View Full Version : Just thought you might like to meet my car ...
Chris
14-05-2002, 10:39 PM
http://gallery.peugeot-gti.net/data/501upper_car-med.jpg
lane4
15-05-2002, 12:14 AM
If it gets nicked in the next few days, you can blame that blatant post increaser!
Unfortunately you can see the side with the huge dents in it tho! :p
Steve
15-05-2002, 08:02 AM
Just thought you might like to meet my car ...
...you thought wrong :p
but here's my car (or one like it anyway...this one's quite a bit cleaner...:o ) just in case you were right :D
http://www.showroom@fiat.co.uk/merismus/Gallery/c2228a.jpg
And yes, this just happens to increase my posts!:)
swimusa
15-05-2002, 03:27 PM
They still make Peugeots? They stopped selling those here in like 1988, after miserable sales. I'd show you my car, but it is dirty at the moment. Here's a question that has always peaked my curiosity....Why do the British and Aussies drive on the left side of the road while everyone rides on the right? And do you trains and subways run on the left? And what happens when you go through the Chunnel, and cross over to France, how do the trains get on the righthand side of the road?
Julia
15-05-2002, 04:44 PM
[QUOTE]Originally posted by swimusa
[B]They still make Peugeots?
Yes, and have just purchased a brand new 406 diesel estate. My salon is not big enough to carry 3 resus annies, woggles and 20 kick boards. I'll give you a run for your money with your 206 Chris, next time your are on the M27. :copper:
swimusa
15-05-2002, 08:11 PM
Cute....how well do they drive? I have only been behind the wheel of a Volvo and a BMW.
lane4
15-05-2002, 09:04 PM
Originally posted by swimusa
how do the trains get on the righthand side of the road?
In Europe, trains use railway tracks not roads!
:D
Chris
15-05-2002, 09:12 PM
Originally posted by lane4
If it gets nicked in the next few days, you can blame that blatant post increaser!
Still feeling inferior lane4 because I've more posts than you .... :rolleyes:
swimusa
15-05-2002, 09:36 PM
Thank you lane 4. We do have railways over here too. My question, smarta$$ is do the trains run on the left side or the right, and what happens when you cross over to France through the Chunnel.
lane4
15-05-2002, 11:43 PM
While we're at it, I thought as may as well let you see my car and me in it:
http://www.pebblenet.com/conceptcarz/images/Porsche/001002a.jpg
lane4
15-05-2002, 11:49 PM
And here my girlfriend gives my car a wash after I got back from collecting the Sunday morning papers:
http://store3.yimg.com/I/autoswalk_1682_88246494
lane4
16-05-2002, 12:00 AM
Originally posted by swimusa
Why do the British and Aussies drive on the left side of the road while everyone rides on the right? And do you trains and subways run on the left?
About a quarter of the world drives on the left, and the countries that do are mostly old British colonies. Japan also drive on the left. This strange quirk perplexes the rest of the world; however, there is a perfectly good reason.
Up to the late 1700's, everybody travelled on the left side of the road because it's the sensible option for feudal, violent societies of mostly right-handed people.
Jousting knights with their lances under their right arm naturally passed on each other's right, and if you passed a stranger on the road you walked on the left to ensure that your protective sword arm was between yourself and him.
Revolutionary France, however, overturned this practice as part of its sweeping social rethink. A change was carried out all over continental Europe by Napoleon.The reason it changed under Napoleon was because he was left handed his armies had to march on the right so he could keep his sword arm between him and any opponent.
From then on, any part of the world which was at some time part of the British Empire was thus left hand and any part colonised by the French was right hand.
In America, the French colonised the southern states (Louisiana for instance) and the Canadian east coast (Quebec). The Dutch colonised New York (or New Amsterdam). The Spanish and Portugese colonised the southern Americas. So The British were a minority in shaping the 'traffic'.
The drive-on-the-right policy was adopted by the USA, which was anxious to cast off all remaining links with its British colonial past.
Today, the EC would like Britain to fall into line with the rest of Europe, but this is no longer possible. It would cost billions of pounds to change everything round.
