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"Here in my car", said 80s pop hero Gary Numan, "I feel safest of all". He obviously never shared the same stretch of road as me, then. Automotive tales of mirth and woe, please.
( , Thu 22 Apr 2010, 12:34)
"Here in my car", said 80s pop hero Gary Numan, "I feel safest of all". He obviously never shared the same stretch of road as me, then. Automotive tales of mirth and woe, please.
( , Thu 22 Apr 2010, 12:34)
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Easily confused local.
When I had just passed my driving test I inherited my Mum's old Skoda Favourit. I know they weren't the car you grew wanting to have as your first set of wheels but I loved it, cheap to run and it got me where I wanted to go.
After about 6 months of driving one day the front runners on the drivers seat snapped so I just took out the drivers seat and replaced it with the passenger seat. This left the car looking a little strange as it had only one front seat and you could walk from where the passenger seat had been into the back of the car. A Stretch style Skoda if you will.
One day I had left some shopping in the car in a rather dodgy part of town while I went for some lunch. When I returned to the car a little later I saw a man of the knuckle dragging persuasion looking into the car. Thinking he was about to liberate me from my shopping I engaged jog made and had skirmish mode on standby.
Then the strangest thing happened.
Me: "Y'alright mate"
Mkdp: "This your car mate?"
Me: "Yup"
Mkdp "There's something not quite right about it but I can't quite work out what it is"
Nothing unusual I do things like that sometimes. Stare intently at something knowing it's not quite right but not being able to work out what it is that isn't quite right.
I decide in my wisdom to have a little fun.
"BASTARDS, some shit has nicked my front seat" says I turning to look at the bloke thinking he'll just laugh and at my lame attempt at humour.
But he doesn't.
Mkdp: "Aye the kids are reet little shits round 'ere"
I made my excuse got into my car and began to drive away leaving Mkdp muttering about the little shits that lived round there.
I got to the other side of the carp ark before I had to pull over and wipe the tears of laughter away.
Length and other measurements can be found here.
new.skoda-auto.com/COM/model/olders/models/Pages/Favorit.aspx
( , Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:31, Reply)
When I had just passed my driving test I inherited my Mum's old Skoda Favourit. I know they weren't the car you grew wanting to have as your first set of wheels but I loved it, cheap to run and it got me where I wanted to go.
After about 6 months of driving one day the front runners on the drivers seat snapped so I just took out the drivers seat and replaced it with the passenger seat. This left the car looking a little strange as it had only one front seat and you could walk from where the passenger seat had been into the back of the car. A Stretch style Skoda if you will.
One day I had left some shopping in the car in a rather dodgy part of town while I went for some lunch. When I returned to the car a little later I saw a man of the knuckle dragging persuasion looking into the car. Thinking he was about to liberate me from my shopping I engaged jog made and had skirmish mode on standby.
Then the strangest thing happened.
Me: "Y'alright mate"
Mkdp: "This your car mate?"
Me: "Yup"
Mkdp "There's something not quite right about it but I can't quite work out what it is"
Nothing unusual I do things like that sometimes. Stare intently at something knowing it's not quite right but not being able to work out what it is that isn't quite right.
I decide in my wisdom to have a little fun.
"BASTARDS, some shit has nicked my front seat" says I turning to look at the bloke thinking he'll just laugh and at my lame attempt at humour.
But he doesn't.
Mkdp: "Aye the kids are reet little shits round 'ere"
I made my excuse got into my car and began to drive away leaving Mkdp muttering about the little shits that lived round there.
I got to the other side of the carp ark before I had to pull over and wipe the tears of laughter away.
Length and other measurements can be found here.
new.skoda-auto.com/COM/model/olders/models/Pages/Favorit.aspx
( , Thu 22 Apr 2010, 16:31, Reply)
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