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Boardgame Thread: Let's organise a beexordgame night.
Sun Jan 28, 2024 16:54
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 ...
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Thu Jun 15, 2023 21:37
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.
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Thu Apr 06, 2023 14:59
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 ...
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Thu Apr 06, 2023 12:24
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.
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Thu Apr 06, 2023 8:48
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.
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Wed Apr 05, 2023 20:51
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.
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Mon Aug 15, 2022 18:21
Dr Zoidberg
DavPaz wrote:
I bet the smell was incredible
When that many two stroke
engines
fire up, it’s noticeable.
Heatwave 22
Fri Aug 12, 2022 21:39
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!)
Sun Apr 03, 2022 1:25
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 ...
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Fri Dec 17, 2021 0:37
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 ...
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Thu Dec 16, 2021 11:10
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 ...
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Thu Dec 16, 2021 11:05
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 ...
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Thu Dec 16, 2021 10:35
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.
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Thu Dec 16, 2021 10:27
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.
Thu Sep 09, 2021 12:28
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!)
Tue Aug 17, 2021 23:40
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!)
Tue Jun 01, 2021 18:21
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
Sun May 16, 2021 23:45
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
Thu Apr 22, 2021 18:53
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
Thu Apr 15, 2021 12:23
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
Thu Apr 15, 2021 12:18
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
Thu Apr 15, 2021 8:29
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
Mon Feb 15, 2021 10:16
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
Mon Feb 15, 2021 9:05
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
Tue Dec 08, 2020 15:08
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
Fri Oct 30, 2020 1:23
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
Fri Oct 30, 2020 1:01
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
Thu Oct 29, 2020 16:11
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
Thu Oct 29, 2020 15:04
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
Wed Oct 07, 2020 11:48
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.
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Wed Jun 10, 2020 18:16
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
Fri Mar 27, 2020 14:57
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
Fri Mar 27, 2020 14:07
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
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Mon Feb 03, 2020 21:37
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!)
Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:26
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
Fri Sep 20, 2019 20:19
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 ...
World of Warcraft goes free-to-play
Thu Aug 29, 2019 11:54
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
Thu Aug 29, 2019 8:08
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.
World of Warcraft goes free-to-play
Wed Aug 28, 2019 23:00
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
Sat May 25, 2019 18:29
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 ...
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Thu May 16, 2019 15:51
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
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Fri Mar 01, 2019 16:45
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 ...
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Fri Mar 01, 2019 15:51
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?
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Fri Mar 01, 2019 15:16
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.
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Fri Mar 01, 2019 15:08
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!
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Fri Mar 01, 2019 14:17
Cras
You pay less for smaller petrol
engines
, is what I meant. VED is emissions based, no?
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Fri Mar 01, 2019 14:15
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.
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Fri Mar 01, 2019 13:59
Cras
Zardoz wrote:
Massive road tax ahoy.
Same thing though. Road tax currently incentivises cleaner
engines
, reversing that would be odd
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Thu Feb 28, 2019 11:54
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).
Gas Guzzling Money Pits
Wed Feb 27, 2019 13:00
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 ...
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