Volvos explained

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Its true, Peter. The Volvos hate you and have been trying for years to
take you down.

You are wise to invest your energy in fighting this Nordic menace.

Kick the radiator first, its the Achille's Heel of these cold blooded
Swedish bastards.

Godspeed and good luck to you.
 
Bodie said:
OH!!

So now we backward are we ??????????????




Like aus is *such* an advanced country .. human right records just
continue
to amaze, huh?
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Regardless of how backwards the Aussies are, SA does have a limited range of
cars. It's changed a heck of a lot post-apartheid, but the range is still
small compared to the UK. I've just bought a VW Touran and had a look at the
UK website to compare prices and was amazed at the extra types of the models
they had, never mind the additional models that we've never seen.

I'd bet you'd find it's the same with most, if not all of the manufacturers.

Spizz
 
Its true, Peter. The Volvos hate you and have been trying for years to
take you down.

You are wise to invest your energy in fighting this Nordic menace.

Kick the radiator first, its the Achille's Heel of these cold blooded
Swedish bastards.

Godspeed and good luck to you.
 
The message <[email protected]>
from "Peter H.M. Brooks said:
BMW owners have been named as the worst drivers in Britain in a poll of
more than 5,000 motorists.
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Of course, just 'cos people /see/ them as the worst drivers doesn't mean
they are. Though I find some BMW drivers irritating I find Corsa drivers
with the thumpetty-thumpetty-bangy-crash sounds systems worse.
 
'outperformed' in the technical sense, presumably, Volvos have no
descernable aesthetic or emotional connection to sports cars that I can
detect.
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What about the 850R BTCC Racer? I guess Steve would be talking about the
road going version of that.

I use my Volvo for road rallying and have now owned 3 of them. People like
you make it even more amusing to use them in this way!
 
Skonnie said:
Its true, Peter. The Volvos hate you and have been trying for years to
take you down.

You are wise to invest your energy in fighting this Nordic menace.

Kick the radiator first, its the Achille's Heel of these cold blooded
Swedish bastards.

Godspeed and good luck to you.
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Thank you! I'll bear you good advice in mind.
 
Spizz said:
Regardless of how backwards the Aussies are, SA does have a limited range of
cars. It's changed a heck of a lot post-apartheid, but the range is still
small compared to the UK. I've just bought a VW Touran and had a look at the
UK website to compare prices and was amazed at the extra types of the models
they had, never mind the additional models that we've never seen.

I'd bet you'd find it's the same with most, if not all of the manufacturers.
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I'm hoping that this isn't true of colour laser printers - Samsung have
just come out with a brilliant, and cheap, model that I just have to
have - I've been looking for one for a while now and most are just too
expensive.
 
Carl said:
I use my Volvo for road rallying and have now owned 3 of them. People like
you make it even more amusing to use them in this way!
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Well, that's nice for you, dear.
 
Peter H.M.Brooks ([email protected]) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :
I'm hoping that this isn't true of colour laser printers - Samsung
have just come out with a brilliant, and cheap, model that I just have
to have - I've been looking for one for a while now and most are just
too expensive.
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B&W lasers have been disposable-cheap for a number of years, and colours
have also got to damn near that level now.

A quick glance at just one of the "usual suspects" shows a wide choice in
the 150-200 quid range, with all the reputable brands in there.
 
Adrian said:
Peter H.M.Brooks ([email protected]) gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :


B&W lasers have been disposable-cheap for a number of years, and colours
have also got to damn near that level now.

A quick glance at just one of the "usual suspects" shows a wide choice in
the 150-200 quid range, with all the reputable brands in there.
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I think we have a way to go before cheap colour lasers are worth buying.

At the moment, there's loads of cheap models on the market, but
re-filling them costs more than the printer cost originally.
 
SteveH ([email protected]) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

Ooops. Those prices are ex Vat. Add 17.5%.
I think we have a way to go before cheap colour lasers are worth
buying.

At the moment, there's loads of cheap models on the market, but
re-filling them costs more than the printer cost originally.
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And this differs from colour inkjets how...?
 
SteveH ([email protected]) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :
Only if you buy Lexmark....
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People *buy* Lexmark inkjets...?

I thought they were just *given* the damn things as a "free bonus" for
buying something else...

<thinks>
That business model reminds me of a different trade...
 
