What is it with 4x4s?

“I drive an imported Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution SWB with the 3.5 litre V6 GDI engine. Identical to this one in fact http://tinyurl.com/apvwvjn

Its got road tyres on it, I have only ever driven it off road once, however it has no need to go off road being as its towing a 2.8 ton trailer most of the time. As for lights try moaning at the idiots who insist on driving with their front or rear fog lights on either deliberately because they think it looks cool or purely through being as thick as S*** in not realizing there switched on... At the end of the day my car is taxed, MOTd and insured so whats this clowns issue.

With regards headlights I have the standard ones on the car which consist of 2 sidelights each side, one dipped beam each side, one main beam each side, one high fog lamp each side, one low fog lamp each side and two center mounted spot lamps on the non standard metal bull bar. I also have 4 non standard spot lamps mounted on the roof and two built into the orange recovery beacon bar, all of which have the same type of bulbs as fitted to most other cars built at the time. The headlight bulbs being 60/55W H4 bulbs, 10W sidelight bulbs and H3 55w bulbs in the spot lights all of which are "E" marked making them road legal...

Next rant... Cyclists... Those flashing lights can be distracting as can bikes with more than 1 light of the correct colour of the correct height etc... More interestingly why do cyclists insist on traveling down the Ebley bypass when there is a perfectly serviceable cycle lane?

Just to be pedantic here is a copy of the legal requirements for vehicle lighting from The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989

http://tinyurl.com/bbdahrz”

“I find saxos with lowered suspension and dustbin exhausts a lot more obnoxious than big 4x4s which tend to be driven slower as they're more like commanding a boat. The author doesn't see any sort of distinction between a £70,000 chelsea tractor range rover tearing up the tarmac and a £500 discovery pulling trailers out of muddy fields. anyway, there are generally two types of tailgaters. Idiots, and people stuck behind idiots who aren't concentrating, or doing a consistent speed, and tend to slam their brakes on when there's a car coming in the other direction. I wonder which camp the offender mentioned in the article was before they overtook the author..”

“"totally pointless 4x4" i bet this idiot was not saying that during the snow and floods when these vehicles were being used to help people. And don`t tar all 4x4 drivers with the same brush.The answer is simple if you do not like a bigger vehicle following you then pull over and let them past.....simples !!!!”

“oops... Typo alert! I meant was that I hate them being used in "urban conditions".

Rural conditions is, of course what they are designed for.”

“I hate, I hate, I hate. Fast forward to your heart attack.”

“I hate 4x4's used only in rural conditions too.

But often as a cyclist, I experience the state of some of the pothole strewn roads in Cheltenham, and I can see the benefit of using a vehicle capable of handling off-road conditions.

I'm a little surprised about the comment on misagligned cyclist lights being so bright. As a driver I can't say I've ever experienced that myself, but then there are so many dumb cyclists (usually teenagers) with no lights and dark clothing, I guess I would prefer badly adjusted lighting to no lighting. At least you know a cyclist is there.

I do agree with the coment on 4x4 lights being so high powered. They're also so far from the ground that it makes it painfull when you have a pair of them shining though your rear windcreen.”

“What is all this with tailgating? Given fair road conditions I generally drive to the speed limit, and on the odd occasion where some idiot hares up by backside, I simply slow down a little and let them pass. I just wish those who toddle along on the open road at 40mph would do the same for me!”

“Is there any way to stop this self opinionated idiot from spamming this site? First it was moaning about their use of the outside lane of the Ebley Bypass (contradicting the "pootling along" mentioned above) and now this.

It's not just 4x4s with super bright headlights, it's most new cars. There are also cyclists using front lights that are so bright and misaligned that I literally cannot see as I drive past them.”

“"The driver in front just didn't see her so low down" - So - they were tail-gating? :)”

“People buy them because they like them.

If writing drivel like this is your career, I pity you.”