Road Respect in Qatar Fact or Myth.....
By alien_guest •
Hello People,
I got my Drivers license in Qatar 7 years ago and have been driving a Tida,since then. With the grace of the Lord, i managed to get myself a SUV (KIA Sorento). Its been only 7 days since i bought it, i feel very different on the Road . No Landcruiser flashing no Hoking from the Crazy Tahoe drivers. Other cars give me the way. Its as if people give me Road Respect just because i have a Suv.
Is this really the mentality out here?
I'll Give you that.... But now i understand why you spoke so strongly against a KIA. I will not contradict you anymore .
finally you did some searching ;) I didnt like the Jeep...was outpaced by a wanna be Schumi inside Sorento :)
Yes Because it has windows, Unlike a inferior complex troll who i know rides a Bicycle to work, because they sold their jeep.
wow ..you tinted your RC car...
Thanks a ton buddy
alien_guest - mabrook to your newly tinted Sorento!
ff dont feed the Lonley troll lol... Let him feed himself a bucked of lulu chicken...
Wow my thread is still Alive... News Update people i got new tints for The Sorento..... last friday while cruizing in it i was listnening the god father soundtrack . It was awsome.
@MN
ur engaged, stop oogling aussie chichs lol
ff u dont drive a tida for sure and i am sure u take the bus to citycenter and spend the whole day eating a bucket full of fried chicken... i ride a bike and i dont care a dime about what you think about me..
to answer the question of the thread...80% myth.
Well said..
is right.
Whats wrong if we filipino driving a Tida why ur driving a Rolls Royce a bently or may be a jaguar ur a racist You shoul respect others ....
Complaining isn't going to help anyone .. just accomodate everybody around ..
Karwa drivers are such a pain in the Arse!
A couple of months ago, a Karwa cabbie rammed into the back of the car that was in line behind me
(Occupied by a smoking gorgeous Australian gal, the best part in the whole thing) :O)
And she rammed into mine! Thank God it was a rented car!
Exactly Thelonius
In Qatar u can pretty much guess the style of driving based on the fact that certain cars attract a certain crowd. In the US it's always been sports car vs. non sports car...here's it's a bit of a wider demographic than that, and I believe i managed to learn them all...but again I took a couple of defensive driving lessons for my benefit.
I once banged a Rolls-Royce ):
Well almost!
And asking you to move even if they arent supposed to be in that street forcing you to reverse and give space...:((
1989 Cressida, Maroon Color is MINE :D
TTIDA= Indians
High antenna LC= Qatari
Traffic rules abiding LC= MN (: Bless me
Tiidas r generally associated with certain cultures who prefer to drive in a way that happens to obstruct the flow of traffic in Qatar...more specifically they r known to be notoriously slow drivers who see no harm in cuttin u off just as long as their blinker is on!!! when I see a Tiida I always have my foot ready for a sudden break...with that being said when I see a landcruiser with a high antenna I expect him to pass me on the right side at high speed and plan accordingly....and this is my prespective as a local...when it comes to cars 9 times out of 10 u can judge the driving skill/recklessness ff the driver based on the car itself.
i dont mind the rear seats of a saloon cars too...:(
yes brite steal rear seats and den utilize dem in Raddison parking .....lols
I'll stick to my Tiida. people tend to steal rear seats from SUVs :O(
Was the thread about quality of the Kia or something else. As usual, the comprehension on QL always keeps me company when I feel I need a laugh...:)
now u call me a troll :) no worries..i dnt want any1 to answer me..and this is not an Q&A session... and i dont need attention from a KIA Sorento which is again a cheap piece of plastic and metal work :)
LG Mahindra is good as a cheap plastic toy..why did they put those wheels in it...a RC toy car is better than a mahindra...
Enjoy your ride !
LG , funny tht u mention tht , the other day I saw a few on top of the big trucks tht bring them in, mahindra tht is and yes it will b in the same as the Kia hahahahahah..plastic cheap junk lolz
Include yourself your both trolls....
Ladies and Gentlemen please avoid answering Spikee's Comments. He is a troll and seeks attention. Dont ruin your mood because of one sad lonley little Man.
Qatar ZOO
Never seen a mahindra vehicle(s) in Qatar, wonder why? Ooh will it be considered cheap metal and plastic for Indian?
