Linford
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As an aside (and don't take this the wrong way), but the older I get, the more I find myself looking over the top of my specs when I am looking at stuff close up. Your avatar kind of made me think of this
What car will give me credibility?
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As an aside (and don't take this the wrong way), but the older I get, the more I find myself looking over the top of my specs when I am looking at stuff close up. Your avatar kind of made me think of this
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Arfcollins
Soft southerner.
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- Fareham
I haven't taken it the wrong way, although I should point out I am only 19 years old, or so.As an aside (and don't take this the wrong way), but the older I get, the more I find myself looking over the top of my specs when I am looking at stuff close up. Your avatar kind of made me think of this
Actually I have to look over my specs to see things far away. If I want to look at something really close I wear additional pairs of reading glasses. Four pairs is a bit like wearing a microscope, but I wouldn't recommend it if meeting an important client. Good for opening the door to a Jehovah's Witness though.
recumbentpanda
Guru
Arf asked: 'What car will give me credibility'
Answer: no car has credibility - you're a cyclist . . . Aren't you?
Answer: no car has credibility - you're a cyclist . . . Aren't you?
G-Zero
Guru
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- Kirkcudbright, SW Scotland
Economical, unassuming, safe, reliable, comfortable, capacious, roof bars ?? Put deposit down on one yesterday and should be picking it up early next week = Honda Accord Tourer 2.2 i-DTEC GT.
Compares well to the BMW and Volvo V70s we use at work, but was cheaper.
That's good going for the old girl. I had a Subaru Forester that just kept going and going. 15 years and a nephew is still getting good service from it. I like cars that are over-engineered, they just cope with anything. I like my Outback even better because I don't use up so much fuel with it.
... every day is a winding road...
Linford
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Long sighted @19. I first started wearing specs when I was 19, but it went the other way for me. I've worn reading glasses with contact lens's which is a bit weird when you get so used to dropping your glasses to look at things so close up.
cloggsy
Boardmanist
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Depending on how many people you need to transport;
Smart ForTwo CDi
Skoda Fabia Greenline 1.2 TDi
Both are £0 RFL and cheap as chips to run! Both accept bike carriers
The next car I buy will be £0 RFL & cost next to nowt to run! I couldn't give two hoots about cars, as long as they're reliable!
Smart ForTwo CDi
Skoda Fabia Greenline 1.2 TDi
Both are £0 RFL and cheap as chips to run! Both accept bike carriers
The next car I buy will be £0 RFL & cost next to nowt to run! I couldn't give two hoots about cars, as long as they're reliable!
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Arfcollins
Soft southerner.
- Location
- Fareham
Sorry Linford, I should have added a smiley. The 'or so' means give or take 40 years.
simon.r
Person
- Location
- Nottingham
I am an ex-Audi driver. There, it's off my chest and I feel better for it
Not hugely relevant to the topic but having recently gone from driving the Audi (an A5) to a Renault Clio it's really noticeable how much more often I get other drivers pulling out in front of me. Either I'm not as visible or, more likely in my opinion, I'm seen as less 'threatening' in my litttle inoffensive runaround!
Not hugely relevant to the topic but having recently gone from driving the Audi (an A5) to a Renault Clio it's really noticeable how much more often I get other drivers pulling out in front of me. Either I'm not as visible or, more likely in my opinion, I'm seen as less 'threatening' in my litttle inoffensive runaround!
wheeliebin
Über Member
- Location
- The rolling hills of Hertfordshire
I am an ex-Audi driver. There, it's off my chest and I feel better for it
Not hugely relevant to the topic but having recently gone from driving the Audi (an A5) to a Renault Clio it's really noticeable how much more often I get other drivers pulling out in front of me. Either I'm not as visible or, more likely in my opinion, I'm seen as less 'threatening' in my litttle inoffensive runaround!
Yep, I find that with cars I have driven too.
Just extrapolate downwards to bicycle + rider sized objects and I think we can see a problem (or not see, possibly).
BentMikey
Rider of Seolferwulf
- Location
- South London
Depending on how many people you need to transport;
Smart ForTwo CDi
Skoda Fabia Greenline 1.2 TDi
Both are £0 RFL and cheap as chips to run! Both accept bike carriers
The next car I buy will be £0 RFL & cost next to nowt to run! I couldn't give two hoots about cars, as long as they're reliable!
Did you just say Road Fund Licence? Tut tut, naughty cloggsy. All cars currently on the road are £0 RFL.
Leedsbusdriver
Every breath leaves me one less to my last
- Location
- West Yorkshire
Skoda Yeti.
Cush
Veteran
- Location
- North Cumbria but still a Geordie
Seeing that person handling a car that I was looking at as a possible replacment for our Volvo has turned me completly against Skoda's.
I am an ex-Audi driver. There, it's off my chest and I feel better for it
Not hugely relevant to the topic but having recently gone from driving the Audi (an A5) to a Renault Clio it's really noticeable how much more often I get other drivers pulling out in front of me. Either I'm not as visible or, more likely in my opinion, I'm seen as less 'threatening' in my litttle inoffensive runaround!
I was taught to drive in an Audi and I'm still OK.
It was a 1970s Audi 80 Estate, which was really a Series 1 Passat with a nicer radio. This was before Audi had taken over the world; it was a UK-only model for people who wanted a Passat but with a posher badge. Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose....
I remember my late father (despite being a fluent German speaker with the requisite grasp of Latin) calling it an Ordy. You don't hear that any more.
