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French red faces over trains that are 'too wide'
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paulzolo
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27497727It would appear that we, too, have such an “absurd” rail system, but we’ve not ordered “fat trains”.
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| Wed May 21, 2014 8:35 am |
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TheFrenchun
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The UK orders new trains? not on my line  Class 313 of '76
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| Wed May 21, 2014 8:44 am |
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paulzolo
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See my next train related post of the day.
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Spreadie
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I laughed, although I thought SNAFUs of such epic proportions were solely the preserve of the British.
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l3v1ck
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Surely this should be in the Epic Fail thread?
Seriously, how can they not know their own limitations. That's like one of us buying a car that's too wide to fit through our garage door (if we had one).
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| Wed May 21, 2014 12:15 pm |
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paulzolo
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These days, most cars are too wide to fit through garage doors - or if they do, getting out is a challenge. Garages tend to be built in a scale that a 1960s Mini would fit in, but not the modern equivalent.
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l3v1ck
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I know that's why I used it as an example. Things won't change though as builders want to cram as much as they can into as smaller space as possible.
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cloaked_wolf
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Something that frustrates me. My dad was able to park his old 190E Merc in the garage and get out without any problems. For the first few weeks I had the Golf, I had to park in the garage and then climb out the boot. Took me a while to learn to park so the passenger side of the car is close enough to the wall that I can get out of the driver's side. Looking at buying a house and finding one that has a decent garage is difficult. Some don't even have a proper garage but a storage space! WTF? _________________ He fights for the users.
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hifidelity2
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We (well the previous owners) cut the garage in half. Half is my study / library and half is just a storage area
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big_D
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Our garage is wide enough that we could get in and out of both sides of the Verso.
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