Hey boxbe,its not me flashing in a kia, go tell dat to the OP, he has posted in public forum and I have evry righ to comment...
I thought Pinoys are fond of Honda cars didnt know anyone who owns a Kia.
there is nothing like that u just enjoy the car not the one who is tailgating or honking at u
why r u interested in others what they do...their life and their freedom..enjoy and have a bebsi and bobcorn ...:P
I am proud that I ride a bicycle and I dnt need to flash or get flashed...no I dnt have money to buy a bentley...and I can't afford to buy one and I dnt try flirting with my collegues...and kia is still a cheap piece of metal and dnt try flashing and driving fast...
alien_guest: Well I had a bicycle, used to go everywhere with it,well until it got stolen.
Its still not feasible in Qatar Marco .If you did use a bycicle say goodbye to that promotion ang the colleague that you are trying to flirt with. .. Lol
Alien: not if your house was 5 minutes from your office.
flor padre..well said :)
Well I cannot think of anyone doing that In qatar in this 45 degree heat. Imagine comming to work all sweaty and stinky. Lol....
lots of important and great people were reported to ride bicycles to work, never a KIA.
just my opinion.
Spiike what's your point? that you can buy the best car? what a loser :-/
Well ya since it goes faster than a cycle it seemed to be a better option.
hi hi Alien, so someone who dsnt own a car and a DL is a lonely person...wow you really had no option but to buy that KIA Sorento,
ok flor..same applies in the road..a flashing KIA Sorento behind a LC is useless same as you talkin to me... we know who is the boss :)
This commming from a person who doesn't even have car or driving licence.... such a lonly person.
to you!
nothing intentional, its the truth..how many LC i have seen driven by the nationalities you asked me not to specify... you need cheap then you end up having a cooked up SUV..
either you have intentional malice or your wording are improper!
every nationality has its own liking to vehicles and KIA,hyundai and now Daihatsu is loved by many of the nationalities that you asked me not to specify.. what's wrong in it...thats what they can pay for and be happy about it..
But by the end of the day a vehicle takes us from point A to point B . There no sense in bullying others. Not to mention the hazards that can happen.
unknowledgeable drivers, who stays at the passing lane when they know it is the passing lane! Whatever or however big or small your car is!
to the gate of Dukhan community, in flat 55 minutes, who will honk on me?
in this kind of discussion, never mention a nationality specifically Filipino, ok? Stick to the car discussion!
DAihatsu : even worse
maybe it's your driving attitude that made them to honk on you. I used to drive a DAihatsu Sirion and never honk at. I used to overtake SUV on my way to Dukhan, so who's gonna honk on me?
BUT MN ALWAYS GET FLASHES :D
ohh yes, great and i am sure you are proud of driving it..BTW do you still get flashed by those Sorentos :)
I think the OP have something.... Why other people beg in front of the bank.... Mother you are a ...mmmf444kkrrr...
and alien, why do you go beg in front of a bank, They are a lending institution and for a fee they provide loans such as car, personnel and etc..if you dont have the capacity to pay them back dont apply for one, buying from loan or cash...you cannot justify buying cheap products...
korean but cheap , same applies to Psy.. i am not insecured man...its that the car looks nice outside but the minute you get into it, you feel that you are inside rameez or new world center :)
i have no problem in you driving a KIA and good luck in it, but i will never give way to a moving cheap piece of metal and plastic.. and i ride a bicycle to work...go green..
Sorento ...is tht a suv lol....yup tht is the mentality on the roads here, man or woman with small car stands no chance.
i owned bentley by the way and im a filipino :D
Well I am sorry if you feel this way Spike.... But I am still glad I own this vehicle as I could by with straight cash not beg in front of a bank...... By the way what car do you drive?
Dear OP(alien_guest)
Nothing has change ,,, it is just YOU
brit : i still want to buy your Lovely Pink Kia Tiida :O)
Spiike..KIA is Korean technology...(GANG-NAM style) not a Chinese..(I don't like Chinese) LOLS!
