VW and Audi Coffins
Rolls Royce ‘crazy coffin’
Putting the ‘fun’ back into funerals
Hot on the heels of last month’s news that a Derbyshire based Pentecostal Minister (a.k.a. the ‘Faster Pastor’ ) has founded a business to transport deceased bikers to their graves in motorcycle sidecar hearses comes a similar albeit automotive themed option.
Vic Fearn & Company Ltd, a coffin manufacturer in Nottingham, has begun a line of “crazy coffins”. Their website gallery includes some interesting examples including a builders skip, guitar and skateboard amongst others.
I asked the Company whether they had yet had the opportunity to create either an Audi or Volkswagen themed coffin…but alas, it seems that no-one has at yet decided to take that final step…into the great ever after.
Automotive related coffins they have created include the Rolls Royce coffin (above) and, I am told, they are currently working on a Ferrari.
We’d love to hear from anyone considering this as their ‘ultimate ride’……..
Worst day of the year
[W + (D-d)] x TQ
_______________
M x NA
Congratulations!!
If you have managed to read this far, you have succeeded in getting through at least part of what a UK psychologist, Dr Cliff Arnall, has officially designated as the “most depressing day of the year”.
Dr Arnall, who specializes in seasonal disorders at the University of Cardiff, Wales, created a formula (above) that takes into account numerous feelings to devise peoples’ lowest point.
The equation is broken down into seven variables: (W) weather, (D) debt, (d) monthly salary, (T) time since Christmas, (Q) time since failed quit attempt, (M) low motivational levels and (NA) the need to take action.
In which case, perhaps this should be revised to include another automotive related variable:
which might normally be assumed to tip you further over into the abyss.
(C) Car servicing
[W + (D-d)] + C x TQ
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M x NA
Coming on the back on last week’s figures which showed the UK inflation rate at an 11 year high, this makes for uncomfortable reading…….
However; we offer a reasonable alternative for VW and Audi Servicing
Audi A6 Timing Belt
Audi A6 Timing Belt replacement
Audi A6 Timing belt and associated parts
Find out more about Audi timing belt replacement and Audi Servicing at Frank L. Follett Motors Ltd, based in St. Albans, Hertfordshire.
VW Owners
“Your name is Nicholas and you have a VW Golf 4motion, Engine Code AUE, Chassis No…..”
* Nomen est omen?
Amidst the pile of newspapers this past weekend was an interesting booklet included in the Sunday Times entitled ‘Book of Names: How your name determines your fate”
This is an amalgamation of research from various sources including lifestyle data from market research company CACI and surveys from organisations such as the Office of National Statistics and Churchill Insurance amongst others.
This data was then cross-referenced with a list of the top 150 most popular forenames among The Times readers to create a picture of typical ‘lifestyle traits’ of people with a particular name.
These lifestyle traits also include results of analysis carried out by Churchill Car Insurance of 500,000 names on their motor insurance database which indicates some - ?surprisingly? -strong associations between Britons’ names and the types of car they drive.
Top male/car name associations
VW Golf – Jonathan, Daniel, Nicholas
Top female/car name associations
VW Polo – Katherine, Emma, Hayley
Some of the VW related results make for interesting reading:
Male
Average age: 39
Average income: £32,000
*Nicholas is the name most likely to read The Times
*Nicks are also 70% more likely to shop at Waitrose
*Being called Nicholas means you are more likely to be driving a VW Golf
Average Age: 34
Average income: £32,000
*Jonathans are the most likely to own two or more cars
*Jonathans are the most likely to drive VW Golfs
Average Age: 28
Average income: £28,000
*Daniel is the name most likely to have an internet connection at home
Female
Average age: 28
Average income: £28,000
*Emma are 60% more likely to have two or more loans
*Emmas are three times as likely to be students than most people
*Emma is the second luckiest name in Britain, according to analysis of Premium Bond wins of over £500 between September 05 and September 06
*Emma is also the second most common girl’s name encountered in genito-urinary clinics according to a 1999 study at the Royal South Hampshire Hospital in Southampton
*It is currently the second most popular girl’s name in America. It entered the top five in 2002, when Rachel in Friends named her daughter Emma.
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Find out more about your own name here
Ed:
*Nomen est omen : ‘ name is omen’ - your name is your fate
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Aircooled VW Parts slideshow
NOS Air cooled VW Parts photo slideshow - Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, Type 4
Here’s a nifty little application from the photo management and sharing application Flickr showing the NOS aircooled VW Parts we have in stock.
If you click on to any of the images below, you can:
Group 1 : Engine (Motor /Moteur/ エンジン )
Group 2 : Emission System (Abgasanlage / Système d’echappement / Emisión /Emissiesysteem / 放出システム )
Group 3 : Transmission (Getriebe / Boîte de vitesses / Transmisión / Transmissie / 伝達 )
Group 4 : Front Axle/Steering (Vorderachse/Lenkung, Essieu avant / direction, Eje delantero /manejo, Vooras / Stuurinrichting, フロント・アクスル/ ステアリング )
Group 5 : Rear Axle (Hinterachse / Essieu arrière / Eje trasero / Achteras / 後車軸 )
Group 6 : Brakes (Bremse / Frein / Sistema de frenos / Remmen / ブレーキ )
Group 7 : Gear Shift Lever / Pedals (Schalthebel, Levier de vitesse / pédalier, Palanca de cambio de velocidades / pedales, Versnellingsbak / Pedaals, ギヤ転位のレバー / ペダル )
Group 8 : Body (Karrosserieteile / Pièces pour carrosseries/ Chapas de carroceria / Carrosserie / ボディ )
Group 9 : Electrical Equipment (Elektrische Ausrüstung/Equipement électrique / Sistema eléctrico / Elektrische / 電気の )
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