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by dvenman
Fri Dec 11, 2015 7:59 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Janis Joplin's 356 for sale
Replies: 7
Views: 9444

Re: Janis Joplin's 356 for sale

Well, out of my price bracket. $2.4 million, about £1.67m.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-11/j ... mn/7021392
by dvenman
Sun Dec 06, 2015 6:09 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Janis Joplin's 356 for sale
Replies: 7
Views: 9444

Janis Joplin's 356 for sale

Have you got between $400,000 and $600,000 spare ?

http://news.sky.com/story/1600265/janis ... p-for-sale

And follow the auction at http://www.rmsothebys.com/ny15/new-york ... er/1078199
by dvenman
Wed Dec 02, 2015 4:37 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Tailgaiters (aggressive drivers behind) - any advise please
Replies: 33
Views: 29766

Re: Tailgaiters (aggressive drivers behind) - any advise please

Either pull over somewhere safe to let them past, or drive so that you can stop in the distance the other driver can see to be clear (I think someone mentioned having a four second rule on a motorway with a tailgater, so you're covering their and your 2 second gap). And as for combatting it, it's yo...
by dvenman
Mon Nov 30, 2015 7:16 am
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Roundabout indicating
Replies: 70
Views: 61971

Re: Roundabout indicating

Rules are for the obedience of fools, and the guidance of wise men, someone told me once. If contravening the Highway Code to clip a bit of paint is the worse one does or sees on a journey, whether done to minimise conflict with another vehicle wanting to negotiate the roundabout, to make your passe...
by dvenman
Thu Nov 26, 2015 5:12 am
Forum: In The News
Topic: BBC Panorama
Replies: 97
Views: 82973

Re: BBC Panorama

waremark wrote:You can the next time we attend the same event. 6 litres of V12 manages it quite nicely.


Panorama would have a field day with the emissions on that one !
by dvenman
Wed Nov 25, 2015 7:01 am
Forum: Learner Driving
Topic: Help for a friend
Replies: 48
Views: 87390

Re: Help for a friend

My dad was my role model. He was routinely an 80 mph man. Guess what habit I inherited when I first learnt, and wasn't smart enough to realise I wasn't experienced enough to do it anywhere near safely (and, might I add, he wasn't anywhere near as safe as he should have been). Quelle surprise my firs...
by dvenman
Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:08 am
Forum: Advanced Driving - Cars
Topic: Braking
Replies: 237
Views: 322197

Re: Braking

Walked up here for a few hundred yards the weekend before last on a misty Sunday morning. Faced oncoming traffic as advised, but it was not fun at all! Sometimes rules should be broken. Hddge or verge side? Even if the 'wrong' side, and even if overgrown with brambles, the verge side gives you an e...
by dvenman
Fri Nov 06, 2015 5:34 pm
Forum: In The News
Topic: Driver jailed after filming himself driving at 192mph
Replies: 12
Views: 13586

Driver jailed after filming himself driving at 192mph

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-no ... e-34744459

Self explanatory...and 192mph while filming himself on his mobile phone !
by dvenman
Sun Nov 01, 2015 9:11 am
Forum: In The News
Topic: Death causes in 2011 (Old news)
Replies: 12
Views: 14776

Re: Death causes in 2011 (Old news)

Revian wrote:...and essentially unavoidable...


Isn't any death essentially unavoidable ? :P
by dvenman
Mon Oct 19, 2015 6:27 am
Forum: In The News
Topic: Pedestrians - victim or cause?
Replies: 24
Views: 24924

Re: Pedestrians - victim or cause?

Isn't the HC signal for turning left to use your right arm, moving it in a circle from the shoulder ? https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway ... road-users

So the "putting right hand up to turn left" is half right ...

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