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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

1372.0. "O drivers...bad or worse..??" by LARVAE::HUTCHINGS_P (Nice Computers Don't Go Down) Tue Feb 26 1991 20:22

    After careful perusal of the notes in this conference, I have realised
    that a belief that I have had for years regarding "bad/offensive/mad/
    stupid/insert_favourite_phrase_here" drivers.......is true..!!
    
    
    They all drive cars that end in "O"......!!!!!!!
    
    eg: MetrO, MaestrO, VolvO, etc etc etc...
    
    It's true....next some idiot perfoms an "unusual" manouver...check it
    out...it's a 99% chance he/she/it will be an "O" driver..!!!
    
    Any comments from the panel/ "O" drivers..????
    
    :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)
    
    And by the way, I drive? an Xr3i..laugh now and forever hold your peace
    I'ts paid for and gets me around...so don't mock...!!!
    
    Paul

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1372.1	Attack of the beigians!!	MASALA::IJOHNSTON	Sharon Davies likes a length!	`Tue Feb 26 1991 20:32`	4
	Or if its not an O it`ll be beige!!!! Beige lada, beige skoda, beige marina!! Ian.
1372.2	I hope that doesn't include RS TurbO :-)	KERNEL::SHELLEYR		`Tue Feb 26 1991 20:35`	1

1372.3	I drive a metro	HUGS::AND_KISSES	Nashua girls are more fun...	`Tue Feb 26 1991 20:49`	6
	and I'm not an O driver. XR2 drivers are the worst.. but then I'm biased 'cos one wrote off the first car I ever owned ;-( I hate stereotypes and gross over-generalisations ;-)
1372.4	YES	NEWOA::GALVIN		`Tue Feb 26 1991 20:54`	7
	I hate people who generalise .... ;^) ... but I find the <I_can_drive_as_badly_as_I_like_because_I_am_surrounded_ by_a_nice_big_metal_cage>O car drivers by far the worst drivers on the road.
1372.5		SIEVAX::CORNE	Sometimes you get the Elevator, sometimes the Shaft	`Wed Feb 27 1991 11:40`	4
	I'm glad I'm a worse driver now I've got a Volvo. No doubt I'll get better if I can afford another Audi 100 (note - an i car). Jc
1372.6		CRATE::RUTTER	Rut The Nut	`Wed Feb 27 1991 12:19`	5
	I look forward to when I can buy a Diablo I am sure that would make me a 'seriously bad' driver... J.R.
1372.8		SHIPS::ALFORD_J	Ice a speciality	`Wed Feb 27 1991 14:01`	7
	Re: .3 XR2 drivers would surely fall into the "O" bracket...after all TWO ends in an "O" ! :-)
1372.9		VOGON::KAPPLER	It's a matter of life and debt!	`Wed Feb 27 1991 14:06`	5
	Rathole...... I never, ever, make sweeping generalisations. JK
1372.10		CASEE::MERRICK	Aspiring to be a has-been	`Wed Feb 27 1991 14:24`	6
	I, on behalf of the household's three "o" cars, would like to take exception with the base note. Yours, Alfa Romeo GTV, 75V6 and Spider. :-)
1372.11	RenO V/RenO Clio	WARNUT::SMITHC	one careful owner, low mileage !!	`Wed Feb 27 1991 16:25`	6
	re:'O' cars I suppose Reneau ;-) would qualify, especially the plastic kit car variety, with yellow fog lamps !!
1372.12		SUBURB::PARKER	GOTTAJOB - regrettably outside DEC	`Thu Feb 28 1991 15:07`	3
	All generalisations are false. Steve
1372.14		SIEVAX::LAW	Mathew Law, SIE (Reading, UK)	`Fri Mar 01 1991 23:02`	6
	Is it my imagination, or are all AllegrOs driven at 25 mph by old people wearing hats? (No offence to anyone reading of course...) Mat. *:o)
1372.15		SUBURB::THOMASH	The Devon Dumpling	`Mon Mar 04 1991 18:53`	9
	Aha, so by changing between the cars, the driving changes? ex MaestrO, current MontegO, landrover, and NG TC V8. Heather - who still pays extra-extra attention when behind a man-in-a-cap, a woman-with-a-blue-rinse, and a maxi or VolvO driver.
1372.17	My old AllegrO did 90mph!!!	SIEVAX::MUMFORD	Don't try to outweird ME!!!!!!!	`Tue Mar 19 1991 01:28`	5
	Re .14 Only by farmers wives in Suffolk :-)