question.why is it when you drive onto a large car park say a retail park or superstore and you drive to the far end into no mans land were nobody parks and you park your pride and joy safe in the knowledge there is plenty of space around it,then when you return some p**** in a transit van has parked right next to you even though there are 15 othe bays either side of you

 

they are called a tw*t magnets you have them attached to both sides and the front/rear of the car YOU drive

 

had to take me dad to pick me mums car up from the garage 2day £600 bill for head gasket anyway let him drive when i heard a pssst and when i glanced in the paasenger door mirror a scruffy old fizzy turbo was stuck to my rear bumper,right floor it i told him,which god bless him he did,only problem was we were doin 50 in 5th and he didnt shift down so this bloody hunk of junk went straight passed i dont even think we got on boost

 

well normally I would say the same as pete but I read somewhere that people think there car is less of a target when its grouped together with others (like sheep) theirs less chace of it getting singled out (no wonder if its a bloody clapped out metro who the hell going to damage that and why the hell do you have to park so friggin close I need to enter the car through my boot

sorry rant over now bloody low life - I would see my hand bleed holding my door rather then dinging someone even in the works van!!

and breath

 

yeh just emailed scooby clinic 2 see how much 2 take me **** magnets off

 

ooo that wont be cheap

 

that means taking the shell off and replacing it with an austin princess shell that would do it

£5000 to you

 

yeh but only if u can gaurantee that **** high wedge like stance of that wonderfull piece of british engineering

ps will me sti spoiler still fit

 

done!!

you can even have the lovely brown vynal roof too

re'ps i should think so

 

ah b*ll*xs ill just trade it in for an allegro VANDEN PLAS eh how posh is that then

 

right im of to bed im up at 6.30

 

nighty night

 

Night guys I am also off - my eyes seem to be burning LOL

 

Where abouts in Scotland are you going? I know a couple of fantastic roads to Edinburgh if you're heading that way.

 

I got a trolley shaped ding in the driver's door of my Focus on the first day I bought it. My mum had asked me to get some milk on the way home from collecting it. I was in the shop for about 3 minutes and when I got back, there it was - with the trolley about three spaces down next to the dry patch on the ground where a Range Rover had been parked. Bar Stewards!!

If you look along the flanks of my Scoob, it's like it's been parked on a golf driving range. It's like Dent Street in Dingville. Need to get it sorted at some point but it's another thing on a growing list of things I need (want) to do. ARB's and suspension need replacing first as they are getting a tad old and slack.

 

Its not quite as far as that - I am going to Lockerbie for a wedding - theres a free bar

Sat nav says it will take just over 2hrs 30 mins - its quite far for me.

 

LOL. Surely by parking next to another car, you are giving the little sh*t somewhere to hide whilst he hammers a screwdriver into the doorlock? (usually taking plenty of paint with him)

Although, I can see the theory of halving the chance that they'll pick yours.

I'm the same at work, but sometimes I don't know why I bother. New scratches appear all the time. I think it's caused by people getting their keys out of their pocket and walking between the cars with them by their side - only the slightest of glances with the key but it still leaves a mark.

Either that, or similar to what jaydut had with the jeans!

 

you WILL enjoy the roads to lockerbie

after gretna the roads become really good fast flowing roads

 

What??? The M74???

 

on the way to dumfries and galloway there aint no motorway there

 

Hi All

one thing that causes that is if your car is dirty and someone slides past it - it causes fine lines in your clear coat - you will notice them in the sun - can be easly taken out though - good thing to have is my alarm as when someone gets close it beeps and scares the sh*t out of people - best one was when I went to the doctors some old dear walked past - "BEEEEEPPPPPP" she nearly had a heart attack

 

on the sat nav its sending me down the M6 then that becomes the A74 - by the looks of it I could detour onto the B722 (waterbeck) then join the B7068 (bankshill) - looks like some twisty stuff - I just need a good excuse to go that way

 

No, there isn't a motorway. You're correct. There are some good roads that way though. Lockerbie is a bit further North and the M74 nearly goes through the middle of the town.

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.c...1&scale=500000

And Lockerbie is only 15 miles away from my alltime favourite road - the A701 from Moffat to Penicuik.

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.c...p.x=283&up.y=8

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.c...p.x=297&up.y=8

I was practically brought up on this road as my dad used to be a sales rep for a mill near stirling. He would drop us off with my relatives in Edinburgh and travel on to stirling. For a while we were doing this on a weekly basis, so I know the road like the back of my hand, despite the fact I've only ever driven it 6 times (3 each way) myself.

It's 40 miles of pure driving pleasure - I promise you!

 

better idea, can you electrify the chasis of the car so if somebody was to brush against it they would then have to pick their teeth up off the floor

 

Dont people in asia do somthing like that or maybe rent a sniper - it costs a extra £2.00 ontop of the parking fee but at least you know your car would be protected - only downside would be cleaning the splattered brains off your car

 

did you ever see them flame throwers for your car from south africa

 

yes thats there anti hijack device - crazy but effective

 

sorry i was thinking of the the a75 between dumfries and newton stewart but you wont be going that far west

 

that wouldnt bother me one bit

 

thats why you should always park over the white line, that way taking two space



Doesnt work for me either as both our cars have more dings in the side than I care to get fixed. Worse place is sainsburys, wonder why