Entirely unashamed anti car propaganda, and the more the better.

[maomao]

Sorry, when I said 'thick' what I meant was 'entirely devoid of intelligence or self-awareness'.

 

[Elpenor]

Dogs should have licenses, numberplates and insurance.

Except if they’re on bicycles of course

 

[platinumsage]

Pedestrians are most in need of licensing. Perhaps stepping off a pavement should be illegal for the unlicensed unless wearing his-vis and accompanied by a fully licensed adult.

 

[T & P]

Pedestrians are most in need of licensing. Perhaps stepping off a pavement should be illegal for the unlicensed unless wearing his-vis and accompanied by a fully licensed adult.

Alternatively, making them wear contact mines attached to various parts of their body could finally do the trick and awaken their self-preservation instinct whilst out and about.

 

[Artaxerxes]

 

[teuchter]

New book out.

Some readers of this thread may need to start emailing their local bookshops to demand that this kind of radical propaganda is not made available to the populace.

Curbing Traffic

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[T & P]

On the contrary, I'm all for ensuring masturbatory aids are readily available to anyone who needs them.

 

[platinumsage]

New book out.

Some readers of this thread may need to start emailing their local bookshops to demand that this kind of radical propaganda is not made available to the populace.

Curbing Traffic

islandpress.org

There’s no need when we have evangelists like you to parrot their arguments.

Do they mention anything about mundane issues such as Park & Ride and people who don’t live in cities among their chapters on Feminism and Prosperity, or is it all sunlit uplands?

 

[SpookyFrank]

Except this isn't true. The anti car posters have done little except attract piss taking and general ridicule. Even the most brain dead can see the hypocrisy of much of their arguments. The I don't need a car except when I need a car argument often posted here sticks two fingers up at their own arguments.

“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” ― Mahatma Gandhi.

And that is how the anti car brigade is doing here. Your own arguments are ridiculous. If you had any intelligence you could see this. But your own closed mindedness means you can't see the ridiculousness of your arguments. We, the more open minded, the ones who can see the many sides of the arguments have won.

It's actually quite impressive to have posted the single most pompous thing ever seen on this forum, particularly considering the many formidable competitors in that field, so congratulations I guess?

 

[maomao]

It's actually quite impressive to have posted the single most pompous thing ever seen on this forum, particularly considering the many formidable competitors in that field, so congratulations I guess?

I think you have to be right in some way to count as pompous. But to include a quote that's not only misattributed but seems to be saying the exact opposite of what you're trying to say is just embarrassingly thick.

 

[dessiato]

It's actually quite impressive to have posted the single most pompous thing ever seen on this forum, particularly considering the many formidable competitors in that field, so congratulations I guess?

I think you have to be right in some way to count as pompous. But to include a quote that's not only misattributed but seems to be saying the exact opposite of what you're trying to say is just embarrassingly thick.

I was very curious to see who would respond, and how. I was very disappointed it took you so long. Are you just a bit off your game?

 

[SpookyFrank]

I think you have to be right in some way to count as pompous. But to include a quote that's not only misattributed but seems to be saying the exact opposite of what you're trying to say is just embarrassingly thick.

I loved the Ghandi quote. Particularly as Ghandi was definitely talking about the right of middle aged men to mask their insecurities by cunting about in needlessly fast cars regardless of the consequences.

 

[maomao]

I loved the Ghandi quote. Particularly as Ghandi was definitely talking about the right of middle aged men to mask their insecurities by cunting about in needlessly fast cars regardless of the consequences.

It wasn't even Gandhi.

I was very curious to see who would respond, and how. I was very disappointed it took you so long. Are you just a bit off your game?

I responded almost immediately. I just didn't quote you.

 

[dessiato]

It wasn't even Gandhi.
I responded almost immediately. I just didn't quote you.

Is that what it was supposed to be? It looked like you were just making a vague insult to anyone who isn't you.

 

[maomao]

Is that what it was supposed to be? It looked like you were just making a vague insult to anyone who isn't you.

See. That's what I meant by lacking self-awareness.

 

[teuchter]

This was posted on the estate agents thread.

Congratulations, car people. Truly you are building a great world for us to live in.

