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Boardgame Thread: Let's organise a beexordgame night.
Mimi
... played it a couple of times at the board game group. It's really, really beautifully made, and the mechanisms allow for some fantastic egg-laying engines. I really (really really) want to play this. But obviously I’d want the European expansion as well, and that’s a chunk of money. You can get ...
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BikNorton
Chains still stretch and occasionally fail, just not as much as belts.

The Nissan Micra of all things, with its hardcore 1 and 1.2 litre engines, is particularly bad for it.
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Dr Zoidberg
... look of them, and my dad had one back in the early 60s but they used old fashioned mechanicals and were out of my budget. Now they swapped to BMW engines and an aluminium chassis it’s more appealing and I could in theory afford one. You should. It will bring you joy. I'm still waiting for the ...
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Warhead
... look of them, and my dad had one back in the early 60s but they used old fashioned mechanicals and were out of my budget. Now they swapped to BMW engines and an aluminium chassis it’s more appealing and I could in theory afford one. You should. It will bring you joy. Chocolate does do that.
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MaliA
... look of them, and my dad had one back in the early 60s but they used old fashioned mechanicals and were out of my budget. Now they swapped to BMW engines and an aluminium chassis it’s more appealing and I could in theory afford one. You should. It will bring you joy.
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Dr Zoidberg
Zardoz wrote:
I was the same after Cadbury’s World.


I’ve always liked the look of them, and my dad had one back in the early 60s but they used old fashioned mechanicals and were out of my budget. Now they swapped to BMW engines and an aluminium chassis it’s more appealing and I could in theory afford one.
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Dr Zoidberg
DavPaz wrote:
I bet the smell was incredible


When that many two stroke engines fire up, it’s noticeable.
Heatwave 22
Squirt
Exciting heatwave news as some rough land near my house has caught fire for the second time in 10 days. A couple of fire engines and some fire brigade land rovers rocked up, and the police closed the road. I wouldn't be surprised if they're dealing with these things all over right now.
The Need For The Need For Speed (and Friends!)
MrD
... by doing incredibly destructive racing over and over until the city is a smoking wreck. The loading screens say things like "If the roaring engines don't wake up the citizens on this side of the city, then the bent steel coming through their kitchen window will.". So we're probably ...
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Sir Taxalot
Diesels can run fully submerged as long as the exhaust is outside the water. Petrol engines... not so much The exhaust can be underwater it's the air intake that needs to be in the air, that's what those snorkel things that people have on cars with One Life Live ...
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DavPaz
Diesels can run fully submerged as long as the exhaust is outside the water. Petrol engines... not so much The exhaust can be underwater it's the air intake that needs to be in the air, that's what those snorkel things that people have on cars with One Life Live ...
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krazywookie
Diesels can run fully submerged as long as the exhaust is outside the water. Petrol engines... not so much The exhaust can be underwater it's the air intake that needs to be in the air, that's what those snorkel things that people have on cars with One Life Live ...
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markg
DavPaz wrote:
Diesels can run fully submerged as long as the exhaust is outside the water. Petrol engines... not so much

