Where do you park? - Page 2

HarryT · 06-12-2009, 01:10 PM

Is the Mini sold in the US? It's made by BMW.

RickyMaveety · 06-12-2009, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Is the Mini sold in the US? It's made by BMW.

Yup. My neighbor has a cream one with a black roof.

krisk · 06-12-2009, 01:19 PM

the first time I rode in a mini was in Germany on the Autobahn. I KNEW I was going to die!

pshrynk · 06-12-2009, 01:20 PM

Holy cats! A Mini at 0.3c! That would be a nitemare!

GeoffC · 06-12-2009, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Holy cats! A Mini at 0.3c! That would be a nitemare!

one of the first cars I drove was a mini - also the only time i had a blow-out at 70....

HarryT · 06-12-2009, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by krisk

the first time I rode in a mini was in Germany on the Autobahn. I KNEW I was going to die!

Do you mean the driver was going too fast, or what?

HarryT · 06-12-2009, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffC

one of the first cars I drove was a mini - also the only time i had a blow-out at 70....

Presumably that was an "old" mini, wasn't it, Geoff? I had several of those - I'm amazed you managed to reach 70. Going down a very steep hill?

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The new BMW-built mini's are completely different cars. I'm on my 3rd one now, and I love them.

krisk · 06-12-2009, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Do you mean the driver was going too fast, or what?

oh we were doing the speed limit! there's jusst something very unsettling going 100 miles an hour in a roller skate next to the big rigs!

GeoffC · 06-12-2009, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Presumably that was an "old" mini, wasn't it, Geoff? I had several of those - I'm amazed you managed to reach 70. Going down a very steep hill?

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The new BMW-built mini's are completely different cars. I'm on my 3rd one now, and I love them.

lets remember - long gear stick (2-3foot in length) .... headlight beam dip switch just behind the clutch pedal ....

yep around 1973 and it was at least 5 years old then - but it went like a bomb ---- must have done else my mum wouldn't have had it !!!!!

HarryT · 06-12-2009, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by krisk

oh we were doing the speed limit! there's jusst something very unsettling going 100 miles an hour in a roller skate next to the big rigs!

I see what you mean, yes

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GraceKrispy · 06-12-2009, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

It usually involves a two by four and a lot of screaming.

You should try monts' shovel. It has immediate effects, I hear.

I park far away, I back in. I like to have a quick escape. I hate crowds and the stress people have to offer. I prefer otters.

Sparrow · 06-12-2009, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Healthy people who part in the "handicapped" spaces REALLY annoy me. I just park wherever there's room. I have a small car, so it's rarely a problem.

I saw someone take a 'handicapped' space in a supermarket car park; then leap out of the car and dash in the store.

My blood was boiling.

But then I remembered it was 04:00 a.m. and we were the only two cars there.

Before I got to the entrance, he emerged with his paper and drove off.

Bilbo1967 · 06-12-2009, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Sparrow

I saw someone take a 'handicapped' space in a supermarket car park; then leap out of the car and dash in the store.

My blood was boiling.

But then I remembered it was 04:00 a.m. and we were the only two cars there.

Before I got to the entrance, he emerged with his paper and drove off.

I think that there are two potential answers to the 'handicapped' spaces problem, it just takes a bit of lateral thinking;

1) Rename them 'Handicapped and Ignorant W***er Parking Only' spaces. Either that'll shame people into not parking there or, at the very least, it would mean that only people qualified to be there would park there 100% of the time.

2) Put them as far away from the entrance of the shop as possible. That way, the ignorant w***ers won' want to park there and they'll be free for the people who need them.

krisk · 06-12-2009, 04:07 PM

is wanker really that harsh of slang in Britain that it gets star treatment?

Sweetpea · 06-12-2009, 04:07 PM

I park where I think my car fits. And I always think my car is much bigger than it is....

Sometimes I park close to the door (especially when it's wet), and sometimes I don't mind to park in a empty part of the lot. At work, I tend to park in the shade.

View Poll Results: Where do you park?
I park in the first available space	10	27.78%
I park way out where there are plenty of spaces	16	44.44%
I will knock an old lady down to get a space close	1	2.78%
It doesn't matter because I use two spaces	3	8.33%
I don't drive......	6	16.67%
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Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	I park where I think my car fits. And I always think my car is much bigger than it is.... Sometimes I park close to the door (especially when it's wet), and sometimes I don't mind to park in a empty part of the lot. At work, I tend to park in the shade.