COUNTRIES THAT DRIVE ON THE LEFT:
Anguilla
Antigua & Barbuda
Australia
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Barbados
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bophuthatswana
Botswana
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
US Virgin Islands Cayman Islands
Channel Islands
Ciskei
Cyprus
Dominica
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Grenada
Guyana
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Ireland Isle of Man
Jamaica
Japan
Kenya
Lesotho
Macau
Malawi
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritius
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique Pakistan Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Seychelles
Singapore
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Sri Lanka
St Kitts & Nevis
St. Helena
St. Lucia
Surinam
Swaziland Tanzania
Thailand
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda
United Kingdom
Venda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
St. Vincent & Grenadines
Namibia
Nepal
New Zealand
lane4
16-05-2002, 12:01 AM
Originally posted by Chris
Still feeling inferior lane4 because I've more posts than you ....
It appears you do not have more posts than me so no. :p
swimusa
16-05-2002, 02:12 AM
Ha ha ha, nice pictures, too bad they don't match :p
Steve
16-05-2002, 07:26 AM
Originally posted by lane4
While we're at it, I thought as may as well let you see my car and me in it:
Where were you driving it, certainly wasn't any part of Scotland, the sun's shining...:p
Also nice foreign number plate, and I like the way that (as swimusa points out) it can metamorphose into a VW Bora when parked up to fool any would be Porshce thieves :D That security system must cost a fortune!
Steve
16-05-2002, 07:39 AM
Originally posted by lane4
It appears you do not have more posts than me so no. :p
Well I've gopt more post than you so nah na na na na! :devil:
(or at least I have now but won't by the time lane 4 has posted his customary 3 reposnses...:rolleyes: )
lane4
16-05-2002, 09:33 AM
I've told you before I'm not in this for the post rankings.
Julia
16-05-2002, 10:32 AM
Dreaming again Lane4 ?:angel:
mammamedley
16-05-2002, 05:49 PM
Re: my birthday and following quote from lane4
Yeah yeah yeah, Happy Birthday mate but can we stop these pointless post increasers and get back to the swimming?
pointless posts!!!
Hey you lane 4! 'pot calling kettle black' springs to mind.
lane4
16-05-2002, 10:04 PM
Which of my posts exactly are you referring to as pointless?
Sounds like someone does not understand "off topic"! This section is not about swimming necessarily. It is where you get to know fellow members of the site. Lane 4 can post what he likes here, saving him posting non-swimming topics elsewhere. So can you! :D
James S
16-05-2002, 11:54 PM
Getting back to the subject at hand. Thought I'd show off my car to you all. Look closely and you see me, the kids and some dame in the background. She didn't catch the ball as I recall. Her nose never was quite the same after :devil: http://www.brochures.fsnet.co.uk/robin.jpg
Michael
17-05-2002, 01:30 PM
Here's mine!
http://www.astonmartin.co.uk/media_gallery/vanquish/car3_800.jpg
Chris
17-05-2002, 01:41 PM
Originally posted by Michael
Here's mine!
[Insert picture of Aston Martin here]
Yeh, you wish :joker:
swimusa
17-05-2002, 03:07 PM
Here's mine. There is nothing like driving a BMW
Michael
17-05-2002, 06:12 PM
Originally posted by Chris
Yeh, you wish :joker:
That's right I do, but can you blame me?? :rolleyes:
http://pictures.autotrader.co.uk/ATD_web/servlet/media?id=12141409
swimusa
17-05-2002, 06:15 PM
:joker: what type of car is that?
Michael
17-05-2002, 06:28 PM
Originally posted by swimusa
:joker: what type of car is that?
Ford Fiesta!
swimusa
18-05-2002, 04:05 PM
is that your party car?
(fiesta = party)
This was the first thread I ever remember reading on these forums btw....another piece of useless info.
Here is the car that I want to get next year but I won't....
