What makes the perfect Winter car

[BIGDOG]

Banning driving while driving might be effective though.

My view is that smoking while driving isn't so much an issue - it's lighting up while driving where I've seen smokers do crazy stuff.

I dropped my lit cig down between my legs a couple of times, you don’t have long to pull over.

 

[Williamwoo]

I dropped my lit cig down between my legs a couple of times, you don’t have long to pull over.

Many years ago, I had a Mini (a proper one) and it was very difficult to see the ashtray at night so I painted the rim of it with luminous paint. Unfortunately, said paint was inflammable and... well you can probably imagine what happened next. Ashtray was never the same again but the rest of the car (and me) were relatively unscathed.

 

[Bellow]

A mate pinged a tabby out of the window and it blew back in and down the front of his open necked shirt. Reason enough I'd say to not ban it.

 

[Williamwoo]

A mate pinged a tabby out of the window and it blew back in and down the front of his open necked shirt. Reason enough I'd say to not ban it.

I thought you were referring to a cat at first!!

 

[Bellow]

I thought you were referring to a cat at first!!

We don't smoke cats in Scotland. Deep-fry them yes, but smoke them, no.

 

[James Copeland]

We don't smoke cats in Scotland. Deep-fry them yes, but smoke them, no.

Don't you wear them as well?

 

[Bellow]

Don't you wear them as well?

Only the ginger ones.

 

[ALFAitalia]

No comments from me a about smoking whilst:driving...i dont smoke because anyone who smokes is stupid for ever starting but we all know that......but what has any of this to do with cars that are good in the winter?? Back on topic perhaps?

 

[Pontoneer]

You'll have a view on drinking while driving, head back, eyes pointing at the headlining while quaffing a scalding hot drink too I imagine. It is that that needs to be banned before smoking.
But I can reasonably I think, guess that you are not a smoker and have little understanding of nicotine cravings and even less respect for the rights of others to indulge in what you choose not to.

It is already illegal to smoke in a vehicle where children are present or in any vehicle that constitutes your workplace - whether that be a bus , truck , van or taxi , or indeed any company car .

Many places have smoking officers whose job it is to observe and report such contraventions.

 

[Pontoneer]

I thought you were referring to a cat at first!!

So did I !

 

[BIGDOG]

It is already illegal to smoke in a vehicle where children are present or in any vehicle that constitutes your workplace - whether that be a bus , truck , van or taxi , or indeed any company car .

Many places have smoking officers whose job it is to observe and report such contraventions.

Do they have the same for porn?

 

[johnsco]

Nobody has ever smoked in my car - Nor ever will - As long as I own it.

 

[rf065]

Nobody has ever smoked in my car - Nor ever will - As long as I own it.

Challenge accepted!

 

[Pontoneer]

Do they have the same for porn?

That probably depends where you work , and how much demand there is for porn .

Oddly enough , I had lunch today with a friend who used to be heavily into producing it .

 

[Pontoneer]

Nobody has ever smoked in my car - Nor ever will - As long as I own it.

Just keep an eye on any mechanics you give it to for servicing … your nose could be their undoing !

 

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[Bobby Dazzler]

Our perfect winter car is at our other house - I had dropped it off last week to take another car to use for a while as I don’t like leaving them standing unused for too long even over winter. Poor timing with Storm Darragh doing it’s thing.

We were off out for lunch today, about an hour away from home, ironically meeting our neighbours from our other house. We took Mrs D’s car, as it’s the next best car we have for driving in bad weather but is on summer tyres at the moment.

The gusts of wind were very strong, the rain very heavy and we had to drive through lots of floods, the worst being directly outside the restaurant which was easily 18 or 24 inches deep. We raised the suspension and it made it through just fine.

We had a wonderful meal and braved the horizontal rain and even stronger gusts of wind as we were left the restaurant. I looked across the car park and I could see a very large tree lying roughly where our car was parked. I couldn’t see the car at all.

I dashed over relieved to find that the top of the tree had landed around 4 feet from the front of our car, with branches which had broken away on impact around 6 feet away from our offside. Incredibly the tree had fallen around us.

As I went to see if anyone was trapped in the cars or beneath the tree I spotted that our neighbour’s car had been caught by the trunk on the near side rear. Three cars are underneath it. The car beside it had been crushed down the centre line of the roof.

We took our neighbours back inside the restaurant for a hot drink and to work out what’s next. They were remarkably cool about it but it was my neighbours pride and joy, such a lovely car. The restaurant manager was great about it too.

Whilst talking to the manager people started coming in who had been on a train that had derailed nearby. They had had to walk along the track, and down a tall and steep muddy embankment into a dual carriageway!

Thankfully nobody was in the cars, and it looks like the tree bounced after it landed on the car in the next bay and caught our neighbour’s car. Even the car had bounced with it and moved sideways by around 18 inches towards my neighbour’s car.

Had my neighbour been getting in the car at the time then she would have been crushed. Thank goodness nobody was hurt. Look through the windscreen at how low the trunk is, the roof was pushed right down to the level of the dashboard.

 

[SpikyMikey]

Our perfect winter car is at our other house - I had dropped it off last week to take another car to use for a while as I don’t like leaving them standing unused for too long even over winter. Poor timing with Storm Darragh doing it’s thing.

We were off out for lunch today, about an hour away from home, ironically meeting our neighbours from our other house. We took Mrs D’s car, as it’s the next best car we have for driving in bad weather but is on summer tyres at the moment.

The gusts of wind were very strong, the rain very heavy and we had to drive through lots of floods, the worst being directly outside the restaurant which was easily 18 or 24 inches deep. We raised the suspension and it made it through just fine.

We had a wonderful meal and braved the horizontal rain and even stronger gusts of wind as we were left the restaurant. I looked across the car park and I could see a very large tree lying roughly where our car was parked. I couldn’t see the car at all.

I dashed over relieved to find that the top of the tree had landed around 4 feet from the front of our car, with branches which had broken away on impact around 6 feet away from our offside. Incredibly the tree had fallen around us.

As I went to see if anyone was trapped in the cars or beneath the tree I spotted that our neighbour’s car had been caught by the trunk on the near side rear. Three cars are underneath it. The car beside it had been crushed down the centre line of the roof.

We took our neighbours back inside the restaurant for a hot drink and to work out what’s next. They were remarkably cool about it but it was my neighbours pride and joy, such a lovely car. The restaurant manager was great about it too.

Whilst talking to the manager people started coming in who had been on a train that had derailed nearby. They had had to walk along the track, and down a tall and steep muddy embankment into a dual carriageway!

Thankfully nobody was in the cars, and it looks like the tree bounced after it landed on the car in the next bay and caught our neighbour’s car. Even the car had bounced with it and moved sideways by around 18 inches towards my neighbour’s car.

Had my neighbour been getting in the car at the time then she would have been crushed. Thank goodness nobody was hurt. Look through the windscreen at how low the trunk is, the roof was pushed right down to the level of the dashboard.

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Blimey that's awful
Mr S and I had a similar but less dramatic escape this afternoon after a much closer than comfortable encounter featuring her car and a complete 6 foot section of waney fencing.

 

[HappytalkAgain]

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[MSG2004]

Nobody has ever smoked in my car - Nor ever will - As long as I own it.

Amen!

No one has ever smoked in my brand new cars and the used cars I have bought, I insist they are smoke-free.
Dealers will try to cover up smoke/animal smells. Depending on how often the car/s were smoked in, come
a very sunny day, if cars been smoked in, the smell will come out