Slow, not necessarily saferI often find myself driving along single carriageway roads where NSL applies. Will often come behind cars doing 45 mph, generally driven by females or more...
On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 23:00:20 +0000 (UTC), "Brimstone"
Contact PositionIan Dalziel" wrote in message So are you saying that Peter either has misunderstood or has an idiot for an observer? Peter said he thought 1.5 car lengths...
I think that might a partial reason why so many young drivers style their cars in the way they do .Old(ish) farts like myself might brand them as kevmobiles and think that some of the effects like under car lighting are stupid but a youngster must want to do something to their first pride and joy and mechanically what you can now do on the parents drive are limited. My generation was able to get the satisfaction from actually maintaining the vehicles with a few basic tools plus the odd special tool hired or borrowed if the job required it. In my case the shared house some mates and myself lived in for a while had a garage with a hoist and a pit and was less than 200 yards from a scrapyard from which serviceable components could be obtained. Naturally many other friends descended on the place as well for help with their cars. So many in fact that once those years of running old cars on a shoestring were over I was glad enough to never struggle with rusty stubborn bolts etc again. Still have never got out of the habit of only wearing short sleeved shirts though. some of those friends always seemed to turn up for help just as you got dressed for a night out. Some still ask me to look occasionaly. Its with a clear concience that I can decline to help as within a modern engine bay I would not have a clue about fiddlin with anything. G.Harman
