There is a growing trend to decorate houses with lights, inflatable santas, all sorts of things.
Now to keep this motoring related;
1/ Best lights you see
2/ worst / tackiest lights you see.
3/ Motoring link
I will start the ball rolling..
1/ Not seen them yet
2/ Scotland Bridge Road, New Haw - very tacky
3/ Right before a set of traffic lights controlling a narrow canal bridge, been one minor shunt already caused by the distraction no doubt.
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1/ Ditto
2/ Most of them. Too many in the area to highlight one in particular (but do live on the outskirts of a seaside 'resort').
3/ 19 month old daughter loves them- so driving at night here lots of Oohs, Aaahs and Look! from the rear.
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Sorry- should have said hear lots of oohs and aahs.
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Hi RF,
I used to live in West Byfleet, still visit occasionally, familiy in Ottershaw etc. I remember a house on Scotland Bridge Road, on the right as you head towards the bridge, that was always OTT every Christmas. Also if you head back towards the Black Prince roundabout and turn right on the Woking road there was always another house on the right after half a mile or so that was well lit up at Christmas, perhaps a bit more tastefully done that the Scotland Bridge one.
Regards.
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I?m surprised that nobody has crashed their car while laughing at the hideous state some people?s houses are in. They seem to be in competition with each other as to who can place the most lights, and run the biggest electric bill.
Round by me there are so many, I'm expecting a 747 to land mistaking it for Birmingham International Airport...
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Glad someone else thinks the same as me.
This over the top outside christmas light thing is another hideous example of an ever prospering society that has got out of hand in the last few years.
Bah Humbug!!
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Prosperity inversely proportional to taste? Funnily enough the first house to be decorated by us had white american stretch limo outside recently....
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This over the top outside christmas light thing is another hideous example of an ever prospering society that has got out of hand in the last few years.
I reckon it's an example of the vast amount of cheap stuff
that comes out of China. When will they start on the car
market, I wonder?
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>>>>>I reckon it's an example of the vast amount of cheap stuff
that comes out of China. When will they start on the car
market, I wonder?
Since long time already, pare. Some examples from my local accessory place:
* spark plug leads in different colours pulsating with engine speed
* valve caps that come alight when wheels are rotating
* Licence plate frames with LED's that rotate round the number plate when the brake goes on. Blue and purple currently the most popular
* blue halogen (?) spotlights at rear to dazzle following motorists
* the ubiquitous under-car neon lighting (that was a few years back and we seem to have moved on now)
* throw away your old indicator bulbs and change them to blue. Very pretty and almost invisible in bright sunshine
* For your scooter a pulsating yellow strobe headlight is de riguer
* An air horn with seven or eight different settings from Chicago police siren, to bellowing bull, croaking frog and a few others (I forget now).
* Headlamp bulbs of any colour you like (pink seems to be most popular)
* If you have a 4 X $ pickup, you will need an anti-roll bar with as many spotlights as you can get on to it (usually about 10). Red is nice, although yellow seems to be high on the charts right now. Oh the joy of watching one of these recently enter the underground carpark of the Shangri-La Hotel and wipe all his lights off on the low roof! Not so the guy behind whose new-ish Corolla was peppered by the resulting shrapnel.
Don't worry, it'll all soon be coming to a Halfords near you LOL.
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Black Prince roundabout and turn right on the Woking road there was always another house on the right after half a mile
I mean turn left on the Woking road, i.e. head towards Woking.
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Cheddar
The Scotland Bridge road ones are worse than ever, and the Woking Road people have moved.
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Hi RF,
So you live around there do you, I used to get an occasional kebab from the van by the pub - excellent - then the kebab shop opened and drove him away though their doners were no where near as good.
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Yup that is indeed the home of RF.
And the donners in the kebab shop are not bad. The van does sometimes turn up in the Black Prince car park, and is sometimes seen in Byfleet.
I know what you mean tho, drove home one night from work at 1:00am - starving hungry and could I find a kebab van in the district? Nope!
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So is it Herds in Weybridge or SMC in Woking that you go to with your Renaults. Bought the wife's Clio in Herds approx 3 years ago.
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*in my opinion* Herds are a waste of space, (tho the sunbury one was good) so its SMC in Woking, but SMC in Guildford/Goldaming are better.
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There used to be a South African salesman called Peter at Herds, he was very helpful, went to a Peugeot garage Guildford way.
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And why the illuminated TRAINS displayed in windows?
What have trains got to do with Christmas?
They don't even run on Christmas Day!
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What have trains got to do with Christmas?
Toy train sets as xmas pressies?
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Last night, house in my street, very brightly lit up, car in road outside the house with children in back gawking at the light display. Politely paused for a few seconds so the kiddies could indulge their sense of wonder, but had to flash lights to show that I'm not just another observer annd wanted to get past.
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The local property examples of way over the top Christmas decorations reveals that some people lead very sad lives and have too much spare time on their hands.
One particular long street in the town looks like a recreation of Blackpool Illuminations; ironically the resort is just on the other side of the bay.
Nothing wrong with such decorations if done with taste and moderation but would you like to live next door - or even opposite - such a display?
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>>>>>>The local property examples of way over the top Christmas decorations reveals that some people lead very sad lives and have too much spare time on their hands.
Maybe they're taking time out to enjoy the season which perhaps means more to them than it does to you and the real "sad-ness" is in the eye of the beholder.
If you lived where I do every house is a blaze of light and creative colour. I love it, and the way families rejoice in the meaning of Christmas. The kids at traffic lights selling Santa hats with flashing bulbs round the edges....., the church at the end of my street packed every night so that they have to open my private sub-division to let all the cars out....it's Christmas, with all its commercialism, schmaltz and her at least its mystic meaning.....enjoy and let enjoy.
Too much "bah humbug" in the BR. Lighten up, slow down (motoring link) and chill out.
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Too much "bah humbug" in the BR. Lighten up, slow down (motoring link) and chill out.
Agreed. I've always loved Christmas but thought the illuminations a tad unnecassary. But since having kids the magic has returned - I've yet to meet a child who thinks the lights are tacky - that's good enough for me.
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>>Maybe they're taking time out to enjoy the season which perhaps means more to them than it does to you and the real "sad-ness" is in the eye of the beholder.>>
Exactly where have I stated that I don't thoroughly enjoy the festive season or, indeed, the lights displays?
My restrained complaint was with the "way over the top" approach adopted by some householders - in fact there has been a recent court case where neighbours living close to one such display took steps to try and have it reduced to a more responsible level.
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Ah, but here is a cracker with a real motoring link; a small illuminated tree behind the windscreen of a short Mitsubishi 4x4.
I just hope it is put out at night.
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1) 37th Street, Austin, Texas.
2) Basingstoke Road, Spencers Wood, Reading. In the front garden of one house is a rather old flybridge motor cruiser that the owner has decided to decorate. It is also pretty big, about a fifty footer. If it was my neighbour I'm sure that those lights would be a fire hazard.
3) Where can I get underfloor neons for an XJ?
Kevin...
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When did the law change so that it became compulsory for all the occupants of builders vans to wear Father Christmas hats? The penalties must be pretty stiff, because there is 100% compliance.
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