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to love my 4x4

360 replies

holidaysarenice · 12/06/2012 14:10

And to not have to justify it to anyone!!

Pringles please?

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JugglingWithTangentialOranges · 13/06/2012 19:18

Oh, and good luck in Italy - wish I was going somewhere warm and sunny with nice ice-cream !

Rindercella · 13/06/2012 19:20

You gotta be careful with emoticons, some may perceive the Wink as passive aggressive.

Grin
Rindercella · 13/06/2012 19:21

Whoops, fail on that message, I was trying to offer you a glass of wine!

And thanks, really looking forward to it, driving on Italian roads notwithstanding. Smile

JugglingWithTangentialOranges · 13/06/2012 19:30

< Mmm, a nice Italian red Wine, pringles, and an apricot sorbet to share
La dolce vita. It was a straight-forward Italian wink, nothing too complicated >

Mindyourownbusiness · 13/06/2012 20:11

Kenneddie Ha Ha Ha Grin

you wont be laughing next time when l shunt the little blighter onto the pavement and then park in the space

Grin Grin

KenNEddieKennedy · 13/06/2012 20:24

Hoist by your own petard, I think the saying goes, mindyour.

(Sorry, couldn't resist !)

Mindyourownbusiness · 14/06/2012 11:32

Grin Grin

True - l probably would hurt my 'Suzi' in the process and I wouldnt want that. She's already been keyed a few times by people who hate her or her owner maybe for what she is.

Oh it's nice that we can have a laugh though - no ?

Toaster24 · 14/06/2012 12:24

BarredfromhavingStella oh yeah, you're fucked if you're hit hard by a truck no matter what car you're driving.

except possibly this
www.topgear.com/uk/videos/the-marauder-part-1-series-17-episode-1

ye kannae fight the laws o'physics!

although, on reflection, a better handling car with ABS and stability control might help you to avoid the truck, I suppose. Doesn't help much if they rear-end you.

Cockwomble · 14/06/2012 12:47

I drive a ten year old yaris and have had a double mattress and passenger in it, and a washing machine and passenger too!

Cockwomble · 14/06/2012 12:49

I also have abs of steel

Mindyourownbusiness · 14/06/2012 13:02

Grin @ "I drive a ten year old yaris and have had a double mattress and passenger in it"

You werent disposing of a body were you ? Hmm

BarredfromhavingStella · 14/06/2012 14:31

Ahhhh the Marauder, could anybody drive that without looking a complete cock I wonder Hmm

ComposHat · 14/06/2012 14:45

toaster

If I click on that link will Clarkson's idiot face or that of one of crawlarse goons appear on my computer?

Toaster24 · 14/06/2012 15:08

ComposHat afraid so

here's a Clarkson-free alternative
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marauder_%28vehicle%29

Toaster24 · 14/06/2012 15:11

some other school-run alternatives:

Toaster24 · 14/06/2012 15:18

aha!
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190688714427

no road tax on that one either!

BarredfromhavingStella · 14/06/2012 15:50

Lol, I actually want to bid on it just to park it at the side of the sparkling white RR owned by the WAG wannabe that I keep seeing around our area Grin

twofingerstoGideon · 14/06/2012 16:09

Rarely has a thread attracted quite so many self-congratulatory tossers.

Toaster24 · 14/06/2012 16:27

twofingerstoGideon judgemental much?

everlong · 14/06/2012 16:28

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twofingerstoGideon · 14/06/2012 16:30

Yep. Utterly judgmental - just like every other poster, so I'm far from unique in that respect.

twofingerstoGideon · 14/06/2012 16:32

What am I doing on it? Reading it open-mouthed while marvelling at the ways people justify their choices. What are you doing on it?

Toaster24 · 14/06/2012 16:32

everlong twofingerstoGideon is keeping busy being a pompous, humourless, self-important, judgemental twat, here on this thread.

Toaster24 · 14/06/2012 16:33

(I don't actually own a 4x4, by the way).