 

[MickiQ]

You do realise that clearly someone ha converted their own house which they have an absolute right to do and that any new buyer has an equally absolute right to convert it back again

 

[platinumsage]

That property is unique in an estate of otherwise identikit new builds. I think it's great that it represents some unusual variety in the housing stock, in this case catering for someone who wants lots of storage space, perhaps for motor vehicles, perhaps for their collection of miniature steam engines or whatever.

Not everyone wants a bay window, and twee small patch of grass and a bush in front of their house.

 

[maomao]

You do realise that clearly someone ha converted their own house which they have an absolute right to do and that any new buyer has an equally absolute right to convert it back again

I don't think anyone on this thread is in a position to challenge the rights of property owners so pop your hair back on. It's fucking ugly and its one saving grace is the size of that front patio makes it far more likely to flood.

 

[teuchter]

You do realise that clearly someone ha converted their own house which they have an absolute right to do and that any new buyer has an equally absolute right to convert it back again

Firstly, no someone has not converted it; it's a new development and built like this.

Secondly, no-one has an "absolute right" to convert part of their property to a garage.

 

[Teaboy]

This was posted on the estate agents thread.

Congratulations, car people. Truly you are building a great world for us to live in.

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That's mental is every respect. Startlingly cheap and ugly construction before you even get to the 3 garage set up and massive driveway. Unless you have a soft top no one actually uses garages for cars. Why would anyone need that much storage?

 

[T & P]

That property is unique in an estate of otherwise identikit new builds. I think it's great that it represents some unusual variety in the housing stock, in this case catering for someone who wants lots of storage space, perhaps for motor vehicles, perhaps for their collection of miniature steam engines or whatever.

Not everyone wants a bay window, and twee small patch of grass and a bush in front of their house.

And if the family in question has the need for three cars, that's only the the fault of the likes of teuchter and fellow car-botherers up and down the country. Nowdays every functioning family needs at least three cars: a 4x4 to navigate the countless speed bumps that blight almost every town and city in the nation, a small electric car for those urban trips to city centres that have restrictions on fossil fuel vehicles, and a large and comfortable family car for long distance trips. Our parents' generation made do fine with one car as no such malakey existed then. Some food for thought for the anti-carxxers here...

 

[teuchter]

That property is unique in an estate of otherwise identikit new builds.

It's not unique - I can spot at least three others in the same development, which looks to have been built immediately adjacent to convenient access to a dual carriageway, and without any amenities in easy walking distance.

This kind of development, the planners that allow it, and the portion of the populace who encourage them are the reasons why public transport is so bad in rural areas. Not that any of the car people on this thread have any genuine interest in rural public transport.

 

[teuchter]

It also prioritises garage space over anyone who needs level access such as wheelchair users.

In fact I'm not really sure how it was allowed to be built because building regs say that generallly in a newbuild you should have a level access entrance to the living area and an accessible toilet.

 

[MickiQ]

If it's new build that i do (amazing as that might seem) find myself agreeing with teuchter that it is fugly. Is it one house or three flats in a common block with a shared entrance though? If the latter then I can see that each one might need their own garage. You can store lots of stuff in a garage,in the 20 years we lived here we have never put a car in the garage. It does contain two bicycles though.

 

[teuchter]

It's a "two bedroom detached house".

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Would most modern cars even fit in those garages?

 

[Saul Goodman]

It also prioritises garage space over anyone who needs level access such as wheelchair users.

In fact I'm not really sure how it was allowed to be built because building regs say that generallly in a newbuild you should have a level access entrance to the living area and an accessible toilet.

Fuck off, Victor. One minute you're moaning that people park on the pavement, next minute you're moaning that someone has taken the initiative to build a house that means they don't have to park on the pavement.

 

[platinumsage]

Would most modern cars even fit in those garages?

It’s probably owned by a professional cyclist and full of expensive bikes. Thankfully such people can find somewhere suitable to live within their budget.

 

[Elpenor]

This was posted on the estate agents thread.

Congratulations, car people. Truly you are building a great world for us to live in.

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its a coach house and probably only one of the garages belongs to the property above, the other garages would most likely belong to other properties on the development.