TRIVIA: Practices that are peculiar to the UK

transmanche · 16 Oct 2019

SteveP29 said:
In case you missed the last 3 and half years, we're about to cut ourselves off from all that gubbins and forget about them all

Yeah, I already discussed that:

transmanche said:
Everyone else uses km. Our political masters keep telling us that we are about to become 'Global Britain'. So why not join the rest of the world in using the same measurement system?

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transmanche · 16 Oct 2019

najaB said:
If you're going down that route, Ireland is even more of an expense - left hand drive and km/h.

(I assume you meant right-hand drive/left-hand traffic.)

Along with Cyprus, Malta, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Japan, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong...

najaB · 17 Oct 2019

transmanche said:
Along with Cyprus, Malta, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Japan, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong...

Most of which are small markets for cars made in European factories.

56 1/2 · 17 Oct 2019

Ladies and Gentleman's bits were the last thing to convert from inches, silly when you think that imperial was human based and we are measuring humans.

Lookaway now and I will say williy and boobies, now why did we use hands for horse measure

DaleCooper · 17 Oct 2019

Are Hackney Carriages (black cabs) used anywhere else?

najaB · 17 Oct 2019

DaleCooper said:
Are Hackney Carriages (black cabs) used anywhere else?

The vehicle design is, but I don't think they're necessarily black.

640px-SHB786K_-_London_Cab_TX4_in_Singapore%2C_SMRT_owned_front_view.jpg

Image shows a white LTI taxi in Singapore.

56 1/2 · 17 Oct 2019

DaleCooper said:
Are Hackney Carriages (black cabs) used anywhere else?

Sir Rex Hunt the governor of the Falklands had a black cab as his official car roudabout the time of the invasion.

DaleCooper · 17 Oct 2019

najaB said:
The vehicle design is, but I don't think they're necessarily black.

Image shows a white LTI taxi in Singapore.

That appears to have a 1971 UK registration.

56 1/2 said:
Sir Rex Hunt the governor of the Falklands had a black cab as his official car roudabout the time of the invasion.

That's near enough UK, apart from the 8000 miles.

DaleCooper · 17 Oct 2019

DaleCooper said:
That appears to have a 1971 UK registration..

Sorry, I mean GB registration.

Anyway talking of taxis reminds me that we've already started the changeover to right hand driving, just another 262,300 miles to go.

najaB · 17 Oct 2019

DaleCooper said:
That appears to have a 1971 UK registration.

Maybe so, but it's not a 1971 vehicle!

It just happens that Singapore has a similar registration system to the old UK one. Can't think why that would be.

transmanche · 17 Oct 2019

najaB said:
Most of which are small markets for cars made in European factories.

Why just European factories?

najaB · 17 Oct 2019

transmanche said:
Why just European factories?

Because we were talking about the UK being a pain for car manufacturers - not many of our cars come from Asia, in much the same way as not many cars sold in Japan are made in Europe.

transmanche · 17 Oct 2019

najaB said:
Because we were talking about the UK being a pain for car manufacturers

But you were the one who brought other countries into the discussion...

najaB said:
- not many of our cars come from Asia,

About 15% of car imports come from Asia. Mainly from Japan and South Korea.

najaB said:
in much the same way as not many cars sold in Japan are made in Europe.

About 1 in 30 UK-manufactured cars were exported to Japan in 2018. More than are exported to Spain. In total, exports to Asia account for about 1 in 7 of every car manufactured in the UK.

'Not many...'

Sources:https://www.statista.com/statistics/298970/destination-of-cars-exported-from-the-united-kingdom/
https://www.smmt.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019-UK-AUTOMOTIVE-TRADE-REPORT.pdf

najaB · 17 Oct 2019

transmanche said:
About 1 in 30 UK-manufactured cars were exported to Japan in 2018.

The UK is in Europe. The UK is not Europe.

najaB said:
not many cars sold in Japan are made in Europe

Of just over 548,000 new vehicles registered in Japan in the year to September 2019, only around 41,000 were imported: https://www.marklines.com/en/statistics/flash_sales/salesfig_japan_2019

I stand by my statement.

route101 · 17 Oct 2019

DaleCooper said:
Are Hackney Carriages (black cabs) used anywhere else?

