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From: Champ on 23 Dec 2009 08:28 On 23 Dec 2009 11:53:17 GMT, "sweller" <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >...do people see why I think Halfords is the automotive equivalent of >Dixons? Oh christ yes. When I bought the DVD player, the whole place was staffed by teenagers. The chap who was manning the audio section new literally *nothing*, and could barely open the box for me. While taking my money, his junior colleague siddled into view and said he couldn't answer the phone (which had been ringing out) because he "hadn't been trained". -- Champ We declare that the splendour of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: Ace on 23 Dec 2009 08:33 On 23 Dec 2009 13:28:40 GMT, "sweller" <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >Champ wrote: > >> > I know Champ also treats a satnav as an opponent that you have to >> > beat when you're driving but surely we're not the only ones? >> >> You know those signs you get on Motorways : "30 miles, 28 minutes to >> x"? Burnt considers them to be tantamount to entrapment. > >As are those maximum speeds at bends. I have to aim at double. So you actually slow down for them? Wuss.
From: Andy Bonwick on 23 Dec 2009 08:35 On 23 Dec 2009 13:28:40 GMT, "sweller" <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >Champ wrote: > >> > I know Champ also treats a satnav as an opponent that you have to >> > beat when you're driving but surely we're not the only ones? >> >> You know those signs you get on Motorways : "30 miles, 28 minutes to >> x"? Burnt considers them to be tantamount to entrapment. > >As are those maximum speeds at bends. I have to aim at double. It's even more of a challenge when you're over in mainland Europe.
From: wessie on 23 Dec 2009 08:38 "sweller" <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in news:xn0gj8o14drivn000 @news.individual.net: > Neil wrote: > >> Tom Tom 1 XL Europe. I'm sure I've seen it under £100 in the last few >> days either in Halfords or Argos > > That's what I went for - It was expensive in the Hove Halfords (£179) > and, apparently, it won't work in my car because it's got a dynamo. > is this a positive earth thing, or does some property of the dynamo interfere with the technology? -- wessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS
From: Ace on 23 Dec 2009 08:39
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:35:25 +0000, Andy Bonwick <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote: >On 23 Dec 2009 13:28:40 GMT, "sweller" <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> >wrote: >>As are those maximum speeds at bends. I have to aim at double. > >It's even more of a challenge when you're over in mainland Europe. Heh. |