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Topic ID 890
30/01/2005 by John T
more 4 x 4's x far?
I drove along Garland Road earlier today, and was struck by the large number of 4x4 vehicles parked along there.
At least 8 various versions of Jeep, X5, Disco, Range Rover, landcruiser type motors, in a fine Chavster-style display of totally unnecessary off-road capability.
(All were very clean and shiny, by the way, but you knew that already didnt you?)
One of them was half on the pavement, but does that really count as off-roading?
It looked as if there was some sort of size-does-matter competition in progress.
So, has Garland Road got Ware's highest ratio of 4 x 4's per kerb-metre of street, or, can another Ware highway claim the dubious title??
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Reply ID 8310
30/01/2005 by sexy doughnuts
quote:
Originally posted by John T
At least 8 various versions of Jeep, X5, Disco, Range Rover, landcruiser type motors, in a fine Chavster-style display of totally unnecessary off-road capability.
Why the use of Chav? This termanology is now becoming so over used that now the likes of the non red-head newspapers are using it on a totaly unnecessary daily basis and people are just using it for effect.
It's not as if you will see a Chav in a 4x4 is it. Actually you are more likely to find them on the bridge over the river or outside the Bread bin rather than behind the wheel of a car, because most of them are not old enough to hold a driving licence, the only ones that do, drive scooters and I don't mean in a Quadrophenia style.
On a similar theme, a previous thread stated that most people's pet hates of the town was the amount of 'Chavs' that hang about the streets of Ware after hours, yes I agree, but I had the misfortune of going to Welling in Kent during the day recently, belive me Ware couldn't compete in a hypothetical knuckle-dragging, oxygen thieving Chav society league.
So things aren't really too bad - are they?
Reply ID 8319
31/01/2005 by smileyoriley
I smile at the way the number of 4x4's struck you....would 8 versions of van or people carrier strike you in the same way?
I'm sure many people that own a van or people carrier don't use it all the time to carry bulky items or lots of people but have the vehicles in their possession...[;)]
Reply ID 8330
31/01/2005 by Plus 1
i really do not care about chavs(i thought it was a dead fish) it is the same as teddy boys mods rockers anyway i digres 4x4s we buy what car we can afford or go into debt for what we cant afford but what does it matter i own a little peugouet 306 it suits us so why worry who has what parked where ??????????
Reply ID 8332
31/01/2005 by Eric
I feel for alot of people owning a 4x4 is like owning a garage but keeping your bike in it ,
Reply ID 8339
01/02/2005 by Warewolf
Sadly whoever owns the multitude of 4x4's on our streets these days isn't relevant, it's the fact that the roads and car parks weren't built for this size of vehicle.
Reply ID 8430
06/02/2005 by Monkee
I used to think Chav meant Cheltenham-Average... but I've recently heard a much more amusing version "Council House And Violent"
He he !
[:o)]
Reply ID 8432
07/02/2005 by Tom Davison
So,....oversized vehicles with poor fuel economy should be banned. If you compare my Freelander 4x4 with a Mondeo Estate, you will find that mine is a massive half inch wider, although it is 17 inches shorter and the fuel economy of the 2 litre TD4 is better than that of the 2.0 litre Duratec Mondeo. So which of us is the gas-guzzling oversized-for-the-road vehicle.
Even the Discovery is only 35 mm longer than the Mondeo estate, and the fuel consumption of the Disco 2.5ltr TDV6 is only 0.9mpg worse than the Mondeo.
In bad weather, particularly snow, I know which I'd rather be in.
Tom
Reply ID 8441
07/02/2005 by UKMusicman
I think folk were referring to vehicles like the Jeep Grand Cherokee, huge Mitsubishi Shogun, Lexus RX300, BMW X3 and X5 and the massive Porsche Cayenne. Most of these are in the 3 litre plus category, many are indeed 4 litre plus, and seem a little extravagant in fuel consumption for the daily transportation of the kids to school, which, judging from the predominantly young female drivers, seems to be their prime function!
Reply ID 8444
07/02/2005 by Eric
of course another problem is people carriers.
just sit in the rear most seats and then look behind you at what is going to protect you in a rear end shunt--not alot
Reply ID 8445
07/02/2005 by Monkee
*yaaawwwwn*
Reply ID 8446
07/02/2005 by friday
You are a cheekee monkee,or did you mean your web site!
Reply ID 8460
08/02/2005 by Monkee
I'm not sure the logic of that comment quite makes sense, but anyways. lol.
Reply ID 8464
09/02/2005 by Tom Davison
quote:
Originally posted by Eric
of course another problem is people carriers.
just sit in the rear most seats and then look behind you at what is going to protect you in a rear end shunt--not alot
About the same as will protect you in my wife's Ford KA.
Reply ID 8466
09/02/2005 by smileyoriley
I know 2 people that have had serious motorway accidents in KA's and they have both found themselves surprisingly well protected! All is not lost!
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