Stupid things non petrolheads say....
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t. I'm too busy working or reading about cars or driving cars.Halmyre said:
TheLordJohn said:
Evangelion said:
You've not thought of making your own bacon rolls at home and taking them with you?
Pack of 8 rashers of bacon = £2
Pack of 8 rolls = £1
Tub of butter = £1
You do the math.
MATHS.Pack of 8 rashers of bacon = £2
Pack of 8 rolls = £1
Tub of butter = £1
You do the math.
You do the maths!!
backwoodsman said:
I didn't really have to click on that to know where it was going to go. 
One from the wifes friend recently. When talking about the cobweb covered carat the back of my drive.
Her: You've got no tax in the window of your car.
Me: It doesn't have any tax, it's been off the road for a while.
Her: But it still needs to be taxed.
Me: It's registered SORN.
Her: But that's the new rules, even if it's SORNed it needs to be taxed.
Me: Do you even know what SORN means?
I can only assume she was getting muddled up with the rule meaning all taxed cars must be insured.
I was just accused of being "Mr. mirror, signal manoeuvre" as if it was a bad thing. She then went on to say how terrible she is at driving and that I'm really sad for taking the time to try and improve my driving and "bothering to look for cyclists and stuff".
I couldn't think of a retort so just walked off muttering something obscene under my breath.
I couldn't think of a retort so just walked off muttering something obscene under my breath.
Colleague on about our company motors..
"I want another diesel, that 1 litre Ecoboost Focus I've got is rubbish, it barely gets more than 32mpg.."
Maybe it's you, not the car? WhatCar have one on their fleet averaging 48mpg, and any which way you commute to and form our place is motorway, so you're obviously doing something wrong..
"I want another diesel, that 1 litre Ecoboost Focus I've got is rubbish, it barely gets more than 32mpg.."
Maybe it's you, not the car? WhatCar have one on their fleet averaging 48mpg, and any which way you commute to and form our place is motorway, so you're obviously doing something wrong..
jamieduff1981 said:
+1.
Eating very well in my book involves Angus fillet steak with a half decent red wine. Angus fillets cost about £36 for 4 from Costco and mid-range wines about £12/bottle from same. I've just blown the week's budget on 1 meal which is the sort of thing we'll have once or twice a fortnight. We easily get through £150/week - probably more.
It's not possible to eat well (particularly where quality meats are concerned) in the UK for £50/week. I spend £16/week on a coffee and a bacon roll most mornings from the Wild Bean Cafe on the way in to work.
That isn't eating well, that's getting ripped off. Eating very well in my book involves Angus fillet steak with a half decent red wine. Angus fillets cost about £36 for 4 from Costco and mid-range wines about £12/bottle from same. I've just blown the week's budget on 1 meal which is the sort of thing we'll have once or twice a fortnight. We easily get through £150/week - probably more.
It's not possible to eat well (particularly where quality meats are concerned) in the UK for £50/week. I spend £16/week on a coffee and a bacon roll most mornings from the Wild Bean Cafe on the way in to work.
Angus fillet is well and good, but it's perfectly possible to get decent steaks for rather less than that at the local butcher. Ours has his own herd, of various types of cattle, raised locally in the Essex countryside and butchered on the premises. He does sell fillet, and cheaper cuts too, for substantially less than the Costco (?) price.
Plus £12 for 'mid-range' wine is rather steep too! We've got a couple of merchants locally who sell rather good stuff for £7-10. It doesn't have to be French, some of the New World stuff is cheaper as it doesn't quite have the cachet. South African, Argentinian etc. It does, however, have the flavour plus some of it is organic.
You are, I'm afraid, spending for the sake of spending at that rate. Shop around, stop going to Costco and live well on a smaller budget. I could put together a nice (nicer) steak and wine meal for substantially less.
WetPaint said:
I was just accused of being "Mr. mirror, signal manoeuvre" as if it was a bad thing. She then went on to say how terrible she is at driving and that I'm really sad for taking the time to try and improve my driving and "bothering to look for cyclists and stuff".
I couldn't think of a retort so just walked off muttering something obscene under my breath.
I would have flipped out at that. I couldn't think of a retort so just walked off muttering something obscene under my breath.
You should state that you will continue the way you drive, with the exception of her - i.e., you'll just floor it and aim for her when you see her crossing the road
What a disgusting attitude
thatdude said:
WetPaint said:
I was just accused of being "Mr. mirror, signal manoeuvre" as if it was a bad thing. She then went on to say how terrible she is at driving and that I'm really sad for taking the time to try and improve my driving and "bothering to look for cyclists and stuff".