I wonder why you hate this KIA cars with Filipino drivers are you insecured????....don't buy or use neither look at them!
sense mine, as if everyone wanted to know where i am from :) don't try to dig into my profile, and what makes you think i am not grown up...now who is a racist??? just stick to the topic, what i have said is the truth..kia is cheap piece of plastic and metal, get into a brand new KIA and you will feel that you are in a cheap chinese toy factory and the smell adds the 4th dimension..
Maybe once the price of fuel gies up by 6 qrs a liter then people would start loving cars like Tida Chevy cruize....
He just birthing of his kia sorento , same also a proud owner of new TIIDA, in qatar road its lucky for you if you have no dent in your car or a few weeks from now you will have a busted rear or front bumper.
I found Spiike so racist in here...he's from Greenland..why my friend did your country managed to built a car like KIA does? hohoho.....grow up man..have you seen these cheap cars along the side of the road with mechanical problems? I am driving KIA Picanto for more than 5 years here in Qatar. Besides..Europeans car manufacturers they to compare this KIA to their expensive cars where in fact Europeans are in car manufacturing for more than 80 years! Think of it.
However, there is no vehicle being manufactured and design for life.
Yeah right. Keep dreaming!
It was your battery, it burnout :-O(
Anyways feel really relieved sharing my thoughts with you all.. I don't do that very often. Thank you all for reading this.
You mean smoke coming from the smoking tyres as i burn rubber :O)
Alien my Dear, I’m not judging, I’m just sharing an opinion.
Anyway congrats on the new ride (-:
Brit:Mate by the time your itsy bitsy spider you call (a car ) gets out of its own big cloud of blue exhaust smoke, I’d have gone to Dukhan beach and back :-O)
Be true to yourself :O)
But but what ever I choose to drive spike & marco.. people should not judged by what they own or have or look. But by their content.
You take your words back now or It's pistols at dawn ...
I will take on your powder blue LC anytime in my Pink Kia with the fake airscoop and go faster stripes.
Ok in my opinion Kia make really low quality/ powered cars but the worst car manufacturer prize has to go to Honda (from my friend’s experience) he had 3 new Honda cars , each was a new model and each broke within the first year.
lol Boxbe i am never selling Tida...
time will judge tat ! :(
7 years tida life time achievement award u shld get
BUT PEOPLE I SWEAR I AM NEVER GOING TO BE LIKE THOSE BULLIES ON THE ROAD.
SUV for sure makes a difference in attitude of others on road here. So enjoy your ride and have pleasant & safe driving. Just keep off the cars with the drivers hand popping out with a ciggie in hand (just in case u didnt notice it all this while)..:)
see the problems u face in less than 5 years with that kia car...then u will realize..OH SHEET! WHY I SELL TIDA...IT IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD
i am no racist, but thats what you see in roads.
is it a Pink Kia in disguise ? :(
What does SUV stand for ?
Silly
Ugly
vehicle ?
Well Rizks my car has done 128k KMS its really old. Then i stepped into the Kia showroom and saw Sorento. I liked it and the price was good. So I bought it.
Lols Spiike you racist ! :)
as now you are a proud owner of a SUV m sure you might have already started flashing,horking the saloons cars on ur way - right ? :)
kia Sorento or what ever is not a SUV that will get road space in qatar and even sorento is treated same as a tida...its a cheap piece of plastic and metal driven by filipino or people who cannot afford a proper SUV..
Maybe your confidence level increased with a bigger car...:)
Even if you are driving tiida you can flash them back. Just give them way first then you follow them and flash them as many as you can..hehehehe
i can understand your sorry my friend...but tats the custom here and you cant go against it ! :(
and wat made you buy a SUV ? if you know the answer to tat question then m sure u go the answer to your this post ? :)
Tiida are traditonally associated with Pakistanis and Indians, so ask yourself how do they get treated in Qatar?
wait are u serious...i got a black honda accord saloon..no one ever honk or tell me to move on the other side...instead they move the other side and stare at my car and not me and say wow what a luxury
so tell me do i have a suv
even bootiful ladies when stop at red signal stare at my car
But Why Rizks . was it my fault that i drive an Economical car, i was very comfortable in that car. That car was handed to me by my Dad. I have many fond memories with that car.
A Kia...ah well.
did i just read 'Tida' ?
For Tiida owners its a must to go through all these flashings, honkings and sometimes much more....:(