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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 ] |
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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 ] |
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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 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
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 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
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 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
#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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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 19:01 ] |
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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. You need to tell us more than that! Details man. How many go faster stripes? Does it have a tree sir freshener? Are you allowed to legally drive it? |
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| Author: | Cras [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 19:09 ] |
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I am allowed to drive it! It's a 2005 Astra SRi. It goes quite fast |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 19:17 ] |
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Cras wrote: I am allowed to drive it! It's a 2005 Astra SRi. It goes quite fast Ooh, nice. I used to really enjoy driving Joans' Astra, it had quite a kick to it! |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Thu Nov 09, 2017 19:41 ] |
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Cras wrote: I am allowed to drive it! It's a 2005 Astra SRi. It goes quite fast Finally filled out that form, then? 
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| Author: | Cavey [ Fri Nov 10, 2017 9:29 ] |
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Astra SRi will have lowered sports suspension; tidy handler and plenty of poke. They last well too.
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| Author: | Cras [ Fri Nov 10, 2017 13:24 ] |
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Cavey wrote: Astra SRi will have lowered sports suspension; tidy handler and plenty of poke. They last well too. It does. It's the 2L turbo. |
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| Author: | Cavey [ Fri Nov 10, 2017 13:31 ] |
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Ooh goody... 200 horses then? Proverbial shit off a shovel, my Clio only had 172bhp and that absolutely flew. I love hot hatches, what a great concept. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 21:48 ] |
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Mimi wrote: 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. Well, I can’t remember if o said or not, but Mo’s feet were just too disturbing so I never had a second lesson, but a week tomorrow I try again with Seema, who I hope will be wearing shoes. |
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| Author: | ApplePieOfDestiny [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 22:29 ] |
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The fuck is a driving instructor doing not wearing shoes |
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| Author: | Cavey [ Mon Nov 13, 2017 22:43 ] |
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Take back Dual Control. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Nov 14, 2017 14:29 ] |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Wed Nov 15, 2017 12:57 ] |
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Someone made a book about that one driving lesson I had. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Nov 15, 2017 16:11 ] |
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Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus? |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Wed Nov 15, 2017 16:13 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus? You really do read a lot  It’s a great book. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Nov 15, 2017 16:15 ] |
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I've seen the play, too. I think my favourite one is either I Am Invited To A Party or Knuffle Bunny Too. |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Wed Nov 15, 2017 20:11 ] |
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A mate at work has offered me £21K cash for the Type-R, and this has caught my beady eye locally, plus the chap selling it has indicated he'd let it go for less than this. Sort of a sideways move in some regards but a bit more cultured than the Type-R. Dunno really, I've grown to genuinely like the Type-R despite its unapologetically hardcore 'track car' leanings, and it's not a bad car to live with day-to-day. It'll return 40mpg+ on a tank if driven carefully, bombproof Honda reliability and engineering, and whilst I'd never describe it as 'comfortable' it's an entirely acceptable daily driver - as well as being practical in terms of five doors, decent sized boot, very reasonable running costs and so on. (Plus it's got all the modern toys, tech and gadgets that one could desire.) I definitely need a car with a decent lick of speed as I often get a good clearish run over the mountain thanks to my frequently anti-social working hours and it's nice to 'make progress' at those times, but then again it'd be good to have something a bit more 'normal car' for when I'm just driving at the same speed as all the other traffic and listening to music. We shall see. The Golf R will be available for a test drive in a couple of days. I like the idea of a very fast estate car, for some reason. Attachment: wankercarfuckbollocks.JPG
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| Author: | Doctor Glyndwr [ Wed Nov 15, 2017 20:12 ] |
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Fast estates (growing up, my friends and I called them ("flying wardrobes") rule. I miss my Omega. |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed Nov 15, 2017 21:16 ] |
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How long have you had this one? |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed Nov 15, 2017 21:31 ] |
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Lonewolves wrote: How long have you had this one? Since August 11th according to this thread. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Wed Nov 15, 2017 21:36 ] |
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M5 estate or gtfo |
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