Car (or bike) Chat!

[Marco]

IT WAS A JOKE Calm down dear, as Michael Winner was wont to say.

Lol - then next time, make the joke more obvious!

Though on the subject of butch 'male macho' nonsense, some may see disregarding soulless evs because they don't have a chipped 320 bhp into a roaring sports quad exhaust competing with an ear-bleedingly loud car stereo as such

Haha, nah, that's got nothing to do with why I enjoy it. It's about having FUN, but then I'm happy to concede everyone's idea of such is different. However, some folk (staid, po-faced, boring bassas) simply don't know how - and never have done!

Didn't expect that I'd have to explain myself in order to not offend any 'new man' sensibilities that may be out there

No offence taken whatsoever. I don't care who or what anyone is, as long as they don't try to impose those standards on me, if I disagree with them, or worse, present them as 'the norm'.

Marco.

[Pigmy Pony]

And sat-nav, if blindly used as the only way of getting about, is simply another form of tech that makes your brain go soft!

Marco.

It's the same with with car audio, another form of tech making your brain go soft. It was so much better when folk played their guitars while driving

Edit: this too was a joke. No musicians were harmed in the making of this post

[Marco]

No that's not what I was saying at all. It's so hard to explain humour. Yes it is silly not to ask for directions if lost but in general men don't want to. Even though we know it's daft not to want to. The instinct is still not to do it.

I fully get what you're saying mate, and have been saying all along, but the last bit isn't me. I have no such instinct.

My instinct instead is to do *whatever* I think will best help the immediate situation, and if that means asking someone for directions (as I have done on numerous occasions in the past, and benefited from accordingly), so be it!

However, the key lies in your use above of "in general". Before, Piggurs and you were guilty of generalising and lumping other men and me in with something that we might not agree with. That's what I objected to. Also, stubborn male ego/pride is something that I've thankfully never been afflicted with.

If genuinely needed, I don't consider asking for any form of help as an affront to my manhood. A 'real man' is happy to recognise and accept his limitations.

Marco.

[Marco]

It's the same with with car audio, another form of tech making your brain go soft. It was so much better when folk played their guitars while driving

Lol, well my point is that becoming overly reliant on ANY form of tech, instead of using your brain to perform that task instead, makes it go soft. Talking of 'problematic softness' lol, It's exactly the same with your wee willy-winky...

As they say: 'if you don't use it, you lose it'!



Marco.

[Pigmy Pony]

Lol, well my point is that becoming overly reliant on ANY form of tech, instead of using your brain to perform that task instead, makes it go soft. It's exactly the same with your troubles with your wee willy-winky...

As they say: 'if you don't use it, you lose it'!



Marco.

That's the last time I tell you anything in confidence Actually that was ANOTHER JOKE... I don't mind who knows, because I'm a real man... how about you, are you willing to be a real man and admit you have a tiny knob, or are you going to deny it with some butch male macho nonsense

Oh, and my explanation about how my sat nav helps me with traffic jams ...


So to recap: (a) tiny knob, or (b) butch macho male, possibly with tiny knob. Which is it?

[Marco]

That's the last time I tell you anything in confidence Actually that was ANOTHER JOKE... I don't mind who knows, because I'm a real man... how about you, are you willing to be a real man and admit you have a tiny knob, or are you going to deny it with some butch male macho nonsense

Lol - fortunately I don't have a tiny knob. What would you like, shweety, some pictures as proof?

Oh, and my explanation about how my sat nav helps me with traffic jams ...

Sorry, in isolation that statement makes no sense to me whatsoever...

Marco.

[Pigmy Pony]

Lol - fortunately I don't have a tiny knob. What would you like, shweety, some pictures as proof?



Sorry, in isolation that statement makes no sense to me whatsoever...

Marco.

So you chose option (b) then, I thought you would

As for the bit in bold - earlier you asked me to talk through how my sat nav helped me avoid motorway jams, which I duly did. I was wondering if there might be a reply from you any time soon... honestly, your memory

[Marco]

So you chose option (b) then, I thought you would

Ha - very good. I'll let you have a wee chat then with Del

As for the bit in bold - earlier you asked me to talk through how my sat nav helped me avoid motorway jams, which I duly did. I was wondering if there might be a reply from you any time soon... honestly, your memory...

Soz, must've missed it with all the toing and froing. I'll have a look now

Marco.

[Marco]

Ok, on to this one:

Driving down the motorway, and before we hit traffic jam, sat nav tells us with its voice that there is a delay of ---minutes up ahead, and suggests an alternative route. We follow the route guidance voice, simple as that. Sometimes we are informed of these delays before we've even got off the drive So you can either risk it, follow its recommended alternative route, or sack it off and go out later. How good is that?
[/B]

Excellent, and I accept that's very useful, but it won't help if something's just happened (say an accident up ahead), causing the traffic to stop, before the sat-nav detects it, and you're stuck there.

At that point, when the traffic starts moving again (but is still backed up), it would be useful to know if leaving at the next junction (which depending on where you are could be as little as 100 yards away) would lead you to your destination, arguably as quickly, without being delayed in the jam - and that's where a map comes in handy

Regardless though, the main point I'm making is that it pays to have an 'old school' backup to forms of modern technology, just in case it should prove useful, and where possible I always try to do that. I mean, say you've broken down and are stranded in the middle of nowhere with a flat battery. what use would your sat-nav be at telling you where you were or how to get home?

My motto? Never become TOO reliant on tech!

Marco.

[Pigmy Pony]

Excellent, and I accept that's very useful, but it won't help if something's just happened (say an accident up ahead), causing the traffic to stop, before the sat-nav detects it, and you're stuck there.

At that point, when the traffic starts moving again (but is still backed up), it would be useful to know if leaving at the next junction (which depending on where you are could be as little as 100 yards away) would lead you to your destination, arguably as quickly, without being delayed by the jam - and that's where a map comes in handy

Regardless though, the main point I'm making is that it pays to have an 'old school' backup to forms of modern technology, just in case it should prove useful, and where possible I always try to do that. I mean, say you've broken down and are stranded in the middle of nowhere with a flat battery. what use would your sat-nav be at telling you where you were or how to get home?

My motto? Never become TOO reliant on tech!

Marco.

Of course there will always be the chance of an incident being such short notice that sat navs don't keep up, but probably rare. As you say, solely relying on them is unwise, and in the scenario you describe we would do as you said earlier. As would any travellers with more than one brain cell (about 20% of today's motorists)

And just so you know, we also never do any long journeys (especially abroad) without a giant-size road atlas. They are especially good for showing possible places of interest en route. I love maps and can spend ages reading them just for something to do

In the last scenario you describe (break down) I would be calling the AA (other breakdown services are available). I think they might have technology to pinpoint you location through your phone.

I keep meaning to look into this "What 3 Words" thing. That looks like it could be handy. Have you come across this?

Btw, to save you from having to check, none of the above is a joke It is all my honest opinion.