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

« on: 28 August 2023, 12:47:03 »

The CAA.

What a bunch of self-abusers.  They insist that, as a model aircraft and drone flyer, I register with them so they can contact me etc, but then never bother contacting anybody about there latest proposals that make Orwell's 1984 seem like Little House on the Prairie.

Bureaucratic broken Britain... 

It's what we voted for... apparently! 

At least voting here is easy, simple to understand, cheap to administer, quick, open and transparent. It obviously needs a referendum to approve modern enhancements that will improve stakeholder satisfaction.


Oh, wait

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General Discussion Area / Re: Nadine Dorries Resigns...

« on: 27 August 2023, 11:32:26 »

What the opps has the stupid cow done to think she deserve a peerage?  She just wants to join the gravy train they call the House of Lords.

Extensive sucking up to Boris. That's always a gamble, because he is notoriously erratic at even attempting to fulfil any of his obligations.


Her resignation letter is a hilarious attempt to dodge any responsibility for her poor decisions via character assassination. What she doesn't realise is that requires the target to actually have some character.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Trumpy

« on: 25 August 2023, 17:30:38 »

If he isn't convicted of something(and I don't see that as likely), he should be very wary of getting on any business jets

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General Car Chat / Re: V8 engines to return to AMG Mercs.

« on: 24 August 2023, 17:57:38 »

https://youtu.be/rXhQZUZPw7k?feature=shared

This is how a car should sound.

Jag V8.

Why do European V8s make such a horrible noise? And why is there so much of it, especially at low RPM? The spitting and backfiring on over run is even more annoying. My Sunbeam Ti used to do it until I repaired the stripped exhaust studs.

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

« on: 23 August 2023, 22:28:16 »

The fact that only Sleazy do decently timed flights from any Lundun to PFO on Weds/Sun (villa changeover dates), and want £550 by the time you add hold luggage

And to add insult, its from LGW, which is a bit naff for us.  Anything from BHX or LTN (other airlines, as Orange don't do that) is stupidly timed, and can't find anything from East Mids.

The mistake you're making is thinking of Easyjet and Ryanair as airlines. That is not their real purpose. They're actually sophisticated sociology experiments to discover just how bad the 'service' can be made while people will still pay to use it. A side benefit is a potential source of Audi and Porsche dealer employees who are already trained to actively and publicly despise their customers.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Indian moon landing

« on: 23 August 2023, 16:23:35 »

Well done to the Indians for managing to put a lander onto the dark side of the moon. I wonder how much of the millions we give to them as aid, (dressed up as 'economic development') helped to pay for that extravagance. Millions of their citizens are starving for goodness sake.

It's only a few pence each for the people in the human pyramid big enough to reach the moon...

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Omega General Help / Re: Crank sensor cable length

« on: 18 August 2023, 22:19:49 »

I never noticed the noise impact of removing it. But then the Omega isn't exactly a quiet car to begin with.

I couldn't tell mine was gone either. But how is a stock Omega noisy?

It's not noisy per se, as it is quite refined for its time, but there could be more sound deadening inside the cabin.

That said, the S Class produces a fair amount of wind noise from the mirrors.

BMW claimed 75kg of sound proofing in the E34. It's noticeably noisier than an Omega. Although it is pretty gutless on short gearing so it is working harder.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Lioness's

« on: 18 August 2023, 22:17:03 »

do they swap shirts at the end of the match?

Sports bra's don't really do it for me. 

Don't wear one then.

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 18 August 2023, 21:40:20 »

Popped on the new coolant bottle that eventually turned up, and also put some fuel in it.

You put fuel in the coolant bottle??

. 


Goes like a bomb now..😁

Just needs to be parked in the garage for that.

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

« on: 18 August 2023, 21:39:43 »

A chap I went to school with was responsible for all the hinges on the X350. His name wasn't Ian

That's open and shut, with no uncertainties

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General Car Chat / Re: So what have you done to your car today?

« on: 18 August 2023, 21:00:16 »

Popped on the new coolant bottle that eventually turned up, and also put some fuel in it.

You put fuel in the coolant bottle??

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Omega General Help / Re: Crank sensor cable length

« on: 18 August 2023, 20:59:03 »

I never noticed the noise impact of removing it. But then the Omega isn't exactly a quiet car to begin with.

I couldn't tell mine was gone either. But how is a stock Omega noisy?

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

« on: 18 August 2023, 20:33:43 »

That that useless Scottish idiot knob jockey Ian Callum used JLR's normal quick release system on the coolant bottle to make the job quick and easy, only to surround it with other hoses so its near impossible to remove the bloody thing.

I'd love to meet that self-abuser.

Isn't he a designer, responsible for how the car looks and not the nitty-gritty of where mechanical bits go?
If it's true, I'm terribly sorry to spoil your rant with germane information....

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General Car Chat / Re: Petrol Prices

« on: 17 August 2023, 22:48:55 »

It's almost £1.50 a litre here in Plymouth. I'll find out tomorrow what it is at home.

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General Car Chat / Re: Zafira Tourer engine choices

« on: 16 August 2023, 17:45:04 »

Why the issue with Merc air bags? 

Same as any other airbag, owners don't change them as soon as they start to leak which kills more expensive components as well.