Witnessed the most outrageous incident on Sunday afternoon;
I was in SWMBO's Yaris with my 2 young daughters and caught up in a traffic jam on the A41 (single carriageway) southbound in Bushey/Watford. The traffic was stop for 30 seconds, move a car's length, stop 30 seconds and so on. I wasn't particularly bothered and was quite contentedly listening to the Wimbledon commentary whilst admiring the new Subaru Impreza WRX in front of me. The girls in the back were (as usual) swapping between bickering and playing some sort of game or another.
I heard shouting and looked to see a woman in a new Zafira, parked on the opposite side of the road, gesticulating to a (very large) man on the pavement through the open windows of her car. Some very colourful language was exchanged after which the man started walking away (behind) the Zafira. Which left me wondering what on earth sparked all that off?
By this time we had moved on slightly but were managing to keep up with "Big Bloke" who was walking on the opposite pavement. "Zafira woman" is still launching abuse at him, loud enough to give Maria Sharapova a run for her money and for me to close the windows, turn on the AC and turn up Pat Cash & Co.
Zafira woman apparently decided to get up close and personal, so swung a U-turn, overtook several (now stationary) cars and jammed her nose between me and Impreza man, all the while yelling abuse and gesturing at Big Bloke through her open window.
I'm trying not to be bothered by this carry-on, it's a lovely Sunday afternoon, Federer is serving for the Championship and a few cold beers and the World Cup final aren't too long away, so I give her plenty of space and let her get on with it. Big bloke seems to have had enough of it though and crosses the road, says something to Zafira woman and climbs in the passenger side, so that's what this is all about - they're having a domestic on a (very) public highway!
We've gradually approached the junction near McDonalds/Ramada Javis hotel and close to the scene of the accident which has caused this jam. A few 100 yards away I could see a recovery lorry picking up a motorcycle with BiB close at hand.
Then I heard a bang - now what!? Looked up to see that Zafira woman had run into the back of Impreza man! Impreza man gets out (as you do) and comes to view the damage (most of which is hidden from my view by the bulk of the Zafira) and looks expectantly at Zafira woman who's still in the driving seat, acting as if nothing has happened. Finally after a good minute or so, Zafira woman decides to get out and immediately starts to abuse Impreza man, starting on him where she left off with Big Bloke. I'm no lip-reader but even I could make out most of the words!
After giving Impreza man a concise version of what she gave Big Bloke earlier, Zafira woman gets back in her car. Impreza man seems to be in a dilemma - he doesn't know whether to laugh or to cry and seems thoroughly unimpressed. Now Big Bloke puts his head out and starts having a go at Impreza man. This doesn't seem to have the required effect, so he gets out, walks the round the Impreza (both cars are still bumper-to-bumper) and starts abusing Impreza man face to face (actually more like Impreza man's face to Big Bloke's chest). It's on the verge of getting physical, when suddenly Zafira woman steps out and herds Big Bloke back in to their car. She reverses pretty sharpish (thank god I gave her some space) and simply drives off leaving Impreza man somewhat stunned and bewildered.
Didn't see much afterwards as I pulled into McD's to treat the girls to an ice cream after all that palaver but I did see Impreza man having a word with the BiB just up the road.
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Wasn't a blue/dark coloured Zafira was it?
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No Silver Grey "LR55..."
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Zafiras must just attract unpleasant women then. That's 3 so far...
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Probably a perfectly normal Sunday pm for BB and ZW.
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It's all the beer at breakfast that does it.
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No, at least not that I know off.
For those that may know the area - it's the 1/4 mile stretch between the "New Orleans" (or whatever) restaurant and the McDonalds/ Ramada Jarvis Hotel.
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I'm confused about Big Bloke.
How come he was walking on the pavement then shepherded back into the Zafira?
Do you think that maybe "ooh they're tired"?
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I'm confused about Big Bloke. How come he was walking on the pavement then shepherded back into the Zafira?
...... Big bloke seems to have had enough of it though and crosses the road, says something to Zafira woman and climbs in the passenger side......
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Do you think that maybe "ooh they're tired"?
LOL ;-)
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Horrid fat boys like them too!
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Funny thing the woman two doors down drives a blue Zafira and she's horrid as well.
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How interesting. I've noticed a couple of women lately driving vehicles of this sort, and they looked quite unusually disagreeable.
However since the things are everywhere I suppose quite a lot of their drivers must be or look fairly normal (i.e. only disagreeable sometimes).
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I only know one Zaf. owner, very nice couple (will monitor them closely now though and look for changes in behaviour).
Sign of the times I'm afraid, was the Subaru damaged ? Did you tell the poor guy you saw what happened ?
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It's probably Vauxhall making the next ad. for the Zafira, I read somewhere that the two boys had been strangled.
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Obviously you offered yourself to Impreza Man as a witness for his insurance purposes?
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They were upset cos someone had nicked the spare wheel from the carrier.
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TourVanMan TM < Ex RF >
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No, I never got a chance.
When the accident happened, Impreza, Zafira and I were at the head of a very long (>1 mile?) queue. Once Zafira woman zoomed off, I was almost as flabbergasted as Impreza man and was just "sitting there". Then everybody behind me started hooting and honking and trying to overtake us, which broke me out of it and I then tried to pull over and park. However, by this time though Impreza man also got back in his car and drove off and I turned into McD's.
It was only when I was in McD's car park that I saw Impreza man stop to talk to BiB but it could only have been a few words as didn't get out of the car and zoomed off before I had even parked.
There was a slight crease (or what looked like a crease) on the rear bumper of the Impreza, though on modern cars the actual damage underneath can be a bit more serious.
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I regularly see two families of REALLY awful people, and they both drive older grey Zafiras, they do seem to attract big, loud and horrid people with scowling faces.
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...or maybe owning a Zafira makes you like that... :-)
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Been drinking too much Vaux?
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What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
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...or maybe owning a Zafira makes you like that... :-)
Having had to drive one for work, I could believe that!
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Rode to Farnham today to pay for the belt change on the SEAT (295 all in for belt and tensioner, Wiltshire and Sons, not bad). Off the A3 to the A31, leaning it at about 60 and guess what was glued to my mudguard?
A silver Zafira, with another lane to my right for him to overtake.
Didn't realise those POS's could corner like that to be honest...
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I'm an extremely nice bloke and my Zafira is dark blue, so it's out with the cans of Dupli-Color tonight!
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"Imperza man" and "zafira woman" sound like some kind of superheroes from the incredibles...
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Though quite incredible, it certainly wasn't super........
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