38581
General Discussion Area / Re: help what should i wear tonight........
« on: 01 March 2008, 17:44:19 »Quote
I'm still innocent... 8-)
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38582
General Discussion Area / Re: help what should i wear tonight........
« on: 01 March 2008, 17:37:59 »Quote
......Andy your a bad man lol
Moi? :-/ 
38583
General Discussion Area / Re: help what should i wear tonight........
« on: 01 March 2008, 17:29:52 »Quote
see im sorry hubby would have asked questions if i asked "could you please take a picture of me in my suspenders"
Have you no mirrors at home or a timer on the camera?
38584
General Discussion Area / Re: one of them has to go....
« on: 27 February 2008, 12:18:00 »Quote
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Power is great and you can never quite have enough, but control and throwing it around near the limits on B roads is what makes driving fun, and for that you need a manual. Either that or throw a manual box in the 3.0 as mentioned -- .......
You know those big black round things we used to have before the advent of CD's? As they got older they used to get scatched & then used to stick in the same groove & repeat iteself over ...... used to stick in the same groove & repeat iteself over ..... used to stick in the same groove & repeat iteself over and we used to have to kick it to make it play to the end of the track. :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/
38586
General Discussion Area / Re: So much for £1300
« on: 29 February 2008, 14:22:51 »
How about this car? Ex plod & £1300.
38587
General Discussion Area / Re: Over-Head Camshafts Why???
« on: 24 February 2008, 23:46:55 »Quote
Some Desmodromic I.C valve-train systems do away with belts, chains and valve springs; with those (and many more engineering and operational advantages) why aren`t they more popular? :-? ......
Have you never heard a Ducati? They sound like a bag of spanners.
38588
General Discussion Area / Re: Over-Head Camshafts Why???
« on: 24 February 2008, 16:34:40 »Quote
.......As James said, pushrod engines have chains too. .......
Unless it's a Ford Essex/Cologne V6. They use gears, originally one of them was fibre, for quietness, however they had a tendancy to be very quiet when the fibre gear shed its teeth and the engine stopped!
38589
General Discussion Area / Re: Zero tolerance to speed
« on: 28 February 2008, 15:41:33 »Quote
....... but..... your still going to court" thanks officer
Ker ching.
38590
General Discussion Area / Re: Dont beleive my eyes......
« on: 28 February 2008, 15:32:57 »Quote
It's a no no. I think it would invalidate your insurance, or at least persuade Insurance coy. to refuse to pay out.I'm sure the police wouldn't give a monkey's ...... your fiendly MOT tester isn't!
38591
General Discussion Area / Re: Do you want a a pre facelift?
« on: 28 February 2008, 10:53:24 »Quote
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clutch knee !!
38592
General Discussion Area / Re: Do you want a a pre facelift?
« on: 27 February 2008, 12:42:31 »Quote
......... can't have much exciting going on if you keep coming back for more boring installments
There's not.
I'm at work, but you're boring everyone now! A lot of us have had our licence as long if not longer than you've been around, and even though we choose an auto can actually drive a manual if we so choose to - I drive a manual heap everyday to work & at no time do I feel in more control etc driver involvement etc seeing down the road to change down by itself terribly sorry old boy, I am a little tired (what have I missed out?) terribly sorry old boy, I am a little tired than I would when I'm driving my Omega complete with its auto g'box. But then I'm only repeating what loads of us have said in the past.
38593
General Discussion Area / Re: Do you want a a pre facelift?
« on: 27 February 2008, 12:19:56 »Quote
QuoteYou have not driven my Galant Auto, 3rd gear there is no Omega Manual that will touch it. Drifting is playing, I used to do that with early Fords, nothing new, it's A to B on country roads that counts. It's the driver not the gearbox.
Only because the Omega, even in 3.0 manual form, is underpowered -- something I've said many times on this forum.
The reality is, same car with a competent driver, the manual gearbox will allow you to be quicker on that country road simply because it gives more control so you can push harder. It's the car and the driver -- do you think Lewis Hamilton would win any grands prix if his car had a torque converter fitted while everyone else's was standard? The answer is no, because no matter how good the driver you can't change the slowing in reaction time between the throttle and rear wheels caused by torque converter slip, so you lose that fine adjustability that the best drivers are so good at doing within milliseconds.
I'm not saying you can't be fast in an auto -- put a big enough engine in with a decent driver and almost anything will be fast. But with a manual and all else equal it will be quicker round the twisties, and more importantly for road driving, a lot more fun
You're beginning to get f***ing boring now Paul!
38594
General Discussion Area / Re: Do you want a a pre facelift?
« on: 27 February 2008, 00:08:34 »Quote
Love the smilies, can you put some on the overhead camshaft thread.
I looked for some terribly sorry old boy, I am a little tireding smilies but couldn't find any!
38595
General Discussion Area / Re: Do you want a a pre facelift?
« on: 27 February 2008, 00:03:05 »Quote
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No, but to do it properly with full control you do! A big ass rubber band between the throttle and rear wheels is hardly going to be beneficial to controlling the amount of slip.
Torque converters == evil
