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| Author: | KovacsC [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
DavPaz wrote: No, it's a shape-shifting alien's halloween costume. ooooh sarcy pants... |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Zardoz wrote: Is this the mileage in your Rover? Yes. I have done 10k in it now. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:28 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Are you learning in a manual or an automatic? Manual, unless I just can’t get it, and then I’ve allowed myself a change to automatic before giving up. But I didn’t stall it, and didn’t make the hhhncccrnnnchhhhhh sound at any point. As I moved into second gear and got up to 18 a fox decided that it wanted me to take its life, but it misjudged its timings and I missed it by about three inches. Thanks for making that easy, mr Fox. Good things were: Not dying Fox not dying Bad things were: Mo the instructor was barefoot. I’m now fixated on this and it’s freaking me out. I haven’t a scooby what’s going on with the pedals. Clutch all the way down, into first, ease up, find bite, a little gas, pound coin, set off, corner, brake, clutch whatbrake up why am I still moving if there’s no gas clutchgeartwowhatwhaywhatFOXarghblinkyblinkylightsmorefaster. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
DavPaz wrote: No, it's a shape-shifting alien's halloween costume. Could have been his Forrester. MaliA wrote: Zardoz wrote: Is this the mileage in your Rover? Yes. I have done 10k in it now. It's low mileage for the grief it's given you! Keep at it. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:30 ] |
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Mimi wrote: a little gas Happens to the best of us, just cough to cover it on your next lesson. Sounds like it went really well. Great stuff. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:31 ] |
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Barefoot is freaky. Are they keep in the footwell or on the dashboard? |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:31 ] |
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KovacsC wrote: DavPaz wrote: No, it's a shape-shifting alien's halloween costume. ooooh sarcy pants... Odo? 666? No-one? Just me? Giphy "get coat": https://media2.giphy.com/media/6FXCtdLUUlO0w/giphy-loop.mp4 |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Mimi wrote: Zardoz wrote: Are you learning in a manual or an automatic? Manual, unless I just can’t get it, and then I’ve allowed myself a change to automatic before giving up. But I didn’t stall it, and didn’t make the hhhncccrnnnchhhhhh sound at any point. As I moved into second gear and got up to 18 a fox decided that it wanted me to take its life, but it misjudged its timings and I missed it by about three inches. Thanks for making that easy, mr Fox. Good things were: Not dying Fox not dying Bad things were: Mo the instructor was barefoot. I’m now fixated on this and it’s freaking me out. I haven’t a scooby what’s going on with the pedals. Clutch all the way down, into first, ease up, find bite, a little gas, pound coin, set off, corner, brake, clutch whatbrake up why am I still moving if there’s no gas clutchgeartwowhatwhaywhatFOXarghblinkyblinkylightsmorefaster. I suspect you're learning in a diesel. They will creep forward in first gear with no gas. |
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| Author: | Joans [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:34 ] |
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Not sure why I took this, but this seems like a good excuse to use it. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:35 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Barefoot is freaky. Are they keep in the footwell or on the dashboard? Footwell. But they are big and hairy. I hate feet. |
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| Author: | Cavey [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
The driving instructor was barefoot...? Wtf, that sounds awfully bohemian. How was she supposed to operate the dual pedals with no shoes on?  But seriously, well done for taking the plunge. It all gets easier and better from here, first lesson out of the way etc. Just take your time and enjoy the new freedoms and pleasures that now await. Driving's fab.  EDIT: "Mo" is a bloke with big hairy feet...? Bloody hell. |
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| Author: | Mr Dave [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:36 ] |
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Mimi wrote: Bad things were: Mo the instructor was barefoot. I’m now fixated on this and it’s freaking me out. At least you aren't being taught by Des O'connor |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Mimi wrote: Zardoz wrote: Barefoot is freaky. Are they keep in the footwell or on the dashboard? Footwell. But they are big and hairy. I hate feet. Nasty Hobbitses. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:37 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: Mimi wrote: a little gas Happens to the best of us, just cough to cover it on your next lesson. Sounds like it went really well. Great stuff. Fnarrr. I knew someone would make that joke. He says gas because giving instructions ‘accellerator’ is too long a word. The instructor is a man, Cavey, which isn’t important except for he had gross hairy man feet. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:37 ] |
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Mr Dave wrote: Mimi wrote: Bad things were: Mo the instructor was barefoot. I’m now fixated on this and it’s freaking me out. At least you aren't being taught by Des O'connor Did he... have weird feet? Is he dead? |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:38 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Mimi wrote: I haven’t a scooby what’s going on with the pedals. Clutch all the way down, into first, ease up, find bite, a little gas, pound coin, set off, corner, brake, clutch whatbrake up why am I still moving if there’s no gas clutchgeartwowhatwhaywhatFOXarghblinkyblinkylightsmorefaster. This'll all become second nature surprisingly quickly
