Can you please make your suggestions for topics for future Back Room Polls either here in this thread, or email them to me at mailto:dave_moderator@honestjohn.co.uk?subject=Poll_Suggestions.
I'll choose the best ones for use.
Cheers, DD.
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Hello
Question 1
When did you last check your windscreen wipers ?
1. About 5 minutes ago i check them all the time
2. When they fall apart
3. Never
4. What is a windscreen wiper
Question 2
Would you use blue or any other road legal headlamp bulbs ?
1. No they are expensive
2. Are they allowed
3. There is nothing special about them
4. Are those the ones that blind you
Question 3
Do you prefer a Tape player with a cd changer or a Tape player or cd player on theire own ?
1. Tape player and cd changer
2. Tape player
3. Single cd player
4. I do not listen to the car radio much
Hope you like them DD
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(iam not a mechanic)
Martin Winters
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How often do you have your car serviced (including oil changes)?
1. As per the handbook indication.
2. More frequently than indicated by the handbook
3. when it breaks or doesn't run right.
How often do you wash your car ?
1. Every week
2. Every time its sunny
3. I use a car wash
4. Never
5. When somebody complains
When do you change your car ?
1. When I get bored with the current one.
2. Every time I can afford to.
3. Always at a particular age (e.g. every time the car is 3 years old)
4. When the existing one breaks.
How often do you break a 30mph speed limit by more than 7mph
1. Never
2. Rarely
3. Frequently
4. a speed what ??
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Since the law changed last December, have you EVER used a mobile phone illegally whilst driving?
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er how about:-
should city/town dwelling people who cannot demonstrate a "need" to own a large 4x4 be allowed to "own/use" one within city/town boundaries?
:::scuttles away :::::
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"Fog lights are for which of the following situations:
- when its a bit misty
- when its really really raining
- when the visibility is less than 100m
- when I've just washed the car and want everyone to look at me"
A question re the motorway speed limit would be an interesting one next to Mark's 30 limit suggestion. How about:
"In the last 7 days, have you exceeded the motorway speed limit:
- no
- yes but not above 80
- yes by more than 80
- don't really look at the dial, to be honest"
Also:
"Have you been stopped by the police in the last month?
- yes
- no
- oh that's what the tailgater with the blue light wanted
- perhaps I ought to mend that rear view mirror"
and
"For which of the following reasons would you own a caravan:
- I don't like the view from my lounge window and want to block it
- I can't afford a proper holiday
- I want a holiday where I am free to do as I wish
- I hate other motorists and want to annoy them as much as possible"
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Here's one that I doubt the mods would allow, but anyway...
Have you ever engaged in a sex act while driving, or took part in one with the driver?
This suggestion does not imply any personal experience by the poster.
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Here's one that I doubt the mods would allow, but anyway... Have you ever engaged in a sex act while driving, or took part in one with the driver? This suggestion does not imply any personal experience by the poster.
No problems here. It will be a yes/no response with no elaboration possible.
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"Which of the following words best describes the new BMW designs?
- Dynamic
- Striking
- Contrived
- Bland
- nightmarish"
"Drivers of cars with over 500 watts of stereo equipment should
- be given their own radio station
- have their cars impounded
- have their licenses removed
- be lobotomised
- be crushed inside their cars"
"The outside lane on a motorway is for:
- me!
- going fast
- overtaking
- reducing life expectancy"
"Indicator lights are to be used:
- as decoration
- to signal the start of a maneouvre
- to confuse other road users
- what indicator lights?
- I drive a BMW"
"Speed limits are:
- a necessary rule to regulate traffic
- a useful guide to safe driving
- a minimum speed to be achieved
- a tyrnannical erosion of my freedom"
"The MG Rover company is:
- on the verge of a great revival
- facing huge challenges
- sinking fast
- a dead parrot"
"A Nissan Micra is:
- a toy fit only for girls
- just about better than catching a bus
- a reliable and practical small car
- the cutest and sweetest car you could buy"
"I drive a 4X4 in the city because:
- I want to
- it's great for potholes and speed bumps
- I live in Chelsea
- it's big and heavy and I feel safe
- I'm an idiot (© Ken)"
"Do you think that speed limits on residential streets should be set at:
- 10mph
- 20mph
- 30mph
- 40mph
- unlimited"
"The best-handling car is:
- a Porsche
- a BMW
- a 1980s rear-engined Skoda
- a company car"
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"A Tyrannical Erosion Of My Freedom"
I love it....because it's true!!!
