Clarkson on immigration, EU, and the BNP

[geoff]

In message , MrBitsy writes

I bet you two can't wait together and discuss knitting patterns and SAGA holidays

[geoff]

Its a safe, bland machine with no bollocks

driven by old codgers with no imagination

[MrBitsy]

The dashboard is one of the best bits :-)

So many modern cars dashboards just look like a HiFi fascia and are plasticky. The rover 75 is classic British styling and different.

[MrBitsy]

I want a safe machine, but it isn't bland to me. It isn't a sports car, but I normally find I am quicker than most away from lights/junctions. It has enough grunt for safe overtaking and will cruise on the motorway smoothly and quietly. It returns me an average of 48mpg, even though I drive it quite hard.

I am 46, almost have my pilots licence, a degree, worked as a programmer, signaler, love all music, enjoy sex, believe in live and let live, give due respect to other road users, drive quickly but safely, passed the RoSPA and IAM tests and ...

[MrBitsy]

You ride a motorbike - I guess that makes you a madman, speed freak, smelly and one that likes to put others lives at risk?

[MrBitsy]

No, there is a strange new fad of stopping miles back from it.

[geoff]

In message , MrBitsy writes

not breaking the speed limit, I hope

So you can't even get into SAGA

That explains it

...still didn't snip that post

[geoff]

Interesting

Watching the "Secrets of Stonehenge" program on CH4

they've just unearthed a Rover 75 CDTi

rusty red, it is

[The Natural Philosopher]

As apt a description of Hazel 'Squirrel Nutcase' Blears as I have heard all week..

[Clot]

We were talking religion, but I loved that.

[Steve Firth]

Blaming Moslems for terrorism makes about as much sense as blaming Methodists for the Gulf War. Less in most cases, more like blaming Jehovah's Witnesses for the Crusades.

[boltar2003]

Thats one way of putting it. Pastiche would be another. But I'll agree about other car dashboards, some are really nasty. The ones in the current Fords look like a cross between a 1980s sprayed chrome amstrad hifi and a refugee from toys-r-us. The new insignia has a fantastic dashboard however. Shame about the dull looks of the rest of the car.

B2003

[Ret.]

Personally I love it. It makes a nice change from the ubiquitous slab of black plastic that serves for a dashboard on most cars!

Ret.

[Ret.]

I test drove an Insignia recently. Lovely to look at both inside and out - but in terms of useability my Rover 75 wins hands down. The Vauxhall had over-firm and uncomfortable seats, the ride was considerably less absorbent than my 75, and the diesel engine noise in the cabin was far more intrusive than on my 75. Overall, I much much prefer my 75.

Ret.

[Ret.]

LOL! Having spent much of my police career on traffic, I am fairly discerning in my choice of cars. I love my Rover 75. It has a BMW diesel engine - so no slouch!

Ret.

[Ret.]

Who's Ken?

Ret.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Ret." saying something like:

Kev, then. Retired traffic plod with a Rover 75.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "MrBitsy" saying something like:

See that? That there?

That's you, that is.

[Doctor Drivel]

Well said Maxie! Well said!!! That is why I am voting for Gordon.

[Doctor Drivel]

Maxie, do you think we will see that? Paddy bands exploding on the stage?