Re: Classic Cars : Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:31 pm  

Scooter Nik wrote:

How the hell do you not see a Transit coming?

I saw him he didnt see me, he pulled out from a side street without looking

Re: Classic Cars : Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:24 pm  

This is why you're always watching the wheels of cars at the side of the road. First time they move, you brake like mad! I suppose that knowledge only comes with experience though...

Hope the injuries weren't too bad though, and that the driver got nailed for it.

Re: Classic Cars : Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:42 pm  

cod'ead wrote: Quite apart from the cost of running a classic car, you should also consider the safety aspect. The US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ran a test of a 1959 Chevy Bel Air crashing with a 2009 Chevy Malibu The results are frankly astounding To be fair whilst obviously nowhere near as safe as a modern car te DS was decades ahead of its time in this respect (as well as in many other areas) with crumple zones and I believe the engine is designed to go under the car in a crash

cod'ead wrote: Quite apart from the cost of running a classic car, you should also consider the safety aspect. The US Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ran a test of a 1959 Chevy Bel Air crashing with a 2009 Chevy Malibu The results are frankly astounding To be fair whilst obviously nowhere near as safe as a modern car te DS was decades ahead of its time in this respect (as well as in many other areas) with crumple zones and I believe the engine is designed to go under the car in a crash

Housing Benefit Cuts for the Scroungers. : Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:38 am  

cod'ead wrote:

Dunno mate, I never looked.

That pic was taken not too far from your old stamping ground. It was at the side of Burn's Head, Pat Haven

Jesus, the Burns Head. . . .I met the bird I lived with for 13 years in there. . . . I had taken the young lady I was with at the time in there for a steak, and I ended up with the waitress who served us. . . . Memories, anyways, classic cars.....