Other road users
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Here the Accord is one of the top sellers. It's #2 behind the Toyota Camry I believe. I saw many Hondas in the UK but few Accords. It crosses all paths from the young person buying his/her first car, to the young couple starting a family, to old farts like me. It covers a broad spectrum of buyers and is synonymous with quality and reliability.If you are fortunate enough to acquire one actually made in Japan (see my J-Spec icon) you have a coveted piece of machinery that is the best of the crop.
Here the Accord is one of the top sellers. It's #2 behind the Toyota Camry I believe. I saw many Hondas in the UK but few Accords. It crosses all paths from the young person buying his/her first car, to the young couple starting a family, to old farts like me. It covers a broad spectrum of buyers and is synonymous with quality and reliability.If you are fortunate enough to acquire one actually made in Japan (see my J-Spec icon) you have a coveted piece of machinery that is the best of the crop.
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I read in another thread where a (edited for the sake of politeness) person rides a scooter in the summer. Great.
It really makes me wish I had not washed my car this morning.
Last night a scooter driver hit the passenger side bumperand taillight-quarter panel on the valdeez. I'll take pics of the damage and post them tomorrow-it's kinda ok fixable. I know it was a scooter because of the paint color and height of the damage-scooter handlebar high on the light/qtrpanel, with scooter frontfender print on bumber of car.
The part that will be missed is the faceprint that was on the back glass![:@] Oh, dang I wish I had taken a pic! You could see the mouth, eye, and profile clearly where the a$$h*les face first made contact and the smudge that extended up toward the passenger window. Totally hilarious.
It doesn't matter that I did not find out until this morning, becausea.)the scooter person got the worst of it I'm sure, and b.) scooters do not have insurance and I do not feel like going to court over a scratch n dent collision.
I was parked on the left side of a one way street that has parking on both sides and is long and straight-perfect to tempt drunken tourists to race their rented scooters.
FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS RIDE SCOOTERS
What scooters and fat chicks have in common?
It really makes me wish I had not washed my car this morning.
Last night a scooter driver hit the passenger side bumperand taillight-quarter panel on the valdeez. I'll take pics of the damage and post them tomorrow-it's kinda ok fixable. I know it was a scooter because of the paint color and height of the damage-scooter handlebar high on the light/qtrpanel, with scooter frontfender print on bumber of car.
The part that will be missed is the faceprint that was on the back glass![:@] Oh, dang I wish I had taken a pic! You could see the mouth, eye, and profile clearly where the a$$h*les face first made contact and the smudge that extended up toward the passenger window. Totally hilarious.
It doesn't matter that I did not find out until this morning, becausea.)the scooter person got the worst of it I'm sure, and b.) scooters do not have insurance and I do not feel like going to court over a scratch n dent collision.
I was parked on the left side of a one way street that has parking on both sides and is long and straight-perfect to tempt drunken tourists to race their rented scooters.
FRIENDS DON'T LET FRIENDS RIDE SCOOTERS
What scooters and fat chicks have in common?
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Hang on ! You allow motor vehicles on public roads without insurance - that's got to be wrong.
Scooter - are we talking about the same thing ? Two wheels, small engine with an exhaust note like a prolonged fart ?
Madness !
Scooter - are we talking about the same thing ? Two wheels, small engine with an exhaust note like a prolonged fart ?
Madness !
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Yes, as in moped/scooter. The infernal contraptions are rented to tourists by the thousands. When my coworkers leave I'll post the pics I took today. Business is brisk, so I've been out for a couple days. More later.
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Mind, I still have a wistful fondness for two wheels. First bike at 16 years + 2 weeks old was a huge BSA which was built before I was born. I REALLY learned how to strip bike engines on that one. Then followed a succession of BSA, Triumph, Norton, etc. Finally hung up the crash helmet at 48 years old. Big resurgence of bikes here. They gather in gangs in the Dales villages - great bike riding country, all narrow twisty hilly stuff. Funny thing is when they remove their helmets, they are all 50+ year old accountants and doctors.
I think scooters are deathtraps.
I think scooters are deathtraps.
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Late pics.
The passenger side taillight got cracked on the left edge, and the metal on to the right of it is dented.
The bumper has a big scuff and the reflector is sticking out.
It's kinda rainy so I didn't take pics of the driver's side, which got it night before last, on the same street.
Yes, they are deathtraps. So are motorcycles. I rode for several years before I got struck from behind by a car. It sucked bad.So I no longer ride much.And besides, in the car I can drink, smoke, and jam the tunes[8D]!
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The passenger side taillight got cracked on the left edge, and the metal on to the right of it is dented.
The bumper has a big scuff and the reflector is sticking out.
It's kinda rainy so I didn't take pics of the driver's side, which got it night before last, on the same street.
Yes, they are deathtraps. So are motorcycles. I rode for several years before I got struck from behind by a car. It sucked bad.So I no longer ride much.And besides, in the car I can drink, smoke, and jam the tunes[8D]!
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not to but in but the one thing that scares the livin daylights out of me is "soccer mom in a SUV on a phone/putting make-up on"!!!!! the blue rinse brigade can be pretty bad but middle aged women in big SUV's are the worst! IMHO
