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General Discussion Area / Re: New car technology .
« on: 29 January 2024, 21:56:33 »
OK you guys. You may not believe this and many of you will fall over laughing, but I have a VAUXHALL OMEGA:D

It's fast, comfortable and has enough driver aids, like mirrors, switches and analogue dials, to make driving a breeze.  :y

Good car, I cherished mine and it still holds a place in my heart,  :y  although I did send the needle a fair way around the clock on many occasions.  ;) 

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General Discussion Area / Re: New car technology .
« on: 29 January 2024, 20:46:12 »
My E Class had it, but I never used it…………..

Don’t know what your E Class was like for parallel self parking but the BMW reverses in with one hell of a tight rake. It goes in at a steep angle and swings the front bumper in far closer to the vehicle in front than I’m happy with.  :o  That’s probably why I never use it, but in fairness it can park itself in a fairly tight space.  :)

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General Discussion Area / Re: New car technology .
« on: 29 January 2024, 12:21:30 »
………….
Got to admit, in these days of larger vehicles with smaller windows, I am grateful for front and rear parking sensors. I've never driven a car with a reverse view camera, and I don't think I'd find any use for it.
As for the ones that actually park themselves, no way.

The 360 cameras are good, so are front bumper side cameras.  :y  The 360 allows you to see all around and the bumper side cameras are great for seeing out of hedge lined junctions. It’s like having a pair of eyes five feet ahead of your own eyes.  :y
Self parking is a gimmick. Mine does both bay and parallel self park, I used it once on each space and have never used it since.  ::)  To parallel park, tap the screen, slow down and indicate left for a space on the left and right for a space on the right. The car searches for a space big enough and when found it beeps. You stop, accept the space and the car does the rest hands and foot free.  :y
Sounds easy doesn’t it.  ;D  However there is a massive glitch in their thinking that the handbook forgets to tell you. The vehicle uses radars/sensors to position the vehicle so, on a parallel park, the vehicle uses the vehicle in front and behind as a guide, which means that if the vehicle in front and behind have two wheels on the kerb, you’re vehicle will end up with two wheels on the kerb ….. and kerbed alloys.  ::)  They don’t show you that on YouTube demos do they.  ;D

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General Discussion Area / Re: New car technology .
« on: 29 January 2024, 11:43:42 »
The day might come eventually, but I have no interest in any car with a big screen sellotaped to the dash.  ::)

Me neither.  :y  I recently watched a YouTube clip reviewing the BMW M60 i5 by Harry's Garage. If you come across the clip, just look at how many times he takes his eyes off the road for simple things like heating controls, vent direction etc.  And yes, he disliked it, especially the million and one menus that you can scroll through. He also hated the lane discipline, because he said our UK roads are so shite that we have to swerve to avoid massive potholes and craters in the road, and the lane discipline tries to pull you back in line.  He suspects that lane discipline was invented to overcome drivers staring at their touch screens.  ;D
With a few extra toys on the options list, this i5 was just shy of £116K, for a 5 Series.  :o

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General Discussion Area / Re: New car technology .
« on: 29 January 2024, 11:15:30 »
A few years ago, I drove an Audi E-tron - apart from having to get used to it being an EV, I quickly realised it had no side door mirrors, just two small cameras instead, which relayed an image to a screen in the door panel area. The image wasn't like looking in a door mirror and wasn't what I would describe as a 'real image', and after 50 years of using wing / door mirrors, altering my line of vision to look at the door panel to see what was behind wasn't as easy as it sounds.
Don't know whether they still use it or whether other manufacturers use it as well, but it seemed to me to serve no purpose other than a gimmicky gadget which probably was very costly to replace as the  cameras were just as vunerable as door mirrors to drivers who cannot judge the width of the vehicle they are driving.

https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/tech/audi-e-tron-virtual-mirrors-how-does-it-work/

Unfortunately they do still fit them. Even worse, truck manufacturers are fitting them as well now. My issue with camera door mirrors is, with a standard door mirror you can change the perspective view by moving your head to the left or right, so you can see objects that you otherwise might have missed without moving your head. With a camera mirror, the view remains exactly the same, because moving your head makes no difference whatsoever to the rearward view.   :-\

