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Into the unending conflict that is the battle of the
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sexes come damning statistics proving, once and for all, that women can't park. An analysis of 500,000 claims to insurance firm Ad showed that women are twi likely to have a collision in a ca park; they're 23% more likely to hit a stationary car; and 15% more likely to reverse into another vehicle. However, lest we think it's all one-way traffic here, the survey also reveals that men have more costly claims and are much more likely to have a serious prang. It seems the average cost of a claim is £2,156 by men and £1,790 by women—and men account 98% of all convict' dangerous drivin Yet again, Backfire uncovers a story you couldn't make up. impecunious UK offroaders may in the past have been tempted by the ARO, a budget zhitt hailing from Romania. it's built to standards acceptable in car-starved eastern Europe, but less so in our more sophisticated markets so it's no surprise that the company is desperate to raise funds. But nothing could have prepared us for the BBC report
that workers at the cash-strapped factory at Campulung in central Romania were planning to help reduce the firm's debt by selling their sperm. Apparently a nearby fertility clinic will pay the equivalent of S.,30 for each "donation"—a lot of money for workers whose average pay is just 250 a month. We can only hope that they have enough strength left to build the trucks—and don't even start thinking about productivity bonuses and quarry control...
• PS—Researching this story revealed that former Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausesces personal collection of "special luxury cars" included nothing less than a Peykan, the Hillman Hunter clone built in Iran until quite recently. One man's meat, etc.