I can see you driving it Matt if it was Yellow with Red trim and it was a cabriolet.:D
nsswimmer
11-05-2003, 12:32 AM
i want the mercedes clk-gtr:
http://www.advancedracing.com/gifs/clk-gtr.jpg
or the ferrari enzo:
http://www.fast-autos.net/ferrari/enzo.jpg
or the ford mustang: [hehe i've wanted this car since i was 7!]
http://www.belanger.com/fordauto/mustang/2002-mustang.JPG
or FINALLY.. this car.. it is absolutely gorgeous. it's a mercedes-benz slk-class convertible :D
http://i.xanga.com/dan/SLK320_main2.jpg
just one problem.. i cant drive. hehe
Originally posted by nsswimmer
i want the mercedes clk-gtr:
or the ferrari enzo:or the ford mustang: [hehe i've wanted this car since i was 7!]
or FINALLY.. this car.. it is absolutely gorgeous. it's a mercedes-benz slk-class convertible :D
just one problem.. i cant drive. hehe
Be realistic ppl!!!!!!! :p Well those cars could be a realistic sight for you guys and I wouldn't even know.......gr8
super_fish88
11-05-2003, 10:54 AM
My friend's gran has an electric blue Audi TT! She's the flashiest granny ever!
swimmer
11-05-2003, 11:10 AM
i want the new ford ka convertible- it's like WOW! the fittest 'non luxury' car EVER!
Originally posted by super_fish88
My friend's gran has an electric blue Audi TT! She's the flashiest granny ever!
Why can't my gran have that car.......maybe she could give it to me?
Originally posted by swimmer
the fittest 'non luxury' car EVER!
I don't think I 'd ever use that word in that context :p
Originally posted by Pete
I can see you driving it Matt if it was Yellow with Red trim and it was a cabriolet.:D
Why? No I think I'll stick with black or silver but I think having seats that were lime green/black or yellow/black would look pretty sound. :)
nsswimmer
11-05-2003, 01:44 PM
Originally posted by matt
Be realistic ppl!!!!!!! :p Well those cars could be a realistic sight for you guys and I wouldn't even know.......gr8
hahahahahahaha um yea, totally not realistic for me :D when the time comes for me to get a car, i'll be ecstatic with any crate that wont fall apart while im on the road ;D
swimmer
11-05-2003, 03:24 PM
quote matt "I don't think I 'd ever use that word in that context "
suit ya self!
otter cub
12-05-2003, 08:46 PM
Am i being really dense or are some of the pictures that people have posted just not appearing on anyone else's screen. Even when you click on the little box and select 'Show Picture', it may just be may computer of course, its getting old and going downhill fast!
nsswimmer
13-05-2003, 08:22 AM
try refreshing!
Timekeeper Taff
13-05-2003, 10:26 AM
I would be glad of just any car right now. My 18 year old put mine into a ditch at 1.00 am Sunday morning! Gone to be repaired but in the meantime no wheels. Getting daughter to training is fun... no buses, no-one else from my village, 16 miles to the pool each way.
Bootie
13-05-2003, 12:58 PM
I have just bought this king of the road, god help anyone that gets in my way!
Bootie
13-05-2003, 01:01 PM
Hmm, that didn't quite go to plan!
michael harvey
13-05-2003, 02:22 PM
You say that didn't go to plan, when I sent my photo for another thread everyone in the office received it as well.
I had to get our IT people to come and remove it .
HAHAHA.....Are you training at Elizabeth college later bootie?
Bootie
13-05-2003, 04:05 PM
Unfortunately not Matt, one more training session would not go down well with Jenny! :mad: If you see what I mean.
nsswimmer
14-05-2003, 09:34 AM
timekeepertaff, how DOES your daughter manage to get to practice each day??
Timekeeper Taff
14-05-2003, 11:53 AM
I've been relying on others within the squad who travel from even further away and pass within a mile or so to pick her up. So far so good, but no car for about 2 weeks will cost me lots of boxes of chocs to say thank you in return.
ktcute
14-05-2003, 01:18 PM
This would be a picture of me with my car :)
GettingFaster
14-05-2003, 04:12 PM
This would be a picture of me in mine.
GettingFaster
14-05-2003, 04:14 PM
Have another go...
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