The G.F.P
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might have been a hail stone or bird
i see it only comes with 1 key
i doubt it has the power to pull 2 car keys
i see it only comes with 1 key
i doubt it has the power to pull 2 car keys
miro
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I suspect that it drove down into a pothole and was hit by another car as it drove back out.
CE230
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Battery implosion perhaps?
This car is seriously unsafe:
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Seamster15
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Holy ****!
James Rothwell
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Probably just hit some dense fog.
They are v popular round my neck of the woods - I live just outside the western extension of the congestion charge zone.
One of my G Wizz-owning neighbours actually campaigned against speed bumps last year on the basis that her "car" would be disadvantaged.
We pointed out that we have a 2 year old and a 4 year old and having cars pass down our (long, straight and wide) residential street at 50, 60 and 70mph was not ideal....
We won - and I must admit I do have a giggle when she passes and lurches her way over a speed bump...
One of my G Wizz-owning neighbours actually campaigned against speed bumps last year on the basis that her "car" would be disadvantaged.
We pointed out that we have a 2 year old and a 4 year old and having cars pass down our (long, straight and wide) residential street at 50, 60 and 70mph was not ideal....
We won - and I must admit I do have a giggle when she passes and lurches her way over a speed bump...
Big_Jon
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Not fit to be on the road, absolute pile of pony and should be banned.
Word.
Word.
miro
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Approved by Charles Darwin.
chriswt
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How something performs in a crash test doesn't really make it unfit for the road. As long as the owners know that there is a safety issue with them.
chriswt
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Can you move to Barnet please, we've had even more speed humps removed and surprise surprise we now have more people speeding down our residential streets. Mums on the school run are almost as bad as boy racers.
We couldn't wait to get them in - it was nuts out there.
I should know - in a previous child-free life I used to blat up and down the very same road as it was long, wide and straight...
Having kids has radically altered my perception of risk - in a good way.
I don't even mind paying for all the ball joints that get knocked out by the bumps....
I could happily go for a 20mph limit. On obviously residential roads I tend to drop to that speed anyway. Any faster is dangerous.
miro
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I have reason to believe that speed bumps are poorly designed. My rationale is that they often (in Australia);
- reduce friction because they are a smoother and harder solid than the amorphous road material
- able to launch a car if undetected.
- increase the chance of the car being airbourne.
- do not offer protection in poor weather
- cause a significant problem in icy weather
- cause a distruption to the drivers seating position and directly alter the drivers ability to control their car
THe basic design of a speed bump must be an oscillation in the road surface. This would increase the range of the suspension travel without opposing the car travelling over it.
What I find truly laughable is where they install such things downhill out of metal on a parking ramp. All it would take is an oil smudge and the first driver out out will be kissed in the bum quite nicely.
The bumps need to be an SINE wave and made of the same material as the road. Making them out of pavers is just plain lunacy. Making them steep is more or less a launch ramp.
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Oh these cars are great- on a scalextrics track with my other kids toys..
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I'm not saying you're wrong here but Isn't that a bit like the pot calling the kettle black. What about other peoples children before you were a Father.?
Do you enforce your safe speeds away from your own Neighbourhood and if you hadn't had children would you have wanted speed humps.?
I hate them but am able to understand the requirement and regulate my speed without them.
