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

["BUTLER, Tony, FM" <roaming@xxxxxxx>]

No, coz in fact they all drive series 3 anyway - so they are doubly
damned
:-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: UKHA [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 25 October 2002 07:50
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] OT:Wankers in BMWs (was anyone got this 
> GPS unit?)
> 
> 
> 
> I'm sure Quinten will back me up here... but I've found that 
> I can replace BMW with Dutch and it still works... I wonder 
> if the Dutch are frustrated BMW drivers???? :P
> 
> Have you considered Volvo S80 or XC90?
> 
> Andy
> 
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> On 24/10/02 at 23:30 Paul Gordon wrote:
> 
> >>
> >>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... ;-)
> >
> >
> >>who don't know me probably think I'm a tosser, but I can live
with
> >>that). The VX220 came out really well against the Ferrari 
> 360 on one of
> >>the motoring programs last week, but one thing I will pass
> on for free,
> >>is some advice that I was given by a friend of mine in the
trade.
> >>
> >
> >and it starts from only a tad over 21K... :-)
> >
> >
> >>A few years ago it became very difficult to sell (mid-range)
cars
> >>without aircon. The same is becoming true of mid-range cars
without
> >>sat-nav. Give it a couple of years and I think it will 
> become standard
> >>
> >
> >I would have to agree,  - I don't think the 220 is a 
> realistic proposition 
> >this time round, - just there to add a bit of fantasy I 
> suppose, - but at 
> >the end of the day, SWMBO likes her creature comforts too much,
and
> >probably 
> >wouldn't get on with a "proper" sports car... I also
would 
> not contemplate 
> >buying a car without aircon ever again, so that point is also
true.
> >Sat-nav 
> >is such a wonderful invention that I'd have to agree with 
> you on that one
> >as 
> >well...
> >
> >
> >Paul G.
> >
> >
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