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General Car Chat / Re: newish high miles OR lower miles and older car

« on: 06 August 2017, 13:56:48 »

Give me a week and I shall review the Hyundai i40 diseasal saloon...

First impression is typically Japanesish with the controls scatter bombed across the dash but otherwise comfortable enough. Am 6'2" and there's enough room all round. Real test will be with five full fat adults in it

Topped up and loaded for a hike north... all being well, it won't need fuel until I get to Wick (although Inverness will be perfectly acceptable...)

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General Car Chat / Re: Vauxhall scrappag insentive

« on: 06 August 2017, 13:48:19 »

Why would anyone want to get rid of a perfectly decent Omega, to own any car made by Vauxhall these days.
Vauxhall is probably the most bland, downmarket, manufacturer of shite characterless cars on the UK market now.

I don't think Vauxhall have the monopoly on that.  It seems all cars now are either bland and unnoticible, or chavved up PoS.

All boxes that the Hyundai i40 ticks with plasticky abandon

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General Discussion Area / Re: another debt story

« on: 06 August 2017, 12:43:55 »

Two problems with that.
1. We (taxpayers) already pay.
2. Those who would be inevitably exempted from charges, are likely to be  in the group of people who want an appointment every other day,and don't bother turning up for half of them.
I'm not against the principle though, providing I pay a bit less tax to allow for it.
I had a doctors appointment a couple of weeks ago, the first for ten years. Now he has seen me, he wants me to be a regular customer. He is going to be disappointed. 

1. We already pay road tax... yet some places charge for on street parking.
2. Blue badge holders are able to park almost anywhere with impunity. For free.

That's life. Get over it and move on.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Ouch!!!

« on: 06 August 2017, 12:41:00 »

People never check the chamber when they drop the magazine out

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Omega General Help / Re: Omega pfl white paint

« on: 06 August 2017, 12:38:00 »

W/X/Y/Z474 All the same colour

They probably used an old Ford or VW white as they're a bit creamier... the GM one has alot of blue in it

Also, if it were properly bodged, then cheap household gloss white yellows over time

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Omega General Help / Re: Noisy differential?

« on: 06 August 2017, 09:32:25 »

Always support the body using the jacking points and jack the suspension as required

22237

General Discussion Area / Re: Aircraft turboprop engines

« on: 06 August 2017, 09:29:13 »

As I understand it the latest jet fighters cannot actually stay in the air without their computer systems operating.  They are impossible to fly without this electronic input that adjusts the aircraft's trim.

Hence my point about gliding most fighters have a glide ratio of 1:1 following stores dumping... The F35 doesn't have an official glide ratio due to its non existent unpowered flight performance. To give you an idea of what a 1:1 descent and subsequent landing feels like, the Osprey has been designed to fragment in order to absorb the impact... basically the props splinter and the wings snap off at the roots whilst the undercarriage/seats/and fuselage all deform to absorb the worst of the impact... the safety cell is tested to deform to 85% of its original volume  with one engine its glide ratio improves to 4:1, so the passengers and crew might walk out of it

By comparison, commercial aircraft seem to fare better, the obvious case being: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236 

Although it is not an unique situation: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airline_flights_that_required_gliding

Most of the fatal flights in the list are either ones that encounter engine failure either just after take off or during final approach. The notable absence from the list is: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_38

Wing/aircraft design, altitude and training are the three equal factors that determine how successfully a powered aircraft might land with no thrust.

When an aircraft has total engine failure on the final approach the automatic reaction is to pull up the nose, which increases the angle-of-attack and drag, which decreases speed until you stall. Commercial pilots practice dead stick landings as part of their annual flight simulation testing along with other failure stress testing. The pilots of the 777 at Heathrow that lost all engine power due to frozen fuel did very well where their training kicked in and they got it over the parameter fence.

Fixed

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General Car Chat / Re: One touch window

« on: 06 August 2017, 07:56:39 »

+1 you need to hold the up and down buttons to relearn the feature

You only need to hold the switch on the 'up' for a few secs (you hear a click from inside the door) to reset the windows

Mondeo, not Omega

22239

General Discussion Area / Re: Just an idea to run past you guys

« on: 05 August 2017, 17:44:18 »

So you're the sod ahead causing all the sudden braking with your random lane changes...

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General Discussion Area / Re: Cannabis into Europe

« on: 05 August 2017, 17:24:46 »

Well, not all of us

22241

General Car Chat / Re: One touch window

« on: 05 August 2017, 17:24:09 »

Hold it for ten seconds the other way and report back 

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Disable passenger airbag?

« on: 05 August 2017, 17:22:27 »

Actually, having seen that video, I would suggest that my original suggestion isn't that great either without the airbag being disabled 

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General Discussion Area / Re: Cannabis into Europe

« on: 05 August 2017, 16:12:32 »

If it stops petty crime from happening then, socially it can't be a failure... A generation of stones might be an unintended consequence though.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Disable passenger airbag?

« on: 05 August 2017, 16:10:02 »

Really?

https://youtu.be/o0O9_2FJaN4

Be some sort of Lady bits to think that could ever be a good idea

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: Disable passenger airbag?

« on: 05 August 2017, 15:15:51 »

When I had a backward facing car seat and a front airbag, I had the seat in the fully back postion so there was less chance of the bag making full contact with the seat, after seeing the airbags deploy in my old astra I had an idea of the position in which it will not make much contact

Illegal

Agreed