhere that impresses your passengers or other road users with your surprising local knowledge. Often found lost on suburban housing estates.
You are constantly alert and very much aware of what other road users are doing.
Your Weak Points:
Your overwhelming desire to out-think and out-manoeuvre other drivers can cause you to sometimes make selfish decisions.
Routes you relish:
Anywhere that impresses your passengers or other road users with your surprising local knowledge. Often found lost on suburban housing estates.
Sounds familiar ::)
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: pretzel on December 08, 2004, 02:33:16 pm
Panther here too...
Strengths:
You reach your destination rapidly and seldom waste time when behind the wheel.
Weak Points:
You are inclined to take risks so make sure they are always calculated.
Routes you relish:
A demanding two carriage way B road, where out braking and out manoeuvring reaps its rewards.
Can't say fairer than that eh :)
Strengths:
You reach your destination rapidly and seldom waste time when behind the wheel.
Weak Points:
You are inclined to take risks so make sure they are always calculated.
Routes you relish:
A demanding two carriage way B road, where out braking and out manoeuvring reaps its rewards.
Can't say fairer than that eh :)
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: Snoring Rhino on December 08, 2004, 03:15:25 pm
A Chameleon!! - a bit of a change from a Snoring Rhino.
Your Strengths:
Your ability to match your driving style to your changing driving environment allows you to exploit every opportunity offered.
Your Weak Points:
Adopting some driving tactics only occasionally, means your ability in certain situations may not be all that high. Proceed with caution in unfamiliar motoring conditions.
Routes you relish:
Any time, any place, anywhere. The chameleon prides his ability to match road conditions.
Your Strengths:
Your ability to match your driving style to your changing driving environment allows you to exploit every opportunity offered.
Your Weak Points:
Adopting some driving tactics only occasionally, means your ability in certain situations may not be all that high. Proceed with caution in unfamiliar motoring conditions.
Routes you relish:
Any time, any place, anywhere. The chameleon prides his ability to match road conditions.
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: jpchenet on December 08, 2004, 04:04:48 pm
Chameleon here also!!
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: BigH on December 08, 2004, 04:23:58 pm
I'm a sh*t-head!!
Your Strengths:
My ability to completely misjudge every driving situation keeps pedestrians and those guys who pick up the litter along the verges on their toes. And Uncle Albert.
Your Weak Points:
Decidedly flacid mid-week erections.
Routes I relish:
Down to the dump. And that little dark alley half way between my house and the local. It's either that or the doggy bag box.
H
Your Strengths:
My ability to completely misjudge every driving situation keeps pedestrians and those guys who pick up the litter along the verges on their toes. And Uncle Albert.
Your Weak Points:
Decidedly flacid mid-week erections.
Routes I relish:
Down to the dump. And that little dark alley half way between my house and the local. It's either that or the doggy bag box.
H
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: Abs on December 08, 2004, 04:48:01 pm
Seems that I'm a Gorilla :o
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: smokie on December 08, 2004, 05:31:43 pm
Chameleon here too
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: Black Widow on December 08, 2004, 05:45:38 pm
Did it twice!
In Hillclimb mode I'm a Panther (burgundy of course!)
In road going-mode I'm an Elephant!! :o
In Hillclimb mode I'm a Panther (burgundy of course!)
In road going-mode I'm an Elephant!! :o
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: Andy Zarse on December 08, 2004, 06:56:11 pm
Steve Z hasn't replied to this yet but I'm fairly sure he's be a "Bull in a china shop". He's written off or otherwise destroyed every single car he's owned (and some that he didn't!) in the last ten years.
FWIW in another area of his life he was recently described as a Human Sewing Machine!
FWIW in another area of his life he was recently described as a Human Sewing Machine!
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: jpchenet on December 08, 2004, 06:59:57 pm
Steve Z hasn't replied to this yet but I'm fairly sure he's be a "Bull in a china shop". He's written off or otherwise destroyed every single car he's owned (and some that he didn't!) in the last ten years.
FWIW in another area of his life he was recently described as a Human Sewing Machine!
FWIW in another area of his life he was recently described as a Human Sewing Machine!
