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Andy H

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Re: Self fulfilling prophecy
« Reply #105 on: 01 October 2021, 19:44:19 »
Quote from: Nick W on 01 October 2021, 14:38:50
Quote from: Andy H on 01 October 2021, 11:28:21
Run out off electricity here too :(

The Mazda has a comically small battery which seems to be good for around 3 weeks parked up before it loses the enthusiasm to start the engine - and that presupposes that the battery was properly charged in the first place.

We have been in lockdown for 8 weeks now, the car gets an occasional short run to buy heavy or bulky essentials (beer, wine, toilet rolls). After 3 weeks it failed to start so I hoiked the battery out and charged it overnight. That got about 3 weeks. I ran the next charge until the charger said it was fully charged and that lasted about 10 days.

It is on charge again now and has been since it failed to start this morning . Charger claims that it is fully charged. Just checked with a voltmeter and it is sitting at 13.85V. Going to leave it overnight and see if that achieves anything.


just because it's fully charged(and 12.8volts would be at the topend of what I would expect to see on a recently charged, disconnected battery) doesn't mean the battery is any good. That requires a drop test, and I would suggest that it will fail due to its recent usage. Constantly discharging a battery that far will kill it very quickly.
I perhaps should have said that the charger ran for 5 hours before claiming that it was fully charged.
I know from bitter experience that fully discharging batteries kills them.
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Re: Self fulfilling prophecy
« Reply #106 on: 01 October 2021, 20:27:11 »
GM and Ford are finance companies that happen to produce vehicles :-X
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Re: Self fulfilling prophecy
« Reply #107 on: 01 October 2021, 21:45:47 »
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Quote from: Raeturbo on 30 September 2021, 22:58:51
Most certainly not, but all this technology being unleashed on the poor speeding motorist is not fair☹️🐆


why do speeding motorists deserve different treatment to other criminals? The ones who are told not to do the crime if they can't do the time?
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Re: Self fulfilling prophecy
« Reply #108 on: 02 October 2021, 19:38:38 »
The Media Bullshit fear mongering machine is still at it...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/hgv-lorry-driver-shortage-germans-b1930558.html

Bunch of opposing coconuts... Almost everyone who passed their initial test before a certain point can drive a 7.5t vehicle ::)

Anyone who doesn't have 7.5t on their licence would be retarded to do the C1 test... The C test is EXACTLY the same with zero weight limit.

Notwithstanding that 7.5t isn't heavy :-X
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Re: Self fulfilling prophecy
« Reply #109 on: 02 October 2021, 19:57:50 »
I could drive a 7.5 tonner, my license says so.  ::) But why would I when there are plenty of Germans to do it?  ;D
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Re: Self fulfilling prophecy
« Reply #110 on: 02 October 2021, 19:59:49 »
Quote from: STEMO on 02 October 2021, 19:57:50
I could drive a 7.5 tonner, my license says so.  ::) But why would I when there are plenty of Germans to do it?  ;D
Perhaps they have better things to do... Such as Vanessa Mai :-*
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Re: Self fulfilling prophecy
« Reply #111 on: 02 October 2021, 20:05:08 »
Or, reading up, maybe I can't  :-\
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Re: Self fulfilling prophecy
« Reply #112 on: 02 October 2021, 20:16:56 »
Quote from: STEMO on 02 October 2021, 20:05:08
Or, reading up, maybe I can't  :-\
Not that Vanessa Mai, but this one...

https://youtu.be/pJzsFH5-mac
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Re: Self fulfilling prophecy
« Reply #113 on: 03 October 2021, 00:03:35 »
Quote from: Doctor Gollum on 02 October 2021, 20:16:56
Quote from: STEMO on 02 October 2021, 20:05:08
Or, reading up, maybe I can't  :-\
Not that Vanessa Mai, but this one...

https://youtu.be/pJzsFH5-mac
                  Yes I could do that one too :y
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Re: Self fulfilling prophecy
« Reply #114 on: 03 October 2021, 09:05:03 »
Quote from: STEMO on 02 October 2021, 19:57:50
I could drive a 7.5 tonner, my license says so.  ::) But why would I when there are plenty of Germans to do it?  ;D
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Been there done that, driving for a living nowadays wouldn't be top of my list.
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Re: Self fulfilling prophecy
« Reply #115 on: 04 October 2021, 15:33:26 »
Quote from: Rangie on 03 October 2021, 09:05:03
Quote from: STEMO on 02 October 2021, 19:57:50
I could drive a 7.5 tonner, my license says so.  ::) But why would I when there are plenty of Germans to do it?  ;D
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Been there done that, driving for a living nowadays wouldn't be top of my list.

Yes, and especially now down here in the South East.  Try filling up a 7.5 tonne wagon, with, if you are very, very lucky to find fuel, a £35 limit!! :( :(
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Re: Self fulfilling prophecy
« Reply #116 on: 04 October 2021, 15:56:14 »
You're best placed to do something about that...

Saver fares on the shuttle or ferry, go to Cité Europe, do your monthly shopping and fill the car up on the way out.

The exchange rate will cover the cost, especially if you factor in the fact that you can buy everything you want.

Certainly, if I lived in east Kent, although why you would want to puzzles me, then that's where I would do all my shopping.

Lpg is currently €0.81 a litre, petrol €1.55 and diseasal €1.46... £0.69, £1.32 and £1.25 respectively.

Interestingly, if your car will run on E85, then it's 56ppl...
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Re: Self fulfilling prophecy
« Reply #117 on: 04 October 2021, 15:59:31 »
Sounds like that would involve going to France !.  :o :o
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Re: Self fulfilling prophecy
« Reply #118 on: 04 October 2021, 16:07:10 »
Brent crude oil up over 3% today, so that will probably feed through next week. We had one local garage charging 144.9p for diesel last week, while others in the area were around 135.9, Asda was 134.7.
I'd like to think that he'd be boycotted once things settle down, but he's an Asian chap who sells pies and pasties and sandwiches. So the call of the calories will probably trump the price of the fuel.
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Re: Self fulfilling prophecy
« Reply #119 on: 04 October 2021, 16:08:03 »
Quote from: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 04 October 2021, 15:59:31
Sounds like that would involve going to France !.  :o :o
There's that... :D
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