One For Classic Car Fans.....

[raleighnut]

I park on the pavement too, as do a large percentage down the street
I do park close to the edge, so there’s about 4 foot between it & our garden wall

Not only antisocial but illegal too.

 

[Drago]

Because auto's are ghastly to drive

They're great if you have sufficient engine to make the work properly. On a smaller, less powerful car a slush box is indeed hideous.

 

[Profpointy]

Not in a RR, or a 4x4 or a people carrier ..

Never driven a Roller nor a people carrier but I vastly preferred the manual Landy diesel 110 to a much plusher and more modern auto V8 petrol Disco.

 

[raleighnut]

On a smaller, less powerful car a slush box is indeed hideous.

The BL Mini auto springs to mind.

 

[Jameshow]

They're great if you have sufficient engine to make the work properly. On a smaller, less powerful car a slush box is indeed hideous.

Exactly.

Also some cars a to be driven, like a mx5, lotus or Ferrari!

Whilst others drive you... Luke a RR, limo, or similar...

 

[figbat]

Not only antisocial but illegal too.

Not usually illegal unless there’s a bylaw or road markings that prohibit it.

 

[raleighnut]

Not usually illegal unless there’s a bylaw or road markings that prohibit it.

I dunno if you've ever spent any time in a wheelchair but obnoxious pavement parking is bloody scary, ditto for people pushing prams/pushchairs. If cycling on the pavement is an offence then surely blocking it with a motor vehicle should be.

 

[Drago]

Not usually illegal unless there’s a bylaw or road markings that prohibit it.

The act of getting it up there, driving other than on a road, is the primary offence.

The parking bit isn't an offence in most of the UK, but unnecessary obstruction very much is. This a catch all offence that applies anywhere on the highway, not just the road, and the only place it is not possible to commit the offence is in a marked parking bay.

To dodge it a driver needs to successfully argue such an obstruction is necessary, and thus lawful.

If you can't argue the necessity, say you'd leapt out to give CPR or the like, then the offence is complete. Simply not having a driveway won't cut it. Sadly in most or the UK the powers were removed from the police in 2005 under the SOCAP legislation, so there is no one enforcing the offence of unnecessary obstruction - the dibble have only emergency powers for UO and are no longer the primary enforcement body.

 

[Ian H]

A couple of black & white number plates. One looks to be a bit non-standard.

 

[Drago]

A couple of black & number plates. One looks to be a bit non-standard.
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Turbo spoiler looks a bit silly on the turbo (it houses the intercooler) but positively ruins the lines of this non turbo car. I dont know why they do it.

 

[Ian H]

Turbo spoiler looks a bit silly on the turbo (it houses the intercooler) but positively ruins the lines of this non turbo car. I dont know why they do it.

Yes, I think a pram-handle spoils the look of most cars.

 

[Drago]

Yes, I think a pram-handle spoils the look of most cars.

The Countach! The original was a thing of wonderful purity, but the spoilers and then the arch blisters look hideous.

Spoilers are the automotive equivalent of growing a Hitler moustache.

 

[simongt]

I park on the pavement too, as do a large percentage down the street
I do park close to the edge, so there’s about 4 foot between the Kodiaqs nearside & our garden wall

In places like Norwich that have a lot of Victorian terraced houses where the road width didn't take non existent cars into account, parking with one set of wheels on the footpath is pretty much obligatory otherwise 7.5 tonners, refuse truck & buses don't have a hope in hell of getting along said roads without trashing some of the cars.
Not long back, an SUV was parked with all wheels on the road, albeit right up to the gutter and a bus couldn't get past so the driver had to waste time trying to find the owner to get it shifted.

 

[Jameshow]

Turbo spoiler looks a bit silly on the turbo (it houses the intercooler) but positively ruins the lines of this non turbo car. I dont know why they do it.

Genuine question - how do you know it's non turbo?

 

[Jameshow]

The Countach! The original was a thing of wonderful purity, but the spoilers and then the arch blisters look hideous.

Spoilers are the automotive equivalent of growing a Hitler moustache.

Lotus esprit was improved by spoilers imho!