Quoted message said:Quoted message said:Quoted message said:>> "Simon" == Simon Mason <[email hidden]> writes:
Quoted message said:I know this is a cycling forum, but my mate said the same dilemma came up a few days ago here.
You see, I'm going to buy a new car and I don't know what to get. Another mate said get a
Formula 1 car, it's got slick tyres and does over 200 mph and has fantastic handling.
Quoted message said:That's all well and good, but I tried one and it was no good on the gravel drive to my house,
nor when I visit my Dad at his farm. It keeps grounding and the suspension is far too hard and
it shakes me to bits. So he said get a 4x4, which is brillant off road, but is too slow on the
motorway and handles like a pregnant camel.
Quoted message said:I want to get a normal family saloon, but I am afraid I'll get laughed at, as I'll own a car
that is neither a racer nor an off roader and I'm scared I'll be considered a ditherer, not
knowing what I want. Please help ;-)
Well, obviously you need all of the above, otherwise nobody will regard you as a Real Motorist.
But it seems that you have overlooked a few things. Remember those occasions when Aunt Mavis comes
to vistit with her four children and troop of performing monkeys... getting them from the train
station to your house (which, remember is over half a mile!!!!) is such a pain - obviously you need
a minibus too.
And then - well I'm sure you'll forgive me for being somewhat indelicate - there are those
situations where young ladies are, umm, amused by some of your proportions. Clearly you need a
Humvee, or perhaps better a Sherman tank to reasure yourself of your virility and machismo.
Then of course, there are those pangs of conscience you get after reading something in the Saturday
Guardian about the environment. Cleary you need a small car that does miles to the gallon, rather
than gallons to the mile, so that you can do your bit for the environment by occasionally using it
to drive to work.
Continued thread 94.... :-)
