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Posted by friday, 06:46, 29th August 2003:
 

Poll:

  • I like to wind up serious people
  • I need an outlet to express my sarcasm
  • I have a habit of swearing at people I don't know
  • I'm really argumentative
  • I enjoy all my own jokes which I think are great
  • it's a cool place to hang out
  • the discussions are of a random nature
  • I have nothing else to do
  • all of the above
  • other - please specify below
this could be interesting? good morning everyone!
Posted by cal, 07:47, 29th August 2003:
 
(friday) morning (friday)
Posted by friday, 07:53, 29th August 2003:
 
morning cal
Posted by Grim..., 08:52, 29th August 2003:
 
[OTHER]
Because I'm bored.
Posted by beargod, 09:08, 29th August 2003:
 
I voted all of the above here and at home so can see it here and at home
Posted by Grim..., 09:15, 29th August 2003:
 
However in two weeks I'll be lying under one of these with a spanner, so I'll not be bored then =D

Posted by friday, 09:19, 29th August 2003:
 
why, grim? what will you be doing under there with a spanner? (apart from the obvious)
Posted by Victor Menendez, 09:25, 29th August 2003:
 
where is the apathy vote.
Posted by chandler, 09:27, 29th August 2003:
 
"I'll be lying under one of these with a spanner"

so there will be two Spanners under that "trendy" car then ;)
Posted by Grim..., 09:31, 29th August 2003:
 
It's not a 'trendy' car, it's a car in for servicing / modification by Mitsubishi Ralli-Art.

And I'll be mending/servicing/customising it.

Party on, party on, party on!
Party on, party on, party oooo-on!
Party on, party on, party on!
Party on, par-ty on!
Posted by beargod, 09:36, 29th August 2003:
 
Its a bit low isn't it? You say you are a big lad and that car has a very low body, do they pick it up and drop it on you?
Posted by chandler, 09:41, 29th August 2003:
 
so do people go to tracks to zoom round in them?
Posted by plindoe, 10:23, 29th August 2003:
 
Grim get me a job there please!

Dont know very much about car shit, but I do like them!!!
Posted by Grim..., 10:32, 29th August 2003:
 
BG: They have big car-lifts.
Chay: Yes, people (like Tommi Makenan) zoom round tracks in them.
Plin: Um, you need to know some stuff about cars. Could you (for example) fit a new set of brakes?
Posted by chandler, 10:33, 29th August 2003:
 
aha i see, i dont mind that, it's probably fun to do/watch. i thought it was mods for cars for people to race up and down A roads in, which i hate. but fair enough :)
Posted by beargod, 10:39, 29th August 2003:
 
So they lift up the cars over a main walk way, where you have to walk around with a spanner and they drop the car onto you?
Posted by Grim..., 11:54, 29th August 2003:
 
BG: Um...
Chay: They do some private sector work, but not much.
And I race up and down A roads - don't hate me =[
(I may have to pull out the psycho photo)
Posted by chandler, 12:00, 29th August 2003:
 
"And I race up and down A roads - don't hate me =["

too late
Posted by Grim..., 12:03, 29th August 2003:
 
Hang on, didn't you pull out in front of someone a year or so back?


Or was that Sul?
Posted by Grim..., 12:05, 29th August 2003:
 
Aha!

"Jury, you will will disregard Mr Chandlers comments."


Ner-ner =]
Posted by chandler, 12:15, 29th August 2003:
 
i pulled out of a bad junction, with cars parked on double yellow lines both side and was hit yes. yes it was my fault, i wasnt speeding out of the junction i was creeping out from a carpark so what's it got to do with racing up and down A roads.

You dont get given extra speed priveledges just for being a better/more experienced driver than me. :)

It's not that i care if they kill themselves, but its the fact they could kill other people.

Plus the fact that getting extra "phat" exhausts and spoilers and stuff fitted to your car must rank pretty high on the tiny cock compensation scale (i think its about a 9.8)

But then you are probably let off cos you get paid money to fit them to other peoples cars. so you are taking money from muppets, and that is to be applauded

:P teehee
Posted by chandler, 12:22, 29th August 2003:
 
aghhh sorry for arguing :(
enjoy your new job grim... :)
Posted by chandler, 12:26, 29th August 2003:
 
www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_814250.htm...

hooray another idiot off the road!
Posted by beargod, 12:32, 29th August 2003:
 
Like I said Townie

Chay learn to compress things down to one word
Posted by chandler, 12:37, 29th August 2003:
 
OK
Posted by Grim..., 13:41, 29th August 2003:
 
135mph?
Pfft.
Light-weight.

