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Dull-starting thread got even duller.
Let's talk about transport, not seen that done on here before.

What do you drive/ride and why is is awesome/shite?

If you are a user of public transport with no wheels of your own, is this through choice or necessity and how do you make it bearable?


Alt: What should the Government be doing to aid your form of transport and or hinder others?
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:35, 134 replies, latest was 14 years ago)
MONTY
Don't think I didn't notice that split lip, you monstrous twat.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:35, Reply)
You ride Monty?
Does Lusty know about this?
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:42, Reply)
She walked into a door.
Shortly after burning my dinner.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:49, Reply)
I know this is a lie - you're lucky if you get dinner at all.
Coming out for ribs, or sulking and crying instead? I need to book the table.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:50, Reply)
Yes I'm in.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:51, Reply)
Marvellous

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:52, Reply)
Ford Festiva.
Love it to pieces. okay, yeah sure it's a bit slow going up a bit of a hill, but it's small and gets me from A to B.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:45, Reply)
Those are rebadged as Kias over here.
Interesting.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:46, Reply)
The 2011 one though is just a Ford Fiesta.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:47, Reply)
I am the only person interested by this.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:48, Reply)
Clearly.
My car is a 1995. It's sturdy and all metal and has in fact saved my life due to being of sturdier construction than these new fangled lightweight cars. And yeah okay, it doesn't have power steering, but I like it.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:49, Reply)
well, no, cos newfangled lightweight cars are much heavier
what with all the safety stuff and crumple zones that makes them better in crashes. Not that I'm not happy your car protected you, of course.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:51, Reply)
yeah yeah. *sniffs*
Feeling the love.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:53, Reply)
No it isn't. At all.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:49, Reply)
They have personality
which counts for a lot. and you're only little yourself, so a small car suits.

*realises he mis-read "Festiva" as "Fiesta", with draws comment about personality.*
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:47, Reply)
They do not have fucking 'personality'.
They are cars.


*belms for Britain*
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:50, Reply)
Complex machinery often has a personality

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:54, Reply)
Monty doesn't have any mechanical sympathy at all
you're wasting your breath.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:58, Reply)
I know, but it's fun to watch him get agitated.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:06, Reply)
No it doesn't.
Are you from the Middle Ages?
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:01, Reply)
The 1970s actually
although I have been accused of being from the 80s
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:07, Reply)
Fuck me.
Less replies than the average lunch thread.

*wishes me sig would take enough characters to add "More boring than Lighty*
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:46, Reply)
*assumes definition of boring involving putting things in holes*
*beams*
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:39, Reply)
Mondeo innit, and a bicycle.
and you called the last thread dull? lucky you have a sidekick to save the day.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:48, Reply)
Well I thought there was potential in a car/bike thread
I mean fuck it people can go on a bout football for long enough. Guess I was wrong.

Mondeos are, as I understand a good, if dull, choice. What kind of bicycle, so I may mock your choice?
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:50, Reply)
You were so, so wrong.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:54, Reply)
I don't know, it's chugging along now.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:55, Reply)
Carrera Kraken
seriously if there was ever timr for an abort thread button it's now.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:56, Reply)
Another Chelsea Tractor of the bike world
I am saddened.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:58, Reply)
you are a tit who kisses boys

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:01, Reply)
I cannot argue with either of these assertions.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:07, Reply)
GO!
BY SHANKS'S PONY!
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:49, Reply)
Saab 9-3 Vector Sport
Which is dull but practical and has lots of lovely leather and toys. Sold my '72 MGB roadster last year to buy a small piece of platinum with a diamond in it.

custom-specced 1997 Kona Explosif, which is well old skool innit but still better than 99.9% of the mountain bikes you can buy today. And lighter.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:49, Reply)
So which 'sporting' enterprises do you engage with ?
Rallying perhaps
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:51, Reply)
I'm a scratch uphill gardener.
Oh, I see, about the car.

