People who fill their parcel shelves with soft toys scare me

MrSix · 25 Oct 2006 at 00:49

My mum has 2 beanie pigs on her dashboard, comes from when she got given a pink Merc C180 many moons ago for a couple of weeks while hers was ordered.

They've been in her Golf and they're now in her bimmer - she's not dizzy and she'd kick most peoples arses round a track!

D4VE · 25 Oct 2006 at 08:31

I dont know how they can take a corner at more than 10mph without the toys rolling all over the place.

merlin · 25 Oct 2006 at 08:32

D4VE said:
I dont know how they can take a corner at more than 10mph without the toys rolling all over the place.

Velcro is for winners.

Oblivious · 25 Oct 2006 at 08:37

merlin said:
Velcro is for winners.

Sounds like you speak from experience.

merlin · 25 Oct 2006 at 08:40

Oblivious said:
Sounds like you speak from experience.

Just me being sarcastic.

Simian · 25 Oct 2006 at 08:41

I just have a 'Churchill' and my Panama Hat sitting on my parcel shelf!... but I know what Fox means!...

How can someone be in full control of their car if:

a) they can't see via the rear view mirror through the rear window as its piled high with Tigger and friends!.
b) when negotiating a bend at more than 5 mph the entire content's of the parcel shelf is distributed throughout the cars interior!.

I give em a W-I-D-E berth

Dr Who · 25 Oct 2006 at 09:00

Perhaps its because their car doesnt have air bags?

Bill101 · 25 Oct 2006 at 09:47

[TW]Fox said:
I'm talking about people who have FILLED their parcel shelf here guys

I saw one on Sunday,a Fiat chinco, I wondered if it was some kind of airbag supplement

but then got to thinking that if it got up enough speed and crashed would a cudlywoodly duck's beak be embedded in her thick skull?

monkeyspank · 25 Oct 2006 at 10:00

My misses likes to have loads of stuffed toys etc in her car. She used to have the parcel shelf of her 306 FULL of crap. It didn't bother me until I had to use her car for something.

I sold her car and bought her an mr2

no more parcel shelf! She still has about 3 different Gromits in there but it's much better.

She just likes having stuff like that around. It's not particularly intrusive and she's certainly not dizzy. I know that a car is for driving blah blah but if you haven't realised yet that women think differently to men then you're in for a big shock when you grow up

Kheldar · 25 Oct 2006 at 10:18

just got the 1 ScoobyDoo in the back of ours

iPWN · 25 Oct 2006 at 12:19

the lack of them not being able to see out of the back isn't a concern for me - driving around in a van is no different. I'm just a fan of "fluffy" carp flying around in cars

agw_01 · 25 Oct 2006 at 12:21

Cybershot said:
In Canada, I passed some korean whitelabel vehicular contraption complete with a full set of bright pink 'Hello Kitty' seat and steering wheel covers

And I mean bright pink.

Sounds like the blue Micra I walked past last night.

Pink flowery designs on the outside, fluffy pink seat covers, pink parcel shelf, fluffy pink steering wheel.