Re: Caravans banished to slow lane on M5

[a name]

"Martin Banks" <banksie@unspam.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
news:memo.20040803092245.1752L@banksie.compulink.c o.uk...
> In article <x369QdQA6rCBFAqT@raefell.demon.co.uk>,
> hugh@[127.0.0.1] (hugh) wrote:
>
>
> > Very biased bit of news reporting on the early evening
> > ITV news. Purported to show the great improvement
> > achieved by this idea. Only problem was in the time they
> > stood on the motorway bridge , in the background only 2
> > caravans went passed. Personally I think that you could
> > chose any group of motorists, say those driving blue
> > cars, and confine them to the inside lane, you would see
> > the same improvement in traffic flow
>
> Ahh, a much more interesting game. Personally, I'd ban all
> Mercedes drivers. The cars are OK, I suppose, but the
> drivers are amongst the most arrogant, self-centred and
> discourteous I have ever (often damned near) been bumped
> into by. (Obviously, this only applies to the UK. On the
> continent, Mercs are just taxis and not `posh' at all).
>

I used to think the same, until I bought a Merc. Best car I ever
drove.Quick, comfortable, and running on LPG, very economical, what more can
I ask for. Just a pity its German.

[hugh]

In message <cf3ge3$l9b$1@sparta.btinternet.com>, a name
<mark.j.rogers@btSPAMinternet.com> writes
>
>"Martin Banks" <banksie@unspam.cix.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:memo.20040803092245.1752L@banksie.compulink.c o.uk...
>> In article <x369QdQA6rCBFAqT@raefell.demon.co.uk>,
>> hugh@[127.0.0.1] (hugh) wrote:
>>
>>
>> > Very biased bit of news reporting on the early evening
>> > ITV news. Purported to show the great improvement
>> > achieved by this idea. Only problem was in the time they
>> > stood on the motorway bridge , in the background only 2
>> > caravans went passed. Personally I think that you could
>> > chose any group of motorists, say those driving blue
>> > cars, and confine them to the inside lane, you would see
>> > the same improvement in traffic flow
>>
>> Ahh, a much more interesting game. Personally, I'd ban all
>> Mercedes drivers. The cars are OK, I suppose, but the
>> drivers are amongst the most arrogant, self-centred and
>> discourteous I have ever (often damned near) been bumped
>> into by. (Obviously, this only applies to the UK. On the
>> continent, Mercs are just taxis and not `posh' at all).
>>
>
>I used to think the same, until I bought a Merc. Best car I ever
>drove.Quick, comfortable, and running on LPG, very economical, what more can
>I ask for. Just a pity its German.
>
>
Not a patch on an XJ8 Jag IMO.
--
hugh
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