Don't blame me, that's what Saab call it.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:59, Reply)
Everything is 'Sporting' even 1.2 Fiats
I'm not sure why people fall for it
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:06, Reply)
It's just a name Rory old boy, not need to get your undercrackers in a twizzle.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:08, Reply)
What's sporting about an asthmatic 80bhp diesel, eh ?
Fucking cunts
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:36, Reply)
I don't fall for it.
Sport means it has leather and bluetooth a couple of other things as standard so that's why I got it.

Strictly it's the "vector sport anniversary" since it's got satnav and the 10 speaker sound thingy. I didn't think by buying that it would remember the day I bought it every year, either. If that helps?
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:09, Reply)
NO IT FUCKING DOESN@T
Everything is badged sport, it's pathetic.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:35, Reply)
*Googles Kona Explosif*
Hmmm... well as long as you take it off road, otherwise you are doing the equivalent of taking a Chelsea tractor on the school run.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:53, Reply)
I used to race XC and DH dual slalom.
"back in the day"

That was the insurance replacement for my sponsored* bike which was nicked after a race in '97. It had a load of custom stuff on that wasn't available to buy at the time, which rather confused the insurance company somewhat.

*by "sponsored" I mean "stuff I blagged for nowt in return for riding with their logos" rather than suggesting I was actually any fucking good, here.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:58, Reply)
*grudgingly accepts this*

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:59, Reply)
plus, road bikes are for monumental benders
and I will maintain this right up to the point I give in and buy one since they are a shit sight faster on my commute.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:01, Reply)
I agreed, rode bikes are for lycra-clad ponces, like Al.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:08, Reply)
I always found being on the tube at Finsbury Park was a good advertisement for never using the tube
Fuck that y'all I'm like Tim Westwood with some 21 inch rims
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:49, Reply)
21 inch rims?
what the fuck have you got those on, a Hummer?
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:52, Reply)
Merc innit?

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:53, Reply)
Yer, plus they're 20's come to think of it.
It never goes 'sporting' ever, and off road is the Tesco car park.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:54, Reply)
Value Doughnutting

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:54, Reply)
A Raleigh Burner.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:53, Reply)
Gay bike.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:55, Reply)
It was no Grifter.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:56, Reply)
I nearly had a Grifter as a kid.
true story.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:00, Reply)
I sometimes have to change there and it has stupid spiralling long stairs.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:52, Reply)
Last time I was there I had a large schizophrenic black man calling everyone a 'motherfucker' in the carriage choose me as his seating buddy :((

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:55, Reply)
Was it Wesley Willis, RIP?

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:56, Reply)
ITWASHISTWIN!!
Just fatter, smellier, and with no talent
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:59, Reply)
It's a fucking dump,
full of Turkish heroin importers and prostitutes.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:56, Reply)
I get the Metro to work most days as this allows me to read a book and listen to music
I drive a BMW 318 which is fairly good to drive. I do miss my RX-8 though, that was fucking great!

Alt:
More Metros please - too fucking busy on a morning
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:52, Reply)

was fucking great had an engine made of witchcraft and used oil faster than petrol.

I miss my S2000. Lovely car. And my MG, and my Alfa 156. The rest I could take or leave.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:53, Reply)
It did run on spells, yes
Oil consumption was fine though
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:54, Reply)
Brand new Mazda 3 Takuya
It is the business. Just got it last week. Sports kit, bluetooth, heated front seats, dual climate control, alloy pedals (early birthday prezzie from the GF) and illuminated scuff plates (cool as fuck).

*smugs*

*awaits massive flaming for smugness*
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:52, Reply)
Don't hold your breath.
You're more likely to get a flaming for being mind-meltingly tedious.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:53, Reply)
I appreciate that you city types have no reason for cars
and would rather hose the money on suffient quantities of MDs to make your pied-a-terre look like an explosion in a Shake-And-Vac factory for the afternoon but us provincial types need to get around a bit, you see.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:57, Reply)
I get lifts.
Never learnt to drive. Don't give a toss.

