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DickyC said:
Truckosaurus said:
DickyC said:
Have I mentioned I make car noises as I drive?....
Amateur! You need to be making car noises when you walk around the house, along the street etc. Changing gears and taking The Racing Line as well.
/le petomane
Truckosaurus said:
Amateur! You need to be making car noises when you walk around the house, along the street etc. Changing gears and taking The Racing Line as well.
I love walking up those winding hairpin wheelchair/buggy ramps that bypass long flights of steps. Depending on the length of the straight before and after the hairpin, and my walking speed, I make sure to take an early or late apex as appropriate. Bert Plerg said:
Truckosaurus said:
Amateur! You need to be making car noises when you walk around the house, along the street etc. Changing gears and taking The Racing Line as well.
I love walking up those winding hairpin wheelchair/buggy ramps that bypass long flights of steps. Depending on the length of the straight before and after the hairpin, and my walking speed, I make sure to take an early or late apex as appropriate. What The Deuces said:
FiF said:
Not to mention Scandinavian flick of the trolley in Tesco when turning into the biscuit aisle. Other aisles and supermarkets are also appropriate.
You mean there are people who dont do that? Jaguar steve said:
crofty1984 said:
I want to keep my old Berlingo forever.
I wish I could've kept my old Berlingo for ever... 
Glutton for punishment or what.
When I'm driving I visualise the mechanical processes going on in my engine and gearbox e.g., the oil sloshing around the engine, pistons going up and down, valves opening and closing, camshafts spinning, selector forks moving in the gearbox, gears in mesh etc.
I've got quite a lot of mechanical appreciation and sympathy and I think about the oil in my engine and gearbox being a bit gloopy on a cold morning when I start the engine then warming up and being flung around by the crankshaft and gears.
It's a bit weird but it's a distraction from a humdrum, stop-start commute!
I've got quite a lot of mechanical appreciation and sympathy and I think about the oil in my engine and gearbox being a bit gloopy on a cold morning when I start the engine then warming up and being flung around by the crankshaft and gears.
It's a bit weird but it's a distraction from a humdrum, stop-start commute!
oldagepensioner said:
Jaguar steve said:
crofty1984 said:
I want to keep my old Berlingo forever.
I wish I could've kept my old Berlingo for ever... Glutton for punishment or what.
7Llewelyn said:
When I'm driving I visualise the mechanical processes going on in my engine and gearbox e.g., the oil sloshing around the engine, pistons going up and down, valves opening and closing, camshafts spinning, selector forks moving in the gearbox, gears in mesh etc.
I've got quite a lot of mechanical appreciation and sympathy and I think about the oil in my engine and gearbox being a bit gloopy on a cold morning when I start the engine then warming up and being flung around by the crankshaft and gears.
It's a bit weird but it's a distraction from a humdrum, stop-start commute!
I can oddly appreciate how that might be quite an interesting way to drive with those thoughts flying through one’s head. I've got quite a lot of mechanical appreciation and sympathy and I think about the oil in my engine and gearbox being a bit gloopy on a cold morning when I start the engine then warming up and being flung around by the crankshaft and gears.
It's a bit weird but it's a distraction from a humdrum, stop-start commute!
LunarOne said:
I’m in France right now and the number of 30+ year old French cars in daily use is incredible. And they’re not even banged up like French cars of old. The French do seem to like a modern car, but not nearly as much as we do in the UK. Just today I’ve seen a few things I’d quite like to own. A 205GTI, a 306GTI-6, a Citroen DS, a lovely E30 BMW, and a Ford Escort Mk5 in showroom condition. Perhaps the French are more penny-pinching by nature, but if it results in not having such a throwaway society, then I’m all for it. The French don’t have to keep older cars running like the Cubans, but I’m very glad they prefer to spend their money on food. And amazing infrastructure. But getting back to the point, I don’t think you’re a glutton for punishment necessarily. It just takes a certain mindset. One I approve of wholeheartedly.
Exactly this. Every single bit of it.The complete absence of roadside litter in France compared with the ankle deep scattering of it in the UK tells you all you need to know.
Any driver that runs into the back of a broken down car on a motorway should be prosecuted for DWDCA and not jump on the blame the motorway band wagon.
DRL should be banned (because of people thinking they have their lights on when they haven't).
Rear fog lights should by law have a 10 minute timer for how long they stay on.
Any car who's owner has spent money making it do those ridiculous popping noises should be crushed.
Anybody who puts a note on an ambulance complaining about how it is parked should have their name put on a list that flags up if they ever need an ambulance. Ring them back and say 'sorry,we can't come,there is nowhere to park.
DRL should be banned (because of people thinking they have their lights on when they haven't).
Rear fog lights should by law have a 10 minute timer for how long they stay on.
Any car who's owner has spent money making it do those ridiculous popping noises should be crushed.
Anybody who puts a note on an ambulance complaining about how it is parked should have their name put on a list that flags up if they ever need an ambulance. Ring them back and say 'sorry,we can't come,there is nowhere to park.
Sporky said:
Caddyshack said:
Driving the wrong cars then….even a Boxster s at 7000 should raise the hairs on your neck, let alone a flat plane v8 in a Ferrari 355….more humble engines are excellent too…v-tec? Etc.
Nope. They all sound nasty at high revs. V8s are best when burbling. V6s when smoothly turbining away. And so on. Spleen said:
Sporky said:
Caddyshack said:
Driving the wrong cars then….even a Boxster s at 7000 should raise the hairs on your neck, let alone a flat plane v8 in a Ferrari 355….more humble engines are excellent too…v-tec? Etc.
Nope. They all sound nasty at high revs. V8s are best when burbling. V6s when smoothly turbining away. And so on. (To be fair a couple of the local prime suspects are part of the All Ireland Caravan Club, so I guess they'd be driving like bell ends anyway, ie ignoring no right turn, through a no entry and wrong way up one way to take a short cut that saves all of 30 seconds and so on.)
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