My neighbours have two cars which are kept taxed and insured - his car and hers. Nothing remarkable about that.
The odd thing is, they always go out together in one car, without fail, meaning that there is always one of the cars in their driveway, for days or weeks before they decide to swap.
Wouldn't it make more sense to have one rather more upmarket car, or have I missed something?
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ho wold are they?
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Cripes - hope none of the neighbours are monitoring our vehicle use. Back home last night, well dressed took the Landie out to a local resteraunt (car park well known for bumps and scrapes). Took the dogs (well two Springers) in the back of the MINI today. And the Beemer will be hidden tonight as the man from the double glazing is coming round and I need a bargain ! What do the neighbours think is going on ?
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Perhaps it's to do with age, this strange behaviour.
My next door neighbour has had a old beaten up, suffix Y plate, Fiesta van for years for his job as a plasterer, you can imagine the condition the bodywork is in after all those years on various sites. He also ran a Maestro car as his 'smart' transport for weekends away and long journeys, etc and never used the van for anything but work.
Eighteen months ago he semi-retired, now does a few small jobs on about two days a week, and decided to buy himself a new car as a retirement present to himself.
He and his wife now go everywhere in the van! His reasoning is that he won't take it shopping, it might get dinged in the car park; he won't take it to the airport, thieves target new cars; he won't take it on long journeys, he doesn't want to put too many miles on it because that will reduce the value, but he intends this car to last him to the grave! You can imagine the sight when they go out dressed up to the nines as they step out of the front door walk by the shiny Rover 75 and get in the van. At Xmas he actually told me that he's now clocked up 2500 miles in the Rover but does over 10k p.a. in the van, he looked at me very strangely as I struggled to not choke with laughter on the Scotch we were sharing.
There's nowt so queer as folk...., as they say.
Cockle
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My neighbour often says to me 'if you mind your own business i'll mind mine'
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Perhaps it's to do with age, this strange behaviour.
Cockle, have you given any thought to the fact that it is a Rover he has bought and the poor ol fella is probably scared to go too far in it in case it breaks!!!
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Scotch ? Hope you got plastered !
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Crazy - just like the cars I used to see where the owner had left the plastic wrapping over the seats - no doubt to keep the interior in good condition!
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For a minute there, I was thinking "Good grief - so frostbite is my neighbour. Wonder which one he is?" Then I checked the location of backroomers and discovered it wasn't so.
Actually, the description doesn't quite match us - but the answer in our case is that we like to have two, just in case something goes wrong with one. Belt and braces and all that!
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