Why the British Jealousy(?) and negativity, RE cars?

[XitUp]

Finally? I've been saying it all along. It's not fault you only just chose to read it after putting your fingers in your ears singing "la la la, not listening, you're a socialist".

I would agree with you about new Labour on that front too. They did some really good stuff in their first few years but then seemed to go to st.

[jaedba2604]

XitUp said:

I would agree with you about new Labour on that front too. They did some really good stuff in their first few years but then seemed to go to st.

to have a man running the country who shares his breakfast table with an attention seeking human rights lawyer is a recipe for girding a nation's forward progress.

[XitUp]

I have no problems with human rights lawyers.

I have a problem with husbands of human rights lawyers who introduce legislation that hugely curbs civil liberties.

[jaedba2604]

XitUp said:

I have no problems with human rights lawyers.

read my post again...i have no problem with human rights lawyers.

i do have a problem with human rights lawyers who have an ego the size of brazil and a complete ignorance of anything remotely pertaining to utilitarianism.

look for the good for a person and not the group and you often end up with people who have massive sense of entitlement.

[martin84]

Redlake27 said:

I have a 4 year old Cayman, which cost me less to buy (and run, if you include depreciation) than a new Golf Diesel. But it causes me image problems at work, to the point I bought a secondhand Panda for the commute.

How do you mean it caused you image problems? Its quite girly to even acknowledge 'image problems' exist

Redlake27 said:

Britain needs to celebrate and foster a culture of aspiration. Otherwise, we'll be like the French and not buy anything more than a battered old Renault for fear of looking flash

Theres no point buying anything nice in France because their roads are more like dodgems.

[jaedba2604]

martin84 said:

Redlake27 said:

I have a 4 year old Cayman, which cost me less to buy (and run, if you include depreciation) than a new Golf Diesel. But it causes me image problems at work, to the point I bought a secondhand Panda for the commute.

How do you mean it caused you image problems? Its quite girly to even acknowledge 'image problems' exist

i think it's pretty self explanatory mate! problems do arise at work if colleagues / bosses think you have too much disposable income. it's not a nice sentiment, but, realistically, it happens.

[martin84]

jaedba2604 said:

i think it's pretty self explanatory mate! problems do arise at work if colleagues / bosses think you have too much disposable income. it's not a nice sentiment, but, realistically, it happens.

Aside from somebody joking that I get paid too much (I have an old Rover, she has a 10 plate Astra diesel) based on the vehicle I cant say I've encountered any of that. If she genuinely thought the Rover cost a lot of money then its another example of peoples overestimation of car values.

[Prof Beard]

Well I've recently had lots of "what a lovely car, I'm really jealous" following my acquisition of a Porsche... Nothing negative though...

Edited to correct sloppy typing - apologies

Edited by Prof Beard on Saturday 26th May 16:59

[martin84]

Prof Beard said:

Well I've recently had lots of "what I lovely car, I really jealous" following my acquisition of a Porsche... Nothing negative though...

Ah but how many jibes of 'VW Beetle' have you got?

[Prof Beard]

martin84 said:

Prof Beard said:

Well I've recently had lots of "what I lovely car, I really jealous" following my acquisition of a Porsche... Nothing negative though...

Ah but how many jibes of 'VW Beetle' have you got?

None yet - the chap over the road with a Beetle collection was delighted

[Marquis Rex]

Prof Beard said:

Well I've recently had lots of "what I lovely car, I really jealous" following my acquisition of a Porsche... Nothing negative though...

[Jimbeaux]

socorob said:

Jimbeaux said:

markcoznottz said:

KB_S1 said:

Nah, UK crime rate lowest since modern records began in 1981.

Newlab changed the Way crime stats were reported and collated, twice in fact, deliberately some would say, it made retrospective comparisons of crime rates utterly meaningless.

Sounds about right. The Dems do that over here. Makes their voting base seem less stty.

Same thing happened here in New Orleans. I had a couple friends who worked in the ER right after graduating from nursing school at Charity Hospital. Thats where the police brought the gunshot victims from the gangs, hood, drug deals, drive bys, etc and used to bring carjacking victims who were inncently shot, until they passed the shoot the carjacker law, and those dropped my aboout 90% in a few weeks. Some old lady was getting carjacked and three guys in different cars in traffic all got out and shot the car jacker. They had trouble figuring out who actually killed it, and after that happened a few more times, it just about stopped completely, except they rewrote the law because they meant you could shoot a carjacker if YOU were the one being jacked, I guess they hadn't thought of that situation. Anyway, I digress, just wanted to throw a funny store into the mix. So anyway, New Orleans was one of the highest murder rates in the country at the time. This was right before Hurricane Katrina. My friends said when the cops brought someone in from a gunshot, and they died, it was counted as a murder. Using some clever accounting, they changed it so that if a gunshot victim came into charity, where the majority of those were taken, if they were alive when they got there, and died in surgery, they cause of death was died during surgery. That and after the mess of Katrina was sorted and populations were moved away because of not enough government housing, the overall murder rate dropped and New Orleans moved right down the list. Before Katrina, they told me on more than a few occassions, they got some people back for being shot 2-3 different times before they finally came back dead.

All true, thank you. Of course not PC enough for the apologists, but facts nonetheless.