Posts by andrew llewellyn
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a great big trench being driven through one of the oldest and formerly most interesting neighbourhoods of the city
Tom, it's not cars that drive great big trenches through interesting parts of cities...
It's urban planners & local politicians!
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A Mustang is probably the coolest yank car ever. You might be a bit shocked how weak it seems now, though.
I bet - and I'd be torn between wanting an old one or a new one. But I'm not really a car person (or anything with a motor actually). I think a classic mustang might require a mechanic on the payroll, and the new one a lotto win.
When I hit 50mph on the M4 life got very interesting.
Which reminds me - I have had precisely one speeding ticket in my life (the Mazda Presso, circa 1999) because that was the first car I owned which was capable of speeding.
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I hope you're not bitter on my Euro car rag.
Not at all! Most of my life I've never even owned a car. First one I bought was a Fiat 500 because I had designs on the vendor's sister (lucked out, and the car was rarely roadworthy). The next car was one I inherited from an inlaw - Hillman Hunter that had been garaged for 10 years (all the rubber had perished it turned out).
The Presso came after that, at a time when I actually needed a car. Since then there's been a Honda CRV & now the VW.
The VW is a lovely car, but somewhat bigger that I prefer (although more economical than you'd think), but it sold itself to my wife by virtue of half it's size & weight being made up of airbags (we travel SH1 a lot & safety was a major consideration) and its heated seats. (It is most definitely designed for cold climates).
So... I'm not likely to get bitter about a slight to any car. I walk to & from work & rarely use it except for weekends.
Although unlimited funds might see me embrace Ford Mustang ownership.
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And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'
<cough> I have waited most of my life for the chance to quote an eagle's song on the interewebby thing. In NZ Music month. My work here is done.</cough>
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Andrew llewellyn, hey it's no worse than the Holden painted as an Australian flag I saw cruising weakly past me last time I was in Sydney.
hey Ben, I'm not passing judgement - I LOVE that site. Just demonstrating to Hadyn that I know what he means..
BTW - most fun car I ever owned was a Mazda Eunos Presso. Which must surely count as a boy racer car.
the sunroof leaked, but that little v6 aluminium motor was the sweetest & most reliable engine I have ever enountered.
now I have the over priced, over powered euro car you mention.
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you know the crappy lowered Honda Civics with big exhausts
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Turned out if there'd been an accident on it the Council/event organiser would have been liable for prosecution.
Which is probably one reason Bob Clarkson doesn't throw open the gates to his speedway.
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Of course it is. But if the mayor says braying, then braying it is
Of course, it's all in the context - mayors bray, ferocious predators bay.
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this is a society not braying for blood
Not that it matters I suppose, haven't looked it up, but isn't it baying for blood? (Or the full moon, whichever is more convenient at the time).
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Glaswegian? Why did I imagine your forebears would be German?