That too.
Oh for sure, not everyone names machines, it is all personal preference.
Cocktease?
I had a Ford Escort Van 1.8D, hardly a speed daemon and defiantly wasn't concourse fresh. But her major fault was she'd cut out a lot after either sucking air or crap from the fuel tank. I only got shot of her because it was getting so bad I almost got T-Boned because she died when I was pulling out of a junction. Scary shit.
But yeah, if you don't want to name your car, hairy muff.
It doesn't matter how rubbish your vehicle is, most vehicles deserve a name. They are living creatures, if they were just machines then no vehicle would go wrong and they'd all be exactly the same, but as vehicles are made by humans, none of them are perfect, no two are the same. This makes them all unique and living creatures.
That or I am insane and everything I've just said should be disregarded.
That or I am insane and everything I've just said should be disregarded.
What? My vehicles always have names. My old van was Vanessa, a name given to her by my family and this truck was called Louise because a friend decided it was a fitting name, which has stuck.
Being called a girls brother can be worse, or at least creepier. I had a lass say I was like a brother and then proceeded to give me head. Which makes you wonder what she gets up to with her brothers...
I finally got a job relating to my degree.
Got my dream car.
Yeah, that's it really. Lucky I'm making enough money that I have a tiny amount of disposable income. I get to renegotiate my pay packet this month, so I should be able to get a pay rise of a few grand.
Got my dream car.
Yeah, that's it really. Lucky I'm making enough money that I have a tiny amount of disposable income. I get to renegotiate my pay packet this month, so I should be able to get a pay rise of a few grand.
Took Louise for a little spin around the estate.
It has had the coil spring conversion. It rides a bit better, but I don't like it much, when I can I'm going back to air suspension.
That awkward moment when you realise that LFS has a dev team of 3 part time staff, where as that game is a million dollar project with a team of full time developers. But then visual porn isn't what LFS is about.
Oh baby, the things she could do in the bedroom.
All goes to plan tomorrow, this:
I've wanted one since I first saw one go past on the motorway as a young lad in the 90's. <3
I've wanted one since I first saw one go past on the motorway as a young lad in the 90's. <3
Because you can easily damage cable, if you crimp it badly it isn't going to work, so you'll test it after cutting the cable to size and crimping. Then again after it is in situation to make sure you haven't cracked any of the cable, usually a small chance of this happening, but it is better you find out before you redecorate than after. This is even more important now plumbing the building with fibre optic cable is becoming popular.
We use a cable tester at work which can detect if there is noise on the line cause by ****ing up somewhere, but if you want to save many pounds for the testing kit, just plug it in and see if it works.
Even then you'll still test your work. I do it for a living and most of the install time focuses around testing. Any prat can throw cable in the wall.
The quality depends on the electrics in your house. If they are good quality power lines, no worries. But if you have shitty electrics, put in by a drunken monkey, they aren't as good. They are a great alternative to WiFi if you have a recently rewired house (I'd say within the last 15 years), but obviously no match for a properly wired up network.
Of course, practicality means they are becoming very popular for obvious reasons. 5 minute install, rather than 5 days.
Not very good on medium settings though. ;p
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There isn't a car on the market where you have to suck out the oil. There is a gimmick where some dealers will suck the oil out of the dipstick hole for what they call a "forecourt oil change" but they don't change the oil filter in the process, so I wouldn't waste my money.
You still just whack off a bolt in the sump (Ford use a standard hex bolt, IIRC it is 13mm), if you remove the oil filler cap before you do this, it lets air in so the oil drains faster and smoother, rather than the gulp, gulp, you get with the cap on. Which means less mess.
Stamps are only important on new/exotic cars. Once they reach about 5 years old, no one really gives a shit as they are worth a couple of grand. I've done all of services on every vehicle in my family, sure none of them have a stamp (well a dealer stamp anyway, they have a smiley face stamp, which is much better if I'm honest) in the book, but a smooth running engine is good enough.
You'll also notice that print out was "corrected" for a N/A petrol engine, not a blown diesel. The only accurate way to get a power reading is to bolt a dyno to the engine in a controlled lab environment. You know, sort of like the manufactures do when they make an engine. Not some guy in a shed who will use dodgy maths to guess power at the fly or any other corrections based on numbers he pulled out of his arse.
Ah, I can't say I've heard of them to be honest, but the wheel without cover looks quite good on its own.
I did think I saw more wheel under it, but it just looked as though the wheel was smashed open, as opposed to just being very clever wheel design. Well done Vauxhall, you clever bastards.
[edit: Would also explain the amount of people with cable ties wrapped around their "alloys" spokes round here.]
Not my car, but made me go "WTF!?" when I saw it, while parking my car, so counts.
1, How the **** do you mess up a wheel that badly?
2, How the **** is it still inflated?
1, How the **** do you mess up a wheel that badly?
2, How the **** is it still inflated?
Maglite 2D
LED Lenser H7
Ordinance Survey Laminated Maps OL26 and OL27.
This whole mountain rescue business is quite expensive. xD
LED Lenser H7
Ordinance Survey Laminated Maps OL26 and OL27.
This whole mountain rescue business is quite expensive. xD
There was a version in the WON days where the crosshair would track around the screen for the closest target, but it meant you couldn't aim at a specific target. It was massively shit. The new autoaim just turns your crosshair red when you're over a bad guy.
I got my results in 2002. How old do I feel now? You bastard.
Anymore? That has been the case since employment came into existence. The "traditional" way was knowing someone who'd get you the job. And not a lot has changed since. If anything it has become more relevant with jobs being in short supply plus the influx of over qualified bin men. The guys who run the wagon out here both have honours degrees, once art (history) and one science (comp sci). They were unlucky in that they couldn't get a job with their degrees.
I was in the same boat for years (the most over qualified production line worker and then waiter), but by chance I happened to meet someone who knew someone who needed an IT consultant and blam, I got the job a week later.
Valve have been putting auto aim in their games since HL1. This is nothing new.
It is twice the weight without twice the power. Hardly a surprise. It also has the aerodynamics of a brick.
MadCatX speaks the truth.
Some cars will have an electronic limiter installed on them, so they can only reach a specific speed. The big 3 Germans will limit their cars to 155mph electronically, but you can have the limiter removed or just raised. And some older cars used mechanical tuning to limit top speed.
But not every car has this luxury. My van has a gearbox that'd see it climb to 140mph, the dash runs upto 160mph, but the engine/aero can't let me get there.
A lot of Aston Martins read 250+mph, yet the vast majority struggle to break 190mph, the Corvette ZR1 goes all the way to 300mph. All I'll say here is good luck.
So in short, your mate is talking ballocks. They put on big figures just because it looks impressive.
Some cars will have an electronic limiter installed on them, so they can only reach a specific speed. The big 3 Germans will limit their cars to 155mph electronically, but you can have the limiter removed or just raised. And some older cars used mechanical tuning to limit top speed.
But not every car has this luxury. My van has a gearbox that'd see it climb to 140mph, the dash runs upto 160mph, but the engine/aero can't let me get there.
A lot of Aston Martins read 250+mph, yet the vast majority struggle to break 190mph, the Corvette ZR1 goes all the way to 300mph. All I'll say here is good luck.
So in short, your mate is talking ballocks. They put on big figures just because it looks impressive.
My diesel sings a beautiful tune when I rag it. Helps that I have yet another exhaust leak, so it just sounds sporty.
But I regularly ring out as much from my engine as I can, so it always revs high. A double digit 0-60 dash is hell, as is having 60bhp to play with. I approach every hill with a sense of dread and loathing because I know I'll end up in 3rd or 2nd and crawling up.
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