Dont lend your mother your car

[Marcos Maniac]

www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2002470715,00.html

[JonRB]

[Podie]

“The accelerator was a bit different."

[Marcos Maniac]

quote:

John, 32, who had been planning to sell the Porsche, joked last night: “That’s my no-claims bonus up the spout.”

[CarZee]

Retards.

I'll have a read of the article now..

(Not that I'm prejudging the matter in anyway )

[M@H]

how "different" can an accelerator be though...

[Podie]

quote:
how "different" can an accelerator be though...

it's like when the misses says "turn left"... so you do, only to get a barrage of abuse and "no, the OTHER left!"... "you never listen to me..." etc etc

[madcop]

quote:
how "different" can an accelerator be though...

Very different if it catapults you to 60mph in under 6 seconds when she is used to more like 15 to 20 seconds.

[craigalsop]

quote:
how "different" can an accelerator be though...

Pivot at the bottom rather than the top. Don't know why lots of german cars (and newer TVRs) seem to do it.

[Podie]

quote:
Pivot at the bottom rather than the top.

Aren't they called "organ grinders" or something like that?

[Marcos Maniac]

quote:
how "different" can an accelerator be though...

Are the brakes any different

[Imelda]

"...her foot tangled in the accelerator..."

Errr... how does that work then?

[Imelda]

Do Porsche make accelerator pedals out of baler twine?

[CarZee]

quote:"...her foot tangled in the accelerator..."

Errr... how does that work then?

She's a squid

[Fatboy]

quote:Pivot at the bottom rather than the top. Don't know why lots of german cars (and newer TVRs) seem to do it.

Don't the 996s pivot from the top like other cars? I though they stopped the floor mounted hinges at the 993 generation?

[Imelda]

quote:

quote:"...her foot tangled in the accelerator..."

Errr... how does that work then?

She's a squid

[mondeoman]

You cheeky barstewards!!



squid
baler twine

roflmao

[stedale]

Self: Good evening Officer
PC: Good evening sir, do you know what the speed limit was back there?
Self: Er, 60 miles an hour?
PC: Yes that's right, and what speed were you travelling at?
Self: Erm, about 60 miles an hour?
PC: No, I can reliably inform you that you were travelling at 123mph.
Self: Ah, now I can explain, my foot got tangled up with the accelerator and I...

Well, It could work... couldn't it?

Steve.

[robkola]

quote:

quote:
how "different" can an accelerator be though...

Are the brakes any different

Awesome comment! Wonder if said the same!
Maybe they'll send her Ride Drive vouchers for Xmas

[beano1197]

Has no one blamed Porsche yet?!