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Does it leak oil ?
Comment by pschlute posted on Norton dreaming at 19/04/2020 - 08:49
Get a black background for the first and experiment with different lighting.
Comment by pschlute posted on The Results of Lockdown at 19/04/2020 - 08:48
Still miss it terribly
Comment by pschlute posted on Another pointless thread at 16/04/2020 - 22:57
My last MINI was a John Cooper Works (oh I miss that car). A very wet day I decided to park closer to the store entrance because the weather was in full gale mode and I had no umbrella.
Big mistake. The MINI is not a big car but some idiot still managed to scrape their vehicle over two panels of mine as they attempted to park next to me. Then cleared off without trace. So £800 out of my pocket.
I always park as far from the entrance as i can now without fail. I agree a huge percentage of drivers should not be allowed behind the wheel. If I was in charge of road safety I would instruct police patrols to sit at roundabouts and stop and heavily fine anyone who does not know how to drive around them.
Big mistake. The MINI is not a big car but some idiot still managed to scrape their vehicle over two panels of mine as they attempted to park next to me. Then cleared off without trace. So £800 out of my pocket.
I always park as far from the entrance as i can now without fail. I agree a huge percentage of drivers should not be allowed behind the wheel. If I was in charge of road safety I would instruct police patrols to sit at roundabouts and stop and heavily fine anyone who does not know how to drive around them.
Comment by pschlute posted on Another pointless thread at 16/04/2020 - 21:46
When I was a kid we had a Mini. Years later I owned three MINIs. Fantastic cars. Whenever I see an original Mini in a car park they look so tiny compared to any car today.
Comment by pschlute posted on Another pointless thread at 16/04/2020 - 21:26
Hardgravity wrote:
It's not the car park but the drivers..
Your logic fails me.It's not the car park but the drivers..
You admit the car park spacing has not adapted to the change in car widths since 1970.
Yet you single out Range Rover drivers. The Range Rover is not significantly wider than any SUV. BMW X5; BMW X6; BMW X7; Mercedes GLE; Audi Q8; Ford Explorer; Tesla X are all wider.
have a go at the SUV market by all means but get your facts right
I understand the jokes about RR drivers and indeed make them myself about me, as a newbie RR driver. But your original complaint, singling them out as being too wide is wrong in fact.
Comment by pschlute posted on Another pointless thread at 16/04/2020 - 20:46
Hardgravity wrote:
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..set in the mid 1970s that was the Moris Minor..
,,,and it's never been updated...
I can quite believe that. So why do you put the blame on the car and not the space ? Most car parks I visit have been built long after 1970I se
pschlute wrote:
I seem to recal;l that parking space width is based on the 'average' car..RobL wrote:
Don’t get me started on Range Rovers in car parks, the reason they get damaged is they are too damned big for the spaces which makes things difficult for those who drive sensibly sized car
All large SUV's are roughly the same size width wise about 1.9 metres. The real problem is car parks want to fit as many spaces in as possible.Don’t get me started on Range Rovers in car parks, the reason they get damaged is they are too damned big for the spaces which makes things difficult for those who drive sensibly sized car
..set in the mid 1970s that was the Moris Minor..
,,,and it's never been updated...
Comment by pschlute posted on Another pointless thread at 16/04/2020 - 20:00
jeallen01 wrote:
OTOH: I wonder how long they'll driving those PCP barges (etc.) after a few weeks/months of lockdown/no jobs/far less income - come 3 months from now, there should be a lot a nice and newly returned vehicles going "dead cheap" as the finance companies try to off-load them PDQ
Glad you find it funny that people are struggling. Very smug of you.OTOH: I wonder how long they'll driving those PCP barges (etc.) after a few weeks/months of lockdown/no jobs/far less income - come 3 months from now, there should be a lot a nice and newly returned vehicles going "dead cheap" as the finance companies try to off-load them PDQ
Comment by pschlute posted on Another pointless thread at 16/04/2020 - 19:49
Hardgravity wrote:
..as for Land rovers and the like, why do people buy them?
4 adults and three dogs .... 300mile trip to the Lake District and a week on a farm on the top of Askham Fell...as for Land rovers and the like, why do people buy them?
Sorry but a Fiesta wont cut it.
Comment by pschlute posted on Another pointless thread at 16/04/2020 - 19:46
RobL wrote:
Don’t get me started on Range Rovers in car parks, the reason they get damaged is they are too damned big for the spaces which makes things difficult for those who drive sensibly sized car
All large SUV's are roughly the same size width wise about 1.9 metres. The real problem is car parks want to fit as many spaces in as possible.Don’t get me started on Range Rovers in car parks, the reason they get damaged is they are too damned big for the spaces which makes things difficult for those who drive sensibly sized car
btw your BMW is 1864mm wide. My RR is 1990 wide. Big difference? I think not.
Comment by pschlute posted on Another pointless thread at 16/04/2020 - 19:43
