"Hairy One Kenobi" <abuse@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
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>>
>> Maybe you should travel in the U.S. before making assumptions about the
>> habits of American drivers.
>
> Unfortunately, you might have just confirmed one: driving at 75mph, while
> unable to see anything but a 1 litre bottle of water. I'll bow to your
> superior knowledge about crash survivability of European cars... ;o)
>

And how does a liter bottle in a Z4 holder obstruct vision?

Tom

 

"Hairy One Kenobi" <abuse@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
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>>
>> Maybe you should travel in the U.S. before making assumptions about the
>> habits of American drivers.
>
> Unfortunately, you might have just confirmed one: driving at 75mph, while
> unable to see anything but a 1 litre bottle of water. I'll bow to your
> superior knowledge about crash survivability of European cars... ;o)
>

And how does a liter bottle in a Z4 holder obstruct vision?

Tom

 

Michael Pardee wrote:

You can live without A/C (I didn't use it
> when the temp was 50C about 5 years ago), but dehydration will kill you in
> minutes without warning. You don't need a cupholder if you use bottled
> water, but not drinking is inviting sudden death.

Slight warp of thread: Same goes for the windchill factor. A lot of
people doesn't appreciate how cold it really is before it is too late. A
useful demonstration might be to hold a piece of raw meat into the wind
and show people how fast it deepfreezes....

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azoth@dod.no
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'90 BMW 318i '93 Audi 100 2.3E When in doubt, floor it!

 

Michael Pardee wrote:

You can live without A/C (I didn't use it
> when the temp was 50C about 5 years ago), but dehydration will kill you in
> minutes without warning. You don't need a cupholder if you use bottled
> water, but not drinking is inviting sudden death.

Slight warp of thread: Same goes for the windchill factor. A lot of
people doesn't appreciate how cold it really is before it is too late. A
useful demonstration might be to hold a piece of raw meat into the wind
and show people how fast it deepfreezes....

--
azoth@dod.no
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wenn im Zweifel, Volleistung! DoD#2101
'90 BMW 318i '93 Audi 100 2.3E When in doubt, floor it!

 

Michael Pardee wrote:

You can live without A/C (I didn't use it
> when the temp was 50C about 5 years ago), but dehydration will kill you in
> minutes without warning. You don't need a cupholder if you use bottled
> water, but not drinking is inviting sudden death.

Slight warp of thread: Same goes for the windchill factor. A lot of
people doesn't appreciate how cold it really is before it is too late. A
useful demonstration might be to hold a piece of raw meat into the wind
and show people how fast it deepfreezes....

--
azoth@dod.no
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wenn im Zweifel, Volleistung! DoD#2101
'90 BMW 318i '93 Audi 100 2.3E When in doubt, floor it!

 

"cp" <asdf@asdf.com> wrote in message
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<snip>
>Come to think of it, only one of the 7 cars I've had had a cup holder and I
>don't remember ever using them. <snip>

Isn't English a strange language -- you can string two 'had had''s together
and have it make sense.

M

 

"cp" <asdf@asdf.com> wrote in message
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<snip>
>Come to think of it, only one of the 7 cars I've had had a cup holder and I
>don't remember ever using them. <snip>

Isn't English a strange language -- you can string two 'had had''s together
and have it make sense.

M

 

"cp" <asdf@asdf.com> wrote in message
news:l8CIe.182835$tt5.149095@edtnps90...

<snip>
>Come to think of it, only one of the 7 cars I've had had a cup holder and I
>don't remember ever using them. <snip>

Isn't English a strange language -- you can string two 'had had''s together
and have it make sense.

M

 

Guy King wrote:
> The message <ecCIe.182838$tt5.107520@edtnps90>
> from "cp" <asdf@asdf.com> contains these words:
>
> > Don't know; of the 7 cars I've had I've just realized only one had a
> > cup holder, don't remember using it.
>
> Mine's got a cupholder. I pass the cup to the wife and say "Hold that".

LOL.

That's the way I do it, too. If I'm alone, I just don't drink anything
until I stop for fuel, or to off-load what I drank before.

Maybe it's because I never feel comfortable doing anything but
*driving* when I'm behind the wheel. Eating, drinking, reading,
chatting on the cell, shaving, etc. - I'll leave all that to other
folks.

I know, it's weird to hear that from an American. But I guess I'm
weird in actually enjoying the driving. Maybe if I had a Honda or a
Toyota, I'd be so bored as to need to do something else while driving,
just to stay awake.

E.P. "Cupholders? We don't need no steenkeeng cupholders..."

 

Guy King wrote:
> The message <ecCIe.182838$tt5.107520@edtnps90>
> from "cp" <asdf@asdf.com> contains these words:
>
> > Don't know; of the 7 cars I've had I've just realized only one had a
> > cup holder, don't remember using it.
>
> Mine's got a cupholder. I pass the cup to the wife and say "Hold that".

LOL.

That's the way I do it, too. If I'm alone, I just don't drink anything
until I stop for fuel, or to off-load what I drank before.

Maybe it's because I never feel comfortable doing anything but
*driving* when I'm behind the wheel. Eating, drinking, reading,
chatting on the cell, shaving, etc. - I'll leave all that to other
folks.

I know, it's weird to hear that from an American. But I guess I'm
weird in actually enjoying the driving. Maybe if I had a Honda or a
Toyota, I'd be so bored as to need to do something else while driving,
just to stay awake.

E.P. "Cupholders? We don't need no steenkeeng cupholders..."