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(Created on 18th January 2009)

Vote #78

The following question was presented:

Road trip round 2. Last week we looked at interesting. This week, lets be pessimistic. It's highly likely that something is going to go wrong at some point during the trip. I'm hoping it's not going to be serious and my guess is that it may be car related. So, which of the following minor car related problems do you think would have the worst effect on our road trip?

Results:

Flat tire and Doors won’t lock tied with 33% of the votes each from the following selection:

Windows won’t wind down (17%)
Windscreen wipers stop working (0%)
Light bulb blows (0%)
Flat tire (33%)
Doors won’t lock (33%)
Stone chip in windscreen (17%)
Radio breaks (0%)

Graphic of Results:

Pre-Result Discussion

Rag
18:48:55
18th January 2009

Now, on the surface, the windows getting stuck and not coming down may not seem like such a big deal. But bear in mind that there are going to be four blokes in this car for 10 days. Three of which will be drinking beer and the other is Mr O. My guess is that broken windows may result in a dangerous fug accumulating inside the car. I rest my case.

Mr O
04:49:08
19th January 2009

I notice there wasn’t a voting option for seatbelt malfunction.

Rag
08:58:42
25th January 2009

Seatbelt malfunction was something that I thought about including as an option, but I erred on the side of “lightning doesn’t strike the same place twice ...”

Analysis:

Seems like I was the only one who spotted the fact that inoperable windows may result in a lethal build up of methane gas inside the car. Probably means I'm over thinking this somewhere. So, there was a tie for “flat tire” and “doors won't lock.” I have to agree that both of these would present a problem to us on the journey. Following my own thought processes though, I don't see that a flat tire would really be that much of a problem. The car will have a spare tire and I know that I've changed my fair share of tires in my life - maybe not at the speed of a Formula 1 pit crew, but I can get a wheel off and change. I'm pretty sure that my other three travelling buddies have also had a lot of experience changing tires - particularly when one of the other travellers is my brother that seems to change the wheels on his car every week depending on what alloy wheel bargains he can find on eBay in any one given week.

So that leaves the doors not locking. I do actually think that this would be the biggest headache of all. Given that we are going to have all of our stuff in the car at any given time when we're on the road, it's going to make it difficult to go sight seeing or do anything if we can't lock the vehicle.

Therefore, for the sake of splitting a decision, I'm going to add a casting vote to doors not locking as potentially having the worst effect on the trip of those items mentioned.