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Driving automatics ?

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  • jeannieblue
    jeannieblue Posts: 4,761 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    the last time i wore one it was the dead of winter,so i had to wear something,the next time will also be the dead of winter so again there will some sort of under garment employed.
    if it was the summer it would be a different case.:D
    You're such a girl.......... :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
    Genie
    Master Technician
  • goldspanners
    goldspanners Posts: 5,910 Forumite
    You're such a girl.......... :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    im just sensitive. :p
    ...work permit granted!
  • jeannieblue
    jeannieblue Posts: 4,761 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    im just sensitive. :p
    Yeah right...... you're Scottish - you should be able to bare all to the elements! :D

    Missing MrsE......... :cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:
    Genie
    Master Technician
  • goldspanners
    goldspanners Posts: 5,910 Forumite
    Yeah right...... you're Scottish - you should be able to bare all to the elements! :D

    Missing MrsE......... :cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

    it all depends on how much ive had to drink.
    the more alcohol the less clothing required.
    ...work permit granted!
  • jeannieblue
    jeannieblue Posts: 4,761 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    it all depends on how much ive had to drink.
    the more alcohol the less clothing required.
    I'm sending a crate of the strongest alcohol that I can find! :D

    I went out today in my automatic plastic replica car - just to keep the theme going.

    I find an auto at its best for Sunday driving... Stop start etc. As all the morons are out cluttering the roads going to garden centres and the local Harvester for badly cooked prepacked food meals... :eek:
    Genie
    Master Technician
  • buses7675
    buses7675 Posts: 837 Forumite
    Hi All,

    One way to look at how to drive an automatic is to watch what bus drivers do, as practically all of these are autos.

    Most never take the gearbox out of drive and simply just use the handbrake when stopped. Some gearboxes, Volvo ones I think, do automatically go into neutral when the parking brake is applied then back into drive as soon as it is removed. I'm sure I read somewhere that some 'posh' cars do this also! lol

    Cheers

    Steve
    completed Uni in 2004 without any student debt - woohoo!
  • goldspanners
    goldspanners Posts: 5,910 Forumite
    I'm sending a crate of the strongest alcohol that I can find! :D

    I went out today in my automatic plastic replica car - just to keep the theme going.

    I find an auto at its best for Sunday driving... Stop start etc. As all the morons are out cluttering the roads going to garden centres and the local Harvester for badly cooked prepacked food meals... :eek:
    im on call for the next 2 weeks so no drinking til then!
    what scale is this automatic replica of yours, does it fit on the mantlepiece?
    ...work permit granted!
  • jeannieblue
    jeannieblue Posts: 4,761 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    im on call for the next 2 weeks so no drinking til then!
    what scale is this automatic replica of yours, does it fit on the mantlepiece?
    You could fit 4 to 5 normal sized people in it. And its a nice blue colour.

    Still missing MrsE :o
    Genie
    Master Technician
  • goldspanners
    goldspanners Posts: 5,910 Forumite
    You could fit 4 to 5 normal sized people in it. And its a nice blue colour.

    Still missing MrsE :o

    ah,i was thinking more corgi or matchbox.
    ...work permit granted!
  • jeannieblue
    jeannieblue Posts: 4,761 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    ah,i was thinking more corgi or matchbox.
    Nope, my auto is the same size as a non auto. But nicer and better and drives better, no silly stick shift thing to get in the way of driving and putting on make up at the same time... :D
    Genie
    Master Technician
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