Habakure Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 All I want to know is:- Do you have dice dangling from your rear view mirror? Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 If you do I will personally drive to your house, knock on your door, demand your car keys, remove the aforementioned fluffy dice and ritualistically burn then in front of you. Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 Don't worry gents.. I have no dice.. just a banana scented minion! Waaaaay better!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
Habakure Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 Not fluffy dice, actual dice alla millennium falcon. Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 Let me rephrase, to 'if you have anything hanging from your rear view mirror, I will personally... ' Also, pics with the new wheels. Link to post Share on other sites
amateurstuntman Posted February 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 Isn't that an MOT failure? Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 But the minion is cool bro!!! Something has to get rid of the workshop smell! Need to keep the car nicely smelling so I can cruise about dropping beats with the missus yo.. You'll have to wait till next weekend for photos, its currently filthy and in full monster truck mode.. springs are on order, should be fitting them next weekend! Isn't that an MOT failure? Isnt what a MOT failure? Hanging dice? Link to post Share on other sites
scorch Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 If the tester doesn't like you, yes. The gf's dad is an MOT tester. If he thinks you're sound he'll take it out and explain why. If you rub him up the wrong way it'll be a "by the book" test. Apparently taxi drivers are the absolute worst for being bellends. Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 Yeah restricts your view, my local MOT station is solid so they let it slide with the above warning.. We have to take all the dash cams out of the trucks we send for MOT cause they're within view.. we just tuck them in the overhead storage then replace when it's gone through, some MOT Testers are more lenient but not worth the risk! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
Hedganian Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 It's a little bit pointless as you'll take it out, they'll pass it then you put it back until next year. What's needed are police roadside checks and people getting points and fines for these things. Then they'll stop. Dash cams shouldn't be a fail though, they're almost essential these days. The hanging dice etc are more of an issue because they move around and your eye is constantly drawn to the movement, making them a huge distraction. A dash can just sits there, and if you're smart you'll have tucked it as much behind the rearview mirror as possible anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
Got Wood? Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 My iPhone sits in the bottom right corner of the windscreen, almost covered by the wheel, then it's not in my main field of view. All that's behind it is the top of the bonnet Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 Apparently taxi drivers are the absolute worst for being bellends. They are absolutely the worst drivers on the roads. The arrogance exuding from them is astounding. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 It's a little bit pointless as you'll take it out, they'll pass it then you put it back until next year.This. What's needed are police roadside checks and people getting points and fines for these things. Then they'll stop.This is needed. But good luck with having the resources to do so... We run the odd event where we set up checkpoints and go over cars, but what will always get you is failing the attitude test. Common sense mounting of gadgets obviously comes in to play, but be nice, and we are nice back Dash cams shouldn't be a fail though, they're almost essential these days. The hanging dice etc are more of an issue because they move around and your eye is constantly drawn to the movement, making them a huge distraction. A dash can just sits there, and if you're smart you'll have tucked it as much behind the rearview mirror as possible anyway.I love dash cams, and again as long as it's common sense with the position, no dramas. Some of those ebay ones have a bloody huge and complex mount though which is bigger than the camera! I can't remember the last time I saw a car with dice on the mirror. Apologies for the double post, am mobile and also . Could a tame mod please merge them without banning me? Mr Tinkerton Sir, I'm looking at you... Link to post Share on other sites
Lone_Bullet Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 Funny, how many governments want to fill you windscreen with tax and road vignette stickers? Parking clearance stickers is another such things. It'ssssssstupid! Sent from my C6603 using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
DeltaZero Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 They're on the near side as far out of drivers vision as possible though so they don't cause too much distraction.. I don't like the dice cause they swing too much.. my minion hangs level with the mirror with about a cm dropping down so no real worries to be honest! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 The people with CDs hanging...Why on Earth... Link to post Share on other sites
Tinkerton Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 Dashcams should ideally be positioned behind the interior rear view mirror, as one, it's likely going to give the best camera angle for the footage, and two, it's out of the way and easy to route power wires to. I have a phone holder that is positioned about 70% of the way accross the windscreen, closest to the drivers side, and where it sits, coupled with where I sit, it only actually blocks view of my bonnet. However it is obstructing vision for a 'normally' sized human bean. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 The people with CDs hanging...Why on Earth... Coz it confuses the speed gun lazerz that the po-po use, innit.* *they don't confuse police lasers Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 Ah. Radar guns. That makes sense in a dumb kind of way. Always seemed pretty dangerous to me. On the single day of the year we get a bit of sun, you could be briefly blinded. Not to mention quite a large item to obstruct view. Link to post Share on other sites
shmook Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 And it looks *fruitcage* *suitcase*. Link to post Share on other sites
Gunmane Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 I remember back when my father worked for the county sheriff and had to bring his patrol car home he would park it facing outward towards the road, to see how folks would slow down all the time. Anyways, finding this vid made me smile today. With the Russkie side getting more "serious" at times, it's good to see the more humorous side still alive. Link to post Share on other sites
Mike_West Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 Apparently taxi drivers are the absolute worst for being bellends. It's an universal truth. Not only they're one of the worst kinds of drivers, they're massive clanging bellends on top of that. Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 Italian taxi drivers. Jesus. An utter *suitcase* show. Not using GPS, driving round in circles, ignoring Google maps we're providing. Makes you want to strangle them from the back seat, leave their lifeless corpse on the side of the road and drive yourself to your destination. Made me utterly apoplectic. Link to post Share on other sites
Mike_West Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 I'm trying to imagine this. Italian cabbie is like (worst driver)2. Link to post Share on other sites
hitmanNo2 Posted February 13, 2017 Report Share Posted February 13, 2017 Pretty much. Speed limits? Lane discipline? nah. Don't need to worry about that *suitcase* And yet, Uber drivers, nothing but professional. Maybe because you can rate them and easily get refunds. So yeah, get an Uber in Italy if they're available where you are. Link to post Share on other sites
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