'Bents not Smart?

[Terry D]

This one isn't down to Jermy Claxon, but one of his fellow scribblers in
the Sunday Times Driving section, May 20, page 21.

In a piece entitled "Top of the Lover League" Roland White scribbled the
following;

"Is there anything less sexy than a smug Smart? These are the motoring
equivalent of the reclining bicycles that you ride lying down."

Aparently the Smart car comes seventh in a list of cars whose owners
admitted adultery in a poll conducted by somebody or other.
Unfortunately we are not told where the owners of 'Reclining Bicycles'
fitted into the list.

Terry Duckmanton

Tifosi CK7. Cycling equivalent of a Jaguar estate?

 

[Tony Raven]

Terry D wrote:
>
> Aparently the Smart car comes seventh in a list of cars whose owners
> admitted adultery in a poll conducted by somebody or other.
>

But not on the back seat it would seem ;-)

Tony

 

[Mark McN]

Reply to Terry D
> "Is there anything less sexy than a smug Smart? These are the motoring
> equivalent of the reclining bicycles that you ride lying down."
>


Ar, well, it'll be the word "smug" which evidently made him think of
recumbents |-)

--
Mark, UK.
We hope to hear him swear, we love to hear him squeak,
We like to see him biting fingers in his horny beak.

 

[Danny Colyer]

Terry D quoted:
> "Is there anything less sexy than a smug Smart? These are the motoring
> equivalent of the reclining bicycles that you ride lying down."

I'm still trying to figure out how. Is it because they're more efficient?

I found the article here:
<URL:http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-1125978,00.html>

I was mildly amused by the last paragraph:
"There’s one puzzling thing about all this. The German company that did
this survey for the magazine carried out a more general investigation
into adultery a couple of years ago. It found 59% of men admitted
cheating in the bedroom, which means that drivers are well below the
national average. This suggests there could be some very randy cyclists
out there."

> Tifosi CK7. Cycling equivalent of a Jaguar estate?

I've seen the Street Machine compared to a Bentley - not the fastest
machine out there, but what it lacks in speed it more than makes up for
in comfort

--
Danny Colyer (the UK company has been laughed out of my reply address)
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[Peter Clinch]

Danny Colyer wrote:

> I've seen the Street Machine compared to a Bentley - not the fastest
> machine out there, but what it lacks in speed it more than makes up for
> in comfort

Though it has a "GT" tag ISTM that the Speedmachine is more analogous to
the original Gran Tourismo concept of a sports car you can go touring in
with more luggage than a Visa card (or back in the 50s, a large envelope
of cash!).

As for being smug, well, it wasn't /my/ idea most people should ride
around on wee triangles of leather or plastic perched on a pole while I
have a sprung, padded armchair... ;-)

Pete.
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Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
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[anonymous coward]

On Mon, 31 May 2004 13:55:04 +0100, Terry D wrote:

> This one isn't down to Jermy Claxon, but one of his fellow scribblers in
> the Sunday Times Driving section, May 20, page 21.
>
> In a piece entitled "Top of the Lover League" Roland White scribbled the
> following;
>
> "Is there anything less sexy than a smug Smart? These are the motoring
> equivalent of the reclining bicycles that you ride lying down."
>
> Aparently the Smart car comes seventh in a list of cars whose owners
> admitted adultery in a poll conducted by somebody or other.
> Unfortunately we are not told where the owners of 'Reclining Bicycles'
> fitted into the list.

But IIRC it wasn't all bad for the smart-car owners. They didn't commit
adultery because erm, everything was more than fine at home - seemingly
not the case for Porsche owners.

 

[Dave Larrington]

The bloke who bought Mrs Larrington's Kingcycle turned up to a race with it
a few weeks later, strapped to the back of a Smart. This all goes to show
something, although I'm sure I don't know what.

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Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/
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[Keith Willoughby]

Dave Larrington wrote:

> The bloke who bought Mrs Larrington's Kingcycle

Every time I read "Kingcycle", I mentally preface it with an
apostrophe, and giggle. I blame Terry Pratchett.

--
Keith Willoughby http://flat222.org/keith/
"Not waving, but drowning."

 

[Just zis Guy, you know?]

On Mon, 31 May 2004 13:55:04 +0100, Terry D
<[email protected]> wrote in message
<jMGuc.201$cN.153@newsfe2-win>:

>Aparently the Smart car comes seventh in a list of cars whose owners
>admitted adultery in a poll conducted by somebody or other.
>Unfortunately we are not told where the owners of 'Reclining Bicycles'
>fitted into the list.

Somewhat puzzled: surely the lower in the league table the better?
Speaking as someone who has never committed adultery and probably
never will[1] I nearly went out and bought an Astra, but then I
realised: the reason Astra drivers don't commit adultery is because
they have all the pulling power of a Fair Isle sleeveless cardigan...

[1] I freely admit that this may be making a virtue out of an
inevitability, being an ugly *******.

Guy
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