IS IT ME or....
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..are the roads full of loony chicks?. For years I have noticed this, YOUNG WOMEN with the right foot firmly planted on the loud pedal while remaining completely cool, sorting hair and fixing eye make up etc..winding the corsa, yaris or whatever way up past a speed that grown ups would consider safe (for that little shopping eurobox type car). Skinny tyres, tiny brake discs, slightly smudged mascara all lead to a potential rear-ender that I would rather not have. Would not mind but they are not actually paying attention. I kid you not,I travelled up our wonderful motorway system from Coventry to Newcastle today in my Jaguar X150, V8 300bhp standard car, very fast even in this standard form (but do not want to be disqualified by getting too lively) and was being tailgated at 90mph by a very pretty young lady in a toyota yaris, who was attending to her appearance in the rear view mirror....unbelievable, terrified I had to go even faster because I could not trust her to notice I was braking,if I needed to, a license losing situation that magistrates would not even bother listening to the reasons for. Conclusion....girls should ONLY be allowed to drive BACK from the pub....
Edited by garagedood on Sunday 7th April 02:33
It's interesting going for a walk around most town centres, or observing other drivers coming the other way when stuck in traffic on the commute into work.
I'd say that, every morning on the way into work, I see at least 3 or 4 (usually young) women driving whilst texting, or doing something that involves looking repeatedly down into their lap. I hardly ever see them actually talking on a phone, although conversely I see plenty of men talking on a mobile - but never looking into their lap as if they're texting.
Scares me s
tless, I've almost been knocked down at a pedestrian crossing by someone who was too busy texting and didn't see the lights change to red. Good job I checked before stepping out, really - she just sailed on through.
I'd say that, every morning on the way into work, I see at least 3 or 4 (usually young) women driving whilst texting, or doing something that involves looking repeatedly down into their lap. I hardly ever see them actually talking on a phone, although conversely I see plenty of men talking on a mobile - but never looking into their lap as if they're texting.
Scares me s
tless, I've almost been knocked down at a pedestrian crossing by someone who was too busy texting and didn't see the lights change to red. Good job I checked before stepping out, really - she just sailed on through.
I am long past the "cute chick following me "phase ( the Isuzu Piazza Turbo that I had in the in the 80`s maybe might maybe have had a chance of that )and the Jaguar X150 that I have now is just the "New" XK8 that came in in 2006 model year.It is the 4.2 normally aspirated "weakest" one limited to 155mph , some of the the XKR-S, XK -FRS versions are limited to 188, almost as fast as a girl driving a micra...., and that thing on the visor IS in fact a make up mirror...
To 430T, X100 is the "old" XK8, the X150 is the "new" sporting Jaguar coupe and convertibles you see around, the X150 merely denoting a development from the older XK, this echoes the Jaguar developments from the 1950`s onwards i.e. the XK 120, 140 , 150 etc that we are are all familiar with. The X150 is not in itself a special model, it is just a development of the older XK`s..graft your nuts off and buy one, you will not be disappointed....
garagedood said:
To 430T, X100 is the "old" XK8, the X150 is the "new" sporting Jaguar coupe and convertibles you see around, the X150 merely denoting a development from the older XK, this echoes the Jaguar developments from the 1950`s onwards i.e. the XK 120, 140 , 150 etc that we are are all familiar with. The X150 is not in itself a special model, it is just a development of the older XK`s..graft your nuts off and buy one, you will not be disappointed....
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