Essex white van man!

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Thu 29 Nov 2007 23:27
Essex white van man! - Lud
Drove back down the ghastly A12 from Colchester into the lovely sunset. Very, very busy as usual, but for an old 2-lane dual carriageway the traffic was flowing remarkably well, outside lane 60-75 indicated. In my friend's Octavia 4X4 leaving a relaxed 80 to 100 yard gap and not minding when nearside stuff nipped into it. Sometimes noticed that the person in front was dawdling, but since it was busy and we were doing the limit more or less, only once went up close to get someone to move.

After a while Essex white van geezer is up my jaxie, and after a while I move out of the way so that he can try to intimidate the traffic in front. To my surprise he does so, and soon we are bowling along at a quite decent 90 odd. But it doesn't last long. Soon there's another of them up my jaxie. Then the M25 tailback, and a couple more bits of nose-to-tail on the way in. I must say it was a lesson though: let the really threatening tailgater through and let him - or her I hasten to add - clear your path at a decent lick. It can pay dividends.

Good motor that Octavia though.

Edited by Webmaster on 30/11/2007 at 09:57

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Fri 30 Nov 2007 06:46
Essex white van man! - car junky
Hear hear for Essex White Van Man! The A12 would be so boring to drive without them! You can be assured a great view of their driving skills while on the mobile phone and all round general politeness. I would definately give them the 'Hamilton' cup for great overtaking, especially the subtle use of the front cars slip stream.

.....can someone tell them it is no point driving this fast just to save themselves 5 minutes to sit in front of a customer's house reading the newspaper! To remind them, a white van is not a Suburu Impreza!!!!

Regards

A BMW Driver
{The rest of you should be sitting on the slow lane!}

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Fri 30 Nov 2007 07:08
Essex white van man! - oilrag
Just when i was about to start letting BMW`s out of side turnings, after all these years ;)


Regards

(white van owner;)

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Fri 30 Nov 2007 08:21
Essex white van man! - Cliff Pope
"Essex white man van" ? Are you making some kind of racial comparison ?

(now corrected. Makes note to myself to double check spelling before confirming edit)

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Fri 30 Nov 2007 12:31
Essex white van man! - Lud
about to start letting BMW`s out of side turnings after
all these years ;)


Don't waste your time on them oilrag. Keep doing your duty as a freelance trailblazer for cunning old motorists in solid, well-found, modest saloon cars... :o}
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Fri 30 Nov 2007 12:59
Essex white van man! - ForumNeedsModerating
"Essex white man van" ? Are you making some kind of racial comparison ?

Ah! Essex, home of my adolescant incarnation. I visited last about 10 years ago, from the dusty byways of my youth it had turned into a, seemingly forever, expanding shanty town suburb - burnt out cars littering the odd roadside verge not already fly-tipped with old mattresses & plastic grout buckets. I would take argument with the "Essex white van man" epithet though - those that I saw (with van or not) appeared a uniform David Dickinson 'antique orange' probably from endless hours on the sunbed or Torremolinos beach.
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Fri 30 Nov 2007 13:11
Essex white van man! - Alby Back
Mmm Woodbines - Interesting observations. Seems to me to provide some evidence of gene transference between Essex and here in Cheshire ! Our local characteristics here though, also include a higher than average penchant for cabriolets and 4/4 's . As an "incomer" I remain puzzled by this..... High-ish rainfall, little snowfall, and for the most part no hills ! Also seem to see more "Big" things. EGs include Big hair, big wheels, big pick-ups and so on. Orange is also the favoured skin tone and seems to require the rejection of coats/jackets on the coldest of nights to display it to best effect.
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