To All BMW & 4x4 Drivers
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To All BMW & 4x4 Drivers
The switch that you used to switch on your fog lamps can also be used to turn them off.
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Re: To All BMW & 4x4 Drivers
Ye'd need tae leave them switched oan if ye were up here the nicht!
Canae see yer han' ahent yer back oot there!
Canae see yer han' ahent yer back oot there!

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FOR THEY ARE THE ONES WHO LET IN THE LIGHT
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Re: To All BMW & 4x4 Drivers
Umm, are you saying that all BMW and 4x4 drivers are, basically, errrmmm, dickheads?Pete Cooper wrote:The switch that you used to switch on your fog lamps can also be used to turn them off.
- sahona
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Re: To All BMW & 4x4 Drivers
BMW - hedgehog syndrome.
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Re: To All BMW & 4x4 Drivers
Notes to ALL drivers:
1. FOG lights can be switched off when you drive out of an area of fog
2. You don't need them when driving nose-to-tail through 40mph speed camera restricted workworks
3. Don't use them in rain, it creates unnecessary glare
There appears to be a general delight in being able to switch these things on (oh I heard there was fog somewhere in the UK today, I'll switch on my fog lights just in case...) rather than using eyes, judgement & common sense:
If you can see cars 1/2 -1 mile ahead so the extra glare from a fog light isn't needed
Introduced when Lukas, Prince of Darkness, was the supplier of choice of car electrics and before the days of large, good quality rear lights, they are now all but redundant except on the foggiest of foggy days
In my ammendments to the highway code and traffic legislation, putting on fog lights in inappropriate conditions would be a 6 point ban and your car impounded
Similarly, anyone sitting in the middle lane not overtaking a vehicle on the inside: penal camp, car confiscated & large donation to a "charitable foundation" (aka my boat fund)
Frustration causes accidents so let the guy behind pass and leave the enforcement of speed limits to the police.
1. FOG lights can be switched off when you drive out of an area of fog
2. You don't need them when driving nose-to-tail through 40mph speed camera restricted workworks
3. Don't use them in rain, it creates unnecessary glare
There appears to be a general delight in being able to switch these things on (oh I heard there was fog somewhere in the UK today, I'll switch on my fog lights just in case...) rather than using eyes, judgement & common sense:
If you can see cars 1/2 -1 mile ahead so the extra glare from a fog light isn't needed
Introduced when Lukas, Prince of Darkness, was the supplier of choice of car electrics and before the days of large, good quality rear lights, they are now all but redundant except on the foggiest of foggy days
In my ammendments to the highway code and traffic legislation, putting on fog lights in inappropriate conditions would be a 6 point ban and your car impounded
Similarly, anyone sitting in the middle lane not overtaking a vehicle on the inside: penal camp, car confiscated & large donation to a "charitable foundation" (aka my boat fund)
Frustration causes accidents so let the guy behind pass and leave the enforcement of speed limits to the police.
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Re: To All BMW & 4x4 Drivers
you must be in a good mood - imnsho, you are far too lenient - + they would have to walk for the rest of their lives. ( please excuse the puddock mode - specialist subject - incompetent drivers ).Gardenshed wrote:Notes to ALL drivers:...........................................................
In my ammendments to the highway code and traffic legislation, putting on fog lights in inappropriate conditions would be a 6 point ban and your car impounded
Similarly, anyone sitting in the middle lane not overtaking a vehicle on the inside: penal camp, car confiscated
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Re: To All BMW & 4x4 Drivers
My understanding, and this is from some years ago, is that rear fog lights are only legal in daylight fog where visibilty is less than 200 Yards/Metres.
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Re: To All BMW & 4x4 Drivers
another good reason for OUR (and only) cars to be fitted with photon torpedos.
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Re: To All BMW & 4x4 Drivers
Not photon torpedos, but a vapo-gun.
Turns the car in front into a cloud of vapour that you can drive through with no harm, and then a microsoft office programme is booted up to re-configure the randomised gas particles back into their original state......simples
Immunity is granted to those displaying a blue moment burgree or other sailing related icons that I like.
note from earlier post: Lucas is the correct spelling for the prince of darkness
Turns the car in front into a cloud of vapour that you can drive through with no harm, and then a microsoft office programme is booted up to re-configure the randomised gas particles back into their original state......simples
Immunity is granted to those displaying a blue moment burgree or other sailing related icons that I like.
note from earlier post: Lucas is the correct spelling for the prince of darkness
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Re: To All BMW & 4x4 Drivers
Oh dear.
I think the lid may have come off the worm-jar...
If Webby sees this, we'll all have to cover up our TOG stickers with B.M. "Wayne and Sandra" strips.
no doubt it will be marketed as a "shield" of some sort, to protect us from men-in-sheds.
I think the lid may have come off the worm-jar...
If Webby sees this, we'll all have to cover up our TOG stickers with B.M. "Wayne and Sandra" strips.
no doubt it will be marketed as a "shield" of some sort, to protect us from men-in-sheds.
http://trooncruisingclub.org/ 20' - 30' Berths available, Clyde.
Cruising, racing, maintenance facilities. Go take a look, you know you want to.
Cruising, racing, maintenance facilities. Go take a look, you know you want to.
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Re: To All BMW & 4x4 Drivers
Can someone tell me where the switch is to turn the Klingon cloaking device off my Honda CBR125? I have to wear flourescent orange pants (which makes my bum look big)
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Re: To All BMW & 4x4 Drivers
AH! a Honda CB 125 - I had one of these too! ANS 522S. It was black so it was and I learned how to fall off properly with it!lady_stormrider wrote:Can someone tell me where the switch is to turn the Klingon cloaking device off my Honda CBR125? I have to wear flourescent orange pants (which makes my bum look big)
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Ah this is the problem. Mine's a CBR125 with a cloaking device. Electric start and no 2-stroke faffing. Handy for passing BMW 4x4's sat in traffic but utterly impractical for towing a Westerly Centaur
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- sahona
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Re: To All BMW & 4x4 Drivers
I get confused since they changed the gearchange and footbrake to the wrong sides, but I think the cloakchoke lever is under the left side of the chaincase. Unfortunately, if you try to reach it without dismounting, you have an even worse "bottoms-up" situation.
There is a remote operating kit available from WWW://Pullthisone.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I think.
There is a remote operating kit available from WWW://Pullthisone.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; I think.
http://trooncruisingclub.org/ 20' - 30' Berths available, Clyde.
Cruising, racing, maintenance facilities. Go take a look, you know you want to.
Cruising, racing, maintenance facilities. Go take a look, you know you want to.
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Re: To All BMW & 4x4 Drivers
But Lady Stormrider nothing could make your perfectly pert posterior look anything less than gorgeouslady_stormrider wrote:I have to wear flourescent orange pants (which makes my bum look big)