Apparently the back seats of revolves are
the most comfortable mobile bonk locations.
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My Volvo (FH12-460) has got a bed in it. And a built-in fridge to keep the
champagne cool.
 
Adrian said:
SteveH ([email protected]) gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :


Ooops. Those prices are ex Vat. Add 17.5%.


And this differs from colour inkjets how...?
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Quite simple, really. With an inkjet you're likely to pay much more
than the price of the printer over three years in cartridges. With a
colour laser printer you're likely to pay the price of the printer in
toner over about five years.

OK, all this depends on usage. However, you're going to pay much, much
more, whatever your usage, per page, for an inkjet than for a laserjet.

If your printing extends to 100 pages a year, you'll lose out on the
inkjet because it will dry out from under use (this doesn't happen with
lasers because the toner is dry). If you print 1000+ pages a year then
you'll win becuase you'll have to change a cartridge every four years -
with an inkjet you'll have to change it ten times a year. The cartridge
will cost you $40 a throw for an inkjet, but $100 for the laser printer
- look at the print output and the calculations are obvious.

Inkjet printers are a supreme rip-off.
 
Carl said:
I use my Volvo for road rallying and have now owned 3 of them. People like
you make it even more amusing to use them in this way!
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I wonder, just a little bit you understand, quite how this is relevant
to bonking in a Volvo, or any other car. Do you find t hat the girlies
warm to the idea of bonking on a rally? Rallys seem to me quite a boy's
thing, dirty, bumpy, tedious, competitive and ultimately utterly
pointless. Just the sort of thing that girlies, sensibly avoid.

Come clean. How many girls have wanted to bonk boys in the back of
their rally cars? I'm not really expecting honesty in your reply, but,
note, I'm leaving it open to friends of yours that might have reported
having friends that knew rally drivers who got a bonk in their cars.

Of course I know that there are some girl rally drivers, at least those
of the feminine sex clinically, who rally cars. Good luck to them. If
there are any of them here they might have a view as to how often
they've felt moved to bonk in a rally car - or, more implausibly, in a
Volvo.

We do have to look at the full picture, after all...
 
Guy said:
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Of course, just 'cos people /see/ them as the worst drivers doesn't mean
they are. Though I find some BMW drivers irritating I find Corsa drivers
with the thumpetty-thumpetty-bangy-crash sounds systems worse.
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Oh, that's quite right.

Volvo drivers might be very safe. They might, however, cause increased
blood pressure and consequent death in many other road users.

I'd imagine that they'd thing that fun.

Given the personality profile, we might consider how well a Volvo boot
does as a carrying place for the corpse of the Volvo driver's wife or
husband.

Any personal experiences to report?
 
Whenever I come across an argumentative post full of overstatements
like this one I'm tempted to respond. But I usually catch myself and
re-read the excellent description of Internet Trolls on Wikipedia.
This individual manages to hit at least four categories.

And he apparently enjoys re-reading himself in print because he
cross-posts to all manner of marginally related boards.
 
Peter H.M. Brooks said:
I wonder, just a little bit you understand, quite how this is relevant
to bonking in a Volvo, or any other car. Do you find t hat the girlies
warm to the idea of bonking on a rally? Rallys seem to me quite a boy's
thing, dirty, bumpy, tedious, competitive and ultimately utterly
pointless. Just the sort of thing that girlies, sensibly avoid.
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Perhaps if you quoted to what I was actually replying to it would be a bit
clearer.
Come clean. How many girls have wanted to bonk boys in the back of
their rally cars? I'm not really expecting honesty in your reply, but,
note, I'm leaving it open to friends of yours that might have reported
having friends that knew rally drivers who got a bonk in their cars.

Of course I know that there are some girl rally drivers, at least those
of the feminine sex clinically, who rally cars. Good luck to them. If
there are any of them here they might have a view as to how often
they've felt moved to bonk in a rally car - or, more implausibly, in a
Volvo.

We do have to look at the full picture, after all...
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Actually my navigator is female and is quite fit. And TBH during an event
I've got far better things to think about than getting my end away in the
back of the car!

You seem obsessed with 'bonking'. Are you perhaps a 29 year old virgin that
still lives with his mum and spends his time making online friends rather
than actually stepping out of the house to intereact with 'real' people? Or
maybe just a 16 year old boy with his hormones going crazy?
 
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