OT: Silly philosophical quiz

Describe mathematically/logically why the following cannot be done:

1 driver and 1 car are in London. 1 car is in Glasgow. Get both cars in London along with the driver. You may not use other vehicles/people/public transport. You are not a super fit athlete that wishes to walk or run that far.

This is a real world problem - someone buying a new car privately.

Reply to
Commander Kinsey
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You may be correct. I live in a golden past when cars had real frames and real bumpers and you could clamp a tow bar to the bumper.

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rbowman

That's exactly the type I used some years ago, along with a tow bar like these

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And I did not need anybody to steer the towed car. It tracked behind just fine. 1200 miles from IL to TX.

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Anonymous

1 car is in Glasgow . Doesn't say it is a third hand 'heap' .
Reply to
soup

I didn't say that it was, and the original description in the OP didn't say that it wasn't. Serious lack of information about why it might be impossible.

Reply to
FromTheRafters

Actually not easy. When I last looked for £500 or less cars here, there were only three, and all of them were 25 miles away.

Reply to
Commander Kinsey

Anything is cheaper than a train. It costs me less to drive almost the full length of the UK in my car than to get a train. Since trains are presumably subsidised, this indicates they're a very inefficient means of transport. In fact I read something once (probably on top Gear) that a train that's fully occupied uses more diesel than a car for each individual passenger. They're just so damn heavy they waste fuel.

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Commander Kinsey

Anything in Glasgow is obviously a heap.

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Commander Kinsey

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