The exhaust can be underwater it's the air intake that needs to be in the air, that's what those snorkel things that people have on cars with One Life Live It stickers are for.
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DavPaz
Diesels can run fully submerged as long as the exhaust is outside the water. Petrol engines... not so much
Boardgame Thread: Let's organise a beexordgame night.
Kern
... played it a couple of times at the board game group. It's really, really beautifully made, and the mechanisms allow for some fantastic egg-laying engines.
The Need For The Need For Speed (and Friends!)
MrD
... WHY. Hey, guess what, everyone? There's still no fucking music. Well done, [GRID] , you dullard. All we get are the sounds of a dozen identical engines all parping in unison like a world-class nose-blowing choir. The game wants to interrupt my race to give me a team-mate command tutorial. Like ...
The Need For The Need For Speed (and Friends!)
MrD
... mostly through muscle memory rather than understanding. Underground's parts were straight upgrades for the different pieces of your car: better engines were more engineered and better tyres were more tyred. Heat goes one better and combines these with the Mods from A Criterion Game. As well ...
Bits and Bobs 51
Warhead
... from the main road for a couple of hundred yards and then had a junction, either right into the station yard, or left into the coal yard, where engines used to load coal into their tenders. We used to spend ages racing down that hill as it was completely free of other traffic.
Weird aeroplane
Mimi
I can understand what is happening with the downdraught of that osprey thing, but I do t quite understand what’s happening with the jet. Is that due to the force coming out of those engines at the back? I thought that’d be more backwards than down.
Weird aeroplane
JBR
... may not have gone dark when some of them saw it, but that was probably just a coincidence. Someone thought it was a Dakota. Dakotas only have two engines, so they were just guessing. For some unexplained reason, the term "ghost plane" was used ..... are you familiar with the term "click ...
Weird aeroplane
Warhead
... may not have gone dark when some of them saw it, but that was probably just a coincidence. Someone thought it was a Dakota. Dakotas only have two engines, so they were just guessing. For some unexplained reason, the term "ghost plane" was used ..... are you familiar with the term "click ...
Weird aeroplane
Mimi
... Last night, around 8pm, there was a loud noise like a big passenger plane flying overhead, but also a kind of screeching whirring, like one of the engines was straining. I went to the window to see what it was but it had gone overhead. Russell was just returning and getting out of his car at the ...
Royal Wedding, Electoral Reform, and Royal Babies thread
MaliA
Kern wrote:
It's taking sibling rivalry to the next level and he's playing the long game. Will the kid become US President before their uncle becomes King? Start your engines...


OMYGOD THAT WOULD BE EPIC
Royal Wedding, Electoral Reform, and Royal Babies thread
Kern
It's taking sibling rivalry to the next level and he's playing the long game. Will the kid become US President before their uncle becomes King? Start your engines...
First manned SpaceX launch
TommyJ
... happening. Namely, at the territory of the Kildemory estate in the North of Scotland. It was there in the spring that the first tests of rocket engines in Britain in 50 years took place.
The 'Yay!' thread
Zardoz
This will run two (basically it’s one layout inside the other) controlled by a single box each. My dad has all the Hornby digital stuff that can control loads of engines but since having his stroke he struggles with stuff so this is enough for now. Maybe switch it over at some point though.
The 'Yay!' thread
Warhead
... profit is down to my dad over the last 18 months. I've been putting together a layout for him in a BIG shed. Those three drawer units are FULL of engines and carriages. Moved on a bit from here now, I'll get a more recent pic when I'm next there. I’m so jealous. There was a kid who lived just ...
The 'Yay!' thread
Zardoz
I think most of the profit is down to my dad over the last 18 months. I've been putting together a layout for him in a BIG shed. Those three drawer units are FULL of engines and carriages.

Moved on a bit from here now, I'll get a more recent pic when I'm next there.
The 'Yay!' thread
Warhead
... The big rivalry at the time was with Triang. My best friend had a Triang set, and I was a bit jealous because Hornby had a third rail to power the engines, which I thought was a bit naff, whereas Triang was more authentic and didn't need a third rail. As it was bought for me for Christmas it would ...
Bits and Bobs 50
KovacsC
Kern wrote:
One of my favourite political ominshambles, the new Berlin airport, is finally due to open after years of failures and false starts. Real shame nobody wants to fly anywhere.



I used to drive past when I worked out there. That will be good news for Roll-Royce and getting engines tested.
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markg
I don't know about those really, but pure electric cars in general are more reliable than the old-fangled ones with engines.
Seeing quarantine as an opportunity
Satsuma
Mr Chonks wrote:
Trooper wrote:
No SEO either, your google ranking is going to suffer.

SEO is snake oil, doesn’t exist.

Word of mouth is how search engines work


Hmmm, I see. I’m learning lots.
Seeing quarantine as an opportunity
myp
Trooper wrote:
No SEO either, your google ranking is going to suffer.

SEO is snake oil, doesn’t exist.

Word of mouth is how search engines work
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Dr Zoidberg
Grim... wrote:
Unless I'm meant to be looking at a car in the background, that's not a Fiat.