I'm sure he can tell us more on the 16th!!! :D
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: DelBoy on December 08, 2004, 09:47:51 pm
Me Panther as well - perhaps at my age I should become a gazelle (or more realistically a dead donkey)!!
DB
DB
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: Kpy on December 08, 2004, 09:50:36 pm
I'm a Gazelle!
Me too, and just for once I answered a questionnaire honestly.
Last time I got lost in a suburban housing estate was about 20 years ago. I was trying to find the young(ish) lady (?) with whom I had enjoyed Ugandan discussions after the pub closed the night before. Found her eventually, with the desired conclusion. The bitch promply turned up at my house a couple of days later, to inform my wife that she was not doing the business with me.
I'm not married to that wife now, and I haven't seen my friend of 20 years ago for a long time - shame, she owned a mid-engined R5 Turbo. Nice car to drive, but though you can do it on the back seat of a Mini, I tried and failed to consumate my desire on the shelf behind the R5's seats.
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: Snoring Rhino on December 08, 2004, 10:28:02 pm
I'm a sh**t-head!!
Your Weak Points:
Decidedly flacid mid-week erections.
Your Weak Points:
Decidedly flacid mid-week erections.
I think we missed a plea for help lads, I think in consieration of the Big H locality we should have a whip round for some of Pfizers best Viagra and get him back on the straight and narrow!!
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: Robbo SPS on December 08, 2004, 11:19:21 pm
Panther ?
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: Andy Zarse on December 09, 2004, 12:54:41 pm
I'm a Gazelle!
I was trying to find the young(ish) lady (?) with whom I had enjoyed Ugandan discussions after the pub closed the night before.
Ugandan discussions!! Haven't heard that one for years. Nice to see someone else used to read Private eye back in the eighties! For those who don't know, the phrase related to a politician of the day, who's name I can't remember, and who got caught with his pants down. He claimed that he and the young lady in question had been discussing the political crisis in Uganda all night in his hotel bedroom and most assuredly not indulging in a bit of "How bides thine paternal parent". A likely tale!
Can't vouch for the suitability of the rear engine cover of a R5 Maxi for discussions of a Ugandan nature, but I'd imagine one would need to be some sort of circus act to even consider the proposition.
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: Andy Zarse on December 09, 2004, 01:05:14 pm
I'm a sh**t-head!!
Your Weak Points:
Decidedly flacid mid-week erections.
Your Weak Points:
Decidedly flacid mid-week erections.
I think we missed a plea for help lads, I think in consieration of the Big H locality we should have a whip round for some of Pfizers best Viagra and get him back on the straight and narrow!!
Straight and narrow??? Crooked and shaped like a cobbler's thumb?
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: rcutler on December 09, 2004, 01:22:37 pm
A Gorrilla!!
So move out of my F**king way!!!
So move out of my F**king way!!!
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: Barry on December 09, 2004, 02:29:53 pm
I'm a Gazelle!
I tried and failed to consumate my desire on the shelf behind the R5's seats.
Respect for even trying it there Kpy, you would have to be a contorsionist to succeed, altough if it was a cold night it would have been nice and warm ;)
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: Kpy on December 09, 2004, 03:19:03 pm
I'm a Gazelle!
I was trying to find the young(ish) lady (?) with whom I had enjoyed Ugandan discussions after the pub closed the night before.
Ugandan discussions!! Haven't heard that one for years. Nice to see someone else used to read Private eye back in the eighties! For those who don't know, the phrase related to a politician of the day, who's name I can't remember, and who got caught with his pants down. He claimed that he and the young lady in question had been discussing the political crisis in Uganda all night in his hotel bedroom and most assuredly not indulging in a bit of "How bides thine paternal parent". A likely tale!
Can't vouch for the suitability of the rear engine cover of a R5 Maxi for discussions of a Ugandan nature, but I'd imagine one would need to be some sort of circus act to even consider the proposition.
Yup the Ugandan phrase much beloved by Private Eye actually dates back to the mid 70s and is said to stem from a party at which a female journalist was alleged to have explained an upstairs sexual encounter by saying 'We were discussing Uganda'.
I never did try the R5 engine cover for comment va ton pere, but managed it quite regularly in the back of my Honda S800 hardtop in the early 70s. I can't remember how it was possible, but I know it required the full cooperation of the other party.