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
A petrol will crawl forward in first as well. Or stall, but so will a diesel. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
GazChap wrote: Mimi wrote: I haven’t a scooby what’s going on with the pedals. Clutch all the way down, into first, ease up, find bite, a little gas, pound coin, set off, corner, brake, clutch whatbrake up why am I still moving if there’s no gas clutchgeartwowhatwhaywhatFOXarghblinkyblinkylightsmorefaster. This'll all become second nature surprisingly quickly I do hope so. I’m trying to stay calm in the hope it will click at some point. Mo does throw in ‘breathe’ as an instruction amongst the others, which is kind of sweet. |
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| Author: | BikNorton [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:46 ] |
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First time my instructor did the emergency stop thing I just screamed and flailed my arms and legs. I'm a better driver than that now. |
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| Author: | Cavey [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:50 ] |
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It definitely will Mimi. You're young and intelligent, so it's inevitable. My mum was the most nervous passenger ever and she learned to drive when well into her 40s, never having driven even in a car park, and in a 1958 VW beetle which was nearly 30 years old even back then, and drove like a tank. Modern cars are just so much better in every single way, and we're all here to help you every step of the way!
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| Author: | Malc [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 12:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Cavey wrote: The driving instructor was barefoot...? Wtf, that sounds awfully bohemian. How was she supposed to operate the dual pedals with no shoes on? My wife drives with no shoes on, she feels she has better control over the pedals that way, she does normally keep her socks on though... |
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| Author: | Kern [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 13:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Her instructor is Fred Flintstone. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 13:11 ] |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 13:11 ] |
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Malc wrote: Cavey wrote: The driving instructor was barefoot...? Wtf, that sounds awfully bohemian. How was she supposed to operate the dual pedals with no shoes on? My wife drives with no shoes on, she feels she has better control over the pedals that way, she does normally keep her socks on though... That's worse! Doesn't she find her feet slipping off the pedals? |
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| Author: | Malc [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 13:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Zardoz wrote: Malc wrote: Cavey wrote: The driving instructor was barefoot...? Wtf, that sounds awfully bohemian. How was she supposed to operate the dual pedals with no shoes on? My wife drives with no shoes on, she feels she has better control over the pedals that way, she does normally keep her socks on though... That's worse! Doesn't she find her feet slipping off the pedals? I guess not, although at this point it is just habit as she's been doing it for about 11 years. |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 13:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
Zardoz wrote: MaliA wrote: Zardoz wrote: Is this the mileage in your Rover? Yes. I have done 10k in it now. It's low mileage for the grief it's given you! Keep at it. I think i could sort most of its issues for half a monkey but I little point in this. I'll wait until MoT says it needs doing, as I can live with the heater only working on 3 and 4, no 12v socket to charge things from, not being able to turn the temperature thing all the way left, the alarm draining the battery, warped brake disc on right hand side, slow coolant leak, rust on arches, lost fuse box cover, flat spot between 2k and 3k rpm and the handbrake needing adjusting. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 13:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
I was going to ask if it was against the law to drive barefoot but then realised how silly that sounds. I'm sure I read that somewhere. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 13:16 ] |
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MaliA wrote: flat spot between 2k and 3k rpm. Did you look at the fuel and air filters? Cheap bits to see if they'll do the trick. 30% of Eurocarparts at the moment too "SAVE30" |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 13:21 ] |
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What's "pound coin"? |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 13:21 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: MaliA wrote: flat spot between 2k and 3k rpm. Did you look at the fuel and air filters? Cheap bits to see if they'll do the trick. 30% of Eurocarparts at the moment too "SAVE30" I kicked the exhaust a few times, and bounced it off the limiter a few times until it blew the stuffing from the exhaust. But, yeah, I will get them now. |
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| Author: | Cavey [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 13:26 ] |
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Grim... wrote: What's "pound coin"? Small metal objects that can be exchanged for beer. |
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| Author: | myp [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 13:27 ] |
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Cavey wrote: Grim... wrote: What's "pound coin"? Small metal objects that can be exchanged for beer. Too many of them these days. |
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| Author: | Cavey [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 13:28 ] |
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Damn straight.