It’s a Fiat platform that was used for the 500L before the Jeep, and it uses Fiat engines.
It looks better as a Jeep though.
The Need For The Need For Speed (and Friends!)
MrD
... I'm playing the cop career and loooooord it's boring. You know the sound design is annoying when first I lower the sound because I'm sick of the engines, then I lower the music because both the soundtrack and pursuit music are awful, then I turn off the sound entirely because you can't turn off ...
Climate change
Mimi
I guess if the road was blocked and the cars weren’t moving they’d have turned their engines off? There’s a difficult line between making a point of noticeable protest and adding to the problem you are protesting. I see this action as more aimed towards industry and ...
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KovacsC
Trooper wrote:
Super easy job right, just swap them over and take the plane for a spin...


I can’t go into detail as i am under an NDA.

But kinda. There is testing of new engines on a 747 air frame
World of Warcraft goes free-to-play
KovacsC
... minimal effort. Hearthly is entirely correct. You work in engineering planes right? It's the equivalent of saying why don't we just swap the jet engines on a 747 over to electric motors, they work in Teslas and a 747 is just another vehicle after all... That is exactly what rolls-Royce are doing.
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Trooper
... minimal effort. Hearthly is entirely correct. You work in engineering planes right? It's the equivalent of saying why don't we just swap the jet engines on a 747 over to electric motors, they work in Teslas and a 747 is just another vehicle after all...
The Movie topic
Satsuma
I tried to watch Peter Jackson’s Mortal Engines. I got about an hour into it before I had to turn that shit off. Then I watched Us. Which was another really good not really a horror, horror flick but this was was a bit lighter than most with ...
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DBSnappa
DavPaz wrote:
Isn't there a motorbike engine mod for the mini?
that would make more sense, as space is at a premium under the hood of an original mini. I seem to recall that you could shoehorn an 1850 Austin Morris engine into it.
I think there are people who’ve put type-r engines in them
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Grim...
You pay less for smaller petrol engines, is what I meant. VED is emissions based, no? Easy! Tax based on... Weight? Aerodynamic efficiency? Cost. So, VAT, then? When we have to start paying VAT annually I'm going to cry. Note that a new ...
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Doctor Glyndwr
Grim... wrote:
BikNorton wrote:
Cras wrote:
You pay less for smaller petrol engines, is what I meant. VED is emissions based, no?
Easy! Tax based on... Weight? Aerodynamic efficiency?

Cost.

So, VAT, then?
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Grim...
BikNorton wrote:
Cras wrote:
You pay less for smaller petrol engines, is what I meant. VED is emissions based, no?
Easy! Tax based on... Weight? Aerodynamic efficiency?

Cost.
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BikNorton
Cras wrote:
You pay less for smaller petrol engines, is what I meant. VED is emissions based, no?
Easy! Tax based on... Weight? Aerodynamic efficiency?

...

The number of kWh pushed in over 12 months, read off and submitted as part of the MOT like mileage? That's got a handy built-in 'tax-free' period as well!
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Cras
You pay less for smaller petrol engines, is what I meant. VED is emissions based, no?
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Grim...
Cras wrote:
Zardoz wrote:
Massive road tax ahoy.

Same thing though. Road tax currently incentivises cleaner engines, reversing that would be odd

Nah, it started off free to get people to buy them. Now the price is dropping and they're far more popular there's too much money going wasted for them not to do it.
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Cras
Zardoz wrote:
Massive road tax ahoy.


Same thing though. Road tax currently incentivises cleaner engines, reversing that would be odd
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Grim...
It's a Focus, so the pedals will be fine.

The Ecoboost engines are superb, don't be afraid of getting a small-engined one if it pulls the price down (although do test it and draw your own conclusions, of course).
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Grim...
... and dear Christ that was bad. This looks much better, to be fair), but the reviews I've glanced at are pretty much what I was expecting - the engines and gearboxes are a bit sad, and there's no room in the things. Also, the head gasket has a habit of going, which strikes me as almost unbelievable ...