congratulations, tokyo rosemary!

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she's mobile! ny state drivers, watch out.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Woo! :-) So she gets a DeLorean now, right?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

way to go, tokyo rosemary!

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:55 (twenty-one years ago)

now we can rent a convertible and zoom around town in scarves and sunglasses.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:56 (twenty-one years ago)

and kill dudes.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.arcticboy.com/media/renault/LeCar1.jpg

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:58 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm scared! ;-D

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 15:58 (twenty-one years ago)

i saw someone get run over in NY once :( but i have faith in tokyo! congrats!

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I had a chance once to run over Ethan Hawke in NYC with a Le Car, but I thought better of it.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.dollsoup.co.uk/pcat3.jpg

If you want wild living FAST!
And if you want to end up giving your all,
Let's...because, pussycat she's living
Reckless pussycat she's riding high,
If you think that you can tame her,
Well just you try!
Yeah! Just you try-y!

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

oh my.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:02 (twenty-one years ago)

l-r: me, carey, tokyo rosemary

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Hahaha! Very well done, indeed.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:06 (twenty-one years ago)

aww kisses to all of you!

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:06 (twenty-one years ago)

http://juranekauction.com/2001/aug2501/vittcar2a.jpg

my car looks like this

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:07 (twenty-one years ago)

whoa, you should totally book a tour.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:08 (twenty-one years ago)

uh oh

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Congratulations, Rosemary!

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Congrats, Rosemary! Now you have to practice yelling at people from your car.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:11 (twenty-one years ago)

...I am still driving without a (US) license...

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)

awesome, rosemary! any chance of a vanity license plate?

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:13 (twenty-one years ago)

LAWNORDER

― Leon Czolgosz (Nicole), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

adam, how do you find driving over here? i've been urged to take the wheel a few times in the u.k., but i've refused on the grounds that i'd do the wrong thing in a moment of panic and cause a huge accident.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey, good on ya grrrrrrl! First bike messenger you take out, think of us!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Lauren, I drove about 1,500 miles when me and Sarah did our SW United States road trip last year. After a shaky start I really enjoyed it - there was inevitably less traffic than in the UK (bear in mind we only skirted LA), the roads are wider and straighter, and drivers are strangely stepford-like - none seem to get angry, drive like maniacs or do unpredictable things.

Having said that, driving in the UK would only take a small adjustment too. The laws, road markings and signs are slightly clearer and easier to understand over here, and the lack of multi-lane roads might make things more of a squeeze, but make possible accidents much rarer. We also have smaller cars for smaller spaces, and pedestrians aren't the sacred cows that they are in the states, so they tend to get in your way less.

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:22 (twenty-one years ago)

...drivers are strangely stepford-like - none seem to get angry, drive like maniacs or do unpredictable things.

cleary you weren't driving on the East Coast.

― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Or in Los Angeles. Or Vegas.

Congrats Rosemary!

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:26 (twenty-one years ago)

cool, mark. maybe i'll try it next time i'm over. wait for the skynews bulletin: unlicensed american driver causes catastrophic roadway pileup.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:30 (twenty-one years ago)

As an adjustment, it's a pretty small one. It usually takes me a half hour of driving to switch between the two. My only problems here are that the rodas can sometimes be too straight, too uniform. The driving experience loses any sense of spontaneity, but it's much better than the UK if you just want to cruise and listen to your Boomin' System.

Or NPR or something.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:30 (twenty-one years ago)

did vice city prepare you for driving in the us @d@ml?

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:32 (twenty-one years ago)

The other way round.

― AdamL :') (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:34 (twenty-one years ago)

less thread derailment, more talk about ME!ME!ME!

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:38 (twenty-one years ago)

ROSEMARY IN EXCELSIS

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:38 (twenty-one years ago)

congratulations rosemary!

― cºzen (Cozen), Wednesday, 28 July 2004 16:46 (twenty-one years ago)

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