Comments on: Secret Diary of a Female Petrolhead: The Water Cooler Test /2011/03/04/secret-diary-of-a-female-petrolhead-the-water-cooler-test/ A feminist pop culture adventure Fri, 31 May 2013 15:15:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6 By: Rainicorn /2011/03/04/secret-diary-of-a-female-petrolhead-the-water-cooler-test/#comment-941 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:58:52 +0000 http://www.badreputation.org.uk/?p=3305#comment-941 Yeesh, anyone who can drive in Nairobi is braver than I am! I spent part of my childhood there, and the general road rule was “yield to the bigger car” (terrifying when my dad, accustomed to driving the big car, would drive our small car with the same level of aggression). And there was a HUGE drunk-driving culture, so a disturbingly high number of people we knew were injured or killed in horrible accidents.

Driving in the UK is a stroll in the park by comparison.

]]> By: Lizzie B /2011/03/04/secret-diary-of-a-female-petrolhead-the-water-cooler-test/#comment-940 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:54:51 +0000 http://www.badreputation.org.uk/?p=3305#comment-940 I used to get the same crap when I went to Grand Prixs or watched them. Invariably a guy would ask me which one I fancied. I would always blankly look at them and then say ‘Oh, fancy for the win? I think Alonso’s looking pretty strong after his showing in Italy, but really, it’s Button’s year.’ Then smile sweetly and excuse myself to get more booze. Insufferable idiots. Girls can like cars, and understand cars, and enjoy cars. I used to speed up and down the A21 in a car so old it oscillated above 60. Happy, happy days. I miss driving.

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