Counting Teslas

[inflames]

We recently had a night and day away at Chessington World of Adventures never been before. My 8 year old son is obsessed with Teslas so i decided to make a game of it, like in the old days before kids had screen etc for trips. To have him count how many Teslas we would see, from Norwich to chessington. We all had a guess on how many.

On the trip down there, my wife guessed 28, daughter 35, son 50 and myself 100. We saw a total of 97, my wife couldn’t believe how many we saw . On the return journey the everyone adjusted their guesses, to 80, 95, 100 and 110. The return trip we saw a total of 123.

Honestly I couldn’t believe getting my kids to count cars whilst driving would work. They hardly spent anytime on their pads or DSs.

 

[sparton_SPA]

Sounds like the perfect game for a long journey. Will be keeping in mind for the next one!

 

[Jim99]

That's great.

We used to count, so every time we overtook a car that was +1 and every time we got overtaken that was -1, and we'd see how high a number we could get.

I reckon it made my dad get us there a bit faster as well.

 

[Nemiyen]

We used to play a similar game with my parents when driving to Newquay. You'd get bonus points (or sweets!) if you spotted another "Us" while driving. I'm sad, but I still say this to my girlfriend now! "Oh look, there's an us" or if it's exactly the same colour and model, it's an "Us Us!"

It drives her crazy! And I'm not sure why but I still remember the plate from when I was about 8 or so, C493 JWE, a blue Vauxhall Cavalier.

 

[inflames]

We used to play a similar game with my parents when driving to Newquay. You'd get bonus points (or sweets!) if you spotted another "Us" while driving. I'm sad, but I still say this to my girlfriend now! "Oh look, there's an us" or if it's exactly the same colour and model, it's an "Us Us!"

It drives her crazy! And I'm not sure why but I still remember the plate from when I was about 8 or so, C493 JWE, a blue Vauxhall Cavalier.

When I was a kid we use to play Spot the new number plate, when they use to once a year. But that would only work for the first month.

 

[Semple]

Hardly surprising when you consider the tax-free schemes companies were taking advantage of, which pretty much meant any company car consisting of a Tesla.

 

[inflames]

Hardly surprising when you consider the tax-free schemes companies were taking advantage of, which pretty much meant any company car consisting of a Tesla.

I totally agree, hence why I had a higher guess than the rest of my family.

 

[Nemiyen]

When I was a kid we use to play Spot the new number plate, when they use to once a year. But that would only work for the first month.

That's the one we used to play as well, I couldn't remember what else we did! Spot the colour, find an us, spot the new reg etc. Not sure we had that many games to play on the 6 to 8 hour car journey!

 

[Feek]

Pub cricket, it was all about pub cricket, and you got points for legs in the pub names on your side of the road. It didn't take us long to learn that if we were going to see a particular uncle, we should sit on the right so we'd get the Coach and Horses whereas if you sat on the left, you got King Harold's Head.

 

[koolpc]

When my daughter was younger we used to see who could spot the most yellow coloured cars on a journey. There was great competition too!!

 

[shifty_uk]

It’s funny how so many kids are obsessed with Teslas

 

[Rroff]

I rarely see any Teslas on my trips - did a fairly long run for work the other day and saw one Leaf as I was leaving where I live, a Polestar and a few IONIQs and that was about it for EVs.

 

[dlockers]

Pub cricket, it was all about pub cricket, and you got points for legs in the pub names on your side of the road. It didn't take us long to learn that if we were going to see a particular uncle, we should sit on the right so we'd get the Coach and Horses whereas if you sat on the left, you got King Harold's Head.

What's legs in this context?

 

[sx_turbo]

There is a surprising amount of Tesla's around, for which I don't understand as to why, they don't look great and other makes have now caught up for the same money, but that's my opinion.

I'm Essex they're almost as common as a vehicle with an Audi/BMW badge

 

[Diddums]

Do this with motorcycles and teach your kids to see them earlier, could literally save someone's life.

 

[ODuffer]

There's only one soundtrack for this activity.

 

[Nasher]

Many of them being used as taxis too.

 

[inflames]

Do this with motorcycles and teach your kids to see them earlier, could literally save someone's life.

that’s a good idea actually.

 

[Feek]

What's legs in this context?

King Harold’s Head has no legs so no points.

The Coach and Horses counts for eight points because there are two horses and each horse has four legs.

 

[Nemiyen]

King Harold’s Head has no legs so no points.

The Coach and Horses counts for eight points because there are two horses and each horse has four legs.

I wanted to ask what this meant as well because I was a little confused! Makes perfect sense now.

Trying to think of a good pub name now but falling short with "The sheep flock pub" but not sure how many legs are in a flock!

Edit: Or the "(Free) House of a 1000 Corpses"