Wednesday Night / Thursday Morning Trauma

Post by **Mike** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:54 am

Andy wrote:Unfortunately, I have a Corsa which has no coolnees whatsoever attached to it. Oh woe is me.

You have the power to change that at a swipe of a credit / debit card!

I am sure someone called Rob has a Mini for sale, its a project but it will be worth the effort. :D

mr_e · Post by **mr_e** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:37 pm

I thought Andy already had a house to be sorting out: a mini restoration might push him over the edge. What's over the edge is another question entirely, nobody ever seems to answer that one. Insanity? Fluffy bunnies to cushion your fall?

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:34 am

Mike wrote:You have the power to change that at a swipe of a credit / debit card! I am sure someone called Rob has a Mini for sale, its a project but it will be worth the effort. :D

No, I will keep my Corsa until it is literally run into the ground. I will keep it for a number of reasons
1) It is fairly cheap to run and insure
2) It has been reliable so far
3) I don't care if it gets dirty
4) I don't care if it is dirty inside, which it is believe me
5) The kids threaten other teacher's cars, they threaten mine, I laugh and say to them ''what is the point, there isn't one, it is a skip''.

The Mini project does not interest me - I love Minis but I do not think they are practical enough for the modern day. I am sure I will get loads of negative feedback that is pro-Mini but they are my views.

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:36 am

mr_e wrote:I thought Andy already had a house to be sorting out: a mini restoration might push him over the edge. What's over the edge is another question entirely, nobody ever seems to answer that one. Insanity? Fluffy bunnies to cushion your fall?

''Fluffy bunnies''? Have you been eating too many eggs again mr_e. You know they make you start typing as though you are possessed.

All eggs and no play makes mr_e a bad boy
All eggs and no play makes mr_e a bad boy
All eggs and no play makes mr_e a bad boy
All eggs and no play makes mr_e a bad boy

ProgRob · Post by **ProgRob** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:09 pm

Andy wrote:The Mini project does not interest me - I love Minis but I do not think they are practical enough for the modern day. I am sure I will get loads of negative feedback that is pro-Mini but they are my views.

Don't worry Andy, there's no love lost between me and my Mini! I will be sad to see it go though.

mr_e · Post by **mr_e** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 7:18 pm

Andy wrote:''Fluffy bunnies''? Have you been eating too many eggs again mr_e. You know they make you start typing as though you are possessed.

It's when my head starts spinning and the exorcist vomit time comes that you need to be worried. Ask Mike! That's more wine-related, however.

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 12:29 am

ProgRob wrote:Don't worry Andy, there's no love lost between me and my Mini! I will be sad to see it go though.

I would like to ''like'' my car a lot more than I do but there is no romanticism with a cheap car anymore - my corsa looks like a massive radio remote-controlled car for goodness sake! In my opinion, cars are too mass produced and look very much alike. That is a shame.

For me, a mini has a certain sense of romanticism attached to it. To get that seem attachment and feeling to a car you have to pay big money.

Whilst I'm on a rant - 4X4 drivers - get them off the road and onto the dirt track, up a field, chasing some sheep listening to Century 105fm. Those drivers really bully the smaller car and the whole point of them was to go ''off-road''

mr_e · Post by **mr_e** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:24 am

Ooooh, don't get me started on 4x4 drivers who never actually go off-road or need the extra space that they give...that's a whole thread in itself.

ProgRob · Post by **ProgRob** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:38 pm

Yeah, there's nothing more I hate than seeing one of those things with only one person in them.

Post by **Mike** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:27 am

Especially when they are on the school run

Lizzie · Post by **Lizzie** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:07 am

If they were on the school run though - wouldn't there be more than one person in them ?? Just a thought !!

Post by **Mike** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:04 pm

Not when they are going to pick up the little 'darlings'. :D

Fez · Post by **Fez** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:16 pm

i didn't know what emma at work meant when she said 'you only really learn to drive after you've passed your test', but i'm getting a better understanding of the idea each time i take the car anywhere. keeping to the speed limit is proving difficult because when i suddenly realise i'm doing forty down manchester road, everyone in front of me seems to be disappearing over the horizon. parking at asda was a bit of a nightmare too.

i was concentrating so much on avoiding getting too close to the escort on my left that i ended up parked at an angle with my door being about six inches from the trolley-shed on my right. i managed to squeeze out (being a man of course i was never going to admit fault and give it another go if i could still technically get out without resorting to climbing out of the window), but once i came back and tried to reverse out i just seemed to get even closer to the wall with every attempt! after pondering the problem for sometime i was eventually rescued by the woman parked in front of me leaving first. i'd still be there if she hadn't!

and why the hell at roundabouts does everyone behind me thing i could ever so easily fit into the two foot gap between the tractor and the forty ton lorry as they barrell around the corner? beep all you want i'm not suicidal!

Post by **Mike** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:11 pm

I think what she meant was you will get more experience when you can drive! How are you enjoying your new found freedom? I had forgotten that you picked your car up yesterday how is it?

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 9:44 am

Fez wrote:i was concentrating so much on avoiding getting too close to the escort on my left that i ended up parked at an angle with my door being about six inches from the trolley-shed on my right. i managed to squeeze out (being a man of course i was never going to admit fault and give it another go if i could still technically get out without resorting to climbing out of the window)

Good, never admit your faults. It was Asda's problem for placing the trolley car park there in the first place. The fools! Write a letter of complaint. march to your local government, do not accept these huge businesses and their trolley parks!

Fez wrote:and why the hell at roundabouts does everyone behind me thing i could ever so easily fit into the two foot gap between the tractor and the forty ton lorry as they barrell around the corner? beep all you want i'm not suicidal!

I'll give it two months and then there will be ''Fez rage'' on the surrounding streets of Leigh.