Who's a good little car?

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Mon 20 Feb 2006 15:44
Who's a good little car? - mss1tw
uk.news.yahoo.com/20022006/325/half-britons-chat-m...l
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Mon 20 Feb 2006 15:48
Who's a good little car? - NowWheels
"Drivers in the southwest worry most about their car's feelings, with 36 percent admitting concern compared with just 15 percent in the Midlands."

That's worrying, that is. Do you think this a consequence of excessive scrumpy consumption?
Name-change time: NoWheels + Almera = NowWheels
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Mon 20 Feb 2006 15:49
Who's a good little car? - Lud
I never praise my car for doing what I make it do, except to third parties. It is only doing its duty and one doesn't want it to get complacent.

However I do apologise to it when I make a bad gearchange or something of the sort. Don't want it feeling resentful.

Real Skodas (non-VAG) have a wicked Czech sense of humour. You don't have to laugh every time because they quite enjoy it when you feel slight distress. They are not cruel or sadistic, however.
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Mon 20 Feb 2006 16:09
Who's a good little car? - helicopter
Hang on a minute - Cars having feelings? Words fail me.

Have you been sniffing the embalming fluid Lud?
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Mon 20 Feb 2006 16:16
Who's a good little car? - Lud
Embalming fluid? I may be no spring chicken but I'm not dead yet.

Tell me helicopter: have you ever conceived of a car having 'character'? Or seen one looking a bit tired and down in the mouth?
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Mon 20 Feb 2006 16:52
Who's a good little car? - BazzaBear {P}
I don't do this type of thing regularly, but I do admit to having named all my cars. And when my Coupe brought me to the door of my sisters house in Austria after a 1000-mile+, 120mph+ (in the legal bits) journey with not a hiccup, she did get a pat on the dashboard and a "That'll do"
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Mon 20 Feb 2006 16:58
Who's a good little car? - mss1tw
brought me to the door of my sisters house in Austria
after a 1000-mile+, 120mph+ (in the legal bits) journey


I would love to a journey like that...
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Mon 20 Feb 2006 21:09
Who's a good little car? - BazzaBear {P}
>> brought me to the door of my sisters house in
Austria
>> after a 1000-mile+, 120mph+ (in the legal bits) journey
I would love to a journey like that...

I would recommend it to anyone who enjoys driving. Roads on the continent are (in general) so much less crowded than here, and if you know where to look there are a huge number of cheap hotels. We got a booklet from Accor hotels which lists all of their branches, and they have them in almost every major town.
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Mon 20 Feb 2006 19:38
Who's a good little car? - cub leader
think my mum has named most of vehicles only my xantia and my dads 2 week old saab have so far escaped. I do occasionally talk to my car gives me someone to do my commentary on my driving to.
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