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    #21
    Originally posted by zeitghost
    I wouldn't be too sure of that... having followed a lady consistently indicating left when she meant right & vice versa...
    In a similar vein the best one I've seen was a taxi that washed his windows when approaching and setting off from the lights.

    threaded in "I actually passed a test to give me a driving license, but where some of these other silly buggers on the road got one is a bit of a mystery" mode
    Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
    threadeds website, and here's my blog.

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      #22
      I bought a Nissan for £2000, over 10 years old, It had 180,000 km and now has 270,000. It hasn't gone wrong once, just needs parts replacing from time to time.
      I'm alright Jack

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        #23
        if yr putting it through biz, which is gen best for tax ?

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          #24
          Originally posted by zeitghost
          Can't critisize that too much, since I've done it myself... my formative driving years all had the indicator stalk on the right, and now it's on the left.

          Which is ok until I drive my father's Toyota... then it's a week of total confusion.
          Nah, this was a Mercedes automatic, wherein the windscreen washer button is actually a little pedal where the clutch would be if it were manual...
          Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
          threadeds website, and here's my blog.

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            #25
            Originally posted by young veteran
            Get a lexus,

            Cheap to pick up, their japanese so dam reliable, all the extras and luxuries you can ask for, and have that aura of elegance about them.

            jus dont forget the indicators on the wrong side of the wheel, but she'll cope.
            Which side does the Lexus have them on?
            Indicator stalk should (on a right hand drive car) be on the right side of the column - so you can indicate and change gear. With the creeping Euro-isation of cars the norm nowadays is for them to be on the left -'cos manufacturers can't be arsed to do it properly.
            Jap cars being built in a left driving country used to be good for having the indicator on the proper side, but the latest Mitsi I bought has succumbed to a global market and now has indicators on the left.
            How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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              #26
              Originally posted by Troll
              Which side does the Lexus have them on?
              Indicator stalk should (on a right hand drive car) be on the right side of the column - so you can indicate and change gear. With the creeping Euro-isation of cars the norm nowadays is for them to be on the left -'cos manufacturers can't be arsed to do it properly.
              Jap cars being built in a left driving country used to be good for having the indicator on the proper side, but the latest Mitsi I bought has succumbed to a global market and now has indicators on the left.
              You shouldn't be changing gear when turning a corner.

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                #27
                I bet all the BMW drivers haven't got a clue what this conversation is about.
                Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave Johnson

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by gingerjedi
                  I bet all the BMW drivers haven't got a clue what this conversation is about.
                  I've found that it's definitely Mercedes that has the optional "Indicator Pack".

                  Needless to say, they don't sell many of 'em...

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                    #29
                    Why should I tell you which way I'm going? It's none of your business, peasant.

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by King Cnvt
                      Why should I tell you which way I'm going? It's none of your business, peasant.
                      Quite right, my liege, quite right.

                      I just didn't want you to scare my horse, is all.

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