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From: Raymond Keattch on 20 Jun 2008 04:31 On 20/06/2008 07:20:12, The Real Doctor wrote: > On 19 Jun, 23:45, "Raymond Keattch" <ray.keat...(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >> On 19/06/2008 22:44:58, The Real Doctor wrote: >> >> > On 19 Jun, 19:55, damduck-...(a)yahoo.co.uk wrote: >> >> >> I think he will knit it a pullover next. >> >> > A sleeveless one, of course, since it's a Rover 75. And a set of >> > string-backed wheel trims. >> >> Another Jeremy Clarkson following ignorant twit surfaces. Have you got a >> turbo that goes 'psss' when you change gear? > > Jeremy ... who? > > Round here Rover 75s seem to be the exclusive preserve of elderly > gentlemen who drive everywhere at 45mph ... and polish them a lot ... I am not surprised, as even car magazines say the ride quality matches a Rolls. However, I have added a tuning box to my car that gives it good acceleration thast I use to good effect. The stereotype image was started by the likes of Clarkson, who do roadtests while smoking pipes :-) -- MrBitsy Rover 75 CDTi
From: Raymond Keattch on 20 Jun 2008 04:34 On 20/06/2008 07:49:26, "Brimstone" wrote: > Raymond Keattch wrote: >> but I like cleaning my car and wanted to try a >> different product, and as It was my money and choice, I did so. >> > So are you suggesting that the activity of cleaning and polishing your car > is the objective, i.e. your preferred pasttime or hobby, rather than > merely having a very shiney car? (An analogy would be someone who enjoys > driving whilst not being too bothered about the destination.) Both. I like detailing the car because of the finish I can achieve. No different to cutting a lawn daily, feeding it with chemicals to achieve a deep green stripey effect. One can stand back and admire the work done - even though an occasional cut will keep it short, albeit not as green. -- MrBitsy Rover 75 CDTi
From: Mike P on 20 Jun 2008 04:45 "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message news:1iisj8x.3leza617x1hfeN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk... > Mike P <privacy(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> I also got a bollocking for overtaking an unmarked >> police car on an NSL road in a 2CV. > > Why? Has overtaking become an offence in the eyes of the law? Well I was speeding... Mike P
From: Mike P on 20 Jun 2008 04:51 "Raymond Keattch" <ray.keattch(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message news:sVJ6k.102868$M63.28427(a)newsfe13.ams2... > On 20/06/2008 07:20:12, The Real Doctor wrote: >> On 19 Jun, 23:45, "Raymond Keattch" <ray.keat...(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >>> On 19/06/2008 22:44:58, The Real Doctor wrote: >>> >>> > On 19 Jun, 19:55, damduck-...(a)yahoo.co.uk wrote: >>> >>> >> I think he will knit it a pullover next. >>> >>> > A sleeveless one, of course, since it's a Rover 75. And a set of >>> > string-backed wheel trims. >>> >>> Another Jeremy Clarkson following ignorant twit surfaces. Have you got a >>> turbo that goes 'psss' when you change gear? >> >> Jeremy ... who? >> >> Round here Rover 75s seem to be the exclusive preserve of elderly >> gentlemen who drive everywhere at 45mph ... and polish them a lot ... > > I am not surprised, as even car magazines say the ride quality matches a > Rolls. However, I have added a tuning box to my car that gives it good > acceleration thast I use to good effect. The stereotype image was started > by > the likes of Clarkson, who do roadtests while smoking pipes :-) > No, it wasn't started by Clarkson. Rovers have been driven by elderly gentlemen, slowly, everywhere for as long as Rover has exsisted!!Of all the Rovers I went in in my school years, every single one was owned by grandparents of friends. Mike P
From: Steve Firth on 20 Jun 2008 05:12
The Real Doctor <ubergeekian(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > On 19 Jun, 16:35, "Raymond Keattch" <ray.keat...(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > > On 19/06/2008 16:10:16, The Real Doctor wrote: > > > > > On 19 Jun, 14:18, "Raymond Keattch" <ray.keat...(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > > > > >> Correct, the car didn't need doing, but I'm on annual leave and I enjoy > > >> cleaning the car. I didn't realise castles were so cheap. > > > > > If it didn;t need doing, how can you tell that this latest snake-oil > > > is having any effect? > > > > Because I looked at the finish and noticed it had more gloss and depth? > > Hmm. That sounds suspiciously like "golden ears" audiophiles who claim > to hear huge differences whenever they listen to expensive equipment. Why not combine the two? In another group someone highlighted the website of a HiFi snake oil salesman. He also sells his "Special Wax" for which he charges (wait for it) <drum roll> �250 for 5ml of wax. Yes, that's right �250 for 5ml, a teaspoonfull of wax. |