I couldn't think of a retort so just walked off muttering something obscene under my breath.
I would have flipped out at that. I couldn't think of a retort so just walked off muttering something obscene under my breath.
You should state that you will continue the way you drive, with the exception of her - i.e., you'll just floor it and aim for her when you see her crossing the road
What a disgusting attitude
It's like in school again where kids would 'rebel' by having their shirt untucked, or a couple of buttons undone - 'I'm not tucking my shirt in, I ain't a loser'..
Clearly those people have got older but not matured past it, now they don't indicate on / off roundabouts, don't Mirror Signal Maneuver, all because they're too cool to follow the rules
From a disgruntled mate driving to a training course with his colleague - London-based and her first visit outside of the smoke. I didn't believe it at first but, upon reflection, I'm sadly not surprised.
Passenger: "Why is that arrow on the road facing the wrong way?"
Driver: "It's to tell people overtaking to pull back in as there's a hazard ahead."
P: "Why would they overtake?"
D: "To get past a slower car?"
P: "Why?"
D: "Why not?"
P: "That's really dangerous, what if there's a car coming?"
D: "Don't overtake then."
P: "So why do it at all?"
D: "Would you sit behind a tractor doing ten miles an hour down this road?"
P: "Well I wouldn't drive on the other side of the road, that's ridiculous. Why have they not banned it?"
My buddy did mention something about seeing an overtake happen at some point on the way back and pointing it out, to be met with horror that people actually drove like this "in the countryside".
This whole conversation started because I arrived at work grumbling about having to overtake a line of four cars all sitting nose-to-tail behind an old lorry, each driver not showing the slightest will to overtake. Even though the road was clear enough that I could easily overtake all five vehicles without breaking the speed limit. That's another topic in itself.
Passenger: "Why is that arrow on the road facing the wrong way?"
Driver: "It's to tell people overtaking to pull back in as there's a hazard ahead."
P: "Why would they overtake?"
D: "To get past a slower car?"
P: "Why?"
D: "Why not?"
P: "That's really dangerous, what if there's a car coming?"
D: "Don't overtake then."
P: "So why do it at all?"
D: "Would you sit behind a tractor doing ten miles an hour down this road?"
P: "Well I wouldn't drive on the other side of the road, that's ridiculous. Why have they not banned it?"
My buddy did mention something about seeing an overtake happen at some point on the way back and pointing it out, to be met with horror that people actually drove like this "in the countryside".
This whole conversation started because I arrived at work grumbling about having to overtake a line of four cars all sitting nose-to-tail behind an old lorry, each driver not showing the slightest will to overtake. Even though the road was clear enough that I could easily overtake all five vehicles without breaking the speed limit. That's another topic in itself.
My sister fancies a Fiat 500 TwinAir. She asked me to ring up the seller to see if it was a decent car.
Me: "Hi, I was wondering if your Fiat 500 was still for sale."
Seller: "Yes, it is. What do you want to know about it?"
Me: "Blahblah first of all, why are you selling it?"
S: "blahblahblah"
<skip>
S: "It's pretty quick, the engine power's 0.9!"
Me: "Sorry?"
S: "Well as Autotrader says, the engine power is 0.9!"
(I was a little confused)
Me: "0.9 horsepower..? Has it been modified?"
S: "No, not at all. It has 0.9 of power, it's pretty quick!"
Me: "Okay... fair enough. <blahblah> I'll get back to you."
Only when I researched the car did I realise the seller had got confused between 0.9L and 875cc. 0.9 is definitely not the engine power. I advised my sister to buy elsewhere.
Me: "Hi, I was wondering if your Fiat 500 was still for sale."
Seller: "Yes, it is. What do you want to know about it?"
Me: "Blahblah first of all, why are you selling it?"
S: "blahblahblah"
<skip>
S: "It's pretty quick, the engine power's 0.9!"
Me: "Sorry?"
S: "Well as Autotrader says, the engine power is 0.9!"
(I was a little confused)
Me: "0.9 horsepower..? Has it been modified?"
S: "No, not at all. It has 0.9 of power, it's pretty quick!"
Me: "Okay... fair enough. <blahblah> I'll get back to you."
Only when I researched the car did I realise the seller had got confused between 0.9L and 875cc. 0.9 is definitely not the engine power. I advised my sister to buy elsewhere.
sebhaque said:
I advised my sister to buy elsewhere.
Perhaps your sister would be better advised getting her advice from someone else. SWMBO knows nothing about cars - what's she got? A red one - yet her cars are well looked after, regularly serviced, in decent condition and with little mileage added during the time she has them. Just because she knows nothing about them doesn't mean you should steer well clear of buying them.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff