It's not fully equipped for all girls though - there are a number of modifications still required before being suitable for Pologirls use ;)
(hides under desk)
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something like the exterior air-bags, aka martian lander? :-)
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The 'custom' panels with arty stripes of bare metal down the middle, maybe.
[more ducks than a pond]
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It needs a built in distress beacon. Where the washer bottle is side by side with the petrol cap you can bet the washer will be filled with petrol, and the tank with water, how ever difficult that may be.
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It has a distress beacon - if petrol goes in the wash bottle then when the driver washes the windscreen petrol goes everywhere. All you then need is a smoker in the vicinity, and you have a bright orange light that can be seen for miles....
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billy - you joke not. SWMBO's Clio HAS little lights round the vanity mirrors (but not the r-v one). She mocks my car because it hasn't.
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What about the bonnet that is in one piece and can only be removed by a volvo mechanic? Like a major step on from covering the engine in plastic covers to discourage customers from tinkering or DIY attempts...
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Ponytails?! Didn\'t they die with shoulder pads and scrunchies?
Storage is good... but this extract is my personal favourite:
\"The mechanics would then contact the women directly to invite them over.\"
Does he fix the car afterwards? Could I chip it so that it contacted Richard Hammond and invited him over, instead of the mechanic? ;-)
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"scrunchies", n, pl, skr-un-cheese, 1. One of those weird things that only women know what it is or what it is for.
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Steady or you will get something insulting about Porsches back! Whoever saw a girl driving one of those (and whoever saw a man with a Porsche servicing it himself...).
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Pedant n, sing. pay-tent-lee
Don\'t stop, oi loikes it oi does.
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Whoever saw a girl driving one of those (and whoever saw a man with a Porsche servicing it himself...).
Seen several of both, actually. Ner ner.
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That's really quite utterly totally amazing. Or did you mean you've seen several of each? The latter would be rather less remarkable.
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Ponytails?! Didn't they die with shoulder pads and scrunchies?
Hmmm, I like the headrest idea -- I want! A pony tail isn't my usual style, but having long hair, I do sometimes tie it back for a variety of reasons. And when its tied back, most headrests are really uncomfortable.
I wouldn't bother changing the cushions to match my outfit, but I really do like the idea of being able change the color scheme of the interior when I get bored with it, or when the cushions get tatty. Long overdue -- funereal black car interiors are one of my pet hates,
The easy way of filling the washer reservoir is brilliant -- only yesterday I went to do that to a friend's car before we went on a trip, and I had to dig out the owners manual to find the bonnet release.
And why-oh-why-oh-why has no other car manufacturer offered somewhere to store a handbag, other than scrunched under the seat?
I reckon that lots of the design ideas in this car will be quickly snapped up by other makers, and become standard.
The one trick I think Volvo missed was the billy25's idea of lights around the vanity mirror. Trying to touch up your makeup using only the dim glow of the little light in the car's ceiling is not one of life's easier exercises. Billy, please go get a job with Volvo :)
PS PoloGirl, I was never a shoulderpad wearer!
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"lights around the vanity mirror"
Also on passenger side on my wife's Xantia - presumably you ladies would also like it on the driver's side?????!!
I'm going to hide now.
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>>presumably you ladies would also like it on the driver's >>side?????!!
But naturally, Phil - how else are we supposed to cope with the boredom when waiting at traffic lights? A small holder on the steering wheel for keeping bottles of nail polish held steady would be a welcome addition for me, as well as all the above.
HF
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And an audible warning for up-coming speed bumps? - they play havoc with my mascara application!!
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Phil if there's somthing you'd like to share with us...? ;)
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Phil if there's somthing you'd like to share with us...? ;)
hmm, maybe these gadgets could be combined with a gender detector to alert the boys if they find themselves absent-mindedly applying mascara ....
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LOL, if they need a gender detector then maybe we of the stronger sex should be running scared anyway...
I think maybe this thread is all about them secretly hankering after such a car, only not being courageous enough to admit it. (successfully returning to topic).
Last post for tonight Mods, promise. :)
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I think maybe this thread is all about them secretly hankering after such a car, only not being courageous enough to admit it. (successfully returning to topic).
In principle, I don't mind them wanting one of these cars ... but if it's going to provoke them into filching my mascara, I think we'd better start lobbying now for a ban!
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On principle, no bloke would touch a car that you couldn?t open the bonnet on (that means the baby Merc is a girls cars) so your mascara is safe, no new laws required.
Steering wheels can?t have nail varnish bottle holders cos you?d get high as a kite from the fumes and you driving is bad enough already. Usefully the car could do with a man detector, and then it could save him the bother and automatically issue handy driving hints and tips, like when to pull out and when not to apply the brakes (they are such a drag, PhilW would agree?)
As for hand bags, manufacturers used to provide a handy pull out knob for them but lately they provided autochokes instead. (Now I?m running for cover)?
I?m worried, my Almera has both vanity mirrors with lights around them. Doh!.
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On principle, no bloke would touch a car that you couldn?t open the bonnet on (that means the baby Merc is a girls cars) so your mascara is safe, no new laws required.
phew! Tho I'm still worried about Philw ;-)
Steering wheels can?t have nail varnish bottle holders cos you?d get high as a kite from the fumes and you driving is bad enough already.
Our driving bad enough? The insurance companies' actuaries would tell you a very difft story about the safety of womens driving! (hint: ask them how much less you would pay for your insuarnce if you was a woman)
Usefully the car could do with a man detector, and then it could save him the bother and automatically issue handy driving hints and tips, like when to pull out and when not to apply the brakes (they are such a drag, PhilW would agree?)
The man detector could also provide some guidance on other technical issues, such as it not being necessary to keep the accelerator pedal pressed right to the floor, and that the number on the speedo should be less than the speed limit.
The phase II man-detector could also issue an audible reminder to the driver preparing an overaking maneuver that his manhood is safe if doesn't overtake and just follows at a safe distance.
As for hand bags, manufacturers used to provide a handy pull out knob for them but lately they provided autochokes instead.
And they call that progress?
(Now I?m running for cover)?
Very wise ;-)
I?m worried, my Almera has both vanity mirrors with lights around them. Doh!.
Uhoh. Maybe my mascara isn't safe from you after all! ;-)
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Blimey, make a little joke about mascara and everyone is worried - well don't be, after all, my wife's Xantia has the legendary Citroen suspension so putting mascara on while going over speed bumps is no problem!
Secondly, my car is a Berlingo which has a very high drag factor! (about the same as a very large brick!!)
Please note reference to wife!!
Please note reference to mascara and me was very tongue in cheek!!
Phil (short for Philip, not Philomena or Philippa!!)
PS Where DO you put your handbag??!!
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Sory Phil, couldn't resist teasing you about the mascara! But now you got me worried abt the Berlingo -- I'll never be able to look at one driven by a bloke without thinking of the drag factor ;-)
PS Where DO you put your handbag??!!
Under the seat, if there is space ... otherwise in the passenger footwell. Sorry to disappoint! {grin}
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>>a very high drag factor
That's precisely what we were worried about, Phil.
>>I'll never be able to look at one driven by a bloke without thinking of the drag factor ;-)
I'm not at all sure I'll be able to look at one driven by a 'woman' without thinking of Phil's drag factor. ;)))
Handbag goes on the box thing that the handbrake comes out of, ever since I was warned about keeping it on the passenger seat. It invariably ends up on the floor in the back accompanied by muddy football boots though. Where do you keep yours, Phil?
HF ;)))
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"Where do you keep yours, Phil? "
There's no answer to that without attracting the attention of the moderators!
Over and out!
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I would imagine we have already attracted enough moderator attention here anyway!
I guess they've been good to let us have our say here, but like you I think over and out time is good now. Been a fun thread though. Perhaps myself and NW will try and outwit you on another one sometime...
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I have been tempted to put this in the "silly thread", but reading back, the whole thread has been pretty daft.
I think I'll just make it "Read Only" as any pretence at this being a serious topic of discussion went out the window after the first few replies.
No Dosh
mailto:Alan_moderator@honestjohn.co.uk
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