Posted by beargod, 14:13, 29th August 2003:
 
Yeah no matter how many times I see that I still think you bodged it so its really just sitting there and the needle is stuck there
Posted by chandler, 14:20, 29th August 2003:
 
whoooo what a cool dude you are.
Posted by chandler, 14:22, 29th August 2003:
 
Do you keep a spatula in the boot in case one day you have to scrape someone off the bonnet?
Posted by Grim..., 14:23, 29th August 2003:
 
BG: Possible, but unlikely - getting into the dashboard of a car is difficult and timeconsuming (unless you smash the plastic), and faking a speed from the other end is even harder, because the speedo runs from the gearbox.

Chandler: No - do you have a crowbar for digging cars out of your wings?

=]
Posted by Grim..., 14:24, 29th August 2003:
 
I smell an edit =P
Posted by Grim..., 14:26, 29th August 2003:
 
Que mental images of Chandler with a massive pair of eagle wings, with cars and trucks in his feathers...
Posted by beargod, 14:31, 29th August 2003:
 
I know Its difficult to get to Grim... thats why I beleive you
Posted by chandler, 14:32, 29th August 2003:
 
135mph?
Pfft.
Wanker

Posted by Grim..., 14:36, 29th August 2003:
 
=]
That's bloody good!

What is that, 18mph?
Bad ass!
=P
Posted by Grim..., 14:37, 29th August 2003:
 
The speedo needle needs to be made longer, and the end is a bit bent, but otherwist that's spot on =]
Posted by chandler, 14:37, 29th August 2003:
 
18 and a half
(downhill :D)
Posted by chandler, 14:38, 29th August 2003:
 
i just rotated the speedo needle from the other picture, but i had to cut it out and my hand isnt too steady :D
Posted by Grim..., 14:38, 29th August 2003:
 
Could you give me some more petrol too, and take the milage down a bit?
Posted by chandler, 14:42, 29th August 2003:
 
:D ive adjusted the needle, its still a bit wobley!
Posted by chandler, 14:56, 29th August 2003:
 
there you are sir, a full tank of gas and only 105 miles on the clock (though that worked less well) :)

it's my last day at work and im not doing any
Posted by Grim..., 14:58, 29th August 2003:
 
Yay!
Look at my brand new car =]

I wish had
a) A better image editor than MS Paint, and
b) Could use it well if I did.
Posted by Grim..., 14:58, 29th August 2003:
 
Love the way the car has only done 105 miles, but the trip counter says it's done 255 =]
Posted by chandler, 14:59, 29th August 2003:
 
c) a graphics tablet

once you've used one you would never want a mouse again :)
Posted by chandler, 15:00, 29th August 2003:
 
i was going to change the trip counter but i lost interest :D
heehee
Posted by beargod, 15:02, 29th August 2003:
 

chandler, 14:59 29 August 2003 :
c) a graphics tablet

once you've used one you would never want a mouse again :)


Apart from games eh? chay :)
Posted by chandler, 15:04, 29th August 2003:
 
ok you'd never want one for 2D graphics again.
(cos you need a mouse for 3D stuff)
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 15:31, 29th August 2003:
 
Is that speedo a true speedo Grim, the one that says 100+?
Posted by beargod, 15:37, 29th August 2003:
 
yes it is foggy, its over 150 mph
Posted by Grim..., 15:37, 29th August 2003:
 
Yeah - it was a very nice car trying very hard indeed.
It reads at about 160mph - speedo accuracy at that speed might not be any good, so the actual speed is anything from about 144 - 176mph, although I've no reason to suspect is should be that innacurate.

Driving that fast isn't especially dangerous, especially if you are not on a road, but reaching over to the glove compartment to get your digicam to take a photo was perhaps a bit looney =]
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn, 15:39, 29th August 2003:
 
And on what road/track did you do this speed?
Posted by beargod, 15:53, 29th August 2003:
 
the superhighway
Posted by friday, 15:54, 29th August 2003:
 
blimey, boys and their toys! you lot have managed to talk about cars all day!

*smiles*
Posted by beargod, 16:16, 29th August 2003:
 
Yeah chay loves cars he finds there is nothing better to do then tinker with his car, I mean he has a super duper car *snigger*
Posted by cal, 16:26, 29th August 2003:
 
that must be matt driving a car - no fuel. this is the norm for him
Posted by Grim..., 16:52, 29th August 2003:
 
Foghorn Leghorn, 15:39 29 August 2003 :
And on what road/track did you do this speed?


