I have a crush on Blobrana!!!!

[Karlos]

Oh dear...

[PMC]

X-ray wrote:
@ PMC

You see, mate, you spoke about marbles and look what bad luck you had  ;-)

If only you knew the half of it....

[X-ray]

"...If only you knew the half of it...."
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I know the quarter of it, my friend, and it is times like that where the old adage holds true:

"If it has tits or wheels it will give you trouble"

 :lol:

[Vincent]

"If it has tits or wheels it will give you trouble"

 :roflmao:

[PMC]

X-ray wrote:

I know the quarter of it, my friend, and it is times like that where the old adage holds true:

"If it has tits or wheels it will give you trouble"

 :lol:

Hahaha!  My favourite spin is "tits or an engine" as both have caused me equal amounts of expense, heartache and grief.

http://image.purehype.net/gallery2/d/2627-3/boob_car.jpg

The owner of this must be on the verge of suicide by now...

[Vincent]

PMC wrote:
http://image.purehype.net/gallery2/d/2627-3/boob_car.jpg

The owner of this must be on the verge of suicide by now...

:lol:

Pervtastic!

[PMC]

Short of owning an Alfa Romeo assembled at 16:30 hours on a Friday afternoon during a latin cost cutting purge I cannot think of anything else which may well be as troublesome as something with tits and an engine.

Oh hell, guess what car I drive?

[odin]

It's a very conscious decision to be not able to drive the thing half the time when you buy an Alfa!

[X-ray]

@ PMC

Hehe that Mini has a good paint job. You see, we South Africans can be creative (Gauteng plates, probably a Joburg car)

[PMC]

I might have guessed it was the brainchild of a saffer with a sense of humour!

[geek]
I remember the South African plates back in the day, the prefix of CA being Cape and a suffix of T being Transvaal.  Can't remember the format for Natal or OFS though!
[/geek]

Back to the topic in hand, I'm attempting to draw parallels the nationalities of girls I've dated and the sum total of my automotive experiences to date:

German:  Finely built with taut suspension, however the reputation for clockwork reliability left much to be desired, causing a great deal of stress and worry about considerable expense a few months down the line.

Swedish:  Generally dependable and great in cold weather, impressive flexibility.  However, displayed a prodigious thirst and proved to be somewhat high maintenence unless regularly serviced.  

Australian:  Hugely entertaining but noisy and lacking in subtlety.  Great handling though.

British:  Somewhat lacking in sophistication or glamour when compared to foreign counterparts, build quality very patchy so best to shop around and watch out for sudden leaks.  Frequently seen being serviced on any street corner

[X-ray]

@ PMC

Great idea  :lol:

Okay, let me add two:

South African: tough and durable while being easy on the eye. Maintenance requirements vary, but generally if it is well serviced it runs just fine. Tends to feel awkward when parking next to other cars. These are best driven locally. There tend to be problems with the export models.

Australian: performance can be made to be average, with a lot of work and a sort of 'grudging' capitulation of the mechanicals. Acceleration is on the lazy side and suspension is fairly soft. Once the car is purchased there is an ever-decreasing slope in the value and performance of the vehicle. These are probably best suited for weekend driving, not an everyday car.

[PMC]

So you haven't had a great deal of positive experiences with the antipodean model then?

I could say something about being easily maintained by the side of the road by individuals with the most rudimentary of tool wielding skill, but I'll refrain.

[edit] Oh hell...

[X-ray]

@ PMC

Ja, that last Aussie was a mean woman. Of course, I plodded along thinking things would get better, you know, just like a dumb male dazed by the noxious effects of oestrogen.

[PMC]

X-ray wrote:
@ PMC

I plodded along thinking things would get better, you know, just like a dumb male dazed by the noxious effects of oestrogen.

It's potent stuff my friend, potent stuff.

I wish I had some words of wisdom to explain it all, but then I spent five steadily worsening years with someone (and ended up married to them for fourteen months) in the vain hope that "things would get better".  Needless to say they didn't!

It's a shame that there is no cure for being a dumbass under the influence of a lady.

[CannonFodder]

PMC wrote:

It's a shame that there is no cure for being a dumbass under the influence of a lady.

Maybe? ;-)

[adz]

@PMC & X-ray

There are aussie women and there are aussie women. The ones you refer to (loud mouthed and obnoxious), I refer to as "Shazza's" and I can't stand them either. What is ironic about this is, the "Shazza's" are from mostly convict and early settler ancestry, so they are essentially pommy women that have had thier brains baked under the hot Australian sun :-P