I find that stains the alloys somewhat, and is a very bad idea in high winds... -- Tim Hobbs '58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig" '77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt" '03 Volvo V70 My Landies? http://www.seriesii.co.uk Barcoding? http://www.bartec-systems.com Tony Luckwill web archive at http://www.luckwill.com
But only if you are facing into the wind. There's an old saying about that... maybe the saying even warrants proverb status
I use them all the time. - Seth Jackson Songwriting & Music Business Info: http://www.sethjackson.net
The "rushed" (disorganized?) people are probably the target market. Personally I like having somewhere to put a drink on an hours long drive. There are a lot of very straight, boring roads in the US, where, shall we say, less than one's complete and full attention is required to safely operate a car. In the big scheme of things, the speed limits are not all that high over here (vary from 55-75 mph). About the only roads I have seen in the UK were two lanes from the inside of a bus - this would be a good time to pay attention to one's driving. I don't know how your fast highways compare to ours, or of course, how your experience compares to mine. Hands-free mobile phones are billed as safer over here. My opinion is they probably aren't any less distracting, and those who crash using a cellphone would probably get distracted playing with the car radio or something else if they didn't have a phone. Heheh... Are DVD players a hit in family vehicles over there? They are increasingly common over here. Why discipline your children and make them behave when they can be tranquilized by expensive electronics, right? </sarcasm>
I find cupholders quite handy. My 945TG has 4 cupholders, and all were used this evening (2 coffees and 2 kids juices) on the way to a basketball game. My Expedition 4x4 has 8, and all get exercised regularly, with either a drink or cellphone or the remote for the TV/VCR/DVD, etc.
As I noted in my previous post, in a part you snipped, stopping every couple of hours would have made a 16-hour trip a 20-hour one. Perhaps you have that luxury; it is not universal. -- Michael Wojcik Unfortunately, as a software professional, tradition requires me to spend New Years Eve drinking alone, playing video games and sobbing uncontrollably. -- Peter Johnson
The UK motorways I've seen - around London and in Kent (I've driven to Cumbria, but that was nearly 20 years ago) - are mostly three lanes of travel in each direction, with moderate to heavy traffic including regular jams at peak commuting times, speed limit typically 75 MPH (is this true everywhere?) but with considerable variation in actual vehicle speeds, moderately aggressive driving. They remind me of Route 128 around Boston (which is not as bad as it's reputed to be, IMO). Of course, it's not as common in the UK as it is here to set off on a 16-hour drive. And I don't know if there's any stretch of road there that compares to, say, I-80 through Nebraska for sheer dullness. -- Michael Wojcik The surface of the word "profession" is hard and rough, the inside mixed with poison. It's this that prevents me crossing over. And what is there on the other side? Only what people longingly refer to as "the other side". -- Tawada Yoko (trans. Margaret Mitsutani)
Universal motorway speed limit is 70mph, nowhere is higher than that. Lots of urban motorway sections have local 50mph limits. At peak times it is generally hard to cruise at all, which makes autos a major bonus. Lots of times you just shuffle along between 0 and 30mph. At quiet times it is easy to set the cruise at 85. You will be overtaken by cars doing well over 100. Quality of motorway driving varies from quite good (early morning, late evening) to dreadful (rush hours, weekends). It's noticeable when the 'professional drivers' are out as opposed to weekend drivers and white-van-man. -- Tim Hobbs '58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig" '77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt" '03 Volvo V70 My Landies? http://www.seriesii.co.uk Barcoding? http://www.bartec-systems.com Tony Luckwill web archive at http://www.luckwill.com
bras are like coffee cups no good unless there is something in them . BIG ONES LITTLE ONES WHO CARES OH AND I LOVE MY COFFEE !
