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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 23 October 2023, 10:05:07 »
It did look like he was paddling out at one point, interesting when the 4x4 kicked in at just past 30 seconds
Please play nicely. No one wants to listen/read a keyboard warriors rants....
Anyone know how far it is to go around the ford? Other than to stop the halfwits that try to drive though at speed why did they need to block it off? If you have a vehicle that's capable of driving through the ford when it's at normal water levels why not let them
Had a read about the new qashqai e-Power this morning, seems a bit of a con. Engine constantly charging a battery which powers a motor which drives the front wheels. The manufacturer blurb says 55mpg and 1000km from a 55 litre tank of petrol. The reviewer in this report got only 35mpg, admittedly with snow and ice on the roads. But my 1.6 diesel will get 1000km from a 55 litre tank so, at well over £30,000, you'd have to very concerned about what does/doesn't come out of the tail pipe :
https://www.wintonsworld.com/nissan-qashqai-e-power-190-tekna-hybrid-review/
YZ - I read the destructions for my mower, and it says to tip mower on side to drain oil out of filler. I will check if there is a plug underneath next time its out, but guessing from that that probably not.
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Most of the B & S mowers I’ve worked on have been the older series 35 and Quantum’s with the drain plug but I did come across an article mentioning the lack of drain plug on later mowers. As B & S are now mostly owned by KPS Capital Partners, I daresay removing the drain plug thread from the casting was a cost cutting exercise.
So if the RR was say under warranty and parked at the time.
Would they not sue the manufacturer? As mentioned it was not being driven at the time. The RR could have been a future call back fault that has not yet been identified.
Which will be Dieselgate all over again; a recall that makes your car worse. Don't Land Rovers us over the air updates which will save the dealers having to argue with you about not wanting it?
It would be even more useful if it had the ability to charge from either mains or engine.A plug in hybrid is a total waste of piss and nowt more than a subversive way to get everyone to fit charging ports at home.
A conventional hybrid is practically a much better solution if only because it doesn't require an external power source in order to work.
A plug in hybrid is a conventional hybrid with the ability to charge from the mains and generally a larger battery, so actually far more useful
Neighbour's identical mower keeps stopping again, so he says I can have it for spares. Ordered a new diaphram/gasket for the carb, see how that goes. If it fixes it, he can have it back, as I would have had my £5.29 of fun pissing around with it .
A plug in hybrid is a total waste of piss and nowt more than a subversive way to get everyone to fit charging ports at home.
A conventional hybrid is practically a much better solution if only because it doesn't require an external power source in order to work.
Downside of older mowers, you have to stick to E5 petrol, which in my case means Tesco 99 stuff.
I recently bought a second hand Mac Allister (B&Q own brand) petrol lawnmower which has a 125cc Briggs and Stratton engine, after my trusty old Bosch Rotak electric mower fell apart.
I've only used it once so far, but once I got going after faffing about filling it with petrol and getting it started, it mowed my lawn nicely and quicker with the wider deck.
Much heavier than the leccy mower though, and as it's not self propelled, mowing the lawn will be good exercise in future!