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RE: OT:Wankers in BMWs (was anyone got this GPS unit?)


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  • Subject: RE: OT:Wankers in BMWs (was anyone got this GPS unit?)
  • From: "Timothy Morris" <timothy.morris@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 01:08:04 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 24 October 2002 23:31
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] OT:Wankers in BMWs (was anyone got this GPS
unit?)
>
> >
> >No probs, I think most BMW drivers are tossers too (actually most
people
>
> (phew!)... got away with that one... ;-)
>
> I'm steadily compiling enough material for a book or a TV program
devoted
> purely to the subject of the driving and roadcraft habits of BMW
> drivers...
> I plan to format it as a kind of spoof version of the highway code
book...
>
> e.g:
>
> "Q: What is the procedure when approaching two lanes of merging
traffic?"
>
> "A: - 1: slow down and attempt to merge in turn"
>
> "A: - 2: floor it at full speed past both queues and push in right at
the
> front"
>
>
> "Q: What is the purpose of the minimum braking distance between
vehicles
> travelling at speed?"
>
> "A: - 1: to promote safety by avoiding collisions in the event of the
> sudden
> braking of the vehicle in front"
>
> "A: - 2: These gaps are provided for the benefit of BMW's to ensure
that
> they can freely swerve across all three lanes of a carriageway to take
up
> their preferred position (in the overtaking lane)"
>
> No prozes for guessing the answers... ;-)
>
Actually, I'm afraid I would probably answer 2 to both of those, thus
reinforcing the stereotype ;)

I went for a drive in London for the first time in years last night, and
I thoroughly enjoyed "making progress". The thing that really annoyed me
was the fact that virtually every traffic light set off the 24Ghz band
on the radar detector so I had to turn it off.

Tim



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