Originally Posted by kwprwn

hello Mrs Sensible

not sure I could eat talk and drink and drive at car, I dont have enough arms to do them all at once

sent you a message as we are planning a weekend away at coromandel (ish) so want to pick your brains

Originally Posted by Jude J

oh can I come? I LOVE Coromandel

Originally Posted by RobClubley

Well my car's cloaking device was obviously functioning well this morning - I was nearly driven into twice by people changing lanes - one didn't see me 'til the last second and swerved back, the other just pulled in front of me and I had to brake to make a space.
Then after I came off the motorway a car turning right waited for the dark grey Holden in front of me then just pulled out across my (bright red with super bright Xenon lights) car.

And no Skoda jokes, or else!!

Originally Posted by kwprwn

of course you can

havent found anywere to stay yet...caroline sent me some suggestions, any from you most welcome

might be sleeping in the boot of the car at this rate

Originally Posted by Jude J

I have been three times now, where did you want to go? Whitianga is nice, I can let you know where we stayed.

Originally Posted by kwprwn

not sure really open to options, we stayed in Mount Maunganui before so there would be ok, or Tauranga or maybe a bit further north is fine.

caroline suggested somewere in Mt Maunganui, so need to show that to Owen tonight

Originally Posted by mazi

Mrs Prawn - the Mount and Tauranga aren't in the Coromandel!

Originally Posted by mazi

Re. driving - I live in Italy, not known for it's fabulous driving - and I can honestly say I far prefer driving here to NZ.

Originally Posted by kwprwn

the italians are a bit like greek drivers if I remember rightly, they like to drive with one wheel either side of the white line in the middle and they just loveto overtake on blind corners or any corners for that matter

Originally Posted by mazi

Absolutely correct!

Originally Posted by kwprwn

tis very scarey when you are in the back of a cab, having just spent the night in a greek hospital and you then think "OMG I AM GONNA DIE NOW!!!!"

but then is there a nation of safe drivers anywere, everyone everywere seems to think they have terrible drivers

Originally Posted by mazi

They're pretty good in Finland - courteous at least.

Originally Posted by bro69

Courtesy is a word that is removed from Kiwi language when talking about driving.

You can't let people into a gap it will hinder you and add 30 seconds to your 5 minute journey.

Originally Posted by Woodlea

It must be individual perceptions because I find Kiwi drivers extremely courteous, they always seem to let me in, no racing away at lights, no lane jumping to get ahead of the queue. I do notice the lack of indication sometimes though. But certainly no worse than British drivers in my humble opinion.