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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2016 10:11:37 GMT
This made me laugh so thought I'd share...
A man returns home after a long, hard week at work, goes into the house and pours himself a long glass of his favourite tipple.
His wife enters the room and hands him a car door mirror.
"How the hell did you manage to rip that off?" he asks.
"I didn't" she retorts "that's all that is left of the car".
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Post by Humph on Oct 22, 2016 10:17:19 GMT
Laughs nervously...😕
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Post by Humph on Oct 22, 2016 11:19:38 GMT
Quite near us, there's a very large breaker's yard. For no reason at all, other than a line of thought triggered by this and indeed our colonial friend's admission of ineptitude, ( I hadn't realised "he" was actually a girl but there you go ) I had a look at their website/inventory to find that they do indeed have a driver's side door mirror for a Qashqai in stock in the correct colour. Half thinking of buying it as a spare. Or is that being negative do you think?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2016 14:57:32 GMT
It's one of those if you buy it you'll never leave it, it'll be an heirloom for Humph jnr., if you don't buy it the day after they sell it you'll need it.
I'd leave it and use it as an excuse to apply some man maths when the time comes, my wife lets me have some say about what she drives (as I'm the mug who pays for it) so the next car will have some umph with a raised driving position (that is her input). I'm thinking Lamborghini with a cushion on the drivers seat, I can think it doesn't mean I can afford it.
Cars are like computers, as soon as you commit your money to one there's always something faster, better at whatever applies to you around the corner.
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Post by Humph on Oct 22, 2016 15:25:35 GMT
You know what, I think I might have reached my personal motoring nirvana, highest level of karma, call it what you will, but even money no object if I had to buy just one car tomorrow it'd look a lot like the one I've got.
Does everything I want and or need. Can't think of anything currently available I'd rather have. Not to say I wouldn't enjoy a thrash around in a supercar or whatever, but as a daily driver mine does me just fine.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2016 15:28:11 GMT
I get that. The "best" car I ever owned was the Phaeton. But the 10yr old 528i I owned three cars later was my motoring nirvana. Everything I wanted in a car for naff all money.
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Post by Humph on Oct 22, 2016 15:36:10 GMT
Friend of ours is a car/bike collector. Has several old MGs, an old Land Rover, an E Type, a Ferrari something, a couple of Harleys, some kind of Ducati sports bike and one or two others I can't remember.
His daily driver though is an old BMW 525d touring. Says it's the most useable and useful thing he's ever had.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2016 15:39:19 GMT
It was an estate car and had every luxury, although not much in the way of techno, and no panaramoic sunroof. I should have kept it, I didn't need to sell it. In fact, in answer to your question from a day or two ago, *that's* the car I should have kept.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2016 15:46:52 GMT
The two MPVs we've had have been pretty good all rounders for family duties though the second one was not the most reliable of cars but the manufacturers warranty took care of the big bill for the automated manual gearbox.
I was thinking along the lines of a 2.0 petrol turbo Galaxy as 'her' next car. 240PS is enough for a bit of fun and seven full size electric folding seats takes care of the family and friends runabout requirement plus tip runs with all the seats folded. Stick a towbar on it and it would pull the two bikes on a trailer to wherever we were going BUT I still fancy something a bit pokier with 6 cylinders or more.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2016 16:02:20 GMT
We had a Chrysler Voyager. Bloody marvelous car. But it used to suck the fuel through, even with a 2.8 diesel.
Prior to that we had a Galaxy. It was quite good, but it wasn't really big enough. Always the choice between luggage or passengers.
I must say that these days I like powerful cars, but I'm not really fussed one way or another about 'fast'. They can all go faster than I want to drive anyway, and certainly faster than it is safe to. Its quite different to cars from the 70s and 80s where I frequently wanted to go faster than they were capable of.
The phaeton was limited to 155 though i will say it felt quite safe at that speed. On the other hand the Toyota Plastic POS has a top speed of something like 110mph. Jeez, i cannot imagine the thought of that thing at 110! You'd need a calender and a telescope to calculate its stopping distances.
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Post by Humph on Oct 22, 2016 16:04:23 GMT
And now you can't even see the police car coming up behind you...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2016 16:11:47 GMT
They don't do that here.
No rolling stops. You might get pulled over by a road block but that's about it, and they are only after checking your documents. Once in a blue moon you see a copper with a radar gun, but very, very rarely and never within a city.
All traffic enforcement here is documentation oriented; licence in order, car insured, revision tecnica current (MOT), ownership documents in place, tag in place (for metered roads) etc. etc.
Driving like a complete twat is ignored. But break an admin law and they'll impound your car.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2016 16:12:35 GMT
Oh, and no cameras - not at traffic lights, not speed enforcement, none.
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Post by Humph on Oct 22, 2016 16:15:36 GMT
Mirrored aviators too?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2016 16:17:20 GMT
Me or the law?
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