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Messages - Kevin Wood

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General Discussion Area / Re: Price of petrol up again
« on: 10 January 2008, 12:14:38 »
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We've only got ourselves to blame, we/I moan about it all the time but do nothing  Embarrassed

You're right, Pete. Must get that LPG kit organised.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Price of petrol up again
« on: 10 January 2008, 12:11:03 »
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Mortgage companies send you the letter the day after the BOE raise interest rates to tell you yours has gone up but it takes them weeks for the letter to tell you its gone down, if you receive one at all :(

Bit like fuel prices then, really? Cost of barrel goes up, pass straight on  to customer. Cost of a barrel drops, customer over said barrel!

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Humbled...
« on: 10 January 2008, 16:00:03 »
Some of those Transporters are quick. Too quick for the muppets that drive them >:(

One is always belting along in the opposite direction on a road that's barely more than single-track on my way to work. Way too fast and expects everyone to get out of his way.

On the one day I was in a Micra "courtesy" car (which deserved to be put out of its' misery, TBH), and determined to stand my ground, I didn't see him. ::)

Kevin

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Surprised no-one else has noticed - that tyre doesn't even look flat to me!

Who cares?

I'd fake a puncture for that kind of service!

Kevin

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That would certainly beat jacking...... your car up and changing it yourself.

 :-*

Kevin

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Yep. Senator all the way. Much less boring than driving a Mundaneo all those miles.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: driving different cars
« on: 10 January 2008, 14:05:15 »
I've never had a problem swapping between the two, and I think only once or twice have I "gone for the clutch" in an auto but then I do drive both on a regular basis.

It seems to be folk who only drive an auto for years on end and then get back into a manual who have real bother.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Road tax
« on: 09 January 2008, 17:22:19 »
I think if it were me I'd go and buy it, drive it straight home untaxed but insured and MOTd having picked it up on a Sunday or something, and, if stopped, explain, showing documentary evidence, that I'm waiting for a cover note in the post and I couldn't have taxed it on a Sunday anyway.

Trouble is, with the "policing by post" system we have these days, you're liable to get caught on camera and have a bill for whatever the fine is dispatched by post with no opportunity to reason with anyone nor any grace period.  >:(

Almost every used car has the tax cashed in so the buyer can't take posession of it legally when it's purchased. It was the same when I bought my car. I traded in my old car so how was I going to get home in a new car without tax? In the event I drove it to the nearest post office and taxed it. Luckily I had the foresight to get insurance documents organised beforehand but I still drove it untaxed to the post office.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Road tax
« on: 09 January 2008, 15:59:24 »
If it's an omega you'll need a pretty sizeable trailer and it'll be over the max towing weight for another Omega anyway.

6 Months tax and free insurance sounds like the cheapest way if the car is  a runner and has MOT.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Road tax
« on: 09 January 2008, 15:46:19 »
Yes. On a trailer is obviously no problem. If it's towed using a rope or a bar it needs to be fully road legal. Not 100% sure what the situation is if it's up on 2 wheels on a dolly or similar.

It came up in Legal Questions Thread within the last page or two so have a look there for the definitive answer. :y

A project in mind?

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Road tax
« on: 09 January 2008, 15:35:16 »
If it's running on its' own wheels then yes...

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Limp home RPM. Are you joking?
« on: 08 January 2008, 19:09:30 »
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So what would be the drawback of fitting the 2.5 gearing

Economy mostly. Keeping the revs low during cruising cuts down the losses in the engine. Might take a bit off the maximum speed too I suppose.

If the engine's got the grunt, it's much better to cruise with low RPM and a wider throttle opening than at a higher speed where it could potentially generate much more power than required but is being throttled back.

Production cars are about a compromise of all factors, not just fastest to 60 etc. after all.

In fact, my main moan about most manual cars is that first gear is designed to pull away with a caravan on the back, a bootful of luggage and a back seat full of kids, and a less than competent driver at the wheel, without burning the clutch out. Conditions that my car rarely ever sees (ok, maybe the incompetent driver...). I'd say the auto has the upper hand here, because first in a manual will just light up the back tyres when given full bore in first without a full load, whereas in an auto the combination of a higher first and a torque converter that will give a lower ratio for just as long as it takes to get the engine up into the torque means that the initial 30 feet might be slower, but you won't be reaching for another gear at 35 MPH.

So, replace first and second gear with one gear almost as high as second but not quite, and the aforementioned 4 speed Omega would probably do pretty much as well as a 5 speed. Wouldn't be fun with a caravan though. :-X


Kevin


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General Discussion Area / Re: Limp home RPM. Are you joking?
« on: 08 January 2008, 13:48:18 »
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Surely I'd need to join the aircraft on a runway.

Runways are good  :y

Wait 'till the aircraft are gone though.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Limp home RPM. Are you joking?
« on: 08 January 2008, 11:01:35 »
Agreed. My 8v Laguna was the same. It hit a brick wall at around 5000. Between driving that and the Westfield (chalk and cheese) I had no confidence to overtake anything in the Laguna, hence the Omega.

Characteristics need to match weight too. I'd hate to have the engine I have in the Westfield in an Omega. The cams don't really start working until about 3500 RPM but that's fine in a light car because it can still pull strongly from walking pace in 4th gear despite being off-cam. Drop it down a couple and it flies between 3500 and 7200.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Limp home RPM. Are you joking?
« on: 08 January 2008, 09:23:50 »
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Paul......it has good low down torque, better than pretty much any other engine in this size and this can be easilt demonstrated by popping it in fifth at 30mph and noting how it still accelerates......dont confuse it with Bhp.....!

http://www.omegaowners.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1166809964

That's a pretty good torque curve (not really that curved at all) for a heavy car in my book. Low down torque could only be improved on that by tuning it as a 2v engine and forgetting about the region above 5K. And then you'd say it was gutless at the top end!  ;)

Kevin

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