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General Discussion Area / Re: Careless driving FFS
« on: 22 March 2024, 12:21:51 »
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General Discussion Area / Careless driving FFS
« on: 22 March 2024, 09:31:31 »
Read summat tother day that actually boiled my piss 
Bicyclists and motorbicyclists are actively encouraged to swerve around anything in the road that might make them fall off regardless of the fact that the reason they haven't spotted said anything is because they're either speeding/tailgating/filtering (whatever the fruck that's supposed to be...
) and drivers are taught to expect all of the above and make allowances for all of it at the same time.
Yet...
If a car drivers even thinks to make such an avoiding manoeuvre they risk being prosecuted for careless driving with a ridiculous fine and potentially lose their licence. Presumably if you crash as a result of ripping a wheel off in a pothole the size of Birmingham whilst trying to avoid splatting a filtering motorbicyclist you get charged with careless driving for the whole thing.
I understand that being unlicensed and uninsured vermin, bicyclists are basically untouchable, but having presumably passed some sort of test aren't motorbicyclists held to the same account as any other driver
In which case what's good for the goose and all that.
Bicyclists and motorbicyclists are actively encouraged to swerve around anything in the road that might make them fall off regardless of the fact that the reason they haven't spotted said anything is because they're either speeding/tailgating/filtering (whatever the fruck that's supposed to be...
) and drivers are taught to expect all of the above and make allowances for all of it at the same time.Yet...
If a car drivers even thinks to make such an avoiding manoeuvre they risk being prosecuted for careless driving with a ridiculous fine and potentially lose their licence. Presumably if you crash as a result of ripping a wheel off in a pothole the size of Birmingham whilst trying to avoid splatting a filtering motorbicyclist you get charged with careless driving for the whole thing.
I understand that being unlicensed and uninsured vermin, bicyclists are basically untouchable, but having presumably passed some sort of test aren't motorbicyclists held to the same account as any other driver
In which case what's good for the goose and all that.
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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 21 March 2024, 14:40:54 »Forgot to put my garden bin out last night.Don't forget to book...
Now I have to waste a few hours bagging the contents and taking it to the tip.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Varadkar resigns.
« on: 21 March 2024, 14:40:10 »
One can only hope
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General Car Chat / Re: Old Diesel Fuel
« on: 20 March 2024, 13:20:27 »
Quite prolific on boats. Either leave the tank 100% full or completely dry if leaving for a length of time. Moisture and oxygen are the two primary ingredients that diesel bug requires to form and the higher the percentage of biodiesel the more likely it is to form.
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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 20 March 2024, 09:55:49 »Merc drivers. All of them. Retards.Not guilty, I was in New Yoik.
I can only assume the stupid handbrake pedal confuddles their drivers. Not seen a single Merc get over 25mph in NSL all day, FFS.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Jock cop woke joke.
« on: 20 March 2024, 09:55:11 »
Given the various flavours of people at work it's not surprising that the subject pops up, but by and large the majority of people will call a spade a spade (or worse) without blinking and think that the whole thing is a load of 'dangle berries'... however there's a minority of kids that are so up their own arses entitled and think the world will end because someone deigns to think and speak differently to their misguided self centeredness. These are the motivation for prevalence of vomit inducing wokeity.
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General Car Chat / Re: Old Diesel Fuel
« on: 20 March 2024, 09:44:57 »
Draining any water out of it would be a good start, but allow for filtering any biomass out of it. Diesel bug is a real thing and will kill pumps and injectors before you can say Oops.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 19 March 2024, 22:44:29 »
£160 a corner for mine... Must be a Jaaaag thing
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General Car Chat / Re: Arrival of new Vehicle.
« on: 18 March 2024, 16:17:59 »I have purchased an Imperial Green Insignia Elite Estate. That runs on Forklift fuel. 1.owner full history
Is that the Lotus Carlton colour?
Good car........just needs AWD to make it perfect.
How old?
How much?
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 18 March 2024, 11:22:46 »
There's no change at the motor when the switch is actuated up or down... Zero voltage and continuous circuit between + and - 
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General Car Chat / Re: Arrival of new Vehicle.
« on: 17 March 2024, 23:42:46 »
A diesel Signum then
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 17 March 2024, 23:35:49 »
True enough, thinking about it, I have only owned two cars with manual front windows... A 1985 Sierra L and a 1988 VW Polo.
And only 6 cars with manual rear windows... The problem with modern cars is that everything runs off a network of boxes rather than old school mechanical switches, fuses and relays. Downsizing in the name of progress
And only 6 cars with manual rear windows... The problem with modern cars is that everything runs off a network of boxes rather than old school mechanical switches, fuses and relays. Downsizing in the name of progress
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 17 March 2024, 21:28:11 »
Managed to get two of the screws undone. Turns out they're actually E10 torx. The garage can fight the other two as they have a bracket stuck over them making it almost impossible to get a decent purchase on them so rather than round them off I have soaked them in oil and let them be.
Also started to investigate why the rear windows don't work. Some basic poking got the motors out and established that the motor physically turns freely and its gearbox moves without issue, as do the regulators... I did wonder if the windows had stuck in the frames, but the regulators move without issue if you manually move the windows, so frames lubed with PTFE spray.
Electrically, the switches work but there's something amiss in the door ECUs as there is a short between the two power feeds to the motor regardless of switch position which suggests a fault within the door ECUs as they contain relays that supply the motor rather than a software issue.
Also started to investigate why the rear windows don't work. Some basic poking got the motors out and established that the motor physically turns freely and its gearbox moves without issue, as do the regulators... I did wonder if the windows had stuck in the frames, but the regulators move without issue if you manually move the windows, so frames lubed with PTFE spray.
Electrically, the switches work but there's something amiss in the door ECUs as there is a short between the two power feeds to the motor regardless of switch position which suggests a fault within the door ECUs as they contain relays that supply the motor rather than a software issue.
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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 17 March 2024, 12:29:29 »Well, they used the same system on the W220 and at least the W221 uses an external hex head instead of an Allen oneUnfortunately, the strut attached to them and is secured by grub screws which are prone to seizing.in place.
Clearly a Friday afternoon in Sindelfingen when someone decided that was a good idea.
