[QUOTE="Gary Woodman"] Yeah, things haven't been the same since the demise of the car. One silly mate made a habit of this, he had up to 8 and cars in his backyard (the Kombi with the grey motor and slushbox was ). It was a great Saturday night's entertainment to drive around town looking for a taxi that failed to give way, run into it, give a false name, and fuck off. One I remember particularly was a Chrysler Royal with pushbutton auto, a stupid taxi coming from the left failed to stop at a stop sign, then propped in our lane; the Royal just about sheared the front off it (and we drove it away; he only wanted it for parts for his other Royals). Gary (about 35 years ago; we failed to improve the driving standard of taxis) [/QUOTE] Reminds me of a Mini 850 with front-end woes of the expensive kind. I drove around with malicious intent, determined to get it fixed at the expense of the first driver of a good car who didn't give me right-of-way. This was in the days of give-way-to-the-right (and in my bulletproof years). No bastard gave me an opportunity! Fuckin thing fell apart unpranged.