;-)
Adam
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NW - lovely. Thank you.
DD - PLEASE! At least some of NoWheels' suggestions!
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>>Have you ever engaged in a sex act while driving, or took part in one with the driver?
>>This suggestion does not imply any personal experience by the poster.
Just wondering how we can answer this without any personal experience? ;)
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No if you haven't, yes if you have.
Annonimity gauranteed. Allegedly.
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Since the law changed last December, have you EVER used a mobile phone illegally whilst driving?
...and to make the results of this week's poll even more interesting, how about a second follow-up poll:
"Did you use a phone in a way that would now be illegal, during the six months prior to the introduction of the new laws on the use of phones while driving?"
I'll try to think of an original one or two now!
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Agreed. I bet there are very few people who had a handsfree set fitted as a result of the change in law.
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Dave - does the question mean:
Did you use one in a manner that was prohibited by the new law
or
Did you use one at all, legally or illegally?
If the latter then I need to change my vote!
Agreed. I bet there are very few people who had a handsfree set fitted as a result of the change in law.
I didn't. I'd already reached the conclusion that it was too dangerous, and bought one of those little ones wot dangle off yur ear innit.
So it wasn't "as a result of" the change in law...
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Patently,
The former. Did you use one in a manner that was prohibited by the new law?
I was going to put an extra selection in, that being "what new mobile phone law?" as it's obvious from some of the people who you see on the roads that they don't know of any such law.
Anyway, enough of that, before I have to moderate myself and move this in one of the mobile phone threads ;o)
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Nice one Mark.best yet.I reckon it should be questionaire.Replies may be strange though?.but think possibly a reliable source to find out those that dont look after thier motors.
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Was mech1
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When you buy a car do you
1. buy new
2. buy second hand private
3. go to auction
4. take a family handdown
When buying car
do you
1 pay cash
2 pay cheque / draft
3 pay credit card
4 arrange loan with dealer.
do you use:
1 petrol
2 petrol/lpg
3 diesel
4 alternative diesel (biodiesel)
5 other alternative eg electrich hybrid
6 bicycle
to go short distance (assume dry weather) do you
1. drive car
2 bicycle
3 moped/motorcycle
4 walk
5 run
6 use the phone and get it delivered.
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was kev_is_here
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Do you find roundabouts to be the biggest hazard when trying to pour milk on your cornflakes?
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Are reliability surveys:
Accurate
to be taken with a pinch of salt
not worth the paper they're printed on
only good if they brown-nose German cars
reliant on good sample sizes
reliant on good sample sizes - oh, unless they brown-nose German cars, in which case they're fab, regardless.
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>>me!
;0)
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>>me! ;0)
but you don't drive a BMW! ;-)
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You two have lost me this time. As usual.....
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No, you've lost us - at 99mph in your lane...
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No, you've lost us - at 99mph in your lane...
Poor patently. Any more of this teasing and he'll be trading in his propellor for a Nissan badge just to vaoid the social stigma!
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Any more of this teasing and he'll be trading in his propellor for a Nissan badge just to vaoid the social stigma!
Hmmm. To buy 2 BMWs in succession AND THEN a Porsche you have to be a bit thick skinned in that respect.....
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To buy 2 BMWs in succession AND THEN a Porsche you have to be a bit thick skinned in that respect.....
Patently, for a moment I was abit taken aback by how fully you hand entered into the spirit of a backrrom friday afternoon ... but then I re-read and saw the word "skinned" ;-)
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Yes, my posts are so much better when you read them in full.
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Have you ever driven a car skinned, NW?
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Have you ever driven a car skinned, NW?
yes, mapmaker, all the cars I've driven have been skinned with a thin layer of sheet metal. Very thin and rather rusty in some cases, but skinned nonetheless
;-)
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Poor you. Never had a convertible. Life just isn't worth living unless you've got a multi thousand pound convertible...
