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[ShoppingTub]

hi all

first off i i know i drive a small car and its not as fast as most modern cars and sorry if this has been brought up before but just had enough careless drivers

yesterday i was almost hit twice, both times almost had the drivers side wing taken off, the first time i was driving up the A303 going to a job interview in axminster i was doing 70 in the inside lane with no cars insight in front off me and then a mercedes estate roars up behind me in the outside lane and with no indication pulls in front of me missing my car by about 6 inches and even worse he then decided to brake without warning, i was doing nothing wrong, keeping to the speed limit and driving safely but almost had my mini taken out by some mellon

second time was on the A303 again, was driving behind a car at about 60 leaving about a car space between us and a focus over takes me then sits on my wing, indicates then pull in to the non focus sized gap in front off me, had no choice but to brake and the guy behind me starts beeping and flashing at me, not a happy drive

then today was in Yeovil on the hospital roundabout pulled out on to the roundabout and a massive range rover was in the lane to my right going the same way as me, got to the exit (its a two lane exit by the way) side by side with this range rover with me on the left and it on the right, all i can see in my window is range rover, my mini just about came up to the start of its passenger windows, then i see is side indicator blink on and it starts moving closer to me almost touching my wing mirror, if i hadnt of beeped the horn it would have crushed my car, the range rover finally sees me pulls in behind me and tail gates me for the rest of my journey

sorry for the massive rant, just so annoying as i dont want my mini written off by some ones careless driving and i seem to get less respect on the road from modern cars in the mini than i have driving anything else

anyone else find this

[brad88]

i know exactly what you mean! i have been cut 3 times in 2 days and the amount of people that tailgate me is unbelievable! i think that other drivers must see a mini as an easy target, they usually looked suprised tho when i put my foot down and bury them! lol
brad

[cooperdan]

sometimes i do...

But i tend to ignore it..but sometimes........most of the time.. ..i accelerate quickly off around a corner or roundabout or whatever and that makes me feel better and the sod off then lol..i dunno what it is they probably just think we are a pain in the arse...dont know...

i actually had a bmw mini...thing up my arse once squeezed between a bus and car he tried following but ended up taking hi wing mirror off...*melon* lol

[cookie4343]

I think other drivers just intimidate us mini drivers as they are such small cars, ive had it done to me loads of times.

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

well i was just driving my sister back from manchester in her car a corsa and a van man started pulling over and almost pushed the car off the road i ended up nearly hitting the central division and then realised and pulled back and kept appolgising what a *melon* and the person who was behind me decided to tailgate me due to the van drivers incomptance argggg

my sister nearly shat herself

[rimmer1993]

I find at school that every1 seems to think the mini is s*** and think because it is small and "OLD" it cant keep up with any modern cars

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

show them a mini on the dyno and theyll see my mini has the same power to weight ratio as my 2.0 fiesta

[twiddlemeister]

Jealousy man, jealousy.

[warhonowicz]

happens to other cars as well, I think there are two reasons

if one car is much smaller than the other a lot of peole don't seem to see the smaller car
people seem to have no clue where they are going and as a result make stupid moves. The amount of times people cut in front of me to make if off the motorway is staggering

In the Mini I usually just accelerate away

[Deathrow]

I think we can all add a bit to this thread. My bit:

A few weekends back (I only get my mums MPi for the weekend) I was cut up twice over Saturday and Sunday and on Sunday a car almost rolled back in to me. A Xsara Picasso pulled out a roundabout after being completely stationary, just went for it. A guy rolling emerged out of a junction that was just about passing, I had to slam on. As for the rolling back incident, you might think "Yeah, it happens, few inches." nope, this woman rolled her big expensive Vauxhall back a good 6-8ft, I had to back up or she'd have minced poor Talula . I don't think that was any dislike for Minis, she just couldn't drive.

[captainjack15]

I haven't found any trouble, although the Van drivers like Mini's I think. I tend shake my fist!!!!! Or slow down so much>_<

[Laaly_30]

Most people tend to forget about these magic things called "mirrors". Or just dont think, I was going down a hill the other day and this woman at the junction was staring at the car then proceeded to pull out half way then stopped.
Can I also point out the car I was in is a turquoise Discovery. not exactly small.

Alot of people just seem to think its fun to bully small cars though, especially when the person behind the wheel is young/female, which is unfair.
surely they'd think that younger drivers inexperience will cause an accident, and I'm sure they'd not be happy if said person accidently went into their car.

[minicooper1.3i]

I think there is a very simple explanation for this. I was discussing it with an old timer at work who used to race Mini's in the 70's. When you drive a Mini, it makes you a much better driver than most others on the road. This is because you HAVE to be constantly aware of everyone else not seeing you and doing stupid things to us. Pre-empting theire nest move. The reason they do is, is primarily to the fact that they're cocooned in their own quiet, comfy, cosy, day dreaming little world and as they purr along and are simply not awake or aware enough.

Incidentally, I had a most interesting experience today in the MPi I'm selling. It's only done 43K and I've just dropped a new engine in it that's only done 25k, and it goes like a bomb. Anyway, motoring along the A414 towards Hatfield and i'm in a hurry, when somebody starts tailgaiting me. All I can see is a pair of lights. I stop at the lights on the St. Albans roundabout and he pulls up along side me. I don't bother looking at him but have a funny feeling he's going straight over like me and is considering cutting me up. Lights change, foot down and, no exageration, I'm doing 70 (on the dual carriageway) before he comes up along side me. He then sits on my rear quarter for about a mile before pulling in front. As he does so I notice the badge on the back. It says............Maserati

Can't help wondering what he was thinking for the time he was pacing with me. Probably 'What the f.............?"

[mattdc2r]

It's not just minis. Think it's just the general standard of driving is deteriorating. Twice tonight on ym short journey back from work i had vehicles pull out on me. One of them being a 40ft Asda truck. We need more police on the roads and less cameras.

[Minigirl]

i get that everyday with my mini being an everyday driver..today was no exception where we live you at the top of our street, theres a really big hill you have to pull out of to get onto the main road
as we set off on our journey to work this morning (very early!) we pulled out making sure nothing was coming the next thing i saw 2 lights in my mirror on full beam right up my backside absolutely no idea where he came from he obviously thought it was fun to try and ram us off the road anyway when he didnt get the response he wanted he overtook us - bear in mind it was in a 20mph area built up with school kids around - then pulled back in front of me without indicating or giving enough room between him and i so i nearly rear ended him then proceeded to drive in front of me for the rest of the way even slower than i was to start with > i think some people were just born without brains

Edited by Minigirl, 20 February 2009 - 09:06 PM.