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General Discussion Area / Re: Speed Bump Madness

« on: 28 January 2008, 14:15:51 »

I always make a meal out of speed bumps in the Westfield. Plenty of blipping the throttle on the downshifts and pops and bangs on the overrun as I slow down for them.

Hopefully the local residents will realise how much more intrusive it makes the traffic as opposed to when just cruising past at a constant speed and lobby for their removal.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Speed Bump Madness

« on: 26 January 2008, 11:10:36 »

Speed bumps are counter productive IMHO. They may cause a driver to slow down but they focus his mind on the road 30 feet in front of the car to the exclusion of everything else.

They put speed bumps on a bit of road I use to get to work. Now, this road is rather well to do but unfortunately has become one of the main arteries into a town. Lots of influential residents, I'd imagine, who don't like the level of traffic. It's a 30 limit but a long straight road and it's easy to let your speed creep up.

They've tried speed bumps, then ripped them up. Then they tried chicanes, but approaching drivers used to accelerate to get round before the guy coming the other way. 2 Guys decide to try the same trick and there's a head-on. So, they've now ripped them up.

Meanwhile the surface is shocking, it's all you can do to keep the car in a straight line. They've spent hundreds of thousands of pounds experimenting with schemes that don't work and now, seemingly, there's nothing left in the coffers to ensure that it at least has a safe surface.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Steering wheel airbag.

« on: 27 January 2008, 00:14:31 »

It could be an insurance problem IMHO. Make sure there'd be no issues with having removed the airbag.

Whole airbag system will be disabled and the light will come on if the bag is removed, although it might be possible to fool it. :-/

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: I would be LIVID!

« on: 27 January 2008, 01:48:52 »

Yeah, me too. I know enough to keep myself and my car fed and watered though, and as long as you try to speak their lingo they couldn't be nicer people.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: I would be LIVID!

« on: 27 January 2008, 01:22:32 »

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swmbo wanted to take our 2 to disney land isolated incident, paper work error or not .IT AINT GONNA HAPPEN

Yes, my daughter keeps nagging me to go, I have no inclination to go to the US despite the ‘bright lights’ May try and pacifier her and got to Paris, but to be honest France does not appeal either. :-/

I used to feel the same, but actually I quite admire the French now. They have the guts to stand up for themselves and say "b0110cks to that" when things have gone too far. What with everything that's coming out of Brussels these days, and the world climate in general, I bet they don't lose half as much of their national identity as we do ours. It's also a nice place, and the roads...

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: I would be LIVID!

« on: 27 January 2008, 01:06:06 »

... and this just when holidays are being booked up. Can you imagine ANYONE with kids taking them there in the summer now?

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: I would be LIVID!

« on: 27 January 2008, 00:33:22 »

Unbelieveable. Had the US not already been off my holiday list due to the farce I experienced in immigration last time, it would now.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Today I have been.....

« on: 26 January 2008, 13:46:33 »

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and thats a small engine, size wise compared to the GE90 which is also fitted to the B777

I remember seeing it at the Farnborough air show for the first time and they had one of the engines with all of the ducting opened out. It is a huge beast, but the oily bits in the middle are surprisingly compact.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: Today I have been.....

« on: 26 January 2008, 12:44:07 »

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11 hours on a 777 to look forward to tomorrow

Take a couple of spare throttle cables in your hand luggage just in case it needs a manual override!

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: To be mine

« on: 26 January 2008, 17:22:11 »

Looks nice

Can't help on the sat nav, I'm afraid.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Any one for a "Sleeper"

« on: 26 January 2008, 14:08:27 »

http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/01/1929-ford-model-with-250-hp-cosworth.html

Could have some fun at the traffic light grand prix in that!

The BDA engine even looks like quite a convincing side-valve from a distance.

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: EBay Omega Elite with ABS problem

« on: 27 January 2008, 15:48:32 »

Another offputting factor is that someone has botched in an aftermarket alarm system. Why bother when it's got an adequate alarm system factory fitted?

Kevin

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General Discussion Area / Re: important topics

« on: 27 January 2008, 14:23:48 »

Was thinking the same myself. Too many "stickies"?

At least this forum doesn't insist on diplaying them at the top of every page, unlike others...

As most of them currently relate to merchandise maybe we should have an "OOF merchandise" area? After all, it's not every day you need a new tax disk holder, great though they are

Kevin

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