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 14:16 ] |
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Grim... wrote: What's "pound coin"? I naturally want to go as fast as a rocket, so he instructs me to push down in the accelerator in the thickness of a pound coin to get me to speed up in increments. He should have said similar when he told me to brake and I did my first emergency stop, completely uninstructed. Seatbelts work, at least. |
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| Author: | devilman [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 14:19 ] |
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Mimi wrote: I naturally want to go as fast as a rocket I was quite the opposite. My instructor was always telling me to drive quicker, always wanting me to be at near the limit on a 30 or 40 road. Personally, I was in no hurry.
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 14:24 ] |
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Oh, I don’t ACTUALLY want to fast. Just my foot does |
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| Author: | Cavey [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 14:26 ] |
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Mimi wrote: I naturally want to go as fast as a rocket YEAH BABY 
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| Author: | Kern [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 14:28 ] |
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And she'll have fun, fun, fun, till Darwin takes the T-Bird away. |
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| Author: | markg [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 14:29 ] |
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There's absolutely no reason to learn to drive except to get where you're going quicker. When it comes to your test just keep in mind the words of the great Colin McRae: "if in doubt, go flat out". |
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| Author: | Kern [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 14:32 ] |
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markg wrote: There's absolutely no reason to learn to drive except to get where you're going quicker. When it comes to your test just keep in mind the words of the great Colin McRae: "if in doubt, go flat out". Or, 'make sufficient progress' in driverspeak. That was one of the hardest things I had to learn, along with not being intimidated by tailgaters. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 14:35 ] |
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markg wrote: There's absolutely no reason to learn to drive except to get where you're going quicker. When it comes to your test just keep in mind the words of the great Colin McRae: "if in doubt, go flat out". Noooo... see, I want to go different places. The places I go to already I’ll still go to in the same way. |
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| Author: | markg [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 14:37 ] |
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Sure, but if you didn't need to get there very quickly you could just walk or get a horse or a bicycle or something. |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 14:51 ] |
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markg wrote: Sure, but if you didn't need to get there very quickly you could just walk or get a horse or a bicycle or something. Absolutely, but yes, imagine a toddler playgroup that's a half hour walk away that lasts from 9-11am. You can set off at 8.30, get there for 9, turn around and be home for 9.30. You get 1 hour before you have to set off again at 10.30, get there for 11, turn around and be home for 11.30. Of the last three hours, you've now spent two of them walking. So I think there sometimes is a need to get there quickly, namely to save your sanity and return quality of life. |
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| Author: | markg [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 14:59 ] |
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Exactly, so the quicker you go the greater the benefits in terms of quality of life and sanity. Pedal to the metal! |
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| Author: | MaliA [ Tue Oct 10, 2017 15:12 ] |
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markg wrote: There's absolutely no reason to learn to drive except to get where you're going quicker. When it comes to your test just keep in mind the words of the great Colin McRae: "if in doubt, go flat out". "You know what's cool? Helicopters!" |
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| Author: | Bobbyaro [ Sun Oct 22, 2017 21:04 ] |
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Look at this! Ffs! http://www.automobilemag.com/news/merce ... 60-hp/amp/ |
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| Author: | myp [ Sun Oct 22, 2017 21:13 ] |
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Love the Merc-AMG GT. I run the GT3 version in iRacing as my main road car. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Nov 07, 2017 10:30 ] |
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#HellaFlush |
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| Author: | Cras [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 18:42 ] |
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I bought a car! I've not owned a car for five years so this is very exciting for me. |
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| Author: | Kern [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 18:44 ] |
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Cras wrote: I bought a car! I've not owned a car for five years so this is very exciting for me. It's all very exciting these days. Just get in, say where you want to go, and sit back. |
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