breakdown truck

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TerryG
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Re: breakdown truck

#591 Post by TerryG »

rich. wrote:french paperwork :D
It is written on the inside of onion skins with a baguette pen and red wine for ink ;)
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Re: breakdown truck

#592 Post by rich. »

TerryG wrote:
rich. wrote:french paperwork :D
It is written on the inside of onion skins with a baguette pen and red wine for ink ;)
i see you are familiar with it :lol: :lol:
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#593 Post by UKJeeper »

Agreed. I'm certainly not a fan of French Letters myself.
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#594 Post by JPB »

TerryG wrote:.....written on the inside of onion skins with a baguette pen and red wine for ink ;)
I want to see a drawing of this. I can't draw. Google, Bing and Duckduckgo between them can't provide a picture to illustrate the concept. Help, someone, please.

(The closest I came to finding that image is the following picture of Elvis the Boxador with a colander on his napper, seen below):

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Ahhhh, silly doggie. :oops:
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Re: breakdown truck

#596 Post by TerryG »

Are all French cars weird or do you just have a knack of finding all the weird ones?
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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#597 Post by JPB »

I see no weirdness. :? ;)
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#598 Post by TerryG »

I keep going back to look at the caravelle again. As strange as it is, there is something striking about it. I hope it gets restored :)
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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#599 Post by rich. »

TerryG wrote:Are all French cars weird or do you just have a knack of finding all the weird ones?
is it because its the steering wheel on the wrong side....
& that caravelle can be delivered :D

more in my price range
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/124-bmw-isetta-250-n83qn
:lol:
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#600 Post by TerryG »

Since when do you have that sort of money?
I was thinking more like this:
http://www.poundland.co.uk/die-cast-sports-car
;)


If you are feeling REALLY flush, you could always get one of these (£20k) and pretend you are in the jetsons:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-no ... e-25409833
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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