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Post by adco on Oct 2, 2008 17:03:12 GMT
Oh FABRIC is good!  |
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Post by Wyvern on Oct 2, 2008 17:15:47 GMT
FABRIC sounds like the ideal organisation to road-test BMW's GINA ;D I miss my little yellow moped very much sometimes. I'd sit on the traffic lights and the boy racers would laugh at me... but they forgot that I had a better power to weight than they did and although they'd overtake me moments later, the looks on their faces when I shot off ahead of them was always priceless |
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Post by adco on Oct 2, 2008 17:20:21 GMT
I suggest we contact BMW about acquiring about a dozen of the GINAs to test and race. If that many exist at this point.
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Post by maibee on Oct 2, 2008 17:31:32 GMT
Boy Racers Outdone by Laughing Ladies - Yes! would be the outfit to test the GINA!
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Post by adco on Oct 2, 2008 17:33:30 GMT
I'm assuming we are racing against the boy racers and not each other. Sort of a team effort. Would make victory even sweeter. |
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Post by maibee on Oct 2, 2008 17:43:32 GMT
Absolutely, Adco!  |
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Post by Vixen on Oct 2, 2008 17:43:58 GMT
I refuse to test out anything by BMW.... I'm sorry but just no... I'll leave that to you lot.
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Post by Wyvern on Oct 2, 2008 17:44:10 GMT
For BROLLY you'd want the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport, which more or less comes with a very expensive parasol to fit on top if you're doing the topless thing* and it starts raining.
*Driving the car with the hard top removed, not driving without your clothes on. Although I understand some people enjoy that kind of thing. Whatever floats your boat. If you can afford a Veyron, you can probably afford the fines resulting from any indecency conviction...
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Post by adco on Oct 2, 2008 17:46:58 GMT
I'm glad you clarified that Wy. I was worried for a moment.  |
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Post by maibee on Oct 2, 2008 17:52:19 GMT
I always think GINA looks like it would turn inside out in a gust of wind, hence the BROLLY!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2008 20:37:04 GMT
The GINA is pretty. Back to my point briefly, James was probably driven around by men. I do wonder if his experience would have been different if a woman had been behind the wheel.  |
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Post by lindenchase on Jul 20, 2009 17:04:45 GMT
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Post by nobody on Jul 20, 2009 17:57:32 GMT
That picture freaks me out lol
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Post by ulstermayniac on Jul 20, 2009 18:02:32 GMT
Our equivalent of that expression is; The Chase Is Better Than The Catch.
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Post by lindenchase on Oct 8, 2009 13:08:30 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2009 13:11:30 GMT
This was a little while ago so it could be the Toy Stories thing.
However the new column in the magazine is good and there is another article where he is comparing the Fiesta and Polo. He also has a Basil Fawlty moment. ;d
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Post by dit on Oct 8, 2009 21:45:54 GMT
Going back to driving styles, does anyone else drive to the music?
My music's very important to me, and I tend to choose it to suit the kind of journey I'm going to do, plus the mood I'm in. Then I tend to do things like change gear only at the end of a line of the song. I've been known to go "the long way round" so I can carry on changing gear till the end of a song and I can't switch off the engine in the middle of a line, got to let it get to the end.
And when I'm really in the mood I find a long straight bit of road (lots round here) and load up Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain", then dawdle till I get to the Formula One bit, then floor it bigtime.
Am I alone in this? If I am, am I mad?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2009 21:55:59 GMT
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Post by crumbs on Oct 9, 2009 13:37:05 GMT
No Dit - not mad at all. Music is a lifeline for me too and a very important part of the driving experience. Heavy rock definitely makes me take corners as fast as I dare whilst a bit of Bach makes me drive in a rather jaunty way (I know, bit hard to imagine) - I only play his orchestral works in the car as I can't hear the detail of any of his keyboard works. If I'm listening to Imogen Heap or Crowded House, I'm more sedate.
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Post by violetrose on Jan 8, 2010 18:38:42 GMT
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Post by nobody on Jan 8, 2010 18:54:16 GMT
Ahh the man is so sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
Also loved this bit....my jumper is worthless, and it's still stopping my unsightly nipples from showing,
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Post by dit on Jan 9, 2010 0:30:36 GMT
Just when you think a man's perfect, he gets more perfect.
My only problem now is - will any man IRL ever match up?
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Post by crumbs on Jan 11, 2010 14:02:16 GMT
Good article with some good comments too. The Crumbs household tend to buy cars that looks like they'll live a minimum of ten years. Our oldest is 15 this year and still going strong (nb. I love this car with a passion and it's not even particularly beautiful). We think about replacements when they become heinously unreliable. Once, a car was taken away on it's final journey and Mr Crumbs watched it go with a tear running down his face.......
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Post by jacqui on Jan 11, 2010 16:36:32 GMT
Just when you think a man's perfect, he gets more perfect. My only problem now is - will any man IRL ever match up? You wouldn't think you could improve on perfection would you  So true Dit - thats why i have given up looking and when you do find one they want to be mothered; I just want someone to turn up every now and then.... if you get my drift  |
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Post by dit on Jan 11, 2010 22:12:56 GMT
Nice drift....
Or, in another sense. "She was as pure as snow but she drifted" (where do I remember that from?)
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Post by chariset on Jan 12, 2010 0:27:35 GMT
Nice drift.... Or, in another sense. "She was as pure as snow but she drifted" (where do I remember that from?) Mae West had a similar line ("I used to be Snow White, but I drifted") |
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Post by dit on Jan 12, 2010 0:44:14 GMT
That's it! Not that Mae West is of my vintage, you understand, but I've seen the line in "famous quotes" books.
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Post by jacqui on Jan 12, 2010 13:34:16 GMT
Is that the same as ' pure as the driven snow' ? ;D
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Post by TheDaisy on Jan 12, 2010 13:45:16 GMT
Don't eat the yellow snow ;D  |
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Post by jacqui on Jan 12, 2010 13:46:21 GMT
noted ;D
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