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: SteveZarse on December 10, 2004, 05:27:51 pm
Steve Z hasn't replied to this yet but I'm fairly sure he's be a "Bull in a china shop". He's written off or otherwise destroyed every single car he's owned (and some that he didn't!) in the last ten years.
FWIW in another area of his life he was recently described as a Human Sewing Machine!
FWIW in another area of his life he was recently described as a Human Sewing Machine!
Well I'm rather pleased to reveal that the internet (which never lies) has proclaimed me a 'panther' among drivers! I did feel that 'Bull in a china shop' was a little harsh, as it implies that I'm always clumsily smashing into inanimate objects, and I'm quite sure A Zarse esq has been far more proficient than myself in that area, particularly in recent years. Do I need to mention a certain telegraph pole vs WRX incident? ;D
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: BigH on December 10, 2004, 05:33:57 pm
I've grown to distrust the press more and more these days. Everything you read seems to be b*llocks.
In my opinion, the "Bull in a China shop" incident was probably another example of Fleet Street hyperbole.
I reckon it was most likely a horse in a chemist.
H
In my opinion, the "Bull in a China shop" incident was probably another example of Fleet Street hyperbole.
I reckon it was most likely a horse in a chemist.
H
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: Andy Zarse on December 10, 2004, 07:29:41 pm
In my opinion, the "Bull in a China shop" incident was probably another example of Fleet Street hyperbole.
I reckon it was most likely a horse in a chemist.
H
I reckon it was most likely a horse in a chemist.
H
Do you mean the horse is in a chemist's shop or in the actual chemist him/her self?
There's a very nice chemist's in High Perberley in Surrey but I don't think they allow horses in.
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: Stu on December 10, 2004, 09:42:29 pm
I am a Panther
although I have had my driving skills compared to that of a w**k*r which ended up in a bout of road rage and him needing a new door window.
although I have had my driving skills compared to that of a w**k*r which ended up in a bout of road rage and him needing a new door window.
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: Andy Zarse on December 13, 2004, 12:37:40 pm
Steve Z hasn't replied to this yet but I'm fairly sure he's be a "Bull in a china shop". He's written off or otherwise destroyed every single car he's owned (and some that he didn't!) in the last ten years.
FWIW in another area of his life he was recently described as a Human Sewing Machine!
FWIW in another area of his life he was recently described as a Human Sewing Machine!
Well I'm rather pleased to reveal that the internet (which never lies) has proclaimed me a 'panther' among drivers! I did feel that 'Bull in a china shop' was a little harsh, as it implies that I'm always clumsily smashing into inanimate objects, and I'm quite sure A Zarse esq has been far more proficient than myself in that area, particularly in recent years. Do I need to mention a certain telegraph pole vs WRX incident? ;D
The telegraph pole was in my own garden, it was a mere parking incident. A trifle.
Tell us about the other week's "Supra" incident Steve. ;) And explain to everyone why you claim it does not constitute a "crash", even though you skidded across the road sideways (whilst pretending to be Colin McRae) and hit the kerb, smashing an alloy to pieces and bending the track rod badly out of goose. :-[We're all ears!
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: SteveZarse on December 17, 2004, 01:25:36 pm
The telegraph pole was in my own garden, it was a mere parking incident. A trifle.
Tell us about the other week's "Supra" incident Steve. ;) And explain to everyone why you claim it does not constitute a "crash", even though you skidded across the road sideways (whilst pretending to be Colin McRae) and hit the kerb, smashing an alloy to pieces and bending the track rod badly out of goose. :-[We're all ears!
Tell us about the other week's "Supra" incident Steve. ;) And explain to everyone why you claim it does not constitute a "crash", even though you skidded across the road sideways (whilst pretending to be Colin McRae) and hit the kerb, smashing an alloy to pieces and bending the track rod badly out of goose. :-[We're all ears!
Well, it's like this: I skidded across the road sideways (whilst pretending to be A Zarse) and hit the kerb, breaking one small chunk out of the alloy and bending the track rod badly out of goose. Nevermind.
And I think you'll find it's me who's all ears. Mostly ears anyway.
Title: Re:What type of driver are you?
Post by: Gilles on December 17, 2004, 02:54:57 pm
I'm a panther too !! :D
