Joy of Motoring....

[bonj2]

If she wanted a bland Euro-box, she'd have one.

but at least it does work...

 

[gavintc]

I've just had a look inside my BMW and it looks like mine has indicator stalk too!
Well I never; previous owner must have specified it as an option. Not sure how it works though.

Rare commodity that on a BMW. You need to make sure that you use it sparingly, or you will give BMW drivers a bad name.

 

[Night Train]

Try driving a Land Rover - you'll be amazed what drops off (and it keeps going!)

When driving old Series Land Rovers:

I've had the gear stick snap off on me while driving in traffic. I was stuck in 4th and had to use the hi/low range lever to change gear.

I've had the starter motor fall off and I had to spend the rest of the week at work with a starting handle to start it, great fun when it stalls in traffic.

I was on the M4 doing 70mph when the front wheel bearing melted and disintergrated after unseen damage from an off road event. The wheel carried on running on the drive shaft until that welded itself to the stub axle and sheared off. It carried on running on the remains of the bearing until I could safely pull over on the hard shoulder. When I jacked it up to see what the rumble was the wheel finally fell off.

 

[Arch]

but at least it does work...

The 2CV works. And at least when anything does go wrong, it can be fixed with a spanner, as opposed to having to have an entire new engine plus computer chip....

 

[Globalti]

In the EU there's a huge business in exporting "fairly used" cars to Africa. There's even a special ro-ro ship that goes out full of used cars and trucks and comes back empty. The favourites are Mercedes cars because they're tough and prestigious, following that come Hondas, Peugeots and Toyotas. One consequence is that you seldom see old cars on European roads, unlike in the UK where our RH steering excludes us from the biggest export markets.

However as cars become more sophisticated the bush mechanic is becoming redundant as you can't fix them by turning them on their sides on a couple of tyres and welding them by the roadside. It's going to become a big problem. When I source generators, trucks and fork lifts for Nigerian customers thay always ask for older, low-tech models.

 

[Paulus]

Indicators are for wimps.

Could that be why so many people don't use them?

 

[Davidc]

Could that be why so many people don't use them?

No, it's just that they're optional extras on most cars, and car buyers prefer to spend the money on __________. (Please complete appropriately)

BTW 2CVs are great cars. Your friend has good taste Arch.

 

[User482]

And of course, a 2CV can transport a basket of eggs across a field, without them breaking.

 

[Davidc]

And of course, a 2CV can transport a basket of eggs across a field, without them breaking.

I thought that was the DS?

 

[Arch]

And of course, a 2CV can transport a basket of eggs across a field, without them breaking.

You know the best bit? Along with Craft Craft, the village we went to houses our favourite supplier of free range eggs, so guess what we brought back...?

We didn't drive across a field, true, but my friend's husband has done that (in a top hat, the idea being that the same car could transport the farmer and wife to church in hats on a Sunday) and taken photos, one of which apparently ebded up on the Beeb website somewhere.

 

[Arch]

lo! here it is, picture 1.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7570220.stm

 

[Rhythm Thief]

We used to have "basket of eggs" races on the 2CV club camps I used to go on. And we used to go bonnet sledging, back in the days before bonnets became too valuable to do that with.