Best Present Skyline II - Page 59

VDB · June 19th, 2012, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by TheFly

Yeah I saw it as well. that 3 point turn has the wheels touching the curb.

You could turn a bus in that road.

Poor show.

I aint sayin' anythin'. Got a driving test in September and I swear to god I'll probably end up driving on the pavement or something :/

WestYorks2Manchester · June 19th, 2012, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by VDB

I aint sayin' anythin'. Got a driving test in September and I swear to god I'll probably end up driving on the pavement or something :/

Good luck! It's one of the most important and best things you'll ever do in your life. :-)

EuxTex · June 19th, 2012, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by WestYorks2Manchester

Good luck! It's one of the most important and best things you'll ever do in your life. :-)

Here in the US it is just a progression from riding a trike then to a bike then an automobile. Our high schools have been providing student parking lots for decades and generations of students. I bet, with not to much effort, we could find as many differences than we can similarities between our two countries and societies.

We are not so alike as some on here think we are.

MancKnight · June 19th, 2012, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by EuxTex

Here in the US it is just a progression from riding a trike then to a bike then an automobile. Our high schools have been providing student parking lots for decades and generations of students. I bet, with not to much effort, we could find as many differences than we can similarities between our two countries and societies.

We are not so alike as some on here think we are.

Cool story bro

VDB · June 19th, 2012, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by EuxTex

Here in the US it is just a progression from riding a trike then to a bike then an automobile. Our high schools have been providing student parking lots for decades and generations of students. I bet, with not to much effort, we could find as many differences than we can similarities between our two countries and societies.

We are not so alike as some on here think we are.

I'm not actually getting a car. Petrol (which you guys call 'gas', despite it being a liquid) is very expensive here, as is insurance.

I'm just taking my test.

I'll still be using my bike a lot, and using public transport/walking.

WestYorks2Manchester · June 19th, 2012, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by VDB

I'm not actually getting a car. Petrol (which you guys call 'gas', despite it being a liquid) is very expensive here, as is insurance.

I'm just taking my test.

I'll still be using my bike a lot, and using public transport/walking.

There's no rush. If you don't need a car then don't buy one. Get one when the time is right. That's the great think about living in a city with great all round public transport. I wish we had a better public transport system here in West Yorkshire especially Leeds.

***ill tonkso*** · June 19th, 2012, 08:16 PM

Keep using your bike as much as possible. I now have a GPS tracking app which knows my height, weight, age etc. Tracks where I go, how many miles I cover, I quickly I do them, how many calories I burn etc, all the while passing people stuck in their cars, not getting a work out and burning little to no calories.

yoshef · June 19th, 2012, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by VDB

I'm not actually getting a car. Petrol (which you guys call 'gas', despite it being a liquid) is very expensive here, as is insurance.

I'm just taking my test.

I'll still be using my bike a lot, and using public transport/walking.

Gas is short for gasoline!

oh and technically, its the vapor off the liquid that ignites and makes the engine work, ie the gas, and not the liquid itself.

JayPeeDee · June 19th, 2012, 08:29 PM

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VDB · June 19th, 2012, 10:06 PM

Well I'm actually going to start walking places a lot more now because I have an app which tracks how much you walk, and for every mile you walk Samsung* give a pound to charity!

* I think it's Samsung. If anyone's bothered I'll check.

@Yoshef. I guess that makes sense? I'd still call it petrol though.

WestYorks2Manchester · June 19th, 2012, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by VDB

Well I'm actually going to start walking places a lot more now because I have an app which tracks how much you walk, and for every mile you walk Samsung* give a pound to charity!

* I think it's Samsung. If anyone's bothered I'll check.

@Yoshef. I guess that makes sense? I'd still call it petrol though.

Yeah, let's keep our uniqueness and keep our driving side, petrol, centre, pavement, city centre, and vibrant cities thank you!!!

EuxTex · June 19th, 2012, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by WestYorks2Manchester

Yeah, let's keep our uniqueness and keep our driving side, petrol, centre, pavement, city centre, and vibrant cities thank you!!!

Did you mean petroleum? and we also have pavements, but we drive on them, we walk on sidewalks. I find nothing wrong with either description and I understand what is meant when either is used, and I certainly wouldn't make an issue out of it. Yes, indeed, keep your uniqueness, it is part of what defines us. Long may it be so.

Butterfield · June 20th, 2012, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by EuxTex

Here in the US it is just a progression from riding a trike then to a bike then an automobile.

Americans should try driving ~~stick shift~~ manual cars rather than automatics, see how they fare then.

That said, I do like driving an automatic car but a manual car is more interesting to drive.

EuxTex · June 20th, 2012, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Butterfield

Americans should try driving ~~stick shift~~ manual cars rather than automatics, see how they fare then.

That said, I do like driving an automatic car but a manual car is more interesting to drive.

I drive vehicles with a manual shifts when in Europe. Remember, the US has a love affair with the automobile and most of us can, and do, drive anything. But why "shift" when the vehicle can do it for you, automatically? Like they say, "Only fools and horses work and horses turn their arse to it".

***ill tonkso*** · June 20th, 2012, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by EuxTex

I drive vehicles with a manual shifts when in Europe. Remember, the US has a love affair with the automobile and most of us can, and do, drive anything. But why "shift" when the vehicle can do it for you, automatically? Like they say, "Only fools and horses work and horses turn their arse to it".

Fuel efficiency, more control, better acceleration.

chameleontel · June 20th, 2012, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by EuxTex

Did you mean petroleum? and we also have pavements, but we drive on them, we walk on sidewalks. I find nothing wrong with either description and I understand what is meant when either is used, and I certainly wouldn't make an issue out of it. Yes, indeed, keep your uniqueness, it is part of what defines us. Long may it be so.

Petroleum is 'crude oil'

tomo90 · June 20th, 2012, 11:54 AM

Carrie Bradshaw had an awful time trying to drive a manual or a gear stick car as she called it.

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VDB Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 3,260 Likes (Received): 429	Well I'm actually going to start walking places a lot more now because I have an app which tracks how much you walk, and for every mile you walk Samsung* give a pound to charity! * I think it's Samsung. If anyone's bothered I'll check. @Yoshef. I guess that makes sense? I'd still call it petrol though.

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tomo90 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Liverpool Posts: 2,211 Likes (Received): 53	Carrie Bradshaw had an awful time trying to drive a manual or a gear stick car as she called it.