Why’s it drive better

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Because it’s clean and shiny and has a full tanks of 98 octane fuel...

Take it out on a cool evening and it will run even better again
 

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It will also never break down when it's clean , Fact ! :D
 
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I’m just excited to be driving again after a few mini strokes. Felt lost not being able to drive . And relying on public transport. Just need to get my class one back now .
 

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Why does your car seem to drive better when it’s clean and shiny. With a full tank of v power .
Because, like women, they reward you when you treat them with love & respect, that's why we tend to call them "she" ;)
 

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Why does your car seem to drive better when it’s clean and shiny. With a full tank of v power .
Never underestimate the placebo factor.
 

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My car always drives better when I’m on my own. My wife is quite petite but her extra weight must make a difference! ;)
 

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In the the West, we have a problem with the idea of things other than humans having spirits or even souls, attributing human-like quality’s to things or animals is usually considered childish, primitive, or even bad. Followers of Shinto (Japan) unlike Judeo-Christian monotheists and the Greeks before them, do not believe that humans are particularly “special.” Instead, there are spirits in everything, rather like the Force in Star Wars. Nature doesn’t belong to us, we belong to Nature, and spirits live in everything, including rocks, tools, homes, machines and even empty spaces. Here, the Luddites who smashed the automated looms that were taking their jobs in the 19th century felt threatened by the new technology, followers of Shinto by contrast would probably have put a cap and a badge on the machine, given it a name and treated it like a colleague.
 

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I’m just excited to be driving again after a few mini strokes. Felt lost not being able to drive . And relying on public transport. Just need to get my class one back now .
Glad your getting better, and yep your right, they do drive better when nice and
clean :) also I also think when you come to sell, your
car, it always seems to drive better then it ever has all the time you've owned it.
:D
 

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In the the West, we have a problem with the idea of things other than humans having spirits or even souls, attributing human-like quality’s to things or animals is usually considered childish, primitive, or even bad. Followers of Shinto (Japan) unlike Judeo-Christian monotheists and the Greeks before them, do not believe that humans are particularly “special.” Instead, there are spirits in everything, rather like the Force in Star Wars. Nature doesn’t belong to us, we belong to Nature, and spirits live in everything, including rocks, tools, homes, machines and even empty spaces. Here, the Luddites who smashed the automated looms that were taking their jobs in the 19th century felt threatened by the new technology, followers of Shinto by contrast would probably have put a cap and a badge on the machine, given it a name and treated it like a colleague.
Indeed, the Thai pret spirits are very similar in concept.
 

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Clean just shows the go faster bodywork reflections better .
 

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I’m just excited to be driving again after a few mini strokes. Felt lost not being able to drive . And relying on public transport. Just need to get my class one back now .

Been there my friend, after a brain haemorrhage, it's just so frustrating. I was allowed back driving again after 6 months but it has taken the best part of eight years to get back to where I was. Tbh I've only got to about 96-97% of where I was but I can do most anything I need or want to and I can live with that. Like you the killer for me was not being allowed to drive. The joy when I got my license back was indescribable. Enjoy!!
 

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Why does your car seem to drive better when it’s clean and shiny. With a full tank of v power .

I think it's called the "placebo effect". :D
 


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