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Marc Brett
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On Fri, 25 May 2007 08:23:28 +0100, Peter Clinch
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Rob Morley wrote:
>
>> Surely that's because their tyres are three inches wide and they don't
>> do more than 45mph?
>
>I am reminded of a glorious newspaper ad Citroen once did for the 2CV,
>where they pointed out it had as many wheels as a Rolls Royce, more room
>than a Porsche ("we don't need a silly plastic luggage rack on the back
>of /our/ car!") and faster than a Ferrari: "at it's top speed of 72 mph
>it can easily overtake a Ferrari doing 60 in the slow lane".
My company's H&S dept mandated that we all take supplemental driving
courses, since ijuries from car accidents have a big impact on business.
One of our lorry drivers came back with a huge grin on his face and
declared that he was faster than a Porsche -- he had just been taught to
coast slowly up to roundabouts and anticipate the gaps in the traffic.
The silly Porsche driver, of course, raced up to every roundabout and
braked to a halt while the artic cruised serenely by, so winning the
"race".
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Rob Morley wrote:
>
>> Surely that's because their tyres are three inches wide and they don't
>> do more than 45mph?
>
>I am reminded of a glorious newspaper ad Citroen once did for the 2CV,
>where they pointed out it had as many wheels as a Rolls Royce, more room
>than a Porsche ("we don't need a silly plastic luggage rack on the back
>of /our/ car!") and faster than a Ferrari: "at it's top speed of 72 mph
>it can easily overtake a Ferrari doing 60 in the slow lane".
My company's H&S dept mandated that we all take supplemental driving
courses, since ijuries from car accidents have a big impact on business.
One of our lorry drivers came back with a huge grin on his face and
declared that he was faster than a Porsche -- he had just been taught to
coast slowly up to roundabouts and anticipate the gaps in the traffic.
The silly Porsche driver, of course, raced up to every roundabout and
braked to a halt while the artic cruised serenely by, so winning the
"race".