The M6.
Posted by Grim..., 16:53, 29th August 2003:
 
Cal: Less Fuel = Better Fuel Economy =]
Posted by beargod, 16:53, 29th August 2003:
 
How did you get that fast on the M6 without getting in a jam?
Posted by Grim..., 16:56, 29th August 2003:
 
It's the M6 sprint on the way to Lancaster - just past the last Manchester turn (J30, I think) the M6 opens up into 4 lanes and there are never any cars around. It's straight as you like and you can pick up Rock FM at 96.9FM on the stereo =]

I loved the M6 sprint, but I'm never going to do it again =[
Posted by beargod, 16:57, 29th August 2003:
 
Oh ok then, townie
Posted by Grim..., 17:06, 29th August 2003:
 
Do you drive, BG?

Have you ever driven a car at over 70mph?
Posted by beargod, 17:11, 29th August 2003:
 
I might have only to get round slow traffic though
Posted by chandler, 17:13, 29th August 2003:
 
160mph? thats over twice the speed limit and several dozen mph beyond stupid.
Posted by Grim..., 17:15, 29th August 2003:
 
Ah but BG goes too fast also so I label him a townie using his own complicated prejudices.
Posted by Grim..., 17:16, 29th August 2003:
 
Chay: 160(ish), not 150ish... And it may be several dozen mph beyond stupid but it's also seceral dozen mph beyond 'Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee' =]
Posted by Grim..., 17:17, 29th August 2003:
 
Bah. Chay 'totally changed time'

$£&^%&%^^$*&%^
Posted by chandler, 17:19, 29th August 2003:
 
grim. according to the stopping distance chart 160mph stopping distance is 1440 feet (yeah i know cars have good brakes nowadays but still)

thats a third of a mile to stop.
Posted by beargod, 17:23, 29th August 2003:
 
Yes Grim.. I got to about 80 MPH once, It was a cold dark day...

And its not just going over the speed limit its also the god damn speed
Posted by Grim..., 17:24, 29th August 2003:
 
Yes, I'd imagine a Ford Anglia (which is what distances are based on) would struggle to stop at 160mph.
I'd imagine the actual distance to be closer to 600 feet than 1440 (I may have to test this now)...
Posted by Grim..., 17:24, 29th August 2003:
 
Where's the cut-off point, BG?

When is too fast 'too fast'?
Posted by chandler, 17:30, 29th August 2003:
 
when its 160 fucking miles an hour!
Posted by chandler, 17:30, 29th August 2003:
 
if it was possible to do that normally i could manage Milton Keynes to Otely, West Yorkshire in an hour!
Posted by Grim..., 17:31, 29th August 2003:
 
Fair enough, but if going too fast makes someone a 'townie', I want to know how fast it is so I can spot my fellow townies on the motorway and race with them =]
Posted by Grim..., 17:32, 29th August 2003:
 
Neat.
I got from my house (in Bedford) to my Girlfriends house (in Lancaster) that day in two hours and five minutes.
I was desperate to do it in two hours or less but I couldn't.

=[
Posted by Grim..., 17:39, 29th August 2003:
 
If anyone wants to purchase the 160mph car mentioned, it's currently on sale for £1000.

It's black, needs more paint, and has all this under the bonnet.



Purchase!
Purchase!

It has good brakes, too =]
Posted by arsepuppy, 20:04, 29th August 2003:
 
OOH OOH CARS!

LIKE WOW!!

I hate cars :p
Posted by tommorris, 19:37, 30th August 2003:
 
I post here because... I can.
Posted by 100% kitten, 22:15, 31st August 2003:
 
random / amusing
Posted by friday, 06:28, 1st September 2003:
 
1. Whose Ford Anglia can go 160mph?
a) Vivian - Adrian Edmundson
b) Ronald Weasley

2.Do a high percentage of people who associate themselves with Ford Anglia's have red hair?

mm, I wonder...
Posted by reitsma, 07:02, 1st September 2003:
 
hmmm..... i doubt you would have many potential purchasers after us hearing how you've flogged that car.

:o)
Posted by Grim..., 08:52, 1st September 2003:
 
Nah, it'll never die, I swear.

Buy it, buy it...
Posted by Doctor Lucid, 18:04, 2nd September 2003:
 
Yes, indeed. You'll have to change the adverts though.

One Careful Owner

Oh, no! Oh, alas!

One bloody stupid careless owner.