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Life just isn't worth living unless you've got a multi thousand pound convertible...
That's so patently obvious that it even I should have realised it! ;-)
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This isn't going to be here when I return to work on Monday (and Mark/DD/ND gets home from work tonight...)...
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>> Life just isn't worth living unless you've got a multi thousand pound convertible... That's so patently obvious that it even I should have realised it! ;-)
Ah.... some sense from the two of you at last.
Actually the 911 is with me today in view of the weather. If you'll both excuse me than its time to go and frighten some innocents between here and home.
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Actually the 911 is with me today in view of the weather. If you'll both excuse me than its time to go and frighten some innocents between here and home.
but, but, but ... you left home without your licence to the outside lane!
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LOL
You naughty bear!
JaB
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Just for diesel owners (who make up 50% of poll respondents at 12:40 today, , on the statistically significant population of 2....)
would you use biodiesel if it was easily avaiable -
no/yes/yes but only if cheaper ?
you have to get out of the car sometime
so visit www.mikes-walks.co.uk
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Dave - any chance please of a link from the 'sticky' thread through to the poll?
And does 'other' include going by Red Ken's Green Bus - fuel cell powered? And what about cycling?
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The first poll?
What fuel do you use?
A bit of a damp squib of a question ain't it?
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The first poll? What fuel do you use? A bit of a damp squib of a question ain't it?
Petrol has always been the main fuel people used. However since the introduction of cleaner diesel, high performance diesel engines and the rising cost of petrol making diesel more attractive, I wanted to see if the Diesel / Petrol divide has narrowed at all.
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It'd be a quite interesting one to re-visit every 6 months maybe, see how it changes.
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>> A bit of a damp squib of a question ain't it?
ok fair point..
ps, added my vote.
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I feel cheated. I had to vote petrol.
I drive a petrol car, but I love diesel cars, and will be swapping Polo for one as soon as somebody gives me a job!
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Dave - any chance please of a link from the 'sticky' thread through to the poll?
I was just about to, but I see it's already been done.
And does 'other' include going by Red Ken's Green Bus - fuel cell powered? And what about cycling?
"Other" is any fuel that I didn't mention. eg, If your main form of travel is by lawnmower running on moonshine....
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Should anyone in a position of power/authority (especially politicians) be allowed to set transport policies if they do not drive or hold a driving licence?
Simple answer options of Yes or No.
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Should all speed cameras be removed for a trial period of 6 months to see what effect they realy have on motoring accident rates?
Answers Yes or No again.
What should the speed limit be on our motorways:
Leave at 70
Raise to 90
Raise to 100
Raise to over 100mph
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How much would it take to push you from moaning about fuel prices, speed cameras, traffic calming measures and suchlike to taking direct action by sabotage or civil disobedience?
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Have you ever left the scene of a road accident, however minor, caused by or invlving yourself, and if so, have you later reported the incident?
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How much does your car cost you to insure per year?
£0 I dont bother with insurance
£1-300
£301-600
£601-900
£901-1200
£1201+
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Please keep your suggestions coming.
I will still be using some of the above suggestions, but please try and keep your future suggestions to simple yes/no type answers. The Poll software will stretch to several answers to a question, but anymore than four tends to upset it.
TIA, DD.
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Q: Should congestion charging be introduced nationwide?
1: Yes, the roads should be priced to keep the poor off them.
2: No, there are plenty of other ways of dealing with congestion without reserving the roads for the rich.
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Q: When refuelling, do you:
1. Stop when a certain cash value is reached
2. Not stop until your tank is full.
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How about:
"Who thinks that the mobile phone law has been a complete waste of time?"
I certainly do - it infuriates me to see the number of (particularly) van and lorry drivers weaving all over the road blatantly holding a moibile phone in one hand.
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When you refill your fuel tank, do you generally-
Brim it?
Stop at the first click?
Only put a certain ammount in?
Stop at the nearest pound or 50p after the first click?
An Other?
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My French Car :
- Is wonderfully reliable
- Has occasional problems but is basically OK
- Is least reliable car I have ever owned
- Is an unroadworthy piece of junk
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