*Gallic shrug*
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:52, Reply)
Living in the middle on London you dont have to drive
In fact, driving in London is fucking terrible
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:53, Reply)
You don't have to drive living in the middle of most cities, do you?
I know I don't.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:54, Reply)
Quite so.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:54, Reply)
I love driving.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:56, Reply)
I love strangling kids but you don't see me starting a fucking thread about it.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:58, Reply)
You're making me blue Boyce.
:(
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:01, Reply)
Quick! Make a movie!

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:02, Reply)
More's the pity.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:02, Reply)
You are fucking rebel.
Is it punk week again?
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:56, Reply)
*checks calendar*
No - but I'm being punk anyway.

THAT'S HOW FUCKING PUNK I AM.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:58, Reply)
Never kept off the MDs long enough to learn?
/PrincePhillipBlog
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:58, Reply)
If I'm not high I'm drunk.
No car driving for me.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:02, Reply)
I have an Audi A3 T
Which is nice to drive, well put together and pretty dull aside from its straight line speed, which is pretty fun.

That is when the notoriously weak breather system isn't playing up, which it often does due to inferior materials. The oil/air mixture reacts with the rubber pipes, eventually causing splitting, which then causes power loss and rough running.

It's fixable by a home mechanic, as long as you don't mind skinning your arms and barking your knuckles by having to force both limbs plus tools through a three inch by seven inch gap.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:53, Reply)
Car fisting FTW

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:54, Reply)
My God that was a dull read.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:55, Reply)
You must be fucking loving this thread.
I haven't even got started yet. I'm going to bore you into an early grave.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:56, Reply)
God yes.
I have an erection.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:57, Reply)
Not had one driving lesson.
Public transport is okay. If I need to get a bus I borrow my brother's Oyster card, he's in sixth form so travels free. And if I get the train into town I get off at Waterloo East, there are no barriers. Then I Boris Bike it to wherever I need to be. Public transport for nishmans makes it bearable.
Oh and I implore any Londoners to get involved with the Boris Bikes. Not only are they well fun, they annoy absolutely everyone. Drivers and pedestrians hate you because you're on a bike, and other cyclists (on their own bikes) hate you because you're a casual and not proper rider.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:55, Reply)

're a casual and not proper rider can't fucking ride to save your life and get in the fucking way.

/rant
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:02, Reply)
I can ride a bike fantastically well.
But I will admit I have no idea where I'm going, you never realise how confusing the roads are in central London until you're on them. I've been shouted at so many times, it's brilliant.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:09, Reply)
I reserve the right to look down my nose at you none the less
as indeed I do at pretty much every other cyclist. I hate cyclists.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:16, Reply)
I don't drive
Even if I did, it'd make more sense for me to use public transport to get to work, only costs me a few quid a week.

Fucking hell, this is dull.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:57, Reply)
HOLY FUCK BATMAN I WANT TO PUNCH THIS THREAD IN THE FACE!

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 10:59, Reply)
Good Lord it's bad, eh?

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:01, Reply)
this from the man who has actually posted more in it than anyone else.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:03, Reply)
Every single day you bore the entire internet with your football talk
so you can shut up.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:02, Reply)
^this

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:04, Reply)
Oh do fuck off Kroney, you really do embody that name you fucking miserable old plum

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:07, Reply)
So what you're saying here is that it's ok for a topic that everybody else finds terminally dull but that you like
but not one that you find boring that other people like.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:13, Reply)
no because what you have written doesn't make sense.
what I am saying is that you are a tiresome douche who needs to chill the fuck out and stop taking the internet so seriously. I thought you were joking around but you really are a tedious tit.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:20, Reply)
It makes perfect sense, you illiterate prick. What I'm taking seriously is your shitty fucking attitude.
You constantly clog up threads with stuff that maybe four or five people find interesting. Wouldn't be so bad if you started a thread about it so other people didn't have to trawl through it every single day, but you don't.

Now a thread comes along, which you're more than capable of ignoring, and you're bitching and whinging because you don't like it.

