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General Discussion Area / Re: Why do some people behave so stupidly.

« on: 04 April 2024, 20:35:55 »

On our most recent cruise, we heard that some old chap had been taken seriously ill so when we saw the Ambulance in port from our balcony we thought it was him being taken away. There was also an old lady sat crying in her wheelchair on the dock so we assumed it was her husband being taken away. We then heard that the old lady was nothing to do with the old chap, and that she’d been thrown off the cruise ship for being violent towards her own family and other passengers. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 01 April 2024, 20:16:54 »

Horse boxes doing 30mph in a NS limit zone, and the slow driver behind it too afraid to overtake it, causing long tailbacks.
If the equestrian type can afford over £100K for a flash horse box, why can’t they afford a few ratchet straps to secure the horse in the back so they can drive a bit faster.    

When I'm following something that's travelling at, say, 40 in a 50, and I don't feel comfortable overtaking, I drop back from it to leave room for people to overtake me and then the vehicle in front of me.
But the tossers that inhabit the road these days don't understand that, and try to push me back towards the vehicle in front.

What you do is the polite and sensible thing to do.    I was way back in the queue so no chance of me going for it, although my Mrs did say ‘don’t you dare’ when I inched out a couple of times. 

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General Car Chat / Re: A Bit Weird

« on: 01 April 2024, 18:54:01 »

………….
I rolled a 600cc Regal saloon.....and a 700cc Regal Supervan.
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I find the most concerning thing about this thread is that Opti had not one, but two plastic pigs. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?

« on: 01 April 2024, 18:44:15 »

Horse boxes doing 30mph in a NS limit zone, and the slow driver behind it too afraid to overtake it, causing long tailbacks.
If the equestrian type can afford over £100K for a flash horse box, why can’t they afford a few ratchet straps to secure the horse in the back so they can drive a bit faster.    

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General Discussion Area / Re: Going to take a look with maybe a purchase.

« on: 31 March 2024, 13:04:38 »

If my memory of my brother-in-laws three MK2 2.8 Granada Ghia X’s is correct (he had two X’s and one X Executive), the standard Ghia X had flat leather (or cloth) and the X Executive had puffed up leather. The Executive seat looked like it had an additional topper and looked like someone had bolted a three piece suite in to the car and I always thought that it looked a bit overdone.
Each to their own though. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Costs of running a car

« on: 25 March 2024, 15:29:13 »

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M40 - M25 has too many cameras for such shenanigans ………….

And this is the problem wherever you drive these days. When we travelled back from Wales recently, I commented to my Mrs that, apart from brisk overtakes, there’s not much point in having a fast car these days. We were in her car, which is well capable of north of 150mph, but the traffic flow, average speed monitoring cameras and the sneaky camera vans etc made it a painfully long journey.    The days of playing ‘ beat the sat nav ETA by half ‘ are a thing of the distant past now.     

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General Car Chat / Re: Tesco pay at pump

« on: 22 March 2024, 18:44:29 »

Pay in Kiosk, Pay at Pump, this all sounds very complicated. In our neighbouring village garage we still have a man/woman that comes out and fills up for you. Their fuel is always cheaper than anywhere else as well.
How old school is that. 

Do they sell 2 and 3 star fuel and Paraffin as well

They do sell paraffin, but no 2 or 3 star.    Also, no two stroke mix shot pump anymore, 
just modern pumps with the polite personal service and a friendly chat. Quite cute really, and nostalgic for those of us that remember the forecourt staff. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Tesco pay at pump

« on: 20 March 2024, 17:45:07 »

Pay in Kiosk, Pay at Pump, this all sounds very complicated. In our neighbouring village garage we still have a man/woman that comes out and fills up for you. Their fuel is always cheaper than anywhere else as well.
How old school is that. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Jock cop woke joke.

« on: 20 March 2024, 09:11:24 »

Looks like the link has been taken down, did anyone screenshot it?
……..

Just google ‘Scottish Hate Monster’ and you’ll find the article, or use the links below. 

https://www.scotland.police.uk/what-s-happening/campaigns/2023/hate-crime/#:~:text=In%20our%20new%20Don't,they%20commit%20a%20hate%20crime.

https://youtu.be/SPeUtdT9oUM?si=C4aE7cxpCsq23ms-

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General Car Chat / Re: C1 (The skate) serious misfire.

« on: 14 March 2024, 16:35:15 »

It is indeed fun, in a slow motion kind of way. Get up to speed and dont slow down for anything is the way to drive it. 

Ahhh.....straight from the YZ250 school of driving 

 

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General Car Chat / Re: Mark Drakeford

« on: 14 March 2024, 14:09:42 »

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 I've not got a problem with any speed limits especially if they show a reduction in accidents

I agree with your sentiments but as town/village limits are generally for the pedestrians benefit, why can't we just teach pedestrians to cross the road safely.  When I'm with my grandchildren I instill in to them the importance of the road being clear before they even attempt to cross the road.
Then some dumb arse changes the hierarchy in the highway code to allow pedestrians to step out in front of cars because they now have the god given right to in certain instances. I'm still telling my grandchildren "If it ain't clear, don't cross".
Incidentally, the new highway code rules have apparently increased the fatalities by 7%, so we must never assume that those who bring in changes are clever. 

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General Car Chat / Re: The future: EVs or ICEs?

« on: 14 March 2024, 13:27:45 »

IIRC a Sierra Cosworth driver tried the same tale in the day .....

As I've posted on here before, I had a genuine runaway in my old 3.0S. I floored it to do an overtake and when I pulled back in, the car was still pulling like a train. Luckily I was able to turn off the ignition and slow down to a stop. The throttle cable had frayed and wouldn't return up the cable sleeve. It was quite a hairy moment. 

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General Car Chat / Re: The future: EVs or ICEs?

« on: 13 March 2024, 21:45:14 »

Amateur

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/91259.stm#:~:text=The%20M1%20was%20cleared%20by,the%20vehicle%20impossible%20to%20control.

I remember that story well, I just can’t believe that it was almost 26 years ago.    He was cleared of faking it apparently. 

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General Car Chat / Re: The future: EVs or ICEs?

« on: 12 March 2024, 21:34:19 »

Fair play to the marketing bods for upselling that, but surely an EV doesn't really require actual brakes given the regenerative braking power...

And presumably if you knock it into neutral it would simply roll to a stop

Yes, there doesn’t appear to be an explanation why this wasn’t possible. I was bored so I looked on the iPace forum and they’re confused why this wasn’t possible as well. I’m guessing they’d blame an electrical or software fault prevented this from happening.
I’ll have to remember the old runaway story if I’m ever unlucky enough to get pulled over again. Yes officer, the pedal was stuck to the floor for a few minutes but we’re all good now. Hmm, do you think they’d believe me. 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Diane Abbott

« on: 12 March 2024, 18:00:50 »

Err... I see she has raised her ugly lovely head again!! How dare these people call her black and all sorts of terrible things ……….

I think it was the remark that she should be shot that upset her slightly.