subaqua
What’s the point
- Location
- Leytonstone
Playing chess with a pigeon is the analogy I think about . No matter how good you are all it will do is flap its wings , knock things over, poop on the board then fly off thinking it’s won.
Here we go again
- Thread starter Racing roadkill
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Playing chess with a pigeon is the analogy I think about . No matter how good you are all it will do is flap its wings , knock things over, poop on the board then fly off thinking it’s won.
Globalti
Legendary Member
I blame the Transporter films for this phenomenon, they made an Audi saloon with a rorty exhaust the favourite of the shaven-headed yob. Every night I lie awake and hear the hotted up German saloon car races on the distant Blackburn ring road.... neeeeow.... pop pop pop..... neeeeowww.... pop pop pop crackle.... neeeeowwww... pop pop pop....
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Had this last night as I was turning into my road. A quite new, very noisy, very fast Merc came blasting past me from behind doing 70-80mph in a 30 zone!!!!!! FFS, instant death to anyone that inadvertently got in their way, what are these people thinking? I know I am not wrong about the speed as I spend a lot of time around cars and have been known to drive enthusiastically myself. Another thing I don't understand is, if you are going to drive like a nob and break the law why all the noise and show? You would at least try to be discreet about it and not attract attention to yourself.
DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
Remember that, say, a Merc E63 has an exhaust specifically designed to be switchable from 'reasonable' to 'full nobber'. Discretion is just not part of the story...
Edit: and it's always on 'full nobber' when you start it up, specifically to impress the neighbours.
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
Trying to think what the German for 'Full Nobber' might be...
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Wankel?
Dave Davenport
Guru
- Location
- Hampshire
Good luck with getting an answer to that, I suspect this is another of RR's flights of fancy.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Randy Rhodes?
J RR Tolkien?
Rolls Royce?
J RR Tolkien?
Rolls Royce?
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Roger Rabbit
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
That's an old E Class with the 'goggle eyes' - I'm surprised it's still on the road with the rust problems they had.
DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
The rusty ones were the W210 series. Mine's a 211. This had the fly-by-wire brakes, which are awesomely powerful. Except the pump is a lifed item, at £1800 a pop...
Ouch.
Edit: otherwise going well at 265000 miles.
Edit2: Which means the pump is worth more than the car.
Ouch.
Edit: otherwise going well at 265000 miles.
Edit2: Which means the pump is worth more than the car.
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Who would suggest such a thing?
Anyway, it was good of the boys in blue to let roadkill sit in the nice warm coffee shop while they dealt with his nasty abuser....
