as some of you may know
i am now living in dubai, with a view to having mrs spimf and the spimflet out shortly

mrs spimf has asked me to get a chunky 4x4 with a good encap safety rating - we have a genuine need for one as the standard of driving here is atrocious and we have a delightful little boy we'd quite like to keep.

there is also a fair amount of sand and poor roads to negotiate too, so...

i asked mrs spimf to go to a showroom in the UK to see the same model i was buying out here

my little boy took one look at it and said:

"too big. two glossy"


he's two and a half.

!
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 17:30, 9 replies)

Do what the police do
and weld four H-beams to the vehicle, front and rear. You'll be glad you did.
(mymilkshakebringsallthemongstotheyard poison hearts, poison minds - joining hate, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 17:51, closed)

its the only place on earth
where there is no (current) armed conflict yet a Hummer still represents a sensible family car

(no i'm not buying a Hummer)

(considered it though)
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 17:56, closed)

Your lad's a Jeeper
sorry, I mean keeper!
(Stu Moo winner of five nobble piece prizes, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 21:13, closed)

Just so long
as he doesn't grow up to drive like you :P
(misskitty reeks of sex and turpentine; laudanum afternoons, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 4:43, closed)

course he will...
he'll drive the chicks wild

*rolf*
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 8:56, closed)

have you considered
A subaru legacy wagon. It has the highest safety rating for rear seat passengers. They are surprisingly tough and the permant 4wd system works really well. Unless you absolutly need size or full offroad ability have a look at one of these. In most markets they are also avalible in a rarther tasty turbo version.
(welgar, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 7:07, closed)

i know back home in scotland farmers swear by them (subaru's)
but i'm havin one of these...



big enough to be safe but not too wanky
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 8:59, closed)

Land Rovers ftw!
Unless driving an obviously British (sorta) car will get you shot over there.

Curious coincidence; on the very day of Sep 11 2001 before the Dreadful Deed was committed, a chap called at my office and handed me the keys to a brand new Landrover Discovery parked out front.

He had orders to deliver this brand new car to someone else with my surname a few doors up.

And like the bloody honest fool I am, I handed the keys back saying "I believe there has been some kind of mistake".

Muppet.
(Que?, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 8:01, closed)

probably a good move
the old disco was one of the least reliable cars eva!
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Tue 21 Oct 2008, 9:00, closed)