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View Poll Results: Do Bikers still Hate Volvos
Yes Volvo Drivers are scum 22 66.67%
No I think big square boxy cars are nice 11 33.33%
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Old 29-07-05, 01:43 PM   #1
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Default Hatred Of Volvo Cars By Bikers

Do bikers still hate Volvos, or did all that finish years ago. The Ogri cartoon used to feature planet Ovlov [backwards for volvo] and all the editorials in biking mags used to go on about ow Ovlov drivers were cut off from reality and always ploughing into Bikes.

When I used to drive a company car up and down the motorways, I used to see loads of them broke down in the summer with stream coming out of their bonnets, I just thought that all of those lights were too much of a strain for them in the heat.

Is this hatred still there? or was it all a figment of my imagination?
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Old 29-07-05, 01:49 PM   #2
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I find Volvo drivers to be quite courteous and well behaved, far more so than the majority of BMWs, Mercs or Audis.

I was toying with idea of getting one myself.
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Old 29-07-05, 01:49 PM   #3
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I suspect Viney may have something to say on this issue!
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Old 29-07-05, 01:49 PM   #4
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I really don't care.. the main people I have a problem with is the one up my ****.. be that a volvo, Audi, BMW, ford.. or anything else.. Sometimes it other bikers... normally so **** who can't ride a sports bike to save his life but knows how to twist a throtle in a straight line.
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Old 29-07-05, 01:50 PM   #5
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...far more so than the majority of.... Mercs.
Oi!
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Old 29-07-05, 01:55 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by tricky
I find Volvo drivers to be quite courteous and well behaved, far more so than the majority of BMWs, Mercs or Audis..
I don't think that Volvo drivers are deliberately being ****s, unlike BMW's etc. The problem is that many of them are asleep at the wheel and completely oblivious of what's going on around them.
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Old 29-07-05, 01:59 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by tricky
I find Volvo drivers to be quite courteous and well behaved, far more so than the majority of BMWs, Mercs or Audis..
I don't think that Volvo drivers are deliberately being ****s, unlike BMW's etc. The problem is that many of them are asleep at the wheel and completely oblivious of what's going on around them.
Yes, volvos seem to be less aggressive, but also less aware than beemer drivers. A combination of old age and a sense of safety from their tank-like cars.

4x4s are a halfway house between the two.
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Old 29-07-05, 02:02 PM   #8
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i reckon at least 60% of car drivers don't pay a blind bit of attention most of the time, they are too wrapped in there own little world .

get them to take a bike test i say
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Old 29-07-05, 02:04 PM   #9
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BMW drivers are Ars*oles
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Old 29-07-05, 02:04 PM   #10
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...far more so than the majority of.... Mercs.
Oi!
Sorry Audi drivers aren't that bad

Seriously, I stick by that, I'm not saying all, but a lot of big krautmobiles are driven aggressivly and with little regard for other road users although IMO about 80% of all car drivers shouldn't have a license as they don't seem to have clue what they are doing (some bikers too).

I'm sure there are a few courteous, patient, well driven German exec's around, probably yourself included Cronos
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