mrken30

the gas/petrol bill might be a shock for a humvee

lansbury

Not sure to be honest. That Rover had very good handling and was quite a strongly built car. The latter being very important if you did ever manage to crash it. The Fords of those days were not that well built and disintegrated in a crash.

When I was driving the Q car (Quebec 11) we had a Cortina with a 2.8L engine in it. That thing was too fast for its own good.

SultanOfSwing

It's OK, because the kind citizens of Belfast like to throw helpful little bottles of petrol at the police, playfully containing a flaming rag, so they could fill up for free if they are quick enough.

SultanOfSwing

I only brought it up because of DCI Hunt

But I do like old Cortinas all the same. Well, they're all old now, aren't they? You know what I mean ...

Bob

Anyone seen the new Alfa's? One in the local mall, $400 a month lease...which is the same as the nice Jag that was next to it.

lansbury

Yes good one, brain was connected up when I read the previous post.

dc koop

No problem getting up the Ardoyne Road. A few Abram tanks could do a quick demolition job instead

dc koop

Several bottle throwers were burnt to death. It was found out that after filling up the bottles with petrol and lighting the rag they discovered that the bottle was redeemable for 10P and were taking the bottles to the recycling center instead

rbackhouse

I saw one at the weekend. Looked pretty nice although from the back could have been mistaken for a Bimmer.

Pulaski

I thought "could be mistaken for a Bimmer" was exactly what FCD was aiming for with the new Alfa.

SultanOfSwing

The trick is getting up there and leaving the houses intact.

Lots of windy, hilly streets in the Cavehill/Antrim Road area of Belfast - big, wide, shitty things like Humvees that have the turning circle of Antarctica wouldn't fare well.

Never get between an Ulsterman and 10p. It's not worth it. Especially if they're Presbyterians ...

dc koop

How about gunships and Huey type troop carriers doing the job instead? Why bother with cumbersome vehicles ?

The Grand Canyon it's now believed wasn't created by a natural act of nature. The prevailing theory is that a Scotsman lost a quarter while in that area a long time ago and started to dig in search of it. It's also known that he found that quarter

SultanOfSwing

The Eurocopter EC135 already does an adequate job of keeping you awake during the night in July when the PSNI senses there might be some smicks causing trouble in town.

Of course he found it. He's still be there if he hadn't.

nickjs247

My fave things state-side:

Breakfast burritos
Good customer service
Cheap fuel (gas)
Better English Premier League coverage than being in the UK
B-dubs

SultanOfSwing

Honestly, you could have ended the list there and it would have been more than adequate