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General Car Chat / Re: Warranty work on the Mexican tomorrow.

« on: 04 April 2024, 12:30:37 »

625bhp, rwd on damp roads. What could possibly go wrong?

It does come with 4 driven wheels.

The second Jagaur XFR  I owned had around 600 BHP after Viezu had a play. And rear drive only.

It did shit me up in the wet though.

If I were stupid enough to go for a spin with you, it would end up in a fatality. I'd definitely have a heart attack.

You should go for spin with Rae in his Evo then!      I'm a shadow of my former self....     

Your elderly uncle is a man of advanced years, Tig.

A spin in a tuned 500BHP Evo driven by Rae would surely see him into the next world.

A bag of boiled sweets, a cup of Ovaltine, and an early night is far more appropriate.

Sounds good to me , as long as the boiled sweets are Werthers. Yum 

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General Car Chat / Re: Grandland X

« on: 03 April 2024, 19:17:48 »

TBH, at my age and with my driving style these days, I would have one. Very roomy and, although the engine isn't very pokey, it's quiet and smooth. Unfortunately, the tech that comes with them is a bit 'nannying'.

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General Car Chat / Re: Grandland X

« on: 03 April 2024, 19:12:41 »

Why the hell do manufacturers put puny engines into bigger and bigger cars? Ford stick a 1 litre engine in a Mundano for gods sake. 

50mpg in the grandland, if driven sensibly 

A lot of these modern diesels seem to have a 1.5L engine, don't know if it's the same derivative.

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General Car Chat / Re: Grandland X

« on: 03 April 2024, 13:11:21 »

Back in the day 118BHP was a respectable amount of power for a 'sporting saloon car'

When cars were not fat bastards and  car owners were not fat bastards.

My astra (K) is very light compared to the J. It manages to pick up its skirts quite nicely on only 136bhp.

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General Car Chat / Re: Grandland X

« on: 03 April 2024, 12:53:11 »

It's a heavy car, with 128bhp, what can I say ?

Time for a change.

Not my car. She only does town driving, so it will do.

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General Car Chat / Re: Grandland X

« on: 03 April 2024, 12:48:57 »

It's a heavy car, with 128bhp, what can I say ?


Correction, 118bhp.

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General Car Chat / Re: Grandland X

« on: 03 April 2024, 12:43:15 »

We're up in N Yorkshire for a week away. I decided to take the wife's grandland because we can fit everything, including doggie, in one car. Coming back from Pickering towards Kirkbymoorside on the A170, 60mph limit, some old bastard pulled out about 200 yds in front of me in a Chinese MG and decided 40mph was plenty. There was plenty of room (thank fùck) so put my foot down and pulled out. Auto box dropped from 7th to 6th and off we went. Nothing, eff all. I was waiting for the kick I get from my 1.6 astra but it never came. We got past quite easily but I'm glad I did that on a clear road with nothing coming in the opposite direction. I might have come cropper with less time to overtake.
1.5 diesel in a big car......no.

At 40 MPH it should kickdown to 2nd or 3rd.

Does it have a sport mode for more response?

I probably didn't kick down hard enough, not used to the car, but it's still very slow.

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General Car Chat / Grandland X

« on: 03 April 2024, 12:37:47 »

We're up in N Yorkshire for a week away. I decided to take the wife's grandland because we can fit everything, including doggie, in one car. Coming back from Pickering towards Kirkbymoorside on the A170, 60mph limit, some old bastard pulled out about 200 yds in front of me in a Chinese MG and decided 40mph was plenty. There was plenty of room (thank fùck) so put my foot down and pulled out. Auto box dropped from 7th to 6th and off we went. Nothing, eff all. I was waiting for the kick I get from my 1.6 astra but it never came. We got past quite easily but I'm glad I did that on a clear road with nothing coming in the opposite direction. I might have come cropper with less time to overtake.
1.5 diesel in a big car......no.

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General Car Chat / Re: Warranty work on the Mexican tomorrow.

« on: 03 April 2024, 12:28:19 »

625bhp, rwd on damp roads. What could possibly go wrong?

It does come with 4 driven wheels.

The second Jagaur XFR  I owned had around 600 BHP after Viezu had a play. And rear drive only.

It did shit me up in the wet though.

If I were stupid enough to go for a spin with you, it would end up in a fatality. I'd definitely have a heart attack.

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General Car Chat / Re: Warranty work on the Mexican tomorrow.

« on: 03 April 2024, 12:22:47 »

625bhp, rwd on damp roads. What could possibly go wrong?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Gas & Leccy Bills

« on: 01 April 2024, 19:43:08 »

We're with Scottish power & pay by direct debit which I am in complete control of, never had an issue with them had an email from them this morning saying that their prices have been reduced currently paying £57 per month for gas & electric.

About the same as me, Mick.

Except mine has a 2 in front of the 57 

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

« on: 01 April 2024, 19:40:38 »

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.

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General Car Chat / Re: A Bit Weird

« on: 01 April 2024, 19:37:14 »

………….
I rolled a 600cc Regal saloon.....and a 700cc Regal Supervan.
………

I find the most concerning thing about this thread is that Opti had not one, but two plastic pigs. 

we won't talk about his other blow up farm animals 

Oh, I think we should. At length 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Gas & Leccy Bills

« on: 01 April 2024, 18:20:23 »

That sounds above the new price cap rates....

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/changes-energy-price-cap-between-1-april-30-june-2024#:~:text=Electricity%20rates,and%20Wales%20and%20includes%20VAT.

I'm with the ever useless British Gas since my energy company went tits up 2 or 3 years back, and they charge me the OFGEM rates for energy and standing charge.

That's probably because I pay monthly for my usage rather than having a direct debit.  I know I pay slightly more, but I have control and they can't swipe huge amounts from my bank account.

I pay a month in arrears as well, so it's like having a free overdraft! 

I'm with Optopus and have been on a fixed tariff since July, it was slightly cheaper for gas and leccy before this reduction and is slightly dearer now. But..my standing charges are much cheaper, so that makes up for the fuel.

I pay by direct debit, but can alter the amount at any time.

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

« on: 01 April 2024, 11:54:13 »

With the screen, scuttle and dash out, that panel can theoretically be replaced, it's bonded into a channel in the firewall.

 ......

sigh ...... bulkhead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The two terms aren't mutually exclusive.

no they're not .... Americans have firewalls, wristpins, rocker panels etc etc etc ..... we have bulkheads, gudgeon pins & sills etc etc etc

https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/78397/in-aircraft-construction-what-is-the-difference-between-a-firewall-and-a-bulkhe#:~:text=So%20in%20a%20nutshell%2C%20a,the%20rest%20of%20the%20plane.

Obviously that's wrong too presumably...

Are we talking cars or planes?
I'm away & don't have enough interweb to read it.
You can always find what you want to find if you look hard enough. What's the past tense of dive? Here in Blighty it's DIVED but if you Google it, it'll say you can also use DOVE .... It's not correct as far as I'm concerned but the Web says is OK 

Pleaded and Pled. I don't like pled.