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 26 January 2024, 20:35:51 »
I know, I’m sad and need to get out more.  ;D
Feel free to get out to Brakkers are polish mine ;D

 ;D
I’m in Bicester a lot now so if I get bored I’ll pop over with my cloths.  :y  ;D

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 26 January 2024, 20:29:00 »
Washed it, dried it and started to put the ceramic coat top up on it but then it started to rain so had to abandon that job.  ::)
Went indoors and started googling BMW 530d M Sport Tourers around 2022/23 plate. I’m very happy with my current vehicle but want to change it before I die they stop building decent engined vehicles.  :)
Aren't we expecting Saharan sand this weekend?

I did manage to complete the ceramic top up in the end so the sand will just slide off it.   ;)  :y  It’s super shiny now so I’m using hers so mine doesn’t get dirty.   ::)  I know, I’m sad and need to get out more.  ;D

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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 26 January 2024, 18:00:07 »
Thames Water have pissed us off again. No water across the whole town for the second time in as many months.  >:(

That can't be right...

Didn't the CEO get a huge bonus for great work.....or even an OBE. ::) ::) ::) ;)

Thames Water have had a bad couple of weeks here. They’ve managed to single-handedly close three out of the four roads in to the town with burst water mains. The one remaining road open has a 7.5T weight limit on it so the truckers are less than impressed with the massive detour they have to do.  :)

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General Discussion Area / Re: Private BattlesI
« on: 25 January 2024, 13:20:35 »
I first used this expression back in October.

Little did I know then how our lives would unravel since………..

I know only too well that life can give us a right good kicking at times, and I’ll admit that it nearly broke me.  ::)
Six years of early hours (2am, 3am) calls several nights a week from Careline saying that one of my parents had pressed their buzzer alarm and could I check on them as they were basically getting fed up of sending first responders out, so could I check that help was really needed as I lived just three miles away. I went to visit them before work, after work and weekends. Both were bed bound and eventually got dementia so if they had a toilet related accident between carers visits, I had to wash them, dress them and strip and change the bedding. It’s not something a son should be doing but I did it for them. In 2022 I walked out into their garden and looked up at the sky. I silently begged for help as it was near to killing me, and my prayers were answered with …….. me having two failing heart valves, two lots of major heart surgery and bacteria in my blood.  ::)  ;D  After spending three months in hospital I was eventually discharged, and my parents then died a few months apart.
So yeh, life can be cruel to us and I’m sure that it hasn’t finished kicking me yet. Have I learnt anything from it, do what you want to do while you can, because one day you won’t be able to. 

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General Car Chat / Re: Project anyone?
« on: 25 January 2024, 12:31:33 »
I think I've found TB's new car!  :y   It might need a bit of a polish though.  ::)  :)

Ah, that takes me back, Rover 820 Fastback.  :y  The sales figures of this vehicle, and other 800’s, were badly hampered by the popularity of …….. the Vauxhall Omega.  :)  :y

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 25 January 2024, 12:23:59 »
Washed it, dried it and started to put the ceramic coat top up on it but then it started to rain so had to abandon that job.  ::)
Went indoors and started googling BMW 530d M Sport Tourers around 2022/23 plate. I’m very happy with my current vehicle but want to change it before I die they stop building decent engined vehicles.  :)

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General Discussion Area / Re: I Am Having A Great Day
« on: 20 January 2024, 17:29:37 »
My experience of internet purchases is boring compared to some. I order something and it arrives. I know that sounds crazy but that’s just how it is.  ::)   :)

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General Discussion Area / Re: I just can't believe this story
« on: 20 January 2024, 13:02:01 »
Bloody hell.   :o   As you say, what a horrible world we live in.  >:( 

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?
« on: 16 January 2024, 21:16:54 »
Ta, I suspect its the chinky shite, as factory for mine was just a normal puddle light.

I was curious so I popped one of mine out. It has an Audi part number on.  :y 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Vans
« on: 16 January 2024, 18:02:52 »
How about a V8 RS4 engine in a VW T5 van.  :)

https://youtu.be/DgZpE8NIDfQ?feature=shared

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