I don't take the internet seriously, I take childish, whiny little bitches seriously.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:23, Reply)

at least you didn't bite and prove me right.RAPSKILLZ
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:25, Reply)
Woe is me, fallen to the oldest trick in the playground.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:28, Reply)
The hyprocisy in this post is giving me a BONERfide(see what I did there) hard on.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:28, Reply)
OK, in the spirit of compromise,
why don't we agree no sport or car shit ever again.

Who wants to talk about obscure 60s records?

No?
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:09, Reply)
I'd go for that quite happily
I'd add a "shut the fuck up winging and start a better thread if you don't like this one" as well, but no one would like that.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:11, Reply)

did it ten minutes ago
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:12, Reply)
Well done Bobster
How it goes well.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:13, Reply)
I'd rather talk about records too

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:13, Reply)
Cool, let's start a thread.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:17, Reply)
I love Bob Crow.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:01, Reply)
Cars eh?
I drive a car. It gets me to work and back except when there is something wrong with it. Then I get some men to charge me more money than I think is fair to do some repairs that I don't understand. It's a kind of silvery-blue colour.
I've also caught buses before, although I find waiting at bus stops intolerable so often walk instead, only to have the bus drive past me further down the road. I'm fine with this though.
For long distances it is usually back to the car again, but I have on occasion used trains. They have the added advantage of being able to drink whilst travelling.
I hope this covers the topic fully for you.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:01, Reply)
Circle of life.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:02, Reply)
Innit?

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:06, Reply)
A 1992 BMW 325 i SE.
Which is due for it's MOT. Eek!
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:02, Reply)
don't forget the leather seats and the sun roof
for added Swipe-points.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:04, Reply)
And the dog hairs, smell of dog sick and bits of metal on the floor that I pick up on my shoes from work.
And the fact I only clean it once a year.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:05, Reply)
Shhh!
You don't mention that. In the same way swipe does not mention her HOT BOYFRIEND's gayness or her 3rd nipple.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:12, Reply)
It really is MOT isn't it?

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:05, Reply)
Took me a while but I got it.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:07, Reply)
Nice cars, those.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:15, Reply)
I'll be sorry to see it go when it's knackered.

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:16, Reply)
As long as you keep an eye out for rust,
there's no real reason why those things won't go on forever.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:17, Reply)
Hooray!
It does have a shit load of miles on the clock though. And it doesn't help me forgetting to put oil in it.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:19, Reply)
Once a car gets to a certain age, miles don't really matter anymore.
As long as you maintain it properly, it'll keep going. Mileage is only really important for resale value.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:24, Reply)
go then, there are other threads than these!

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:06, Reply)
Next year I plan to buy a nice ladies bike and cycle more.
I may even use it to go to work in the summer if it stops raining long enough.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:10, Reply)
Peugeot 107.
It's small, nippy, cheap to run/tax/insure and a lot of fun to drive. Cars are a means of getting from A to B, and whilst I can appreciate the asthetics of an Aston Martin, for example, I have no desire to own one because of the expense and the likelihood of it becoming a cunt magnet.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:28, Reply)
I've got a VW T5 van
which probably comes as a surprise to you all

It's got 20" wheels and I have recently finished building a bed/seat in the back.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:32, Reply)
A bed in the back?
You know how to show a woman a good time!
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:34, Reply)
it's the size of a proper double and has a memory foam mattress
it's probably better than most people's beds.

and she was just as keen to have the van and bed as I was, if not more.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:36, Reply)
Are you going to get one of those "if the van's rockin'"
signs?
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:37, Reply)
don't be stupid

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:40, Reply)
Aw :(

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:40, Reply)
I know it'll be tough
but it's worth it in the long run
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:40, Reply)
But how are other people going to know that you're crazy partyers
with a healthy sex life?
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:41, Reply)
the t shirts

(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:43, Reply)
He's getting married soon
So all that nonsense will come to an end.
(, Wed 7 Sep 2011, 11:55, Reply)

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