Baku , Azerbaijan i think has them. Not all cities i the UK do , Aberdeen for example/

transmanche · 17 Oct 2019

najaB said:
The UK is in Europe. The UK is not Europe.

Er, yeah. Did anyone suggest anything different? If one country in Europe is exporting to Japan 1 in every 30 cars manufactured, how many are the other countries exporting to Japan?

najaB said:
Of just over 548,000 new vehicles registered in Japan in the year to September 2019, only around 41,000 were imported

Then the UK-manufactured cars must be very popular, as the SMMT says that in 2018 40,830 UK-manufactured cars were exported to Japan. Are we really going to believe that no other European cars were exported to Japan.

najaB said:
I stand by my statement.

Jolly good.

Cowley · 17 Oct 2019

transmanche said:
Er, yeah. Did anyone suggest anything different? If one country in Europe is exporting to Japan 1 in every 30 cars manufactured, how many are the other countries exporting to Japan?

Then the UK-manufactured cars must be very popular, as the SMMT says that in 2018 40,830 UK-manufactured cars were exported to Japan. Are we really going to believe that no other European cars were exported to Japan.

Jolly good.

I assume that these are Japanese badged cars built here but sent to Japan?
I’m not sure how many Audis, VWs etc are sold in Japan. Does anyone know?

najaB · 17 Oct 2019

transmanche said:
Then the UK-manufactured cars must be very popular, as the SMMT says that in 2018 40,830 UK-manufactured cars were exported to Japan. Are we really going to believe that no other European cars were exported to Japan.

You found stats that back up your position, I've found stats that back up mine so let's just leave it at that.

Cowley · 17 Oct 2019

najaB said:
You found stats that back up your position, I've found stats that back up mine so let's just leave it at that.

Let’s call the whole thing off!

najaB · 17 Oct 2019

Cowley said:
I’m not sure how many Audis, VWs etc are sold in Japan. Does anyone know?

Roughly 50% of Japanese car imports come from Germany.

GusB · 17 Oct 2019

route101 said:
Baku , Azerbaijan i think has them. Not all cities i the UK do , Aberdeen for example/

I don't know if there are still any black cabs in the Aberdeen fleet these days, but there used to be quite a few TXs. Even my local town of Elgin had a slightly elderly Fairway and a couple of Metrocabs at one point - lovely vehicles for a 7 mile rural trip!

Cowley · 17 Oct 2019

najaB said:
Roughly 50% of Japanese car imports come from Germany.

Thanks NajaB. I’m surprised that it’s that high actually.

najaB · 18 Oct 2019

Cowley said:
Thanks NajaB. I’m surprised that it’s that high actually.

Most of that is probably Mercedes-Benz.

route101 · 18 Oct 2019

GusB said:
I don't know if there are still any black cabs in the Aberdeen fleet these days, but there used to be quite a few TXs. Even my local town of Elgin had a slightly elderly Fairway and a couple of Metrocabs at one point - lovely vehicles for a 7 mile rural trip!

Last time i was in Aberdeen , the taxis were white . Still metrocabs in Edinburgh but not any FX4s unlike Glasgow

Howardh · 19 Oct 2019

Nuts. Or to be precise, not handing them out as freebies like they do overseas. In just about every bar have been in abroad they give you free salted nuts and resins (raisins, correctly spelled this time...!). Obviously to make you thirsty, but not many bars do that here. We have to buy a tiny packet instead. Taken for mugs on that one!

Calthrop · 19 Oct 2019

Well, I think resin would probably make you pretty thirsty; but don't reckon that it often turns up as food for humans, at least in Europe... (I usually refrain from nitpicking re spelling / typos -- but in this case, couldn't resist: sorry !)

Howardh · 19 Oct 2019

Calthrop said:
Well, I think resin would probably make you pretty thirsty; but don't reckon that it often turns up as food for humans, at least in Europe... (I usually refrain from nitpicking re spelling / typos -- but in this case, couldn't resist: sorry !)

SHD · 19 Oct 2019

you will find pine tree resin at chemists’ here - a very good cough pill

DaleCooper · 19 Oct 2019

A bit of cannabis resin would be quite welcome.

56 1/2 · 19 Oct 2019

DaleCooper said:
That appears to have a 1971 UK registration.

That's near enough UK, apart from the 8000 miles.

Are you expressing the Argentinean view?

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