Wednesday 23rd April 2003

Motorflirt

Is old fashioned flirting dead?

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Let's face it. Letching in traffic is a disappointing experience. When in a jam, it's all too easy to convince yourself that the narrow strip of face visible in a rear view mirror belongs to a half naked supermodel on heat.

The reality of course is somewhat different. Pulling alongside nonchalantly (i.e. looking like a bit of a tosser), you simply find that the babe (or bloke) at your side is actually hideously overweight mutant from Planet Pie. That pony tail wasn't a sign of fancy free youth, but a greasy scrag of hair tied back to clear the labotomy scar.

If however, you do stumble across a model of some beauty then instead of attracting their attention with a casual wave, a smile or rabid shaking of your head, you now have another option open to you (aside from ramming).

You can send a text message to their mobile phone using Motorflirt. Launched recently in the UK, MotorFlirt already has 5,000 members. That of course means that with millions of cars on the road, you're about as likely to encounter a fellow Motorflirter as you are a Nova without seatbelt warmers.

To get texting, register your details at the motorflirt website. On subscription, you get an MF email address (so you can message by email too) and an MF car sticker so people know you're in on the MF 'scene'.

You can also create your own personal profile on the site, which, without disclosing your personal details allows others to find out more about you and whether you're gagging for it.

Motorflirt hides your mobile number (to protect your identity) so you can be identified by either your number plate or you can give yourself an MF name ('Road Runner', 'Flirty Ford', 'nob') whatever takes your fancy!

Membership to Motorflirt costs £10.00 per year. This gets you listed on the Motorflirt directory so you're free to send and receive messages. You can just register your details for free on the site to get listed on the database.

Link: www.motorflirt.com

[Podie]

...can give yourself an MF name ('Road Runner', 'Flirty Ford', 'nob') whatever takes your fancy!

"nob"

[s2ooz]

un believable!! now there two of these sites, I guess someone has to die first before any takes any notice.
hopefully a transport minister

[Podie]

I've heard of one of these before.. can't remember the name of it, but seem to recall it was free...!

[Nightmare]

what's a seatbelt warmer then?

[v8thunder]

I thought they were on the anti-mobile phone bandwagon recently - what's the difference?

[FunkyNige]

Nightmare said: what's a seatbelt warmer then?

www.gbdriver.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_harnessp_18.html

[RichardR]

FunkyNige said:

Nightmare said: what's a seatbelt warmer then?

www.gbdriver.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_harnessp_18.html

How can you belittle such serious safety equipment!

[Psychobert]

Pinning my colours to the road safety fence here again, 2 words. Absolute lunacy.



As if the roads aren't dangerous enough without maxed out muppets texting each other while driving 2 inches from the car infront to see if its got the right sticker on it. They could put in a load of disclaimers about not using the mobile while driving, but have they? Err, not read it all so possibly - but thats just not going to work. Oh dear.

[rpguk]

I thought the days of stupid sites like this went with the dot com crash, oh well the money will no doubt fizzle out soon

[nigelbasson]

First thought that came into my head was the potential to be bombarded with loads of agressive texts from people who don't like you driving style or car.

There you are receiving a message thinking that at last someone has spotted your inner beauty and instead get a road rage style stream of abuse .

But then again.....if you were the one sending messages to bolt on boys =

[Roadrunner]

Oi, leave me out of it!!!

I don't need a friggin' text message and a website. Girls had eyes last time I looked.

[dick dastardly]

I've always thought it would be great to communicating with other cars just through the number plate. But more in a way of dialling their number plate into your phone and you can speak through the radio (kinda like a trucker thing). Imagine the possibilities..

'get out of my way numpty'

'learn to drive asshole'

or the best would be the ability to give people grief after they cause a problem and blame it on you (as they always do)

>> Edited by dick dastardly on Wednesday 23 April 18:45

[ShrikeMK1]

Great! One more thing for people to do instead of driving. What happens when a cutie goes by 'Nob-boy' at 80mph on the motorway and he decides he's going to give that pick-up line, which only got him a slap in the face in the pub last night, another try...?

[Podie]

Roadrunner said: Oi, leave me out of it!!!

I don't need a friggin' text message and a website. Girls had eyes last time I looked.