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Gorgon90 said:
Too f*cking right. Been a sh*te few days, (car trouble with two of the family's cars in 5 days and mine is off the road waiting for parts that are on order to get an MOT). :mad:
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First off- I'm new here. Do you have to be European to post in here? I mean, I am by ancestry, but I was born in the USA, so...

Second- What's an MOT?
 
Brent said:
First off- I'm new here. Do you have to be European to post in here? I mean, I am by ancestry, but I was born in the USA, so...

Second- What's an MOT?
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MOT stands for Ministry Of Transport. The term is used generically for the annual test required by the government that any car over 3 years old has to go through to be certified as fit to be on the road.

As to posting in here, IMHO everyone is welcome, just be aware that this is Euro centric and when we talk about football we mean what is normally called soccer in the US and not that hand egg game with all the padding and helmets. :grin:
 
Gorgon90 said:
MOT stands for Ministry Of Transport. The term is used generically for the annual test required by the government that any car over 3 years old has to go through to be certified as fit to be on the road.

As to posting in here, IMHO everyone is welcome, just be aware that this is Euro centric and when we talk about football we mean what is normally called soccer in the US and not that hand egg game with all the padding and helmets. :grin:
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you forgot to finish with the nuanced British wit by calling him a cunt :facepalm:
 
Gorgon90 said:
MOT stands for Ministry Of Transport. The term is used generically for the annual test required by the government that any car over 3 years old has to go through to be certified as fit to be on the road.

As to posting in here, IMHO everyone is welcome, just be aware that this is Euro centric and when we talk about football we mean what is normally called soccer in the US and not that hand egg game with all the padding and helmets. :grin:
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Your GOVERNMENT makes you maintain your freaking CAR??? Over here, in the land of the FREE, we can drive our cars until they fall apart. Literally. As long as they don't pollute, of course...

And WRT to football, not soccer- I live in Denver Colorado, home of the Football World Champion Broncos. So none of that "Soccer = Football". Because it doesn't.

...I suppose I should add an emoticon of some sort to represent my general good humor, but I hate those things...
 
Uh huh. Uh huh.

If you talk really slowly, and raise your voice a bit, I MIGHT be able to understand you...
 
Brent said:
Your GOVERNMENT makes you maintain your freaking CAR??? Over here, in the land of the FREE, we can drive our cars until they fall apart. Literally. As long as they don't pollute, of course...

And WRT to football, not soccer- I live in Denver Colorado, home of the Football World Champion Broncos. So none of that "Soccer = Football". Because it doesn't.

...I suppose I should add an emoticon of some sort to represent my general good humor, but I hate those things...
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It's a normal thing in Europe. It's not that the government minds you having a shit car, but they do mind you having a shit car and hurting other people when it crashes because the breaks fail or shit like that. It's mostly a check on critical parts, if the body is rusting away and the interior is completely wrecked it's not an issue, but if the structural integrity or critical components are damaged you can't drive it till it's fixed. It probably also has to do with the population density in Europe being about 3 times as high as the US (and that includes places like Norway and Iceland), so the chances of you hitting someone else are quite high.
 
ColourofFire said:
It's a normal thing in Europe. It's not that the government minds you having a shit car, but they do mind you having a shit car and hurting other people when it crashes because the breaks fail or shit like that. It's mostly a check on critical parts, if the body is rusting away and the interior is completely wrecked it's not an issue, but if the structural integrity or critical components are damaged you can't drive it till it's fixed. It probably also has to do with the population density in Europe being about 3 times as high as the US (and that includes places like Norway and Iceland), so the chances of you hitting someone else are quite high.
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Indeed.
Here in Norway (I suspect it's like this elsewhere in Euroland as well), you lose your plates if you've failed to show up for the check and later get stopped in a routine control, or find yourself involved in an accident. If you don't have your vehicle insured either (which is mandatory for every car), you actually lose your driving licence and have to get all that sorted and take a new driving test to get it back. Get into a serious accident without any of that sorted and you might worst case actually have to do jail time.
 
Sorry, but I just have to...:embarrassed:

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Payton Fucking Manning. Quarterback of the World Champion Demver Broncos.

The trophy he's holding is the Lmbardi Trophy. The prize for winning the most prestigious sporting event in the world.

And it's in the Euro thread because apparently teh Euros need to learn a thing or two...
 
Brent said:
Payton Fucking Manning. Quarterback of the World Champion Demver Broncos.

The trophy he's holding is the Lmbardi Trophy. The prize for winning the most prestigious sporting event in the world.

And it's in the Euro thread because apparently teh Euros need to learn a thing or two...
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what other International teams around the world compete in this 'most pretentious sporting event in the world'?
 
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